كشف لاعب وسط الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي إيفرتون، أندروس تاونسند، عن سبب احتفاله على طريقة، كريستيانو رونالدو، بعد هدفه في مرمى مانشستر يونايتد اليوم في الجولة السابعة من بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

ونجح تاونسند في تسجيل هدف التعادل في شباك مانشستر يونايتد، في المباراة التي انتهت بالتعادل الإيجابي 1-1 على ملعب “أولد ترافورد” واحتفل الإنجليزي على طريقة البرتغالي بعد أهدافه.

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“He’s my idol. I grew up watching Ronaldo, I spent hours on the training pitch trying to execute his techniques.

“Maybe should have spent longer on the celebration because it wasn’t great!” 😂

Andros Townsend says it was a honour to share the field with CR7.

🎙 @TheDesKelly pic.twitter.com/MBxBeOcg9f — Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) October 2, 2021

وعلق لاعب إيفرتون على الأمر بعد المباراة في تصريحات لشبكة “BT Sport” البريطانية، وقال: “لم يكن قلة احترام، رونالدو مثلي الأعلى، لقد كبرت وأنا أشاهده، قضيت ساعات في التدريبات أحاول تنفيذ حركاته”.

وتابع: “ربما كان على أن احتفل بتلك الطريقة لوقت أطول لأن الاحتفال لم يكن رائعًا قليلًا”.

وأتم تصريحاته: “إنه لشرف كبير بالنسبة لي أن أشارك الملعب مع كريستيانو رونالدو”. شاهد هدف تاونسند في مرمى مانشستر يونايتد واحتفاله على طريقة رونالدو

Sunderland Echo writer Phil Smith has given his thoughts on Will Grigg’s absence from the 2-0 win over Oxford United, touching on whether or not his confidence will be affected.

After arriving on Wearside in January 2019, Grigg has not had the best of times with the Black Cats. With his £4m move from Wigan documented via Netflix series Sunderland Til I Die, the 29-year-old’s struggles have not seen an improvement, seeing him contribute with just three goals in all competitions in the 2019/20 campaign, and it remains to be seen what impact he will have this season.

Grigg played a large part in the opening day League One draw with Bristol Rovers but failed to find the back of the net and he was left as an unused sub against Oxford at the weekend.

Touching on the striker’s absence during his latest Q&A with Sunderland Echo, Smith gave his verdict on whether or not Grigg would have confidence issues moving forward. He said:“The centre-forward position remains, I think, the biggest area of uncertainty as we move into the rest of the season.“At the beginning of pre-season, it had seemed difficult to see a way back into the side, at least in terms of having a prominent, regular role, for Grigg.“One of the most encouraging aspects of those games, then, was to see the striker looking sharp, pressing aggressively and seemingly enjoying the service from his team-mates.“For him to end up on the bench within a game has definitely been a disappointment.“Grigg didn’t have a particularly good game against Bristol Rovers last Saturday but you couldn’t say the service was excellent either.“Parkinson is clearly very keen on getting Graham into the side and while he still isn’t match fit, he was an outlet on Saturday.“From what we’ve heard from Parkinson so far, I expect to see Graham get more and more minutes.“It is definitely a shame as far as Grigg has concerned.”Sunderland face Peterborough this coming weekend in League One, with the Black Cats in fifth as they welcome Posh to the Stadium of Light.

Grigg faces a challenge to turn his form around at Sunderland this season and you have to wonder whether he can achieve that mission.

If Parkinson continues to overlook him in forthcoming games, it may be difficult to see how the Northern Ireland striker comes good at the Stadium of Light.

Do you think Grigg will struggle for game-time after his absence against Oxford? Let us know your views in the comments section below…

Manchester United have entered an ‘advanced stage’ in negotiations to sign Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund this summer, reports say. 

According to Fabrizio Romano, as per @utdreport, both clubs are yet to reach an agreement for Sancho but talks are still ongoing.

Personal terms will reportedly not be a problem and he will be offered a contract which will expire in 2025.

Recent reports revealed the Red Devils are increasingly confident of completing a deal for the 11-cap England international and progress seems to have been made.

Sancho, 20, was the Bundesliga club’s top scorer last season, having scored 20 goals and supplied 18 assists (via WhoScored).

