Rangers failed to capitalise on Sunday afternoon with their arch-rivals not in league action, though Steven Gerrard’s side are four points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership after the opening four games of the season.
The Light Blues struggled to find a way past Livingston at Almondvale Stadium, drawing 0-0 with the winless SPFL outfit.
On the face of it, Gerrard’s men dominated in terms of possession (79%) and total shots (23) but when digging deeper, only three of those attempts at goal were actually on target and nearly half were from outside the penalty box – it’s no wonder they failed to score.
Much of the Ibrox faithful were quick to hammer midfielder maestro Ryan Jack following the full-time whistle. He was labelled a “waste of a jersey” as well as “shocking” whilst one supporter went as far as claiming that he had “done nothing” for months.
Well, this doesn’t appear to be the case whatsoever. In fact, the 28-year-old ran the show in the heart of the pitch, picking up a squad-high 7.8 rating.
Per SofaScore, Jack also made a whopping 128 passes at an accuracy rate of 90%, two of which were key passes and even recorded two tackles, two interceptions and won 100% of his duels.
Therefore, the blame should be attributed elsewhere as the engine room were clearly creating opportunities.
For example, Alfredo Morelos had a rare off day, failing to record a single effort on target from five attempts and likewise with Gerrard’s two new strikers that were introduced in the second half, Cedric Itten and Kemar Roofe, who both failed to even have a shot at goal.
Jack’s midfield partner Glen Kamara has been linked with an exit since the 19/20 season finished prematurely – according to 90min, Premier League duo Everton and Newcastle are keen on the Finland international.
Perhaps fans should get used to seeing their Scotsman as clearly he’s going to be able to continue in Kamara’s absence should he depart Ibrox before October.
He certainly deserves less flak than what he got post-game.
AND in other news, Rangers could give Gerrard a different threat in young sensation dubbed the next Arjen Robben…
O lateral-direito Luis Ricardo acredita que a derrota sofrida diante do Santa Cruz não tira o brilho da campanha do Botafogo nesta Série B. Ele reconhece os erros cometidos diante do Santinha, mas diz que é hora de ter paciência.
– Não temos que achar culpados, todo nosso grupo foi muito abaixo (do esperado). Temos de ter paciência. Não é porque perdeu que está tudo errado. Somos líderes, e não é uma derrota que vai tirar o nosso brilho, o que conquistamos dentro de campo. Pedimos desculpas aos torcedores pelo resultado negativo em casa – disse.
O Glorioso volta a campo na próxima sexta-feira, quando enfrenta o ABC, no Estádio Mané Garrincha, pela penúltima rodada da Série B. O Glorioso será campeão em caso de vitória. Se empatar, o Alvinegro também pode levantar a taça antecipadamente, desde que Vitória e América-MG não vençam.
أدلى لويس إنريكي المدير الفني لمنتخب إسبانيا بتصريحات عقب تأهلهم إلى نهائي دوري الأمم الأوروبية، مساء أمس عقب فوزهم على إيطاليا، مشيدًا بلاعبه جافي.
وتلاقى المنتخبان في إطار منافسات نصف نهائي دوري الأمم الأوروبية، حيث فازت إسبانيا بهدفين مقابل هدف في ملعب سان سيرو. أهداف مباراة إسبانيا وإيطاليا
وقال إنريكي في تصريحات نشرها الموقع الرسمي لليويفا: “لقد لعبت مباراة جيدة، كانت مواجهة بين منافسين استخدما كل ما لديهما، بدا فريقي خطيرًا طوال الوقت، وضغطنا جيدًا وأنا سعيد بشكل عام”.
وأضاف: “مع وجود جلسة ونصف فقط من التدريبات، لم يكن هذا سهلاً ولكن موقف اللاعبين كان مثيرًا، أفضل شيء بالنسبة لي هو أنه منذ أن كنا مسؤولين عن المنتخب الوطني، لعبنا دائمًا كما نرغب، ضد أي خصم وأينما كانت المباراة”.
