tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46228585696995816302024-03-18T04:03:52.625+01:00Thegoalmac BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378892178044235706noreply@blogger.comBlogger22943125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4622858569699581630.post-26933097529947496322018-11-14T13:46:00.000+01:002018-11-14T13:46:03.137+01:00Paul Pogba not interested in Juventus return,claims Man utd is My home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Paul Pogba has ruled out a return to Juventus and reiterated his commitment to Manchester United by describing the club as his "home."</div>
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Pogba joined United's youth academy in 2009 but having failed to break into the first team, joined the Serie A champions in 2012 where he established himself as one of the game's leading midfielders. He made his return to Old Trafford for a then world record £89 million deal in 2016.</div>
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In recent months, there have been question marks over Pogba's United future following various <a href="http://kwese.espn.com/soccer/manchester-united/story/3647595/jose-mourinho-paul-pogba-filmed-in-heated-discussion-at-manchester-united-training" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066cc; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px !important; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">bust-ups with manager Jose Mourinho</a>. The midfielder has been <a href="http://kwese.espn.com/soccer/blog/the-toe-poke/65/post/3649000/juventus-fans-want-paul-pogba-to-return-would-bringing-pogback-be-the-right-move" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066cc; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px !important; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">linked with a return to Juventus</a> but Pogba said his stint with the <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bianconeri</i> was like a "holiday" rather than anything long term.</div>
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"When I came back to United, it was the best feeling ever," Pogba told <a href="https://www.manutd.com/en/printproduct/detail/paul-pogba-shares-warmth-at-coming-back-home-to-united" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066cc; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px !important; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Inside United</a>. "I came back home.</div>
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"I always dreamed of playing for United, to have many games and score goals. Nothing had really changed, except for maybe the team and the manager, but the rest of the club was the same.</div>
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"I just came back home, it was like I didn't really leave -- I just went on holiday. It was a great feeling to come back home."</div>
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Pogba started the campaign as United's vice-captain, as he wore the armband for the opening matches in the absence of skipper Antonio Valencia.</div>
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However, following <a href="http://kwese.espn.com/soccer/manchester-united/story/3643538/manchester-uniteds-paul-pogba-calls-for-more-attacking-football-at-old-trafford" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066cc; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px !important; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">comments about the club's playing style</a>, Mourinho <a href="http://kwese.espn.com/soccer/manchester-united/story/3646542/jose-mourinho-tells-paul-pogba-hell-never-captain-manchester-united-again-sources" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066cc; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px !important; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">stripped the France international of the vice-captaincy role</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://kwese.espn.com/soccer/blog/marcottis-musings/62/post/3698694/man-uniteds-late-collapse-the-talking-point-vs-man-city-plus-dortmund-expose-bayern" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066cc; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px !important; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Pogba missed Sunday's 3-1 defeat in the Manchester derby</a> through an injury which also forced him to <a href="http://kwese.espn.com/soccer/france/story/3698718/france-squad-paul-pogba-anthony-martial-alexandre-lacazette-benjamin-mendy-out-with-injuries" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066cc; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px !important; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">pull out of the France squad</a>, having been called up for the upcoming internationals against Netherlands in the UEFA Nations League as well as the friendly with Uruguay.</div>
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Kylian Mbappe is still too young to buy himself a beer in the U.S., but is a World Cup winner, twice French champion and has a couple of domestic cups in his trophy cabinet at home too. The France forward is the most-talked-about young player in the world and is already among the five best players of any age on the planet right now. And all of that just a month short of his 20th birthday.</div>
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It will feel like a long time ago for him but in two weeks, on Dec. 2, Mbappe will celebrate the third anniversary of his professional debut. It was for AS Monaco against Caen: He came on after 88 minutes to replace Fabio Coentrao at age 16 and 347 days to become the club's youngest-ever first-team player, breaking the record set two decades earlier by Thierry Henry.</div>
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Since then, so much has happened. The last three years have been an incredible rise for the Parisian, yet the most crucial time for Mbappe is more the three years to come than the three just passed. Of course, emerging on the scene the way he did was spectacular. But his ability to keep improving, reach new heights and establish himself among the greats is an even bigger challenge.</div>
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Mbappe will get better -- of that there is no doubt. There is still room for improvement in his game, such as in his finishing or in the air. His work ethic could be better, as could his decision making, and as he gets more experience he will learn how to deal with pressure and expectations better.</div>
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In the next three years, you can also expect him to move to the No. 9 position permanently. He is playing a lot on the wing at the moment, for France and Paris Saint-Germain, but his future lies as a centre-forward. That is his best position and where he can use his amazing qualities in the best way possible.</div>
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He will win more, score more and become even more famous; more adored by fans of his teams and more hated by fans of others. He will have to deal with his increasingly popular status. At the moment, he copes well.</div>
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"[Being famous] is a different life -- a life that I always dreamed of having," he told <a href="http://www.espn.com.br/futebol/artigo/_/id/4973440/mbappe-diz-que-aprende-palavroes-em-portugues-e-musica-de-mumuzinho-e-fala-sobre-relacao-com-pele-e-neymar" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066cc; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px !important; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">ESPN Brazil last week</a>. "So I am happy. Now, I live naturally, like you and like everybody else. I go home and I have family, friends. I try to live as normally as possible, even if it is difficult sometimes as a celebrity."</div>
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At times this season, and a bit of last season, he showed some arrogance and complacency. But in years to come, he will have to be more disciplined. He will have to be the best role model he can be. No more turning up late to team meetings <a href="http://kwese.espn.com/soccer/paris-saint-germain/story/3682653/paris-saint-germains-thomas-tuchel-kylian-mbappeadrien-rabiot-were-subs-for-disciplinary-reasons" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0066cc; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px !important; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">like last month</a> before <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Le Classique</i>; no more nonchalant attitude at training like before the Napoli clash four weeks ago; no more condescending behaviour either. His family can keep him grounded, as he highlighted in his ESPN interview.</div>
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"It is a question of education, the education that your family has given you, to enable you to confront the different stages in life," he added. "After all, before being a footballer, I am a man, so remaining respectful and humble helps to keep things simple. Just because I am a world champion and I score lots of goals on the pitch, it does not permit me to be above everybody else or to have certain privileges. You need to behave naturally and be kind to other people."</div>
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In this day and age, a lot can change in the club game in three years. Right now, Mbappe is at the heart of pretty much everything PSG do and what they are. For the club, having the next big thing in world football be a kid born-and-bred in Paris, is a huge asset and they will want to keep him forever. Will he still be at the Parc des Princes in three years' time? Probably ... but not for much longer after that. The French champions dream that Mbappe can take them to a Champions League triumph, but that may take some time.</div>
