يستعد الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي برشلونة لمواصلة مشواره في موسم 2025/2026 بعد فوزه على ريال سوسيداد ضمن منافسات الدوري الإسباني.
وحقق برشلونة فوزًا مهمًا على ريال سوسيداد بثنائية مقابل هدف، في المباراة التي جمعتهما مساء اليوم، الأحد، على ملعب “مونتجويك”، في إطار منافسات الجولة السادسة من بطولة “لا ليجا”.
جاء الهدف الأول في المباراة عن طريق اللاعب ألفارو أودريوزولا، بعد تمريرة من أندير بارينتشيا، لتصل الكرة إلى زميله الذي سددها في شباك تشيزني على الفور، معلنًا عن تقدم سوسيداد.
وأحرز جول كوندي هدف التعادل لصالح برشلونة في الدقيقة 43 من ركلة ركنية سددها كوندي بضربة رأسية مميزة على يسار حارس المرمى.
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أما الهدف الثاني، جاء عن طريق النجم روبرت ليفاندوفسكي، بعد تمريرة من لامين يامال الذي دخل كبديل، ومرر كرة ناحية البولندي، الذي سددها برأسه في الشباك.
كان الفوز اليوم مهمًا لدى النادي الكتالوني من أجل احتلال صدارة الدوري الإسباني بفارق نقطة عن ريال مدريد بعد هزيمته أمام أتلتيكو.
وخسر ريال مدريد بخماسية مقابل هدفين أمام أتلتيكو مدريد، في المباراة التي جمعتهما مساء أمس، السبت، على ملعب “واندا ميترو بوليتانو”.
بتلك النتيجة، احتل برشلونة صدارة جدول ترتيب الدوري الإسباني “لا ليجا” برصيد 19 نقطة بفارق نقطة واحدة عن ريال مدريد الوصيف بـ 18 نقطة. موعد مباراة برشلونة القادمة بعد الفوز على ريال سوسيداد في الدوري الإسباني
ومن المقرر أن يخوض برشلونة مباراته القادمة أمام باريس سان جيرمان في الجولة الثانية من مرحلة الدوري لبطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا الأربعاء المقبل الموافق 1 أكتوبر، في تمام الساعة العاشرة مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة ومكة المكرمة، على ملعب “مونتجويك”.
Newcastle United are said to be one of a host of Premier League clubs interested in completing the signing of a “world-beater” this summer.
Newcastle depleted in midfield
While much of the focus has been on the future of Alexander Isak and potential replacements for the Swede, the Magpies are badly in need of midfield reinforcements before the end of the transfer window.
Joe Willock is injured and Sean Longstaff has departed for Leeds United, while Lewis Miley is still young and learning on the job. That leaves Eddie Howe with only three genuine senior options in Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali and Joelinton, with the addition of Champions League football to come this season.
Ajax midfielder Kenneth Taylor has been linked with a summer move to St James’ Park, potentially being seen as a younger alternative to Aston Villa’s John McGinn. The former scored five goals in 11 Europa League appearances last season, and at 23 years of age, he would be a long-term acquisition.
Atletico Madrid’s Conor Gallagher has also been backed to join the Magpies ahead of the new season, although Tottenham could possibly hijack their move for him.
Newcastle midfielders’ Premier League minutes in 2024/25
Total
Bruno Guimaraes
3286
Sandro Tonali
2632
Joelinton
2405
Joe Willock
1077
Sean Longstaff
788
Lewis Miley
304
Newcastle in the mix to sign "world-beater"
Now, Caught Offside claim that Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba is being “closely monitored” by Newcastle, with the Magpies one of seven Premier League clubs eyeing up the £100m-rated star. The other teams in question are Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham, with the Red Devils seemingly leading the race to sign him currently.
Signing Baleba would be fantastic for Howe, and a welcome boost after such a dispiriting summer, with the youngster a player with incredible potential.
The four-cap Cameroon international excelled for Brighton last season, averaging 2.3 tackles per game in the Premier League across 34 appearances, which is more than any Newcastle player managed in the competition in 2024/25.
Baleba has been compared to Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga by scout Jacek Kulig, highlighting his quality, and Danny Welbeck has lauded him as well.
