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قال أحمد فتحي الظهير الأيمن للنادي الأهلي وبيراميدز السابق، إنه ظُلم باللعب في مركز الظهير الأيمن، مشيرًا إلى أنه كان في بعض الفترات، لا يعلم واجباته في هذا المركز.
وأضاف فتحي خلال تصريحات عبر قناة أون تايم سبورت: “هناك صعوبة في أن يغير اللاعب مركزه، لأن الوقوف في الملعب يختلف وفقا لطبيعة المركز، أنا اتظلمت باللعب في مركز الظهير الأيمن”.
وأكمل: “بالنسبة لي مركز وسط الملعب أفضل، وكان يأتي علي فترات لا أعرف كيف أقف في الملعب”.
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وتابع: “في أي مباراة كنت أهتم بمن يكون الظهير الأيسر المنافس لي، وليس اللاعب الجناج”.
وواصل: “عندما يكون محمد عبد الشافي منافسا لي في المباراة، تصبح مباراة صعبة، لأن عبد الشافي جيد في الجانب الدفاعي، عندما أكون في مواجهة ضده، يكون اللقاء صعبا”.
وأتم: “عندما كنت أواجه شيكابالا في الملعب، أطلب منه اللعب في الجانب الآخر، وكان يستجيب لطلبي”.
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O jogo do São Paulo contra o Rentistas marcou a volta de dois jogadores do São Paulo: o meia Shaylon e o atacante Paulinho Boia. A dupla entrou no segundo tempo, tentou o gol da vitória, mas não conseguiu e agora pode ter mais oportunidades no Campeonato Paulista.
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Isso porque o técnico Hernán Crespo inscreveu Shaylon e Boia para o mata-mata do estadual. Os dois entraram nos lugares do atacante Bruno Rodrigues, um dos reforços para a atual temporada, e o goleiro Thiago Couto.
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Shaylon foi contratado pelo São Paulo em 2017, após se destacar na Chapecoense.Sem espaço no Tricolor, o meia foi emprestado nos últimos anos para Goiás, onde disputou o último Brasileirão, e Bahia. Com contrato atété janeiro do ano que vem, ele passou por um período de avaliações no CT da Barra Funda no começo desta temporada e parece ter agradado Crespo.
– Shaylon é um grande jogador, polivalente, pode jogar como meia, como volante, em várias funções. É muito importante para o grupo, está treinando muito bem desde que voltou – afirmou Crespo após o jogo contra o Rentistas.
Inscrito na Libertadores, ele foi relacionado para os jogos contra Sporting Cristal e Rentistas, pela ida do turno, mas acabou não entrando em campo. Voltou a ser utilizado contra os uruguaios na última quarta-feira, atuando por 21 minutos.
Já Paulinho Boia quase não permaneceu no São Paulo nesta temporada. No começo de março desse ano, o Tricolor tentou envolver o atacante em uma troca com o Vasco pelo meia Martín Benitez. No entanto, o próprio Boia recusou, para ter mais tempo e mostrar seu futebol para a comissão técnica.
Vale destacar que ele ainda passou por uma artroscopia no joelho e precisou recuperar a forma física para estar novamente à disposição. Com Crespo, ele foi relacionado para as partidas contra Rentistas e Sporting Cristal, mas sem ser utilizado.Voltou a ser utilizado contra os uruguaios na última quarta-feira, atuando também por 21 minutos.
Glasgow Rangers head coach Philippe Clement and head of recruitment Nils Koppen enjoyed a successful January transfer window as they made three additions to the first-team squad.
Mohammed Diomande, Oscar Cortes, and Fabio Silva were all brought in on initial loan deals to bolster the Belgian head coach's options across the pitch.
Diomande has already produced two goals and one assist, Cortes racked up one goal and two assists before his injury, and Silva has found the back of the net four times.
Clement will now be hoping that they continue to fire in goals and assists to help the Scottish giants to secure more silverware before the end of the season, which could result in them being viewed as successful signings.
Whilst it is easy to look at signings as successes and failures over the years, you can also look at players the club wanted to sign but failed to, and wonder what could have been.
Rangers' interest in Xavi Simons
TEAMtalk reported in December 2021 that Rangers were one of a number of clubs interested in a deal to sign attacking midfielder Xavi Simons from French giants Paris Saint-Germain.
His contract with the Ligue 1 side was due to expire at the end of the season and the Light Blues were seemingly looking to snap him up on a free transfer in the summer.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst – the Gers manager at the time – was 'well aware' of the young whiz due to his connections in the Netherlands, which could have given them an edge over their rivals outside of Holland in negotiations, had it got to that stage.