وأُثنى لويس إنريكي على أداء لاعب منتخب إسبانيا جافي، الذي أصبح أصغر لاعب يشارك في مباراة دولية مع المنتخب الإسباني، في عمر 17 عامًا و62 يومًا فقط.
وعن ذلك، قال إنريكي: “نحن نتحدث بالفعل عن حالة غير عادية للغاية وهو يلعب كما لو كان في حديقته الخاصة، إنه لمن دواعي سروري أن أرى لاعبًا بهذه الجودة والشخصية، إنه مستقبل المنتخب الوطني مثل العديد من اللاعبين الآخرين”.
وواصل: “لدي قائمة تضم 40 أو 50 لاعباً يقدمون أداءً من أجلي ويستحقون حقًا المشاركة في هذه المباريات، إنه فوز جميل بكل تأكيد، نحن الآن في المباراة النهائية، لكني أعتقد أن إيطاليا سجلت رقمًا قياسيًا عالميًا حتى هذه الليلة كان مذهلاً (سلسلة اللا هزيمة 37 مباراة)، ولكن هذه مجرد مباراة واحدة بالنسبة لنا”.
واختتم: “لن أنظر إلى العناوين الرئيسية غدًا أو أقرأ تقارير المباريات، هذه ليست طريقتي، سأقوم بتحليل المباراة بعمق وسأحاول معرفة كيفية تحسين أمر أو شيئين، أنا واضح بشأن ذلك”.
Former Newcastle United player Mehdi Abeid has admitted to The Athletic that he never wanted to leave St James’ Park.
Indeed, the 28-year old officially left the northeast to join Greek outfit Panathinaikos for £540,000 in August 2015, having previously had loan spells with both them and St Johnstone in Scotland after his free transfer from RC Lens B, as per Transfermarkt.
He has since gone on to play for both Dijon and Nantes in France and is currently playing with the latter, where he scored three goals and provided a further two assists in a total of 29 games in all competitions last season, according to Transfermarkt.
However, his time at the Tyneside club was limited to just 21 matches across all competitions over three separate seasons (via Transfermarkt).
Nonetheless, Abeid has managed to make a relatively fine career for himself, perhaps most notably winning the African Cup of Nations with Algeria in 2019. When underage appearances for France are included, Abeid has scored six goals so far in 48 games for various international teams, according to Transfermarkt.
Over his club career, the central midfielder has managed to score 27 times in total and produce a further 17 assists, having played in 231 games since his debut for the Magpies in 2011/12, as per Transfermarkt.
With 33 goals in total between club and international level, Abeid will be looking to add to that and kick on in his footballing career, and perhaps by admitting that he never wanted to leave the Toon in the first place, he has not ruled out the possibility of a return to Newcastle in the future.
Geordies, would you like to see Abeid return to Newcastle? Comment below with your views!
A efetividade do adversário fez a diferença no Gre-Nal deste domingo. Foi o que os jogadores do Grêmio destacaram após o clássico 408, válido pela 36ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. O Tricolor terminou o jogo melhor, mas o Colorado foi mais eficaz no Beira-Rio.
– Eles vieram bem fechados, marcando muito e jogando pelo contra-ataque, quando tiveram a oportunidade fizeram o gol e a gente não conseguiu marcar. Queríamos vencer, não conseguimos – destacou o capitão Marcelo Oliveira.
O goleiro Marcelo Grohe, por sua vez, lamentou a atuação gremista até o gol de Vitinho. Na sequência, o Colorado até teve chances para ampliar, mas o Grêmio, aos poucos, tomaria conta do jogo.
–O Inter esteve melhor até o gol. Infelizmente, soube aproveitar uma oportunidade boa. Aí o Inter se fechou e não conseguimos fazer o gol. Pagamos pela atuação até o gol– disse o goleiro Marcelo Grohe.
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O Grêmio voltará a atuar pelo Brasileirão no próximo domingo, quando receberá o vice-líder Atlético-MG, na Arena. O Tricolor soma 62 pontos, contra 66 pontos do rival a duas rodadas do fim da competição.
