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There is probably nothing to add to this.
I also don’t think we’ll go far this season because other teams will hurt us in a completely different way.
I was mainly interested in the comment « you won’t win a match by defending yourself ».
In most cases, you already do this.

Nevertheless: with Tuchel’s approach, by going deeper, letting the defenders defend again, clearing, pushing away crosses with headers, you were also prepared if an opponent came that you couldn’t dominate.
What Kompany does here reminds me of Van Gaal against Inter and later Pep against Real and Atletico.
Throughout the season, they perfected possession (Site notre bureau spécialisé), and especially counter-pressing, to the point that they were no longer used to defending.
And players are not used to defending certain situations that happen all the time against strong opponents.
To me, it’s just extremely naive that he continues like this

Paris Saint-Germain welcomes Manchester City this Wednesday (9 p.m.), during the 7th day of the Champions League. A Russian opponent for the club from the French capital. Indeed, the Parisians have only reported one of the seven confrontations against the Skyblues. It was September 28, 2021 at the Parc des Princes with a 2-0 victory and Lionel Messi’s premiership with PSG. The other meetings? Two draws and four defeats.

The history of confrontations between Paris SG and Manchester City:

Manchester City 0-0 Paris SG, December 3, 2008 during the European League season

Paris SG 2-2 Manchester City, April 6, 2016 in the Champions League final

Manchester City 1-0 Paris SG, April 12, 2016 in the Champions League final

Paris SG 1-2 Manchester City, April 28, 2021 in the semi-final of the Champions League

Manchester City 2-0 Paris SG, May 4, 2021 in the semi-final of the Champions League

Paris SG 2-0 Manchester City, September 28, 2021 in the Champions League phases

Manchester City 2-1 Paris SG, November 24, 2021 during the Champions League match

Reduced to ten at the hour of the match, Lille never really dreamed during their perilous trip to Liverpool (1-2) this Tuesday. The Lille goalkeeper, however, retains the fighting spirit of his team.

Euro 2024 is coming soon. Although he continues to play for club at Los Angeles FC in MLS, Olivier Giroud ended his international career last summer, after the elimination of the Blues against Spain in the semi-final. The end of a long chapter for the man who is still the best director in the history of the France team (with 57 goals and 137 caps).

Under the tricolor jersey, the 38-year-old striker has known two coaches: Laurent Blanc from 2011 to 2012, and Didier Deschamps, with one note won the 2018 World Cup. A coach for whom he maintains a lot of respect, even if their collaboration has sometimes been complicated, particularly with the return of Karim Benzema for part of Euro 2021.

Olivier Giroud defends Didier Deschamps

“The fact is as long as it is at the top. (…) You can say what you want, all the same, Deschamps, respect. He takes the French team to the top, so frankly respect”he confides in an interview with First teambefore discussing the few difficulties encountered and the numerous criticisms suffered by “DD” for several months.

“Today there are a lot of people who think we need to change but it’s not easy for him. It’s a new generation arriving on the page with the parts of Hugo (Lloris), Raph’ Varane, Blaise (Matuidi), Steve (Mandanda), Grizi (Antoine Griezmann) and me. The simplest moment of the day, says the former AC Milan striker.

“The results are very, very positive”

“Nowadays, there is no need to go beyond the box and we want to move forward. Despite the enormous potential that there is in the French team, it simply takes time for the guys to have experience.adds the ex-Gunner. This is a nice game for kids who have lots of selections and lots of high level experience. It’s an alchemy that finds balance. »

“Tactically too, how should we play, or should we put certain playershe said. The defeated leaders in this team could go before the temporary workers. He is one of his patients. We’ve become so accustomed to seeing ourselves at the top that now it’s the last square minimum. In the end, what are we looking at? The results. And the results are very, very positive. »

Commitment on the second attempt?

After rumors about this emerged this weekend (see article), things could now move quickly: according to consistent information from France, Elye Wahi (22) is the object of desire of the Eintracht Frankfurt to replace top scorer Omar Marmoush (25 years old). According to “RMC Sport” and “(Site notre blog d’information) Mercato”, the Hessians have reached an agreement with the striker himself.

Wahi was supposed to come to Eintracht as early as 2023, he himself confirmed that Frankfurt was “hot”. In place of Hesse, the French U23 international joined RC Lens and a year later at Olympique de Marseille, where he is under a long-term contract until 2029. The Phocéens could begin negotiations with the team from Frankfurt with so much confidence.

