تحدث فيديريكو فالفيردي، لاعب الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي ريال مدريد عن فوز فريقه أمام أتلتيك بلباو ضمن منافسات الدوري الإسباني
وحقق الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي ريال مدريد، فوزًا مهمًا على حساب أتلتيك بلباو، بثلاثية نظيفة، في المباراة التي جمعتهما ضمن منافسات الدوري الإسباني.
وواجه ريال مدريد نظيره أتلتيك بلباو، مساء أمس، الأربعاء، في إطار منافسات الجولة 19 المقدمة من بطولة الدوري الإسباني، على ملعب “سان ماميس”، في الجولة الاستثنائية من “لا ليجا”.
بتلك النتيجة، رفع ريال مدريد رصيده إلى النقطة 36 في المركز الثاني بجدول ترتيب الدوري الإسباني، بفارق نقطة وحيدة عن برشلونة المتصدر.
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وقال فالفيردي، في تصريحات نقلتها صحيفة “ماركا” الإسبانية: “أنا سعيد جدًا بكوني جزءً من هذا الفريق، إنه لشرف لي أن أحظى باللعب بجوار زملائي في الفريق وأن أواصل تطوير أدائي”.
وأضاف: “كان الهدف الثاني مذهلًا، هجمة رائعة شارك فيها معظم اللاعبين لكن أيضًا علينا أن نسلط الضوء أكثر على تصديات كورتوا الرائعة”.
وعن ارتداء شارة قيادة ريال مدريد أردف: “ارتداؤها أمر رائع، أسعى جاهدًا لتقديم أفضل ما لدي وفي المباريات الأخيرة كان من الصعب عليّ عدم القيام بذلك”.
وأتم: “أتدرب لأُخرج أفضل ما لدي، أُقدر دعم زملائي في الفريق الذين يساعدونني دائمًا والجهاز الفني لثقتهم بي”.
Australia batter gets the better of her sister en route to 154-run chase at Kia Oval
ESPNcricinfo staff28-Jul-2025
Grace Harris poses with the Women’s T20 Blast trophy•ECB via Getty Images
Grace Harris, Surrey’s matchwinner in the Women’s Vitality Blast final, was proud of her team’s aggressive approach to their five-wicket victory at the Kia Oval on Sunday, but admitted to mixed feelings about getting the better of her sister, Laura, who finished on the losing side for Warwickshire Bears.Grace Harris, the Australia international, top-scored with a typically hard-hitting 63 not out, as Surrey lived up to their favourites tag by cruising to a victory target of 154 with 20 balls to spare. She struck seven fours and two sixes in her 33-ball knock, and found key partners in Sophia Dunkley (23 from 13) and Kira Chathli, whose 16 not out from nine balls included the winning boundary off Issy Wong.That target, however, could have been significantly higher had her sister completed the job that she had threatened during the Bears innings. Laura Harris’ riotous knock of 25 from 11 balls included three fours and two sixes, and it took an exceptionally cool catch from Phoebe Franklin at deep midwicket to dislodge her at the start of the 14th over.”I was a little bit nervous,” Grace told the ECB Reporters Network. “I was thinking at long-off, ‘just hit it down someone else’s throat!’ You want her to do well and it’s not like I would have hashed the job, but if I’d caught it, I would have been a little bit disappointed.”I’m happy she got out when she did because it could have been a 180-chase if she’d hung on.”Surrey’s task looked stiff enough, however, when they lost their third wicket for 42 at the start of the seventh over, with Amu Surenkumar and Hannah Baker settling into a threatening rhythm. Grace, however, struck her third ball for four straight back over Baker’s head to set the tempo for the rest of the chase.”I probably get more nervous on the side-lines than I do out in the middle,” she said. “When I am in the centre, I’m like, ‘this is good fun! How good is it to get a chance to bat!’ Sitting on the side-lines, I say to our group, ‘alright introverts, you are going to have to leave, because I’ve got to chat or I’m going to find this day tough!’Related
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“Sometimes it is harder to chase 140 than 160,” she added, “because you think if you just knock it around, you’ll just get the runs, whereas with 160 you have to go to pick up a boundary an over. Teams can get too complacent with 140.”She cited the 2023 Women’s Big Bash final as an example. “I’ve been involved in a team which has done that before, chasing 120 in a final with [Brisbane] Heat and we lost to Adelaide Strikers because we just knocked it about and didn’t really take the game on.”So it was fantastic to make sure we stayed with that run-chase. Fair play to the girls on what was a very good squad effort.”Harris added that the credit also belonged to Surrey’s bowlers for the manner in which they restricted the Bears after choosing to field first. Franklin was front and centre of their efforts, and not simply with her crucial catch. Her figures of 2 for 16 included wickets in her second and third overs and a well-completed run-out of Georgia Davis in her fourth.”I think Phoebe has