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Goal! Real Madrid 0, AC Milan 1. Malick Thiaw (AC Milan) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a cross following a corner.

nil 1 AC Milan over Real nil Citeh up

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Liverpool – Leverkusen Champions League / 5 November at 21:00 Real Madrid RM – Milan Champions League / 5 November at 21:00 Dortmund – Sturm Graz Champions League / 5 November at 21:00 Celtic – RB Leipzig Champions League / 5 November at 21:00 Sporting – Manchester City Champions League / 5 November at 21:00 Bologna – AS Monaco Champions League / 5 November at 21:00 Lille – Juventus Champions League / 5 November at 21:00

in order, starting with last season Nico Caicedo CuCu Colwill Gusto Noni Lavia and Neto will soon rocket up the list

I have literally been talking about him as a target for over five years now here are two old posts of mine: snip snip

Barca can sell players that would bring in huge money Lamine Yamal Gavi Pedri Ronald Araujo Raphinha Dani Olmo ? Frenkie de Jong Jules Koundé Fermín López Alejandro Balde Pau Cubarsí Andreas Christensen Ferran Torres Ansu Fati Marc Casadó Héctor Fort Inter could do so, to a point, , but have fewer at that level of value Lautaro Martínez Nicolò Barella Alessandro Bastoni Marcus Thuram Federico Dimarco Hakan Çalhanoğlu (turns 32yo next season though, on February 8, 2026) Benjamin Pavard Davide Frattesi

looked at Uche 2 weeks ago forgot to post on him

Imagine Messi's brain/foot-eye coordination and Mudryk's speed implanted into Felix sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

crazy top half of the table

Brentford still has ZERO away points in the league

2 1 FT

such an EPL archetypal game 🤘🏽

wow complete Brentford collapse 2 1 2 extra time goals Harry Wilson

Man Utd’s Lisandro Martinez should have been sent off for Cole Palmer tackle, says Chelsea’s Enzo Maresca https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5895123/2024/11/03/lisandro-martinez-foul-man-utd-Chelsea/ Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca believes Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez should have been sent off for his challenge on Cole Palmer during Sunday’s 1-1 draw between the two sides. Martinez was instead shown a yellow card by referee Rob Jones for his foul in second-half added time. The Argentine appeared to catch Palmer on the knee with his studs and the foul sparked a coming together of multiple players, eventually leading to Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson and United’s Amad also cautioned. Palmer continued for the remaining few minutes of the game but had looked to be in discomfort following the challenge. “He was there in the changing room with ice,” Maresca said on the midfielder. “We are waiting now. “Hopefully, it is nothing important and then I know you are going to ask me about the referee’s decision. They showed me before the press conference, I think it is quite clear almost for all of us but the referees there did not take the decision and they made a different decision.” Asked if Martinez’s challenge was what he was talking to the officials at the full-time whistle, Maresca replied: “Yes. I just said, for me, when there is no intention to go for the ball and he goes for the player. It’s a red.” GO DEEPER The Briefing: Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1 - Caicedo's stunner, Mazraoui impresses in Old Trafford draw The Premier League clarified the decision-making process following the game, saying: “The referee issued a yellow card to Martinez for a challenge on Palmer. VAR checked for a potential red card and confirmed the referee’s call of no red card, deeming that it was a reckless challenge and not serious foul play.” Manchester United interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy was also asked about the incident and said: “I haven’t seen it to be fair. I saw it on the touchline. At that moment, I didn’t see it as a red.” United opened the scoring in the 70th minute after Bruno Fernandes converted a penalty following Robert Sanchez’s foul on Rasmus Hojlund. Moises Caicedo equalised for Chelsea with a well-struck volley four minutes later. Both sides are back in action at home on Thursday, with United playing PAOK in the Europa League and Chelsea facing Noah in the Conference League.

