Sunderland’s Elliot Embleton set for extended run in the team

What a strange time this is for Sunderland.

The Black Cats are at the centre of a potential takeover and they have just hired a new manager in Lee Johnson.

However, they now won’t play for a fortnight with their next three games were postponed.

On the chalkboard

Just as the positivity had been reinstalled at the Stadium of Light after their 4-0 win over Lincoln, proceedings in the north-east have become rather depressing again.

Because of an outbreak of COVID-19 within the squad, the Academy of Light has been shut until December 27th with a variety of players now having to self isolate.

Four players have tested positive for the pandemic which has only added to an ongoing list of fitness concerns within the squad.

Denver Hume is currently out injured while Luke O’Nien has a dislocated shoulder and is out until the New Year.

However, they received another damaging blow this week when Johnson revealed that Josh Scowen could miss as many as seven weeks with a shin injury.

It really does feel as though Sunderland players are dropping like flies at the moment.

The solution

Fortunately for the Black Cats, they do have a number of midfield players available to them. With Max Power ruled out against Wimbledon, George Dobson came back into the XI and was paired next to the ever-reliable and ever-consistent Grant Leadbitter.

Though, with Scowen missing they needed to find another midfielder from somewhere.

That happened to be Elliot Embleton, a man who usually prefers to play in more advanced roles. The 21-year-old had a serious hamstring injury last season which meant he didn’t play at all for Sunderland and to this day, he has still only featured on 16 occasions for the first-team.

He’s never truly had a consistent run to establish himself as a regular but now with a host of players out and lacking fitness, his chance could arrive.

It’s unfortunate the youngster never really got an opportunity under Jack Ross or Phil Parkinson. After all, the former held him in high esteem. “Embleton has been terrific since he came back for pre-season. You can see what he can provide in the final third, so I was pleased with that,” Ross commented in July 2019.

Of course, his season was ruined by injury last term but he is now fully fit and has developed nicely.

Against Wimbledon, the midfielder was assured and composed as he completed 88% of his passes, created two chances and had two shots.

If we see more of that, it’s likely Embleton will be in the team more. He definitely deserves a run.

In other news, Johnson must unleash Sunderland talent with “magic feat”…

Primeiro treino do dia não indica time do Internacional para estreia

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O primeiro treino do Internacional do dia, realizado na manhã desta segunda-feira, no CT Parque do Gigante, não indicou com qual time o Internacional enfrentará o Coritiba, na quarta, pela rodada inicial da Primeira Liga.

Em um primeiro momento, o técnico Argel Fucks dividiu o elenco colorado em dois grupos, com os considerados titulares na academia, enquanto os demais realizaram um trabalho com bola. Na sequência, foi a vez de os titulares realizarem atividades no gramado.

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Argel orientou um trabalho em campo reduzido, utilizando três times. Trabalho realizado sob o forte sol que virou característico no verão de Porto Alegre. A tendência é que o treinador colorado comande um treino tático nesta tarde, às 16h, novamente no CT Parque do Gigante.

O duelo contra o Coritiba está marcado para as 21h45 desta quarta, no Beira-Rio. Já no domingo, o Colorado terá outra estreia pela frente: o rival será o Ypiranga de Erechim, às 19h30, novamente diante de sua torcida.

حسن حمدي يعلن تأييده لقائمة محمود الخطيب في انتخابات الأهلي

أعلن حسن حمدي رئيس النادي الأهلي السابق، تأييده لقائمة محمود الخطيب رئيس النادي الحالي، المترشح لنفس المنصب في الانتخابات القادمة.

ومن المقرر أن تجرى انتخابات النادي الأهلي يوم 26 نوفمبر الجاري، لاختيار مجلس إدارة جديد لمدة 4 سنوات قادمة.

وحرص حسن حمدي على حضور ندوة الخطيب في فرع الشيخ زايد مساء اليوم الأربعاء، ليعلن تأييده لقائمة محمود الخطيب بالكامل.

وخص بالمساندة والدعم الأستاذ خالد مرتجي المرشح على منصب أمانة الصندوق في تأكيد واضح على أن هذا الاختيار يصب في مصلحة النادي.

طالع | تعرف علي المرشحين للانتخابات الأهلي.. منافس وحيد للخطيب

وتضم قائمة محمود الخطيب في انتخابات الأهلي، كل من العامري فاروق نائباً وخالد مرتجي أميناً ‏للصندوق ‏والعضوية ‏فوق ‏السن: محمد شوقي وطارق قنديل ومحمد الدماطي ومهند مجدي ‏ومحمد ‏الغزاوي وحسام ‏غالي ‏ومحمد سراج الدين والعضوية تحت السن: محمد الجارحي ومي ‏عاطف.‏

طلعت يوسف: لاعبو الإسماعيلي يفتقدون الروح والفريق يحتاج تدعيم في كل المراكز

تحدث طلعت يوسف المدير الفني السابق لفريق الإسماعيلي، عن انهاء تعاقده مع الدراويش وأزمته مع رئيس النادي الجديد يحيى الكومي.

