سام مرسي يكشف أسباب خسارة إيبسويتش أمام مانشستر يونايتد في الدوري الإنجليزي

كشف قائد الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي إيبسويتش تاون، سام مرسي، السبب وراء الخسارة أمام مانشستر يونايتد في إطار الجولة السابعة والعشرين من الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

وخسر إيبسويتش أمس، الأربعاء، على ملعب “أولد ترافورد” بنتيجة 3-2، وازداد موقفه سوءً من أجل تفادي الهبوط إلى الدرجة الأولى الإنجليزية.

ويحتل الفريق المركز الثامن عشر في ترتيب الدوري الإنجليزي برصيد 17 نقطة وبفارق 5 نقاط عن ولفرهامبتون صاحب المركز السابع عشر برصيد 22 نقطة.

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وتحدث سام مرسي عقب المباراة، وقال: “كل هدف كان مختلفًا عن الآخر، بالنسبة للأول، تحرك لاعبان بشكل مفاجئ، واصطدمت الكرة بي في اللحظة الأخيرة”.

وتابع: “لهذا سأظل دائمًا أبحث عن طريقة ما يمكنني تحسين وتطوير أدائي بها”.

وأضاف: “أما الهدف الثاني، لم نتمكن من إبعاد الكرة على منطقة جزائنا بشكل جيد وفي النهاية سكنت مرمانا، أما الثالث فلم أشاهده مرة أخرى ولكنه كان بضربة رأسية (من ماجواير)”.

واستمر: “علينا التحسن كفريق، استقبال 3 أهداف خارج ملعبنا يجعل مهمتنا صعبة هذا الموسم، لقد سجلنا هدفين ولكن افتقدنا القدرة على إحراز المزيد وحسم المباراة”.

وواصل تصريحاته: “بالطبع، كانت الركلات الثابتة سببًا في خسارتنا أمام مانشستر يونايتد، علينا تحسين هذا الأمر، لنكون أقوى وأفضل”.

وزاد: “في الشوط الأول، كانت المباراة تسير بشكل جيد بالنسبة لنا، كان يجب أن نتعامل مع الكرات الثابتة بشكل أفضل، فاليوم جاءت الأهداف للمنافس من ركلات ثابتة، لأن لم تتاح لهم الكثير من الفرص من اللعب المفتوح”.

وأتم: “الكرات الثابتة تمثل جزء من مهم من كرة القدم، اليوم لم نكن في مستوانا، أشعر بخيبة أمل لنا ولجماهيرنا”.

Injured £23k-a-week Rangers player now shares promising new fitness update

A “great character” at Glasgow Rangers has provided a significant injury update on social media, acting as a boost for Ibrox boss Philippe Clement.

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The Gers may have won 2-0 at home to St Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership on Sunday evening, but that’s not to say that this has been a wholly positive season to date.

Clement finds himself under lots of pressure after some poor results in Europe, not least the 4-1 loss at home to Lyon in the Europa League last week, but in fairness, he hasn’t been helped by injuries to a number of important players.

Loanee youngster Oscar Cortes could be a potential “long-term” absentee, as his frustrating spell at Ibrox continues – he was also plagued by fitness issues during his first loan stint from Lens last season – and the likes of Ridvan Yilmaz, Rabbi Matondo and Danilo have all been unavailable of late, too.

The hope is that this current international break not only allows Clement to have a breather and embark on a more consistent run of form later this month, but also get as many of these injured players back in the fold as possible. Now, a new update has emerged regarding one player.

"Great character" gives Rangers injury boost

Posting on his Instagram story on Monday [via Rangers Review], Rangers attacker Matondo simply said “soon”, hinting that his injury comeback is almost complete and that he could be back after the internationals.

This is contrary to what Clement said recently, with the Belgian hinting that the 24-year-old wasn’t one of those nearing a comeback, saying: “I expect in training to have Danilo and Ridvan maybe, and the two others not yet, it’s too early for them.”

Rangers winger Rabbi Matondo.

Assuming Matondo’s social media post isn’t wide of the mark, this is great news for Rangers, who desperately need their injured players back.

The £23,000-a-week Welshman may only have been available for four Scottish Premiership games this season, starting two of them, but he has already picked up a pair of goals and assists apiece, showing what he can offer in the final third.

Meanwhile, former Wales head coach Rob Page has heaped praise on him in the recent past, saying: “I love Rabbi to bits, he’s such a threat with his pace. He’s a great character in and around the group. He’s earned the right to be back involved. I’d have had him in before this, but because of his injuries we couldn’t. To get Rabbi back is a positive.”

