أعلن المدير الفني لفريق بورتو، مارتن أنسيلمي، التشكيل الأساسي لخوض مباراة اليوم ضد نظيره الأهلي في بطولة كأس العالم للأندية، نسخة 2025.
ويلتقي الفريقان في إطار منافسات الجولة الثالثة من دور مجموعات كأس العالم للأندية، البطولة المُقامة حاليًا في أمريكا.
ويستضيف ملعب “ميتلايف” مباراة الأهلي وبورتو في ختام لقاءات دور المجموعات لحساب المجموعة الأولى.
ويخوض بورتو تلك المباراة وهو يمتلك نقطة في المركز الثالث، ويليه الأهلي بنفس عدد النقاط.
ويسعى بورتو إلى تحقيق الفوز على الأهلي، مقابل انتصار إنتر ميامي على بالميراس، من أجل التأهل إلى دور الـ16.
في حين أن الأهلي يريد الفوز على بورتو بفارق هدفين، مع فوز بالميراس على إنتر ميامي، من أجل التأهل للمرحلة المقبلة من البطولة.
وحسبما نُشر، يغيب حارس مرمى بورتو، ديوجو كوستا، عن مباراة اليوم حيث لم يتعاف من إصابته حتى الآن، والتي أجبرته على الغياب عن لقائي بالميراس وإنتر ميامي. تشكيل بورتو اليوم أمام الأهلي في كأس العالم للأندية
حراسة المرمى: كلاوديو راموس.
خط الدفاع: إستاكيو، زي بيدرو، ماركانو.
خط الوسط: جواو ماريو، فاريلا، فابيو فييرا، فرانسيسكو مورا.
خط الهجوم: ويليام جوميز، داني ناماسو، رودريجو مورا.
Uma das promessas da base do Palmeiras, Pedro Bicalho foi anunciado como novo reforço do Santa Clara, de Portugal. O meia de 21 anos foi emprestado ao clube português durante uma temporada.
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Natural de São Paulo, o garoto foi revelado pelo São José, chegou a atuar pelo Cruzeiro e, mais recentemente, defendeu as categorias de base do Verdão, onde, inclusive, esteve presente na equipe principal.
– Dou início a um novo ciclo em minha carreira, mas antes gostaria de deixar o meu agradecimento ao Palmeiras, um clube no qual eu aprendi muito, não só como jogador, mas também cresci bastante como ser humano ali. Agradeço a todos que fizeram parte do meu dia a dia e contribuíram de alguma forma na minha vida. Desejo toda sorte e conquistas aos meus companheiros e ao Palmeiras. Até breve! – se despediu.
Em janeiro, vale lembrar, Pedro Bicalho foi um dos destaques da conquista inédita da Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, ao lado de Gabriel Silva, outro reforço do Santa Clara.
Liverpool swiftly put paid to the notion that a bleak demise was on the cards after Jurgen Klopp said farewell. From the standpoint of the Premier League, things could hardly be going any better.
Sure, sure, Liverpool are out of all three cup competitions, but Arne Slot has done exemplary work on Merseyside this season, gathering the resources available and enriching the squad. With nine top-flight fixtures still to play, the Reds are 12 points clear of second-place Arsenal, a chasmic gap.
However, it would be remiss not to address the issues at Anfield. And there are problems. Liverpool’s robust and relentless first-team crop have worked wonders this year, but wintry defeats against PSV Eindhoven and Plymouth Argyle (you remember them), seemingly convinced in Slot’s mind his fringe ranks need some work.
Liverpool manager Arne Slot
The midfield, in particular, has looked a little leggy of late – and is it surprising? Slot’s tried and trusted central trio play together most every week, but recent defeats against Paris Saint-Germain and Newcastle United spoke of a sapped bunch.
Dominik Szoboszlai has perhaps looked the most fresh, but then he’s got an indefatigable engine to marvel at.