However, Simons opted to move back to his home country as he signed for Dutch giants PSV on a five-year deal. However, PSG were able to negotiate a buy-back clause as part of their compensation, given that his age meant it could not be a straightforward free transfer.
The Netherlands international hit the ground running with his new club, as he plundered an outstanding 22 goals and 12 assists in 48 appearances in all competitions.
PSV lost to Rangers in the Champions League play-off tie to qualify for the group stages in August but Simons only played 45 minutes over the two legs.
The 20-year-old was on fire in the Eredivisie with a sensational return of 19 goals, eight assists, and 11 'big chances' created in 34 appearances.
Rangers must now wish that they had signed him under van Bronckhorst in 2022 as the Dutch star's value has soared, and he is currently worth more than first-team star Todd Cantwell.
Todd Cantwell's current market valuation
At the time of writing (13/03/2024), Football Transfers has the English attacking midfielder's Expected Transfer Value (xTV) at €4.2m (£3.6m), which is the exact same xTV that Simons had in May 2022 before his move to PSV.
Michael Beale swooped to sign the mercurial talent from English Championship side Norwich City on a permanent deal at the start of last year, and he has been a terrific operator in the final third for the Scottish giants.
As you can see in the table below, Cantwell has provided quality as both a scorer and a creator of goals for the Light Blues in his two seasons at the club so far.
Todd Cantwell
Premiership
22/23
23/24
Appearances
16
22
Goals
6
5
Assists
4
3
Big chances created
5
4
Key passes per game
1.3
1.6
Stats via Sofascore
The 26-year-old playmaker has directly contributed with 11 goals and seven assists in 38 Scottish Premiership matches for the Light Blues, which shows that he has the ability to be a difference-maker for the team in the final third.
At the age of 26, Cantwell also has plenty of years left ahead of him to develop and improve as a player to increase his output at the top end of the pitch even further.
Whilst, in isolation, the former Norwich star has been a successful, and impressive, signing by Rangers, some may look at Simons and wonder what could have been had van Bronckhorst snapped him up six months before the Gers signed Cantwell.
Xavi Simons' current market value
At the time of writing (13/03/2024), the Dutch international currently has an xTV of a staggering €43.1m (£36.8m), which means that his value is significantly higher than the current Light Blues attacking midfielder's (£3.6m).
His market value has soared alongside his terrific performances for PSV last season, and his outstanding displays on loan with RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga this term, having been re-signed by PSG and sent to Germany on a temporary basis last summer.
The 20-year-old dynamo has been in fantastic form for Leipzig throughout the 2023/24 campaign, and his current statistics suggest that he would be a big upgrade on Cantwell.
23/24 league season
Xavi Simons
Todd Cantwell
Appearances
24
22
Goals
6
5
Assists
8
3
Big chances created
10
4
Key passes per game
2.4
1.6
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, Simons has outperformed the Rangers star in a number of key attacking statistics, whilst playing in one of Europe's major leagues, with far more key passes, big chances created, and assists, in only two more appearances.
The Leipzig loanee has also showcased his quality in the Champions League this term with a return of two goals, two assists, and three 'big chances' created in eight outings in the competition. This shows that he has the ability to compete and play at the highest level.
These statistics show why Simons' value has skyrocketed since Rangers failed to sign him under van Bronckhorst, as the talented whiz has excelled in the Netherlands and Germany over the last two seasons.
He has scored and assisted goals at an exceptional rate as an attacking midfielder and is currently worth more than any player within the Gers squad – including Cantwell – at this time.
This suggests that the Glasgow giants had a howler when they were unable to convince the talented dynamo to make the move to Ibrox back in the summer of 2022, when he left PSG, as they must now wish that they had snapped him up.
حقق فريق النادي الأهلي، فوزًا مستحقًا على نظيره العين الإماراتي، في المباراة القوية التي جمعت بين الفريقين، اليوم الثلاثاء، ضمن منافسات بطولة كأس الإنتركونتيننتال.
والتقى الأهلي مع العين، في إطار منافسات دور ربع النهائي من بطولة كأس الإنتركونتيننتال، على ملعب استاد القاهرة الدولي.
واستطاع النادي الأهلي تحقيق الفوز على العين، بنتيجة 3-0، ليحسم تأهله إلى دور نصف النهائي من البطولة القارية العالمية.
وسجل هدف الأهلي الأول، الفلسطيني وسام أبو علي في الدقيقة 32 من عمر الشوط الأول، بعدما تابع تمريرة مرسلة بشكل خاطئ من لاعب فريق العين يحيي نادر.
