محمد بركات: أحذر الأهلي من تطور الاتحاد المنستيري.. وكولر لديه ميزة جيدة

تحدث محمد بركات عضو مجلس إدارة اتحاد الكرة، عن مواجهة الأهلي والاتحاد المنستيري في دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

ويستعد الأهلي لمواجهة الاتحاد المنستيري التونسي يوم 9 أكتوبر الجاري في ذهاب دور الـ32 بدوري أبطال إفريقيا.

وقال بركات في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر فضائية “المحور”: “مواجهة الاتحاد المنسيتيري لن تكون سهلة بالنسبة للنادي الأهلي خاصة أن الفريق التونسي تطور كثيرا وأحذر الأحمر من هذا التطور”.

طالع أيضًا.. قائمة الأهلي لمباراة الاتحاد المنستيري في دوري أبطال إفريقيا.. ضم سافيو وعودة أكرم توفيق

وتابع: “مارسيل كولر مدرب الأهلي من الواضح أنه يجيد قراءة شخصية اللاعبين داخل الملعب وخارجه وهذا ظهر من خلال تواجد لاعبي الأحمر في نظام اليوم الكامل تحت قيادة المدرب”.

واختتم: “الاتحاد المنستيري يعلم قوة الأهلي حتى وهو في أسوأ أحواله، وفي تونس يعلمون جيدا روح الفانلة الحمراء، والأهلي قادر على أن يعود من تونس بفوز”.

Eleições: Chapa de Carnielli e Vanderlei Pereira é reeleita na Ponte

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A eleição da Ponte Preta acabou nesta quinta-feira à noite de maneira previsível. A única chapa no pleito, “Sempre Ponte Preta”, liderada por Sérgio Carnielli, recebeu 239 dos 250 votos e ganhou o direito de dirigir o clube até o fim de 2021. O presidente será o empresário Vanderlei Pereira.

Foram 95% dos votos àchapa vencedora, sete votos nulos e quatro em branco. Vale destacar a baixa participação dos associados na eleição, já que 835 nomes poderiam votar, mas apenas 250 compareceram.

O pleito ocorreu de maneira pacífica, sem resistência da oposição, mas por precaução asegurança foi reforçada. Aproximadamente 100 homens faziam a vigilância, dentro e também fora do Majestoso.

Após a apuração das urnas, o novo Conselho Deliberativo tomou posse, com os 150 titulares e os 75 suplentes da chapa, além de 150 natos. Uma outra assembleia será marcada para empossar o presidente e os dois vices – o restante da diretoria executiva é escolhido por nomeação.

O novo mandato terá como principal desafio reconstruir a Ponte Preta após o rebaixamento para a Série B do Brasileiro.

Medium pacers won't be a big threat again

Michael Hussey doesn’t expect Australia’s batsmen to be tied down again by West Indies’ band of medium pacers in the potential series-decider

Peter English13-Feb-2010

Michael Hussey has been Mr Dependable in the one-day arena this season•Getty Images

Michael Hussey doesn’t expect Australia’s batsmen to be tied down again by West Indies’ band of medium pacers in the potential series-decider at the Gabba on Sunday. The tourists were without the very fast Kemar Roach during the third game in Sydney and restricted the hosts to 225 before rain washed out the match.Roach is likely to miss out again with a left ankle injury, leaving West Indies to rely on their batch of un-frightening but effective seamers. The unusual new-ball pairing of Ravi Rampaul and Dwayne Smith combined for seven wickets on Friday as the pair benefited from the swinging conditions on a softish surface.Hussey does not expect the pitch in Brisbane to be as kind to the West Indies attack as the hosts aim to wrap up the series with a game to play. “Somewhere like the Gabba where it’s a lot more truer, with good bounce and good pace, and comes on to the bat a little bit more, I think it will suit our batting a bit more than it did in Sydney,” he said.Rampaul, who took 4 for 61 at the SCG, is slightly faster than the rest of the attack, but Smith, Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy sit comfortably in the medium-pace bracket. Gavin Tonge is a quick option but hasn’t been used yet and may come into calculations for the Gabba.Chris Gayle was pleased with Rampaul’s performance but still sees room for improvement, and he expects the Rampaul-Smith combination will be kept for specific occasions. “Those conditions definitely suited them a lot, and the medium pacers a lot,” he said. “When they put the ball in the right area they created a lot of chances. This might be a different scenario, I think Australia might go back to the drawing board and assess the conditions a bit differently, you never know what they will come up with.”It is rare for an international team to operate without a main fast man and it takes some adjustment for the batsmen. “They mix up their pace very well, and try and be a little bit more defensive with their approach,” Hussey said. “Not so much trying to get you out but trying to keep the run-scoring down.”Sometimes in one-day games the pressure can build up and you probably go looking for something that’s not quite there. With the quality of batsmen we have all the way down our list, if we just keep looking to play good shots then we can put the pressure back on their medium pacers.”Both teams are trying to claim they were in the stronger position when the rain came in Sydney, but that is a futile argument. The Australians are two matches away from an undefeated home Test and ODI season and Hussey said the squad was better placed than in previous years when fatigue took over in the latter stages of the summer and cost them a couple of trophies.Sunday’s fixture will be the fourth in eight days and the schedule is so crammed that there is not even room for training. Hussey said the break from the nets might be a good thing. In India last year he didn’t train in between ODIs to stay fresh and since then he has scored 605 runs at 75.62 in 14 games.”Our performances in one-day cricket have dropped a bit [in previous seasons] because we have kept training hard, and we have been beaten in a few series by India and England,” he said. “I think it came down to fatigue, so definitely it has been a plan of the group to focus on rehab. The skills we are not going to lose over a short period of time when we are playing so much.”