Dominik Szoboszlai's season in numbers
Klopp drove Liverpool’s pursuit of Szoboszlai in 2023 as he sought to redress Liverpool’s midfield woes, bagging the athletic midfielder from RB Leipzig after meeting his £60m release clause.
A hefty fee, that, but one Liverpool will be delighted with paying. Szoboszlai didn’t enjoy the finest of debut campaigns but he showed more than enough ability. This year, he’s made tremendous progress in Slot’s system.
A purple patch since the turn of the calendar year has lifted the star’s seasonal haul to seven goals and six assists across 40 matches in all competitions, but that still leaves room for something desirable.
Indeed, for all his quality, Szoboszlai still lacks that Midas touch in the final third. Much has been made of the forwards’ profligacy, and rightly so, but Liverpool’s No. 8 could have assuaged the woes of his frontal peers with more clinical performances.
It’s not the most pressing concern that sporting director Richard Hughes must contend with this summer, but Liverpool are believed to be leading the race for a star would could add some competition in attacking midfield.
Who knows, he may even be an upgrade on the 24-year-old.
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According to Spanish sources, Liverpool are preparing to launch an official offer for coveted playmaker Xavi Simons. Curiously, the Dutch international plies his art with RB Leipzig.
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The bid in question is said to be worth around €80m (£67m), which would make Simons, 21, one of the most expensive players in Liverpool’s history, more so than Szoboszlai.
Manchester United are also keen on adding the diminutive dynamo to their ranks, but the Reds have the lead in the race and must now act with conviction to strengthen the squad.
What Xavi Simons would bring to Liverpool
Aside from fortifying the Dutch tinge to the Liverpool set-up, Simons is a silky and stylish attacking midfielder whose performances over the past several years have led analyst Ben Mattinson to pronounce he will become “one of the best in the world.”
Already something of a footballing nomad, Simons joined Leipzig permanently from PSG in January, having first joined on loan ahead of the 2023/24 campaign.
The results, for sure, have been promising. 68 appearances have yielded a healthy haul of 31 goal involvements, with the Netherlands native’s ability to play across the attacking positions something Slot is no doubt excited by.
Xavi Simons’ Leipzig Career by Position
Season
Apps
Goals
Assists
Left winger
35
7
8
Right winger
17
5
5
Attacking midfield
16
6
6
Stats via Transfermarkt
Simons’ knack for maintaining a steady production rate despite being shuffled about the frontline makes a compelling case that he’s fit for a role in Slot’s squad.
After all, he’s got a whole host of creative qualities that suggest he could outstrip Szoboszlai in front of goal. As per FBref, Simons ranks among the top 12% of attacking midfielders and wingers across Europe’s top five leagues over the past year for passes attempted, the top 9% for progressive passes and the top 17% for shot-creating actions per 90.
Not bad at all, something that would surely enhance Liverpool’s transitional play, driving the ball forward and crafting openings for the forwards to feast upon.
Now, the caveat to all this would be that Szoboszlai posted higher counts when playing for Leipzig, and the jump to Premier League football may well knock Simons’ tally down.
However, this data from which to consider, not a rulebook to be strictly adhered to.
Simons perhaps poses more of a natural goal threat than Liverpool’s Hungarian engine. He’s certainly more focused on his sparkling playmaking, his eye for goal more eagle-tuned.
Xavi Simons for RB Leipzig.
Sofascore also record some intriguing data to corroborate the praise around his name. Simons has bagged seven goals in the Bundesliga this season while only skewing two big chances wide. This is a promising level of clinical output, especially given he’s averaging 2.3 key passes, 1.3 dribbles and 5.3 successful duels per match.
This is a player of many parts. Szoboszlai boasts similar qualities, but he’s less accurate with his shooting and less productive across most other metrics. The Hungary skipper has missed seven big chances in the Premier League, scoring five goals. He also averages 1.5 key passes, 0.7 dribbles and 3.1 duels per game.
