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A polêmica envolvendo Palmeiras e CBF está dando reflexos no São Paulo, que enfrenta o rival nesta quarta-feira (5), às 19h30, no Morumbi, pela ida das quartas de final da Copa do Brasil. Apesar de toda a expectativa, o Tricolor está tranquilo, mas atento as próximas ações.

Em entrevista ao canal Camisa 21, no YouTube, o diretor de futebol do São Paulo, Carlos Belmonte, falou sobre o tema e preferiu ‘jogar panos quentes’ na polêmica. Segundo o dirigente, o Tricolor segue com confiança nos protocolos da CBF, mas de olhos abertos.

– As questões extracampo vamos estar sempre atentos, temos que acreditar que tudo ocorra na melhor forma possível. Acreditamos na arbitragem do Bráulio na quarta-feira. Se ele for bem vamos elogiar, se ele for mal, vamos falar. Acreditamos no sistema do futebol brasileiro e na seriedade do que estamos fazendo aqui. Vamos ficar atentos. Essas situações nunca são boas perto desse momento decisivo. Não vai ter posicionamento nenhum do São Paulo nesse sentido, mas estamos atentos. Sempre é ruim nas vésperas de um jogo decisivo, qualquer ponderação. O que nos cabe é ficar atentos. Os erros acontecem contra todos os times. Isso acontece sempre. Faz parte do futebol – disse Belmonte.

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O diretor também relembrou um gol polêmico validado para o Palmeiras no Choque-Rei de 2021, quando Gustavo Gómez marcou um gol contra, mas o juiz assinalou interferência de Miranda, que estava impedido no lance.

– Eu acho que todos os clubes têm os direitos de fazerem as ponderações. Não podemos aceitar e criar qualquer tipo de tumulto nesse momento. O São Paulo como sempre vai estar atento a tudo que acontece nesse sentido. Sempre acho que o importante é quando bola rolar, que ganhe quem jogar melhor. Erros de arbitragem acontecem muitas vezes e são comuns no futebol. Nós mesmos contra o Palmeiras, em 2021, tivemos um gol contra do Gómez e foi dado impedimento. Cabe a todos nós ter muita calma – finalizou Belmonte.

O que aconteceu?

João Martins, auxiliar de Abel Ferreira que comandou o Palmeiras na Ligga Arena contra o Athletico por conta da suspensão de Abel Ferreira, fez fortes declarações contra os homens do apito. O profissional chegou a falar em vergonha e afirmou que no Brasil o “sistema não deixa os melhores ganharem”.

Nesta terça-feira (3), a principal entidade do futebol brasileiro emitiu nota repudiando as falas do auxiliar técnico do Verdão, João Martins, e falando até em xenofobia por parte do português. O Palmeiras respondeu defendendo o profissional e fazendo uma série de perguntas para a Confederação Brasileira de Futebol.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta recently handed 15-year-old Max Dowman his Premier League debut, with the schoolboy joining a contingent of rising stars at the Emirates.

The attacking midfielder dazzled in a 5-0 rout against Leeds and even won a penalty for star summer signing Viktor Gyokeres to fire home, right after he became the second-youngest Premier League debutant in history.

He’s also Arsenal’s second-youngest professional appearance-maker ever, behind Ethan Nwaneri, with Arteta rewarding Dowman by picking him in their final Champions League squad for the league phase.

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The hype around Dowman is monumental right now, and club legend Paul Merson has already suggested he could be one of the best in the world.

Dowman and Nwaneri, if all goes to plan, could stock Arsenal’s attacking midfield options for the foreseeable future, with 18-year-old defender Myles Lewis-Skelly also rising to prominence last season.

The left-back played his way into England’s squad with some excellent performances both domestically and in Europe, pushing established Premier League players like Oleksandr Zinchenko down the pecking order.

Lewis-Skelly comes as an excellent alternative to Riccardo Calafiori as well, who’s impressed this season but has also struggled with injuries since joining Arsenal from Bologna in the summer of 2024.

In any case, the future looks very bright indeed, with Arsenal’s reputation for producing stellar gems via their Hale End academy only reinforced.