وقال يوسف في تصريحات تلفزيونية بفضائية “صدى البلد” عبر برنامج “الماتش”: “موقفي مع الكومي يسيء لنادي الإسماعيلي ولا أريد تذكره”.

وأضاف: “مازال لدي مستحقات متأخرة لدي الإسماعيلي بجانب قيمة الشرط الجزائي، ونائب رئيس الدراويش وعد بصرف مستحقاتي وقال لي، كلمتي واحدة”.

وواصل: “الإسماعيلي يحتاج للدعم بشدة، والحل الوحيد للإسماعيلي هو التعاقد مع 6 أو 8 صفقات مكلفة جدًا في يناير المقبل، وإصابتي بفيروس كورونا منعتني من الحصول على وقت كاف للعمل مع الفريق”.

طالع | الكومي: إذا ترك الزمالك لنا المباراة فهذا شيء جيد.. ومددنا تعاقد لاعب الإسماعيلي

وأردف: “الإسماعيلي يحتاج للدعم في جميع المراكز والحديث عن وجود الفريق في المربع الذهبي لتسكين الجماهير فقط، وتصريح رئيس الإسماعيلي أن الإسماعيلي سيفوز على الزمالك من أسوأ التصريحات”.

واختتم: “شعرت أن لاعبي الإسماعيلي يفتقدون للروح والإصرار في المباريات السابقة للدوري، وأمتلك عرضًا خليجيا ولم أحسم موقفي إلى الآن”.

Fora da estreia do São Paulo, Lugano e Calleri aparecem no BID

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O São Paulo não contará com Diego Lugano e Jonathan Calleri na estreia do Campeonato Paulista, já que os dois reforços ainda fazem trabalhos de fortalecimento e recondicionamento físico. Mesmo assim, ambos apareceram no Boletim Informativo Diário da CBF na tarde desta sexta-feira e estão regularizados e prontos para jogarem.

O zagueiro uruguaio busca um reequilíbrio muscular antes de se colocar à disposição do técnico Edgardo Bauza. Nesta sexta-feira, o jogador deu sequência ao tratamento no Reffis e encerrou o dia com atividades na piscina do CT da Barra Funda. Patón, mesmo otimista, afirmou não ter previsão de quando poderá contar com Lugano.

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Jonathan Calleri, oficializado pelo clube do Morumbi na manhã desta sexta-feira, também esteve no CT da Barra Funda, mas, ao contrário de Lugano, deixou o local pouco depois da chegada dos jornalistas, por volta das 11h. O treinamento foi fechado à imprensa. O argentino deve estar pronto em poucos dias.

Ambos não foram relacionados por Bauza para o confronto deste sábado, às 19h30, contra o Red Bull Brasil, no estádio Moisés Lucarelli, em Campinas, válido pela estreia do São Paulo no Campeonato Paulista.

Marcel Brands faces uncomfortable questions on Andre Gomes’ Everton future

Marcel Brands will soon face uncomfortable questions over Andre Gomes’ long-term Everton future as the midfielder continues to struggle under Carlo Ancelotti.

Gomes has not started a Premier League fixture since the Toffees were beaten 2-1 by Newcastle United on November 1st, and failed to offer a serious impact from the bench as he earned his 10th outing of the term against Sheffield United on Saturday.

Ancelotti has instead favoured a midfield pivot of Gylfi Sigurdsson, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Allan in recent weeks, while selecting Tom Davies to hold down the engine room after losing Allan to a hamstring injury at Leicester City.

It was Gomes who came off the bench to replace Allan at the King Power Stadium, yet the Portuguese playmaker was omitted from the following matchday squad against Arsenal and was only given the final 16 minutes at Bramall Lane on Boxing Day to offer Davies a rest.

Davies excelled against Chris Wilder’s relegation-threatened Blades with eight ground duels won, three successful dribbles from three attempts and 52 accurate passes, per SofaScore. He additionally made a successful tackle and blocked a shot, while being fouled four times.

Gomes came off the bench to play a mere five passes and lost possession four times, days after Darren Bent suggested the former FC Barcelona maestro had been exposed for his lack of pace and power during the Toffees’ Carabao Cup quarter-final defeat.

“I was disappointed in Gomes because he’s a wonderful footballer, but then again I don’t think he played particularly badly, I just think Manchester United swarmed the midfield and were by far the better team,” Bent told Football Insider.