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وأضاف هدف الأهلي الثاني، إمام عاشور في الدقيقة 55، بتسديدة أكثر من رائعة من داخل منطقة الجزاء بعدما استقبل عرضية مرسلة من طاهر محمد طاهر من الجانب الأيمن.
وفي الدقائق الأخيرة من المباراة، تحديدًا في الدقيقة 90+2، تحصل النادي الأهلي على ركلة جزاء بعد عرقلة لـ عمر كمال داخل منطقة الجزاء من لاعب العين فابيو كاردوسو.
ونجح محمد مجدي أفشة في ترجمة ركلة الجزاء إلي هدف ثالث للأهلي أمام العين، ليختتم ثلاثية المارد الأحمر في المباراة.
وسيلاقي الأهلي في دور نصف النهائي الفائز بين بطلي أمريكا الجنوبية وأمريكا الشمالية، في اللقاء المقرر إقامته بدولة قطر، يوم 14 ديسمبر المقبل.
ومن المقرر أن تلعب مباراة دور ربع النهائي بين بطل أمريكا الجنوبية مع باتشوكا المكسيكي بطل أمريكا الشمالية يوم 11 ديسمبر.
ومن المنتظر أن المتأهل من مواجهة نصف النهائي بين الأهلي وبطلي أمريكا الجنوبية والشمالية، يلاقي ريال مدريد الإسباني على لقب بطولة كأس إنتركونتينتال، 18 ديسمبر في قطر. أهداف مباراة الأهلي والعين في كأس الإنتركونتيننتال 3-0
ملخص مباراة الأهلي والعين في كأس الإنتركونتيننتال 3-0
Manchester United's move to sign Lille's Leny Yoro has surprised figures at Everton, after the Toffees rejected two offers for Jarrad Branthwaite.
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It's been another season to forget for Chelsea fans this year, with the draw at home to Burnley just the latest in a long line of shocking results.
Mauricio Pochettino has looked lost since taking the job in the summer, and while he has led the Blues to an FA Cup semi-final, it remains to be seen whether he'll still be in the job by then.
That said, there have been moments to celebrate here and there, such as Cole Palmer's emergence, and there might be another as, based on reports, the Pensioners could be in for a youngster who could be an even bigger talent than the Englishman.
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According to a recent report from Spanish publication Sport, the Blues are among several clubs interested in signing Palmeiras' incredibly exciting youngster Estêvão Willian.
The report has revealed that Barcelona have now pulled out of the race for his signature to protect the maturation of their own 16-year-old wonderkid, Lamine Yamal, but Paris Saint-Germain are still very much in the race.
In fact, SPORT has revealed that both the Parisians and Chelsea have already sent 'emissaries' to speak to Palmeiras president Leila Pereira about signing the sensational winger, only to be told that the release clause of €60m – £51m – is the only way they'll let the youngster leave the club.
Therefore, if the Blues want to avoid another Endrick situation, in which they lost out to Real Madrid, they'll have to front up the cash.
Why fans should be excited about Estêvão Willian
So, £51m is an undeniably massive price tag for a 16-year-old, let alone one who hasn't even played in Europe yet, but given how he is spoken about and based on his little experience, it might just prove to be fair value.
In his 19 games for Palmeiras' U20 team, the Franca-born prodigy scored six goals and provided three assists, meaning he averaged a goal involvement every 3.1 games.
Estêvão Willian's career record
Team
Palmeiras' U20
Palmeiras
Appearances
19
6
Goals
6
0
Assists
3
1
Goal involvements per Match
0.47
0.16
All Stats via Transfermarkt
Since then, he has been introduced to the first team, making six substitute appearances, in which he has already provided an assist.
It's not just the output that sets the left-footed ace apart, though. According to data analyst Ben Mattinson, he is a "Neymar/Ronaldinho-like 'entertainer'", meaning that he can marry beautiful and intricate play with an effectiveness that could alone attract new fans.
Mattinson is so confident in the young ace's ability that he has described him as "a future Ballon d'Or winner", a "better prospect than Endrick", and "a technical genius", which are all descriptors that track with his nickname, 'Messinho'.
Now, if the West Londoners were to get their hands on this generational talent, he might have to compete with Palmer for a place in the team.
The Brazilian tends to favour playing out on the right-wing, while the Englishman has started there 13 times this season.
That said, the former City ace has also thrived in more central areas, so there could be a world in which the two-time European Champions can start both sensational youngsters in the same team, a prospect sure to terrify opposing teams.
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Ultimately, while there is always an element of risk in signing such young players for such high prices, it really does seem like Estêvão is the real deal, and adding him to the squad could make missing out on Endrick look like a blessing in disguise.