Arsenal also brought in some promising talent from elsewhere, namely defender Cristhian Mosquera in a bargain deal from Valencia in the summer.

Arsenal think Cristhian Mosquera could be one of the best in the world

The Spain Under-21 international played right-back against Leeds and did a solid job replacing the injured William Saliba against Liverpool, with Arsenal believed to hold Mosquera in very high esteem behind-the-scenes.

According to journalist Graeme Bailey, speaking to TBR Football, while new signing Piero Hincapie is threatened by the 21-year-old when it comes to game time, those within the club believe Mosquera could be one of the best in the world at Arsenal in a few years.

The ex-La Liga sensation has also earned serious praise from Arteta already, who called him an “exciting” talent with “huge” potential.

South Africa women will play three T20Is and three ODIs each against Ireland and Pakistan

Firdose Moonda20-Mar-2025South Africa will not host any men’s Tests next summer, in accordance with the Future Tours Programme (FTP), and only have one inbound tour – a five-match T20I series against West Indies – in the 2025-26 season. This is the first time since readmission that South Africa will not host men’s Tests with the next long-format home fixtures scheduled for October 2026 against Australia.The lean schedule will allow for Cricket South Africa to focus on stadium upgrades ahead of the 2027 ODI World Cup which will be co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. Several of the country’s premier grounds will have makeovers including new floodlights and drop-in pitches, which will be prepared well ahead of time and tested before the main event.It will also give the South African women’s side the spotlight, as they host Ireland and Pakistan for three T20Is and three ODIs each. They will play matches at all of South Africa’s big five venues: Newlands in Cape Town, St George’s Park in Gqeberha, the Wanderers in Johannesburg, SuperSport Park in Centurion and Kingsmead in DurbanThe women’s team will visit the smaller centres in Paarl, Benoni, East London, Potchefstroom, Bloemfontein and Kimberley as well, meaning they will have a match at all the country’s major grounds in the same season. The Pakistan series also marks the first round of the new Women’s Championship cycle, leading up to the 2029 ODI World Cup.”We are looking forward to seeing our women take on Ireland and Pakistan,” CSA CEO Pholetsi Moseki said in a release. “These tours not only provide our team with strong competition but also give our fans an opportunity to watch the Proteas Women compete at their favourite venues across the country.Moseki explained the men’s international window as being “unusually shorter next season due to outbound bilateral tours,” with South Africa’s white-ball sides touring Australia and England in August and September and the Test team due to play two-match series in Pakistan and India in November and December.The absence of home Tests has also allowed the SA20 to move into the festive window for the first and only time. It will be played between December 26 and January 26, with the West Indies series to follow immediately afterwards. The five matches are spread between the coastal venues and the Highveld but neither Gqeberha nor Durban will host a game. South African players will therefore have six weeks of T20 cricket before the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, which starts in February.CSA have also arranged one A tour, against New Zealand A, which will include three one-day matches and two four-day matches at the start of the summer. The games will be played in Pretoria and Potchefstroom.The dearth of home Tests next summer will be followed by a boon in the 2026-27 season when South Africa’s men will host England and Australia for three Tests each and Bangladesh for two matches while the women’s team will play Tests against India and Australia for a total of 10 Tests.

يستعد الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الزمالك، لخوض مواجهة مهمة أمام نظيره ديكاداها الصومالي، اليوم السبت، ضمن منافسات ذهاب دور الـ32 من بطولة كأس الكونفدرالية الإفريقية.

ومن المقرر أن تقام مباراة الزمالك وديكيداها على ملعب استاد القاهرة الدولي، وسط حضور جماهيري متوقع لمساندة الفارس الأبيض في بداية مشواره الإفريقي هذا الموسم.

ويدخل الزمالك المباراة تحت قيادة مدربه البلجيكي يانيك فيريرا الذي يسعى إلى استعادة نغمة الانتصارات بعد سلسلة من النتائج المتذبذبة في الدوري المصري الممتاز، كان آخرها التعادل أمام غزل المحلة بنتيجة 1-1 في الجولة العاشرة من المسابقة المحلية.