While the striker situation still needs to be addressed at Newcastle, signing a player of Baleba’s quality and potential would be huge in the middle of the park, not least because it would mean beating many of their rivals to his signature.
Pakistan fought back after poor starts in either innings of the game but fell well short
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Spencer Johnson rattled Pakistan with early blows before finishing with 5 for 26•Cricket Australia via Getty Images
It looked like it would be a run fest, but then it evolved into a low-scoring thriller. In a shapeshifting T20I in Sydney, Australia adapted better than Pakistan, holding their nerve to defend a modest total of 147 and edging to a 13-run victory, which gave them the T20I series.Spencer Johnson was the star of the show with 5 for 26, taking wickets at the top and the end and keeping Pakistan penned in, but he had plenty of support from his mates in a disciplined bowling effort. It was matched by a first innings where six batters reached double-figures, the clump of cameos ensuring the batters gave their bowlers enough to work with.Pakistan looked like they were on track for a hammering when Australia reached 50 in 3.1 overs – the fastest they have ever got to the mark in a T20I. But Pakistan, led inevitably by Haris Rauf, hit back through the middle overs. However, their fielding lapses proved costly, and in a game of fine margins, that proved to be one of the points of difference between the sides.They will also rue their lack of intent early on with the bat. Pakistan limped along for the first half of the innings and left themselves too much to do at the back end. Usman Khan – who scored his first T20I half-century – and Irfan Khan made a fist of it to get within 13 runs of victory, but just couldn’t do enough to undo the damage of the first part of the innings.Australia made sure they did just enough things better than Pakistan, and on that count, ended up worthy winners.Matthew Short played his part in giving Australia a rollicking start•Getty Images
The flight, and the uncontrolled descentAustralia began the game as if they had drawn inspiration from India’s batting show against South Africa on Friday. Shaheen Afridi was bowling into the arc as if feeding a slot machine, and Matthew Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk were only too happy to oblige. Naseem Shah similarly failed to keep it out of the arc, and 15 balls into the game, Australia had sped along to 47, having hit five fours and three sixes already.As Pakistan have learnt over the white-ball tour, when in doubt, give Rauf the ball, and that worked the charm again. He was the only man who could arrest the slide, and it didn’t take him long. A pacy bouncer that Fraser-McGurk couldn’t get on top off and slogged to the cover fielder punctured Australia, before a leading edge sent Josh Inglis on his way.Abbas Afridi – who bowled beautifully all innings – struck with the slower ball to dispatch Short, and suddenly, it turned into an even contest. After the first 15 balls of the powerplay had leaked 47 wicketless runs, the last 21 balls saw just 14 scored, with Australia’s top three back.Haris Rauf struck twice in an over to check Australia’s rapid start•Getty Images
Pakistan sloppy in the field, againPakistan tend to take one of their most famous characteristics each game, and turn the dial up to 11. Sometimes it’s the unpredictability, at other times it’s the fast bowling. Today, they went for the comic ineptitude in the field they have picked up a reputation for.The warning signs were there from the first over, which was when Naseem made a mess of a Fraser-McGurk top edge, and it only got worse from there.Salman Agha put Marcus Stoinis down off Rauf, while Shaheen reprieved Glenn Maxwell off Sufiyan Muqeem in the eighth over. Rauf made a mess of an effort in the field off Naseem that went for four, while Babar Azam put Tim David down before the batter went on to get ten runs off the next three balls. Those were just the highlights and, in a low-scoring game, it all counted.Mohammad Rizwan struggled during his 26-ball 16•Cricket Australia via Getty Images
