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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.

Klopp's conference: Salah and Nunez's partnership is good.. and I don't see a suitable midfielder to sign with him

 

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Jurgen Klopp, coach of Liverpool, has clarified the club's position on signing a midfielder during the current summer transfer market.

Thiago Alcantara recently joined the trio of Naby Keita, Curtis Jones and Oxlade Chamberlain in the absence of the Liverpool midfield, which has become a dilemma for the team at the present time.

"There are different solutions, one of which is the transfer market, which makes sense if you can sign the right player," Klopp said in the press conference before facing Crystal Palace.

"If there is a suitable player there will be a chance, but I don't see that because we have a lot of conversations and nothing seems to happen."

"We are not stubborn, we know what the team needs, and if there was an appropriate solution in the transfer market, we would have done it already."

And about the possibility of Harvey Elliott appearing in the middle, he explained, "He is a wonderful and extraordinary boy, who appeared in front of Fulham after Thiago's injury and had a real impact and appeared in the preparatory period very well."

And about the praise of Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez, he replied, "It is a good partnership, I saw the determination to score and good positioning on their part in the previous match."

And he added, "Salah is in a good position, and Nunez is adapting, this partnership was not one of the problems we faced against Fulham."

Liverpool tied Fulham in the first round of the English Premier League with two goals for the same.

Liverpool will host Crystal Palace next Monday in the second round of the competition.

The Times: Tomori has agreed to renew his contract with Milan

 

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Fikayo Tomori has agreed to renew his contract with Milan for 5 seasons.

The English defender had joined Milan in January 2021 on loan from Chelsea, and Milan activated his purchase contract permanently after the end of the season.

According to the English newspaper "The Times", Tomori will receive a higher salary, linking him to the Rossoneri shirt for a longer period.

Tomori's current contract expires in the summer of 2025.

According to the Italian "Calciomercato" website, Tomori's agents met with Milan officials, today, Wednesday, at the club's headquarters.

The two parties reached an agreement to extend the defender's contract until 2027, with an increase in his salary from two million euros to 3.5 million euros, in addition to bonuses.

Milan wants to keep its defender, who has received interest from several clubs in the English Premier League.

Tomori played 62 matches for Milan, scored two goals, and led the team to the Italian league title for the first time in 11 years.

And Milan included in the current summer transfer market, the Belgian duo Divock Origi and Charles de Kitlari.

He also renewed the contract of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Tommaso Pobiga, and obtained the services of the duo Alessandro Florenzi and Junior Messias.

Liverpool extend Elliott's contract.. nothing makes him happier than this

 

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Liverpool announced on Thursday the contract extension of its young player Harvey Elliott.

"The club can confirm that Harvey Elliott has signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool," Liverpool said in a statement.

Speaking about his delight at the extension of his contract, Elliott said: "It is always good to know that I will be here for many more years."

"How wonderful it is to continue with the club that I support since childhood," he added to his club's website.

"There is nothing in this world that makes me happier and more excited than this."

Liverpool signed Elliott at the age of 16 from Fulham in the summer of 2019 for one million and 700 thousand euros, and then loaned him to Blackburn.

And in July 2020, Liverpool Football Club announced that Harvey Elliott had signed his first professional contract after reaching the legal age.

And Elliott revealed earlier that he had refused an offer to join Real Madrid before his move to Liverpool, because of what Sergio Ramos, the royal captain, had done with Mohamed Salah in the 2018 Champions League final, causing his injury. (See details).

In February 2021, Liverpool FC welcomed the ruling by the British Court of Sports over the right to sponsor Harvey Elliott in favor of his former club Fulham.

The English court issued a ruling awarding 1.5 million pounds, in addition to 2.8 million pounds depending on the player's performance, in favor of the club Fulham, in which the player grew up.

"Liverpool FC can confirm the decision taken by the Professional Football Compensation Commission regarding player Harvey Elliott," Liverpool said in a statement at the time.

"Liverpool Football Club respects the outcome of the committee's fair and thorough investigation into this matter. We would like to thank the committee for their time and diligence in reaching a decision," the statement added.

Fulham had decided to go to court to obtain adequate compensation for the departure of his academy graduate, after Liverpool offered to pay only one million pounds.

"We now look forward to welcoming Harvey back from his loan spell at Blackburn Rovers in the summer and helping him continue to build a long and successful career at Liverpool."

At 16 years and 174 days old, Harvey Elliott became the youngest player in Liverpool history to start a competitive match.

Doubts about Giroud ready whith Milan's opening match against Udinese

 

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Milan striker Olivier Giroud is in doubt against Udinese at the opening of the Serie A season.

Calcio Mercato  Website  revealed that Giroud suffered a muscle injury.