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‘Don’t judge a pitch until both sides have batted’ is an old adage in cricket. While it would be early to call the Adelaide Oval a flat deck, it is still noteworthy when one of Pakistan’s best seam weapons on tour says there has not been much help from the surface yet.It is common perception that surfaces for day-night Tests are sprinkled with a generous green covering of grass to ensure the pink ball doesn’t scruff up and lose its hardness too early. On the opening day of the second Test, David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne waltzed their way to centuries, making light of whatever assistance there was from the pitch during the course of their unbeaten 294-run stand.Playing for the first time in the series, Mohammad Abbas sent down 19 wicketless overs for 56 runs; the others barring Shaheen Afridi didn’t fare better either. Australia finished a truncated opening day on 1 for 302, comfortably reeling off their runs at 4.13 per over.ALSO READ: Osman Samiuddin: Not without Mohammad Abbas”Today was a tough day. In your home conditions, you know where to bowl and how to go about it,” Abbas said. “I came here and practised a lot. But we haven’t got the kind of help from the wicket that was expected. I tried to do my best and worked really hard. They were very confident and played me well too.”I bowled a few maidens [six of them] and tried to bowl in partnerships but it didn’t go to plan. It’s a part of the game. At times, the batsmen are successful, at times it’s the bowlers. They were carrying forward the confidence from the last game. We couldn’t build control from both ends.”On the pitches in Dubai, if there’s no seam or swing we try to wait for reverse swing. But here with the pink ball and the weather wasn’t conducive for reverse swing. So the pitch was flat and the ball kept going straight.”Abbas’s non-selection for the Brisbane Test raised a few eyebrows from different quarters of the cricketing circle in Pakistan. Waqar Younis, the bowling coach, hinted that it was a case of Abbas needing to regain lost confidence quickly to be considered. It perhaps resonated with the thoughts in the Pakistan camp: good enough to tour, not good enough to make the XI.The stats back that theory – Abbas has taken just seven wickets in his last five Tests. But he didn’t seem to think the shoulder injury he suffered in New Zealand, which led to him being out of the game for 10 months, had contributed to his wickets drying up.”I don’t think so,” he said. “There are ups and downs in a career. I started really well. But you know I got injured against New Zealand and it took me a long time to recover from that. I am bowling a lot and trying really hard. Hopefully, I’ll get back into rhythm very soon.”I am not at all happy with my own performance. It’s understandable that I’m considered the main bowler. When you play Test cricket after 10 months, there’s a difference for sure and it takes a while to get your rhythm back. The match isn’t done. “Abbas also said being left out of the first Tests “didn’t affect me too much”, and that there was no shame in the wicketkeeper standing up to the stumps, like Mohammad Rizwan did to Abbas on Friday. For some bowlers, it could be a blow to their ego. For Abbas, it was simply sticking to the team’s plan.”That’s a plan for us,” he said. “If a batsman is struggling against my bowling, then he often stands outside his crease. It was a plan we’d tried in Dubai as well. That’s why I asked him to come up to the stumps. But there was little help off the pitch. You keep changing plans but it didn’t work.”
Many within Tottenham are seriously impressed with a teenage talent yet to make his debut, as reliable journalist Alasdair Gold explains this week.
Spurs aiming to grow academy under Postecoglou
Planning for the future is one of Spurs' key goals as a club over the next few seasons, as already stated by manager Ange Postecoglou.
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The north Londoners have already added exceptional talents to their roster, like Micky van de Ven and Brennan Johnson, while Lucas Bergvall is set to arrive in the summer after Spurs hijacked Barcelona's deal to sign him in the winter.
It is also believed that Tottenham are eyeing up the likes of AC Milan starlet Francesco Camarda and Club Brugge sensation Antonio Nusa, with Postecoglou aiming to make N17 a dream location for rising stars.
"Anyone who has watched us since I've joined will have seen the aspirations we have to be the kind of team we want to be," said Postecoglou on signing young players.
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"That's not just me saying it, we're actually doing it. OK, we're not the finished product by any stretch but we're giving young players an opportunity: Destiny, Pape and Micky [are] all guys in their early 20s who have already played significant roles.
"So we're building a team. From our perspective it's pleasing and hopefully we become a club which is a preferred destination for talented young players. I've said the other day, there aren't too many hidden gems around. Everyone knows who the talents are. Hopefully our point of difference.. I've always felt your football is your biggest selling point beyond anything else. Hopefully we're showing evidence of that which is helping us."
Closer to home, the likes of Alfie Dorrington and Jamie Donley have already earned glowing praise from Postecoglou as promising assets off the N17 production line.
Another who could be one to watch, according to reliable football.london journalist Alasdair Gold, is young goalkeeper Luca Gunter.