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"We have everything at the club," he told ESPN. "We are good, we are well-treated. We have structure, we have quality, and now it is up to us to show that we are great players and especially a great team. I think that PSG is a club that has grown since the arrival of the new owners.</div>
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"It has not stopped growing and we need to grow with the club before immediately thinking about the Champions League final and winning the competition. There are steps before getting there and at the club, we are perfectly conscientious of the fact that we, the players, need to keep growing with the club -- both things and everybody together. We will see where we go, but yes, I think that we, at one moment, want to win the Champions League."</div>
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The Champions League, the Ballon d'Or, the 2020 European Championships, more league titles and domestic cups: there are so many challenges ahead for Mbappe and, crazily, all are possible for him in the next three years. The first three-year cycle of his career has exceeded expectations; the next one already has fans salivating at the prospect of what he can achieve.</div>
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At the moment, in his eyes, the perfect footballer looks like this: "[Lionel] Messi's left foot, Neymar's right foot, Cristiano Ronaldo's mentality and [Gianluigi] Buffon's class," he told ESPN. If the next three years turn out as successful as the previous three, then we will have to add Mbappe's pace to that glorious list.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378892178044235706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4622858569699581630.post-62196560373178965232018-11-14T13:04:00.001+01:002018-11-14T13:04:28.627+01:00Ranieri named new Fulham boss after Jokanovic sacking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The former Leicester City boss returns to the English top flight looking to rescue the London club from a relegation scrap</div>
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Slavisa Jokanovic has been sacked by Fulham with Claudio Ranieri appointed as the Premier League club's new manager.</div>
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With Fulham bottom of the Premier League following six consecutive defeats, the most recent of which was Sunday's 2-0 loss at Liverpool, Jokanovic's departure was confirmed on Wednesday.</div>
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And Ranieri, who won the Premier League at Leicester City in 2015-16, will replace the Serbian at Craven Cottage.</div>
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Fulham said Ranieri has signed a "multi-year" contract and he will be tasked with dragging them out of relegation trouble.</div>
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Jokanovic led Fulham back to the Premier League but results this term have been poor, a 4-2 home win over Burnley their sole success.</div>
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Chairman Shahid Khan expressed regret at the sacking of Jokanovic and thanked the former Watford boss for his efforts at the club.</div>
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"I wasn’t anticipating having to make this announcement related to Slavisa and wish the circumstances were such that I didn’t have to, but our path this season has led me to make what I know is the correct decision, at the right time, for our players, the club and our supporters," Khan said in a statement.</div>
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"Slavisa will always have my appreciation and respect for everything he did to return Fulham to top-flight football. I am hoping everyone in the Fulham family shares my heartfelt sentiments for Slavisa and joins me in wishing him success and good fortune, wherever his next stop may be."</div>
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Khan's son Tony will continue to oversee first-team player recruitment and contractual agreements in his role as vice-chairman and director of football operations, although Ranieri has been appointed manager while Jokanovic's title at the club was head coach.</div>
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"Making a change without having the right answer or succession plan was not an option, so having someone of Claudio's calibre ready to accept our challenge was comforting but, most of all, essential," Shahid Khan added.</div>
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"Claudio is risk-free and ready-made for the Premier League, and particularly so for what we need at this moment at Fulham. His recent body of work with Leicester City is literally legendary, and then you look at Claudio's experience with Chelsea and big clubs throughout Europe, and it’s pretty evident we are welcoming an extraordinary football man to Fulham football club."</div>
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Ranieri, whose former clubs include Monaco, Chelsea, Roma and Juventus, was most recently in charge of Nantes but left the post in May after a single season with the Ligue 1 side.</div>
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Alexis Sanchez is frustrated with his lack of playing time at Manchester United, and may look to force a January move, according to the <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/alexis-sanchez-ready-to-leave-manchester-united-in-january-if-opportunities-remain-limited-a3988716.html" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Evening Standard</em></a>.</div>
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Part of the reason he chose United over local rivals City was down to the fact he believed he would be an undisputed starter, as opposed to rotating with Leroy Sane, Bernardo Silva and Raheem Sterling, but the Chilean has made just five starts in 12 Premier League games so far this season.</div>
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Fears are growing at Manchester United as progress is not being made on a new deal for goalkeeper David de Gea, according to <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/11/13/manchester-united-face-goalkeeping-crisis-david-de-gea-remains/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Telegraph.</em></a></div>
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De Gea's contract expires at the end of next season, and the Spain international is hesitating to sign a new deal with the club struggling on the pitch. </div>
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Liverpool are ready to make an £85 million (€98m/$111m) move for Ousmane Dembele in January, reports <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/7733181/liverpool-ousmane-dembele-barcelona-85m/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Sun.</em></a></div>
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Jurgen Klopp wants to add more attacking firepower to his side and is willing to break his club's record transfer fee to land Dembele. </div>
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Barcelona are thought to be willing to sell Dembele, who has alienated many at Camp Nou following a £135.5m (€156m/$176m) move from Dortmund last summer. </div>
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The Dorados manager believes Manchester United's boss is the best in the world, even above his cross-town rival</div>
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Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is a better manager than Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola, according to Diego Maradona.</div>
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Guardiola led City to the Premier League title last season and has his team flying again this campaign, while Mourinho's United are struggling, beaten in the derby on Sunday.</div>
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However, Maradona feels former Real Madrid, Chelsea and Inter boss Mourinho is the world's best coach, and believes Guardiola's style works because of the buying power he's had backing him throughout his career. </div>
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"For me yes, Mou is the best," he told <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Marca </em>.</div>
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"I would give Pep the merit of taking advantage of the launch that Johan Cruyff gave him.</div>
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"I have said on more than one occasion that tiki-taka was not invented by Guardiola. It was 'Flaco' Cruyff.</div>
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"At the moment Pep is able to choose any player in the world that he wants. That way tiki-taka is easier."</div>
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Maradona, now <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2018/11/08/49201352/maradona-must-stick-with-dorados-to-be-taken-seriously-as" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">in charge of Mexican second-tier side Dorados </a>, said he still had room to improve as a coach.</div>
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Asked if he would be interested in coaching in Spain, the 1986 World Cup winner said only a "long-term project" would interest him, but first he wants to go to Manchester to learn from Mourinho.</div>
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"Myself as a coach I need to learn a lot and for that reason I think I will go to Manchester and Mourinho to ask him a lot of things," the Argentina great said.</div>
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"Because he is the best without doubt."</div>
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Despite backing Mourinho as the better manager, Maradona does admit that Guardiola's City side are likely favourites to win the Premier League again and praised the Spanish boss for his understanding of the game. </div>
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"Yes they could win it," he said. "Before I spoke about Pep and it is clear that he is a coach that understands games better than a lot that think they know it and then lose 3-0."</div>
