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Racking up frequent flyer miles no excuse for South Africa, captain Temba Bavuma says

Danyal Rasool04-Mar-20253:30

Bavuma: ‘A good show between the two bowling attacks on offer’

It begins with a bit of football. The players stand in a circle keeping the ball up, excitement building as the rally lengthens. Then, a slightly wayward tee-up from one of the players puts Tabraiz Shamsi in a tricky spot. The eye test suggests he’s one of the less technically gifted football players; the rally is destined to end there. Soon after, the group disbands, and the South Africans begin to get into position for a conventional cricket training session.With a quick turnaround and a flight back from Dubai, New Zealand did not put their bowlers through much of a workload, Mitchell Santner saying New Zealand just needed to make sure they were ready. South Africa captain Temba Bavuma sees the bowling battle between the two sides as pivotal.”New Zealand’s bowling is formidable. Quite a disciplined bowling attack,” Bavuma said. “Up front, the guys with the new ball don’t give you much to score from. You’ve got to be decisive as an opening batter. And then in the middle, you’ve got guys again who are able to squeeze the game and force you to make mistakes. We know as batters we’re going to have to work hard. We’re going to have to bat ourselves into a position where we can make the play against them.”Related

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Bavuma’s respect is borne out by the numbers. Aside from India, who played their games at the less scoring-friendly Dubai, no team has sent down more dot balls this tournament than New Zealand, and none of them boasts a tighter economy rate. For games played in Pakistan in the Champions Trophy, three of the top four bowlers to have produced dot balls are from New Zealand – Michael Bracewell, Will O’Rourke and Mitchell Santner.Bavuma, though, rates his own bowlers highly, too. “We’re also quite confident in our bowling. It’ll be a good show on offer between the two bowling attacks. I don’t think there’s a lot between them.”Unlike New Zealand’s bowlers, though, South Africa’s went through a full workload, training later than usual, between 7pm and 10pm on the eve of the game.1:41

Santner: Our bowling combination won’t change too much for semi-final

Marco Jansen and Wiaan Mulder went through extended periods of bowling. Kagiso Rabada’s workload was lighter as he largely confined himself to fielding drills and the odd spurt. South Africa, after all, flew from Karachi to Dubai on Sunday in case they needed to play the first semi-final, only to fly right back to Lahore on Monday when it emerged they would play the second semi-final.Bavuma said it couldn’t be an excuse for his side, though. “Logistically, things could have been more efficient,” he said. “Having said that, the boys did enjoy the time to gallivant in Dubai. Some of the boys played some golf, some went sightseeing. So it was a bit enjoyable, some of them used the time to recover. Guys made use of it as best as they could.”Three weeks ago, these two sides played a game in Lahore that could not be further removed in terms of importance. It was the second game of the tri-series, a day game starting on a cold February morning. It was a flat surface, with a second-string South Africa side posting 304 before an unbeaten century from Kane Williamson, who has “always been a thorn”, guided New Zealand to a comfortable win.2:26

Kumble: South Africa have a slight edge over New Zealand

Bavuma said the differing stakes and circumstances of that game did not mean there was nothing to pick up from it. “It gave us a look at that New Zealand team,” he said. “That team we played against – I don’t think it’ll be too far to what they’ll put out tomorrow. We have different members, obviously. I guess there’s a difference there. When we played, it was a good wicket, but the last game here, between Australia and Afghanistan, the ball swung quite a bit.”Rabada and Mulder stand for catching practice under the lights, sharing a joke and a laugh. Ryan Rickelton whips Jansen into the on side; he looks the best batter in the practice session, the sound of the middle of his bat hypnotically echoing into the void of the empty stadium.Dale Steyn, in Lahore as a broadcast commentator, briefly goes to the practice pitches and has a chat with a couple of players. It is, as Jansen says, “just another game”, and South Africa are trying their best to treat it as just another training session.These two sides, full of golden talents but achingly missing silverware, know better than most that yearning for glory does not guarantee it. So Rabada takes a sharp catch, Rickelton creams one back down the ground, and Jansen bowls at full pelt. And then they do it all over again. As South Africa and New Zealand always do.

