Predicted Watford XI to face Brighton

Watford will be looking to pick up where they left off last time out against Aston Villa as they travel to Brighton and Hove Albion in Saturday’s late kick-off.

Xisco Munoz’s side were in excellent form as they raced into a 3-0 lead against Dean Smith’s men in their first fixture back in the top flight before consolation goals from John McGinn and Danny Ings took the gloss off the result slightly.

However, changes will be necessary for the Hornets, especially after they rocked by the news that Juraj Kucka could be out for three months with an injury, which is a huge blow considering his impressive debut against the Villans last weekend.

Here’s how Football FanCast expects Xisco to line up his side at Brighton, with three changes from the team which beat Villa last time out…

Daniel Bachmann keeps his place in goal and will be looking to earn his first clean sheet of the new season at the Amex Stadium.

There’s one change in defence as, after returning to training this week, Kiko Femenia comes in at right-back to replace the £1.35m-rated Craig Cathcart, which should give Watford’s right-hand side more attacking possibilities against Graham Potter’s outfit.

There is one enforced change in the midfield as summer signing Imran Louza replaces the injured Kucka to make his first competitive start in a Watford shirt.

Finally, after impressive performances last weekend, Emmanuel Dennis and Ismaila Sarr keep their places in attack. They are joined by Cucho Hernandez, who scored superbly just moments after coming off the bench against Villa.

In other news… Forget Dennis: Watford beast who made 5 key passes was Xisco’s star against Villa

Destaque contra o Nacional, Lindoso comemora atuação: 'Bem favorável'

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Substituto de Airton no jogo contra o Atlético Nacional-COL, Rodrigo Lindoso tomou conta do meio-campo e recebeu uma das maiores notas do L! no triunfo do Botafogo na Libertadores, ficando atrás apenas de Pimpão. E o volante admitiu, em entrevista coletiva, ter ficado satisfeito com a sua atuação no jogo.

– Acho que, além do passe, fui bem taticamente, na proteção da zaga. Tenho números favoráveis. Minha parte é treinar e depois cabe ao Jair me escalar ou não como titular – disse o jogador, que vinha sendo opção entre os reservas.

O volante – que costuma compor a trinca no meio – ainda lembrou do passe para Rodrigo Pimpão finalizar e garantir a classificação dentro da competição continental. Ele citou um papo no intervalo e a boa movimentação do atacante.

– Foi uma jogada que comentamos que vinha acontecendo bastante. Quando chegava no Victor e virava-se o jogo, o campo se abria. Acabou acontecendo isso e o Roger deu no Camilo, que me achou. Tínhamos umas três opções. O Pimpão fez uma bela infiltração e ajudou. Fui feliz que tinha que encontrar o “timming” perfeito da bola e deu certo. A finalização boa. Um lance de equipe.

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Trescothick recalls sweet taste of Ashes success

Marcus Trescothick has admitted shining the ball with help from mints during England’s 2-1 Ashes victory in 2005

Cricinfo staff24-Aug-2008
Marcus Trescothick: “Through trial and error I finally settled on the type of spit for the task at hand” © Getty Images
Marcus Trescothick has admitted to shining the ball with help from mints during England’s 2-1 Ashes victory in 2005. England’s bowlers mesmerised the Australian batsmen with their late movement throughout the epic contest and Trescothick, who has retired from the international game, said he was the man in charge of “looking after the ball when we were fielding”.”It was my job to keep the shine on the new ball for as long as possible with a bit of spit and a lot of polish,” he said in his autobiography Coming Back To Me. “And through trial and error I finally settled on the type of spit for the task at hand.”It had been common knowledge in county cricket for some time that certain sweets produced saliva which, when applied to the ball for cleaning purposes, enabled it to keep its shine for longer and therefore its swing.” He found Murray Mints worked the best.Michael Clarke was a batsman who suffered from the swing and his poor time in England led to him being dropped from Australia’s side the following summer. Three years later and he is not concerned by Trescothick’s revelations.”That’s the past,” Clarke said in Brisbane. “Right now we’re looking forward to playing Bangladesh in Darwin. In 15 months we’ll get our chance to play England. It doesn’t bother me at all right now.”The tactic was raised publicly by Nathan Bracken, who first said he had seen sweets used in 2003, after England’s 2005 victory. However, Bracken back-tracked when Simon Jones said his comments were silly and showed Australian sour grapes. Jones was one of the key exponents of reverse-swing in that series along with Andrew Flintoff.Using artificial measures to shine the ball is illegal, but an ICC spokesman told the BBC it would not “outlaw sucking sweets”. “It depends on the evidence and circumstances, so if something is brought to our attention it would be dealt with,” he said. “But where do you stop, for example, if you start to try to stop everyone who is chewing gum?”