ويأمل فيريرا في تحقيق انطلاقة قوية في البطولة القارية واستعادة الثقة داخل صفوف الفريق، خصوصًا بعد غياب عدد من اللاعبين الأساسيين عن اللقاء لأسباب مختلفة، ما يفرض على الجهاز الفني إيجاد حلول تكتيكية بديلة.

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ويحمل الزمالك في تاريخه لقبين في بطولة الكونفدرالية الإفريقية، حيث تُوج بالبطولة لأول مرة عام 2019، قبل أن يعيد اللقب إلى خزائنه مجددًا عام 2023، مما يمنحه دفعة معنوية كبيرة في سعيه للمنافسة على اللقب الثالث.

وتنطلق المباراة في تمام الساعة السابعة مساءً بتوقيت مصر والسعودية على أرضية استاد القاهرة الدولي، في أجواء حماسية منتظرة من جماهير القلعة البيضاء. القناة الناقلة لمباراة الزمالك وديكاداها اليوم في الكونفدرالية

من المقرر أن تُذاع مباراة الزمالك وديكيداها بشكل حصري عبر شاشة قناة “on sport 1”.

ويُمكنكم متابعة أحداث ونتائج مباريات اليوم لحظة بلحظة من مركز المباريات من هنـــا

Former Liverpool striker Peter Crouch has questioned Reds boss Arne Slot's tactics after the Premier League champions lost 1-0 at Galatasaray in the Champions League in midweek, their second consecutive defeat after going down in stoppage time against Crystal Palace. Slot opted to start Mohamed Salah on the bench in a series of mistakes Crouch cited by the Dutchman, who has faced little scrutiny so far in his tenure having won the league title in his first season in charge.

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  Liverpool were defeated by a single goal in Istanbul, a first-half Victor Osimhen penalty converted after Dominik Szoboszlai was adjudged to have fouled Baris Alper Yilmaz with a trailing arm in the box. Crouch has labelled Slot’s tactical decisions as “strange” in the defeat.

  The Reds had 16 shots and 66% possession but were thwarted by the Turkish champions, leading to questions over some of the decisions made by the Dutch head coach – Jeremie Frimpong, usually a right-back by trade, started on the wing ahead of the rested Salah, who came on in the second half alongside Alexander Isak, Alexis Mac Allister and Conor Bradley. The struggles of Florian Wirtz also continued, as the £116million ($156m) signing flattered to deceive again.

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  Crouch questions Slot's decisions in Galatasaray defeat

  Peter Crouch was speaking exclusively to Paddy Power. He said: "Arne Slot made some mistakes in the Galatasaray game. Salah very rarely sits on the bench, playing Frimpong higher up, Szoboszlai at right back. It did feel a bit strange, the tactics. That’s the first time I’ve thought the manager got it wrong there. But other than that, I don’t think anyone is firing quite yet – Arsenal, City, Liverpool, Chelsea – everyone’s faltered.”

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  It can be argued that the Reds underestimated their opponents, particularly considering their near-faultless run to first place in the league phase of last year’s Champions League. But this encounter would not prove as straightforward, as the deafening atmosphere was to the advantage of the buoyant home side. It would be Osimhen who won the game, a striker who has often been linked with a move to the Premier League but now plies his trade with Galatasaray instead.

  Crouch’s comments reflect a fact which Slot himself may be quick to admit, that he did not necessarily get things right on the night or give his side the best opportunity to win the game. The fact that he rung the changes early in the second period suggested that he felt players he had left on the bench may have had a better chance of getting his side back into the contest. Such a conundrum may, ultimately, end up becoming more commonplace following the club’s summer spending, with nearly £250m ($336m) worth of talent sat on the bench while players in the starting XI faltered. It has been suggested by Jamie Carragher that the club may even miss a man who left in Trent Alexander-Arnold.

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  Wirtz will come good – Crouch

  Crouch would defend Florian Wirtz, though, claiming the 22-year-old Germany international will “come good” and should be given a chance to settle into life on Merseyside.

