wellnessfitpro
Key events
Australia and Brazil are playing one another in a friendly with kick-off less than an hour away, you can keep up to date with all of the action here:
Some breaking news for you, Chelsea have been charged with breaching a Football Association rule in their 3-2 win over Fulham last month. The governing body alleges the club broke rule E21 in the ninth minute of the match where the Blues “failed to ensure its spectators and/or supporters did not behave in an improper, offensive, abusive or insulting way. It’s further alleged that this behaviour was discriminatory in that it included a reference, whether express or implied, to religion or belief”.
Jacob Steinberg
Anthony Gordon has sided with Thomas Tuchel’s assertion that controlling games through possession is not part of English football’s DNA. Although Gordon revealed surprise at being substituted when England were 1-0 up in their World Cup semi-final against Argentina, the winger refused to blame the defeat on Tuchel’s decisions and argued that wider cultural issues influenced the side’s collapse.
England’s perennial struggle to keep the ball when under pressure flared when a place in the final was within touching distance in July, allowing Argentina to fight back and go through with two late goals. The pain has not gone away and there has been intense scrutiny of Tuchel’s role in Atlanta. The head coach’s tactical choices were criticised and he faced a backlash after saying “ball possession” was not in his team’s DNA.
One of the best players in the world right now is Raphinha and Sid Lowe sat down with him about life at Barca, read here:
The Premier League may be on an international break but there are some English domestic games happening this weekend in the Women’s Super League. There are some big matches too with two derbies.
Liverpool host Everton, while Arsenal travel to Chelsea in some tasty fixtures. Here is the full line-up (all times in BST):
-
Charlton Athletic v Manchester City, Saturday, 1.30pm
-
London City Lionesses v Brighton, Saturday, 5pm
-
Manchester United v West Ham, Sunday, 1pm
-
Birmingham City v Crystal Palace, Sunday, 2pm
-
Liverpool v Everton, Sunday, 2pm
-
Tottenham v Aston Villa, Sunday, 2pm
-
Chelsea v Arsenal, Sunday, 4.30pm
The Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga and Serie A have issued a joint statement calling for reform at Fifa. In a rare coordinated move, the leagues have criticised the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, making reference to his abandoned World Cup sell-off plan – the Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) scheme – and the Folarin Balogun affair.
The four leagues have taken aim at Fifa’s “relentless expansionism” and said leagues, together with national associations, clubs, and players, need a greater role in decision-making.
“Football’s longstanding foundations have, in recent years, been threatened by a fundamental governance problem, whereby Fifa’s president has actively promoted exploitative ideas rather than safeguarding against them,” the statement said. “And while football’s stakeholders ultimately forced the withdrawal of the Fifa Forward Enterprise scheme, the conditions that led to FFE remain.
“The Fifa president has now acknowledged the need for reform, but it is not enough for surface-level, process changes to be explored in the aftermath of FFE – fundamental governance reform is essential to restore clear constitutional boundaries within Fifa, including confidence that individual disciplinary matters remain demonstrably insulated from political interference.”
Ben Fisher
There was a comic-strip feel to another eventful evening in the kingdom of Cristiano Ronaldo. Where to start? It was the 67th minute when his No 7 went up on the fourth official’s board, the cue to remove the captain’s armband from his left bicep before departing to a universal ovation, but for the pocket of Wales supporters.
The referee, Donatas Rumsas, hurried him off the pitch but Ronaldo, his hair glazed copper, was presumably ruminating on a series of missed chances, a sitter from a few yards at the start of the second half, and his disallowed goal, after skating offside to latch on to a Bruno Fernandes pass. The grandiose “Siu” celebration went to waste, though try telling that to the locals who worship him.
Some news from yesterday’s games:
Some football fans thought they were going to see Dele Alli return to the pitch as Barnet FC teased a post on X that said “We’ve got….”, using Alli’s chant from his time at Spurs. Instead it seems the club were teasing the anniversary of their manager, Dean Brennan, joining the club five years ago. That would have been a generational signing if it were what supporters were thinking.
There were news reports that Alli would train with Barnet but it is not confirmed when that would take place.
Erling Haaland scored seven goals at his first World Cup this past summer and in his first Norway game since that tournament he was on the scoresheet twice in a 3-2 win over Denmark.
The first was a first-touch finish after being set-up by Antonio Nusa and his second saw him turn home the ball from a corner.
Germany drew 1-1 against the Netherlands yesterday but the headline news from the game is Kai Havertz picking up an injury. The Arsenal star came off after 30 minutes with a muscle problem and Jamal Musiala also came off with an injury. The Germany manager Jurgen Klopp said post match:
The negative highlights are obviously the two injuries to Jamal and Kai.
Both are muscular injuries. Jamal’s happened before the game and Kai’s relatively early in the game. At the moment they’re either still having an MRI, on the way there or already finished. But we don’t have any results yet.
Nations League fixtures (all times in BST):
-
Georgia v Northern Ireland, 5pm
-
Armenia v Latvia, 5pm
-
Sweden v Romania, 7.45pm
-
Montenegro v Cyprus, 7.45pm
-
Hungary v Ukraine, 7.45pm
-
Italy v Belgium, 7.45pm
-
Turkiye v France, 7.45pm
-
Poland v Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7.45pm
Preamble
Hello and welcome to today’s football blog which will bring you all the latest news from across the sport, including Nations League build-up.
A full list of fixtures for today’s matches will follow shortly but we will also have preview content for England’s match against the world champions Spain too, that game is happening on Saturday.
If any breaking news drops we will also have you covered and we would also love to hear from you. The Traitors is returning to TV screens soon in both the UK and the US so I would like to know who you think is a traitor in football. Did a player sign for a rival club? Did a star celebrate a goal against a former team? Let me know your thoughts by emailing me.
Right let’s get this show on the road, shall we?
#Havertz #injury #latest #Haaland #fires #Norway #victory #England #Spain #buildup #football #news #live #Football