Moises Caicedo’s Chelsea displays this year have cast aside questions over £115m fee https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5895017/2024/11/04/moises-caicedo-Chelsea-analysis/ No one should question the transfer fee Chelsea paid for Moises Caicedo anymore. Caicedo’s importance to Chelsea was one of the main themes of Enzo Maresca’s press conference following their 1-1 draw at Manchester United on Sunday. When you score the kind of goal Caicedo did — a first-time volley with his right foot from the edge of the area into the bottom corner — you will always be the topic of conversation. Chelsea did not buy the Ecuador midfielder from Brighton & Hove Albion for a Premier League record £115million ($148.8m at the current exchange rate) in August 2023 for his ability to find the net, although seeing this strike was worth the cost of a match ticket, just like his halfway line lob against Bournemouth was in May. No, Chelsea’s main motivation in luring Caicedo to Stamford Bridge is for him to be a stalwart in front of the defence for the next decade. No one will deny the amount of money to acquire him was extraordinary. An unconvincing start to Caicedo’s Chelsea career, including giving the ball away during the build-up to Nottingham Forest’s winner at Stamford Bridge 14 months ago, made winning over the critics and the football fraternity even harder. The deteriorating form and fitness of midfield partner Enzo Fernandez, Chelsea’s previous record purchase (at £106m) signed seven months earlier, did not help his cause either. Inevitably, Caicedo, 23, has been compared unfavourably to another midfielder who broke the £100million barrier in the same transfer window as his high-profile move. Declan Rice’s impact on Arsenal following his switch from West Ham (£100m plus £5million in add-ons) was more immediate. His performances helped Arsenal push Manchester City in the title race last season. He did not win a medal to show for his efforts but you did not hear many questioning whether he was a good acquisition after a few months in an Arsenal shirt. Caicedo celebrating his goal at Old Trafford (Michael Regan/Getty Images) But Chelsea’s failure to challenge for the Premier League (they finished sixth in May) does not mean Caicedo should not be getting the same respect Rice has earned. Caicedo’s form in 2024 has been of a very high standard, growing in stature and confidence in a Chelsea shirt every week, first under Mauricio Pochettino and now under Maresca. He has become the most trusted player in the squad. No Chelsea player has played more than his 3,760 Premier League minutes since the start of last season or made more appearances (43 starts and two as substitute). In terms of minutes, Nicolas Jackson (3,596) and Cole Palmer (3,485) are his closest challengers. Meanwhile, Fernandez, who was signed to become the key figure of Chelsea’s midfield, is losing ground at 2,804 minutes. The Argentina international will struggle to close the gap because he has been named on the bench for three consecutive league fixtures. Romeo Lavia has been favoured instead. From a statistical point of view, Caicedo is beginning to outperform Rice in many metrics, as highlighted by Mozo Football (some data analysts have slightly different numbers, but the Chelsea midfielder’s superiority is consistent). Caicedo’s three tackles at Old Trafford have taken his Premier League tally for 2024-25 to 35 (according to Opta). No one has more in the division. He ranks sixth for interceptions (17), but the combined total (for interceptions and tackles) puts him ahead of everybody else. Perhaps even more significant in the minds of Chelsea’s fanbase is how he is averaging the most tackles and interceptions per 90 minutes in a Premier League season (5.2) for the club since N’Golo Kante (5.8) in the 2020-21 campaign. Maresca speaking to Caicedo after the game (Carl Recine/Getty Images) Maresca is cautious about getting too carried away. The Italian sidestepped a question in his press conference over whether he believes Caicedo should be regarded as one of the best midfielders in the Premier League, instead emphasising the quality of the whole squad while demanding more from Caicedo. He is an admirer but believes there is more to come. He said: “Since we arrived, Moi (Caicedo) is doing fantastic. I said during the week, the problem with Moi and Enzo — these kinds of players — is probably the big money the club paid. Everyone expects them to be the best but they are human, it is normal. Moi is improving a lot. We are spending time with him and the rest to improve them. “In football, one plus one is not always two. Because he was so good at Brighton, it does not mean he will be as good at Chelsea. He needs more time, he needs to adapt. “Chelsea is a big club, one of the best clubs in the world, so the impact is not easy. When they join Chelsea for a lot of money, people think they will arrive here and be the best but that’s why I said one plus one is not two.” The head coach may be reluctant to build up Caicedo too much because it is so early in his reign — but actions speak louder than words and Maresca is treating him as a player he cannot be without.

nil 1 Janelt with a screamer

MADNESS. Same for Disasi. Get them both OUT of our club. They are shit players who never should have been purchased. 🤬

Edu to leave Arsenal - huge breaking news emerges this Monday.

