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Ferdinand: “James is now superior to Alexander-Arnold, he is better defensively”
Rhys James’ exuberant performance against AC Milan has delighted Rio Ferdinand, with the veteran stopper believing the Chelsea defender has a clear lead over Alexander-Arnold for the England right-back.
With the World Cup in Qatar fast approaching, one of the positions ‘fought for’ in the England national team is that of right-back, with Gareth Southgate being asked to choose between Rhys James and Trent Alexander-Arnold for the starting shirt (after Kyle Walker’s injury makes him doubtful for the event).
However, in the Three Lions’ last two Nations League games, the Liverpool full-back was left without playing time and James fought back and took the lead for the role, which Rio Ferdinand seems fully on board.
The veteran Manchester United and England stopper claimed the Blues defender has a clear lead over his Liverpool counterpart at the moment following Chelsea’s game against AC Milan, where James (goal and assist) was outstanding.
“On the ball I think James is as good as Trent, but defensively he excels in one-on-one situations. That’s the difference between them at the moment. The big players have each other and push each other to get better …
I think Reese has the edge now, but Trent can improve and turn things around.”said Ferdinand, who also made a special mention of James’ performance against Rafael Leao during Chelsea’s match against Milan on the third day of the Champions League.
“He had Leao in front of him and in case he didn’t know, James knew after the first 10 minutes that he was going to have a tough night. In the first half I was worried about his performance but in the second half he was.” decided to be aggressive.
Not leaving Leao behind, he grabbed the ball and let his opponent know he was ready to fight. It was as if she were telling him: “I will defend, but at the same time I will attack”.
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Ukraine national football team completed 2025and UAF summarized the results of the called-up players.
He was included in the national team during the year 44 players.
The year 2025 for Sergei Rebrov’s team started with an unsuccessful performance against the Belgian team in the Nations League play-offs.
The blue-yellows played two friendly matches against Canada and New Zealand in June.
The national team participated in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers from September to November, finishing second in the group and advancing to the play-offs for the World Cup qualifiers.
During the season, the team had 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Statistics: 10 matches of the Ukrainian national team in 2025 (+5=1–4)
VIDEO. 44 players were called to the Ukrainian national team during the year
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INFANTINO: “If there was no FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world”
FIFA President Gianni Infantino He commented on World Cup ticket prices, saying they reflected “absolutely insane” demand for next summer’s tournament:
“We have six to seven million tickets and in 15 days we received 150 million ticket requests. So every day we have 10 million requests. This shows how strong the World Cup is.”
FIFA has sold just 44 million tickets in almost 100 years of the World Cup. So we were able to sell tickets for the 300th anniversary of the World Cup in two weeks. Just imagine. “This is absolutely crazy.”
Infantino also noted that funds from ticket sales would be reinvested into world football, but did not specify a specific amount:
“The important thing is that the revenue from this goes back into football around the world. If it weren’t for FIFA, there would be no football in 150 countries of the world. Football exists thanks to the revenues we get from the World Cup, and we reinvest that into football around the world.”
Previously, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on FIFA to further reduce 2026 World Cup ticket prices.
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VIDEO. The best scorer of the year in the Ukrainian national team has been announced. All targets
The Ukrainian Football Federation has determined the top scorer of the national team in 2025.
This status was given to Polesie’s winger Alexey Gutsulyak, who scored 5 goals and made 3 assists.
Gutsulyak’s assistance became important in the decisive matches of the autumn, when the player scored a goal and made an assist in the match against Azerbaijan, and also scored and assisted in the match against Iceland.
This helped the Ukraine national team reach the 2026 World Cup qualifying play-offs against Sweden in March.
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