رسميًا | تحديد موعد الكلاسيكير بين بايرن ميونخ وبوروسيا دورتموند 2022-2023

أعلنت رابطة الدوري الألماني لكرة القدم، موعد مباراة الكلاسيكير للموسم الجديد 2022- 2023، بين بايرن ميونخ وبوروسيا دورتموند في البوندزليجا.

وكانت الرابطة قد أعلنت موعد بداية ونهاية الموسم، ومباريات الجولة الأولى من المسابقة للموسم الجديد، والذي يبدأ 5 أغسطس 2022. موعد مباراة بايرن ميونخ وبوروسيا دورتموند في الكلاسيكير

– أعلنت الرابطة أن مباراة الكلاسيكير بين بايرن ميونخ ضد بوروسيا دورتموند، ستكون في الجولة التاسعة، يوم 8 أكتوبر 2022.

يُذكر أن بايرن ميونخ تفوق في مواجهاته الثلاث الأخيرة ضد بوروسيا دورتموند، حيث انتصر في مباراة السوبر بنتيجة 3-1، وحقق النتيجة نفسها في مباراة الدور الثاني، وبمباراة الدور الأول التي أقيمت في ديسمبر 2021 فاز بنتيجة 3-2.

Cameron White named as McGain's replacement

Australia’s selectors have named Victoria allrounder Cameron White as the replacement for legspinner Bryce McGain, who will fly home due to his lingering shoulder injury

Cricinfo staff04-Oct-2008
Cameron White will join the Australian squad on October 6 © Getty Images
Victoria allrounder Cameron White has been named as the replacement for the injured Bryce McGain in the Australian Test squad in India. He will join the squad on October 6 in Bangalore.”We feel that Cameron’s right-arm legspin and experience in Indian conditions, where he has just returned after captaining the Australia A one-day team to a tournament victory, is the correct option and will provide a good balance to our slow bowling attack,” Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, said. “Cameron’s bowling has continued to improve over the past year at inter-state level and his powerful batting adds extra depth and versatility to the squad.”Cameron has performed well in Australian colours since his return to the one-day international squad earlier this year and he has now been rewarded with inclusion in the Test squad.”Incidentally, White was part of the Australian squad for the tour of India in 2004. He also played for the Bangalore Royal Challengers during the IPL in April this year.White hasn’t played a Test for Australia yet although he has played 21 one-day internationals, the last of which was against Bangladesh in Darwin in September. His opportunities were limited in that series: he scored 31 runs in two innings and bowled only 8.4 overs in three matches. Later in the month he captained Australia A to a tri-series win against India A and New Zealand A. He scored 144 runs at an average of 48 and took eight wickets in five games.White’s inclusion meant that chinaman bowler Beau Casson, who made his debut against West Indies in Barbados in June, was overlooked once again. Casson was part of Australia A’s Test tour of India in September but injured his hamstring after bowling only one over in Bangalore. McGain and offspinner Jason Krejza were chosen ahead of Casson in the original Test squad to India.

مورينيو يدفع روما للمنافسة على ضم مدافع برشلونة

يهتم البرتغالي جوزيه مورينيو، المدير الفني لفريق روما الإيطالي، بالتعاقد مع أحد مدافعي برشلونة خلال سوق الانتقالات الصيفي.

ويعمل مورينيو على تعزيز فريقه روما، للمنافسة في الموسم المقبل، بعدما قادهم للتتويج بدوري المؤتمرات الأوروبي.

وتفيد صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية، أن مورينيو يريد تعاقد روما مع الفرنسي كليمنت لينجليه.

في الصيف الماضي، كان روما مهتمًا بالفعل بالتوقيع على لينجليه وحتى تفاوض مع نادي برشلونة.

بعد مرور عام، لا يزال جوزيه مورينيو مهتمًا بقلب الدفاع الفرنسي ووفقًا لموقع جول، سيحاول مرة أخرى التعاقد مع لاعب كرة قدم لا يتوافق مع خطط تشافي هيرنانديز.

وفقًا للمعلومات المذكورة أعلاه، يريد روما ضم لينجليه ومستعد للتفاوض على رحيله مع برشلونة.

اقرأ أيضًَا | أومتيتي ينتظر عرضًا إيطاليًا للرحيل عن برشلونة

بعد وصول كريستنسن وفي انتظار المفاوضات للتعاقد مع جول كوندي مدافع إشبيلية، لم يعد لدى لينجليه مكان في تشكيلة برشلونة.

بالإضافة إلى روما، كان هناك حديث عن اهتمام نادي أولمبيك مارسيليا الفرنسي بلينجليه، وكذلك يحتفظ توتنهام باهتمامه بمدافع برشلونة.