Pakistan’s no-power playPakistan looked at the way Australia had been dragged back and perhaps thought “this won’t happen to us”. It didn’t, because they never got going at the front end of the innings in the first place. They did lose Babar (pick-up flick to deep square leg) and Sahibzada Farhan (pull straight to deep midwicket) to careless shots, but for much of the first nine overs, there were scarcely any attempts to hit a boundary.Mohammad Rizwan struggled through an especially curious innings where he was either happy with dot balls or poked the ball away for singles. It wasn’t until the tenth over that a boundary off the bat was finally struck as Rizwan cleared his front leg and slog swept Johnson over cow corner to pick up four.But Rizwan attempted the same shot off the next ball, only to miscue it for David to take a superb catch diving forward. By this time, the asking rate was approaching ten, and Pakistan’s top order had written cheques they unfairly expected their lower order to honour.Usman Khan battled hard to give Pakistan a chance•Cricket Australia via Getty Images
Johnson brillianceWhen Johnson began the innings with a wide down leg side that went for five, and followed it up with a wide outside off that would have done the same had first slip not done brilliantly, any comparisons with the other Johnson, Mitchell, would have only pertained to the phase in his career that spawned the unfortunate “he bowls to the left, he bowls to the right” chant. But it took the South Australian no time to turn his fortunes around, controlling his high pace and exploiting sideways movement beautifully to rip through Pakistan.Farhan’s soft dismissal was only the beginning, and Pakistan were dented during the middle overs, and that proved telling.Rizwan fell in Johnson’s return spell before Salman fell the very next ball, leaving Pakistan’s ultra-long tail one wicket away from being exposed. When Usman and Irfan put up a 58-run stand, it was once again Johnson who struck, taking two more in an over when his extra pace saw Usman smear a pull into the air before Abbas was dispatched in similar fashion. It allowed Adam Zampa’s double-wicket over effectively seal the game despite Irfan’s presence.
Rafael chegou ao São Paulo no início desta temporada e é o único jogador do elenco que foi titular em todos os jogos até o momento. Seu destaque na vitória da equipe contra o América-MG, por 3 a 0, exemplificou em números o porquê da sua titularidade. Durante o confronto, o defensor teve seu melhor desempenho desde quando chegou ao clube.
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Contra o Coelho, foram oito defesas – sendo o maior número de bolas defendidas desde quando chegou ao Tricolor. Além disso, cinco destas, foramdefesas em chutes na área – sendo outro recorde pela equipe. Estes dados são levantamentos do perfil oficial ‘SPFC Estatísticas’.
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Diferente do último ano, quando um rodízio entre os goleiros da equipe era praticamente rotina, Rafael mudou esta rota. Inclusive, na estreia de Dorival Júnior, além do titular, somente Jandrei foi escalado para ser reserva – ressaltando que, com Ceni, sempre haviam duas opções no banco.
O perfil oficial do São Paulo publicou neste domingo (23) os bastidores da primeira vitória do Tricolor paulista na competição. Rafael falou sobre o desempenho e afirmou tratar o Tricolor como ‘o projeto da sua vida’.
Ao término do confronto no Morumbi, algo quase inédito desde a aposentadoria de Rogério Ceni aconteceu: um goleiro teve o nome gritado. Mesmo com os gols de Luciano, Calleri e Marcos Paulo, os quase 40 mil torcedores presentes entoaram um coro gritando o nome de Rafael. O jogador também comentou sobre este carinho por parte dos torcedores.
-Foi um dia muito especial, é difícil falar sobre a alegria. O São Paulo é o projeto da minha vida. Sentir o carinho da torcida foi especial demais e meu intuito aqui é sempre levar alegria para eles – disse o goleiro.
Agora, o São Paulo volta a campo nesta terça-feira (25), contra o Ituano. A partida será essencial para definir o futuro do Tricolor na Copa do Brasil, já que vem de um empate sem gols. É mais uma chance para Rafael se provar.
Com um empate e três derrotas nos últimos quatro compromissos, sendo os reveses consecutivos, o Internacional viu a responsabilidade de vencer aumentar consideravelmente em momento onde há a promessa de complexos desafios. Desafios esses, aliás, que ocorrerão por três torneios diferentes.
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Na próxima quarta-feira (17), o Colorado estará em Belo Horizonte para abrir o seu confronto de oitavas de final da Copa do Brasil contra outra equipe que carece de recuperação na temporada, o América-MG. Confronto esse onde, apesar de guardar a boa lembrança do mata-mata na mesma competição em 2020, coloca novamente a equipe no dilema de conseguir um bom resultado como visitante, tendo vencido apenas dois dos 11 jogos feitos na atual temporada.