“There are times when the opposition’s midfield are quite quick, they’re dynamic, they get about, I think that’s where Gomes lacks real legs in the middle of the park. So, you see Doucoure, he can get about the pitch even if he hasn’t quite got the quality on the ball like Gomes.”

Everton’s Director of Football Brands will soon face difficult questions over Gomes’ long-term Goodison Park future if he cannot force his way back into Ancelotti’s plans, with the £18m-rated man among the highest earners at the club on a £112,000-per-week contract.

The Blues have also been linked with numerous potential midfield signings after Ancelotti deemed the position an area of concern, with Real Madrid’s Isco and Juventus’ Sami Khedira among those touted to be on the move.

Though Brands’ immediate attention will be toward offloading the likes of Cenk Tosun, who West Bromwich Albion are interested in taking on loan in the upcoming January transfer window (Print version of the Sunday People, 27/12, p. 57).

Tosun, who Baggies boss Sam Allardyce signed for £27m whilst in charge on Merseyside, has played just 33 minutes across all competitions thus far this season and is certainly one Everton will want to offload.

AND in other news, an Everton ace enjoying his “best moment” let Carlo Ancelotti down against Sheffield United.

Spurs calamity Eric Dier let Jose Mourinho down abysmally in Leicester City defeat

Tottenham Hotspur slipped to a second Premier League defeat in five days earlier this afternoon.Jose Mourinho’s struggling side were well-beaten by Leicester City in north London as they sunk six points adrift of the league leaders.Jamie Vardy opened the scoring for the visitors from the spot after Serge Aurier brought down Wesley Fofana on the stroke of half-time before Toby Alderweireld made matters worse by turning the ball into his own net on the hour mark.Both Serge Aurier and Moussa Sissoko were the key disappointments from a Spurs perspective, but so was Eric Dier, who is usually a player that the ‘Special One’ has been able to hugely rely on this term.Journalist Alasdair Gold was particularly critical in his post-match ratings for football.london, grading his performance a five out of ten, he said:”Would have been caught out for Maddison’s ruled-out goal. Again some really sloppy moments in possession and dithering on the ball, including gifting Leicester a chance late on.”Indeed the England colossus, who earns around £85k-per-week in N17, was wasteful to the point of costing Spurs dearly.The 26-year-old lost possession a whopping 24 times, which was more than any other player on the pitch, via SofaScore.Dier also made just 75% of his 92 passes, had 103 touches without any positive influence, and made just three of 14 of his 12 long ball attempts (21%) – that practically handed the possession back to the Foxes.Despite Brendan Rodgers’s side registering 12 of their 17 shots from inside the box, the long-serving Spurs defender could only muster up one tackle and two blocks all game.The £27m-rated powerhouse truly let his manager down, especially as he struggled to thwart a player he should know all too well in Jamie Vardy.

Dier was rather lucky that it was only a two-goal defeat, as had James Maddison’s finish counted, the spotlight would quite rightly have been thrust onto him, instead of Sissoko, Aurier or even Alderweireld.

He was abysmal today.

AND in other news,ÂSpurs exclusive: Pundit baffled by latest contract update…

بعد قرار الحصول على اللقاح.. إصابة كيميش بفيروس كورونا

أكدت صحيفة “بيلد” الألمانية، إصابة جوشوا كيميش، لاعب وسط بايرن ميونخ بفيروس كورونا (كوفيد 19).

وسيغيب نجم بايرن ميونخ، عن المباريات الثلاثة المقبلة للفريق بما في ذلك المواجهات الكبيرة ضد بوروسيا دورتموند وبرشلونة.

الآن الأخبار ليست رسمية بعد، لكن “بيلد” أكدت أن كيميش مصاب بكورونا بالفعل، ونظرًا لأن الألماني الدولي رفض الحصول على لقاح فيروس كورونا، فسيتعين عليه البقاء في الحجر الصحي لمدة 14 يومًا على الأقل.

وسيحتاج كيميش إلى اختبار PCR سلبي بعد ذلك للسماح له باللعب مرة أخرى.

يأتي هذا بعد ساعات فقط من تأكيد مدرب المنتخب الألماني هانسي فليك أن كيميش قرر أخيرًا الحصول على التطعيم.

وقبل إصابة كيميش، صرح فليك: “نعم، أفترض، أعتقد أن الأمر يسير في هذا الاتجاه، تحدثنا وأعتقد أنها كانت محادثة جيدة للغاية الآن علينا أن ننتظر ونرى”.