Luis Diaz: Spurs need to break club-record

Tottenham Hotspur are among the teams to have made a bid to sign Porto winger Luis Diaz, according to reports.

Portuguese newspaper O Jogo (via Sport Witness) claim that Spurs submitted a €60m (£50m) offer for the 24-year-old winger but it was refused, with the Primeira Liga outfit wanting a fee closer to his €80m (£66m) release clause.

Premier League rivals Liverpool and Newcastle United have also been heavily mooted with interest in recent weeks, too.

The 31-cap Colombia international has been in electric form this campaign – as per Transfermarkt, the versatile attacker has provided 15 goals and five assists across the Portugal top-flight and Champions League, adding to his 11 goals and six assists in all competitions last season.

His form has earned substantial recognition from those around him.

Only two months ago, Portuguese journalist Marino Peixoto wrote on Twitter:

“The rate at which Luís Diaz is churning out otherworldly performances coupled with his ability to score screamers like this on a consistent basis is genuinely frightening. Only a matter of time before somebody pays an astronomical fee for him.”

Whilst Dragons teammate Sergio Oliveira described the £36m-rated dynamo as “extraordinary” after a particularly glowing display against Italian giants AC Milan.

“I don’t have to answer, we know his qualities, apart from the human level he is also extraordinary on a technical level,” he said (via the Daily Mail).

Given manager Antonio Conte’s desperate plea to bolster his playing squad this month, Diaz is evidently a player capable of adding some much-needed quality in the final third.

“For sure (we need to strengthen),” the 52-year-old told reporters. “After only two weeks I said we needed to improve the quality of this squad.”

He has proven on both a domestic and European level that he can regularly score and set up chances, as evident by his figures and subsequent praise above.

Spurs may well need to break their £55m club-record fee to land him but you’d imagine he would be worth every penny, even more so under the Italian manager.

Lilywhites sporting director Fabio Paratici must do all he can to secure the Colombian maestro this window.

AND in other news, Forget Bergwijn: Tottenham’s £34m-rated “big talent” could fill Conte’s huge Son void…

Liminar da urna 7 é suspensa até perícia e vitória volta a ser de Eurico

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A desembargadora Marcia Ferreira Alvarenga, da 17ª Câmara Cívil do Rio de Janeiro, suspendeu no fim da tarde desta quinta-feira a decisão liminar proferida na semana passada da juíza Maria Cecília Pinto Gonçalves, da 52ª Vara Cívil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, que desconsiderava os efeitos dos votos da urna 7 na polêmica eleição do Vasco no último dia 7. Com isso, a chapa de Eurico Miranda (Reconstruindo o Vasco) volta a vencer. Julio Brant (Sempre Vasco Livre) volta a segunda colocação. Cabe um novo recurso a decisão desta quinta, mas os departamentos jurídicos estudam qual medida será feita.