Matondo may not necessarily always be one of the first names on Clement’s team sheet, but he is a hugely important squad player who possesses real quality, as highlighted by his stunning strike at home to Celtic in the 3-3 draw at Ibrox last season.

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His return will provide Rangers with more attacking ammunition ahead of a key run of fixtures this month and beyond, as they look to ensure they stay in the title mix.

Internacional negocia empréstimo de Liziero, do São Paulo

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São Paulo e Internacional seguem conversando no mercado. Além da negociação do meio Patrick, que está próximo do Tricolor, as duas equipes negociam o empréstimo do volante Liziero ao Colorado. A informação foi divulgada primeiramente pelo ‘GE’ e confirmada no LANCE!.

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Segundo apurou a reportagem, a boa relação entre as duas diretorias pode facilitar o desfecho das negociações. São Paulo e Internacional cogitaram uma troca entre Patrick e Liziero, mas a ideia foi prontamente descartada.

Revelado na base do São Paulo, Liziero disputou 48 jogos na última temporada, sendo o sexto jogador que mais atuou no elenco. Foram dois gols marcados. O jogador tem contrato com o Tricolor até janeiro de 2024.

Ele foi utilizado pincipalmente pelo técnico Hernán Crespo e acabou perdendo espaço com a chegada de Rogério Ceni, realizando uma reta final de temporada abaixo do esperado.

Rikki Clarke begins the long goodbye as David Lloyd makes Surrey toil

Allrounder’s swansong begins with 13 wicketless overs on flat Oval pitch

Matt Roller21-Sep-2021

Rikki Clarke was playing the final first-class game of his career•Getty Images for Surrey CCC

Rikki Clarke is standing at slip with his hands on his hips. This is Clarke’s 267th and final first-class game, after he announced his retirement earlier in the summer, and he moves into a crouched position with his hands on his knees as Amar Virdi walks back to the top of his mark. Virdi twirls in, Clarke moves into his catching stance. Joe Cooke defends watchfully, Clarke crosses his arms, and the process restarts.If Clarke had hoped he might be served up a greentop to send him off into the sunset a few cheap wickets, he must have let out a sigh of frustration while Virdi was struggling for rhythm during the morning session on a sleepy, end-of-season day at The Oval. Despite a green tinge, this was among the flattest pitches served up in south London this season, with one short boundary offering batters generous returns for their shots.Related

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David Lloyd was the main beneficiary of that windfall, making his first first-class hundred since 2018, his first as an opener, and racking up a career-best score of 120 in the process, but none of Glamorgan’s batters looked troubled as the ball hardly moved off the straight. Surrey picked two frontline spinners, apparently in the hope that it will deteriorate, but it was hard to avoid the conclusion that this fixture, between the bottom two sides in the essentially meaningless Division Two of the new-look County Championship, represents cricket for cricket’s sake.Glamorgan flew out of the blocks after winning the toss and opting to bat, adding 31 in the first four overs, and their scoring rate hardly dropped below 3.5 an over throughout. “Rubbish” was the verdict pronounced loudly by one disgruntled member in the new Galadari Stand as Lloyd and Hamish Rutherford brought up a 50-run opening stand in the tenth over, scoring freely on both sides of the ground. Surrey’s opening bowlers, Reece Topley and Jordan Clark, might concede he had a point.Clarke’s first ball of the day was sprayed outside leg stump and flicked away down to long leg for a single. What must he make of this farewell game? He turns 40 next week and will combine his new role as director of cricket at King Edward’s School in Witley with running his own academy. There will be times over the next few years when he looks back on certain days and moments in his career with nostalgic fondness but this set of 97 overs in the dirt in a late-season knockabout is unlikely to be one of them.He should have had a wicket when Lloyd, on 33, pulled a back-of-a-length ball straight down Virdi’s throat at long leg, only for the fielder to inexplicably put down one of the simplest chances he will ever be offered. Lloyd made Surrey pay, scoring heavily through the covers and off the back foot in his busy hundred, and was involved in partnerships of 86, 125 and 76 with Rutherford, Cooke and Eddie Byrom.David Lloyd made his first hundred since 2018•Getty Images