Shashank, coming in at No. 7, also contributed an unbeaten 52 off 36 balls, while Jansen struck 34* off 19

Deivarayan Muthu08-Apr-2025

Priyansh Arya hit seven fours and nine sixes in his 42-ball 103•BCCI

Priyansh Arya, 24, smashed a 39-ball half-century, the joint fourth-fastest in the IPL, to lead Punjab Kings (PBKS) to 219 for 6 in Mullanpur against Chennai Super Kings (CSK).While Arya finished with 103 off 42 balls, the rest of the top six had a combined 32 off 25 balls in a bizarre scorecard. Shashank Singh, then coming in at No. 7, contributed an unbeaten 52 off 36 balls to power PBKS past 200.Arya had triggered a bidding war at the IPL 2025 auction after hitting six sixes in an over in the inaugural Delhi Premier League (DPL). Brad Haddin, PBKS’ assistant coach, said that the team management was convinced of Arya’s potential after just one practice session. Arya translated that potential into a sensational performance on Tuesday.Arya is a bit like a left-handed version of Virender Sehwag. He sees the ball, he whacks the ball. He also has the gift of timing. When Matheesha Pathirana marginally missed a wide yorker and bowled a full-toss – it was still a hard-to-hit full-toss – Arya carved it over point for six. He sent the next three balls off Pathirana for 6,6,4 to charge to a 39-ball hundred. Only Chris Gayle (30), Yusuf Pathan (37) and David Miller (38) have scored faster hundreds (in terms of balls) in the IPL, while Travis Head also has a 39-ball ton.After bringing up his ton in the 13th over, Arya holed out in the next over, dragging a wrong’un from left-arm wristspinner Noor Ahmad to long-on. Arya could’ve been dismissed in the very first over had Khaleel Ahmed held onto a fairly straightforward return catch. Arya was on 6 at that point, having scythed the first ball over point for six.Arya then got another life on 35 when Vijay Shankar dropped a more difficult catch at midwicket. He moved to his half-century, off 19 balls, when he backed away and cracked R Ashwin over mid-off in the last over of the powerplay. In all, he took Ashwin for 28 off ten balls.After Arya fell, Shashank struck up an unbroken 65-run seventh-wicket stand off 38 balls with Marco Jansen to deflate CSK even further. Ravindra Jadeja was the only CSK bowler to concede at under ten an over.

يستعد فريق برشلونة، بقيادة المدرب هانز فليك، لخوض مباراة مساء يوم الثلاثاء في إطار منافسات بطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا وذلك ضد خصمه فريق أولمبياكوس.

ويستضيف ملعب “مونتجويك” مباراة فريقي برشلونة وأولمبياكوس، في الجولة الثالثة من دوري أبطال أوروبا، مرحلة الدوري، موسم 2025/26.

ويمتلك برشلونة 3 نقاط بعدما فاز على نيوكاسل يونايتد بهدفين لهدف، ثم تعرض لهزيمة بنفس النتيجة ضد باريس سان جيرمان.

في حين أن أولمبياكوس لديه نقطة واحدة فقط بعدما تعادل مع بافوس سلبيًا، وسقط أمام آرسنال في الجولة الثانية بهدفين دون رد.

ويفتقد برشلونة خدمات العديد من اللاعبين للإصابة، على رأسهم خوان جارسيا، داني أولمو، روبرت ليفاندوفسكي ورافينها. تشكيل برشلونة المتوقع أمام أولمبياكوس اليوم في دوري أبطال أوروبا

حراسة المرمى: فويتشيك تشيزني.

خط الدفاع: جول كوندي، أراوخو، كوبارسي، جيرارد مارتين.

خط الوسط: فرينكي دي يونج، إريك جارسيا.

خط الوسط الهجومي: كاسادو، لامين يامال، فيرمين لوبيز.

خط الهجوم: ماركوس راشفورد. 

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A arrastada novela da criação da liga brasileira ganhou oficialmente mais uma vertente. Na noite desta quinta-feira (6), Botafogo, Coritiba, Cruzeiro e  Vasco sacramentaram acordo e formaram um bloco unificado que faça um contrato separado com as empresas Serenguetti e LCP. 