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Guardiola and City hold a two-point lead over Liverpool in the Premier League table, while Mourinho's side sit eighth in the league table, 12 points back of first.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06378892178044235706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4622858569699581630.post-46946027834804071912018-11-14T05:50:00.000+01:002018-11-14T05:50:05.440+01:00Solari signs three-year deal to remain as Real Madrid manager<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Argentine has started life at Santiago Bernabeu with four wins from four matches, and will now continue on a long-term basis</div>
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Santiago Solari has signed a three-year contract to remain Real Madrid manager through the 2020-21 season. </div>
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Named interim boss after <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/real-madrid-sack-lopetegui-after-clasico-humiliation-with/hjns4rubdaef184csnlviztwp" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Julen Lopetegui's sacking</a>, Solari has guided Madrid to four wins from four games in charge thus far.</div>
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As Madrid's search for a permanent boss from outside the club failed to bear fruit, Solari has impressed by <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2018/11/07/49173392/solari-restores-calm-as-chances-of-keeping-real-madrid-job" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">restoring an air of calm to the dressing room following a tumultuous period under Lopetegui.</a></div>
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The Argentine manager has now signed a contract ensuring he and his staff will remain in charge at Santiago Bernabeu for the rest of the current season, and two more subsequent campaigns after that.</div>
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Madrid's search for a new manager initially focused on former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte, but the Italian eventually <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2018/11/12/49308892/conte-rules-out-taking-real-madrid-job-i-will-start-a-new" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ruled himself out of the running until at least the summer. </a></div>
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In the meantime Solari, who had previously been in charge of Madrid's reserve side, began achieving results that his predecessor had failed to accomplish. </div>
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Last week's Champions League win at Viktoria Plzen marked the first time all season that Madrid had won three straight games, and the Blancos followed that up by <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2018/11/11/49292762/solari-has-earned-more-time-at-madrid-after-passing-celta" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">defeating Celta Vigo 4-2 on Sunday.</a></div>
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"The truth is that we are very happy with him," <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2018/11/12/49297942/madrid-very-happy-with-solari-says-butragueno" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Madrid director Emilio Butragueno told <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Movistar+ </em>after the win at Celta.</a></div>
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"There is no doubt that he came at a very particular moment and has been able to achieve very good results."</div>
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The win at Celta gave Solari four wins from four games in charge, with 15 goals scored and just two conceded. </div>
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Those four victories have come in three different competitions, with three of them coming away from home. </div>
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Solari has also been able to more successfully integrate new faces like Thibaut Courtois, Vinicius Jr, Alvaro Odriozola and Sergio Reguilon into the side.</div>
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"This team has nothing to do with [Lopetegui's side]," a Madrid source told <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Goal</span>. </div>
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Armed with a new deal, Solari will look to keep Madrid's run going against Eibar on November 24. </div>
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The 33-year-old was proud to end Ronaldo and Messi’s recent duopoly on the Goal 50 trophy and is confident of Real having a great season</div>
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Luka Modric has spoken of his delight after winning <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.goal.com/story/goal502018en/index.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">the 2018 Goal 50</a></span> – awarded to the world's best player of the last 12 months – and says that Real Madrid are gunning for a fourth straight Champions League trophy, despite their poor start to the season.</div>
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The Croatian metronome enjoyed <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.goal.com/story/goal502018modricen/index.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">the best year of his brilliant career in 2018</a></span>, lifting the Champions League with his club and leading his country to the final of the World Cup in Russia.</div>
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This saw him pick up a host of individual prizes, including the FIFA World Cup Golden Ball, The Best FIFA Men’s Player of 2018 and UEFA Men’s Player of the Year Award.</div>
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Modric has now added the Goal 50 trophy to his growing collection of individual honours after finishing above last year’s winner, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, who finished second and third, respectively.</div>
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In doing so, Modric ended Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s recent duopoly of the prize, with the Portuguese and the Argentine having claimed every Goal 50 trophy since Wesley Sneijder triumphed way back in 2010.</div>
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"I am very happy to receive this award,” Modric told <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Goal </span>.</div>
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“I would like to thank everyone who voted for me. It is an honour to receive it, and to follow in the footsteps of these two great players.</div>
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“Winning after these two makes me very happy. It is an honour for me.”</div>
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Despite all this personal glory, Modric’s Real Madrid have endured a difficult start to the 2018-19 season, following the summer sale of Ronaldo to Juventus.</div>
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They find themselves sixth in La Liga, four points behind leaders Barcelona, having been humiliated 5-1 by their rivals in last month's Clasico.</div>
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That result saw coach Julen Lopetegui sacked just months after succeeding Zinedine Zidane but Modric is confident that the team’s fortunes can be turned around under current caretaker boss Santiago Solari, who has won his first four games in all competitions.</div>
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"What we want is to improve because we have not started the season well,” Modric confessed.</div>
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“However, what is important is how we are going to finish. We are going to work hard to improve. What we want is to achieve the challenges that this team always face.</div>
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“I hope to win some titles that we have ahead of us, and above all to improve our game.</div>
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“And with the new coach, I'm sure we're going to improve and have a good season.”</div>
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A good season would surely entail winning yet another Champions League. Madrid have lifted the last three editions of club football’s biggest trophy – and four of the last five – and Modric believes that the Blancos can retain their title.</div>
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"Nothing is impossible in football,” the 33-year-old noted.</div>
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“Especially for Real Madrid, as what we have done the last three seasons is something unimaginable, but we have achieved it.</div>
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“Why can’t we go for the fourth one? We are going to give everything.</div>
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“We have to be humble, work hard and respect others because there are great teams and every year it is more and more difficult to win this cup.</div>
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“But, as I told you, we will try everything. We have shown many times that nothing is impossible for this team."</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Goal 50 is an annual award that both recognises and ranks the world's 50 best footballers of the preceding 12 months.</em></div>
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<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Chief editors and correspondents from Goal's 42 editions around the world all cast their votes, with candidates judged on their level of consistency over the previous year of action, their big-game performances, footballing legacy and the success of their teams at both club and international level.</em></div>
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The former Super Eagles midfield maestro is confident that Gernot Rohr’s men have learnt their lesson from the first leg defeat</div>