Na sequência, a equipe de Mano Menezes enfrentará o Gre-Nal, na Arena, ambiente que não tem sido favorável ao Colorado nos últimos anos. Com exceção da vitória por 1 a 0 na semifinal do Gauchão em 2022 (resultado que não evitou a eliminação no estadual), a última vez que o Internacional bateu seu rival como visitante foi no ano de 2014 pela partida de ida na decisão do Campeonato Gaúcho.
Por fim, o Inter viaja até a Venezuela onde, na Libertadores, busca se manter na briga pelas primeiras posições do Grupo B frente ao Metropolitanos. Neste momento, a equipe tem cinco pontos e está na segunda colocação, tendo duas unidades a menos do que o Nacional-URU. Enquanto o oponente do Colorado ainda não pontuou, o Independiente Medellín-COL está em terceiro lugar e tem quatro pontos.
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Para a partida em questão, além de reencontrar oponente o qual só venceu no Beira-Rio graças ao gol de Alemão que saiu aos 46 minutos do segundo tempo, o aspecto da logística é outro duro adversário a ser enfrentado. Isso porque, nesse sentido, o itinerário prevê atravessar ao menos sete mil quilômetros até Caracas, capital do país e local do embate no próximo dia 25 de maio.
كشف هاني أبو ريدة رئيس اتحاد الكرة، عن تفاصيل بداية مسيرته في العمل داخل عالم كرة القدم والجبلاية، موضحًا مراحل تطوره حتى الوصول لمنصب عضو المكتب التنفيذي بـ الاتحاد الإفريقي والاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم.
وقال هاني أبو ريدة في تصريحات عبر بودكاست بيت الكورة: “أنا لست قادمًا بالبراشوت كما يظن البعض، أنا ابن بورسعيد الباسلة، ونشأت فيها بين ثقافات متعددة من بحارة وتجار وأجانب، ومنها تعلمت الانفتاح والنظام”.
وتابع: “بدأت علاقتي بكرة القدم منذ طفولتي في نادي الجلاء، وتأثرت كثيرًا بالكابتن محمود الجوهري، الذي كان له الفضل في توجيهي نحو العمل الإداري، وفي الثمانينيات تعمقت صداقتنا، وشاركت معه في التحضير لكأس العالم 1990، حيث كنا نحسب كل شيء يدويًا قبل ظهور التكنولوجيا الحديثة”.
وأردف: “بدعم من اللواء حرب الدهشوري والدكتور عبد المنعم عمارة بدأت رسميًا في الإدارة، من خلال تولي مسؤولية منطقة بورسعيد، وهناك اكتشفت شغفي الحقيقي بالتنظيم والتخطيط”.
وواصل: “كنت أؤمن أن النجاح لا يأت من المنتخب الأول فقط، بل من بناء قاعدة قوية من الناشئين، لذلك ركزت على تطوير هذا القطاع، وأنشأت برامج تدريبية دقيقة، وأرسلنا مدربين للتعلم في الخارج بدعم من وزارة الشباب”.
وأوضح: “كانت تلك المرحلة نقطة التحول الحقيقية في الكرة المصرية، لأننا استطعنا إعداد جيل ذهبي من اللاعبين، شارك معظمهم في تحقيق أربع بطولات متتالية لكأس الأمم الإفريقية، هذا الجيل أفخر به، لأنني رأيت بدايته وساهمت في تكوينه”.
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وأشار: “قرار دخولي إلى الاتحاد الإفريقي لم يكن صدفة، بل جاء من إحساس بالحزن والمسؤولية، في عام 2000 كنا في نيجيريا خلال انتخابات الاتحاد الإفريقي، وكان الكابتن حمادة إمام هو المرشح المصري، لكننا حصلنا على أربعة أصوات فقط من أصل 54، هذا الموقف هزّني بشدة، وقلت لنفسي: كيف تكون مصر خارج المشهد بهذا الشكل”.
وأردف: “وقتها قررت أن أتواجد في كل البطولات، في البداية اعتذرت عن العمل في الاتحاد الإفريقي لانشغالي بعملي الخاص، لكن الإصرار من عيسى حياتو ومصطفى فهمي جعلني أقبل الانضمام إلى لجنة كأس إفريقيا عام 2001 أو 2002، وهي لجنة لا تضم إلا رؤساء الاتحادات، ومن هنا بدأت رحلتي الحقيقية داخل الكاف”.
