Messi will miss the match between Reims and Paris Saint-Germain

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The Argentine star, Lionel Messi, will miss the match between his Paris Saint-Germain team against its host, Reims, Saturday in the French Football League, due to a slight calf injury, as announced by the coach of the capital club, Christoph Galtier, on Friday.

Messi had called for his replacement in the last minutes of his team's match against Benfica (1-1) in the Champions League on Wednesday, as he suffered a slight calf injury after an intervention from a Benfica player.

Galtier said in a press conference on the eve of the match: "Leo will rest. He will return to training Sunday and Monday before the return match against Benfica."

As for the club's medical staff, he said that Messi felt "discomfort in his calf".

Saint-Germain faces 9 matches from now until November 13, the date of the release of international players to participate in their national teams in the World Cup in Qatar.

On the other hand, Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe suffers from tonsillitis in recent days and the shape is hovering around his participation in the match as well. But the club indicated that he is recovering and his presence in the squad cannot be ruled out.

Messi: The 2022 World Cup is the last for me and Argentina is not a candidate for the title

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Argentine star Lionel Messi hinted that the 2022 World Cup will be his last with the Tango team and indicated that they are not the preferred candidate to win the Gold Cup.

Argentina is preparing for the 2022 World Cup, as Albiceleste is in a group that includes Saudi Arabia, Poland and Mexico.

Messi spoke in an interview with Star +, saying: "The last World Cup for me? Of course, yes, I feel in good physical condition. I had a great preparatory period this season, which did not happen last season because of the events, because of which I started training late and played without the team's rhythm, When the competitions started, I participated in the international break, and I was injured, but that's not what I started."

"I'm counting the days until the World Cup finals, the truth is I'm a little anxious saying to myself OK we're here what's going to happen? It's the last, how are you going?"

"On the one hand, I can't wait for the World Cup to start, but I also desperately need it to go well."

"We came to a very good moment because of the way it all happened, with a very armed and strong squad, but in the World Cup anything can happen. All matches are tough, and that's why the World Cup is a very special tournament because the favorites are not always the favorites." Those who finish the tournament with victory or follow the expected path.”

"I don't know if we are the favorites to win the World Cup, but Argentina are always favorites, but we are not the favorites. I think there are other better teams."

Messi played 19 matches in the World Cup, during which he scored 6 goals and led the Tango to reach the 2014 World Cup final before losing to Germany in the final.

In the last World Cup, Tango was defeated by France in the final price after losing 4-3.

Argentina qualified in second place in the World Cup qualifiers, and now the Tango has reached 33 official matches without losing, the second longest streak in the history of teams after Italy.

Messi spent a great season in the Paris Saint-Germain shirt, scoring 8 goals and making 13 matches in all competitions.

While he scored with Argentina in the last international break 4 goals, two goals against Honduras and then he represented it against Jamaica.

Manchester United continues to shine and defeats leaders Arsenal (Manchester United 3 - 1 Arsenal)

 

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Manchester United continued its ascending trend and inflicted Arsenal's first loss this season by defeating it with three goals against Sunday's goal in the sixth stage of the English Premier League.

Despite the loss, Arsenal retained the lead with 15 points, while Manchester United climbed to fifth place with 12 points, after achieving the fourth victory in a row, knowing that it started the season in the worst possible way when it received two consecutive losses against Brighton and Brentford.

Anthony opened the scoring in the match by scoring the first goal for Manchester United in the 35th minute, and Bukayo Saka equalized for Arsenal in the 60th minute.

In the 66th minute, Marcus Rashford put United in front again by scoring the second goal, before the same player returned and scored the third goal in the 76th minute.

Match Details 

The start of the match came strong from the owners of the land, an attempt to surprise the Gunners with an early goal, but the Arsenal defense took control of things quickly and then the Arsenal center succeeded in extending its control over the course of the game until Bukayo Saka was able to dedicate a wonderful assist pass to Gabriel Martinelli, who was unique in David de Gea goal and succeeded in opening The score was scored in the 11th minute, but the referee canceled it after returning to the "Var" technique.

Despite the continued pressure from Arsenal players, especially the trio of Saka, Jesus and Martinelli, the goal of progress came from United after Marcus Rashford took advantage of the poor positioning of the London defenders and gave a cunning decisive pass to the newcomer to the ranks of the Red Devils, Anthony, who confidently deposited the net, announcing his first goals with Manchester United in his first match with the team in the 35th minute.

In the second half, Arsenal's attempts to restore balance and return to the match continued, and Martinelli's ball hit David de Gea bar before the Gunners playmaker Martin Odegaard succeeded in passing a through ball to Jesus, and defender Dalot entered to keep it away and it reached Saka, who deposited it in the net, announcing the equalizing goal in the 60th minute.

Arsenal players did not congratulate the equalizer, and in the 66th minute Rashford managed to score the second goal for United after he was completely alone in the goal of Arsenal goalkeeper Ramsdale.