ويشير التقرير إلى أن فكرة توتنهام ضم لينجليه على سبيل الإعارة مع وجود خيار للشراء، وهو ما لا يفضله برشلونة. 

برشلونة يفضل البيع وإذا أمكن قبل 30 يونيو، بحيث تدخل العملية في السنة المالية الحالية، لهذا، يجب على روما وبرشلونة إغلاق الاتفاقية هذا الأسبوع.

يحافظ الناديان على علاقة جيدة وسيصبح روما منافس برشلونة في كأس خوان غامبر في 6 أغسطس. 

DM do Flu: Wendel será reavaliado; Wellington Silva segue como dúvida

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Além da queda na Copa do Brasil, o Fluminense deixou o Maracanã após o jogo contra o Grêmio, na quarta-feira, com uma outra preocupação: o meia Wendel. Após uma disputa de bola, o meia foi substituído sentindo dores no ombro e deixou o estádio com o braço esquerdo imobilizado. A principio, não é uma lesão grave, mas o jogador será reavaliado pelo departamento médico.

– Não deve ser problema (para sábado). Está inchado, mas é o primeiro dia, por isso a imobilização. Pelo que vimos não parece ser grave – explicou o Dr. Douglas Santos, coordenador médico do Fluminense, na saída do Maracanã.

Sem muito tempo para digerir a eliminação na Copa do Brasil, o Fluminense já se prepara para o jogo de sábado, às 18h no Maracanã, contra o Vitória pelo Campeonato Brasileiro. Existe a expectativa pelo retorno de Wellington Silva, desfalque para Abel Braga nas últimas quatro partidas. O atacante recupera-se de uma pubalgia, e o Dr. Douglas Santos comentou a situação do camisa 11.

– Wellington (Silva) já está trabalhando a parte física, mas pubalgia é difícil (dar prazo para volta aos jogos). Vai e volta. Se ele evoluir até sexta pode ser (que jogue contra o Vitória) – finalizou o coordenador médico do Tricolor.

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Romano claims Villa target Sarr set to join Spurs

Fabrizio Romano has dropped a gutting transfer update on Aston Villa target Pape Sarr.

What’s the story?

Reports in recent weeks and months had suggested that Dean Smith’s side are interested in signing the 18-year-old this summer, with it then being revealed that his current club seem willing to let him go for the right price.

The Athletic then name-checked Villa as a team that have “looked at” Sarr as they look to strengthen their squad ahead of the new season, but it appears Premier League rivals Spurs have beaten them to the chase.

Writing on Twitter, Romano said: “Medical completed and now paperworks to be signed for Pape Sarr to Tottenham, here we go confirmed. Done deal for €15m guaranteed plus potential “huge” add ons amount in the future. #THFC Sarr will stay on loan at Metz until June 2022, confirmed. #Spurs”

Dean Smith will be gutted

The 18-year-old enjoyed a real breakthrough season with the Ligue 1 side, playing 22 times in the league, and establishing himself as one of the first names on the team sheet for Metz boss Frederic Antonetti.

And, Antonetti has not shied away from lavishing his midfield starlet with praise, saying: “Pape Matar Sarr is elegance in the midfield, it’s talent, it’s making others play.”

He added: “He will be able to go as far as he wants to go. He must work, be as he is there, modest, regular, hardworking. He must continue to love football and he will do like the great players, he will go far. I think he will go very far.”

Dubbed as someone who’s “got everything” to his game, Sarr averaged an impressive two tackles and 1.2 interceptions per game, while also boasting a passing accuracy of 85.3% – the kind of all-action midfielder that would have surely gone down well with Smith.

The £25m-rated machine could have arrived at Villa Park to hold down one of the holding midfield positions. Instead, it looks like he’ll be realising his potential at Spurs instead.

The Villa boss will surely be gutted when Sarr rocks up to Villa Park in a Spurs shirt.

Meanwhile, Gregg Evans has dropped a late night Aston Villa claim…

Dupla de ataque marca, São Paulo bate o Palmeiras e mantém tabu

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A superioridade do Palmeiras sobre o São Paulo, vista principalmente nos últimos dois anos, não chega no Morumbi. Em sua casa, é o Tricolor quem manda no confronto e mais uma prova foi dada neste sábado, em Choque-Rei válido pela 3ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. Com um gol do argentino Lucas Pratto e outro de Luiz Araújo, o time de Rogério Ceni bateu o de Cuca por 2 a 0 e manteve o tabu de 15 anos sem derrotas para o rival no Morumbi. Agora, são 24 jogos, com 15 vitórias tricolor e nove empates.

Ganhou quem foi mais efetivo e aproveitou melhor as poucas chances criadas pelos dois lados. Com uma forcinha do goleiro Fernando Prass, é verdade. Tanto no gol de Pratto quanto no de Araújo, ambos no segundo tempo, o goleiro palmeirense falhou.