وتابع: “الطريق لم يكن سهلًا، فالتحالفات داخل الاتحاد كانت قوية وقديمة، والدخول وسطها احتاج مجهودًا ضخمًا، وسافرت إلى أكثر من 40 دولة إفريقية للتعارف وبناء الثقة والعلاقات، وكان كل ذلك على نفقتي الخاصة، وحصلت على دعم معنوي من المهندس هشام عزمي، ومن صديقي محمد بن همّام في الاتحاد الدولي، والاثنان شجعاني على الاستمرار، وبعد جهد كبير، نجحت في انتخابات الاتحاد الإفريقي عام 2004، ثم انضممت إلى الاتحاد الدولي (الفيفا) رسميًا عام 2009”.
Beth Mooney stood a class above with the bat before Australia’s bowlers ground a hapless England line-up further into the dust with a thumping 72-run win in the third and final T20I for a 12-0 lead in the Women’s Ashes.Mooney’s unbeaten 94 carried Australia to 162 for 5 on a slow Adelaide Oval pitch where Australia’s second-best score was fellow opener Georgia Voll’s 23. Then the home side’s bowlers, led by legspinner Georgia Wareham’s career-best 3 for 11, demolished the tourists for 90 inside 18 overs, their second-lowest total in T20Is with only two England batters reaching double figures.Related
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Yet again, England were complicit in their undoing with a host of poor shots punished by a merciless Australian fielding outfit before a crowd of 10,291. The result brought the possibility of a 16-0 series sweep tantalisingly close for the home side heading into next week’s day-night Test at the MCG.England made four changes looking to get some points on the board, albeit belatedly and with the Ashes already lost. Maia Bouchier made way for Alice Capsey and an unwell Lauren Bell was replaced by fellow quick Lauren Filer while legspinner Sarah Glenn was replaced by left-arm spinner Linsey Smith. And while the spinners did well to contain Australia – Mooney’s performance aside – defending a modest total proved far too easy for a side which has completely dominated their opposition all series.England spinners keep Australia honestAfter a bright enough start from openers Voll and Mooney, who had struck three boundaries off Freya Kemp in the second over of the match, England’s spinners kept a lid on the Australians, who became mired in a rare 33-ball stretch without a boundary. Capsey entered the attack in the eighth over and struck with her fifth ball as Voll holed out to Danni Wyatt-Hodge at deep midwicket.Then Mooney unleashed two boundaries in four deliveries from Filer to break the shackles. Phoebe Litchfield followed up with four down the ground off the first ball of the next over, from Capsey, and when Litchfield top-edged a reverse sweep over wicketkeeper Amy Jones’ head, it dropped dead between her and two other fielders. Then Litchfield was bowled attempting to sweep one that stayed straight and low from Sophie Ecclestone and Australia were 83 for 2.Georgia Voll took a superb catch to remove Sophie Ecclestone•Getty Images
Mooney magicEcclestone hoped she had Mooney lbw two balls later, only for the DRS to show the ball had pitched just outside leg stump. Mooney raised her fifty in 41 balls and from there loosened up, turning a Capsey full toss through fine leg then clearing point for two fours in three deliveries.When Ellyse Perry chipped Charlie Dean straight to cover, Grace Harris entered and thumped Ecclestone down the ground for the first six of the match. Two balls later, Mooney drilled a four through square leg. Wickets fell around her late, but Mooney kept adding to her tally. She ran brilliantly between the wickets in the final over with Tahlia McGrath, Mooney twice having to stretch to make her ground coming back for a second run and, despite an England review for lbw on the final ball, she kept her innings intact.It was the third time Mooney had reached fifty in her last four innings this Ashes and left her with 303 runs across both white-ball legs of the series, well clear of the next best, Heather Knight, on 172.Everywhere England lookAustralia’s stand-in wicketkeeper for most of the summer due to Alyssa Healy’s injury woes, Mooney took an excellent catch off Capsey’s faint edge, so faint it took a review to secure the wicket, the second to fall in as many overs after Darcie Brown – who came into the side for Kim Garth – had struck with her first ball to remove Dunkley, skying the ball to cover. Now England were 12 for 2, and Annabel Sutherland made it 23 for 3 inside three overs with a beauty that pinged the top of Sciver-Brunt’s off stump.Everywhere England looked, there was an Australian there to make life difficult, as has been the case all tour, and it was Wareham next with two wickets in three balls in the seventh over to send them lurching to 39 for 5 with Wyatt-Hodge holing out to long-off and Amy Jones pinned on the pad attempting a scoop.Freya Kemp gifted her wicket to mid-off for Brown’s second and Wareham claimed her third when Charlie Dean’s top-edge sailed to Alana King at square leg. The only blemish for Australia in the field came when Wareham put down a sitter at deep midwicket off Ecclestone, on 1 at the time.But then Voll took an excellent diving catch to remove Ecclestone and more clinical fielding from Perry to Mooney ran out Smith. Mooney stayed in the action to the last, whipping off the bails as Knight advanced to Tahlia McGrath, her score of 40 England’s best on a sorry looking scorecard.