Ultimately, both stars could make a marked impact in Slot’s squad over the coming years; there’s room for two.
Liverpool need that extra injection of depth across a range of areas this summer, and with Simons signed, it might just be enough to prevent another Spring drop-off for a Liverpool side chasing silverware across multiple fronts.
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Precisando tirar dois gols de diferença para avançar à semifinal da Libertadores, o Corinthians precisará muito dos seus volantes no duelo de volta das quartas de final da competição continental, contra o Flamengo.
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Isso porque a tendência é que o trio Róger Guedes, Yuri Alberto e Willian seja titular nesta terça-feira (9), no estádio do Maracanã.
A ideia é utilizar o que tem de melhor do meio para frente, mesmo sabendo dos custos defensivos que o Timão teria pela frente.
Com Róger Guedes e Willian pelas pontas, a recomposição pelos lados do campo tende a ficar comprometida. E é aí que entra a importância dos volantes.
Com Fagner e Fábio Santos nas laterais, a velocidade por ali fica comprometida em aspectos defensivos, embora o time ganhe muito ofensivamente e em experiência para um jogo grande, como o que será.
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Du Queiroz deve ser o escolhido para fazer o ‘trabalho sujo’.
Escolhido para ser o primeiro homem do meio-campo corintiano no jogo de ida, Cantillo deve perder a titularidade. Isso porque a inserção do camisa 24 é muito mais para qualificar a saída de bola do que apertar a marcação.
A tendência é que Fausto Vera auxilie Du nas coberturas, mas com a bola seja uma espécie de meia, se aproximando da área, junto com Renato Augusto.
Derrotado por 2 a 0 no jogo de ida, na Neo Química Arena, o Timão precisa vencer por três gols de diferença para garantir a classificação. Vitória por dois gols de vantagem leva a decisão para os pênaltis.
أزمة جديدة تشتعل داخل أروقة نادي شلاسك فروتسواف البولندي بطلها المهاجم المغربي أسد الحملاوي، بعدما غادر معسكر الفريق بشكل مفاجئ ودون إذن، في تصرف وصفته الإدارة بـ”التمرد غير المبرر”، مما دفع النادي للتحرك رسميًا والرد عبر تصريحات حادة.
وفي تصريحات خاصة لـ بطولات، أوضح المديران الرياضيان للنادي، داريوش شتيلكا ورافال جرودزيتسكي، العرض المقدم لضم الحملاوي وهل هو من الأهلي؟.
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وقال مسؤولا شلاسك: “اللاعب سيواجه عقوبات واضحة، لأن غيابه دون إذن يُعد خرقًا مباشرًا للعقد، نعتبر هذا التصرف غير احترافي تمامًا، ويمس صورة اللاعب، كما أن الأندية الراغبة في التعاقد معه يجب أن تضع في اعتبارها هذا السلوك”.
وأضافا: “من يرغب في ضم أسد الحملاوي عليه أن يسدد قيمة الشرط الجزائي كاملة، والمحددة بعقده الممتد حتى يونيو 2027، إذا تم ذلك، فلن نمانع رحيله، لكن بخلاف ذلك، لن نقبل أي ضغوط، العرض المقدم للاعب من نادٍ أوروبي وليس من الأهلي، ولا نعلم مدى اهتمامهم بضم الحملاوي لأن ليس هناك عرض رسمي منهم”.
كما شددا على أن السلوك الأخير للاعب قد يضر بمستقبله، حيث قال جرودزيتسكي: “أعتقد أن ما حدث سيجعل عددًا من الأندية تتراجع عن التفاوض معه، لأن ما بدر منه ومن وكيله لا يُعبر عن احترافية، بل يثير القلق بشأن التزامه مستقبلاً”.
وكان اللاعب المغربي قد غادر معسكر الفريق المقام حاليًا في مدينة “تشيبنيتسا” البولندية، في وقت كان يشارك فيه بشكل طبيعي بالتدريبات والمباريات التحضيرية للموسم الجديد.