يرى الأوروجوياني لويس سواريز، مهاجم أتلتيكو مدريد الإسباني، أن ترشيحه لجائزة الكرة الذهبية “بالون دور”، مجاملة له.
وأعلنت مجلة “فرانس فوتبول”، أمس الجمعة، القائمة النهائية للمرشحين لجائزة الكرة الذهبية، ومن بينهم سواريز.
وأفاد سواريز في تصريحات نشرتها وكالة الأنباء الإسبانية: “جميع الأوروجوانيين يجب أن يشعروا بالفخر، لأنه في مثل عمري يمكنني الاستمرار في قمة كرة القدم”.
وأضاف: “بالنسبة لي على المستوى الشخصي، إنها مجاملة كبيرة جدًا، لكنني لن أتوقف عن العمل”.
وشدد سواريز: “يمكن للمرء أن يواصل القتال من أجل القتال هناك، أتليتكو مدريد يمنحني إمكانية الاستمرار في أن أكون في قمة لعبة كرة القدم العالمية لمواصلة التنافس”.
يذكر أن سواريز قاد أتلتيكو مدريد للفوز بلقب الدوري الإسباني “الليجا” في الموسم الماضي، بعدما رحل عن برشلونة.
West Ham United are leading the way to sign Brighton & Hove Albion winger Solly March, as has been reported by 90min.
It is suggested that Newcastle United, Everton and Wolverhampton Wanderers are all interested in the 26-year-old, though it is the Hammers who have taken the impetus to get ahead of the competition.
They have opened negotiations with Brighton regarding a transfer, which would see March leave the club whose academy he joined back in 2011.
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He has now represented the club almost 200 times in total, helping them to earn promotion from the Championship and become an established Premier League side.
Brighton are said to be willing to sell the 26-year-old, who made 11 league starts and eight substitute appearances throughout the 2019/20 campaign – he failed to record a single goal and got just one assist during this time.
March is also open to a move away from the Amex Stadium, as he is hopeful that fleeing the nest could help him to force his way into Gareth Southgate’s plans for the England national team.
If West Ham do manage to complete the move, it will be their second signing of the transfer window, after they made Tomas Soucek’s loan deal from Slavia Prague a permanent one when Premier League safety was confirmed.
يرى جماهير فريق ليفربول أن النجم المصري محمد صلاح سيتمكن من الفوز بجائزة الكرة الذهبية المرموقة لعام 2022، وليس العام الحالي 2021.
وكانت مجلة “فرانس فوتبول” الشهيرة قد أعلنت مساء اليوم قائمة المرشحين الثلاثين لجائزة أفضل لاعب في العالم لعام 2021، الكرة الذهبية.
وتواجد النجم المصري محمد صلاح في تلك القائمة، وهو اللاعب الوحيد من صفوف فريق ليفربول بها.
وتفاعلت جماهير ليفربول عبر موقع “تويتر” مع خبر ترشيح محمد صلاح لتلك الجائزة، حيث رأت أن فرصته في التتويج بها ستكون أكبر العام المقبل بالنظر إلى أدائه في الموسم الحالي.
وقال أحد المشجعين عبر “تويتر”: “العام المقبل ستكون ملكنا”، حيث نشر صورة فوتوشوب لـ محمد صلاح وهو يحمل الكرة الذهبية الشهيرة.
Next year is ours pic.twitter.com/29ILw0isyC — • (@GerrardTime) October 8, 2021
وأضاف ثاني: “العام المقبل إن شاء الله”، وقال ثالث: “قادمون العام المقبل”، وأكد رابع: “يجب أن يتواجد ضمن أفضل خمسة لاعبين في العالم”.
Next year it’s his inshallah — YJ [ZORO SZN] (@YJAMJ1) October 8, 2021
next season inshAllah — kareem 🇪🇬 (@itzsalahszn) October 8, 2021
We’re coming for it next year — 𝘛 ²⁶ (@LFCTanmay) October 8, 2021
he should be top 5 with all due respect — kareem 🇪🇬 (@itzsalahszn) October 8, 2021
وفي الوقت نفسه، ركز عدد من الجماهير على ضرورة منح محمد صلاح العقد الجديد الذي يريده، حيث سينتهي عقده الحالي في صيف 2023، ولا يوجد اتفاق حتى الآن بشأن التجديد.