Ollie Pope, captaining Surrey for the first time with the centrally-contracted Rory Burns made unavailable by the ECB, struggled to stem the flow of runs and Ben Foakes, returning to keep wicket after a long injury lay-off, had scant opportunity to conjure a moment of magic, given how rarely the ball turned past the outside edge – though he did complete a straightforward stumping when Byrom ran past Dan Moriarty.Glamorgan, like Surrey, have had nothing worthwhile to play for since the Royal London Cup final in mid-August but despite three Championship defeats in a row, they have the feeling of a club heading in the right direction. Byrom, who played uncharacteristically positively in his 45, represents a useful signing who could contribute in all formats and they are starting to build an impressive core, with Kiran Carlson, who closed unbeaten on 45, the pick of their young players.Clarke’s first two spells were relatively tight in the context of a fast-scoring day, his first nine overs costing 26 runs, but the first ball of his third was a gentle half-volley that was driven through the covers for four by Lloyd, and his fourth spell lasted a solitary over as Carlson and Chris Cooke traded boundaries. By the close he was back at slip, hands on hips, drifting back into the routine of a lifetime.The beauty of the game that Clarke has served for so long and with such distinction is that he will return tomorrow with ambitions and hopes for what lies ahead, even in these dying embers of his professional career. A genuine allrounder for most of his career, Clarke has struggled with the bat this season and has made a solitary Championship fifty; he could hardly have asked for circumstances more conducive to putting that right.

مواعيد مباريات اليوم السبت 8-3-2025 والقنوات الناقلة.. ليفربول يواجه ساوثهامبتون ومانشستر سيتي أمام نوتينجهام فورست

يشهد اليوم السبت الموافق 8-3-2025، مجموعة من المباريات القوية في مختلف البطولات الأوروبية الكبرى، حيث تتواصل منافسات الدوري الإنجليزي، الإسباني، الإيطالي، الفرنسي، والألماني، إلى جانب مواجهات حاسمة في الدوري السعودي وكأس مصر.

يخوض مانشستر سيتي مواجهة قوية في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، عندما يحل ضيفًا على نوتينجهام فورست في الجولة الـ28 من البطولة، على ملعب “سيتي جراوند”.

ويحتل نوتينجهام فورست المركز الثالث برصيد 48 نقطة، متقدمًا بفارق نقطة واحدة على مانشستر سيتي، الذي يحتل المركز الرابع، مما يجعل المواجهة حاسمة في صراع المراكز الأوروبية.

وفي مباراة أخرى، يستضيف ليفربول نظيره ساوثهامبتون على ملعب “أنفيلد”، ضمن منافسات نفس الجولة، ويتصدر الريدز جدول ترتيب الدوري الإنجليزي برصيد 67 نقطة، لكنه لعب مباراة أكثر من منافسيه، بينما يقبع ساوثهامبتون في المركز العشرين والأخير برصيد 9 نقاط.

وفي الدوري الإسباني، يلتقي برشلونة مع أوساسونا في مواجهة مرتقبة بالجولة الـ27، حيث يسعى الفريق الكتالوني للثأر من خسارته في الدور الأول بنتيجة 4-2. ويأمل برشلونة في تحقيق الفوز لمواصلة مطاردة الصدارة في الليجا.

محليًا، تستكمل منافسات كأس مصر بدور الـ16، حيث يستضيف بيراميدز فريق المقاولون العرب على استاد الدفاع الجوي، في لقاء يسعى خلاله الفريقان لحجز بطاقة العبور إلى ربع النهائي، وفي مباراة أخرى، يواجه غزل المحلة نظيره فاركو في مواجهة متكافئة بين الفريقين.

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نوتينجهام فورست ضد مانشستر سيتي، الساعة 2:30 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 3:30 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 1”.

برايتون ضد فولهام، الساعة 5 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 6 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 2”.

كريستال بالاس ضد إبسويتش تاون، الساعة 5 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 6 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD Xtra 1”.

ليفربول ضد ساوثهامبتون، الساعة 5 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 6 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 1”.

برينتفورد ضد أستون فيلا، الساعة 7:30 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 8:30 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 2”.

ولفرهامبتون ضد إيفرتون، الساعة 10 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 11 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 2”. مواعيد مباريات الدوري الإسباني اليوم

سيلتا فيجو ضد ليجانيس، الساعة 3 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 4 يتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 3”.

ديبورتيفو ألافيس ضد فياريال، الساعة 5:15 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 6:15 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 3”.

فالنسيا ضد بلد الوليد، الساعة 7:30 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 8:30 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 3”.

برشلونة ضد أوساسونا، الساعة 10 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 11 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 1”. مواعيد مباريات الدوري الإيطالي اليوم

كومو ضد فينيزيا، الساعة 4 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 5 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “AD SPORTS Premium 1”.