  Crouch said: "Wirtz is a player, I think he's a class act. We're looking at him through 100-million-pound glasses. If he came through the youth team, we would be saying ‘oh what a fantastic, talented player.’ But if you cost £100 million, you need to hit the ground running, and that quite clearly hasn't happened. I had a difficult time when I didn’t score for ages, and I know the fans will stick by him. I genuinely do think he'll come good. I don't think anyone's created more chances than Wirtz this season. So the stats are there, once people start putting them away, or he starts them putting away, the confidence will grow and I think things will really go for him. He reminds me, in some ways, of Coutinho as someone who scored goals and he just needs a bit more luck."

Since he took the manager’s job over five years ago, there have been several players who have helped shape Mikel Arteta’s tenure at Arsenal.

There was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who went from FA Cup hero to outcast; Bukayo Saka, who’s gone from Hale End prospect to talismanic winger, and even David Raya, who many viewed as unnecessary to start but is now unquestionably one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

However, one of the most important players during the Spaniards’ time at the club was Granit Xhaka, who went from public enemy number one to a firm fan favourite under his watch.

While there isn’t anyone in the squad quite as far gone as the Swiss star was at his lowest, there is an international who could experience a similar revival of fortunes this season.

Xhaka's fall and rise at Arsenal

Arsenal signed Xhaka for around £34m in the summer of 2016, and while he wasn’t terrible, it would be fair to say that his first few seasons at the club were unremarkable from a performance perspective.

However, due in part to his experience, combativeness and the respect he had from his teammates, he was made club captain in September 2019, under Unai Emery.

Unfortunately, he was given the armband during a particularly poor run of form for the team, and when he was substituted off in a game a month later, he responded to the baying Emirates crowd by swearing at them and then throwing his shirt to the floor.

For all intents and purposes, it looked like his Arsenal career was over, and were it not for Arteta, who would be appointed a couple of months later, it would have been.

The former Borussia Mönchengladbach star later admitted that it was the former player who convinced him to stay, and it was a good thing he did, as over the next few years, he would regain the trust of the fans.

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For example, in September 2022, in a game away at Brentford, the away supporters finally began to sing the midfielder’s name, something he clearly appreciated.

It was that season that the Basel-born titan reached his zenith in red and white, scoring nine goals and providing seven assists in 47 games as the club launched a surprising title charge.

He would grab himself a brace on the final day of the campaign in front of a packed Emirates that serenaded him for much of the game, highlighting just how far he’d come since that incident against Crystal Palace.

In all, Xhaka’s story at Arsenal is one of revival, and based on what we’ve just seen, there could be another Gunners’ star who experiences something similar this season.

The Arsenal star due a revival this season

With the way Arsenal have started this season, it would be difficult to name too many players who could need reviving, although one that comes to mind is Gabriel Martinelli.

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The Brazilian “monster,” as journalist Mark Mann-Bryans once dubbed him, joined the club all the way back in 2019, and while he battled with a number of injuries, there was plenty of excitement over the sort of player he could become.

After all, in the 21/22 season, when he was still just 20 years old, he managed to rack up an impressive tally of 12 goal involvements in 36 games for the club.

However, it was in the following campaign that he really announced himself as a tremendously promising attacking talent, when he scored 15 goals and provided seven assists in 46 games, playing a significant role in the club’s title charge.

Unfortunately, as things stand, that season remains his best as an Arsenal player, as the following year he mustered up eight goals and five assists in 44 games, and then last season he scored ten goals and provided six assists in 51 games.

With mediocre numbers like that, it’s hardly a surprise that the club went out and signed Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke, who, considering the Brazilian has started one game this season, now appear to be ahead of him in the pecking order.

However, it is not all doom and gloom, as there is clearly still a talented player there, and we saw it on Tuesday night when he scored a brilliant goal against Athletic Bilbao and then provided an assist for Leandro Trossard.

Now, we aren’t saying that he should now start the next game, or that he should even start the ones after; instead, his cameo on Tuesday showed how he can still have an important place in the squad: as an impact squad.