Esta decisão vale até o resultado da perícia já em execução da ação movida por Fernando Horta, da chapa Mudança com Segurança, que fez os sócios suspeitos de irregularidades votarem na urna 7, em separado, no pleito do Conselho Deliberativo, a primeira fase da escolha presidencial do Vasco que tem, via estatuto, uma eleição indireta. A decisão da desembargadora revogou apenas a liminar do pedido de Julio Brant que tinha desconsiderado a urna 7, não tendo efeito na ação inicial. Vale destacar na decisão, por outro lado, que a desembargadora reafirmou que “há sérios indícios de prática de irregularidades e fraudes na filiação de novos associados entre novembro e dezembro de 2015”, mas espera pela perícia nos 475 votos realizados para poder tomar uma decisão final sobre o destino da urna 7.

Sendo assim, a eleição do Vasco segue indefinida. Isso por conta de quando o resultado da perícia sair, sendo constatado em laudo fraudes nos votos da urna 7, a mesma voltaria a ser anulada e a vitória passaria novamente a ser da chapa de Julio Brant. Um outro ponto importante é que o resultado final segue sub judice, não podendo ter posse até a decisão final (veja abaixo a íntegra da decisão da desembargadora a qual o LANCE! teve acesso). O risco judicial da decisão desta quinta-feira é o de o resultado pericial demorar a ser concluído, o que faria o novo presidente tomar posse em 16 de janeiro de 2018 e, depois, por decisão da Justiça, outro assumir. Para isso, a desembargadora determinou urgência na perícia.

O LANCE! procurou o Vasco para ver se teria algum pronunciamento por parte do clube após a decisão da desembargadora desta quinta-feira, mas não foi dada uma resposta até a publicação desta matéria. Renato Britto, advogado da chapa Sempre Vasco Livre, de Julio Brant, destacou para a reportagem que assim como a decisão da semana passada, a desta quinta não é definitiva, com o resultado ficando sub judice até o resultado da perícia, assim como a posse.

– A decisão desta quinta suspendeu somente os efeitos da desconsideração da urna 7, mas segue o processo jurídico. O resultado final segue sub judice e continua também o fato de o novo presidente não poder tomar posse até a decisão final da Justiça, que será após a perícia que ainda não começou. Como foi pedida urgência, deve até janeiro de 2018 ter o laudo final e aí poderemos ter outra mudança no entendimento jurídico sobre a urna 7. Seguiremos trabalhando na nossa chapa para esta sequência judicial – afirmou Britto.

João Basílio, advogado que representa a Fernando Horta na ação inicial sobre a urna 7, também explicou ao LANCE! a decisão desta quinta-feira sobre mais este processo eleitoral. Ele lembrou em contato com a reportagem que mesmo depois do resultado pericial, novos recursos, independentemente do resultado da perícia, podem ser feitos por situação e oposição, o que arrastaria o processo para instâncias superiores.

– A decisão desta quinta-feira da desembargadora Alvarenga reformou apenas a decisão liminar anterior da juíza Maria Cecília sobre os efeitos dos pedidos que ela tinha concedido de Julio Brant que havia entrado como interessado na ação inicial que impetrei em nome do Fernando Horta. Por enquanto, a vitória volta a ser da chapa de Eurico Miranda, mas isso é provisório também, pois a ação inicial não foi revista, a perícia segue na urna 7 e depois do resultado pode mudar novamente o vencedor da eleição. A perícia na inicial segue normalmente e vamos aguardar o laudo – afirmou o representante de Fernando Horta.

Vale lembrarmos que sem a urna 7, Julio Brant com a chapa Sempre Vasco Livre fica como o vencedor da eleição do Conselho Deliberativo com 1935 votos. Eurico Miranda, da chapa Reconstruindo o Vasco, ficaria em segundo lugar com 1683. Considerando a urna 7 na apuração do resultado, quando a diferença do primeiro para o segundo da urna girou os 90%, Eurico Miranda passa a ter a vitória do pleito com 2111 votos, enquanto Julio Brant passaria a ter 1975 votos. Com o jogo jurídico, o caso não deve acabar tão cedo.

O LANCE! teve acesso a íntegra da decisão da desembargadora desta quinta-feira que está em segredo de Justiça. Confira:

“Sabe-se que, em regra, na forma dos artigos 995 c/c 1.019, ambos do CPC/15, a eficácia da decisão recorrida pode ser suspensa por decisão do Relator, quando houver elementos que evidenciem a probabilidade do direito e o perigo de dano grave, de difícil ou impossível reparação, ou risco ao resultado útil doprocesso.