بارما ضد تورينو، الساعة 4 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 5 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “AD SPORTS Premium 2”.

ليتشي ضد ميلان، الساعة 7 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 8 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “AD SPORTS Premium 1”.

انتر ميلان ضد مونزا، الساعة 9:45 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 10:45 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “AD SPORTS Premium 1”. مواعيد مباريات الدوري الألماني اليوم

باير ليفركوزن ضد فيردر بريمن، الساعة 4:30 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 5:30 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 6”.

بايرن ميونخ ضد بوخوم، الساعة 4:30 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 5:30 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 5”.

بوروسيا دورتموند ضد أوجسبورج، الساعة 4:30 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 5:30 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD Xtra 2 “.

فولفسبورج ضد سانت باولي، الساعة 4:30 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 5:30 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “TOD App – beIN SPORTS”.

هولشتاين كيل ضد شتوتجارت، ، الساعة 4:30 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 5:30 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD Xtra 3”.

فرايبورج ضد لايبزيج، الساعة 7:30 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 8:30 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 5”. مواعيد مباريات الدوري الفرنسي اليوم

رين ضد باريس سان جيرمان، الساعة 6 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 7 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 4”.

ليل ضد مونبلييه، الساعة 8 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 9 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 8”.

مارسيليا ضد لانس، الساعة 10:05 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 11:05 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “beIN Sports HD 4”. مواعيد مباريات الدوري السعودي اليوم

الرياض ضد الأخدود، الساعة 9 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 10 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “SSC EXTRA 2 HD”.

التعاون ضد ضمك، الساعة 9 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 10 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “SSC1 HD”.

العروبة ضد الاتفاق، الساعة 9 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 10 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “SSC EXTRA 1 HD”. مواعيد مباريات كأس مصر اليوم

بيراميدز ضد المقاولون العرب، الساعة 9:30 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 10:30 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “on sport 1”.

غزل المحلة ضد فاركو، الساعة 9:30 مساءً بتوقيت مصر، 10:30 بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة “on sport 2”.

ويُمكنكم متابعة أحداث مباريات اليوم لحظة بلحظة من مركز المباريات من هنـــا

Goleada do Volta Redonda complica vida do Botafogo no Campeonato Carioca; veja atual cenário

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O Glorioso precisa ganhar do Resende no Espírito Santo e torcer para o Vasco não vencer o Flamengo no Maracanã. Caso estes dois resultados sejam favoráveis, os alvinegros entram na zona de classificação.

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تشكيل لوهافر أمام سانت إيتيان في الدوري الفرنسي.. موقف أحمد حسن كوكا

يستعد فريق لوهافر لخوض مباراة اليوم ضد خصمه سانت إيتيان، في إطار منافسات بطولة الدوري الفرنسي لكرة القدم، موسم 2024/25.

تأتي تلك المباراة في إطار منافسات الجولة الخامسة والعشرين من الدوري الفرنسي لهذا الموسم.

ويحتل لوهافر المركز السادس عشر في جدول الدوري الفرنسي برصيد 20 نقطة، في حين أن سانت إيتيان لديه 19 نقطة في المركز السابع عشر.

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وحسبما نُشر، يتواجد المحترف المصري أحمد حسن كوكا في التشكيل الأساسي لفريق لوهافر.

وانضم كوكا إلى لوهافر قادمًا من ريو آفي، في يناير الماضي، حيث شارك في 7 مباريات بقميص الفريق الفرنسي وسجل هدفين. تشكيل لوهافر اليوم أمام سانت إيتيان في الدوري الفرنسي

حراسة المرمى: جورجلين.

خط الدفاع: بالو توريه، لوريس، نيجو، يوتي.

خط الوسط: عبد الله توريه، دياوارا، كيشتا، كازيمير، سوماري.

الهجوم: أحمد حسن كوكا.