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Jay-Jay Okocha believes South Africa will be under pressure when they face Nigeria in Saturday's crucial 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying tie at the FNB Stadium.</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Bafana Bafana </em>clinched the top spot in Group E with a stunning 2-0 victory over the three-time African champions at the Akwa Ibom Stadium in June 2017.</div>
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However, they lost their place at the summit of the group to the Super Eagles after they were forced to a 0-0 draw in the return leg of their tie with Seychelles.</div>
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And the former Nigeria skipper is confident that the west Africans have learnt their lesson from the first leg defeat in Uyo while explaining that Stuart Baxter’s men will be more under pressure in the encounter.</div>
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“It was a deserved victory for Bafana Bafana then, which I think we took a lesson from,” Okocha told <a href="http://www.kickoff.com/news/90735/bafana-bafana-news-jay-jay-okocha-confid" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Kick Off.</em></a></div>
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“If we win, that’s our ticket to Cameroon, so the pressure is really more on Bafana Bafana, which makes it also an interesting match to watch.</div>
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“For me, most important is for the players to understand, which I’m sure they do, that it’s a game they can’t afford to lose if they want to qualify for AFCON.”</div>
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The Super Eagles missed out of the last two editions of the tournament but with nine points gathered from their previous four games, a win against South Africa will seal their place in Cameroon next year.</div>
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The elegant midfielder helped Real Madrid retain their Champions League crown before inspiring Croatia to a runners-up finish at the 2018 World Cup</div>
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Luka Modric has been unveiled as the winner of <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.goal.com/story/goal502018en/index.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">the 2018 Goal 50</a></span>, thus breaking Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi's stranglehold on the prestigious annual prize.</div>
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Not since Wesley Sneijder in 2010 had someone other than Ronaldo or Messi topped the list, which recognises the 50 best players in the world over the preceding 12 months. </div>
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However, Modric has claimed the award after a stellar year in which the midfielder <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;"><a href="https://www.goal.com/story/goal502018modricen/index.html" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">helped Real Madrid win a third consecutive Champions League before then leading Croatia to the final of the World Cup</a></span>.</div>
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Ronaldo, who top-scored again during the Blancos' European triumph, had been bidding to finish top of the Goal 50 for the third year in a row but the Portuguese superstar was forced to settle for second place.</div>
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Liverpool and Egypt sensation Mohamed Salah claimed the final podium place, thanks in no small part to the fact that be broke the record for goals across a single Premier League season by netting 32 times during his debut campaign at Anfield.</div>
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Kylian Mbappe finished fourth after lighting up Russia 2018 with a string of scintillating performances for champions France, including a decisive double against Argentina that ended Messi's hopes of World Cup glory at the last-16 stage.</div>
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Messi, though, still made our top five after inspiring Barcelona to a domestic double, while his 34 goals – in just 36 Liga matches – also earned the diminutive attacker the European Golden Shoe.</div>
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Elsewhere, Kevin De Bruyne was rewarded for the key role he played in Manchester City's record-breaking Premier League triumph with sixth place in the standings.</div>
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The Belgium international, who played a pivotal part in his country's third-placed finish in Russia, finished just ahead of this year's highest-ranked defender, Real and France centre-half Raphael Varane, who, this summer, became only the fourth player in history to win both the Champions League and the World Cup in the same year.</div>
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The prolific Tottenham and England striker Harry Kane came home in eighth place thanks to his Golden Boot success in Russia, with Antoine Griezmann ninth on the back of his contribution to France's World Cup triumph, and Real left-back Marcelo rounding off the top 10 after scoring in every knockout round before racking up two assists in the Champions League final.</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Goal 50 is an annual award that both recognises and ranks the world's 50 best footballers of the preceding 12 months.</em></div>
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<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Chief editors and correspondents from Goal's 42 editions around the world all cast their votes, with candidates judged on their level of consistency over the previous year of action, their big-game performances, footballing legacy and the success of their teams at both club and international level.</em></div>
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A Camp Nou legend is not expecting to see the Brazilian head back to Catalunya, but concedes that he could secure a switch to the Santiago Bernabeu</div>
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Andres Iniesta admits a reunion with Barcelona would be “difficult” for Neymar and claims a switch to Real Madrid “wouldn’t hurt” those at Camp Nou.</div>
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The Brazil international has been linked with a return to La Liga ever since securing a record-breaking €222 million (£193m/$250m) move to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2017.</div>
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Madrid are reported to have led that pursuit, as <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/why-neymar-the-galactico-looks-inevitable/oqm4akyjcyze1tvys91ygkbqr" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">they seek another ‘Galactico’ addition</a>, but <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/news/neymar-wants-barcelona-return-claims-former-team-mate/6wzahrmo0tix1awacapsddalu" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">a second spell in Catalunya has also been mooted</a>.</div>
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Barcelona legend Iniesta doubts that such a deal could be done, with Neymar having burned his bridges when stepping out of Lionel Messi’s shadow and into a spotlight of his own.</div>
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The World Cup winner told <a href="https://twitter.com/ellarguero/status/1062120770887925766" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Cadena Ser</em></a>: "I think it's difficult.</div>
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"Obviously, Neymar continues to be one of the best and in any team he would make a difference. But it's not easy to return."</div>
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With Barca unlikely to make an approach, the path could be cleared for Madrid to lure Neymar to the Spanish capital.</div>
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Crossing the Clasico divide is difficult for any player, but Iniesta believes no grudges would be held by those at Camp Nou if a deal is done.</div>
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He added: "It wouldn't hurt me because they are decisions that, if they happen, happen. Madrid would reinforce themselves with a unique player."</div>
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The Blancos remain in the market for a suitable successor to Cristiano Ronaldo, with Neymar considered to be one of the few players capable of filling such a void.</div>
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Barca, meanwhile, may seek further attacking inspiration of their own in transfer windows to come, with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/news/its-more-competitive-than-ever-barcelona-talisman-messi-hopes-la-/1d0q33vvbcdqq1ij3jxkflvn5i" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">uncharacteristic wobbles being endured by two La Liga heavyweights this season</a>.</div>
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Ernesto Valverde’s side have fared better than arch-rivals Real, and continue to top the table, and Iniesta believes they will come good once consistency is established.</div>
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A man now turning out for Japanese side Vissel Kobe said: "Barcelona have unique players and I see them as candidates to win all the titles.</div>
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"Barca have reinforced themselves well this year. There are people like [Philippe] Coutinho, who has adapted well. I see a powerful team."</div>
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Antonio Conte has hit back at Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos, insisting that respect must be given to managers from their first day at a new club.</div>
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The Italian is currently without a club following his departure from Chelsea in the summer, and was heavily linked with the Real Madrid post following the sacking of Julen Lopetegui.</div>