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made it clear that the right winger is the signing he needs to rebuild the Red Devils midfield before the start of the 2020/21 Premier League season.

As it stands, Man United have not made an official bid for the attacking playmaker, but the Englishman is willing to wait and see if the two sides can sort out a deal.

The Old Trafford club have been chasing Sancho for several years now but they seem to be one step closer to finally bringing him back to his homeland in the summer.

Unsurprisingly, many United fans waxed lyrical over Romano’s “fantastic” update on social media, with one supporter dubbing the club “gargantuan.”

Scroll through some of the glowing reactions so far…

United fans, do you think Woodward will sign Sancho this summer? Let us know down below!

Key Information about Aviva Stadium

Aviva Stadium, also known as Lansdowne Road or Ireland’s Stadium is the multi-purpose home ground of the Republic of Ireland’s national football team and Ireland national rugby union team, as well as Leinster Rugby.

Aviva Stadium was built between 2007-10, and officially opened just over ten years ago on May 14, 2010. The Dublin-located ground has an all-seater capacity of 51,700 for association football and rugby union, and a capacity of 65,000 for concerts.

A history of Aviva Stadium

The stadium was designed in a bowl shape with four tiers on three sides of the ground; the upper and lower tiers house general admission fans, with the second, third and fourth levels the location of premium tickets and corporate boxes. The stadium was officially opened on 14 May 2010 by former Irish politician Taoiseach Brian Cowne, and the following year the Aviva Stadium was awarded with a British Construction Industry Award.

During the construction of the new ground, the Republic of Ireland national football team played their home matches at Croke Park. The first-ever football match played at the Aviva Stadium was between Manchester United and a League of Ireland XI side which was managed by Damien Richardson on 4 August 2010. The friendly game was won by the Red Devils – 7-1, with Park Ji-Sung scoring the first-ever football goal at the ground.

The first-ever game played by the Republic of Ireland at Aviva Stadium was a friendly against Argentina on 11 August 2010 which they lost 1-0. The first competitive goal at the Aviva Stadium was scored by Kevin Kilbane during a Euro 2012 qualifier against Andorra in September 2010. In addition to hosting the Republic of Ireland’s games, the famous stadium has also hosted many notable tournaments and matches over the past decade.

The first major final which the Aviva Stadium hosted was the 2011 UEFA Europa League Final between Portuguese sides Porto and Braga, though due to UEFA’s corporate sponsorship rules outside the federation, the stadium was referred to as the Dublin Arena for the final – Porto went on to win the clash 1-0.

In addition to this, the Aviva Stadium hosted the 2011 Nations Cup, the Dublin Super Cup, and is due to host four Euro 2020 finals fixtures in 2021 having been postponed this summer due to the current global pandemic. This includes three group games and a round of 16 match.

Tickets to watch Republic of Ireland at Aviva Stadium

The FAI offer fans a season ticket to watch all of the Republic of Ireland’s home matches at Aviva Stadium. Adult season tickets range from €140-240, under-16s are priced at €50, students at €110, and families (two adults, two children) at €330 for the whole campaign.

Friendly matches typically cost between €30-45, while competitive games are set at €40-60.

Related Links

https://www.fai.ie/ireland – Official Website of the Football Association of Ireland

https://www.fai.ie/ireland/match-tickets – Republic of Ireland Ticket Office

https://www.avivastadium.ie/ – Official Website of Aviva Stadium

Loads of Everton fans have been reacting to the news from the Merseyside club that a deadline for Season Ticket renewals has been confirmed, according to their official website.

As per the website, the deadline that members of the Goodison Park faithful can renew their season tickets for the upcoming 2020/21 season will be on Tuesday 28th July, an extension on the original date of 2nd April because of the global pandemic outbreak that swept across the footballing world.

The next campaign will be a fresh one under Carlo Ancelotti having replaced Marco Silva and taken over from interim boss Duncan Ferguson in the middle of the term.

Despite the Italian coach guiding the Toffees to 11th place in the Premier League table so far with five games still left to go, one fan claimed that he ‘won’t be attending a game until Ancelotti is gone’, as perhaps he feels that the Blues need to be higher up in the league if they have aspirations of qualifying for European football for the next season.