Newcastle United’s need for a striker before next Monday’s transfer deadline has never been clearer.
With Alexander Isak still on strike and surely out of action when the Toon visit Leeds United next week, regardless of the outcome of his present situation, it was inconceivable that Anthony Gordon should get himself sent off against Liverpool at St. James’ Park.
Anthony Gordon is sent off for Newcastle
The Magpies lost to Liverpool on Tyneside, but it was an incredible contest that showcased all the good of Eddie Howe’s side, even when so much went wrong.
But, even so, the desperate need for a number nine was accentuated, and a bid continues for Premier League forward Jørgen Strand Larsen.
The latest on Strand Larsen to Newcastle
Whether Liverpool sign Isak at some point this week is anyone’s guess, but Newcastle’s bid to sign Wolverhampton Wanderers’ rangy frontman remains a priority focus regardless.
The Daily Mail’s Craig Hope corroborated news on Monday that the Magpies saw a £50m offer rejected for the Norwegian, and they are expected to return with an improved bid.
Hope made it clear that Larsen is being chased with a view toward him succeeding Callum Wilson, who left Tyneside at the end of his contract in June and has since signed for West Ham United.
Strand Larsen scored 14 Premier League goals last season, playing an instrumental role for the Old Gold as they staved off the threat of relegation.
But whether he’s the right frontman for Newcastle, for a figure sure to be in excess of £50m, is another question. Especially when there’s a younger and more exciting name on United’s shortlist.
Newcastle discuss move for Strand Larsen alternative
As per The Athletic, Newcastle have discussed a move for Paris Saint-Germain forward Goncalo Ramos as the transfer window is reduced to less than a week before closure.
Ramos, 24, has struggled to nail down a regular starting berth in Luis Enrique’s super-team, but he’s still showcased his quality across the past two years, and was tracked by the Tynesiders during his Benfica days.
PSG appear open to selling, but the Portugal international wouldn’t come cheap. It’s been mooted this month that Ramos would fetch a fee in the region of £55m.
What Ramos would bring to Newcastle
Ramos has started the 2025/26 season strongly, bagging against Tottenham Hotspur in the dramatic Super Cup victory earlier this month before starting PSG’s Ligue 1 opener against Nantes.
Newcastle’s need for a new number nine borders on desperation, but they won’t let themselves be fleeced. Having seen a £50m offer rejected for Strand Larsen, might it be better to instead invest the set-aside funds in Ramos, whose dynamic profile aligns more with what Howe would need if Isak is to leave St. James’ Park this week.
Hailed for his “outrageous” performances on the international stage by talent scout Jacek Kulig, Ramos is a prolific striker, and no mistake. His clinical value in dangerous positions could admittedly do with some work, but he creates space regularly through expert usage of his mobility and physical attributes, and thus maintains a steady goalscoring flow.