وقال أحدهم: “امنحوه عقدًا جديدًا لكي يحتفل”، وأضاف ثانِ:”أنا فقط أريدكم الإعلان عن تجديد عقده! من فضلكم!”.
Give him his contract extension to celebrate — Shannonʸⁿʷᵃ (@icy7_YNWA) October 8, 2021
I just want you to announce the extent of his contract!!! Pleeease!!! 🥺🙏 — DANIEL 🥀 (@SMenezes18) October 8, 2021
وطالب أحد المشجعين إدارة ليفربول بضرورة منح محمد صلاح عقدًا جديدًا لمنع رحيله إلى أي مكان آخر.
Just give him what he wants! New contract don’t let him go anywhere! — Cam 🇬🇧 (@poundy88) October 8, 2021
Just make him sign the contract — Tom (@lfctom__) October 8, 2021
Now give him what he wants and get that signature — Paul Sweeney (@paulswee25) October 8, 2021
Na partida entre as equipes sub-13 de Santos e Corinthians , o volante Ivonei Júnior marcou um golaço de bicicleta na goleada de 4 a 0 dos Meninos da Vila.
After England’s Nation League games against Iceland and Denmark last week, it is normal to start thinking towards next years Euro’s – and instantly start to wonder about how well we may or may not do during the big international competitions, dreaming of watching the Three Lions lift a trophy again like most England fans do every year.
In football, trophies translate to success, and England has failed to win a major trophy since the 1966 World Cup, the countries only major trophy to date.
When remembering the England greats, it is easy to just think about England’s golden generation or the nearly teams of the ’80s and ’90s – but this is no more.
Here, we’re going to piece together England’s greatest ever XI of capped internationals…
GK – Gordon Banks
An easy omission in goal for me, Gordan Banks was the countries World Cup-winning goalkeeper in ’66 and is often regarded as one of the greatest to play the game in his position. Banks played 73 games for England between 1963-72, and was named the 2nd best goalkeeper in the history of the game, behind Lev Yashin and ahead of Dino Zoff.
His save against Pelé in the 1970 World Cup has been regarded as the greatest save in footballing history by Pelé himself and is a moment that went down in English football folklore.
RB – Gary Neville
Having played his entire career at Manchester United, Gary Neville made his England debut in 1995 against Japan under Terry Venables. Throughout his international career, Neville played 85 times for England, making him the countries most capped right-back of all time.
Despite never winning a major trophy for England, Neville’s domestic success clearly shows he was a fantastic player and was a big part of England’s ‘Golden Generation’ of the late ’90s and ’00s.
CB – Bobby Moore
An easy choice in central defence is the legend that is Bobby Moore. Having captained the World Cup-winning team of 1966, Moore played 108 times for England, scoring two goals – and is often regarded as one of the best defenders in the history of the game.
Former Celtic manager Jock Stein was quoted saying “There should be a law against him. He knows what’s happening 20 minutes before everyone else.” – a fitting example of the quality that Moore possessed, making him England’s greatest defender of all time.
CB – John Terry
Another member of England’s golden generation, John Terry is another player often regarded as one of the countries finest defenders.
Terry made his debut for England back in 2003 and made 78 appearances for the Three Lions scoring 6 goals in the process. He also finished his domestic career as the highest-scoring defender in Premier League history during his time at Chelsea and Aston Villa between 1998 and 2018.
LB – Ashley Cole
A long time team-mate of Terry, Ashley Cole is regarded as the best left-back in English history, having played 107 games for his country, making him the most capped full-back of all time for England.
Cole made his debut in 2001 against Albania and went on to represent the Three Lions at both the European Championships and World Cup tournaments between 2001 and 2014 – but failed to score a goal for the country during this time.
His attacking style of play and revolutionary role of the full-back position has regarded him as one of the best left-backs of all time, and England’s greatest.