Giroud helped Milan win the league title last season, scoring 11 goals in 29 league matches.

The Calcio Mercato report indicated that Giroud suffers from muscle fatigue and there are doubts about his catching up with Udinese.

The report indicated that the medical staff is following up on the player's condition on an ongoing basis, and his condition will be evaluated before the team's training starts tomorrow, Friday.

Milan coach Stefano Pioli is considering pushing Ante Rebic in attack if Giroud is not involved.

Divock Origi, the newly arrived Liverpool striker, is set to start on the bench.

Milan won the Italian league title last season for the first time in 11 years.

Milan won the league title with 86 points, only two points ahead of second-placed Inter.

Sergio Gomez undergoes medical with Manchester City

 

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Manchester City are just a few steps away from completing the signing of Anderlecht full-back Sergio Gomez this summer.

And the Belgian newspaper, Newsblad, reported that Gomez will travel to Barcelona on Thursday afternoon to undergo a medical examination with City, before flying to Manchester.

The report added that the player will sign a contract linking him to the heavenly team for a period of four or five years.

While The Athletic Network reported that the 21-year-old will travel to England directly to undergo a medical examination before signing contracts.

The report indicated that City had reached an agreement with Anderlecht to include the left-back for 13 million euros + 2 million euros in variables.

Manchester City had planned to loan the player to Spanish Girona, but with not signing Marc Cucurea, the player could continue with the English Premier League champions next season.

City tried to sign Kokorea from Brighton, but his club refused to accept any offer of less than 50 million pounds, which Manchester City did not agree to pay to move to Chelsea after that.

Gomez participated in 49 games with Anderlecht last season in all competitions, during which he scored seven goals and assisted 15 others.

Manchester City signed Erling Haaland, Calvin Phillips and Stefan Ortega during the current transfer market.

Manchester City defeated West Ham United in their first match in the Premier League with two goals without a response.

Bournemouth will host the Etihad Stadium in the second round.

Almeria sign goalkeeper Pacheco from Alaves

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Almeria club announced the signing of Fernando Pacheco from Deportivo Alaves in the summer transfer market.

Pacheco signed a 4-year contract with Almeria after his departure from Alaves, who were relegated to the Second Division.

Almeria returns to the Premier League and is owned by Saudi Arabia, represented by Turki Al-Sheikh, head of the Sports and Entertainment Authority in the Kingdom.

Pacheco (30 years old) played for Alaves during the previous seven seasons, and made 252 matches for his shirt, and contributed to reaching the 2017 King's Cup final.

The Spanish goalkeeper began his career in Real Madrid's youth team, and was promoted to the first team in 2011, but he only played two official matches with him.

Pacheco became Almeria's ninth summer deal, after the Brazilian Kylie from Santos, Serbian Marko Milovanovic from Partizan, Alejandro Pozo from Seville, and Portugal's Guidice from Vitoria Guimaraes.

Serbian Sardjan Babic from Red Star, Guinea-Bissau Hobolang Mendes from Lorient, Slovakian Martin Svidersky from Manchester United, and Arnau Sola from Barcelona also joined.

Almeria will open its matches in the Spanish League against Real Madrid at the Mediterranean Stadium next Sunday.

Kostic undergoes medical with Juventus

 

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Serbian Filip Kostic, Eintracht Francourt's player, arrived in Turin, in preparation for joining Juventus.

Juventus and Eintracht Frankfurt reached an agreement to sign the Serbian this summer.

The player is undergoing a medical examination on Thursday morning.

According to the Italian "Sky Sport" network, Juventus beat West Ham and will include the left wing for a fee ranging between 17-18 million euros, in addition to incentives.

Frankfurt lost the match against Real Madrid in the European Super Cup on Wednesday without the Serbian, who was not in the list of the European champions, according to the German club.

Sky also indicated that, after completing the deal, Juventus will focus on the inclusion of a midfielder, with the departure of French Adrian Rabiot approaching.

Kostic will become the seventh Serbian to wear the Bianconeri shirt, and the second in the team after his compatriot Dusan Vlahovic.

The 29-year-old Serbian started his career at the Serbian club Radinzeki until 2012 and moved to Dutch Groningen and spent two years.

Then he started his career in Germany, wearing the shirts of Stuttgart and Hamburg, and arriving in Frankfurt.

With Eintracht, he played 171 matches in all competitions, scoring 33 goals and making 64.

He was crowned last season with the European League title and the first in the club's history, and was also chosen as the best player in the last edition of the competition.

He was in the perfect formation for the European League seasons 2018-19 and 2021-22, and also won the award for the most assisted player in last season's edition.

He was also in the perfect formation of the German League for the 2019-2020 season.

Failed transfer

The Serbian was close to moving to Lazio last season.