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For the second game in a row, Sri Lanka survived an early scare to record a commanding win. This time, Ireland were at the receiving end, Andrew Balbirnie’s men thumped by 70 runs as Sri Lanka guaranteed safe passage to the Super 12s. A superb all-round performance by Wanindu Hasaranga, who smashed 71 off 40 balls and doubled with figures of 4-0-12-1, rescued his side from the perilous position of 8 for 3, first carrying them to 171 before helping skittle Ireland out for 101.For Sri Lanka, this was a comprehensive performance, if not quite as complete as Mickey Arthur and the coaching staff will have wished for. The problems with the top order persist, though Hasaranga’s knock – alongside a classy 47-ball 61 from Pathum Nissanka – will go some way towards alleviating concerns around the quality of Sri Lanka’s batting. Meanwhile, the Sri Lankan fielding wasn’t quite as clinical as a side at their level might demand, but against a lacklustre Ireland batting performance, it proved more than enough.Ireland began to bleed wickets right from the outset of the chase, and the big innings they required from someone like Paul Stirling never materialised. Stirling and Kevin O’Brien both fell cheaply, and any resistance of not came from a 53-run fourth wicket partnership between skipper Balbirnie and Curtis Campher. However, with the asking rate rising, all they managed to do was rebuild, and once the stand was broken, Sri Lanka zipped through the last seven wickets for 16 runs.Ireland will need to shake off the disappointment from a day that began so brightly for them, and turn their attention towards their final game this round, a knockout against the Namibia, with the victor joining Sri Lanka in the Super 12.Related

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Irish start
For all that happened after it, it’s easy to forget the perfect start Ireland enjoyed to this game. Sri Lanka’s top three struggled against Namibia, but what happened here against the Irish was a downright capitulation. Stirling opened the bowling, and right at the outset, had Kusal Perera hole out to George Dockrell at cover point, who took a splendid catch diving forward.That was followed by an over for the ages from Josh Little – six balls that would not have looked out of place on a green-top wicket with the red ball. Coming in over the wicket and shaping it back into the right-handers, he knocked back Dinesh Chandimal and Avishka Fernando’s off stump off successive deliveries, combining metronomic accuracy with seam movement and swing. It reduced Sri Lanka to three-down with less than 10 on the board, and at that stage, The Irish were buoyant. It would require a Herculean effort for Sri Lanka to wrest back control, and that’s what the fourth-wicket stand provided.The Sri Lanka players celebrate the wicket of Kevin O’Brien•AFP/Getty Images

Hasaranga, Nissanka flay Ireland
Hasaranga tends not to bat as high as No. 5, but with Sri Lanka having lost wickets in a heap and needing to get a move on, they needed to take a punt. That’s what Hasaranga represented when he walked out to bat, a low-value, high-impact wicket.He got Sri Lanka on their way with a classical back-foot drive through the offside, and all of a sudden, the momentum shifted. Nissanka and Hasaranga smacked Mark Adair for another three fours next over, before Hasaranga clobbered Simi Singh for four successive boundaries to round out the powerplay. They were all low-risk, high-class cricket shots, and got Sri Lanka back into a position of superiority.With the powerplay over, the two transitioned masterfully into the next passage of play. There were regular ones and twos punctuated with the odd boundary, and whenever Ireland’s fielding let them down, the batters were there to make them pay. Ireland’s frustrations began to increase as last game’s hero Campher went for plenty in his spell, unaware to summon the magic of that four-wicket spell against the Netherlands. But then again, in Hasaranga and Nissanka, they were up against an opposition in a different league to anything Netherlands had thrown up against them.By the time the partnership was broken, the duo had added 133 in 13.4 overs, the fourth wicket partnership accounting for nearly 80% of all runs scored.Sri Lankan spin suffocation
Well, this bit was predictable, wasn’t it? With runs on the board, Sri Lanka unleashed their myriad of spin-bowling options, this time Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana the most potent ones. The combination of flippers, wrong’uns, conventional offspin and round-arm balls with variable bounce kept the Irish batters guessing. With all thoughts focused firmly on survival, the asking rate only ever went up. Stirling tried to force the issue early on and paid for it with his wicket, Theekshana causing him to hole out to fine leg. Campher and Neil Rock also fell to his wile later in the innings. Hasaranga, meanwhile, beat Gareth Delany all ends up, as one that kept low clattered into the hapless batter’s middle stump.What was perhaps less predictable is the role the pace battery played in keeping the Irish at bay. Lahiru Kumara and Dushmantha Chameera were sensation in the early overs, the speed gun consistently showing they were clocking speeds in the high 140s. The yorkers were toe-crushing, the short balls menacing and the slower ones unpredictable. With Sri Lanka alternating between express pace and unorthodox spin, Ireland were being stifled out of the contest.

Star set for West Ham recall as worry kicks Lopetegui and staff into action

West Ham United boss Julen Lopetegui is a man under pressure right now, and it is believed the Spaniard is now plotting a shake-up to the starting line-up so he can fix a real problem concerning both him and the Hammers’ backroom staff.