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Ramos, however, said in October that "respect is won, it is not imposed", following the 5-1 Clasico thumping at the hands of Barcelona, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/conte-has-been-warned-ramos-rules-the-real-madrid-dressing/1jotoy0nqe8om1d7jajbsz4vu5" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">with many interpreting it to be a warning that Conte's authoritarian approach would not work at the Santiago Bernabeu </a>.</div>
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"Ramos' words? When a coach arrives at a team he must bring education and respect, something that he would expect from the players too," Conte told Rai Sport, per <a href="https://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2018/11/12/5be98720468aeb66208b45a9.html" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Marca </em></a>.</div>
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"When this goes wrong, the problems begin.</div>
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"We Italian coaches have a great culture of work and when you join a new club you can't change everything, you must try and do it very gradually.</div>
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"Each coach must be a good tailor and adapt their beliefs to the human material that they have at their disposal."</div>
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<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/i-will-start-a-new-project-in-june-conte-rules-out-an/1sz2wfjt4edil13trig4locrrc" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Conte has seemingly ruled out the idea of taking the reins at Real in mid-season</a>, insisting that he would rather take on a new job at the end of the campaign.</div>
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"Real Madrid? As I see it, it is better to wait until the end of the season than to take a train running now," the Italian tactician said.</div>
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"I want to wait for June and start again with a new project. In three months I could change my mind and deny everything, but I've always thought of it this way."</div>
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Real are currently sixth in La Liga, four points behind leaders Barca. They will face Eibar following the international break before a clash with Roma in the Champions League.</div>
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A defeat against Manchester City leaves Jose Mourinho's men 12 points off the top and seven behind the top four</div>
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Though it took a late Ilkay Gundogan goal to confirm the win for City as United threatened a second half comeback, the chasm between both teams was there for all to see.</div>
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Butt, the head of coaching at United's academy, says coupled with the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/pogba-injury-threw-manchester-united-concedes-mourinho/c5ieqvg1d87q1nf9zd5y3hh5q" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;">absence of Paul Pogba </a>the lack of confidence within the squad is evident - however the 43-year-old is predicting an about turn in fortunes.</div>
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"I think it's difficult when you have got players that aren't in form," the six-time Premier League winner at Old Trafford told <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/11552669/manchester-united-players-lack-of-confidence-affecting-results-says-nicky-butt" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;">Sky Sports </a>.</div>
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"It doesn't matter who you are or what team you manage, if the players are not on a high or confident they are not going to win too many games.</div>
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"They came up against the probably the best team in Europe [Manchester City] and got beaten.</div>
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"They are steadily improving. The manager has recognised that and they are getting some consistency in the team.</div>
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"They are not getting all the luck but that City game is gone now and hopefully they can push on to Christmas and get into a position where they are challenging in the top four."</div>
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After the international break, United will hope to get back on track with back-to-back home games against Crystal Palace in the Premier League and Young Boys in the Champions League.</div>
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A run of eight games in the space of 30 days in December starts with a trip to Southampton before London sides Arsenal and Fulham are the visitors to the Theatre of Dreams.</div>
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The most expensive footballer of all time saw his club campaign with PSG cut short by injury, while his World Cup ended in disappointment and ridicule</div>
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Paris Saint-Germain superstar Neymar has failed to even make the top 20 of this year's <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Goal 50</span>. </div>
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The Brazil international became the most expensive player in football history when he joined the Ligue 1 outfit from Barcelona during the 2017 summer transfer window for a staggering €222 million. </div>
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Neymar made an encouraging start to his career in France, netting 28 times in his first 30 appearances for his new club in all competitions, an impressive run of form that included six goals in the group stage of the Champions League alone. </div>
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However, the forward broke a bone in his foot during a Ligue 1 game against Marseille at the end of February, thus bringing a premature end to his first season at the Parc des Princes. </div>
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Neymar returned in time to represent Brazil at the World Cup but despite scoring twice in Russia, he performed poorly, while he was also castigated for his perceived play-acting by fans and media alike. </div>
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So, while we can confirm that the attacker has made the Goal 50 for the eighth year in a row, the man coming off two consecutive sixth-placed finishes does not feature among the top 20.</div>
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Find out on Tuesday, November 13 when the Goal 50 will be published in full at 12:00am GMT/7:00am ET. </div>
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<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Goal 50 is an annual award that both recognises and ranks the world's 50 best footballers of the preceding 12 months. Chief editors and correspondents from Goal's 42 editions around the world all cast their votes, with candidates judged on their level of consistency over the previous year of action, their big-game performances, footballing legacy and the success of their teams at both club and international level.</em></div>
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The two superstars are among the favourites to top the Goal 50 once again, but who performed better statistically during the 2017-18 season?</div>
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Forget city derbies, Clasicos and revenge games, Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lionel Messi is the greatest rivalry of modern football, and continues to divide opinion. This year saw a major change in the competition between the pair as Ronaldo traded Real Madrid and La Liga for Juventus and Serie A.</div>
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However, that has not stopped the debate over who is better and whether their recent performances are good enough to compete for major individual awards including the Goal 50.</div>
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A major part of the story can be told from the players' individual statistics, but of equal importance is how the players helped their teams compete and win trophies. The 2017-18 season saw both Ronaldo and Messi continue to add medals to their trophy cabinets, while the duo also travelled to the World Cup to represent their countries.</div>
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With Ronaldo now in Italy, meetings between the two will now be less common. Fans will be hoping they get matched against each other in the Champions League or else at international level. They played each other three times last season, starting with the Supercopa de Espana where both players scored in the first leg, but Ronaldo lifted the trophy thanks to a 5-1 aggregate win.</div>
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Messi netted from the spot in Barcelona's 3-0 win at Santiago Bernabeu early in the season, before cancelling out Ronaldo's early goal in a 2-2 draw back at Camp Nou, helping Barcelona go on to win La Liga - his ninth league title.</div>
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Barcelona were not as impressive in Europe, going out at the quarter-final stage following a 4-4 away goal defeat to Roma. Real Madrid had no such problems, going all the way to the final, where a 3-1 victory over Liverpool saw Ronaldo become the first player to lift the Champions League trophy five times.</div>
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Ronaldo's 2017-18 season saw him average exactly a goal a game in all competitions, netting 44 times in 44 appearances. He featured 27 times in La Liga, scoring 26 goals and provided five assists. He also scored two goals at the Club World Cup, where he added another winner's medal. He played in the UEFA Super Cup victory over Manchester United, but did not find the target against his former club.</div>