Arsenal's defensive collapse continued in the second half, and the team was completely affected by the absence of Mohamed Elneny and Thomas Barty, the defensive midfielders, who were injured. In the 76th minute, Christian Eriksen gave a crucial pass to Rashford, who easily hit the visitors' defense and scored the third goal.

Haaland's father: For these reasons, we preferred to join City, not Real Madrid

 

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Alf Inge Haaland, father of Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, explained why his son preferred to join the heavenly team, not Real Madrid.

Haaland joined Manchester City this summer from Borussia Dortmund in return for paying the penalty clause in his contract.

Haaland's father told Viaplay: "The most important criteria we thought about when we were considering offers to Erling was the team's need for a clear striker."

"Manchester City got the full mark 10/10, it was the ideal choice," the Norwegian added.

And the former City player continued, "Real Madrid got 5 or 6 degrees in relation to its need for an explicit striker, because of what Karim Benzema offers, and the possibility of contracting with Kylian Mbappe."

Real Madrid tried to sign Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain before the latter extended his contract with his French club.

And he continued, "Erling's decision was to move to the right club that he urgently needed, so City met all the conditions, and Real Madrid has Benzema and is thinking of including Mbappe."

For his part, Erling Haaland, when asked in the same dialogue (How can you say no to a legendary team like Real Madrid?), replied, "Good question, you can't do that."

The Norwegian striker has already exploded with Manchester City, scoring 10 goals in his first 6 matches in the Premier League.

To be the top scorer in the English Premier League in his first season after moving from Dortmund during the summer transfer period.

The full list of scorers is as follows:

Erling Haaland - Manchester City - 10 goals

Aleksandar Mitrovic - Fulham - 6 goals

Harry Kane - Tottenham - 5 goals

Evan Toni - Brentford - 5 goals

Rodrygo - Leeds United - 4 goals

Wilfried Zaha - Crystal Palace - 4 goals

Martin Odegaard - Arsenal - 3 goals

Pascal Gross - Brighton - 3 goals

Gabriel Martinelli - Arsenal - 3 goals

Roberto Firmino - Liverpool - 3 goals

Luis Diaz - Liverpool - 3 goals

Pascal Gross - Brighton - 3 goals

Raheem Sterling - Chelsea - 3 goals

Gabriel Jesus - Arsenal - 3 goals

Naby Keita left out of Liverpool's Champions League squad

 

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It appears that Liverpool's Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will miss a period of no less than two months, which was confirmed by the team's Champions League squad.

Each team registered its list with the European Football Association after the end of the summer transfer period.

And the list of Liverpool was devoid of the name of Naby Keita and Chamberlain, both of whom suffer from a muscle injury.

While the list witnessed the presence of the name of the Brazilian Artur Melo, who joined from Italian Juventus on loan for the end of the season a few days ago, and the young Spaniard Stefan Paitić.

Jurgen Klopp's decision to drop Asmi Keita and Chamberlain from the Champions League list confirms their absence for at least two months.

Klopp can register Keita and Chamberlain in the new list at the end of January, if he continues in the tournament that he won in 2019.

The group stage of the Champions League this year ends on the second of next November, unlike what it used to end in December of each year.

This is due to the 2022 World Cup being held in November and December, which caused several changes to the Champions League dates this season.

The group stage starts on September 6 at its usual time annually, but the rest of the group stage matches will be played on successive dates until this stage ends before the World Cup, specifically on November 2.

As for the round of 16, it begins on February 14, 2023, which is the usual date, then the competition will be completed with the quarter-finals on April 11, and the semi-finals on May 9.

The final match will be held on June 10.

The dates were as follows:

group stage

First round: 6-7 September 2022

Second round: September 13-14, 2022

Third round: 4-5 October 2022

Fourth round: October 11-12, 2022

Fifth round: October 25-26, 2022

Sixth round: 1-2 November 2022

Quarter-finals first leg: February 14, 15, 21 and 22, 2023

Second leg of the final: 7, 8, 14 and 15 March

Quarter-finals, first leg: April 11-12

Quarter-finals, second leg: April 18 and 19

Semi-finals, first leg: May 9-10

Semi-finals, second leg: 16-17 May

Final: June 10

Neuer reveals Bayern Munich's trick to beat Inter Milan in the Champions League

 

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Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer spoke words that the Italian press considered a hint regarding his team's tactics to face Inter Milan in the Champions League.

Neuer said in a press statement: "Inter is a smart team and defends well, but I think they will go out to play more than Union Berlin (the last match for Bavarian in the league)."

"This way we can steal the ball in the middle of the field and it will be a shorter distance to the opponent's goal."

Bayern Munich is in the "group of death" in the Champions League, along with Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan and Victoria Plzen.

Bayern Munich started its season with a usual strength, defeating RB Leipzig in the Super Cup 5-3, then beating Eintracht Frankfurt 6-1, Wolfsburg 2-0 and Bochum 7-0.

But in the last two matches, the team drew 1-1 with Borussia Moenchengladbach and Union Berlin.

And while Inter had a clear defensive solidity last season, winning the Italian Cup and the Super Cup, this season showed some problems in the Nerazzurri.