Ancelotti may also have not helped his case with defeats like the 4-0 hammering against his former club Chelsea and being knocked out of the FA Cup 1-0 by their bitter rivals Liverpool, who played a largely inexperienced team.

These EFC supporters reacted to the news on Twitter, as some Blues fans wondered whether they would be allowed back into their stadium as a result of the global pandemic outbreak:

Evertonians, will you be renewing your season ticket for next season? Comment below!

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O dia é de festa na Gávea, pelas comemorações dos 120 anos do Flamengo. Em compensação, o dia também é de trabalho debaixo de sol forte para os jogadores rubro-negros no Ninho do Urubu, em preparação para o amistoso deste domingo, contra o Orlando City, no Maracanã. E a atividade foi marcada por novidades.

O técnico Oswaldo de Oliveira comandou uma atividade tática e técnica em campo reduzido com o elenco na manhã deste sábado.Depois, os jogadores rubro-negros realizaram um leve rachão, com direito a Pará e Emerson Sheik como goleiros durante a descontraída atividade.

O principal destaque ficou pela participação de Ederson na atividade. Contratado para ser o 10 da equipe na temporada, ele participou normalmente do treinamento e está a disposição para o amistoso desse domingo. Sua última partida foi no clássico contra o Vasco, na Copa do Brasil, no dia 26 de agosto. Desde então, ele se recupera de lesão no joelho direito.

O time que de irá a campo contra o Orlando City deve contar comPaulo Victor, Pará, Wallace, César Martins e Armero; Jonas, Márcio Araújo e Alan Patrick; Gabriel (Ederson), Sheik e Kayke.

Depois do amistoso festivo, o Rubro-Negro volta suas atenções para o Campeonato Brasileiro, onde enfrenta o Santos, na quinta-feira que vem, na Vila Belmiro. O Flamengo se encontra na 11ª posição na competição, com 47 pontos ganhos.

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With the arrival of highly-rated David Turnbull to the squad, it suddenly seems like Celtic have far too many midfielders in their squad. For that reason, coach Neil Lennon is open to making some necessary cuts for the ongoing 2020/21 Scottish Premier League season.

One of the players who were all set to leave Celtic Park in the immediate future was Tom Rogic. But now, according to the latest reports from The Scottish Sun, he could be staying at the club for a while longer.

Rogic was supposed to move to Qatar in a £4m deal but the negotiations have stalled ever since and if the same outlet is to be believed, the move is now on the brink of collapse.

Of course, the 27-year-old is still likely to leave the Scottish giants but not to join a lower-tier league such as the one in the Middle East. For that reason, he might wait for a better offer that would also allow him to continue playing in Europe.

As far as Lennon is concerned, however, and seeing how Rogic still has three years left on his contract, the Hoops wouldn’t exactly be opposed to their star staying at the club when everything is said and done.

It will largely depend on the player’s wishes and the direction in which he wants his career to move from this point onward. He was so close to leaving but nothing seems set in stone just yet.

Only time will tell.

Verdict

Rogic became one of the Bhoys after completing a bargain £400,000 move from Central Coast Mariners all the way back in 2013. Needless to say, he’s been a great servant to their badge and at 27 years of age, still has a lot to offer.

For that reason, maybe this fresh twist in the story does have a silver lining after all. Keeping Rogic in the squad is not the worst thing that can happen to the Hoops.

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O empate por 3 a 3 entre Atlético-PR e Palmeiras foi recheado de polêmicas. Após o confronto da noite desta quarta-feira, Robinho atacou o árbitro Dewson Freitas da Silva.

A revolta palmeirense começou quando o juiz deixou o Atlético-PR cobrar a falta do terceiro gol rapidamente, e assim saiu o gol. Após Alecsandro empatar o jogo, Lucas xingou o árbitro, mas Robinho foi quem levou o cartão vermelho.

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– Ele é tão ruim que xingamos ele de todos os nomes e ele não expulsou ninguém – afirmou Robinho, na saída de campo.

