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Na noite desta terça-feira, o volante Pedro Castro, do Botafogo, recebeu o terceiro cartão amarelo na partida contra o Goiás, no Estádio Nilton Santos, em partida válida pela 13ª rodada da Série B. Dessa forma, o volante desfalcará o Alvinegro Carioca no próximo compromisso.
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O Botafogo volta a campo no próximo sábado, às 16h30, para enfrentar o Confiança, em Aracaju, capital do Sergipe. Pedro Castro cumprirá suspensão neste confronto e, portanto, não estará disponível para a partida, que é válida pela 14ª rodada da Série B.
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Para a posição, o Botafogo conta hoje com Barreto e Matheus Frizzo. Além deles, Kayque está recuperado de lesão e voltou a aparecer no banco de reservas para a partida desta terça-feira à noite. Luís Oyama também é volante, mas está lesionado.
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Não foi na última rodada que a Chapecoense conseguiu acabar com a seca de vitórias na atual edição do Campeonato Brasileiro onde o time catarinens foi derrotado em casa por 2 a 0 diante do Bahia.
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Em entrevista coletiva depois do confronto na Arena Condá, o técnico Jair Ventura teve uma postura bastante direta sobre as dificuldades que a Chape vem enfrentando e, sem dar maiores detalhes técnicos, vê equipe precisando de “algo a mais” para acabar com a fase negativa.
Foi seguindo essa linha da raciocínio que Jair interpretou uma mudança no comando das ações na partida onde, justamente no momento em que a Chapecoense havia assumido o comando do confronto, acabou sofrendo os gols que decretaram o marcador.
-O primeiro tempo foi muito equilibrado, com uma leve superioridade do Bahia. Segundo tempo inverso, a Chapecoense foi melhor na partida antes de sofrer o gol. Tivemos oportunidades de fazer e sofremos gol em um vacilo nosso, além do contra-ataque – disse Jair Ventura.
-Não adianta eu dar desculpas de treinos e viagens. Sabemos que temos que vencer. No futebol o que vale é o resultado. Para o torcedor, já está sendo repetitivo minhas falas pós-jogos. Temos que falar em vitória. Não tem outro caminho para o objetivo de permanecer na Série A. Ninguém está satisfeito. Temos que fazer algo a mais e esse algo a mais vai ser feito – avaliou.
A próxima oportunidade de vencer o primeiro jogo no Brasileirão será na quinta-feira (8) jogando novamente em Santa Catarina. O adversário será o Corinthians às 21h (de Brasília).
خاض منتخب مصر الأول لكرة القدم بقيادة حسام حسن تدريباته اليوم السبت، ضمن الاستعدادت لمواجهة بوتسوانا القادمة في التصفيات المؤهلة لبطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا.
وأجرى اللاعبون الذين لم يشاركوا في مباراة الرأس الأخضر بالاضافة للاعبين الموقوفين بسبب الإنذار الثاني، في اللقاء الذي أقيم مساء أمس الجمعة، المران، بينما اكتفى الأساسيون بعمل جلسات استشفاء بفندق الإقامة.
طالع.. خاص | موقف حسام حسن من استدعاء أحمد فتوح لمباراة مصر وبوتسوانا
وتقام مباراة مصر وبوتسوانا يوم 19 نوفمبر المقبل، في تمام الخامسة مساءً، بتوقيت القاهرة، السادسة بتوقيت السعودية.
وكان لاعبو مصر قد حجزوا بطاقة التأهل الرسمية إلى نهائيات كأس أمم إفريقيا المقبلة والتي تقام بالمغرب 2025.
وتقام تصفيات كأس أمم إفريقيا المغرب 2025 من مرحلة واحدة بمشاركة 48 منتخبا، تم تقسيمها على 12 مجموعة بواقع 4 منتخبات في كل واحدة، يتأهل منها المتصدر والوصيف.
وكان منتخب مصر، قد تعادل مع الرأس الأخضر، أمس الجمعة، بهدف لكل منهما، ضمن منافسات الجولة الخامسة من التصفيات المؤهلة لكأس أمم إفريقيا.
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Nesta quinta-feira, Ruan Oliveira celebra três anos de sua estreia no futebol profissional, quando atuou pelo Metropolitano contra o Operário Mafra pelo Campeonato Catarinense em 2018. Em fase final de recuperação de cirurgia no joelho, ele se aproxima da volta aos gramados para reforçar o elenco alvinegro.
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– Fico muito feliz de relembrar minha trajetória, de onde estava e onde estou, de como comecei, das dificuldades que passei e das vitórias que tive até chegar num grande clube como é o Corinthians. Vou continuar trabalhando para comemorar muito mais datas importantes como essa – disse o meia.