https://www.soccershoes.blog/sports/2024/premier-league-fulham-vs-brentford-s1/

EPL Fulham vs Brentford https://www.vipleague.pm/epl/fulham-vs-brentford-1-live-streaming https://www.vipleague.pm/epl/fulham-vs-brentford-2-live-streaming https://fan.soccerstreams100.io/event/eng-1/brentford-vs-fulham-live-soccer-stats/704376 Fulham – Brentford England. Premier League / 4 November at 21:00

fuck this shite

The Shortlist: Orri Óskarsson A rangy, meta centre-forward for your shortlists. SCOUTED Sep 03, 2024 Editor’s Note: This Shortlist piece was produced just before Óskarsson sealed a milestone move to Real Sociedad on transfer deadline day. Because we have such big brains, we talked at length about those links anyway. As you were. https://www.scoutednotebook.com/p/the-shortlist-orri-oskarsson This is The Shortlist — the quick, digestible way to get to know football’s hottest property, as told by the scouts who’ve watched them. Jake Entwistle is SCOUTED’s newest team-member, but he’s been working behind-the-scenes with us for years, quietly searching for the next big thing. He spent eight years leading Squawka’s social efforts. SCOUTED: Jake, welcome to The Shortlist! For your first appearance you’ve chosen to highlight an Icelandic forward. Why are you adding Orri Óskarsson to our collection? JAKE ENTWISTLE: Well the first reason is we’re actually talking on his birthday. He’s just turned twenty, today. Well, that’s very exciting. Yeah. Essentially, I first stumbled across him when I putting together a list of potential Tottenham Hotspur targets - ‘Strikers to Save Angeball’ - for Squawka. I collated a list of attributes I thought they needed in a number nine, and alongside all the usual candidates, up popped Óskarsson. He was playing in the Danish Super League, but his output still perfectly fit the modern ‘meta’ that’s developing among strikers. He seemed like a strong generalist, someone who could hold up the ball, was quick enough to run channels, technical enough to combine with teammates, and ruthless enough to finish chances. How long that meta will last, I don’t know. But Óskarsson is clearly the next coveted asset for teams looking for a nine to do more than just stand in the box and poach; he can be additive in and out of possession, play multiple roles and excels in all of them - from what I’ve seen, anyway. Let’s talk about those roles. If you were talking to someone who’s never watched him play - me - how would you describe him? Paint me a picture. I had a think about which words I’d use to describe him and I’d start with his physical build. He’s not obviously a freakish athlete, he’s not obviously a cyborg who’s been planted in the middle of the pitch like Erling Haaland, but he is 6’1” and only 20, so might grow a little more. He’s a rangy, slender build with a kind of wiry strength - if you’d say players bounce off Haaland when he’s running, players kind of ricochet off Óskarsson instead, deflect off him. He’s no beast, but he’s strong enough to hold off defenders and quick enough to escape them. That ranginess is most defining, I think - not that he’s gangly and unco-ordinated, but he looks like he shouldn’t be as strong or as quick as he is. So is he a guy you want in transition? Or is he a guy you want hanging around in the box? Haaland’s superpower, obviously, is he can do both. I think he’s a bit of both, and I think that’s why he’s on a lot of club’s shortlists. He’ll enable them to change style mid-game or depending on opposition. He’s one of those players who looks a bit awkward and bundles through challenges. Even if some of his touches look a bit clumsy, a bit heavy, he always seems to know where they’re going. He baits people into tackles while staying in control. He’s very much capable of leading the line himself. Right now, he’s actually - it’s very early in the season, of course - indexing towards the ‘don’t touch the ball, run the centre-backs ragged, run the channels and be there for one opportunity’ kind of nine. But on tape I caught of him during earlier seasons, he did like dropping deep and combining with his teammates. He doesn’t playmake, but he does like dovetailing with a forward running ahead of him. So when looking for a system to suit him, you’re probably thinking about pairing him with a modern, box-crashing, all-the-buzzwords number ten. But again, this season he’s not being doing that so far - he’s doing classic nine stuff, running the channels. + high-level generalist + robust frame & deceptively quick + anticipation & awareness - sometimes clumsy ball-carrying Time for the fun stuff. Can you make a contemporary comparison with a player readers might be familiar with? I tried to avoid saying it early on, but as you’ve asked - he’s very much a Kai Havertz. He’s a generalist who, until you watch what he’s done a second time, you don’t understand how good it was. Havertz always looks awkward, you’re never sure if he actually has the ball under control, but then he’s amazing in the air, contests and wins duels, is capable of an insane Bergkamp-esque touch; he’s not an ultra-clinical finisher, but seems to find the net a lot. I alluded to adding