In fact, Arteta doesn’t even call them that anymore; he told the press that he prefers the term “finishers” and that “the finishers are going to be more important this season than the starters.”

Whether that’s actually true or not, it does suggest that the former Martinelli still has a massive role to play for Arsenal, and that while some wanted him sold in the summer, the manager could help make him a crucial part of the team again, like he did with Xhaka.

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Mal o gerente de futebol do São Paulo, Rui Costa, chegou da Colômbia trazendo na bagagem a contratação de James Rodríguez e já vai ter de arregaçar as mangas para resolver o maior dos imbróglios do time do Morumbi nessa janela de transferências: a contratação do ponta Erick, do Ceará, cujo contrato com o clube nordestino vai até o final do ano e que já tem um acordo para ser reforço do Tricolor a partir de 2024.

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A urgência dos dirigentes em acertar as questões de James Rodríguez e Lucas Moura fez com que as tratativas fossem temporariamente interrompidas. Com o fechamento da janela de transferências na quarta-feira (3/8), o plano é definir a situação até a segunda-feira (31) para que não haja contratempos no registro do BID (Boletim Informativo Diário) da CBF.

Conforme o Lance! revelou na terça-feira (25), o São Paulo avançou nas tratativas com o Ceará para conseguir antecipar a liberação. O clube paulista aceita atender algumas das reivindicações do Vozão para liberar a sua principal peça do plantel que luta para conseguir o acesso na Série B. A principal delas é a liberação de algumas peças reveladas em Cotia por empréstimo para reforçar o clube alvinegro.

Pelo menos duas ‘crias da base’ devem ser repassadas ao Ceará para que ele aceite abrir mão dos cinco meses restantes do contrato de Erick sem receber dinheiro em volta. Um nome acabou sendo revelado por fontes do clube tricolor à reportagem: Pedrinho Vilhena, meia promovido aos profissionais pelo ex-técnico são-paulino Rogério Ceni no início do ano e que não entrou em campo ainda pelo clube.

A indefinição é quanto ao segundo nome. O São Paulo apresentou uma lista com nomes de jovens que não treinam cotidianamente na Barra Funda. Todos foram rejeitados. O Ceará respondeu que quer Talles Costa, meia recém-recuperado de cirurgia e que não vem sendo sequer relacionado para o banco por Dorival. Por parte do treinador, não há impedimento. A resistência viria por parte do estafe do jogador, que não vê com bons olhos uma saída do Morumbi. Situação a ser resolvida por Costa.

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O São Paulo busca antecipar a chegada de Erick desde o início do mês, quando acertou um pré-contrato com o atacante. Depois da fracassada negociação com Marinho, o clube do Morumbi vê no jogador de 24 anos a opção ideal para atender a necessidade de um jogador rápido pelos lados do campo, capaz de romper linhas.

Erick foi uma indicação do próprio técnico Dorival Júnior, que trabalhou com ele no Vozão no ano passado. O jogador, que já foi considerado o quarto maior driblador do mundo e estrela deste ano no clube, com 34 jogos, 13 gols e oito assistências, aumentou a idolatria da torcida sendo um dos poucos destaques a seguir no Ceará após o rebaixamento à segunda divisão. Desde o começo do ano e o início do assédio do São Paulo, seu discurso é de querer ficar até o final do ano para ajudar no acesso.