England captain enjoying extended Lightning stint despite scratchy recent form
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Jos Buttler has set his sights on winning another Blast title with Lancashire•Getty Images
From the bright lights of the IPL to the ‘Kiss Me Quick’ hats of Blackpool, Jos Buttler is set for quite the scenery change on Wednesday when he plays his first home match of the summer for Lancashire in the Vitality Blast against Worcestershire at Stanley Park.England men’s limited-overs captain Buttler is in the early stages of a 10-group game run in Lightning colours. His first was Thursday’s Roses defeat at Headingley, and he will feature in five home games between now and July 2 – the other four at Emirates Old Trafford.Buttler, fresh from two months at the IPL with Rajasthan Royals, has been with Lancashire for the past week and a half, training at Chester Boughton Hall before away matches at Yorkshire, Durham and Notts.”It’s been so nice to go and train at Chester after being in the IPL with all the razzmatazz and pressure, to almost go back to where you started your career,” he said. “Club cricket has been such a big part of my development, it makes you feel quite comfortable and for it to just be about the cricket.Related
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“Being able to take some of our games to outgrounds such as Blackpool, it’s great for the county. It will be a bit different [than the last couple of months at the IPL]. But if it was the same every time, you’d get bored of it maybe. I’m really looking forward it.”After Thursday’s Roses game, in which Buttler scored 1 opening the batting, Yorkshire captain Shan Masood said Lancashire’s team for the Blast “could be an international side”. Buttler is joined in the squad by Colin de Grandhomme, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Daryl Mitchell, Matthew Parkinson, Phil Salt and Luke Wood.It begs the question of how the Red Rose compare to an IPL team?”It’s a tough question,” Buttler said. “There are limitations in terms of county cricket compared to IPL. You get the four overseas players over there, for example. But I certainly think we have a very strong team for this competition.”There’s lots of international experience and some really talented guys who are on the cusp of pushing. We also have some experienced guys from around the franchise world. We have a nice blend of guys, and we should go well in the competition.”It is amazing to think that this coming September it will be 10 years since Buttler signed for Lancashire from home county Somerset in search of greater opportunities. At the time, Craig Kieswetter was preferred behind the stumps at Taunton.”That makes me feel a bit old,” smiled the 32-year-old. “It is a long time, but it feels like it’s gone very fast. You look back at 10 years and my evolution as a player, the constant desire to improve and get better.”There have obviously been different parts of that, trying to make the best of it in red-ball cricket and Test matches. Very much now, I’d say there’s a big focus on white-ball cricket and being captain of the [England] white-ball team.”It’s been a great journey and a development of my game over time. There’s still some very similar bits in there, but hopefully there’s plenty more to come. I came here with ambitions to really push on and kick-start an international career. It’s been a fantastic journey, and the club have been so supportive.”I’ve been in and out and not been around as much, but the support has been fantastic. I’ve had a brilliant time at the club, and I’m really looking forward to playing a nice block of games and be part of a really strong side. Hopefully we can have a good competition.”Given the strength of Lancashire’s team across the two decades of Blast cricket, it is a huge surprise that the county have only won the title once – in 2015, when Buttler was in the team. The likes of Andrew Flintoff have played, Muttiah Muralitharan, the late Andrew Symonds, Stuart Law – the list goes on.Buttler is one of those who can’t really believe that statistic: “No, not really – for the strength of the squads and teams we’ve had and the stature of the club,” he added. “Teams such as Lancashire should be competing and winning. Overall, we’ve won the most T20 games [in England]. But it’s about winning the finals.”We’ve got a good team again this year, and – as I say – I expect us to push hard for that trophy.”
Indignados com a derrota do Náutico para o Vila Nova pelo placar de 2 a 1, de virada, em pleno estádio dos Aflitos, pela 25ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro da Série B, os torcedores do Timbu resolveram protestar contra o time, mas usaram da violência para fazer isso.