Inter kept one clean sheet when they beat Spezia 3-0, while suffering two defeats in the first 5 rounds at the hands of Lazio and Milan.

Bayern will host Inter on Wednesday, while Viktoria Plzen will visit Barcelona.

The English Premier League is reviewing the work of the VAR technology

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The English Premier League intends to hold an emergency meeting with the referees committee to review the mechanism of the operation of the video assistant technology for the referee after a series of controversial errors.

This comes after the big objections that came out after the controversial decisions of the referees in the current round, as the referees canceled goals of questionable validity.

The association called on the referees committee to review the decisions to cancel the goal of Newcastle United in its match with Crystal Palace, which ended in a goalless draw, as well as West Ham's goal against Chelsea, which they lost by two goals.

Did you enjoy the show? Newcastle tied with Manchester City in the six-goal match

 

Newcastle 3-3 Manchester City

In a crazy match, Newcastle United drew with Manchester City by three goals for each team in the third round of the English Premier League at St James' Park.

Scores for Manchester City Ilkay Gundogan, Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva, while goals scored by Newcastle Miguel Almiron, Callum Wilson and Kieran Trippe.

Bernardo Silva started with Manchester City for the first time in the league this season, with Riyad Mahrez on the bench.

Jack Grealish was absent from the Manchester City squad due to injury.

Manchester City started the match strongly, with Rodri hitting the crossbar from outside the penalty area in the fourth minute.

One minute after that, Bernardo Silva played an elaborate cross into Gundogan and netted it.

Manchester City continued to dominate, Haaland passed to De Bruyne in the tenth minute, and the Belgian shot to block Bob.

Bob came back to save a shot from Phil Foden in the 15th minute.

Newcastle then began to enter the atmosphere of the match when St. Maximin played a cross to Almiron, who fired from the six-yard boundary over the crossbar.

Manchester City responded with a direct free kick from De Bruyne, which was successfully saved by Bob in the 20th minute.

Then Robin Diaz replaced the injured Nathan Ake.

Newcastle continued to dominate, with St. Maximin missing the equalizer after Kyle Walker dribbled past and Ederson saved a shot.

The role came to Wilson after that to waste the equalizer again in the 27th minute after a corner and a prelude from Butman, and the English striker made a weak shot that Ederson saved.

Two minutes later, Almiron scored the equalizer after a perfect cross from Saint-Maximin.

Newcastle surprised Manchester City again in the 39th minute with the second goal by Callum Wilson after a pass from Saint Maximin.

This became the first time that a team coached by Eddie Howe scored twice against Pep Guardiola in 13 games.

Saint-Maximin

Saint-Maximin made two goals in the first half, which is more than the number of assists he made all past season on Saint James Park (one assist).

Manchester City tried to regain the initiative in the second half, to hit Erling Haaland from outside the penalty area strongly, and his shot hit the post.

Kieran Trippier then thundered in his own way from a direct free kick that Ederson could not prevent in the 54th minute.

Trippe scored his third goal from a direct free kick since the start of 2022, more than any player in the five major leagues, and equal to James Ward Prowse of Southampton.

Newcastle then retreated, and City controlled the match, and Haaland managed to reduce the difference in the 61st minute after a corner kick, paved by Rodri, to the Norwegian, who shot powerfully from inside the six yards into the net.

Haaland became the third player to score for Manchester City in his first two Premier League games away from home, after Emmanuel Adebayor and Emily Mpensa.

The Norwegian missed the equalizer two minutes later, after a pass from Kevin De Bruyne, to leave goalkeeper Bob alone and hit his body.

The equalizer came through Bernardo Silva in the 64th minute after a magical pass from De Bruyne, which the Portuguese netted.

Bernardo Silva scored and assisted in the same Premier League match for the fourth time in his career.

Eddie Howe then entered, with Chris Wood and Sean Longstaff replacing Callum Wilson and Joe Willock in the 70th minute.

The referee then declared the red card in the face of Kieran Trippe after a strong intervention on De Bruyne, before returning to the video technology, and the penalty turned into a yellow card only in the 76th minute.

Then Haaland shot from inside the penalty area strongly, but his shot came just over the crossbar.

Howe stepped in again, putting Jacob Murphy in Miguel Almiron's place.

Manchester City continued to press after that, without succeeding in achieving the winning goal, to raise the Citizens' tally to the seventh point in second place.

While Newcastle's balance rose to the fifth point in sixth place.

Great Arsenal beat Bournemouth by 3 goals

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Arsenal continued their string of good results by beating their host Bournemouth 3-0 on Saturday in the third round of the English Premier League.

The Norwegian Martin Odegaard (5 and 11) and the Frenchman William Saliba (54) rotated the goals of the "gunners".

Thus, Arsenal raised its score to 9 points at the top of the Premier League, achieving the full mark so far.

On the other hand, Bournemouth's balance froze at 3 points, in the fourteenth place.