O grupo atribuiu a criação do novo grupo a uma forma “na qual podemos escrever e discutir as regras da nossa nova liga e definir o produto que devemos apresentar ao mundo”. Além disso, o objetivo é “combinar os benefícios econômicos oferecidos pelos financiadores da LFF com as iniciativas de governança que antes pareciam possíveis com a LIBRA”. Entre as propostas, estão o rebaixamento e promoção de de três clubes por divisão, deixar a governança da liga nas mãos dos clubes, implementação de fair play financeiro “com modelos testados na Europa” e criação de propriedades comerciais controladas pelos clubes.

Os clubes disseram que acreditam “na unificação do futebol profissional brasileiro, reunindo todos os clubes da Série A e da Série B em uma parceria comum para impulsionar o Brasil como líder global no futebol mundial”. Segundo ela, “um diálogo e entendimento aprimorados entre os clubes participantes podem abrir caminho para alcançar nossa visão de unificação e colaboração sus­tentável”.

O bloco afirmou que houve uma “luta incansável para conciliar as divergências entre a Libra e a Liga Forte Futebol” e atribuíram a falta de acerto a “dois obstáculos fundamentais e difíceis de ultrapassar”.

Os quatro clubes esclareceram que convidaram “todos os clubes a deixarem de lado as divergências históricas e trazerem suas melhores ideias para o centro conosco, em apoio aos princípios de evolução do futebol brasileiro”.

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Acreditamos na unificação do futebol profissional brasileiro, reunindo todos os clubes da Série A e da Série B em uma parceria comum para impulsionar o Brasil como líder global no futebol mundial. Em nossa perspectiva, um diálogo e entendimento aprimorados entre os clubes participantes podem abrir caminho para alcançar nossa visão de unificação e colaboração sus­tentável.

Nos últimos meses, na luta incansável para conciliar as divergências entre a LIBRA e a Liga Forte Futebol, nos deparamos com dois obstáculos fundamentais e difíceis de ultrapassar. O primeiro foi o desejo de manter o status quo na indústria. A outra foi a disputa entre diferentes atores que estão mais preocupados com suas próprias agendas do que com o futuro do futebol no país.

Decidimos nos posicionar de forma independente e respeitosa no centro. É com muita alegria que anunciamos que Botafogo, Coritiba, Cruzeiro e Vasco da Gama formam agora um grupo unificado para firmar um contrato separado com Serenguetti e LCP.

Com a formação do nosso grupo, buscamos combinar os benefícios econômicos oferecidos pelos financiadores da LFF com as iniciativas de governança que antes pareciam possíveis com a LIBRA. No final, descobrimos que se tornou muito mais fácil para nós formar um novo grupo, com uma folha em branco na qual podemos escrever e discutir as regras da nossa nova liga e definir o produto que devemos apresentar ao mundo.

Convidamos todos os clubes a deixarem de lado as divergências históricas e trazerem suas melhores ideias para o centro conosco, em apoio aos princípios de evolução do futebol brasileiro.

Aqui estão nossos princípios para a formação da futura nova liga brasileira:

– A Governança da Liga será exclusivamente responsabilidade dos Clubes, com representação de cada Clube no Conselho de Administração.

– A liderança da Media Co será uma colaboração separada entre a Liga e o Parceiro Financeiro Estratégico.

– Implementação do Fair Play Financeiro, com ajustes para suprir deficiências dos mecanismos amplamente testados na Europa.

– Estabelecimento de padrões mínimos para instalações e superfícies de jogo, visando atingir a paridade com os mais altos padrões do futebol mundial

– Gestão direta de oficiais de jogo e árbitros, em colaboração com a CBF, incluindo padrões de educação e responsabilidade.

– Rebaixamento e promoção de apenas 3 clubes por divisão, seguindo o padrão mundial e proporcionando maior estabilidade ao produto brasileiro no mercado.

– Busca e desenvolvimento de tecnologias avançadas para posicionar o Brasil como líder mundial em qualidade da experiência televisiva e eficiência na dis­tribuição global de conteúdo.

– Criação de propriedades comerciais controladas pelos Clubes, a serem explora­das individualmente por cada clube, seguindo o padrão europeu.

– Venda de direitos comerciais e de mídia com valuation apropriado.