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Na tentativa de invadir o vestiário Alvirrubro, os torcedores acabaram entrando em conflito com os policiais e uma grande foi formado, com direito a parte do portão da Sede Social e que dá acesso aos vestiários quebrado, além dos banheiros químicos que também foram danificados.
Vale ressaltar que vários foram os casos nesse ano de brigas, discussões e até mesmo agressões protagonizadas pelos torcedores do Náutico. Após o jogo, o treinador Elano Blumeu falou em entrevista coletiva o que achou da postura dos torcedores: “Não há razão para brigar, agredir, mas a torcida é apaixonada e não vou condenar o torcedor. Amanhã é um novo dia. Temos que insistir, melhorar para conseguir os resultados, trazendo sossego para o torcedor. Entendo (a cobrança). Xingar os jogadores faz parte, mas não vou aceitar violência”, afirmou Elano.
اختار لامين يامال، جناح برشلونة الشاب، تشكيله المثالي من لاعبي النادي عبر التاريخ، مؤكدًا عشقه لأساطير الجيل الذهبي، وعلى رأسهم ميسي ونيمار وسواريز، الذين وضعهم في الخط الأمامي دون تردد.
وقال لامين في فيديو نشره برشلونة عبر حساباته الرسمية: “رونالدينهو في الوسط لأنني أعرف من سأضع في الهجوم”، في إشارة إلى قراره باختيار ثلاثي MSN ليقودوا تشكيله المفضل على مر العصور.
لامين أكد أن فيكتور فالديز هو حارسه التاريخي المفضل، لأنه أول من رآه يلعب، بينما ضم إلى خط الدفاع كلًا من بيكيه، بويول، وماسكيرانو.
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وفي خط الوسط، اختار تشافي، إنييستا، بوسكيتس، إلى جانب رونالدينيو، مبررًا قراره بعدم وضعه في الهجوم بسبب ازدحام الخيارات التي حسمها سلفًا بثلاثي هجومي أسطوري.
لامين وضع ميسي أولًا في الهجوم، قائلًا: “ميسي، طبعًا”، ثم نيمار لأنه لاعبه المفضل، إلى جانب لويس سواريز الذي وصفه بـ المهاجم القاتل من الطراز العالمي.
ويعيش لامين يامال موسمًا مميزًا مع برشلونة رغم صغر سنه، بعد أن أصبح أصغر لاعب أساسيًا في الدوري الإسباني خلال القرن الـ21، وهو الآن أحد نجوم الفريق الأول ومنتخب إسبانيا.
وفي ظل مقارنته المستمرة بأسطورة النادي ميسي، يصر لامين على المضي في طريقه الخاص، مؤكدًا: “أنا فقط لامين يامال”، مشيرًا إلى رغبته في صناعة مجده الخاص مع برشلونة.