Com efeito, trata-se de agravo de instrumento em face de decisão que suspendeu os efeitos dos 475 votos apurados na urna 7, na eleição para o Conselho Deliberativo do Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama, determinando aos réus e aos integrantes da administração, o regular prosseguimento do processo eleitoral, com a desconsideração dos 475 votos apurados.

No caso em exame, alega o agravante que a decisão proferida foi precipitada, violando a norma regedora do Clube, criando limitação ao exercício de voto, conferindo à chapa mais votada, o direito de assumir cadeiras de inequívoca relevância dentro da estrutura do Clube.

Aduz que, a decisão atacada afronta determinação anteriormente proferida, a qual deliberou que a votação dos sócios novos se procedesse em urna separada, com a posterior realização de perícia técnica, para que fosse apurada a existência da suposta fraude.

Assim, requer a imediata suspensão da decisão agravada, tendo em vista que foi determinada a lavratura de nova ata de posse, no prazo de 72 horas, sob pena de multa diária de R$ 50.000,00, sendo necessária a efetiva instrução probatória, a fim de que se possa decidir sobre a existência de fraude no procedimento eleitoral.

Por fim, pleiteia o acautelamento da mídia digital, o qual contêm depoimentos em vídeo de associados que depositaram seu voto na urna 7. Com certeza, a douta Juiza de primeiro grau, Dra. Maria Cecilia Pinto Gonçalves, vem, de forma magistral, conduzindo o andamento do feito, de maneira a valorizar e exigir que o direito de sufrágio seja revestido de máxima relevância, a fim de espancar qualquer dúvida quanto à existência de eventual fraude, a macular a eleição sub judice, na mais estrita observância das normas estatutárias.

Como bem destacado pela Ilustre Magistrada, acompanhada por esta Relatora no processo em apenso (no 0280264-22.2017.8.19.0001), em sede de agravo, há sérios indícios de prática de irregularidades e fraudes na filiação de novos associados entre novembro e dezembro de 2015, razão pela qual foi determinada a votação em separado dos 691 sócios, na eleição do dia 07/11/2017, bem como em urnas destacadas, buscando, como não poderia deixar de ser, a lisura e transparência do pleito eleitoral, assegurando o direito ao voto.

Ainda, como muito bem destacou a juíza de primeiro grau, em sua decisão no processo em apenso, a suspensão liminar do direito dos sócios votar seria medida extrema, haja vista a necessidade de produção de prova útil, acerca da alegada irregularidade da adesão dos 691 sócios, sob o crivo do contraditório. Por outro lado, neste momento processual, pode-se verificar que o deferimento da tutela em caráter antecedente, pelo juízo de primeiro grau, conforme pleiteado nestes autos da Medida Cautelar, proposta pelo candidato Júlio Cesar Brant de Almeida e outros em face do Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama, não deve ser mantido, levando-se em conta que as questões concernentes à possibilidade de fraudes na eleição, demandam, ainda, a realização de perícia na urna lacrada e no caderno de votação que se encontram já acautelados no Juízo da 52a Vara Cível, para verificação de quem foram os 475 votantes, e se algum dos sócios benfeitores remidos, campeão e patrimoniais ali compareceram.

Ademais, é importante mencionar que, ainda que haja prova indiciária no tocante à maciça maioria dos votantes na urna 7 e possível existência de sinais de terem sido “cooptados”, conforme fundamentou a Ilustre Magistrada em sua decisão liminar, entendo não ser a mesma suficiente para desconsiderar os 475 votos apurados.

Igualmente, ainda não houve a necessária perícia técnica com relação à toda documentação já apresentada pelo Clube, inclusive a ficha dos sócios, balancetes patrimoniais dos últimos dois anos, visando comprovar a suposta validade e/ou regularidade daqueles sócios que ingressaram em novembro e dezembro de 2015.

Assim, tendo em vista o acima exposto, defere-se o efeito suspensivo pleiteado, a fim de que o processo eleitoral prossiga regularmente, considerando-se os 475 votos apurados na urna 7, enquanto não realizada a perícia técnica que deverá ser produzida em caráter de urgência, tendo em vista o exíguo prazo para a conclusão do pleito eleitoral previsto para janeiro de 2018, restando prejudicada a determinação da lavratura de nova ata da eleição realizada no dia 07/11/2017, ficando sub judice o resultado definitivo da eleição.