Por fim, valorizando nossas conversas com bons amigos de ambos os lados, continuaremos trabalhando incansavelmente para criar uma liga unificada por meio de um diálogo aberto com todos os clubes.

Heading into today’s Premier League showdown with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Newcastle United found themselves winless from their opening three league fixtures.

Thankfully, that early-season curse has now been lifted as Eddie Howe’s Magpies just about got the better of the travelling Old Gold courtesy of a debut strike from £69m buy Nick Woltemade, who was thrust straight into action by the Toon boss.

Woltemade’s game-winning strike fell at the perfect time for the Tyneside hosts after Wolves had threatened with some early first-half efforts. Thankfully, while Vitor Pereira’s away side were wasteful, the home side were more clinical, with the ex-Stuttgart man heading home a teasing Jacob Murphy cross to break the deadlock.

Woltemade wasn’t the only inspired inclusion in Howe’s XI, however, as the 47-year-old reintroduced Joelinton back into the first team fold, who worked excellently alongside the duo of Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali during the 1-0 victory.

Guimaraes and Tonali's relationship

Both Guimaraes and Tonali are solid first-team faces at this point, with both players in question starting every possible league game they can so far this season.

The Magpies’ number 39 wasn’t quite at his accurate best centrally with the ball at his feet, as seen in him relinquishing possession a near costly 19 times, but the forceful Newcastle captain did still make his presence known with six ground duels won during the tight win.

While Guimaraes wasn’t quite at his confident best roaming forward, his Italian counterpart was certainly lively in this capacity, with the energetic number eight even hitting the woodwork with one of his three efforts in a bid to make the victory more comprehensive.

With Joelinton also thrown back in the mix after injury, it must be rather easy for Howe to pick his midfield personnel when everyone is fit and firing, knowing he will get consistent greatness out of those at his disposal.

Other partnerships across the pitch will equally make Howe beam from ear to ear, with one duo, in particular, standing out once more against Wolves to now stake a claim at being even more important than the aforementioned duo of Guimaraes and Tonali.

Trippier & Murphy are looking like Howe's "best" pairing

Woltemade will hope, in time, that he can form a partnership that is held in high regard at St James’ Park, with Alexander Isak once bouncing off the likes of Anthony Gordon for fun, before he exited the building for Liverpool.

Newcastle’s right-hand side clearly boasts a healthy working relationship based on the 1-0 win, as both Kieran Trippier and Murphy worked together in harmony throughout to guide Howe’s men to a much-needed three points.

Trippier + Murphy Stats

Stat

Trippier

Murphy

Minutes played

90

89

Goals scored

0

0

Assists

0

1

Touches

96

51

Shots

0

4

Accurate passes

53/68 (78%)

17/26 (65%)

Key passes

5

1

Successful dribbles

0/0

2/3

Total duels won

4/6

3/5

Stats by Sofascore

Between them down the right-hand side, both Trippier and Murphy would amass a whopping six key passes from their combined 147 touches of the ball, with the right winger ultimately picking up the assist that saw Woltemade break his Magpies duck to hand Howe’s men a win.

But, away from their constant creativity, both the hard-working number two and the number 23 also won their fair share of duels to keep Wolves at bay, with a combined duels won count of seven come the full-time whistle.

This split-second ability to create, but also fight for their team’s cause, certainly puts them on the same pedestal as Guimaraes and Tonali, with journalist Craig Hope stating during the match that they make a “big difference” when together on the pitch, as the pair have the “best” understanding as a partnership.

This is high praise, indeed, with Murphy hopeful he can remain a part of Howe’s first team plans, even with Anthony Elanga breathing down his neck as a new £55m recruit.

Trippier, despite being 34 years of age, will also hope he has plenty more first-team minutes heading his direction, as Newcastle tries to build on these three points against Pereira’s visitors, with a Champions League humdinger against Barcelona next on the menu.

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Posts ByAngus Sinclair Sep 13, 2025

دافع النجم المصري السابق، محمد أبو تريكة، محلل قنوات “بي إن سبورتس”، عن نجم ليفربول محمد صلاح، قائد منتخب مصر، بعد الهجوم عليه بسبب سوء مستواه هذا الموسم.