genuinely been our player of the season,” Harris said. “Each game she’s either taken a crucial wicket or hit 20 off 10 at the back end and given us a bit of momentum in lower-scoring games. In any other team she would bat a lot higher and get a lot more opportunity than what she does, but when given the opportunity, she is definitely a player that’s taken it.”She has done so well in this T20 tournament and I have been rather impressed with her skill set. It’s not just the fact she can hit a line and a length, it is the fact she can bowl slower balls as well or come up with a yorker when required. Then at the back end with the bat she fully owns her scoring shots.”For the Bears, the final proved a bridge too far after an impressive win over The Blaze in the semi-final. However, for Wong – who was the player of that match with figures of 4 for 14 and a hard-hitting half-century – there was pleasure to be had in the progress of a young team, and in her own performances in the course of what is turning into a resurgent summer.”I’m really proud of our girls,” Wong said. “We knew it was going to be tough to play two games of cricket against the two best sides in the country and win them both. We have such a young squad. I’m in the oldies when we play football at 23, so we have got so much learning we have taken from this season.”Wong’s displays on Finals Day came after a successful return to the England set-up this year. After some high-profile hiccups in recent seasons, including a torrid spell with Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred, she was happy to have rediscovered her love of the game once again.”Outwardly it hasn’t always been like that,” she said. “The last couple of years have been pretty challenging, but it has been nice to come back to what is my best personality for playing cricket. That comes from being in a good place with my skills and tactically as well I feel I’m in a really good place. It’s the best job in the world, isn’t it?”
Manchester City fans who had made the long journey to Swansea City on Wednesday night might well have been fearful that their up-and-down side could be on the receiving end of an EFL Cup upset.
Their fears were beginning to be realised when Gonzalo Franco fired the Championship hosts into the lead after 12 minutes, after the number 17 calmly beat stand-in City stopper James Trafford to send the home masses into raptures.
Thankfully, for City’s sake, that was as good as it got for Alan Sheehan’s home side, as Pep Guardiola’s visitors ended up running away with the clash to secure a comfortable 3-1 win.
City are still on for some silverware; therefore, in the EFL Cup, with Jeremy Doku hopeful that his efforts in Wales mean he is in with a shot of a Premier League start against AFC Bournemouth this approaching Sunday.
Doku's performance in numbers versus Swansea
After all, the Belgian likely stood a good chance at starting against the Cherries on the left flank, anyway, irrespective of what he mustered up on Wednesday night, with Savinho seriously struggling in City sky blue as of late.
Doku has only boosted his already strong chances, though, with his showing against the Swans, as this deflected effort – which came about from the ex-Rennes man’s initially tricky footwork – levelled the scores in the first half, before Omar Marmoush eventually handed the away side a late second-half lead.
The diminutive attacker is well known for his front foot approach in attacking areas, as can be seen looking at his high successful dribble rate per 90 minutes back in the Premier League, and it was on full display throughout in Wales, with seven dribbles attempted in total.
With four key passes under his belt, too, it’s clear that Doku will be able to ramp up the entertainment levels far more on the left flank than Savinho moving forward, meaning the fast-paced number 11 could soon be reinstated into Guardiola’s starting lineup.
Yet, he isn’t alone in banging down the door for more first-team chances, as this other sensational performer against Swansea looked a class above everyone else on the pitch and is now viewed as undroppable.
The undroppable City star who looked "streets ahead"
In the end, even with Guardiola hooking the likes of Erling Haaland and making wholesale changes, City just had too much star power for the hosts to contain.
Rayan Cherki, in particular, bamboozled the Swans all night long, with one City-based content creator stating that the ex-Lyon playmaker “absolutely ran the show”, which is a fair assessment when you dig deeper into his numbers from the 3-1 win.