Match details

Arsenal started the match strongly and did not give their hosts more than five minutes to score the first goal by Martin Odegaard.

A ball started by Gabriel Jesus with an individual skill and then a pass to Martinelli to shoot and it was blocked by goalkeeper Mark Trevers and bounced back to Odegaard and from there to the net.

Six minutes later, Odegaard returned to sign the second goal after a cross from Ben White, then paved by Gabriel Jesus and a shot into the net.

The double raised Odegaard's tally to ten goals with Arsenal in the English Premier League.

Odegaard scored twice in one match for the first time since October 19, 2014.

Arsenal's control of the first half prevented Bournemouth from shooting at their own goal or even touching the ball in the penalty area, the second time in the history of the Premier League after Bournemouth against Manchester City in 2019.

Scott Parker stepped in at halftime, with Jadon Anthony and Lewis Cook replacing Mark Sensei and Ben Pearson

In the second half, Bournemouth tried to threaten Arsenal's goal, but Ramsdale was in front of Moore twice, with the 49th and 52nd minutes.

The 54th minute witnessed Arsenal scoring the third goal by William Saliba with a falling shot from the edge of the penalty area after a pass from Granit Shaka.

Gabriel Jesus scored a goal in the 73rd minute, which was canceled by the referee for offside after a perfect pass from Martin Odegaard.

Arteta then enters with Takehiri Tomiyasu, Emile Smith Rowe and Eddie Nikita in the place of Ben White, Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard.

And Arteta returned to give minutes later to the substitutes by entering Sambi Lukonga and Kieran Tierney in the place of Bukayo Saka and Granit Xhaka.

The match did not result in anything new, as Arsenal scored its ninth point in three games at the top, while Bournemouth's balance stopped at three points.

Arsenal won their first three games for the first time since the 

Cesare Casadei from Inter Milan to Chelsea

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Chelsea have announced the signing of Cesare Casadei from Inter Milan.

The 19-year-old signed a six-year transfer contract.

According to Sky Sports, the deal cost Chelsea around 15 million euros plus 5 million extras.

The Italian player can play in all midfield positions. 

Cassidy was included in the Inter first-team squad for several matches last season, but he did not participate for any minute.

He played 105 matches with the youth teams of Inter Milan in different age groups.

During which he scored 40 goals and assisted eight others.

Cassidy will be Chelsea's fourth deal after Marc Cucurella, Kalidou Coulibaly and Raheem Sterling. 

Reports - Official offer from Manchester United to include Real Madrid player Casemiro

 

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Media reports have confirmed that Manchester United has made an official offer to sign midfielder Casemiro from Real Madrid.

Reports stated that the English club is trying to lure the Brazilian midfielder with a high salary, and to get double the salary he currently receives with the European and Spanish champions.

The sources added that the Manchester United administration asked the Real Madrid administration to determine the amount required to dispense with Casemiro's services, at a time when the player began to think seriously about the offer and to go through a new experience at the "Old Trafford" stadium.

Reports indicated that the Brazilian international will cost Manchester United about 60 million euros.

Ronaldo criticizes 'lies' about his future at Manchester United

 

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Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo has criticized "lies" about speculation about his future with Manchester United, which has been floundering at the start of the football season.

Ronaldo's comments came after many journalists and reports reported that the Portuguese wanted to play in the Champions League, while United confirm that the 37-year-old is not for sale and remains an integral part of the plans of new Dutch coach Erik Ten Hag.

The former Real Madrid star played the full 90 minutes during the resounding 4-0 defeat at Brentford last Saturday, which led United to end the second stage in the bottom of the standings after an opening defeat also at home 2-1 against Brighton.

In response to a post on a fan's Instagram account that referred to a report linking Ronaldo to a move to Atletico Madrid, the Portuguese said in a comment that fans "will know the truth" within weeks, "The media is lying."

He continued, "I have a notebook and in the past few months, out of 100 news spread about me, only five were true. Imagine how things are. Stick to this advice."

United hopes to deviate from expectations and achieve the first positive result at home against rivals Liverpool next Monday, who also suffered from a poor start with two draws in a row.

The club's American owners, the Glazers, have come under fire after the team's horrific start.

Former United defender Gary Neville has warned the club could end the season in the bottom half of the league table if they do not improve their signing strategy.

A group of "The 1958" club supporters are planning a protest march outside Old Trafford against the owners before the Liverpool match, and many calls have been made on social media for fans to leave the stadium during the match.

The group said in a statement that the owners are "systematically starving and killing the world's greatest football establishment out of greed".

A historic number awaits Salah in front of Crystal Palace

 

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Liverpool star Mohamed Salah is looking to write a new page in the history of his club when he faces Crystal Palace in the English Premier League on Monday.

Liverpool hosts Crystal Palace in the second round of the new Premier League season.

If Salah scored against Crystal Palace on Monday night, he would raise his goal scorer with Liverpool to 120, to occupy the second place in the club's top scorer list throughout its history in the English Premier League with its modern system.

Thus, he will be equal with Steven Gerrard, who has 120 goals, who is currently in second place, behind leader Robbie Fowler.