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The Champions League was where Ronaldo excelled, scoring 15 times in 13 appearances. During the group stage, he became the first player ever to score in all six group games, but really showed his world-class ability in the knockout stage where he scored a brilliant bicycle kick goal against Juventus which earned him a standing ovation from Juve's fans and then secured Real's progress with a 98th minute penalty in the second leg. His 15 goals were enough to see him finish as the Champions League top scorer for the sixth consecutive season and seventh time overall.</div>
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However, his 26 La Liga goals were not enough to earn him the European Golden Shoe, finishing eighth as Messi led the pack on 34 goals, two clear of Liverpool's Mohamed Salah. Messi became the first player to win the award five times. The Argentine also provided 12 assists in the league, and was involved in eight Copa del Rey goals in six appearances (four goals and four assists).</div>
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Despite Barcelona's mixed season in Europe, Messi was also prolific in the Champions League, creating two goals and scoring six of his own in 10 matches. He also added one goal from two games in the Supercopa.</div>
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Messi's discipline was worse than Ronaldo's over the course of the season. Messi had seven yellow cards to Ronaldo's three, but only the Portuguese forward was sent off in 2017-18.</div>
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At international level, both players finished 2017 strongly to help their countries qualify for the World Cup. Messi scored a hat-trick in Argentina's must-win game against Ecuador, while Ronaldo provided goals and assists in three of the last four group games to ensure Portugal's progress to Russia. Ahead of the tournament, Ronaldo played three friendlies and scored two goals, while Messi appeared twice and netted another hat-trick, this time against Haiti.</div>
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Neither side shone at the World Cup, reaching the last 16 before being knocked out. Ronaldo started the tournament strongly with a hat-trick against Spain and another goal in the win over Morocco, but failed to have an impact in the knockout stage game with Uruguay.</div>
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Messi also had a poor World Cup by his high standards, scoring just one goal against Nigeria. He provided two assists in the last 16 tie, but that was not enough as eventual winners France recorded a 4-3 victory.</div>
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Once again, the players were very close on an individual level, scoring and providing plenty of goals for their clubs and countries, while trophies were shared by the clubs as both Barcelona and Real Madrid added more silverware. But which of the two players has received more votes in the 2018 Goal 50, which judges players based on their performances last season? The results will be announced on Tuesday November 13 at 1230 UK time!</div>
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Pep Guardiola's side accumulated 100 points last season but their former manager and player believes they have become more merciless</div>
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Manchester City are not assured of winning this season's Premier League title despite having shown a more ruthless streak, according to former manager and player Peter Reid.</div>
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Pep Guardiola's side have only dropped four points this term, remaining unbeaten after 12 games and have already netted 55 goals in all competitions.</div>
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But Reid says that despite City displaying little mercy this term, the likes of Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea remain contenders for the championship.</div>
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"I don't believe this season's title race is a foregone conclusion," he wrote in <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6382069/REID-ROBSON-Man-City-exceptional-title-race-not-over.html" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;">the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Daily Mail</em></a><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">.</em></div>
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"Guardiola won't either. Football has proven too many times that hiccups happen.</div>
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"Jurgen Klopp, Maurizio Sarri and Mauricio Pochettino are all fantastic coaches with excellent teams and resources to compete.</div>
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"You can bet Jose Mourinho, a serial winner in his career, won't be taking this lightly... whatever he says publicly. </div>
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"This City team are exceptional but it's not over yet."</div>
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First half goals from David Silva and Sergio Aguero had put the hosts on course for victory, before United threatened a comeback after Anthony Martial's penalty.</div>
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Not until substitute Ilkay Gundogan hammered home a late third did City secure the points.</div>
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Reid believes City have developed into a more pragmatic outfit which makes them a more dangerous proposition.</div>
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"It may seem ominous but the difference I've seen in Manchester City this season is that Pep Guardiola is more hard-bitten," he added.</div>
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"In previous years you could argue he let his purist principles get in the way. </div>
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"City had to play total football even if it came at a cost.</div>
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"<a href="https://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2018/10/07/48393782/liverpool-0-manchester-city-0-mahrez-misses-late-penalty-as" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;">Against Liverpool at Anfield</a>, where they have struggled a few times, I saw Guardiola set up in a tactical manner which respected Liverpool's strengths on the break.</div>
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"Against Manchester United on Sunday with the score at 2-1, he brought off Sergio Aguero and added Ilkay Gundogan to gain extra control. </div>
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"Last season, that may not have been the case. but in both instances this time City benefited.</div>
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"There's an edge, perhaps a more ruthless nature about them. They absolutely hate being beaten."</div>
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The France international believes the money in modern football is so great it was difficult to imagine when he was growing up</div>
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Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe, one of the best paid players in the world, admits the amount of money involved at the highest level has become "indecent".</div>
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The 19-year-old became the second most expensive player in history when he completed a permanent transfer to PSG from Monaco this year for a reported fee of €180 million (£157m/$201m).</div>
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His team-mate Neymar joined from Barcelona in 2017 for €222m (£198m/$249m) in a deal that shook the European game and led to four more deals worth more than €100m, including Mbappe's taking place over the next 12 months.</div>
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Reports based on documents from whistleblowing platform Football Leaks this month claimed Mbappe asked for a five-year contract worth close to €55m after tax when he joined PSG, along with various performance-based incentives, which was turned down by the club.</div>
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And Mbappe has conceded there are sums involved in the top tiers of the game that he could scarcely have imagined when he was growing up.</div>
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"It's truly indecent for me, who comes from a fairly modest family," he told RTS.</div>
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"It's true that it's indecent but the market is like that. The world of football works like that.</div>
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"I'm not going to revolutionise football. I'm in a system. You have to know how to respect it and to stay in place."</div>
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In the wake of France's World Cup success, L'Equipe reported that Mbappe had donated his entire fee from the tournament - an estimated €439,000 (£384,000/$494,000) - to Premiers de Cordee, a sports charity that works with disabled and hospitalised children.</div>
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Mbappe has been compared to Brazil great Pele following a remarkable rise to stardom during the last three years, in which he has won four major trophies in France and become a world champion.</div>
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However, the forward insists he is not trying to emulate anyone, saying: "I don't want to be a copy of anyone else. Like the greats, you want to make your own story yourself, and not be a copy of another.</div>
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"I think it's only natural to have high self-esteem, even if in everyday life you need to have that humility that is a strength of the greats."</div>
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Despite his spectacular career at senior level to date, Mbappe says it is important to retain a childish sense of humour.</div>
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"There is no bad time to laugh. I always joke, even five minutes before a game. It's not bad to stay a little immature," he added.</div>
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"There is so much pressure in football that a little bit of 'joie de vivre', a little bit of fun doesn't hurt in this environment."</div>