Cherki’s performance in numbers
Stat
Cherki
Minutes played
90
Goals scored
1
Assists
1
Touches
119
Shots
5
Accurate passes
74/92 (80%)
Key passes
6
Total duels won
5/11
Stats by Sofascore
Unfortunately, Cherki’s early days at the Etihad have been riddled with injury issues, with the dazzling Frenchman only fit enough for six games so far this season.
Hopefully, he will move past these recurring niggles to become a crucial first-teamer now in Manchester, with Cherki helping himself to a goal and an assist across the duration of his sensational 90 minutes against their in awe EFL opponents.
Cherki would stylishly dictate play by amassing a whopping six key passes from his mammoth 119 touches, while also showing off a fiery edge to his game when winning five ground duels.
With a further goal coming his way against Wolverhampton Wanderers on the opening day, the time is right, surely, for Cherki to be given an extended run in the main side.
Haaland will also be licking his lips at the prospect of working alongside such an entertaining attacking marvel, who was labelled as being “streets ahead” of everyone else on Wednesday night by journalist Amos Murphy for his quick-witted play up top.
Doku and Cherki would love to cause similar havoc together when Premier League action returns, with more wins soon to be added to Guardiola and Co.’s league tally, if they can regularly run rings around top-flight defences together.
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India will face the winner of Thursday’s clash between Bangladesh and Pakistan, while Sri Lanka are out of contention now
Karthik Krishnaswamy24-Sep-20251:20
Chopra: Very little the bowlers could do against Abhishek
India are in the final of Asia Cup 2025, where they will meet the winner of Thursday’s Super Fours clash between Bangladesh and Pakistan. Sri Lanka are out of contention, and their game against India on Friday is now a dead rubber.India sealed their place in the final with a 41-run win over Bangladesh that was, for the victors, both comfortable and discomfiting. Bangladesh never really looked in contention at any point during their chase of 169, with their limitations as a T20 side exposed by the depth and variety of India’s bowling. But they would feel they should have made a much better fist of that target, after their bowlers had done brilliantly to haul India back when Abhishek Sharma had seemingly put them on course for 200 and beyond.Related
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Abhishek continued his magnificent tournament, following up his 39-ball 74 against Pakistan with a 37-ball 75, but India struggled when he wasn’t at the crease.Their innings followed a pattern not unlike Pakistan’s against their bowlers on Sunday: a strong start followed by a dramatic slowdown when the ball became older and harder to time. India scored 95 runs in overs 3-11, when Abhishek ran rampant, and just 73 runs in the 12 overs either side of that stretch.In the end, Abhishek’s innings proved the difference between the teams. Bangladesh didn’t have anyone in their line-up with that level of relentless boundary-hitting ability, even if Saif Hassan showed the promise in their ranks, hitting five sixes in a 51-ball 69.Bangladesh begin brightlyBangladesh could have dismissed Abhishek for 7 off 8 in the third over, had the wicketkeeper held on to an edge off Tanzim Hasan Sakib, who came into an XI with as many as four changes, and bowled brilliantly with the new ball, swinging it prodigiously while also hitting the deck hard.The wicketkeeper who shelled that chance – and Bangladesh’s captain on the night – was Jaker Ali, standing in for Litton Das who was ruled out with a side strain.That moment ended the first chapter of this match, which Bangladesh dominated without quite being able to separate Abhishek and Shubman Gill. Tanzim had beaten Gill’s bat twice in the first over, and left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed had used his swinging arm ball cleverly to take the ball away from Abhishek’s hitting arc in the second. By the end of the third over, India were still going at less than a run a ball.Abhishek and Gill take overGill began the counterattack by stepping out to the first two balls of the fourth over and hitting Nasum for four and six. That began a torrent of boundary-hitting that Bangladesh seemed powerless to stop. Abhishek looked unstoppable once he got to grips with the conditions, hitting Mustafizur Rahman for two sixes in the fifth over, peppering the off-side boundary with four fours off Mohammad Saifuddin in the sixth, and carrying on in similar vein beyond the powerplay.In all, Abhishek hit five sixes and jumped to joint No. 7 on India’s all-time T20I six-hitting charts. He has now hit 58 sixes in just 21 innings; Suresh Raina, with whom he drew level, hit 58 in 66 innings.2:57