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Sorte da dupla de ataque são-paulina, que funcionou nos momentos chaves. No primeiro gol, Luiz Araújo iniciou a jogada roubando a bola de Dudu no campo de defesa e passou a Marcinho, a grata surpresa da noite. Jogando na ala, o atacante fez ótima partida e deu assistência para Pratto. Já no segundo, o argentino inverteu os papéis e serviu Araújo. Nas duas, a bola passou por debaixo de Prass.

Mas o Palmeiras poderia ter alterado o roteiro se fosse competente no seu momento chave. Pouco depois do primeiro gol, o volante Jean teve a chance de igualar, após o árbitro Anderson Daronco marcar pênalti de Jucilei nele próprio. O palmeirense, criado na base do São Paulo, no entanto, jogou muito para fora. Foi-se a esperança alviverde de quebrar o incômodo tabu.

Antes do momento em que o confronto foi decidido, porém, o que se viu foi uma espécie de jogo de xadrez, recheado de estratégias, mas com pouca emoção. Os dois treinadores surpreenderam nas escalações e jogaram a maior parte do tempo espelhados, em esquemas com três zagueiros. Sobrou intensidade, jogo apoiado, transição de linhas, e todos aqueles termos consagrados pelo futebol contemporâneo, mas chute que era bom, nada…

Até que o São Paulo voltou mais agressivo no segundo tempo, contou com o brilho de seus atacantes e premiou uma noite na qual as decisões de Ceni, mesmo a de voltar com o contestado Lucão, foram bem. No Palmeiras, que até dominou as ações em boa parte do confronto, faltaram o brilho de Dudu, o oportunismo de Willian, a surpresa de Tchê Tchê e a força para acabar com a sina do Morumbi.

FICHA TÉCNICA
SÃO PAULO 2 X 0 PALMEIRAS
Local: Morumbi, São Paulo (SP)
Data-Hora: 27/5/2017 – 19h
Árbitro: Anderson Daronco (Fifa-RS)
Auxiliares: Rafael da Silva Alves (RS) e Elio Nepomuceno de Andrade Junior (RS)
Público/renda: 33.288 pagantes/R$ 850.581,00
Cartões amarelos:Thomaz, Sidão e Rodrigo Caio (SAO), Mina (PAL)
Cartões vermelhos:-
Gols: Pratto (17’/2ºT) (1-0), Luiz Araújo (38’/2ºT) (2-0)

SÃO PAULO: Renan Ribeiro; Lucão, Maicon e Rodrigo Caio; Marcinho, Jucilei, Cícero e Junior Tavares; Cueva (Thomaz, aos 23’/2ºT), Pratto (Militão, aos 39’/2ºT) e Luiz Araújo (Chavez, aos 42’/2ºT). Técnico: Rogério Ceni.

PALMEIRAS: Fernando Prass, Mayke, Mina, Juninho e Michel Bastos; Felipe Melo (Borja, aos 30’/2ºT), Jean, Tchê Tchê e Guerra (Keno, aos 18’/2ºT); Dudu e Willian (Róger Guedes, aos 34’/2ºT). Técnico: Cuca.

الحضري يوجه نصيحة لـ مصطفى شوبير: لن تستطيع منافسة الشناوي في الأهلي

نصح عصام الحضري مدرب حراس منتخب مصر السابق، مصطفى شوبير حارس مرمى الأهلي، بالرحيل عن فريقه خلال الفترة المقبلة.

وقدم مصطفى شوبير مستوى جيدًا مع الأهلي خلال الفترة الماضية، عندما شارك في مباراتي فريقه أمام إيسترن كومباني والمصري بالسلوم.

طالع أيضًا.. أحمد بلال يشيد بـ مصطفى شوبير ويوجه رسالة لـ محمد الشناوي

وقال الحضري خلال مقابلة على قناة “إم بي سي مصر”: “مصطفى شوبير ليس كافيًا لمنافسة محمد الشناوي في الوقت الحالي، وسئلت قبل ذلك عنه وقلت إنه يجب أن يخرج إعارة موسم أو موسمين وسيعود حينها قادرًا على المشاركة وواقفًا على قدميه بسبب ضغط المباريات واستمرار اللعب”.

وتابع: “طالما أنه مستمر في الأهلي فلن يستطيع منافسة الشناوي أو غيره ممن يستقدمهم الفريق، وإذا خرج سيعود وهو في سن 25 سنة يستطيع أن يكون حارس الفريق”.

جدير بالذكر أن الأهلي يستعد لمواجهة بيراميدز غدًا ضمن منافسات دور الـ8 من بطولة كأس مصر نسخة العام الماضي.

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