Óskarsson to a Tottenham striker video at the start - it was only because I didn’t want to add him to every video after that I didn’t suggest him for Arsenal, too. I’m not sure they’d want another Havertz profile, but if they do, this is the guy. Havertz works at Arsenal because he’s quick enough, tall enough, strong enough, and technical enough to do everything a top-level team. Óskarsson is a natural nine where Havertz isn’t, so might scale even better than the German. Similar player: Kai Havertz Ha. When you said ‘his touches look clumsy but he always seems to know where they’re going’ I knew exactly where we’d end up. Super Kai. In the past few days, Óskarsson has been linked very strongly with Real Sociedad. But for much of the summer, quiet links with Manchester City have been bubbling away. Care to comment? The City links have created a ‘next Haaland’ tag, because many are assuming they’re looking for his backup. And yeah, his ability to not be involved on the ball but occupy defenders physically and remain a threat in transition is there, to an extent. But Haaland at this age was a complete freak. Óskarsson is starting now for Copenhagen, but last season was his first in top-flight senior football. At twenty he’s not behind the curve, far from it, but Haaland was a different kind of animal entirely. Óskarsson’s future lies at a Champions League club, but right now City will be looking at him as a project, or someone to fill in a gap in an emergency. He’s not Julián Alvarez just yet. That said, he’s the kind of player who will match the level of his teammates; he wouldn’t go into a bad team and massively improve them on his own, but he would look much better surrounded by better players, because he can do so many things well. Real Sociedad aren’t in the Champions League this season - at twenty, he could be starting for a Europa League club comfortably. I think bigger clubs should wait for an outfit like Sociedad to pick him up and see what happens, rather than move for him now. Obviously I recommended him to Tottenham because he’d fit Ange’s style as a project player, but that would still be a risk. The reason these clubs are linked is obvious, though: he’s everything clubs want in a modern nine. Let’s go backwards, then. What do you know about his career so far? Last season was Óskarsson’s first in top-flight football, but his story is incredible. Strap in. He’s been playing men’s football, technically, for seven years now. He’s from Grótta, which if my knowledge of Icelandic geography hasn’t failed me, is a tiny island off the coast of Reykjavík. He made his debut for the island’s club, his boyhood club, when he was 13 years and 354 days old. That’s obviously the youngest player in the club’s history, if you couldn’t guess. He came on in the 81st minute and scored twice. Whatever the technical level of third-tier Icelandic football is, if you’re doing that at 13, such exposure to the men’s game is going to be very beneficial. You can see that experience in the way he uses his body to protect the ball. How many 20-year-olds have played against men for that long? Perhaps that’s why he looks a bit gangly and unco-ordinated - he was clearly much better than the technical level of Iceland’s lower divisions, but had to work to catch up physically. The story gets better. In 2019, his second full season, he scored on the final day to earn Grótta’s first-ever promotion to the top-flight - under the managerial stewardship of Óskarsson’s father, Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson. That’s when Copenhagen swooped and signed Óskarsson for their youth team. He was 15. He made fleeting appearances for his new club, went on loan to the Danish second-tier, and returned to play regularly for Copenhagen last season. And his first goals came in a hat-trick against an Icelandic side called Breiðablik. Their manager? His father, Þorvaldsson. How’s that for poetry: his father gave him his career, and he repaid him by knocking him out of the Champions League. Many will remember the rest of that campaign: Copenhagen ended up in Manchester United’s group, beat them 4-3, and qualified. Óskarsson played a small role in the United victory, but his full debut came against Manchester City at the Etihad. Some baptism of fire, that. Copenhagen lost 3-1 but Óskarsson registered an assist. It came from what I was trying to describe earlier - a nice flick in associative play. That’s happening less this season, but it’s in his locker. I’m sure that moment piqued City’s interest. He’s always played consistently for Iceland’s youth teams and has been fairly prolific. He has eight senior caps now, too. He played 41 times for Copenhagen last term and scored 15 goals. I’d expect both those numbers to rise this year. And that’s where we are now. You’re right. That is a great story. Oh, one more interesting thing - Grótta had never in their history sold a player to a foreign club before Óskarsson joined Copenhagen. The island’s most famous sporting team is in women’s handball. Football is really, really far down the pecking order. And then came Orri Óskarsson. Quick Links: Orri Óskarsson Transfermarkt Sofascore