Chopra questions India’s batting order logic
Experimental India slow downIndia were 112 for 2 at the start of the 12th over, and Bangladesh seemed powerless to stop Abhishek. But they did, via a run out manufactured by Rishad Hossain’s brilliance at backward point. He dived to his left to stop a dab from Suryakumar Yadav and sprang up, ready to throw in one motion, leaving Abhishek with little chance of regaining his ground at the non-striker’s end.That moment changed the complexion of the game, exposing India’s middle order to an issue that has troubled every line-up in these conditions in the UAE – the difficulty of starting innings against the old ball. Bangladesh’s bowlers did their bit too, with Mustafizur, Tanzim and Saifuddin finding plenty of purchase with their slower cutters and with Nasum varying his pace cleverly, and India only scored 56 runs across their last nine overs. Hardik Pandya, who was out off the last ball of the innings for 38 off 29, did the bulk of the scoring.India’s slide looked worse for coming against the backdrop of batting-order changes that didn’t come off on the day. India promoted Shivam Dube to No. 3, and sent in Hardik, Tilak Varma and Axar Patel above Sanju Samson, who did not get to bat at all.Handshakes all around after India completed an easy win•AFP/Getty Images
Saif wages lone fight as Bangladesh fade awayBangladesh seemed in with a real chance at the halfway mark, but the required rate kept slipping further and further away from their reach. Jasprit Bumrah, once again bowling three overs in the powerplay, struck in his first over, and looked close to unhittable with the new ball, finding prodigious swing and at one stage beating Parvez Hossain Emon’s bat six times in eight balls.And then, just as Emon had seemed to shrug off that early struggle with a six off Bumrah and a pair of swept fours off Varun Chakravarthy, he fell while miscuing a slog-sweep in Kuldeep Yadav’s first over, the seventh of the innings.Then it became a game of two ends. At one end, Saif showed off his hitting range, particularly off Axar whom he hit for three sixes. At the other, batters came and went, with Jaker’s run-out dismissal in the 13th over, while trying to steal a quick single to get Saif to his fifty, effectively bringing Bangladesh’s challenge to an end.All that remained was for Kuldeep to pull off his customary two-wickets-in-two-balls trick, for India’s fielders to shell a series of catches to extend Saif’s innings into the 18th over, for Bumrah to come back and pick up a second wicket, and finally for part-timer Tilak to roll his arm over and end the match with three balls to spare.
Fluminense e Botafogo se enfrentam no Maracanã neste domingo (3), às 16h (de Brasília), pelo Campeonato Carioca. A partida terá transmissão de Band, Bandsports (TV fechada) e Canal GOAT (YouTube). O Tricolor já está classificado às semifinais e ocupa a segunda colocação, com 21 pontos, enquanto o Glorioso está em quinto, com 17, e luta por uma vaga no mata-mata.
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Confira abaixo todas as informações que você precisa saber sobre o confronto (onde assistir, horário, escalações e local).
✅ FICHA TÉCNICA Fluminense x Botafogo Campeonato Carioca – 11ª rodada
Data e horário: domingo, 3 de março de 2024, às 16h (de Brasília) Local: Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Onde assistir: Band, Bandsports e Canal GOAT (YouTube) Arbitragem: Felipe da Silva Gonçalves Paludo (árbitro); Thiago Rosa de Oliveira Esposito e Thiago Filemon Soares Pinto (assistentes).
⚽ PROVÁVEIS ESCALAÇÕES FLUMINENSE (Técnico: Fernando Diniz) Fábio; Guga, Thiago Santos, Marlon e Diogo Barbosa; André, Martinelli e Renato Augusto; Douglas Costa, Jhon Arias e John Kennedy.
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BOTAFOGO (Técnico: Fábio Matias) Gatito Fernández; Damián Suárez, Lucas Halter, Bastos e Hugo; Danilo Barbosa, Marlon Freiras (Gregore ou Tchê Tchê) e Eduardo; Júnior Santos, Savarino e Tiquinho Soares.
A Conmebol irá adotar a mesma postura de casos anteriores e investigará os atos de racismo direcionados à torcida do Palmeiras na partida contra o San Lorenzo, no Estádio Nuevo Gasómetro, pela estreia das equipes na atual edição da Copa Libertadores.
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Relatos, vídeos, fotos e demais provas serão encaminhadas à Unidade Disciplinar da Federação que, em geral, necessita de 48 horas após a apresentação do material para abrir um expediente disciplinar, ou seja, indiciar os acusados.