ويعاني محمد صلاح هذا الموسم من تراجع في مستواه، خاصة المعدل التهديفي، على عكس الموسم الماضي، ما أثار تواجد الكثير من الانتقادات له.

ويستعد الفريق الأول لكرة بنادي ليفربول لمواجهة مانشستر يونايتد، اليوم الأحد، في إطار منافسات الجولة الثامنة من بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي “الممتاز”.

ويستضيف ملعب “أنفيلد” مباراة الريدز أمام مانشستر يونايتد في تمام الساعة السادسة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة ومكة المكرمة.

وقال تريكة، في تصريحات خلال الاستوديو التحليلي لمباراة ليفربول ومانشستر يونايتد: “صلاح كعبه عالي على الفرق الـ6 الكبار في الدوري الإنجليزي، وأقول لجماهير ليفربول ألا يمتلكوا ذاكرة السمك لأن صلاح هو من جلب دوري الموسم الماضي بمفرده”.

اقرأ أيضًا | تشكيل ليفربول أمام مانشستر يونايتد في الدوري الإنجليزي.. موقف محمد صلاح

وأكمل: “صلاح ليس مشكلة بل هو جزء من الحل، أما عن كوكوريلا فهو يقول إن ماريسكا أخبر اللاعبين بأن يهاجموا الجبهة اليُمنى لأن صلاح لا يعود للدفاع، في حين أنه لا يعود منذ الموسم الماضي الذي توج به مع ليفربول بالبطولة وكان هداف الدوري”.

واستطرد: “هل هناك فرصة لمحمد صلاح للعودة للتألق ؟ حتى وإن لم يعد للتألق فإن تاريخه يسمح له بذلك، قُلت قبل ذلك إن اللاعب إذا قدم موسم استثنائيًا فلن يقدم نفس المستوى في الموسم الذي يليه، لكن صلاح يبقى صلاح”.

وأضاف: “حتى إذا لم يحقق نفس مردود الموسم الماضي، فإن الجماهير دائمًا تنتظر اللاعبين الكبار في المباريات الكبيرة من أجل الحسم، صلاح ليس لديه شيء لإثباته، أقول له (إلعب يا نجم وعيش حياتك)، الفريق لديه نجوم كثيرين وصفقات قُدرت بحوالي نصف مليار، أين هم؟”.

وأتم أبو تريكة: “لاعب ظل 7 أو 8 مواسم يصنع الفارق مع الفريق وهو الآن 33 عامًا، يأخذ موسم راحة وزملائه من الصفقات الجديدة هم من يساعدونه، وإذا لم يصنع أي شيء هذا الموسم سيظل هو محمد صلاح”.

The GT keeper put down a simple chance off Phil Salt in the first over of the game

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Chopra: Buttler, a different beast in run-chases

Sometimes it’s good to be bad. Jos Buttler put down a simple chance off Phil Salt in the very first over of the game between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans and that spurred him on to be better with the bat. Considering he was already averaging 94.66 against these opponents since IPL 2022, the extra motivation was likely to produce something special. And it did – a match-winning, unbeaten 73 off 39 balls, not to mention the return of a smile that he seemed to have lost captaining England in white-ball cricket over the last few years.”I thought the bowlers did a fantastic job,” Buttler said after GT restricted RCB to 169. “We probably, if we fielded it a bit better, myself, looking at myself very much so, then we would have been chasing a few less.Related

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“I was pretty embarrassed, especially with [dropping] Salty. He’s a dangerous player. So the only thing I can think of, I was trying to throw it up to earlier, a bit like Herschelle Gibbs style [who dropped Steve Waugh in that fashion during the 1999 World Cup] but I didn’t even… I barely got a glove on it, it hit me in the chest. But due to that embarrassment, I was pretty determined to try and score some runs.”Buttler’s previous six innings against RCB, going backwards, had read 100*, 0, 0, 106*, 8, 70*. It was this version of him that walked out to bat on Wednesday night to crash five fours and six sixes. Not the one that relinquished the England captaincy after a dismal run at the Champions Trophy.”I was trying to play with lots of freedom, lots of intent,” he said. “I had a few months of pretty unenjoyable cricket, so trying to make sure I’m out there giving my best, and obviously a new team, new franchise, and excited to be here.”Buttler was signed by GT in the IPL auction in November for INR 15.75 crore, and although he is playing a different role here, at No. 3, to the one at Rajasthan Royals, where he had had a highly successful spell opening the batting, it seems to be working. He is the third-highest run-getter so far this season with a tally of 166 at a strike rate of 172.91.GT are fourth on the IPL 2025 points table with two wins from three games and head to Hyderabad next to play Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 6.

