Tournaments

*with Simão Duarte

Do this Wednesday one year since Cristiano Ronaldo’s presentationwith pomp and circumstance, in Mrsool Park, in Riyadh, as the new number 7 of Al Nassr. Some of the most unexpected transfers in world football.

Following the interview with Piers Morgan, which worsened the disputes between CR7 and Manchester United, the Portuguese star ended his connection with Red Devils and then ended up heading to Al Nassr. A strong signal from the Saudi market, which opened its purse strings and began to attract some of the sport’s biggest stars.

In Portugal and Arabia, thousands of people watched Ronaldo take to the field. Cristiano arrived in Arabia “very proud of having made this decision. In Europe, my work is done. I won everything, played for the most important clubs and now it’s a new challenge in Asia. Al Nassr gave me this opportunity to develop football, women’s football, young people and for me it is a challenge, but I feel very happy and proud.”

Since then, several renowned players have joined the League: Sadio Mané, Benzema, Kanté, Fabinho, Mahrez, among many others. Several Portuguese also joined, including Otávio and Luís Castro, who went to Al Nassr, without forgetting Rúben Neves, Jorge Jesus and Jota.

The Saudi League has since grown exponentially in all aspects. It is, at this stage, considered by many to be the largest market outside Europe.

In addition to his influence off the field, on the field, Ronaldo’s numbers speak for themselves: since his arrival, in 50 games, he has scored 44 goals and provided 13 assists. Cristiano is living a dream season, as this season he reached 200 caps for the National Team and was the player with the most goals scored in the 2023 calendar year: 54!

In terms of trophies, note the conquest of the Union of Arab Football Associations Cup, although the task is not easy in the current Saudi championship, with a very powerful Al Hilal.

Numbers, regardless of the context, only within the reach of the best for someone aged 38. The decision, unquestionably, gave new life to CR7 and new eyes focused on the Middle East. What to expect from next year of this adventure?

2024-01-03 20:15:00
#year #arrival #king #changed #CR7 #Saudi #Arabia #zerozero.pt

In a practically one-way game and where Valencia took advantage of Villarreal’s inertia with the ball, the club once again showed that it is much better than in recent seasons and beat Submarino Amarelo, in turn far from what has been seen in recent years, for 3-1.

Playing at home, Valencia have been absolutely insurmountable – they haven’t lost at the Mestalla since the end of September – and they soon showed that they wanted to continue that way. At 4′, Gaya was unmarked with a long ball on the left, took advantage of a poor approach from the defenders and served former Benfica player Yaremchuk for the opening goal of the match.

Submarino was asked for a response to this poor start to the match, but the truth is that Marcelino Toral’s men seemed completely haphazard and uninspired and Valencia’s simple processes were arriving perfectly to be on top and creating danger, until, At 27′, he benefited from a penalty and Pepelu, formerly of Vitória SC and Tondela, successfully converted.

The 1st half had seemed easy for a mature and efficient Valencia team and Villarreal even came back with a different attitude for the 2nd half – they had a goal disallowed at the end of the 1st half, to Morales, in one of the few quality moves they had, for offside -, which made it seem like we would have a more divided match, but a handball from Adrià Alti allowed Pepelu to make it 3-0, in the 57th minute.

In the first instance, Villarreal reacted well again and ended up managing to reduce it, in the 73rd minute, in a great individual play by Akhomach on the right, which left Gaya nailed to the ground with a great dribble in the middle of the area and assisted Gerard Moreno, but the The truth is that the pace dropped a lot after that 3-1 and Valencia took the opportunity to manage. In stoppage time, at 90+3, Pepelu almost completed the hat-trick with a great free kick, but Jorgensen made a great save and the result remained unchanged.

2024-01-02 22:34:00
#Yaremchuk #Pepelu #sink #Yellow #Submarine #zerozero.pt

Portuguese midfielder Paulo Bernardo, who is on loan from Benfica, has been enchanting for Celtic in recent weeks and, this Tuesday afternoon, made two assists, in an impressive performance the eye, on the Scottish victory against St. Mirren by 0-3. In the end, he deserved high praise from Brendan Rodgers, his current coach.

“Sometimes, big clubs don’t have patience with younger players, you can see that Paulo is evolving. When you have young people, this is what normally happens if they have the right mentality and attitude,” the coach began by saying, at the end of the match.

“He started well in the last few games, scored goals, assisted and has been putting his foot down. He is a persistent player. I’m absolutely delighted, now it has to be consistent,” he added.

This season, Paulo Bernardo has 15 games, two goals and two assists for Celtic, and these four direct contributions (goals and assists) were all achieved in the last three games.Â

Remember that Celtic has an option to purchase the Portuguese midfielder from Benfica, the value of which is not known.

2024-01-02 22:45:00
#Celtic #delighted #Paulo #Bernardo #absolutely #delighted #zerozero.pt

This Sunday, Liverpool announced the return of Fábio Carvalho, an athlete who was loaned to RB Leipzig. The link with the German team was established by the end of the season, but the Portuguese ended up returning to Anfield early.

In an official statement, Jürgen Klopp’s team did not specify the reasons behind this decision. Remember that the Portuguese signed for the English team in the summer of 2022, having played for 21 occasions in the main team.

The 21-year-old midfielder competed 15 meetings at the service of the copshaving not contributed any goals this season.

Fabio Carvalho has returned to Liverpool from his loan spell with RB Leipzig:

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 31, 2023

Fábio Carvalho

2023-12-31 18:13:00
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When asked at a press conference regarding Fran Navarro’s possible departure, Sérgio Conceição got straight to the point and confirmed the scenario.

«Leave, you will be part of the Olympiacos squad. I’m talking about the players who are here”, replied the FC Porto coach, being completely succinct in his words.

Remember that the dragons reached an agreement with the Greek emblem to transfer Fran Navarro until the end of the season, as confirmed by the zerozero with the technical structure of the Greeks, after the news had been advanced in Athens.

Fran Navarro is 25 years old and scored 37 goals in two seasons at Barcelos. At FC Porto, he was always behind the Taremi-Evanilson duo, having performed 279 minutes and scored a solitary goal against CDC Montalegre.

Fran Navarro

2023-12-29 23:47:00
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Following the victory against FC Famalicão (3-0)Rafa, scorer of a goal and an assist, left a message that sounds like a farewell.

«It’s a pleasure to play here. Thank my colleagues who are the ones I want to share every moment with. That’s what I’m going to miss,” said the striker, in flash interview.

Regarding the game, the ’27’ jersey highlighted the preponderance of the triumph: «It was a fair victory. We got what we wanted, which was victory. It’s important to get off on the right foot next year.»

“It doesn’t matter who scores (goals) or not, what matters is that the team wins,†he added.

Remember that the 30-year-old athlete ends his contract with eagles at the end of June, being free to sign with any team at no cost. However, the most recent statements suggest a possible transfer as early as January.

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2023-12-29 20:57:00
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