Ramos – Career Stats (all comps)
Season
Apps
Goals
Assists
25/26 – PSG
3
1
0
24/25 – PSG
46
19
6
23/24 – PSG
40
14
2
22/23 – Benfica
47
27
8
21/22 – Benfica
46
8
4
20/21 – Benfica
12
4
0
19/20 – Benfica
1
2
0
Data via Transfermarkt
And, according to data platform FBref, the Iberian striker ranks among the top 5% of positional peers across Europe’s top five leagues for goals scored,
While Strand Larsen has provided proof of his ability to score goals and perform convincingly in the Premier League, whereas Ramos has not, the latter man has highlighted performances at the highest level, including (but not limited to) that hat-trick at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Goncalo Ramos celebrates PSG's Super Cup victory against Tottenham Hotspur on penalties.
14 goals were scored by the 25-year-old in last year’s Premier League edition, but he also completed only 65% of his passes, lost 68% of his duels and averaged just 0.2 dribbles per game, as per Sofascore.
There’s nothing wrong with that; Strand Larsen is a powerful target man, after all. But it’s inconceivable that he should replace Isak, one of the most complete strikers in the business.
Of course, Newcastle chiefs have maintained that their interest in the Scandinavian is linked to Wilson’s departure, and not Isak’s possible exit.
Ultimately, Newcastle could do with two strikers, should Isak leave. Efforts are maintained for Brentford marksman Yoane Wissa, but that’s why Ramos’ profile could be so important for the Tynesiders, injecting dynamic athleticism without detracting from goalscoring, that core tenet of the striker’s game.
Wissa, like Strand Larsen, is limited in terms of technical scope, but he’s still proven himself to be a deadly Premier League striker with impressive link-up play besides. Given that the 28-year-old would ostensibly come at a cheaper price than his Wolves positional peer, he should be the priority.
And, in that case, Ramos must be targeted over a second bid for Strand Larsen, with the Portuguese man sure to bring goals and an electric presence too.
After the past few months of misery on the transfer front, it’s anyone’s guess as to whether Newcastle manage to sign a striker worth their salt – let alone two.
But it’s clear who they should move for after the latest series of rejected bids. Don’t blink: Newcastle are bound to ramp up the gas and seal a signature before the end of the month.
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It may seem crazy at this early stage of the season, but it would appear as though Russell Martin’s days at Rangers are numbered.
On Sunday, the first Old Firm of the season took place and to say it wasn’t a classic would be a contender for understatement of the century; it finished goalless, with Rangers’ xG 0.16 to the opposition’s 0.17.
After both Glasgow giants were ignominiously dumped out of Champions League qualifying during the week, neither are at the peak of their powers just now, but the crisis in Govan is certainly the more alarming of the two, so could this result in the shortest managerial tenure in the club’s 153-year history?
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Not including caretakers, Pedro Caixinha holds the record for the shortest tenure of any permanent Rangers manager, overseeing 26 matches in 2017, infamously knocked out of Europa League qualifying by Luxembourgish minnows Progrès Niederkorn.
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However, this record could be smashed in the coming weeks, with Martin having taken charge of just 11 fixtures to date; his 26th would come on 27 November against Braga, but many are forecasting that he’ll be long gone before then.
Sunday’s goalless stalemate with Celtic means Rangers have now drawn all four Premiership matches so far, previously held by Motherwell, Dundee and St Mirren, making this their worst start to a season since 1983, going on to finish all the way down in fourth back then.
Meantime, while they did enjoy impressive victories over Panathinaikos and Viktoria Plzeň, Rangers’ Champions League dreams were crushed by Club Brugge in the play-off round, steamrollered 9-1 on aggregate, their biggest two-legged European defeat for 65 years.
Following last Wednesday’s 6-0 annihilation at Jan Breydelstadion, speaking on the Guardian Football Weekly podcast, Ewan Murray believes that never before has there been a managerial appointment so instantaneously “doomed” as Martin at Rangers, adding that supporters didn’t want him in the first place, and the atmosphere has truly turned toxic following “horrendous” results and performances.
So, with games against Hearts, Hibs and then Genk to come after the international break, the new ownership group 49ers Enterprises have to be considering other managerial candidates, despite publicly backing Martin, so should a “serial winner” be very much at the top of their list?
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In shock news last Friday, it was announced that Fenerbahçe had sacked José Mourinho, following their own elimination in the Champions League play-offs, defeated at Estádio da Luz on Wednesday, thereby ousted 1-0 aggregate by Benfica.