Fowler scored 128 goals for the Reds in 266 games over 9 seasons.

The expected goal will make Salah the eighth in the list of the club's best scorers since its inception.

He is currently equal with Michael Owen, with 158 goals in various competitions.

The Egyptian captain loves to meet Crystal Palace, as he scored 7 goals and assisted 6 in 10 matches.

He has contributed 11 goals in just the last 7 matches against Crystal Palace.

Salah aims to maintain the Golden Boot award for the top scorer in the English Premier League, which he won 3 times in the last five seasons.

The former Arab Contractors player won the award in the 2017-2018, 2018-2019 and 2021-2022 seasons.

In his first season with Liverpool, Salah won the award with 32 goals, two goals behind Harry Kane, the Tottenham striker.

As for the following season, Salah shared the award with his colleague at the time, Sadio Mane and Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, with 22 goals.

He also shared it with Tottenham striker Son Heung-min last season with 23 goals.

Liverpool are seeking their first win in the English Premier League this season, after they tied in the opening round with Fulham with two goals to the same.

Aston Villa defender Diego Carlos suffers a serious injury

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The English club Aston Villa announced on Monday that its Brazilian defender Diego Carlos has ruptured his Achilles tendon, and thus he will be absent for several months.

Diego Carlos (29 years old), coming this season from Seville, Spain, for a deal amounted to 31 million euros, was injured at the end of his team's match against Everton (2-1) on Saturday.

"Aston Villa can confirm that Diego Carlos has severed his Achilles tendon," Villa said in a statement. "The player will undergo surgery before he begins his rehabilitation programme."

Aston Villa did not mention the period of Carlos's absence from the stadiums, but reports indicated that this type of injury calls for an absence for a period of at least six months.

Diego Carlos, the former French player of Nantes, was part of the Brazil national team that won the gold medal in the football competition at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021.

Real Madrid survives drowning in Almeria stadium and wins 2-1

 

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Real Madrid, the defending champion, avoided the embarrassment of a poor start in the League for this season and came from behind against Almeria to win 2-1 at the Mediterranean Games stadium on Sunday in the first round of the competition.

The newcomer to the Spanish League stunned Almeria, the Madrid giant, returning from the European Super Cup, with an early goal from Belgium's Largy Ramazani 6.

This is the fastest goal Real Madrid has received in the first round of the Spanish League since 2007 (5 minutes and 50 seconds).

The royal team then struggled to find a draw until Lucas Vazquez caught it after a pass from French striker Karim Benzema 61.

Then the Austrian David Alaba came from the bench and from the first touch he deposited a free direct into the goal in an impressive 75.

This is only the second time in the history of the Spanish League that the season opens with a match between the first division champion and the second division champion, after the match between Real Madrid and Real Murcia in 1986.

Almeria scored his first appearance in the Premier League since 2015, and returns to the Saudi management of Turki Al-Sheikh.

The match was marked by extraordinary brilliance for Almeria goalkeeper Fernando Martinez, but it was not enough for his team to win.

wholesale changes

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti made 5 changes to his squad, which he pushed against Eintracht Frankfurt in the European Super Cup a few days ago.

Lucas Vazquez, Nacho Fernandez and Antonio Rudiger participated in the defense line, replacing Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao and David Alaba.

The Italian coach also pushed Aurelian Chuamini and Eduardo Camavinga in the midfield, instead of Casemiro and Luka Modric.

Rodrygo was absent from the list, and Marco Asensio was on the bench, as was Eden Hazard.

On the other hand, Almeria coach Ruby relied on the 3-5-2 method and relied on the fiery attacking duo, Ramazani and Omar Sadiq.

Sadiq played his last match with the team, while doubts swirl about the future of Belgian Ramazani as well.

Almeria missed goalkeeper Fernando Pacheco and striker Leo Baptistao because the club could not score them before the match.

Corridor

Real Madrid got a pass of honor from Almeria before the match, after winning the European Super Cup a few days ago.

fiery start

With just 5 minutes and 50 seconds left in the match, Real Madrid found themselves behind in the score.

The Burundian-born Belgian, Razavani, burst into the back of Real Madrid's defense and shot brilliantly past Thibaut Courtois to open the scoring for Almeria.

This will be the second fastest goal against Real Madrid in the first match of the Spanish League after Sergio Aguero's goal for Atletico Madrid after 55 seconds in 2007.

Razzavani became the second Belgian player in the history of La Liga to score against Real Madrid, just 3 months after Yannick Ferreira Carrasco.

It is also the second time in the history of the Spanish League that a Belgian player has scored against a Belgian goalkeeper after Roland Lamah of Osasuna's goal against Courtois himself in 2012.

Madrid hurricane

Real Madrid responded with strong and fierce attacks, started by Fede Valverde in the eighth minute with a powerful shot from inside the penalty area, which was saved by Fernando Martinez.

The defending champion did not stop, so Vinicius set off in the ninth minute and sent a cross cross, which Karim Benzema met with a shot that went over the crossbar strangely.