Defiro o acautelamento da mídia digital, perante o juízo de primeiro grau, para integrar o processo instrutório da demanda.

Oficie-se e intime-se.
Após, aos agravados para contrarrazões.

Rio de Janeiro, 23 de novembro de 2017.
MARCIA FERREIRA ALVARENGA
DESEMBARGADORA RELATORA”

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Quetta prevail in low-scoring thriller

A round-up of matches from the first day of the RBS one-day competition

Cricinfo staff11-Feb-2010Group A
Kashif Naved’s unbeaten 78, combined with steady contributions from the rest of Multan Tigers’ top and middle order, led them to a five-wicket victory with three overs to spare against Hyderabad Hawks at Niaz Stadium. Rizwan Haider struck 45 off 35 balls to provide the finishing touches to a confident chase of 256. Earlier, Aqeel Anjum anchored the Hyderabad innings with a steady 81 but they lost regular wickets to slump to 115 for 4. A couple of quick fire 20s from Mir Ali and Kashif Bhatti, at a strike-rate of over 200, raised the tempo towards the end.Quetta Bears’ bowlers did a magnificent job of defending a small total and secured a four-run win against Peshawar Panthers in Karachi. Khalil Ahmed was the star, scalping 4 for 34, but he was well supported by his team-mates, who struck regular blows while keeping the run-rate in check, and they succeeded in bowling Peshawar out for only 149 in 44.2 overs. The finish was tense because Hamad-ul-Hasan remained firm and steered Peshawar from 124 for 9 towards the target, before losing last man Bilal Khan in a run out. Earlier, Peshawar’s bowlers had also wrecked the Quetta innings, with Riaz Afridi (4 for 29) and Jibran Khan (3 for 35) doing most of the damage. Quetta were reduced to 1 for 3 and 19 for 4 before Taimur Khan’s unbeaten 55 in the middle order dragged them to 153.Group B
Younis Khan found form in Habib Bank’s first match of the RBS Cup against Sui Southern Gas Corporation, scoring an unbeaten 81 to lead his team to a seven-wicket victory in Lahore. Chasing SSGC’s 265, Younis had support from Saleem Elahi, who scored 67, after which he had an unbroken 150-run partnership with Hasan Raza, who contributed 76 off only 64 balls to finish the chase as early as the 44th over. There were three half-centurions in SSGC’s innings as well: the Pakistan Under-19 captain Azeem Ghumman top-scored with 66, while Wajid Ali and Rizwan Ahmed made 57 and 53. Sarmad Anwar took 3 for 60 for Habib Bank.The match between Khan Research Laboratories and National Bank of Pakistan was abandoned without a ball being bowled because of rain in Rawalpindi.Lahore Eagles’ fast bowlers ran through the Karachi Zebras batsmen in Lahore, setting up a 69-run win for their team. Mohammad Irshad claimed 4 for 39, while Emmad Ali and Mohammad Saeed took 2 for 48 and 3 for 28, to bowl out Karachi for 163 in the 38th over. Akbar Rehman top-scored for Karachi with 61 but had little support from the others. Lahore, too, had no major contributions from any of their batsmen but they scraped together 232 before being dismissed in the 49th over. Akbar Rehman impressed with the ball too for Karachi, taking 3 for 42, while Usama Basharat picked up 3 for 36.Group C
A solid batting performance from the Abbottabad Rhinos laid the foundation for their 88-run victory over Faisalabad Wolves at the Iqbal Stadium. Nine Abbottabad batsmen got into double figures with opener Mir Azam Khan setting the pace with an aggressive 61 off 38 balls. Captain Adnan Raees provided stability with a composed 52 off 89 balls, allowing his partners to bat with freedom. Fawad Khan also struck a quick half-century to lead Abbottabad to 314 for 8 in 50 overs. Farrukh Shahzad and Mohammad Salman made 60s during the chase and Faisalabad were well-placed at 166 for 2 at one stage. However, there were no more substantial contributions from the rest of the batsmen and they were eventually dismissed for 226 in the 47th over. Khalid Usman was the pick of Abbottabad’s bowlers with 3 for 32 off ten overs.Rawalpindi Rams prevailed in a rain-curtailed match against Islamabad Leopards, winning the 20-over contest at the Diamond Club Ground with five wickets in hand and nine balls to spare. Islamabad got off to a poor start after they were sent in, losing one opener with the score on 2 and the other on 6. Ali Sarfraz, the No. 3 batsman, scored 45 off 31 balls and the innings received another useful contribution from Zohaib Ahmed, who made 33. Chasing a target of 149, Rawalpindi slumped to 43 for 5 – Shahzad Azam took 3 for 17 – before Adnan Mufti scored 47 off 34 balls and Usman Saeed 46 off 34 to repair the innings and set up the win.Four half-centuries – two steady, two rapid – led Sialkot Stallions to 310 for 6 against Lahore Lions, a total which their bowlers defended with ease at the Jinnah Stadium. Majid Jahangir made 58 off 79 and Mohammad Ayub 64 off 80 and their innings laid the base for Shahzad and Adeel Malik. Shahzad clubbed 80 off 66 and Adeel 70 off 49, lifting the pace towards the end of the innings. During the chase, opener Sohail Ahmed scored 81 to lead Lahore to a position of strength – 123 for 1 – before the middle order crumbled. They lost five wickets for 26 runs and were eventually dismissed for 231 in the 49th over.Group D
Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited needed only 30 overs to chase down the target of 179 set by Pakistan Customs, and did so with six wickets in hand in Lahore. Pakistan Customs had made a sound start – their openers added 55 – before they were jolted when three wickets fell for the addition of one run. A 25-run stand followed for the fourth wicket before three more wickets fell in a hurry once again, this time for the addition of two runs. Aamer Yamin scored 43 to steer Pakistan Customs from 83 for 6 to 178 before the last wicket fell in the 45th over. Fifteen-year old Babar Azam led ZTBL’s chase, scoring 68 off 78 balls to ensure victory.Shoaib Malik’s run-a-ball 102 led Pakistan International Airlines to a match-winning total against Water and Power Development Authority in Bahawalpur. His innings, which contained eight fours and three sixes, along with half-centuries from Sarfraz Ahmed and Faisal Iqbal helped PIA post a challenging score of 318 for 5. WAPDA gave spirited chase, despite losing Jahangir Mirza for a first-ball duck, with Rafatullah Mohmand and Imranullah Aslam scoring 77 and 76. They added 151 for the second wicket but the innings lost direction after both fell in quick succession. No one in the middle and lower order weighed in and WAPDA were eventually dismissed for 287 with 17 balls to spare.