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The Arsenal forward had been called-up to cover for the injured Anthony Martial but will now not feature against Netherlands and Uruguay.</div>
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Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette has pulled out of the France squad for their upcoming internationals - just hours after being enlisted as cover by the World Cup winners.</div>
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The 27-year-old was left-out of Didier Deschamps' plans when the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/martial-earns-france-recall-after-man-utd-resurgence/1pgwkeddn2a2w1msby89monjnl" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;">2</a><a href="https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/martial-earns-france-recall-after-man-utd-resurgence/1pgwkeddn2a2w1msby89monjnl" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;">3-man party to face Netherland and Uruguay was unveiled last Thursday</a>.</div>
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But the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/pogba-and-martial-withdraw-from-france-squad-through-injury/5a5cy5azn4tx1cime3kh2ktde" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;">withdrawal of Manchester United pair Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial</a>saw Lacazette called-up alongside Tottenham's Moussa Sissoko.</div>
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Just two hours later, though, France have confirmed that the Gunners marksman will not answer the call of his country following discussions between his country and club's medical officials.</div>
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"This decision was taken after an exchange between Dr. Franck Le Gall and his counterparts at Arsenal," a statement on Twitter read on Monday.</div>
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Alassane Plea, the Borussia Monchengladbach forward who has scored eight goals in 11 Bundesliga appearances this season including <a href="https://www.goal.com/de/meldungen/bremen-gladbach-highlights-tore-bundesliga/8x7rskztkten1maqcnkdivb1f" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;">a hat-trick during the weekend win over Werder Bremen</a>, has been selected for his maiden international call-up as a result.</div>
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Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy has joined Lacazette in pulling out of France's concluding games of the year, with Lyon full-back Ferland Mendy recruited for his first senior international call-up.</div>
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However, the withdrawal of Lacazette extends his wait for an international return, with his last outing for his country coming in a friendly against Germany last November.</div>
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Lacazette has enjoyed a decent start to his second season at Arsenal scoring five goals in nine Premier League starts for Uni Emery's side.</div>
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Upon being left out of France's last squad for October's international fixtures, Deschamps said Lacazette remained down the pecking order.</div>
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“It is true that he is having a good early season where he is efficient and effective,” said the Les Bleus boss.</div>
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“There is competition in this position and for the moment the players I selected for the World Cup, I continue to rely on them.</div>
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“It is not a question of profile, but I am not going to pick multiple players in the same position. </div>
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"It is also necessary to have a balanced squad and he is a central attacker.</div>
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“This does not take away the credit for what he does. He must continue.”</div>
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Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann are the central strikers selected to face Netherlands in Rotterdam in the UEFA Nations League on Friday and Uruguay in a friendly in Paris next Tuesday.</div>
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The Croatia coach claims a man honoured with the FIFA Best award for 2018 shoulders an unnecessary amount of blame at the Santiago Bernabeu</div>
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Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic has come to the defence of Luka Modric after Real Madrid's poor start to the season and said the midfielder has been unfairly criticised at the Santiago Bernabeu.</div>
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Madrid are sixth in La Liga after losing four of their 12 matches so far this term but have <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/real-madrid-in-crisis-were-only-four-points-behind-barcelona/3covm9lmel8514wfb6ao5p4v5" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">recovered some form in recent weeks under caretaker coach Santiago Solari</a>, winning their last four games in all competitions.</div>
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Modric is in the Croatia squad for their <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/what-is-uefa-nations-league-groups-fixtures-results-how-it-works-/pmg5t5aez0fp1146ihs7yb1im" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Nations League matches against Spain and England</a> and Dalic has revealed that he has spoken to his captain ahead of the fixtures.</div>
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"We talked a few days ago," Dalic told reporters.</div>
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"Luka is aware that in football there are oscillations, that after playing brilliantly for a whole year, he cannot always be in shape and always be the best.</div>
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"When Madrid loses a match, then they look for the culprit among the foreigners, so they blame Luka, [Toni] Kroos or someone else.</div>
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"At the end of the day, Luka is the best player in the world."</div>
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Croatia will hope Modric can help them bounce back from the 6-0 defeat they suffered against Spain in September and improve on their 0-0 draw with England in October.</div>
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Dalic's men are bottom of League A Group 4 with one point but have a game in hand on England and Spain, who have four and six points from three outings, respectively.</div>
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"I think we have a much better mood and form than in that first game," said Dalic, reflecting on defeat in Spain. "The Spaniards have since lost to England. We need two victories.</div>
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"I expect a full stadium, victories and the points that will keep us in contention for the European Championship."</div>
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The Argentina international saw red during AC Milan's clash with former side Juventus on Sunday evening</div>
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Gonzalo Higuain has apologised on social media for his sending off in AC Milan’s 2-0 defeat to Juventus.</div>
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The ex-Juve man was dismissed in the 83rd minute after picking up a second booking for dissent having been cautioned moments earlier for a foul on Medhi Benatia.</div>
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Team-mates, both current and former, moved to console the forward, who took a lengthy period of time to leave the field in his outrage.</div>
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The sending off compounded a miserable evening for the Argentina striker, who had previously missed the opportunity to level proceedings when his low penalty was saved by Wojciech Szczesny.</div>
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In an Instagram post shared on Monday morning Higuain said: “I want to apologise to everyone for my behaviour in yesterday's sending off - the team, society, fans who despite yesterday showed me their love all the time.</div>
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“We are people too and we have feelings but I am responsible and I hope it does not happen again.”</div>
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He added: “Some will understand it, others will not. I also apologise to all.”</div>
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Higuain joined Milan from the Bianconeri over the summer in a loan deal that will become permanent at the end of the season. Despite two successful seasons in Turin, the forward never truly recaptured the form that saw him score 36 in 35 league matches during his 2015-16 campaign with Napoli.</div>
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The former Chelsea boss wants to wait until next summer to recommence his career, despite speculation linking him with the Blancos hot seat</div>
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Former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has claimed he wants to wait until June before returning to management while addressing the possibility of taking over at Real Madrid.</div>
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The 49-year-old has been out of work since leaving Stamford Bridge during the summer, after winning the Premier League and the FA Cup during his two-year stint in England.</div>
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<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/real-madrid-sack-lopetegui-after-clasico-humiliation-with/hjns4rubdaef184csnlviztwp" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;">The ex-Blues boss had been lined up to replace Julen Lopetgeui at Santiago Bernabeu</a>, but for the time being Santiago Solari has been installed as manager on an interim basis.</div>