O camisa 36 foi contratado por empréstimo pelo Timão no começo de 2019. Ele foi um dos inscritos para defender o Alvinegro na Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior em 2020. Em julho do ano passado, com o retorno dos treinamentos após a parada por conta do coronavírus, o jogador foi promovido ao elenco profissional por Tiago Nunes, com quem teve algumas oportunidades.
Ruan, porém, se machucou sozinho durante um treinamento no CT Joaquim Grava, no início de setembro de 2020, quando rompeu o ligamento cruzado anterior do joelho esquerdo. Poucos dias depois, o meia já foi submetido ao procedimento cirúrgico para o qual é previsto um prazo de seis a oito meses de recuperação. O jogador já está em transição para voltar aos gramados.
O empréstimo junto ao Metropolitano tinha validade até julho de 2021, mas em março o contrato foi prorrogado até o fim de junho de 2022. No Corinthians, o jovem atleta de 21 anos atuou em quatro jogos, todos na temporada 2020.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka has reportedly rejected a transfer to West Ham and could leave Manchester United on a free transfer in 2025.
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Joe Root plans to drop back to his favoured No. 4 spot in the England batting order for the Test series against New Zealand – and stay there.Root moved up one place to No. 3 most recently during the drawn Ashes series over the English summer, scoring 325 runs at an average of 32.50. It was expected before the tour of New Zealand that Root would return to No. 4 and he batted there in the first warm-up match in Whangarei.ALSO READ: ‘Bloody Warner’ inspired Stokes at Headingley“I’d like to be consistent with it now, moving forward,” he told the BBC. “It doesn’t always work exactly how you want it to but it would be nice for that to be the case.”I just think it suits my game a little bit more. It definitely fits in with captaincy a little bit better for me.”I know previous captains have preferred to get out there early and just get amongst it but I quite like to split the two and to really focus on my batting. I’ve found over time that, generally, I’ve consistently played better in that position.”Root had batted at No. 3 previously, spending much of 2016 there before he was captain, although he reverted to No. 4 as soon as he took on the leadership. He returned to No. 3 during the English summer of 2018 but struggled for runs and dropped back down again. Overall, he averages 38.12 batting at first drop and 48.39 while batting at No. 4.The side selected for the second warm-up match, also in Whangarei, starting on Friday, is expected to mirror the first Test line-up.Root’s move back down the order would mean Joe Denly also moves down a spot to No. 3 after recovering from an ankle injury that ruled him out of the T20 series in New Zealand. Denly would likely replace Zak Crawley, who scored a century in his first innings as an England player during the tour match earlier this week, with Rory Burns set to open alongside debutant Dom Sibley.”We haven’t officially picked a team yet,” Root said of the side to face a New Zealand XI in the final warm-up fixture. “As you’d expect, the majority of that will go and play the first Test match.”Root suggested he felt in much improved form with the bat going into the Test series against New Zealand.”I’ve done quite a lot of work on my batting over the last month and feel there’s been quite a significant shift in certain areas of it,” Root said. “And when you’re not concerned about areas of your game that unlocks a lot of things as well. You have the clarity and clear mind to just go and play. So hopefully that’ll play a big part starting from this series and then I can go and get some big runs.”Meanwhile, Root also reiterated his determination to reclaim a place in England’s T20I team but he accepted that, if he cannot win selection, it probably reflects well on the strength of the side.Joe Root attempts to improvise•AFP
With Dawid Malan, rated No. 3 in the T20I rankings, and Tom Banton among those now vying for selection, Root’s place in the side is no longer guaranteed. And while his teammates benefit from playing in various T20 leagues, Root is not in the same demand and has a busy schedule that presents few such opportunities.But Root has no thoughts of shelving his T20 ambitions and remains committed to the T20 World Cup in a year’s time.”I know what I can offer the team,” Root said. “And if I’m not part of that best team I’ll drive myself to improve and get in it. So my goal is to try to make sure I’m in the best XI.”But I want to see England win. Ultimately it’s about us winning World Cups. And if there are guys coming in and performing, then that’s great for England cricket. You want competition for places going into a World Cup. One of the great things about the 50-over team is that there have, for a while, been a number of guys who could come into the team and there would be a seamless fit. You want that across the board.”
Aston Villa finally returned to the Premier League in the summer of 2019 after they spent three seasons down in the Championship following their relegation to the second tier in 2016.
The Villans decided to bring lifelong fan Dean Smith to the club to lead their promotion charge towards the start of the 2018/19 campaign, and he led the team back to the top-flight via the play-offs, with the likes of Jack Grealish and Tammy Abraham at his disposal.
Villa made a number of signings throughout that season in an attempt to win promotion back to the big time, including current first-team star John McGinn.