Inicialmente, o Ceará fez jogo duro com a diretoria são-paulina. Pediu o pagamento integral da multa para liberá-lo. Depois o valor chegou a cair para R$ 6 milhões. Diferente de Marinho, quando o clube do Morumbi propagou aos quatro ventos o interesse e a proposta, desta vez adotou o silêncio. E para ajudar a amolecer os corações cearenses, até emprestou o lateral-direito Orejuela, sem espaço no Tricolor, para ajudar na aproximação. Ao que tudo indica, a tática, agora, deu certo.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Ajinkya Rahane will be assessed by the team’s medical staff on Wednesday to determine the severity of the injury he suffered to his right hand while fielding in his side’s 14-run win over Delhi Capitals (DC).Speaking at the post-match presentation, Rahane played down the extent of the injury. “Not bad,” he said. “I’ll be okay. I’ll be fine.” For now, as per KKR allrounder Anukul Roy, Rahane had “a couple of stitches”, which should take “only two-three days” to heal. KKR’s next game is on May 4, against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at home. RahaneRahane was fielding at short cover when he was struck on the hand by a ball drilled at him by Faf du Plessis off the bowling of Andre Russell. The ball deflected towards mid-off for a single, and Rahane immediately started to head off the field to receive medical attention.He did not return to the field for the rest of the match, and had his hand heavily strapped. With Venkatesh Iyer, Rahane’s vice-captain, substituted out of the match for Vaibhav Arora, KKR’s Impact Player, Sunil Narine was called into action and led the team for the final nine overs of their bowling innings.Related

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Rahane said that Narine’s final two overs – in which he dismissed Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs and du Plessis – were decisive. “204 on that wicket was good, but I thought we were 15 runs short, frankly. We were going really well as a batting unit. But again, you’re chasing 204, you know, as a fielding team, you are one or two wickets away, and that’s what happened.KKR sit seventh, with nine points from their first ten matches, but Rahane said that his team could take confidence from the memory of their late run to the play-offs in 2021. “That’s always been the talk when we are not doing well,” he said. “But again, it’s in the past. For us, what’s important is staying in the moment, taking confidence from this game and moving forward.”

In an interview with Sky Sports in August, Everton manager David Moyes said, “you have to keep trying to evolve”.

The Scotsman’s desire to shape his Toffees team into a dynamic force is an ambitious one, but he’s shown since replacing Sean Dyche in January that he has what it takes to lift Everton back into the limelight after years toiling away in the bottom half of the Premier League table.

The objective last term was one of survival, but Moyes’ Everton quickly found form and steered away from the relegation fodder. Some might have feared that it would be more of the same this year, purple patch done and dusted, but careful navigation through a tricky summer transfer window has placed the club in sixth place with four games behind them.

Early days, of course, but the signs are certainly promising, with Jack Grealish and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall among those to have sparked career revivals after leaving ‘Big Six’ clubs during the off-season.

Goalscoring problems persist

Everton have a new degree of creativity about them, with the season’s early readings suggesting they have been among the most efficient playmakers in the Premier League so far. However, they’ve missed six big chances, with Beto in particular culpable for some shoddy finishing.

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The Bissau-Guinean striker blows hot and cold, and though he scored against Wolves last month, he lacks the danger he projected on Everton’s rivals during that fine run of form last season.

Grealish isn’t a goalscorer, not really, while Iliman Ndiaye cannot be expected to carry his side in the final third across the duration of the campaign.

What Everton need is a new forward capable of leading the line over the coming years, marrying technical quality and innate shooting skills with a predatory hunger when facing the goalkeeper.

Someone like Richarlison. It’s been three years since Farhad Moshiri sold the Brazilian maverick to Tottenham Hotspur in a £60m deal, good business given his injury problems and inability to recapture that Goodison Park form in the capital.

But Richarlison, 28, remains one of the most threatening players in the Premier League, and Moyes was actually interested in re-signing the star to Everton this summer, ultimately going in a different direction.

That direction led to Thierno Barry, who is certainly unrefined and yet to stamp his authority on the English game, but then unquestionably boasts the talent and profile to rise up as Moyes’ own version of Richarlison.

Why Everton signed Thierno Barry

We are over a month into the 2025/26 season, and Barry has been used in a rotation role so far at Everton. The 22-year-old joined from Villarreal in a £27m deal in the summer, replacing Dominic Calvert-Lewin at the end of his contract.

He’s featured in each of Everton’s four Premier League matches so far, though he’s only started during the win over Wolves and was hooked shortly after the hour mark.

The integration process was always going to be one of stops and starts, but in this French forward, Moyes has landed a 6 foot 5 powerhouse with pace and potential to become an elite striker of the ball.