The role came to newcomer Rudiger, who shot hard in the 11th minute, but the defense saved valiantly.

Almeria tried to respond, so Sadiq took off in the 13th minute and fired a cannonball that passed a little over the crossbar.

Real Madrid responded with a new missile from Valverde, which was saved by Fernando Martinez in the 16th minute.

Martinez, the star of the first half, saved a dangerous chance for Vinicius in the 37th minute.

Martinez was not satisfied with his past brilliance, and he blocked Rudiger's missile header in the 40th minute.

Real Madrid finished the first half with 17 shots, without any goal in the opponent's net.

Savior

At the beginning of the second half, Ancelotti called for Modric and inserted him instead of Camavinga, who had a yellow card in his balance.

Real Madrid's approach did not differ much, Kroos shot 45 seconds after the start of the second session, but Fernandez Martinez continued to shine.

Almeria tried to surprise the Portuguese midfielder Samo Costa in the 50th minute, but she went a little closer to the post.

The danger of the hosts continued when Omar Sadek launched an attack in which he overtook several players in the 53rd minute, but Courtois saved his shot.

On the other hand, Martinez did not stop brilliance, and kept a new shot in front of Benzema in the 55th minute.

Ancelotti moved again and pulled Chuamini and replaced him with Hazard in the 58th minute.

Back

The equalizer was not late, and despite Fernando Martinez's saves against Vinicius and Benzema, Lucas Vazquez's follow-up was enough in the 61st minute to equalize.

The goal was a good omen, for every time Lucas Vazquez scored, Real Madrid did not lose, with 24 previous wins and 4 draws.

The third change was interesting, as it was scored by Alaba in the 75th minute, a few seconds after he was replaced by Mendy.

The Austrian full-back entered to take a direct free kick without having touched the ball, and actually managed to score it.

Alaba raised his score to two goals in two matches with Real Madrid this season.

This is the first direct free kick scored by Real Madrid since Alaba's goal itself in Sheriff Tiraspol in November 2021.

Ancelotti then retreated to the defense, withdrew Kroos and Vinicius and replaced them with Casemiro and Dani Ceballos in the 83rd minute.

Fernando Martinez's last save was in the 88th minute against Benzema.

A remarkable brilliance for the Spanish goalkeeper, who would not have participated had Pacheco not been tied, but the King of the Match award eventually went to Alaba.

Tottenham tied with Chelsea in the last minute in the London derby

 

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Tottenham Hotspur managed to impose a last-minute equalizer against its neighbor and host Chelsea 2-2 on Sunday in the second round of the English Premier League.

Chelsea advanced through its Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly 19, but Tottenham equalized by the Dane Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg 68.

In turn, Chelsea player Reyes James quickly restored the progress of the Blues 77.

A few seconds before the end, Harry Kane equalized for Tottenham 90+6.

The German coach Thomas Tuchel's team has 4 points, as well as the Italian coach Antonio Conte's team.

A burning struggle inside and outside the field. The draw rules the Chelsea and Tottenham derby

A conflict that erupted on the field and on the touchline between the coaches, Tuchel's conflict with Conte ends in a positive draw with two goals for each team.

He scored for Chelsea Reece James and Kalidou Koulibaly, and scored for Tottenham Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Harry Kane.

formation

Thomas Tuchel has decided to push the new deal Marc Cucurea into the starting line-up for the first time.

Ruben Loftis-Cheek was at right-back, with Reece James moving to the heart of the defense.

On the other hand, Antonio Conte did not change his winning squad against Southampton by four goals in the first round.

Match Details 

Tottenham started the match trying to pressure Chelsea, and Tuchel went to try to reduce the Son and Kane double.

James was specialized in monitoring Son, while Kante was heading to try to clamp down on Harry Kane to prevent him from falling into the middle of the field and playing long passes.

Tuchel relied on creating a numerical increase in the midfield to not give Tottenham the opportunity to play comfortably without pressing early, which forced Son and Kulusevsky to back down to support the two midfield players and thus move away from the Chelsea goal.

The first chance of the match came in the 18th minute after a kick from Kanti and a pass to Sterling, who paved the ball for Harverters to shoot from inside the penalty area and Lloris saved it.

Two minutes later, Kokoria played a cross from a fixed ball, which Coulibaly hit hard into the net.

Tottenham responded with a long pass from Harry Kane to Sessegnon, who was alone with Mendy and hit it to save the Senegalese goalkeeper.

9 minutes before the end of the first half, Mount missed the opportunity for the second goal after an incursion and a powerful shot that came over the crossbar.

Tottenham started the second half strongly, with Harry Kane taking advantage of Son's breakthrough and passing to the South Korean, who did not manage to find the ball in the net, to be saved by Mendy.

Conte intervened with an attacking change in the 58th minute, with newcomer Richarlison replacing Ryan Sessegnon.

Four minutes later, Harry Kane missed the opportunity to equalize after an explicit goal by Mendy to hit the post.