وأضاف: “كيميش ليس مسؤولاً عن العدد الكبير من الإصابات لا أعتقد أنه من الجيد أنه يتعرض للتشهير بهذه الطريقة ليس من السهل بالنسبة لكم أيها الشباب التعامل مع شيء من هذا القبيل أعلم أنه يفكر في الكثير من الأشياء إنه ليس شخصًا يتم تطعيمه بسبب الضغط لكن بسبب الاقتناع”.

بصرف النظر عن الحجر الصحي الطويل، من المحتمل أن يغيب كيميش عن المباراة النهائية لدوري أبطال أوروبا في دور المجموعات ضد برشلونة بسبب النقص المحتمل في لياقة المباريات، حتى لو جاء الاختبار السلبي بحلول ذلك الوقت.

الإجراءات التي أعلن عنها بير بايرن مؤخرًا، أنه قد لا يتقاضى راتبه أثناء الحجر الصحي أيضًا، وهو ما سيكون بمثابة ضربة مالية كبيرة له.

من السهل التحدث عن الأفعال والعواقب، لكن هذا لن يجعل أي شيء أسهل على جوليان ناجيلسمان أو بايرن ميونخ.

الكثير من المباريات الكبيرة القادمة بدون لاعب خط وسط ستكون صعبة على الأقل، كان كيميش في الحجر الصحي بالفعل عندما أثبتت إصابته بالفيروس، لذلك لن يحتاج أي شخص آخر إلى عزل نفسه بسببه لهذا السبب توجد هذه اللوائح.

جدير بالذكر أن بايرن ميونخ أعلن اليوم إصابة نشوبو موتينج بفيروس كورونا.

Botafogo quer Rafael Moura e aguarda definição com o Atlético-MG

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A prioridade do Botafogo para a posição de centroavante era a contratação de um estrangeiro, mas um fato novo pode mudar este cenário. Este fato se chama Rafael Moura. O He-Man já foi até aprovado nos exames médicos para defender o Atlético-MG, mas a negociação não foi concretizada ainda e o clube de General Severiano fez uma proposta ao jogador. Agora, resta aguardar.

Atualmente no Internacional, Rafael Moura está desde 2012 no Colorado. Nunca foi unanimidade em Porto Alegre, mas, aos 32 anos, poderia ser o nome experiente que a diretoria do Glorioso tanto sonha.

Em termos salariais, o atual vínculo do atacante é de pouco mais de R$ 400 mil. A proposta do Galo foi para receber cerca da metade deste valor, o que torna o atleta viável para o Alvinegro Carioca.

Rafael Moura não faz parte dos planos de Argel Fucks para esta temporada. Tanto que nem foi inscrito no Campeonato Gaúcho. O Botafogo tem Luis Henrique, de 17 anos, e Ribamar, de 18, para a posição.

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Campeonato Baiano supera Carioca em média de público na primeira rodada

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Iniciado no último final de semana, o Campeonato Baiano registrou boa média de público no pontapé inicial do torneio. Mesmo com uma partida da primeira rodada ainda a acontecer – entre Galícia e Jacobina, marcada para o dia 11–, a presença do torcedor nos estádios foi significativa e comemorada pela Federação Bahiana de Futebol, cuja média supera a de estaduais relevantes no país, como o Campeonato Carioca.

Na rodada inaugural, o Baianão teve, ao todo, 15.200 torcedores. O índice de 3.040 pessoas por jogo é maior do que o estadual do Rio de Janeiro, por exemplo, que registrou, aproximadamente, 2.400 pessoas em oito jogos.

A competição levou mais pessoas aos estádios também se comparada à edição do ano passado. Em 2015, o montante foi de 13.025 e, a divisão de pagantes por confronto, de 2.170 em média – mesmo com um jogo a mais.

– É muito bom começar o estadual com uma média maior em relação ao ano passado. Queremos sempre estádios com bom público. Também é positivo observar bons públicos nos jogos do interior – afirmou Ednaldo Rodrigues, presidente da Federação Baiana de Futebol.

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Mandante do duelo de maior público da primeira rodada, o Vitória recebeu 6.733 torcedores (pagantes), mais que Flamengo e Boavista, 6.218, e outros seis confrontos do Campeonato Carioca – apenas Vasco x Madureira teve mais espectadores. A diretoria Rubro-Negro promoveu promoções para a partida de estreia e contou com o público que superou jogos de equipes do porte de Flamengo, Fluminense e Botafogo.

Outro destaque da rodada baiana foi o bom público para assistir Flamengo de Guanambi e Vitória da Conquista, que jogaram para 2.527 pessoas no Estádio 02 de Julho. A primeira rodada do Campeonato Baiano será fechada por Galícia e Jacobina, dia 11 de fevereiro, às 18h, na Arena Fonte Nova.

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