Last season in La Liga, he scored 11 goals and assisted four more across 35 games, starting only 25 times and creating seven big chances besides. Having won 67% of his aerial battles, you can see why Moyes was so enamoured, but his ability to drive forward with strong strides points toward that aforementioned evolution over at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, steering away from the target-man days of DCL.

Thierry Henry likes what he sees, with Barry’s movement and ability to draw defenders away intelligently, akin to Richarlison when he was in his Everton prime.

Richarlison spent four years on Merseyside, and he scored 53 goals and assisted 15 more across 152 appearances in total. Be it on the left flank or as the Blues’ number nine, the Brazil international was a force to be reckoned with.

Likewise, Barry has spent time coming off the left wing, with the right footer’s protean attacking ability lending itself to such a role. In this way, Moyes might find he can weave Beto and Barry into the same recipe. The new recruit, after all, showcased his creative capacity in La Liga last year.

In fact, Barry has actually scored eight goals from only 14 appearances out on the left wing, so he clearly has the natural sense in the final third to break the netting from any angle.

Could he reach Richarlison’s Everton level? That is not for us to know at this stage. But the Spurs man was once tipped by Carlo Ancelotti to become “one of the top strikers in Europe”, and Barry’s similar build and profile suggest he could take it one step further on Merseyside, in a team which is shaping up to challenge for places at the top end of the Premier League table.

Hailed for his “menacing” profile by talent scout Antonio Mango, Barry hasn’t yet alerted the wider Premier League audience to his presence, but he’s got all the tools to succeed in this division, and if he continues to develop his mobility and refine his presence in the final third, he might just prove to be Everton’s next version of a modern hero in Richarlison.

A budding expertise in stretching lines and making a nuisance of himself, Barry is evidence that Everton are developing into a new state under Moyes’ tutelage, and that, while the 62-year-old remains rooted in his pragmatic principles, he is eager to shape this side into something new.

For now, Beto continues to serve as Everton’s first-choice striker, but as Barry sharpens his tools, that could soon change.

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تعرض برشلونة لأول خسارة كلاسيكو تحت قيادة مدربه هانز فليك، الذي كان يقود فريقه من المدرجات أمام ريال مدريد بهدفين لهدف واحد في الدوري الاسباني لكرة القدم.

ونشرت صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية أن رافينها لاعب برشلونة كان أحد الغائبين المتكررين للبارسا في الكلاسيكو وكان من أبرز الغيابات في أرض الملعب.

وكان رافينها قد احتل المركز الثاني في قائمة هدافي الموسم الماضي بـ34 هدفًا، كما وصل إلى أنه أفضل ممرر للكرات بـ26 تمريرة حاسمة.

ومنذ إصابة رافينها، فقد افتقد برشلونة روح البرازيلي القتالية خاصة ضد ريال مدريد، والتي تؤثر على زملائه بالإيجاب ولا تزعج الخصوم فقط.

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ورغم كل المجهودات التي بذلها رافينها للوصول للكلاسيكو، إلا أنه تعرض لانتكاسة منعته من الانضمام لقائمة اللقاء ولن يعود إلا بعد فترة التوقف الدولي في نوفمبر.

ورغب رافينها أن يكون إلى جانب زملائه في برشلونة على ملعب سانتياجو برنابيو، وسافر للعاصمة الإسبانية بمفرده في الصباح ووصل لفندق الفريق وتناول الغداء مع بقية زملائه وشاهد المباراة من خلف مقاعد البدلاء.

وأشادت الصحيفة بالبرازيلي وروح القائد التي يمتلكها في مثل هذا اليوم التاريخي، كما فعل كوندي الموسم الماضي عندما وصل لحضور مباراة إنتر ميلان في إياب نصف نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا وحضر إلى ميلانو مستقلاً طائرة تجارية.

وقد دخل رافينها إلى الملعب بعد نهاية اللقاء لمنع تصاعد شجار بدأه كارفاخال الذي انتقد لامين على تصريحاته ودافع البرازيلي عن زملائه وأوقف أيضاً فينيسيوس جونيور والذي يشاركه في غرفة ملابس منتخب البرازيل والذي أثار ضجة بتصرفاته اليوم مرة أخرى.