However, not all of their additions during that campaign turned out to be a success on the pitch, as goalkeepers Orjan Nyland and Lovre Kalinic both failed to impress.
How much Villa paid to sign Lovre Kalinic
After Nyland started 23 of the club's Championship matches during the first half of the 2018/19 campaign and saved 67% of the shots on his goal, Villa decided to go in a new direction between the sticks.
Smith swooped to sign Croatian shot-stopper Kalinic from Belgian side Gent for a whopping fee of £7m during the January transfer window in 2019, and this move turned out to be a nightmare.
That came after the giant had kept three clean sheets and conceded 24 goals in 14 Pro League appearances during the first half of the term for his former club.
He had kept 29 clean sheets in 79 matches for Gent in total during his time with Genk, and his performances in Belgium were seemingly good enough to convince Villa that there was value in spending a significant fee – in Championship terms – to bring him in to replace Nyland.
Unfortunately, for all parties involved, Kalinic did not hit the ground running in England as he struggled badly in the second tier before being displaced by Jed Steer.
The left-footed shot-stopper started seven matches in the Championship and only saved 61% of the shots against his goal, which was 6% lower than Nyland's success rate.
He conceded a whopping 12 goals in those seven games, which illustrates how weak his displays were between the sticks, and struggled in possession with a pass success rate of 49%.
As you can see in the chart above, Kalinic did not stack up well against his positional peers in the Championship during the 2018/19 campaign.
He fell short when it came to stopping crosses, which meant that the goalkeeper did not alleviate much pressure off his defence, and saving shots – two of the core elements of goalkeeping.
The Croatian flop also ranked within the bottom 8% of Championship goalkeepers for defensive actions outside his penalty area (0.31) per 90, which shows that the former Gent star was not a proactive player who came out to bail out his backline on a regular basis when the ball was played in behind.
How much did Lovre Kalinic earn at Aston Villa
According to Spotrac, Kalinic earned roughly £817k-per-year throughout his time at the club. However, he was not always with Villa before his permanent exit in 2022.
The Smith flop spent the first year with the Villans, which suggests that the side paid the full £817k of wages during that period, but he was then sent out on loan to Toulouse for the second half of the 2020/21 campaign, and it remains unclear as to how much of his wages they contributed to.
He then spent the next six months with Villa before going out on loan to Hajduk Split. This means that the shot-stopper may have earned around £408k between his loans with Toulouse and Split.
The 33-year-old dud was on loan to the Croatian side for 18 months before the Villans opted to allow him to join them on a permanent basis on a free transfer in 2022, despite his contract in England still having 12 months left to run on it at the time.
Given that it is unclear how much of his wages Split and Toulouse covered, Villa paid Kalinic a minimum of £1.25m in wages during his time with the club before letting him leave for nothing.
This means that the goalkeeper drained them of at least £8.25m, and only made eight competitive appearances for the first-team, without making a positive impact on the pitch, which is why Smith had a mare with that signing.
The fee Villa paid for John McGinn
Meanwhile, Villa swooped to sign Scottish central midfielder McGinn from Hibernian during the 2018/19 campaign for a reported fee of £2.75m on a four-year contract.
Signed in the same season as Kalinic, the impressive maestro has provided far more value for money over the years as he has established himself as a regular starter for the club over a number of seasons, despite being signed for £4.25m less than the shot-stopper.
McGinn started 39 of Villa's matches in the Championship as they won promotion to the Premier League that term, and contributed with six goals and nine assists from the middle of the park.
Since the club's ascent to the top-flight, the left-footed dynamo has made 162 appearances for the club at the top level of English football, with 16 goals and 19 assists to his name to date.
This season, the 29-year-old star has been an influential figure in midfield for Unai Emery's side as they compete to secure Champions League football for the 2024/25 campaign.
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John McGinn
Appearances
28
Starts
28
Goals
Six
Big chances created
Nine
Assists
Three
Dribbles completed
43
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, the Scotland international has provided a big threat at the top end of the pitch with his quality as a scorer and a creator from midfield.
In fact, McGinn has a reason to be frustrated with his teammates as they have not made the most of his outstanding creativity, with three goals scored from the nine 'big chances' that he has created for his fellow attackers.
Overall, the Scottish ace has been a fantastic signing for Villa as he remains a key player for the club almost six years on from his arrival in 2018, whilst Kalinic barely got on the pitch before being let go for nothing after being brought in for more money than McGinn under Smith.
Celtic appeared to be on course for more dropped points as they were 1-0 down at half-time against Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership on Sunday.
Brendan Rodgers' side found themselves behind and the manager decided to be brave and bring deadline day signing Adam Idah off the bench in place of Kyogo Furuhashi.