مارتينيلي يحقق رقمين مميزين في الدوري الإنجليزي بعد هدفه السريع أمام ليفربول

حقق جابرييل مارتينيلي رقمين مميزًا، بعد هدفه في شباك فريق ليفربول، في مباراتهما الجارية حاليًا ببطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

ويستضيف ملعب “الإمارات” مباراة الفريقين في الجولة العاشرة من الدوري الإنجليزي، موسم 2022/23.

ونجح مارتينيلي في تسجيل الهدف الأول لصالح آرسنال قبل مرور دقيقة كاملة من الشوط الأول للمباراة. هدف مارتينيلي في شباك فريق ليفربول

وحسب شبكة “أوبتا” العالمية، فإن هدف مارتينيلي بعد 58 ثانية هو أسرع هدف لفريق آرسنال في مباراة على أرضه في الدوري الإنجليزي منذ أكتوبر 2011 (روبن فان بيرسي، 29 ثانية ضد سندرلاند).

إنه أيضًا أسرع هدف سجله أرسنال في شباك ليفربول في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

Newcastle: Rob Holding a potential target

Arsenal’s Rob Holding will be on Newcastle’s January centre-back shortlist, journalist Pete O’Rourke has told Give Me Sport. 

The lowdown

A recent report from The Daily Mail suggested that the Magpies want to sign two centre-backs this month, while The Athletic’s Chris Waugh said over the weekend that the club were hopeful of adding both Lille’s Sven Botman and Seville’s Diego Carlos to their ranks.

Newcastle have the joint-worst defensive record in the Premier League for goals conceded and the outright worst for expected goals against.

A potential alternative to the aforementioned duo, especially with Botman seemingly now unattainable, Holding has two-and-a-half years remaining on his Arsenal contract and is valued at £10.8m by Transfermarkt.

The latest

Speaking to Give Me Sport, O’Rourke is certain that the Gunners defender is one of the names under consideration at St James’ Park.

He stated: “Rob Holding at Arsenal. I’m sure he’s on Newcastle’s list.”