The İstanbul-based giants still have not qualified for the Champions League group stages since 2008, their most recent Turkish Süper Lig title coming in 2014, appointing Mourinho to change both of these facts, but he ultimately achieved neither during 14 months in the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium dugout.
In fairness, this has proved a salient strategy for numerous clubs in the past.
Before Mourinho, Porto hadn’t won the Champions League for 17 years, Chelsea hadn’t won the Premier League for 50 years, Inter hadn’t been European champions for 45 years and Roma hadn’t won a continental title for 62 years.
Well, given Celtic’s dominance of Scottish football recently, Rangers appears to be the perfect next destination for Mourinho, given his cult of personality, with reports late last week suggesting that the Gers could be set to open talks with the veteran coach.
For context, not only have the Hoops won 13 of the last 14 Premiership titles, since 2011/12, Celtic have picked up 28 major honours, during which time Rangers have won three, the same number as St Johnstone.
Well, speaking on BT Sport following Roma’s Conference League triumph over Feyenoord, Owen Hargreaves labelled Mourinho a “serial winner”, adding “football is about winning” and that is why he has brought Rome to life, so could the Special One do something similar on Glasgow’s south side?
Well, when 49ers Enterprises took a majority stake in Rangers earlier this summer, many were expecting them to target a big name; Martin doesn’t really fit that billing, does he?
Also, ahead of Fenerbahçe’s Europa League round of 16 tie at Ibrox in March, Mourinho intimated that he would like to manage one of Glasgow’s big two in the future.
When asked, he stated “why not in the future?”, adding that the Scottish league is a “league of passion…. which is everything”, and that he only wants to work at a club with “big fan bases, big emotions, big responsibilities and big expectations”.
So, could the recently out-of-work 62-year-old soon be unveiled in Glasgow?
Should this happen, it would, without doubt, be the most excited the Rangers support have been about a new manager since Steven Gerrard arrived seven years ago.
Back in 2018, thousands of supporters descended on Ibrox just to welcome the rookie manager, who would eventually deliver the Premiership title in his third season.
None of his successors, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Michael Beale nor Philippe Clement, have been able to repeat this feat, but Mourinho-mania would go through the roof in Glasgow, and he wins wherever he goes, except Tottenham, so why not Rangers?
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O Palmeiras recebe o Bolívar-BOL, nesta quinta-feira (29), no Allianz Parque, no jogo que fecha a fase de grupos da Libertadores 2023.
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Além de poder garantir a melhor campanha da primeira fase da Libertadores, o Verdão joga para alcançar algumas marcas interessantes na competição continental:
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1 – Decidir no Allianz Parque até a final
Caso vença o Bolívar, o Palmeiras garante a melhor campanha e também poderá decidir todos os jogos de mata-mata ao lado do seu torcedor.
2 – Gol 100 pela Libertadores no Allianz Parque
Melhor ataque da atual edição da competição continental, o Palmeiras precisa de mais uma bola na rede para alcançar a marca de 100 gols em noites de Libertadores no Allianz Parque. São 99 tentos em 36 partidas (média de 2,75 por jogo), com 27 vitórias, 5 empates e apenas 4 derrotas, com 23 gols sofridos
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3 – Invencibilidade de 12 jogos no Allianz Parque em Libertadores!
Com nove vitórias e três empates, o Verdão não sabe o que é perder em noite de Libertadores nos seus domínios desde 2021, quando foi derrotado para o Defensa y Justicia, por 4 a 3.
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4 – 100% contra Bolivianos como mandante!
O Palmeiras jamais perdeu pontos para equipes bolivianas atuando como mandante na Libertadores ou qualquer outro torneio continental. Até aqui são nove jogos e nove vitórias do Verdão.
5 – Acabar com a série de derrotas e seca de gols
Desde novembro de 2021 que o Palmeiras não sabe o que é perder três jogos seguidos. Foi antes do histórico jogo diante do Flamengo, em Montevidéu, que o Verdão acabou com uma série incômoda de três derrotas seguidas (Fluminense, São Paulo e Fortaleza), todas pelo Brasileirão. Também foi exatamente no mesmo período que o Verdão de Abel ficou dois jogos sem balançar a rede!
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