Tottenham's equalizing goal came in the 68th minute after Hojbjerg's ground kick from outside the penalty area.

A goal that angered Tuchel and the Chelsea staff, causing a clash between the two teams.

Tuchel then decided to enter Cesar Azpilicueta in Georgino's place to unleash Reese James, who set out to score the second goal in the 77th minute, taking advantage of Davis' poor coverage to score Chelsea's second goal.

A goal that Tuchel celebrated strongly against Antonio Conte.

James scored six goals and assisted nine more in 28 games since the start of last season, more than any other defender.

Conte made two changes immediately after the goal, with Yves Pesuma and Ivan Perisic replacing Rodrigo Bentancur and Son Heung-min.

Then Lucas Moura took the place of Emerson Royal.

Tuchel responded by entering the duo of Conor Gallagher and Christian Pulisic in the place of N'Golo Kante, who had a hamstring injury, and Raheem Sterling.

Before Armando Bruya came in for Kai Havertz after the latter missed an easy opportunity from inside the penalty area after a Christian Pulisic pass.

And Mendy starred in front of Eric Dier's header in the fifth minute of overtime.

Another cross from Perisic, Harry Kane successfully climbed into the net this time in the last minute.

Kane scored his 184th goal in the league, equaling Sergio Aguero's number in fourth place for historical scorers.

Harry Kane's 42nd goal in the London derby is one goal ahead of Thierry Henry, the top scorer.

And the duo Tuchel and Conte returned to the clash again after the match, after Tuchel asked Conte to look at him during the handshake, so that the referee issued a red card for the duo.

The match is the eighth for Tuchel against Tottenham without any loss, seven victories and one draw.

Chelsea will host Leeds United in the third round of the league, while Tottenham will play Wolverhampton at Al-Awwal Stadium.

Nottingham Forest snatches an exciting win from West Ham

 

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Nottingham Forest scored a thrilling 1-0 victory over its guest West Ham United on Saturday in the second phase of the English Premier League.

Nottingham, newly returned to the Premier League after an absence of nearly 23 years, ended the first half with a clean goal scored by Nigerian Taiwo Onyi in the 45 + 2 minute, and this goal is the first for Nottingham in the Premier League since the sixteenth of May 1999.

The second half witnessed the height of excitement and suspense, as West Ham stressed their attacking attempts to equalize, and Algerian Said Benrahma hit a wonderful free kick that bounced off the crossbar. ably.

The win is the first this season for Nottingham, as he had lost in the first stage against his host Newcastle United (2-0), while West Ham continued his faltering start and received the second loss in a row and had fallen at home in the opening match with two goals without a response against defending champion Manchester City.

Did Ten Hag discover the depth of the crisis in Manchester United?

 

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Dutch coach Eric Ten Hag needed only two official matches to discover first-hand the depth of the crisis that his new team, Manchester United, has been going through since the retirement of legendary Scottish coach Alex Ferguson in 2013.

After three victories in four warm-up matches on his Asian-Australian tour, United fans were optimistic that Ten Hag could revolutionize the team, bringing him back to his former position and forgetting the disappointment of last season and the sixth place that the "Red Devils" won in the league.

But Ten Hag quickly ran into the bitter reality of the 20-times champion, by losing the first two matches of the new season of the “Premier League”, the first at home against Brighton 1-2 and the second Saturday at Brentford Stadium with a clean four, his last record in the first 36 minutes.

Saturday's painful loss, with the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo in the starting lineup after he was a substitute in the opening meeting, was the seventh in a row for United away from home in the league, an extension of last season, in a scenario that has not happened with him since 1936.

This series included similar humiliating defeats against Manchester City (1-4), Liverpool (0-4) and Brighton (0-4), so that the "Red Devils" netted four or more times in seven Premier League games since the beginning of last season.

disastrous start

After this disastrous start to the new season, any hope of a new bright future was quickly dashed, led by the former coach of Ajax Amsterdam, who quickly realized what his German predecessor Ralf Rangnick meant after his last match as interim coach of the team, when he said that United needed an “open heart operation” and to bring in up to To ten new players in order to try to improve the sixth position in which he came.

With the league reaching its third stage, United have so far been unable to bring in more than three new players: Danish Christian Eriksen, Argentine Lisandro Martins and Dutchman Terrell Malacia, all of whom are unable to achieve the desired revolution.

What increases the size of United’s crisis is that the current team appears on paper to be weaker than last season’s team, especially with the departure of French midfielder Paul Pogba, Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, midfielders Jesse Lingard, Serbian Nemanja Matic and Spaniard Juan Mata, all for free as a result of the expiration of their contracts. with the club.

Instead of stealing the spotlight with high-caliber contracts, United made the headlines for deals that did not happen, and we are talking about Dutch midfielder Frankie de Jong, whose Spanish team Barcelona reached an agreement from the English club regarding him, but the former Ajax player refused to move to “Old Trafford”, and Ronaldo, who advanced He asked to leave the club, but the latter refused to release him.