Many within Tottenham seriously impressed by Gunter
Writing a piece, Gold explains that many within Tottenham have been left really impressed by Gunter, who is yet to make his senior debut. The 19-year-old has been a regular for Spurs Under-21s, and has already been hailed by pundit John Wenham.
“He’s established himself as the top goalkeeper in the under 18s. Of the two keepers we have at that level, he is the standout," said Wenham to Football Insider in 2021.
"That’s further backed up by the fact he is the England goalkeeper for that level as well. Hopefully he can carry on impressing this season and he can have another full season of Under 18 football next season.
“The season after that, he could do a year with the Under 23s. By that point he will still only be 18. Then in 2023 or 2024, that is the prime time to get him out on loan.
“There is a long way to go before then so hopefully he keeps impressing at Hotspur Way. He’s one I’m really excited about."
Chris Lynn came painfully close to becoming the first player to score an Abu Dhabi T10 century on Monday night, and said afterwards that there is ample opportunity to go nine runs better over the tournament’s remaining six days.The 29-year-old struck a blistering unbeaten 91 from a mere 30 balls, containing a total of nine fours and seven sixes, at a strike rate of 303.33 for Maratha Arabians. Lynn broke Alex Hales’ record of 87 not out in the ten-over tournament – also made while playing for the Arabians in 2018.He could have had the century had it not for being relatively starved of the strike towards the end of the Arabians innings. After smashing Harry Gurney for three fours and two sixes in the seventh over, Lynn was well placed with 82 from 26 balls.ALSO READ: Decoding T10 cricket with Amla, Sammy, Fleming and othersBut the opener faced only four of the last 18 balls of the innings because of a combination of Adam Lyth (30 off 18) demolishing Marchant de Lange in the eighth over and being unable to get Lynn back on strike quickly in the penultimate over.Lynn started the final over on 87 as the non-striker, unable to get down the other end until the final ball of the innings, which he hit for four.”Obviously when you get a bit closer, you want to get [to a hundred],” Lynn said. “But the guy at the other end [Lyth] was hitting boundaries as well. So to get 138 on that wicket was a really good job.”It would have been nice to get the first hundred of the T10 but that’s the way it goes and there are plenty more games in this tournament to try and get another opportunity to do that. We’ll just see what happens.”ALSO READ: How the toss is swaying fortunes in T10 cricketLynn’s team-mate Yuvraj Singh hailed the knock as outstanding. “It’s a sign of how the game has evolved that guys are getting close to scoring a hundred in a T10 game,” Yuvraj said. “It’s amazing how the game has changed over the years.”He [Lynn] is someone I have seen in the IPL. He has given some great starts to KKR [Kolkata Knight Riders]. I really don’t understand how they didn’t retain him. I think that’s a bad call, must send SRK (Shah Rukh Khan, the franchise owner) a message on that.”It has been a discussion often broached over the course of the T10 format’s emergence as to whether an individual century is possible, prompted by league owner Shaji ul Mulk offering up an apartment to the first centurion at the start of the inaugural season in 2017. Luke Ronchi top-scored with 70 that year, with the idea gaining real momentum in 2018.Chris Lynn came painfully close to becoming the first player to score an Abu Dhabi T10 century•Abu Dhabi T10
First, Sherfane Rutherford struck a hundred in a warm-up match that season before Mohammad Shahzad’s 74 not out from just 16 balls – an innings only brought to a premature end as the Rajputs chased down 95 in four overs – suggested it would be a matter of time before someone scored a T10 hundred.Hales, Jonny Bairstow (84*) and Rovman Powell (80*) went on to break the 80-run barrier in the second season as players inched closer to scoring a century.Will Jacks – a team-mate of Rutherford for Delhi Bulls this year – further greased the wheels by hitting a hundred in a ten-over contest for Surrey against their County Championship counterparts Lancashire at the ICC Academy in Dubai back in March. But the tournament’s move to Abu Dhabi seemed to imply that batsmen would struggle to get near that mark in 2019 due to slow, tacky pitches as well as the long square boundaries.Lynn, however, had other ideas, hitting relentlessly to all parts of the ground on a fresh pitch described as “amazing” by Abu Dhabi’s captain Moeen Ali and one that proved not to be as two-paced as the others used across the first three days.Lynn’s innings showed that as the tournament enters its second group stage, the race to become Abu Dhabi T10’s first centurion is well and truly back on.”We know there are players in the competition who can [hit a century],” Moeen, the man trying to counter Lynn’s onslaught, said. “I’m sure it’s going to happen very soon. There’s a great chance [of it happening] if somebody gets in.”