The German club gave its Italian counterpart a wrong email address, and the Italian team was unable to resolve the deal.

And Vali Ramdani, the player's agent, discovered that Frankfurt had sent a wrong email to Lazio, telling the player that the Italian capital club was not interested in the deal.

Ramadani sent Kostic a photo of the official Lazio presentation, which did not arrive in Frankfurt.

The player turned his anger on the club's management and refused to participate in the confrontation with Armenia Bielefeld, which ended in a 1-1 draw in the German League at the time, but he participated with the team normally until the end of the season and crowned the European League title.

The Athletic: Changing the start date of Qatar 2022 World Cup

 

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The Athletic News Network revealed that the start of the next World Cup is expected to be changed.

The World Cup begins on November 21 and runs until December 18.

According to the network, the kick-off date may be changed to Sunday, November 20, in order for the Qatari team to play the first match in the tournament.

The Senegal team was scheduled to play the Netherlands on Monday as the first match of the current edition, with the opening ceremony to be held before the Qatar match.

After the amendment, Qatar will play Ecuador at eight in the evening Cairo time.

It is noteworthy that this edition of the World Cup is the last with the participation of 32 teams, as the number of teams will be increased to 48 starting from 2026.

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[Officially] CAF launches the African Super League.. the start date of the tournament and the competition system

 

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The Confederation of African Football (CAF), led by its President Patrice Motsepe, launched the CAF Super League project, in the presence of FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

"The goal of the African Super League is to raise the level of football in the continent," CAF President Motsebe said during the press conference. "We will provide an amount of one million dollars to the teams participating in the competition, and we will help the clubs to move from one country to another."

He added, "The financial prizes of the African Super League are 100 million dollars each year, the champion will win 11 million dollars, and all these initiatives will show the feasibility of taking the African Super decision."

He continued, "We gave 10 million dollars to develop football in African schools, and the African Super is a plan to develop African football, and the Frenchman, Arsene Wenger, is doing an exceptional job in terms of developing football."

He continued, "The tournament will start in August 2023, and preparations for it start from next month through interaction with senior consultants and companies."

He continued, "The coverage and infrastructure of the Super League will be high, and Pierluigi Collina, the former Italian referee, will ensure the conduct of the matches in an effective manner and supervise the application of video technology in all matches."

He concluded, "We will deal with the best sponsors of this league, and our desired goal is to reach the top through the African Super, and today we will witness a qualitative shift in football."

"I will be present for the first match in the African Super when this competition takes place," Infantio said.

And he added, "This is a big project and an initiative that has a lot of innovation and creativity and includes a lot of high football values ​​and a project that has been carefully studied by football experts in Africa and the world. As a representative of FIFA, we felt Africa's need to create this competition, and this applies to the rest of the continents and to finding new initiatives such as the African Super."

He stressed, "The dream will become a reality in August 2023 and this project will benefit the continent. The players are shining outside Africa and the African player has the right to a high salary within the continent, and we will witness the presence of 24 teams from 16 countries."

African Super League system (Super League):

It includes 24 teams according to the classification of clubs in the CAF.

The 24 clubs are divided into 3 groups, each group comprising 8 teams, according to the geographical distribution of the continent: (North African group - West and Central Africa group - East and Southern Africa group).

The tournament starts in August and ends in May.

The matches in the group stage are played in the home and away system, meaning that each team will play 14 matches.

The top 5 teams from each group, plus the best sixth-placed team from among the three groups, qualify for the round of 16 competition.

While the 8 teams that did not qualify for a new league play their own to stay in the next season of the competition, the last two teams will be relegated to the African Champions Cup.

From the round of 16 to the final, all matches will be played on a home and away basis.

A one-match final that CAF described in the tournament introduction video as the "Africa Super Bowl" will take place.

The total matches of the tournament from the group stage to the final are 197 matches.

That is, the team that reaches the final will participate in 21 matches.

The fate of the African Champions League

A source from CAF revealed that Patrice Motsepe will officially announce the return of the old system of the African Champions League.

The group stage will be canceled, with 64 teams participating in the knockout system until the final, starting from the 2023-202 season

It is expected that the name of the tournament will be changed to the African Champions Cup.

It has not yet been decided whether the champion of the championship will participate in the Super League or not, pending the resolution of the number of relegators from the new championship.

The fate of the Confederation Cup

It is expected that the system and name of the tournament will be changed starting from the 2023-2024 season.

24 teams will be divided into three regions, with each region having eight teams.

Each region is divided into two groups with four teams in each group.

The first and second place winners from both groups advance to the semi-finals and then the final

The champion of the three regions qualifies for the Super League, with the last three places in the new tournament relegated to the CAF Cup (Confederation Cup).