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<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/madrid-very-happy-with-solari-says-butragueno/omfw5h7oayfc16cdyladh0yqt" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;">Solari has overseen an immediate turnaround in fortunes on the pitch</a>, as Madrid have won four games in succession, and is now expected to be offered the role on a permanent basis in the near future.</div>
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Conte spoke to <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sky Sports</em> on Monday and addressed the Madrid speculation - <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/real-madrid-have-only-two-weeks-to-hire-conte-or-name/6ngcf8av27ip1wol8d09vyji4" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;">which is still raging on heading into the winter period</a> - confessing that despite interest from top clubs, he intends to wait until the end of the season before signing up for a 'new project'.</div>
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"Real Madrid? As I see it, it is better to wait until the end of the season than to take a train running now," the Italian tactician said.</div>
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"I want to wait for June and start again with a new project. In three months I could change my mind and deny everything, but I've always thought of it this way."</div>
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Conte has also been touted for a possible return to Juventus, whom he managed between 2011 and 2014, winning three consecutive Serie A titles before taking the top job with Italy.</div>
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While he denies wanting to succeed Massimiliano Allegri in Turin, he does admit that he would be most comfortable returning to work in his native land.</div>
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"If I think about the fact that I could train Ronaldo? No, I do not think about it," Conte added. "I'm happy with the players I've trained and the things I've won. The club continues to grow and is doing a great job at the business level, with huge purchases and a great deal for Allegri.</div>
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"Of course, I am Italian and I like to live and train in Italy, obviously, at the moment there is an incredible dominance of Juventus, but the pursuers are they are strengthening year after year ".</div>
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The Brazilian was happy for Edinson Cavani after his side thrashed Monaco, but he also wants more from the Ligue 1 powerhouse</div>
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Neymar was delighted with Paris Saint-Germain's thrashing of Monaco as he urged his team to continue building on their impressive start to the season.</div>
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The Brazilian scored a second-half penalty after Edinson Cavani had struck a hat-trick for PSG, who cruised to a 4-0 win at Stade Louis II on Sunday.</div>
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PSG have won all 13 of their Ligue 1 matches this season, opening up a 13-point lead atop the table.</div>
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Neymar, 26, was thrilled with the result and happy for Cavani, who took his tally to eight league goals this season while scoring the first league hat-trick by a PSG player against Monaco since Carlos Bianchi in 1979.</div>
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"I'm very happy, happy for the goal and especially for the victory," he said.</div>
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"Edi's hat-trick … not only him but we are also happy for him to have made the goals. He is our number nine.</div>
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"I hope that we can continue to play our part by winning the games and increasing the records more and more."</div>
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PSG's 13 wins to start a Ligue 1 season are a record, with the previous mark set by Olympique Lillois with eight in 1936-37.</div>
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Neymar wasn't the only one that went on record to call for more from the club<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/psg-coach-tuchel-demands-more-despite-monaco-thrashing/1egxzz5n5lj4s1m0fxkmiusuv0" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #00a9ce; text-decoration-line: none;">as manager Thomas Tuchel said he also demanded improvement</a> from the team.</div>
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Defeat at the Etihad Stadium leaves the Reds as close to the drop zone as the top of the table, but their manager is at ease</div>
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Jose Mourinho is unconcerned by the fact Manchester United are as close to the Premier League's bottom three as they are the summit, joking he doubts his team will be relegated.</div>
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United lost Sunday's Manchester derby 3-1 to City at the Etihad Stadium, meaning they end the day 12 points above 18th-placed Cardiff City and trailing the pacesetters by the same margin.</div>
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Mourinho's side rarely looked like taking a share of the spoils on Sunday, with Anthony Martial's second-half penalty ultimately nothing more than a consolation.</div>
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It was United's fourth defeat in 12 Premier League games, while they have won just half of their matches.</div>
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It was put to Mourinho that United's title hopes were over because of being equidistant to the top of the table and the bottom three, but he brushed it off.</div>
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"I think we're not going to be relegated," the Portuguese coach said in his post-match news conference.</div>
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Mourinho was also adamant that United did not put in a poor display at the Etihad, highlighting his team had gone into the match on the back of a more gruelling week than their hosts.</div>
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While he also dismissed the importance placed on statistics, convinced he will be content with the display even if data suggests he should not.</div>
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"One team [City] started the season strong and are still strong, another team [United] didn't start well and is improving a lot," he added.</div>
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"If you focus on the game, it was open for 80 minutes. I think no one left the stadium before the third goal because the match was open.</div>
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"In a week City played three matches at home, we played three away. They had 6-0 wins, no pressure, relaxed.</div>
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"Our second game [against Juventus] was like a final for us, against one of the best teams in Europe, demanding everything we had to give from physical and mental perspective.</div>
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"So, when I analyse the game – you can go for stats, that's the way people who don't understand football analyse, with stats – I don't go for stats. I go for what I felt, for what I saw in the game.</div>
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"I consider the performance to be one with mistakes, it's different to a bad performance. We were punished, but the performance, mentality, togetherness, belief, fighting until the end, is something we are building. We won't lose that because of a defeat."</div>
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The forward was dismissed as AC Milan lost 2-0 at home to Juventus, but the Portuguese star defended the Argentinian striker.</div>
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Cristiano Ronaldo defended Gonzalo Higuain after the striker's red card during AC Milan's 2-0 home defeat to Juventus in Serie A.</div>
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Higuain endured a personal nightmare against his parent club, seeing a penalty saved and being dismissed late on at San Siro on Sunday.</div>
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The Argentina attacker had to be led off the field after a meltdown following referee Paolo Mazzoleni's decision to send him off.</div>
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But Ronaldo, who scored the second goal in Juve's victory over the Rossoneri, said Higuain should not be punished too heavily.</div>
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"I told him to calm down, as he risked an even worse ban," Ronaldo said to Sky Sport Italia.</div>
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"He didn't do much, he was annoyed at losing the game. That's understandable. I hope he is not punished too severely."</div>
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Juventus bounced back from their first loss of the season, at home to Ronaldo's old club Manchester United in the Champions League, last time out.</div>
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Mario Mandzukic opened the scoring with Ronaldo's sixth goal in seven Juve appearances clinching all three points for Juve, who have set a Serie A record with 34 points from their opening 12 games in a strong start to their title defence.</div>
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"I'm happy," Ronaldo added. "We won, and it was fundamental with Napoli beating Genoa yesterday.</div>
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"We played well, I also scored... I'm really happy to help the Juventus family. Good team performance, against a difficult Milan."</div>
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Following the international break, Ronaldo and Juventus return against SPAL while Higuain's AC Milan face Lazio. </div>
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