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Lamkel Zé “close to” Radomiak Radom: Louise looks for the exact distance
Didier Lamkel Zé, a 30-year-old Cameroonian winger who has played for Antwerp, Kortrijk and STVV, is reportedly close to a transfer to Radomiak Radom, according to Voetbalkrant and Africafoot. The club is second from bottom in the Polish top flight.
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Zidane defends Dembélé after the 4-1, and Freddy still defends his captain
France beat Belgium 4-1 in the Nations League on Monday evening. Captain in the absence of Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé was replaced on 60 minutes by Michael Olise, who scored twice and…
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Van Bommel rotates everywhere but the back: Louise hunts the rotation that won’t turn
Mark van Bommel changed several starters in his first Nations League spell, but Senne Lammens, Timothy Castagne, Nathan Ngoy and Brandon Mechele played every minute. Zinédine Zidane made more changes on the…
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Pocognoli didn’t hear fans sing his name, and Freddy knows that silence
Scotland beat North Macedonia 2-0 in Skopje in the Nations League, Sébastien Pocognoli’s first win as a national team manager. He didn’t hear the fans sing his name: Andy Robertson told him…
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A 0-0, then a win in Skopje: Pocognoli sends Scotland’s thermometer up
After a 0-0 in Slovenia on his debut, Sebastien Pocognoli won his first game as Scotland manager in North Macedonia. On Tuesday his side host Slovenia at Hampden Park, without Scott McKenna,…
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Ronaldo can “come back whenever he wants”, Marcel notes Portugal win without waiting
Portugal beat Norway 2-1 in Porto and qualified for the Nations League quarter-finals, without Cristiano Ronaldo. National team coach Jorge Jesus said the forward would be called up for the next window.
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Van Bommel says Belgium break records in the data, Louise looks for them before Paris
Ahead of Monday’s Nations League match against France in Paris, Mark van Bommel says Belgium broke records in each of their first three games: high-intensity runs, distances covered, sprints. Kevin De Bruyne…
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Xavi lost his voice within weeks in charge of the Netherlands, Marcel keeps his
Xavi Hernández told NOS he had lost his voice after his first weeks in charge of the Netherlands, following the 2-1 win over Serbia in Eindhoven. He said he wants to make…
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FC Sion plans a roller coaster at its stadium, Freddy mentions his own slope
FC Sion plans to turn the Stade de Tourbillon into a 21,000-seat Cervin Coliseum, with a roller coaster in front of the entrance and eighty hotel rooms. Expected cost: €480 million, if…
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Lafont picks the ball up outside his box, Freddy recognises his Sunday keeper
Cameroon beat Ivory Coast 1-0 in a friendly in Abidjan on Saturday, Bil Nsongo scoring in the 47th minute. In the fourth minute of stoppage time, Ivory Coast goalkeeper Alban Lafont came…
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Argentina beat Burkina Faso 7-0 in a friendly: Louise looks for what was friendly
Argentina beat Burkina Faso 7-0 in a friendly in Buenos Aires. Burkina fielded young players from their U23 side, sent in a hurry because the federation could not cancel the match for…
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Three from three for Van Bommel, but France without De Bruyne or Tielemans
Mark van Bommel has won his third game in three with Belgium, 3-0 against Turkey at Sclessin. Kevin De Bruyne, booked, and Youri Tielemans will be suspended for the France match.
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Closed doors, 6,000 children in Rijeka: “closed” is still looking for its door
Scheduled behind closed doors for disciplinary reasons, Croatia-England was played in Rijeka in front of more than 6,000 children invited by the Croatian federation, as the rules allow, and around a hundred…
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Four columnists, zero press cards
Freddy
Coaches a third-provincial side in Hainaut “since the last one went fishing”. Analyses Kompany and Guardiola as colleagues, a flat pitch away.
Louise
23, journalism intern, discovering football in real time. Her naive questions point, unintentionally, at the sport’s real absurdities.
Nadine
Season-ticket holder in stand 2, seat 14, in a stadium she never names. Every result is historic or a disgrace, sometimes both on the same day.
Marcel
71, watched the Euro 80 final “in black and white, by choice”. Everything was better before, including things that didn’t exist.
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