Alexander Isak will not play football for Newcastle United again, but after scoring on his debut for the Magpies, club-record signing Nick Woltemade looks like he has the potential to make that frontal spot his own.

And Newcastle are up and running. The summer transfer window has been and gone, and nobody will be more delighted than Eddie Howe, whose side were rocked and rocked some more by the turbulence throughout, the Isak saga very much the crux of the issues that seeped into the opening games of the Premier League season.

But the Sweden striker has now gone, and for a British-record £125m fee at that.

However, in Woltemade and the proven goalscorer that is Yoane Wissa, unfortunately, injured for weeks with a knee injury before he could make his United debut on Saturday, Howe has restored the core of his formidable frontline.

Three points against Wolves gives Howe his first win of the campaign and a new platform from which to build on, putting behind him the frustrations of the summer transfer window.

Because the Tynesiders, for sure, have undergone some degree of change in the final third.

Newcastle's new-look frontline without Ekitike

Howe’s Newcastle system is greater than the sum of its parts. Isak was (is) a world-class striker, but he’s a Magpie no more, and Newcastle have responded by welcoming two new talents to the fold bearing skills enough to compensate for his sale.

Wissa’s debut will have to wait due to injury, but the former Brentford striker scored 19 Premier League goals last season, and he offers a proven touch that will likely retain, at least, the relative consistency of Isak’s presence in the final third.

But that’s not all. United needed a right winger in 2024 and had failed in a bid to sign Nottingham Forest star Anthony Elanga on transfer deadline day.

One year on, they got their man, signing the 24-year-old in a £55m package. Elanga hasn’t taken off at St. James’ Park yet, but he brings energy and speed and electricity to the team.

Newcastle have responded well to summer setbacks, adding these forwards to the ranks after missing out on other targets like Hugo Ekitike, now at Liverpool alongside Isak.

There was a time when a deal for Ekitike, 23, looked on, but when Liverpool hijacked the Toon’s move and added him to their ranks, it perhaps left many feeling more confident about Isak staying put.

But it wasn’t to be, and Liverpool got both. While Newcastle have repieced their attack together, there’s no denying the blow, and a less-known fact is that Liverpool also pipped the Toon to another talent this summer, one who could yet flower into a superstar.

How Newcastle missed out to Liverpool again

In August, Liverpool announced the signing of Giovanni Leoni from Serie A side Parma for an initial £26m fee, rising to £30m with add-ons.

An 18-year-old centre-back, Leoni is one for the future and the future is now. He’s extremely talented and considered to fall into the same bracket as Real Madrid’s Dean Huijsen, another summer target for Newcastle, albeit at an earlier stage in his development.

Leoni hasn’t made his debut for Liverpool yet, and so we cannot draw with any real accuracy the player’s current capacity to thrive in England for a top club. But we do know there was something akin to a goulmouth scramble for his signature, and that Newcastle would have loved to land the shot.

Already blooded as a member of the Italian national set-up, the powerful and tall teenager has been described as “one of the most complete teenage centre-backs in Europe” by talent scout Jacek Kulig, who also hailed him as “the future” of Italian football.

One that got away

The transfers that nearly happened but never did. This article is part of Football FanCast’s One That Got Away series.

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Look, for example, how the youngster fared against Malick Thiaw in Serie A last year. Thiaw, 24, signed for Howe’s side in a £35m deal last month, fee including add-ons.