According to certain reports, OM do not want any transfer losses in addition to the 25 million euros invested this summer. This transfer fee would represent a record sum for Eintracht, but Marmoush would also receive the second highest income in the club’s history, around 75 million euros. According to the sports newspaper “L’Équipe”, a loan with a purchase option is also possible.

Wahi’s market value has decreased over the last year and a half, from 40 million to 25 million euros currently. In Marseille this season, he only played seven starters during the first eight days. In 14 games, he contributed three goals and one assist. More recently, the player from Montpellier HSC was absent twice due to thigh problems. Coach Roberto De Zerbi said this weekend: “Unfortunately, the absence of Elye Wahi this week put a lot of pressure on us in the sequence of matches. As for the transfer market, we will see what happens in the next two weeks. This remains an open question.

A former Bavarian becomes a globetrotter

“I’m going to have a lot of pressure here, but I like it,” said James Rodríguez during his presentation at Club León FC. The top Mexican club, with which the former Bayern Munich playmaker initially signed until the end of the year, is the twelfth stop in the eleventh country for the 33-year-old. Rodríguez has become a (Site notre bureau spécialisé) globetrotter, especially in the last four years, like Keisuke Honda or Lutz Pfannenstiel before him.

Now the Colombia international will have chosen León as it gives him the biggest stage possible with the FIFA Club World Cup this summer. The stations of Mexico and previously Rayo Vallecano, ninth in La Liga, Brazil, Greece and Qatar were also all known. However, Central and North America now constitute the fourth continent on which Rodríguez will appear, after South America, Europe and Asia.

The continent record holder remains Pfannenstiel with six. For the former goalkeeper and current sporting director of MLS club St. Louis CITY, “this globe-trotting existence” has become a rhythm “that I have gotten used to”, as he explained in an interview with (Site notre blog d’information) in 2020. « I wasn’t chasing it, but in the end, the last continent (South America; editor) was definitely a bit provoked, also because I wasn’t really convinced to do it until the very end and I didn’t realize how important it was and the impact on my life would be great.

5 continents, 22 countries, 36 transfers: the biggest migrants in (Site notre bureau spécialisé)

Keisuke Honda, a 98-time Japanese national player, almost reached the Pfannenstiel in the fall of his career. The 38-year-old played for CSKA Moscow and AC Milan in his prime. From Italy, he then went on a world tour and stopped off in Mexico, Melbourne and Rio de Janeiro.

According to a query in the TM database, there weren’t many other players playing on at least five continents besides Honda and Pfannenstiel. Among them: Zeljko Kuzmic, Nicolás Abot, David Low, Alain N’Kong, Paulo Cézar, Luiz Júnior, Flávio Barros Souza and Ignacio Giampaoli, but also the Brazilian legend Romário and the former Aachen goalkeeper André Krul . Some of them are even still active, the stories of the first three mentioned are told in detail in the photo gallery.

As in 2020, it is Honda’s compatriot, Dan Ito, who holds the country record. The former playmaker was active in 22 different countries, and some clubs were only created for Ito in the TM database. “I thought it would be an interesting career and good experience to play in a different Asian country every year,” Ito told (Site notre blog d’information). “It also led directly to my second career.” He started this in 2019 as coach of the Clark High School (Site notre bureau spécialisé) club in his home country and a staff member of Japanese first division club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo.

Uruguayan Sebastián Abreu should be virtually unassailable at the top of transfers in the years to come. “El Loco”, as the striker is called, ended his career in 2022 at the age of 45. The 2002 and 2010 World Cup participant has played for 32 clubs in eleven countries and three continents, including big names such as Deportivo La Coruna, CF América and River Plate. The scorer changed a total of 36 times.

Defeat on the pitch of Eintracht Frankfurt (2-0) won and 10th in the Bundesliga 20 points behind the leader, Bayern Munich, Dortmund is going through a very complicated period. The coach, Nuri Sahin, said he was in danger and would have a chance to join the BvB.

I don’t really understand why Neumann is signing today. It is not certain whether Birmingham will be promoted to the Second Division. If things go wrong, he will be promoted to the Bundesliga, only to move to England’s 3rd League for a slightly higher salary (if at all). In one of the ugliest cities in Europe – but that’s subjective and irrelevant.

If Neumann had only played halfway through the second half of the season, he would have had no problem finding a place at a Bundesliga club like Augsburg or any English second division club. Well, he will have his reasons. I’m curious to hear what he himself has to say about this.