Fifties to James Rew, Craig Overton only prolong the inevitable for Somerset
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Jordan Clark celebrates a wicket•Harry Trump/Getty Images
Jordan Clark claimed four wickets as Surrey strengthened their position at the top of the First Division table with a comprehensive LV= Insurance County Championship victory over Somerset inside three days at Taunton.The hosts began their second innings at the start of play trailing by 198 runs and were bowled out for 226, Clark taking 4 for 36 to help set up a ten-wicket victory.James Rew contributed 55, becoming the first player in Division One to pass 1,000 runs for the season at the age of 19, while Craig Overton smacked five sixes in a defiant 70 not out. But Surrey were left to make only 29 and reached their target in 8.3 overs.Somerset took only three points from the match after two brittle batting efforts, while their opponents claimed 22 to maintain a healthy lead over nearest challengers Essex.Related
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With only four balls bowled, the morning session was interrupted by rain. When play resumed at 12.10pm, any hope Somerset had of getting back into the game disappeared with some abject top-order batting.Sean Dickson had already survived a chance to third slip when in the same Clark over, the fourth of the innings, he edged to first slip where Dom Sibley made no mistake.Four overs later, Tom Lammonby swished at a wide delivery from Clark, which he might have left and Will Jacks held a low two-handed catch.It was 23 for 3 when George Bartlett shouldered arms to a Clark delivery that crashed into his pads on off stump and fell lbw.With only five runs added, Kohler-Cadmore directed a sharp catch off Dan Worrall to Jamie Overton at backward point.Clark finished his opening spell with figures of 3 for 15 from six overs. But Tom Abell put a blameless pitch in perspective with sound shot selection and by lunch, which was taken at 46 for 4, the Somerset skipper had struck four boundaries in moving to 27.Rew, who had taken 32 balls to get off the mark in the first innings, again displayed a patience lacking in more experienced team-mates and had yet to open his account, having faced ten deliveries.The afternoon session saw Rew and Abell progress their partnership to 64 with few alarms, the prolific teenager reaching a four-figure run tally for the summer when moving to 21 with a single to cover off Worrall.But Clark returned at the Marcus Trescothick Pavilion End to pin Abell leg before for 46 with a yorker and at 92 for 5 Somerset still required 106 to make Surrey bat again.Kasey Aldridge edged a short, wide ball from Tom Lawes to third slip where Jacks took an excellent diving catch as his side continued to gift wickets with injudicious strokes.An exception was Rew, content to accumulate quietly without resorting to big shots until, with his score on 31, he effortlessly lifted a ball from Lawes over deep backward square for six.Ben Green was caught behind looking to drive a full-length delivery from Jamie Overton to make it 130 for 7 before Rew went to fifty for the seventh time this season, off 96 balls, with four fours and a six.The unflappable young wicketkeeper, who doesn’t turn 20 until January, had turned five of his previous half-centuries into hundreds, with a top score of 221 against Hampshire at Taunton.At tea, Somerset were 139 for 7, still trailing by 59. They had added just six runs when Rew, perhaps feeling he was running out of partners, top-edged a pull shot off Gus Atkinson and skied a catch to fine leg. He had faced 106 balls in another mature contribution.The end looked nigh as Atkinson quickly followed up by sending back Matt Henry, lbw to a yorker. But Craig Overton had other ideas, launching a savage attack with powerful pulls and drives that saw him take 20 off an Atkinson over and dominate a last wicket stand of 77 in 13 overs with Shoaib Bashir.It merely prevented the inevitable and Surrey wrapped up victory at just before 6.15pm with openers Rory Burns and Dom Sibley completing the job.
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Peter Siddle has left Somerset after sustaining an injury to his hand which has ruled him out of the remainder of his stint with the club as an overseas player.Siddle, 38, fractured a finger while attempting to take a catch off his bowling during Somerset’s T20 Blast defeat to Hampshire last month and the injury will not heal before the end of his contract later this month.Somerset, who will play Nottinghamshire in the Blast quarter-finals on Friday night after topping the South Group, have signed Ish Sodhi as a replacement for the Blast. Sodhi has already played twice, taking four wickets, at the end of the group stage.Related
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Siddle will return to Victoria from Tasmania in the Australian summer in a player-coach role but said: “My playing days are slowly dying down.”He told the Somerset website: “Although I still want to play a bit, I’m aware that’s slowly coming to an end. I’ll move into doing a bit of coaching, but whether or not I want to do that in the long term, I don’t know.”I think my days of signing long deals over the summer are behind me, but if I come back to England and play, it will be as a replacement to cover someone for a short stint. Who knows?”If Somerset sign Matt Henry again next year and he ends up missing a month during his stint then maybe I might be able to dust off my boots and pull a kit back on. You never say never. I may have a game or two left in me for the club, but as things stand, I’m pretty sure my county cricket days are done.”Siddle has spent two seasons with Somerset, taking 43 County Championship wickets as well as 24 in the Blast. “I’ve really enjoyed being a part of the club and I’m definitely going to miss it,” he said.