Attack on the Glazer family

Once again, the American Glazer family, which owns the club, was a target for United fans, who vented their anger on her and demanded her departure.

The club's store was forced to close its doors as a result of the attack launched by the fans demanding the departure of the Glazer family even before the start of the opening match in which the team fell at home against Brighton.

It is expected that there will be other moves on the sidelines of United’s next match at home against rivals Liverpool, in a replay of the scene of last season when the decision was taken to postpone the match between the two teams in May 2021 when fans stormed the “Old Trafford” stadium to protest against the plans of the European Super League. .

"The time has come for the Glazers to sell the club," former United captain Gary Neville said, adding: "People in the decision-making positions (at the club) should have known that it was not acceptable to hand Eric ten Hag this team."

The lack of a coordinated transfer strategy at the club was revealed this week when United reportedly pulled out of the deal for 33-year-old Bologna Austrian striker Marko Arnautovic, due to a backlash from fans over the signing.

Arrows also criticized another possible deal that United might make to include French midfielder Adrien Rabiot from Italian Juventus, especially from the former Scottish "Red Devils" midfielder Lou Macari, who mocked this deal on the club's television channel.

real structure

So far, it seems that Ten Hag has been left alone on a sinking ship with a team he inherited with the vast majority of its members without succeeding in vaccinating him with players capable of changing the downward curve of the record holder with the number of league titles.

After Saturday's humiliating loss, the Dutchman said he had asked his players to "play with faith and take responsibility for your performance, which we did not do".

"It seems that what happened in the past, last season, is being repeated this season and we have to change that quickly."

 United have needed change over the past nine years since the legendary coach Ferguson, who gave the club their 20th title in 2013, retired before leaving.

Ten Hag became the sixth coach to hold the position since then, but to no avail, unless the management is convinced of a more fundamental restructuring of the club's management.

Otherwise, United will be at risk of repeating the same mistakes, which could lead to new lows.

Mbappe reveals the three candidates he chose to win the Ballon d'Or

 

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Kylian Mbappe, the Paris Saint-Germain player, revealed the three candidates he believes are the most worthy of entering the final list for the Ballon d'Or award.

The French magazine "France Football" announced all the names of the nominees for its annual awards for the year 2022, the most important of which is the Golden Ball (Balloon d'Or) for men and women.

Mbappe's name came from among the 30 candidates that were announced to compete for the Ballon d'Or award, which was presented to the best player last season.

Mbappe said in statements to France Football magazine: "I nominate myself with Karim Benzema and Sadio Mane for the final list of the Ballon d'Or."

He continued, "I would like to say that this year has been successful for Benzema, he is 34 and he has just played his best season in his life and won the Champions League again and was decisive in most of his matches. If I was generous and did not win it this year, I will stop thinking about the Golden Ball forever."

And the newspaper "France Football" announced the date of presenting the Ballon d'Or award for the best player in 2022 on October 17 in France.

The Ballon d'Or is an award presented to the best player in the world by France Football and is the most famous award alongside "the best" presented by the International Football Association Board.

The award will be presented for the first time based on the players' performance over the season from August 2021 until July 2022, unlike previous years, which provided the award based on the players' performance throughout the year.

[Official] Announcing the nominees for the UEFA Best Player in Europe

 

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Today, Friday, the European Football Association (UEFA) officially announced the candidates for the award for the best player in the old continent (UEFA Best Player in Europe).

Real Madrid captain Karim Benzema will compete with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois for the award, along with Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne.

The winner will be announced at the Champions League draw ceremony on the 25th of August.

The ranking of the rest of the players, starting from the fourth to the fifteenth, is as follows:

4- Robert Lewandowski (formerly Bayern Munich and now Barcelona) 54 points

5- Luka Modric (Real Madrid) 52 points

6-4 Sadio Mane (formerly Liverpool and now Bayern Munich) 51 points

7- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) 46 points

8- Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) 25 points

9- Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) 21 points

10- Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) 19 points

11- Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) 7 points

12- Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt) 7 points

13- Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) 5 points

14- Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) 2 points

15- Fabinho (Liverpool) 1 point

Last year, Chelsea midfielder Jorginho won the award.

Players are selected by the clubs participating in the group stage of the Champions League, European League and Conference League for the 2021-2022 season.

This is in addition to a group of journalists selected by UEFA.

The first choice gets five points, the second gets three points, and the third gets one point.

As for the coaches, Real Madrid's Carlo Ancelotti will compete with Pep Guardiola from Manchester City and Jurgen Klopp from Liverpool for the best prize.

None of the trio has previously won the updated award that began in the 2019-20 season.

While Klopp may be optimistic about winning it after being crowned by two coaches from Germany in the past two years, Hans Flick with Bayern and Thomas Tuchel with Chelsea.

But it is noticeable that all coaches who won the award won the Champions League, which may make Ancelotti's chances better after winning the championship last season at the expense of Klopp himself.

Klopp was third in the race in the 2019-2020 season, while Guardiola came in the same position in the following season.

Ancelotti never made it to the final list of 10 coaches.