Calls for West Ham to sack Lopetegui after lacklustre start

Following a lacklustre start to the new Premier League season, there have been a few calls for David Sullivan and the Irons hierarchy to part company with Lopetegui already.

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The 58-year-old has guided West Ham to just two wins in the league so far, losing four and drawing two. At one point, the east Londoners went from late August to October without a single victory in all competitions, despite their near-£120 million expenditure on new signings in the summer window.

Pressure on Lopetegui was eased somewhat briefly with a 4-1 win over Ipswich Town recently, but they followed that up with a dismal defeat at Tottenham by the same scoreline. Sky Germany reporter Florian Plettenberg has even claimed that West Ham are considering Edin Terzic in the event they sack Lopetegui, so it is something the club are perhaps weighing up if results continue in this manner.

Lopetegui has big shoes to fill after David Moyes guided West Ham to their first major trophy since the 1980s, not to mention successive campaigns in Europe, and the former Spain boss is also attempting to gel together a very new-look squad.

West Ham are looking at signing a striker in January as well, amid Niclas Fullkrug’s injury woes, with Lopetegui forced to rely on the likes of Michail Antonio and Danny Ings to lead his line.

There are many factors at play which haven’t exactly helped Lopetegui, but journalist Dean Jones has still urged West Ham to sack the tactician.

“I’ll be honest, I’ve heard reports that there are a fair few people that are not convinced about Lopetegui, and obviously there was friction recently between him and Mohammed Kudus in the dressing room at half-time,” said Jones.

“So there are other layers here that could affect the situation, but there’s emotion too, that is going to impact how this goes, and we’ll see whether they’re (the West Ham board) on the right side of those feelings once we come out of this break.

“Honestly, I’d probably sack him (Lopetegui). I think they’ve got it wrong. I don’t think this is the right man for them. I think it’s a waste of time. I’d sack him.”

Edson Alvarez set for West Ham recall amid real Lopetegui worry

According to GiveMeSport, another major concern held by Lopetegui and his coaching staff is West Ham’s lack of solidarity and bite in midfield – specifically in front of the back four.

Guido Rodriguez and Tomas Soucek have partnered each other in the centre most often, but the pair haven’t exactly helped West Ham maintain control in midfield. This is seen as a big weakness by Lopetegui and his backroom, meaning they could turn back to Edson Alvarez.

Alvarez’s stats per 90 minutes in the Premier League compared to Rodriguez and Soucek (24/25)

Edson Alvarez

Guido Rodriguez

Tomas Soucek

Short pass completion %

92.7

87.3

84.3

% of dribblers tackled

83.3

44.4

58.3

Shot-creating actions

8

17

18

Tackles

3.33

3.13

2.07

Clearances

1.33

2.39

2.93

Alvarez is set for a recall to West Ham’s starting XI in place of Rodriguez or Soucek as a result, as Lopetegui desperately attempts to turn their fortunes around and halt opponents from dominating them. The Mexico international is in line to start against Man United this weekend as a result, and their clash at the London Stadium represents an opportunity for Alvarez to stake his claim in the side.

Por veto ao público no Mané Garrincha, CBF reavalia disputa da Supercopa em Brasília

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A Supercopa do Brasil 2022, que será disputada entre Atlético-MG e Flamengo, pode não acontecer no Estádio Mané Garrincha. A CBF reavalia o local de partida, porque o Governo do Distrito Federal vetou a presença de público através de um decreto assinado pelo governador Ibaneis Rocha.Vale destacar que o motivo da decisão é a alta de casos de Covid-19 em Brasília, além da baixa quantidade de leitos de UTI.

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A notícia da reavaliação da CBF foi dada primeiramente pelo site “ge”. Mais cedo, pelo mesmo motivo, o Mané Garrincha deixou de ser a casa do Fla-Flu, válida pelo Campeonato Carioca.

A Supercopa põe frente a frente o campeão do Brasileirão e da Copa do Brasil. Como o Galo conquistou as duas competições, o regulamento previa que o vice do Campeonato Brasileiro – o Flamengo, no caso – garantisse vaga para a disputa.

Desde que a CBF reintroduziu a Supercopa do Brasil no calendário do futebol nacional, há dois anos, o Flamengo venceu as duas edições realizadas. Em 2020, venceu o Athletico por 3 a 0 e, em 2021, superou o Palmeiras nos pênaltis após o empate em 2 a 2. Nas duas vezes, o Rubro-Negro chegou como campeão brasileiro e as finais também foram no Mané Garrincha, em Brasília.

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