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FA to investigate object-throwing by Tottenham fans during Chelsea game https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5978951/2024/12/08/tottenham-objects-Chelsea-fa/ The FA will investigate after objects were thrown onto the pitch during Tottenham Hotspur’s 4-3 home defeat by Chelsea on Sunday. Objects were thrown multiple times from the South Stand — an area only home fans occupy — during the first half of the match, while Chelsea were attacking that end of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernandez, Jadon Sancho and Pedro Neto were among those targeted while they took set pieces or were in action near the goal. The FA will now review referee Anthony Taylor’s report on the match and investigate. Chelsea won the game despite being 2-0 down after 11 minutes, thanks to Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski. Two goals from Palmer, as well as one each from Sancho and Fernandez, then had Chelsea 4-2 up before Son Heung-min scored a late consolation for Tottenham. Both sides return to action on Thursday, with Spurs playing Rangers away in the Europa League and Chelsea facing Astana in Kazakhstan in the Conference League. GO DEEPER The Briefing: Tottenham 3 Chelsea 4: Sancho shines as Spurs crumble and Maresca's side go second in table

Chelsea’s Josh Acheampong close to signing new contract – Enzo Maresca https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5986239/2024/12/11/Chelsea-josh-acheampong-contract/ Enzo Maresca has confirmed Chelsea academy graduate Josh Acheampong is close to signing a new contract and is set start his first senior game for the club against Astana tomorrow night. The Athletic exclusively reported in October that the 18-year-old had been frozen out of all Chelsea teams because negotiations over a new deal had broken down. But there have been increasing signs of a reconciliation in recent weeks as Acheampong trained with the senior squad ahead of their Conference League match at Heidenheim a fortnight ago. The defender also played for the Under-21 side for the first time in two months when he came on as a substitute against Derby County on November 29. Acheampong’s contract runs out in 2026 but Maresca believes an extension is nearly finalised. He said: “With Josh it is all quite clear. We all love Josh, the club loves Josh, I love Josh and we are trying to find an agreement. We are close, we are almost there. We’ll see.” GO DEEPER Do Chelsea need to upgrade in the transfer market to become title contenders? A further indication of the teenager’s improved situation is he is in line to face Astana in Chelsea’s UEFA Conference match in Kazakhstan. Maresca added: “He is in the squad and is probably going to play from the start.” Maresca also confirmed a number of senior players will be left behind so they can concentrate on preparing for the Premier League fixture at home to Brentford on Sunday. One of the players who is remaining at Cobham is winger Noni Madueke, who is expected to start at the weekend due to Pedro Neto being suspended. GO DEEPER Chelsea squad audit: Analysing the 33-player group and their roles under Enzo Maresca

this must be the longest in-season round trip Chels has had since the 2012 FWCC in Tokyo (GRRRRR) and that fucking shit American friendly match in May 2019, where RLC destroyed his achilles on edit the Boston match was not as far away as this one

yep it's a weak year, but they are, atm, clearly the best team on the planet atm hopefully a last harrah for VVD, Salah, Alisson, and TAA

now if only Pool blow up and leave that cunt Carra in tears

Micah Richards almost crying love to see it

Squad Al Ahly FC # Player Date of birth/Age Nat. Market value 1 Mohamed El Shenawy Goalkeeper Dec 18, 1988 (35) €1.80m 31 Oufa Shobeir Goalkeeper Mar 17, 2000 (24) €600k 16 Hamza Alaa Goalkeeper Mar 1, 2001 (23) €150k 37 Mostafa Makhlouf Goalkeeper May 16, 2003 (21) €75k 15 Achraf Dari Centre-Back May 6, 1999 (25) €2.00m 5 Rami Rabia Centre-Back May 20, 1993 (31) €800k 6 Yasser Ibrahim Centre-Back Feb 10, 1993 (31) €600k 4 Yousef Aymen Centre-Back Mar 21, 1999 (25) €350k 34 Moataz Mohamed Centre-Back Mar 19, 2005 (19) €50k 18 Yahia Attiyat Allah Left-Back Mar 2, 1995 (29) €2.20m 21 Ali Maâloul Left-Back Jan 1, 1990 (34) €500k 33 Karim El Debes Left-Back Jun 3, 2003 (21) €250k 30 Mohamed Hany Right-Back Jan 25, 1996 (28) €1.50m 3 Omar Kamal Right-Back Sep 29, 1993 (31) €1.20m 2 Khaled Abdelfattah Right-Back Jan 22, 1999 (25) €200k 13 Marwan Ateya Defensive Midfield Aug 1, 1998 (26) €2.20m 36 Ahmed Kouka Defensive Midfield Jul 4, 2001 (23) €800k 26 Mostafa Aboul-Kheir Defensive Midfield Jan 1, 2004 (20) €50k 22 Emam Ashour Central Midfield Feb 20, 1998 (26) €3.00m 8 Akram Tawfik Central Midfield Nov 8, 1997 (27) €1.00m 17 Amr El Solia Central Midfield Apr 2, 1990 (34) €500k 23 Omar El Saaiy Central Midfield Jan 1, 2003 (21) €450k 20 Karim Nedved Central Midfield Aug 8, 1997 (27) €250k 19 Afsha Attacking Midfield Mar 6, 1996 (28) €1.20m 14 Hussein El Shahat Left Winger Jun 21, 1992 (32) €800k 29 Taher Mohamed Left Winger Mar 7, 1997 (27) €350k 12 Reda Slim Right Winger Oct 25, 1999 (25) €2.00m 10 Percy Tau Right Winger May 13, 1994 (30) €1.50m 28 Karim Fouad Right Winger Oct 1, 1999 (25) €600k 38 Mohamed Abdallah Right Winger Jan 1, 2005 (19) €100k 9 Wessam Abou Ali Centre-Forward Jan 4, 1999 (25) €3.00m 7 Kahraba Centre-Forward Apr 13, 1994 (30) €800k 32 Samir Mohamed Centre-Forward Sep 4, 2003 (21) -

would love to see Al Ahly beat Real in the final best overal African side (155 total trophies, including 25 continental ones) in the history of footie there versus best Euro (and world) side in history

Citeh ONE win in their last ten games just wow

Tammy wins the game for Milan

Barca win 2 3 Groß blew the game

Pep in the dirt 2 nil loss to Juve

fuck 2 3 Barca Pascal Groß with a horror pass he has been HORRID since he came on

Dortmund are all over Barca that massive crowd is going bonkers

2 2 Dortmund scored Guirassy on a hat trick

Citeh have not won an away game in almost 8 weeks

Arse up 2 nil now Saka on a hat trick

Citeh down 2 nil

2 1 Barca

Lewa and Olmo also off

Raphinha off injured (calf)