The verdict

Holding has found Premier League minutes hard to come by this season as he battles with the likes of Gabriel and Ben White. He has only started three times in the top flight in 2021/22, with most of his game-time coming in the domestic cups.

He may duly be open to leaving the Emirates Stadium and, intriguingly, data from FBRef shows he’s stylistically similar to Botman, with a high volume of progressive passes and blocks.

He also earned praise last month for reporting alleged racist abuse of some Arsenal team-mates during one Premier League match, with a statement from the anti-racism group Kick It Out saying that “his actions are a great example of taking a stand and being an ally to his team-mates” (The Mirror).

Is he actually good enough to address Newcastle’s defensive woes, though?

If scouts were watching him on Sunday, they may be far from convinced. Holding produced what Football FanCast editor Matt Dawson called a ‘royal stinker’ as Arsenal were shocked by Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup, while he ranks a lowly 18th in WhoScored’s performance rankings among Mikel Arteta’s squad this season.

Ultimately, Newcastle can’t afford to take any chances on these crucial signings, especially with their Premier League status on the line beyond the midway point of the season.

In other news, Chris Waugh has said that PIF want to upgrade on this £10m Benitez signing

Aston Villa: Cash let Gerrard down

Aston Villa failed to bounce back from their 3-1 defeat to Chelsea as they lost 2-1 to Brentford away from home in the Premier League on Sunday.

Danny Ings handed Villa the lead as he latched onto an excellent through ball from Emi Buendia before clinically dispatching his effort into the far corner.

Yoann Wissa levelled the scores before half-time with a brilliant curling effort from the edge of the box, bending his left-footed strike beyond Emi Martinez after taking the ball past Hause with a clever first touch.

Brentford then won the three points as Mads Roerslev snuck the ball into the back of the net after following up on a rebound from his own shot in the box.

Lightweight

One player who let Steven Gerrard down badly in the match was right-back Matty Cash as he struggled throughout the game at both ends of the pitch.

Defensively, he was a lightweight. As per SofaScore, the £24k-per-week defender did not win a single aerial battle and lost four of his seven ground battles. He failed to make a single tackle and was dribbled past once, although he did make three interceptions at right-back. Cash was not strong enough in his defending and his attacking play did not make up for this.

Offensively, he was lacklustre. Via SofaScore, he coughed up possession of the ball 17 times from 59 touches, which means that he gave it back to the opposition every 3.4 touches throughout the 90 minutes. He also failed to complete a single cross and was unsuccessful in both of his attempted dribbles.

This shows that he lacked quality on the ball and was unable to show his class in possession as Brentford were able to stifle him all too easily. It was, perhaps, summed up best as he took too long to get the ball out of his feet in added time on the right wing and ended up being tackled, with the referee then blowing the full-time whistle.

Therefore, he let the manager down as he put in a subpar performance both in attack and in defence. Although the result could not be entirely placed on his shoulders, his individual display did not help the side’s chances of winning and he will surely be hoping for an improvement from a personal point of view in the coming matches.

AND in other news, “It’s a goer”: Preece drops exciting transfer claim that’ll leave Villa fans ecstatic…

بمشاركة كوكا.. ألانيا يواصل الترنح ويتعادل أمام جيرسون سبور في الدوري التركي

واصل الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي ألانيا سبور الترنح في النتائج السيئة وتعادل إيجابيًا بصعوبة على أرضه ووسط جماهيره أمام جيرسون سبور بنتيجة 1-1 في الجولة الثامنة من بطولة الدوري التركي.

وشارك مهاجم منتخب مصر، أحمد حسن كوكا، مع فريقه ألانيا سبور في المباراة بأكملها ولكن لم يساعد فريقه على تحقيق نتيجة إيجابية بعد الهزيمة في الجولة السابقة أمام فناربخشة بخماسية نظيفة.

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سجل جيرسون سبور في البداية بالدقيقة 64 من زمن المباراة عن طريق، جوركيم ساجلام، من ركلة جزاء.

ولكن في الدقيقة 81، أدرك ألانيا سبور التعادل من خلال مدافعه، يوري بالكوفيتش.

بهذا التعادل، يحصل ألانيا سبور على نقطة واحدة ويصل رصيده إلى 9 نقاط في المركز الحادي عشر، بينما منافسه جيرسون سبور يصل رصيده إلى النقطة 8 في المركز الثاني عشر من ترتيب الدوري التركي.

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