O artigo 15 do Código Disciplinar da Conmebol prevê uma punição de 100 mil dólares (aproximadamente R$500 mil) para esta ocorrência. Em casos de reincidência, a multa chega a 400 mil dólares (cerca de R$ 2 milhões). Sanções como fechamento total ou parcial do estádio também podem ser impostas ao clube argentino.
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A Unidade não se manifestará sobre o caso antes do julgamento, o que leva em média 20 dias. Assim que a Confederação tiver uma posição definitiva, a mesma será publicada no portal oficial da instituição.
– Qualquer Associação Membro ou clube cujos torcedores insultarem ou atentarem contra a dignidade humana de outra pessoa ou grupo de pessoas, por qualquer meio, tendo como motivo a cor da pele, raça, sexo ou orientação sexual, etnia, idioma, credo ou origem, será sancionado com uma multa de pelo menos CEM MIL DÓLARES AMERICANOS (USD. 100.000). Em caso de reincidência, o infrator poderá ser punido com multa de DÓLARES AMERICANOS QUATROCENTOS MIL (USD 400.000) – diz um trecho do código disciplinar da Conmebol.
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Em contato com a reportagem, a Conmebol afirmou que considera qualquer manifestação de racismo ou outras formas de descriminação em seus torneios inaceitável. Vale lembrar que Alejandro Domínguez, presidente da Confederação, garantiu em entrevista que a atual edição – da Libertadores e Sul-Americana – terá “tolerância zero” com casos de racismo.
– Tolerância zero para nós. Essa é uma questão muito importante para nós, que falamos na FIFA, porque não é só os jogadores daqui da América que sofrem com a discriminação – disse Domínguez.
Em texto publicado nas redes sociais, o Verdão afirma que está “enraizada” na história da instituição a luta contra todo tipo de preconceito.
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CONFIRA O HISTÓRICO DE PUNIÇÕES
Segundo levantamento realizado pelo Lance!, baseado em informações do Observatório da Discrminação Racial no Futebol Brasileiro, foram realizadas 48 denúncias ou flagrantes de racismo em partidas de competições organizadas pela Conmebol entre 2014 e maio de 2022.
No entanto, apenas 11 casos renderam alguma forma de punição aos acusados. Em 32 ocorrências, os autores sequer foram identificados pelas autoridades responsáveis.
تحدث الألماني فلوريان فيرتز، لاعب الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي ليفربول عن التعادل مع سندرلاند ضمن منافسات الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.
وواجه ليفربول نظيره سندرلاند مساء اليوم، الأربعاء، ضمن منافسات الجولة الرابعة عشر من بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.
وحسم التعادل الإيجابي 1/1 مباراة ليفربول أمام سندرلاند في مواجهة قوية للغاية واستمرت إثارتها حتى اللحظات الأخيرة.
بتلك النتيجة، احتل ليفربول المركز الثامن برصيد 22 نقطة في جدول ترتيب الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز “بريميرليج”.
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واستطاع فيرتز أن يساهم في هدف التعادل في الدقيقة 81 بعد مهارة كبيرة من نجم خط الوسط الألماني واخترق منطقة الجزاء وسدد الكرة على يمين حارس سندرلاند، لكنها ارتطمت في قدم مدافع الخصم نوردي موكيلي.
وقال فلوريان فيرتز لاعب وسط ليفربول لشبكة سكاي سبورتس: “أردنا الفوز لكن النتيجة انتهت بالتعادل بطريقة سيئة للغاية”.
وعن موسمه حتى الآن: “لقد استقبلني الفريق بحفاوة وترحيب كبير، إنه فريق جيد جدًا وأنا سعيد جدًا بوجودي هنا في ليفربول”.
وأتم: “نحن في طريقنا للعودة بقوة ونبذل قصارى جهدنا للعودة والفوز بالمباريات، كنا نرغب في الفوز اليوم ونريد أن نكون في صدارة جدول الترتيب، علينا فقط مواصلة العمل الجاد ونأمل أن تتغير الأمور للأحسن”.
Ronaldo Fenômeno vive sua maior crise como gestor da SAF do Cruzeiro, e o ex-jogador possui conversas avançadas para negociar as ações com Pedro Lourenço, dono da rede varejista Supermercados BH. A informação é do jornalista Samuel Venâncio.