Serie A 24/25 – Thiaw vs Leoni

Stats (* per game)

Thiaw

Leoni

Matches (starts)

22 (19)

17 (14)

Goals

0

1

Assists

0

0

Touches*

66.1

46.9

Pass completion

94%

89%

Key passes*

0.2

0.1

Ball recoveries*

3.0

2.0

Tackles + interceptions*

1.8

1.7

Clearances*

3.5

3.6

Duels (won)*

3.7 (59%)

2.5 (61%)

Errors made

1

1

All data via Sofascore

To have missed out on Ekitike was a blow, no doubt, but Newcastle responded by signing a similarly exciting up-and-comer in Woltemade for a similar price, and they’ve added Wissa besides.

Leoni, however, joins Liverpool for what could prove a shrewd fee indeed. But how firm was Newcastle’s interest?

Well, Parma CEO Federico Cherubini spoke after the transfer of rival intrigue in the defender, saying, “We rejected a higher offer from Newcastle for Leoni.” He then spoke of Leoni’s desire to push ahead with a move to Merseyside, insinuating a preference for Arne Slot’s project.

Newcastle have bounced back from their Ekitike rejection by signing two talented and contrasting strikers. Thiaw, too, has much to offer, but then he has also started no more than 19 league matches in any given season in Italy, routinely pegged back with injury issues.

Leoni, meanwhile, took to life on the senior stage with silky aplomb last season, and there’s a belief within inner FSG circles that Liverpool have signed one of the most exciting young defenders in the business, with TNT Sports commentator Adam Summerton remarking that he’s “going to be a star”.

Though the past few months have been tumultuous for those of a Magpie persuasion, it’s commendable that Howe and his team have knuckled down and welcomed a host of exciting signings to join a title-winning squad.

Isak might have gone, and Ekitike may play for Liverpool too, but Newcastle signed Woltemade and remain a force to be reckoned with.

That said, Leoni looks like a special talent indeed, and it’s a shame that he couldn’t be welcomed to St. James’ Park to help shape the future of this still-rising Newcastle side.

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Pela primeira vez desde que retornou ao Grêmio, o atacante Luan será opção válida para o técnico Renato Portaluppi no compromisso onde o Grêmio recebe o Fluminense, na Arena, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro. A partida em questão ocorre no próximo domingo (13), às 16h (de Brasília).

Apesar do fato representativo se for considerado que a última partida do jogador ocorreu ainda em novembro de 2022, quando defendia o Corinthians, a tendência é de que o atacante comece o duelo no banco de reservas e ganhe alguns minutos no compromisso de times separados apenas por um ponto na tabela. Enquanto os cariocas estão em terceiro lugar, com 31 unidades, o Imortal é o sexto, tendo 30 pontos.

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Não à toa, desde a entrevista coletiva que marcou seu retorno, o assunto ‘reestreia’ sempre foi tratado em tom de cuidado. Além disso, a previsão inicial é de que o jogador tenha plenas condições de jogar por um maior período de tempo somente no dia 27 de agosto. Na data em questão, o Grêmio recebe o Cruzeiro.

أعلن الاتحاد الزيمبابوي لكرة القدم، عن إنهاء التعاقد مع مايكل نيس المدير الفني لـ المنتخب الأول، وذلك قبل شهور قليلة من انطلاق بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا.

وتقام منافسات بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا، في المغرب خلال الفترة من 21 من شهر ديسمبر المقبل حتى 18 يناير 2026.

ويقع منتخب مصر في المجموعة الثانية في بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا والتي تضم منتخبات أنجولا وجنوب إفريقيا وزيمبابوي.

وأكد الاتحاد الزيمبابوي في بيان رسمي، أنه يوجه الشكر إلى مايكل نيس على جهوده ومساهماته في تطوير الكرة خلال فترة عمله، مشيرًا إلى تقديره لالتزامه وخدمته للمنتخبات الوطنية.

طالع.. رسميًا | قائمة المنتخبات المرشحة لجائزة الأفضل في إفريقيا.. موقف مصر

وشدد الاتحاد على التزامه بمواصلة تعزيز برامجه الفنية والتطويرية، ومتابعة خططه الإصلاحية لإحداث مزيد من التقدم في مختلف قطاعات اللعبة.

وأوضح الاتحاد أن تفاصيل المرحلة الانتقالية والترتيبات الفنية المؤقتة سيتم الإعلان عنها في وقت لاحق.

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