The Ireland international turned out to be the hero for the Hoops as he scored the equaliser within six minutes and then made it 2-1 in stoppage time, shortly before Luis Palma made sure of the three points with a third goal.
He was not the only star of the show off the bench for the Scottish giants, though, as fellow substitute Hyun-jun Yang made a huge impact for Rodgers in the second half.
Adam Idah's performance in numbers
The Norwich City loanee brilliantly got on the end of a cross from Greg Taylor to head the ball into the far corner to make it 1-1 in the 51st minute, shortly after coming into the game as a substitute.
Idah was then impressive with the little he did get of the ball over the subsequent 40 minutes or so as he completed one of his two attempted dribbles and eight of his ten passes.
The Irish marksman, who won four of his seven duels in total, also did brilliantly to win a free-kick on the edge of the box by holding onto and then rolling the centre-back, who had to drag him down on the turn.
His most important touch then came in the 94th minute as the centre-forward expertly diverted Alistair Johnston's cross into the bottom corner with his left foot to put Celtic in front for the first time.
Hyun-jun Yang's performance in numbers
Yang also came off the bench during the second half and made his mark on the match alongside Idah, with a fantastic cameo in place of Nicolas Kuhn.
Sky Sports co-commentator and former Hoops striker Chris Sutton was quick to highlight the huge "impact" the South Korean wizard made on multiple occasions during the live coverage of the game.
The 21-year-old ace gave the defenders something to think about with his dynamic movements and clever play to create openings for the Scottish side.
His clever move inside opened the space for him to clip the ball into Johnston's path in stoppage time, which allowed the full-back to cross for Idah for the winner.
Yang, who actually had fewer touches (32) than goalkeeper Joe Hart (34), then registered an assist of his own with a fantastic ball over to the back post for Palma to tap in to make it 3-1 and secure all three points in the 96th minute.
In total, the young gem played just 29 minutes but was heavily involved in the second and third goals for Celtic, and created two chances and one 'big chance', on the right wing.
He also worked hard for the team to make two tackles and one interception, which shows that Yang put the effort in to go and take control of the game rather than waiting for his teammates to get him involved.
Therefore, the impressive forward made a huge impact for Rodgers alongside Idah and deserves big praise for his outstanding cameo at Fir Park.
Sunderland return to action once again in the Championship as they travel away from Wearside to take on Birmingham at St. Andrew's this afternoon.
The Black Cats head into this match off the back of a 1-0 defeat to Huddersfield in Yorkshire earlier this week, thanks to a first-half goal from Matthew Pearson.
Head coach Michael Beale could now look to make some changes to his starting XI in a bid to return to winning ways against the man he replaced in the dugout – Tony Mowbray.
Abdoullah Ba is one player who should be ditched from the line-up, and replaced by Patrick Roberts, after a disappointing performance last time out.
Abdoullah Ba's performance against Huddersfield
The French midfielder lined up on the right flank against the Terriers and failed to make a positive impression with his work in and out of possession.
He played the opening 61 minutes of the contest and created one chance for his teammates, whilst the dud also failed to register a single shot on target.
The 20-year-old lightweight lost three of his five ground duels and did not complete any of his three attempted dribbles before being hauled off just after an hour.
Starts
Three
Sofascore rating
6.43
Goals
Zero
Assists
Zero
Key passes
Two
Big chances missed
Two
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see from the table above, Ba has been in poor form over the last three matches with a startling lack of impact at the top end of the pitch.
He has spurned the two good opportunities his teammates have created for him and only made two key passes in three starts for the Black Cats, which is why Beale must now ditch him from the line-up and start Roberts on the right wing.
Why Patrick Roberts should start
The £11k-per-week magician recently started in the 3-1 win over Plymouth Argyle and showcased his quality, and importance to the team, in a fine display.
Ba started in midfield that day, instead of on the right flank, and that allowed Roberts to play out wide. It was an opportunity that the English forward grasped with an impressive performance.
Minutes played
69
Sofascore rating
7.5
Key passes
Three
Assists
One
Pass accuracy
96%
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, the former Manchester City starlet, who was once hailed as "magic" by journalist Josh Bunting, was extremely reliable in possession of the ball with only two misplaced passes and three chances created, one of which led to a goal.
Roberts, who Bunting also claimed has "sheer quality", rolled the ball off to Pierre Ekwah from a free-kick to catch the Plymouth defence off guard and allow the ex-West Ham gem to fire a shot into the back of the net to make it 1-1 at the time.
The 27-year-old wizard, who won five of his eight duels on the day, was involved in more goals (one) and provided more key passes (three) than Ba has in his last three starts combined – in just 69 minutes against Plymouth.
This is why Beale should ruthlessly ditch the former Le Havre prospect from the starting XI in order to make space for Roberts to come in on the right wing to cause Birmingham problems in their own third.