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As porcentagens e valores do negócio serão anunciados na próxima semana, mas a mudança no comando da SAF do Cruzeiro será de forma gradual. 90% das ações estão sob controle da Tara Sports, empresa de Ronaldo Fenômeno.
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Quando se tornou sócio-majoritário, Ronaldo assinou documento no qual consta que ele não poderia vender o controle da SAF a um terceiro durante o período de 60 meses, ou até alcançar os R$ 350 milhões de investimento adicionais.
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O momento recente do Cruzeiro, eliminado pelo Sousa-PB na Copa do Brasil e o vice-campeonato para o Atlético-MG, na final do Campeonato Mineiro, deixaram a relação entre a torcida e Ronaldo Fenômeno mais tensa, com protestos cobrando o ex-jogador.
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A ida de Pedro Martins, diretor de futebol da Cruzeiro, para o Vasco, foi o estopim para a crise vivida por Ronaldo na Toca da Raposa.
The Premier League is finally back tomorrow, and Arsenal continue their campaign with the North London Derby on Sunday afternoon.
However, it could be a more challenging game than last year, as even with Martin Odegaard back in training, Mikel Arteta’s side could be without several key players.
The manager wouldn’t say whether the likes of Viktor Gyokeres, Noni Madueke, Kai Havertz or Gabriel Martinelli were back in contention, for example, but one player who is sure to be out is Gabriel Magalhaes.
The Brazilian centre-back is set to be out for at least a few weeks, and while that’s a massive blow, the solution could be to move another defender into a different position.
Arsenal's record against Spurs
Arsenal’s game against Spurs on Sunday afternoon will be the 212th competitive meeting between the rivals.
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Their first encounter came all the way back in November 1896, when the Gunners were still south of the River, and ended in a 2-1 Arsenal victory.
Since then, while the Lilywhites have had periods of dominance, it’s the red side of North London that have had the better of the rivalry, winning 89 games, drawing 55 and losing 67.
Unsurprisingly, Arteta’s side have been even more dominant than that in recent years, losing just two of the last ten meetings, drawing one and winning the other seven.
Moreover, the title chasers are undefeated in their last six games against their old enemy and, despite being in a spot of bother form-wise at the time, won the most recent meeting 2-1.
Arsenal’s recent record v Spurs
Season
Home/Away
Result
22/23
Away
2-0 (W)
23/24
Home
2-2 (D)
23/24
Away
3-2 (W)
24/25
Away
1-0 (W)
24/25
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What makes that win all the more impressive is that Son Heung-min actually opened the scoring for the visitors in the 25th minute.
However, Arsenal were back in front just 19 minutes later, thanks to a Dominic Solanke own goal and a brilliant effort from Leandro Trossard.
With all that said, even though Arteta has consistently gotten the better of Spurs, the game on Sunday will be a tough one, but he might already have a solution to Gabriel’s injury.
Arteta's solution to Gabriel's injury
The good news for Arsenal is that there are a few ways Arteta can go about replacing Gabriel.
For example, he could bring Cristhian Mosquera back into the side, play Ben White there or even hand a start to Piero Hincapie.
However, the former is right-footed, White hasn’t played at centre-back in a long time, and the Ecuadorian is still unproven in this team, so throwing him into a derby might be unwise.
Therefore, while it might not be the most popular decision, Arteta should move Riccardo Calafiori from left-back into the Brazilian’s position.
Now, there are a few reasons for this, and the first is that, like the injured star, the Italian international is left-footed, and while that might not seem all that important at first, it really is.
It gives the defence some real balance and makes it easier for him to play out from the back when going up the left-hand side of the pitch.
The second reason the dynamic defender should be moved into the back two is that he’s already got plenty of experience playing there.
For example, during his time with Bologna, he made 29 appearances at centre-back and only six as a full-back. Moreover, during pre-season, he once again played there when Gabriel was out with the injury he picked up against Fulham last season.
Finally, the 23-year-old “wild horse,” as dubbed by the Telegraph’s Sam Dean, has already played plenty of football this season, so he should be far more familiar with the tactics than one of the other options. And while he did return early from international duty, there is a good chance he is ready to play.
Ultimately, while Arteta has several options to replace Gabriel on Sunday, he should go with the £120k-per-week Calafiori.
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