Arouca, questionado se aquele clima de briga no fim do jogo era necessário, falou apenas: “pergunte para o juiz”. Dudu, um dos mais irritados com o árbitro, não quis falar. Além de Robinho, o zagueiro Jackson também foi expulso após se desentender com o adversário.

Na saída para o intervalo, Robinho já havia dado uma declaração, no mínimo, inusitada. O Palmeiras foi para o vestiário perdendo por 1 a 0, e o jogador alviverde disse que o time tinha que mudar a postura.

– Sei lá, cara. A gente corre, corre, corre. Não consigo entender o nosso time. A gente conversa, fala, acontecem os mesmos erros. No primeiro lance, gol. Lá na frente não conseguimos finalizar, às vezes tropeçamos na bola. Precisa mudar de atitude – disse Robinho, se referindo ao gol sofrido pelo Verdão no primeiro minuto de jogo.

Com o empate, o Palmeiras fica na décima colocação do Campeonato Brasileiro, com 49 pontos. Na próxima rodada, o equipe enfrenta o Cruzeiro.

Marcelo Bielsa is undoubtedly a genius, and after guiding Leeds United back to the Premier League he’s now a certified legend at Elland Road.

Ever since the Argentine arrived in Leeds there’s been a media obsession around his character, philosophy and the inner-workings of his mind with incredible stories from his time in Argentina, testaments from former players and in-depth tactical analysis always making the headlines.

One thing that is often focused on is his ability to bring through young players, and while his track record throughout his career has been exceptional with the likes of Ander Herrera, Benjamin Mendy and Aymeric Laporte all coming on leaps and bounds under the Argentine, this hasn’t been the case at Leeds.

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Many United fans will have watched the ‘El Loco & Leeds’ Sky Sports special on the gaffer’s impact at Elland Road, and during that show there was a segment about how one of his main philosophies at United has been to give youngsters chances.

“At Leeds, Bielsa has shown great faith in the younger generation.” The narrator says as images of Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Tyler Roberts and Jack Clarke are shown (El Loco & Leeds Sky Sports 12:00).

Peacock-Farrell was replaced as number one by Kiko Casilla just a few months into his reign, and sold that summer, while Clarke didn’t start a single game for United after returning on loan this season.

Roberts has had a bit more of a chance, starting 12 games this term, but when you look at Bielsa’s treatment of youth, the idea of him showing great faith in the next generation has to be dispelled as a myth.

Bielsa has publicly admitted his guilt about not playing Robbie Gotts, he’s only given Mateusz Bogusz 17 minutes this season despite fans calling for him to get a chance time and time again, while Ryan Edmondson has been previously tipped to leave the club despite previously being hailed as a top talent.

The Argentine has done so many things right at Leeds, and to be honest, pointing the finger about him not giving youth enough of a chance is nit-picking, but the wider footballing world continues to claim that he’s handing out these chances when it simply isn’t true.

Bielsa’s handling of youth at Leeds simply isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be.

Michael Edwards looks to have done it again.

Liverpool look set to receive around £11m for Dejan Lovren as the Croatian’s move to Zenit looks set to be finalised in the coming days.

The defender has made just 10 Premier League appearances this term, and while he has been a good servant over the years, it’s fair to say that he won’t be missed all that much after falling out of favour.

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There’s no reason why Liverpool’s defence can’t remain just as strong without Lovren in the squad as Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip remain as the spine of what makes the Reds’ backline one of the best in the world.

Of course, only having three senior centre-backs is a dangerous game. We all saw how much Man City struggled after Aymeric Laporte’s injury, and that was partially down to their inability to replace Vincent Kompany in the summer, but despite this, Liverpool don’t need to replace Lovren.

Sepp van der Berg and Ki-Jana Hoever are two highly-rated young centre-halves who could easily fill the void left by Lovren in the cup games or off the bench, while any serious injury to one of their stars could be covered by Fabinho dropping back and playing in defence, a position he’s adept at, playing there three times under Jurgen Klopp.

Rather than spending their windfall on a replacement for Lovren, they should take the fee and the money they’re saving on his £100k-a-week wages and use that to bolster another area of the squad, perhaps it could even go towards that elite attacker James Pearce spoke about a few weeks ago.

Liverpool should put their money straight in the bank for later use rather than spending it on a replacement for Lovren.