Premier League

Tottenham’s competitive collapse and Maddison’s decisive defeat

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November 27, 2023

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Tottenham’s competitive collapse and Maddison’s decisive defeat

Relegation from the top of the Premier League, title contenders, the irreplaceable James Maddison and Tottenham’s lack of competition under the Sportish lens.

November is not going to Tottenham and she has proven that Third defeat in a row in the Premier League, this time against Aston Villa 2-1 at home.

That the Roosters built up the first 10 games of the world’s highest league, regardless of the negative result, with a reckoning 8 wins And 2 tieswas demolished in just a month Tottenham -now- to move further and further away from the top, ie after minus 4 from the pioneer Arsenal.

The London club is the first in their years Premier League who immediately after the unbeaten series suffered three negative results in a row in the first 10 games of the English league.

What is also particularly worrying is the fact that he was top of the table in all three of those defeats, with Chelsea (1-4), Wolves (2-1) and most recently Aston Villa (1-2) canceling out the result. leading the whole thing Postecoglou leave the field with your head bowed.

There are many reasons for withdrawal. Fatigue, lack of championship mentality, unexpected injury absences of key players (Ivan Perisic, Micky Van De Ven, Richarlison), player deformations and the lack of mercy cards (Heung-Min Son and Cristian Romero) are just a few of them.

The key role of James Madison

However, the main reason lies in his decisive loss James Madisonone of the island’s leading playmakers and the player on whom much of the Greek-Australian coach’s attacking style is based TottenhamAngelos Postecoglou.

Before his injury against Chelsea in early November, the Englishman was Tottenham’s number 10 in the Roosters’ 4-2-3-1 and was the player Postecoglou wanted to play with in the starting lineup as he carried out his role perfectly.

Tottenham’s summer signing helped build attacks and “rushed” towards his team’s goal. At the same time, he helped move the ball before making key decisions about when and how the England team should attack.

However, his contribution did not end there as he was Kane’s successor. Not in the execution part, since this was entrusted to Son, but in the part of working with the 31-year-old striker, who was the player who primarily created both the South Korean’s and all Tottenham’s chances and broke the opponents’ passes defense .

Whether he was operating between the lines between ten and the second striker or supporting the play of full-back Desini Udoji on the left, he converged and created gaps for Tottenham to exploit. James Madison made his presence felt.

Except 3 goals And 5 assists In 11 Premier League games he was fourth in through balls into the opposition defense and first in actions that create conditions for goals with 12.

So Angelos Postecoglou’s biggest problem is not the deformation of the last month, but the crucial loss of his playmaker. With Maddison expected to miss all of Tottenham’s games in 2023, the ‘nature’ of his absence remains an unsolved mystery, knocking the London club off the top of the Premier League.

Source: sport 24

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Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.

Premier League

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s era officially at Manchester United

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2 years ago

December 24, 2023

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Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s era officially at Manchester United

Historic day for Manchester United when British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe acquired 25% of the club’s shares from the Glazer family.

After 13 months of negotiations, Sir Jim Ratcliffe acquired 25% of Manchester United’s shares for £1.25 billion (€1.44 billion).

The British billionaire will take charge of the club’s football operations and says he will invest 272 million euros ($300 million) in Old Trafford. At the same time, he made a proposal to acquire a further share of the shares (up to 25%).

In order for the deal to be finalized and formally concluded, it must be approved by all bodies, including the Premier League, as is the case with such deals.

Source: sport 24

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Premier League

City give River more than 20 million euros and take on 17-year-old Etceveri

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December 24, 2023

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City give River more than 20 million euros and take on 17-year-old Etceveri

One step away from finalizing an agreement with River Plate is Manchester City, where they are finalizing a deal to acquire 17-year-old Argentina’s next big thing, Claudio Etcheverry, for over €20 million.

Manchester City are investing in young talent and want to do so again like they did with Julián Alvarez. According to Fabrizio Romano, the Citizens have reached an agreement with River Plate to acquire the 17-year-old Claudio Etcheveri.

The world champion will pay the clause in his contract Argentina’s next big thing, which amounts to over 20 million euros.

The two sides are in the final stages of concluding the contract, after which Mr Etceveri will remain on loan at River until the end of the season, when his contract with the club will expire.

Etcheverry shone for Argentina at the U17 World Cup, scoring a hat-trick against Brazil in the quarter-finals.

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Premier League

Wolves 2-1 Chelsea: Lemina and Doherty knew the Blues

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December 24, 2023

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Wolves 2-1 Chelsea: Lemina and Doherty knew the Blues

Wolves were better for most of the game against Chelsea, who they beat 2-1 in Molino, with Enkunku’s goal in the 90+6 minute not enough to qualify for Matchday 18 of the Premier League.

Wolves beat Chelsea 2-1 at Molinos in the 18th Premier League game in a game that caught fire in stoppage time. Your goals Lemina and Doherty gave the “Wolves” victory Enkunku to reduce

The best moment of the first half belonged to the Londoners, Sterling stole the ball from Gomes just outside the penalty area, got into a foursome with Sha, but sent it to the Portuguese goalkeeper, who saved with his foot.

In the second half the hosts took the lead in the 51st minute after a set piece when Lemina sent the ball into the net after a corner from Sarabia to make it 1-0, while nPreviously, in the 48th minute, they had missed a huge chance to take the lead.

After a cross from Gomes, Totti headed the ball, but Petrovic made a difficult save with his hands. At 54′ Wolves called for a penalty for bringing down Huang in the penalty area, with the referee showing no foul.

Fotia won the game in stoppage time when two goals were scored. In the 90th + 3rd Doherty, who came on as a substitute in the 86th minute, made it 2-0 for Wolves three minutes later After a cross from Sterling, Encuncu shot the ball into Sa’s goal to make it 2-1.

WOLVES: Sat, Kliman, Dawson (70′ Bueno)Gomes, Semedo, Lemina, Gomes, Ait-Nouri (86′) Bueno)Can, Sarabia (75′ Doyle)Cot (86′ Doherty).

CHELSEA: Petrovic, Gusto (80′) Badiasil)Disasti, Thiago Silva, Colville (80′) Maachen)Ogotsovkou (59′) enkunku)Gallagher, Sterling, Palmer, Jackson (80′ Madueke)Brocha (59′ Mudrik).