CDM – Nobby Stiles
Our third World Cup-winner in the starting XI, Nobby Stiles is often referred to as one of the best midfielders of all time, revolutionising the midfield role of a defensive midfielder, and perfecting his duties of man-marking opponents in games.
Most know Stiles due to his game against Portugal in the 1966 World Cup semi-final, where he essentially man-marked Eusebio out of the game, with the Portuguese legend and Ballon d’Or winner not getting a sniff of the ball the entire game.
Stiles only made 28 appearances for England during his career – but enjoyed great domestic success with Manchester United, winning the First Division twice and the European Cup with the Red Devils.
RM – Sir Stanley Matthews
AXA FA Cup Legend Award, Wembley Stadium, 10.11.98 Please Credit: Action Images – John Sibley Sir Stanley Matthews poses by Wembley Stadium’s Twin Towers with his AXA Cup Legend award
Sir Stanley Matthews played for England between 1934-1957, making 54 appearances with 11 goals, as well as being the oldest player to represent the Three Lions at 42 years and 104 days old.
Matthews was the first player to win the coveted Ballon d’Or trophy in 1956, beating Alfredo Di Stefano and Raymond Kopa of Real Madrid. Often referred to as “The Wizzard of the Dribble”, Matthews played the game until he was 50 years old, and is the only footballer to be knighted whilst still playing the game.
Matthes is one of England’s greatest ever players and has rightly earned his spot in the best ever XI.
CM – Sir Bobby Charlton
Sir Bobby Charlton, former Manchester United and British international soccer player, plays with a ball during a visit to the new Toulouse Stadium, April 28. England will meet Romania in Toulouse during the 16th soccer World Cup which will take place in France in June 1998.REUTERS
Often seen as one of the first attacking midfielders, Sir Bobby Charlton is one of the countries greatest ever players – playing 106 games for the Three Lions with 49 goals between 1958 to 1970. During his domestic career, Charlton played 758 games for Manchester United, scoring 249 goals, as well as winning three League titles, an FA Cup, and a European Cup, and regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
Charlton was also part of the 1966 World Cup-winning squad that has dominated some positions in this XI, and rightly so given his career and legacy left behind for both England and Manchester United.
CM – Paul Gascoigne
Known to many as Gazza, Paul Gascoigne played 57 times for England between 1988 and 1998, scoring 10 goals for the country. Gazza has often been referred to as the most naturally gifted and talented English player of his generation, and former BBC Match of the Day commentator John Motson stated that Gazza was “the best English player he ever saw… He was just the complete footballer, and it was all natural, it wasn’t because of hours of coaching, he just had it.”, and his goal against Scotland in Euro 96 goes down in English football history.
LM – Sir Tom Finney
A one-club man throughout his entire career, Tom Finney is a legend of Preston North End having spent almost his entire career at the club between 1946 and 1960, in which he made 433 league appearances with 187 goals.
Finney made his debut for England in 1946 and made a total of 76 appearances for the Three Lions, scoring 30 goals for his country. Throughout his career, he failed to win a trophy but has often been referred to as one of football’s greatest ever players – with managerial legend Bill Shankly stating “Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match, and in any age … even if he had been wearing an overcoat”.
ST – Wayne Rooney
England’s top goalscorer of all time, Wayne Rooney is one of the greatest players of the modern game. Rooney made his debut for England in 2003 and went on to play 120 games for the Three Lions with a record of 53 goals.
At club level, he played most of his career with Manchester United, becoming also their record goalscorer with 253 goals for the Red Devils in all competitions. Rooney captained England between 2014 and 2017, and played in both the European Championships and World Cup for his country, and goes down as an England legend, and one of our best strikers of all time.
So, there you have it! England’s greatest ever XI in a lovely looking 4-1-4-1 formation – it is fair to say that we have been blessed with plenty of incredible and groundbreaking players over the years, and there is still hope that in the future this XI will change and include some future greats that we currently get the pleasure of watching to grow and improve under Gareth Southgate for England.