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Toda turma tem aquele torcedor mais desprendido, que adora passar os jogos inteiros conversando e abordando aleatoriedades. Na maioria das vezes, esse personagem é perseguido pelos mais concentrados na tela da TV. Mas, em 2016, os tagarelas ganharam sobrevida com os monótonos jogos do São Paulo. Nesta quarta-feira, por exemplo, não faltou tempo para amenidades no empate em 1 a 1 contra o Linense. Não faltou ira com mais um tropeço tricolor.

No primeiro tempo, por exemplo, as histórias infinitas e inoportunas dos nossos falastrões só foram interrompidas duas vezes. Aos 13 minutos, Thiago Humberto arrancou com liberdade incomum e parou em grande intervenção de Denis – na sala, o pentelho interveio falando de política, impeachment, Sérgio Moro… Depois, aos 26, mais um “cala a boca”, com o pênalti sofrido pelo lateral-direito Bruno e desperdiçado por Michel Bastos.

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O camisa 7, assim como nosso herói de resistente cordas vocais, não teve medo de aparecer – e errar. O problema é que, pela segunda vez no ano, ele encontrou a trave em uma penalidade, como quando um torcedor mais fervoroso parte para a ignorância com aquele que fala demais. A paciência dos mais exaltados foi se esgotando, transformou-se em raiva, até que o jogo em São José do Rio Preto ficou tão arrastado que o tagarela tornou-se herói.

De vítima de tapas e xingamentos, a risadas e discussões filosóficas. A reunião de amigos, de pés na mesa de centro, cervejas e refrigerantes descongelando, só era interrompida por uma chance ou outra que mal levava perigo ao goleiro Oliveira. Edgardo Bauza, cada vez mais criticado do que o falastrão, fez as três alterações de sempre no São Paulo ao lançar Kelvin, Alan Kardec e Lucas Fernandes. Nada resolvia, nada funcionava. Para os tricolores.

Aos 39 minutos, o volante Zé Antônio roubou a atenção no estádio Anísio Haddad e nas reuniões de amigos. Os linenses – e os rivais – vibraram com o golaço que deixou Denis vendido e fez o marcador se recuperar do pênalti cometido no primeiro tempo. O amigo inconveniente tentava se aproveitar da festa dos rivais para seguir com seu show particular, mas aos 48 minutos mais uma vez a televisão recuperou os olhares de todos.

Foi Kelvin, o primeiro trunfo de Bauza, quem completou a confusão na área para as redes. O empate não evitou que o Osasco Audax voltasse à liderança com 21 pontos, contra 19 do Tricolor, mas minimizou a volta da crise. Nesta quinta-feira, será preciso torcer contra a Ferroviária, que visita o Santos na Vila Belmiro. Depois, restarão os duelos com Oeste e São Bento para tentar chegar às quartas de final do Campeonato Paulista. O São Paulo segue sem vencer como visitante no Estadual, mas soma cinco partidas de invencibilidade, com quatro empates e uma vitória. Agora, podem voltar a conversar.

FICHA TÉCNICA
LINENSE 1 X 1 SÃO PAULO

Local: estádio Anísio Haddad, em São José do Rio Preto (SP)
Data-Hora: 30/3/2016 – 19h30 (horário de Brasília)
Árbitro: Vinícius Golçalves de Araújo
Auxiliares: Miguel Cataneo Ribeiro da Costa e Rafael Tadeu Alves de Souza
Público/Renda: 10.510 pagantes / R$ 518.000,00
Cartões amarelos: Zé Antônio, Oliveira, Rógerio e Marcão (LIN), Carlinhos, Ganso e Alan Kardec (SAO)
Gols: Zé Antônio 39′ 2ºT (1-0), Kelvin 47′ 2ºT (1-1)

LINENSE: Oliveira; Paulo Henrique (Marcão 41′ 2ºT), Jorge Luiz, Adalberto e Rogério; Leandro Brasília, Bileu, Zé Antonio, Anderson Aquino (Ricardinho 15′ 1ºT) e Thiago Humberto (Fillipe Soutto 17′ 1ºT); William Pottker. Técnico: Moacir Júnior

SÃO PAULO: Denis; Bruno, Maicon, Rodrigo Caio e Carlinhos; Hudson, Thiago Mendes (Lucas Fernandes 31′ 2ºT), Daniel (Kelvin 12 2ºT), Ganso e Michel Bastos; Calleri (Alan Kardec 27′ 2ºT). Técnico: Edgardo Bauza

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Há cinco jogos sem vitória, o São Paulo entra em campo nesta quarta-feira, às 21h45, no Pacaembu, para enfrentar o Botafogo-SP, pela 11ª rodada do Campeonato Paulista. O grande problema do Tricolor para o duelo contra o time de Ribeirão Preto são os dez desfalques, seja por lesão, convocação ou suspensão. Enquanto isso, o Botinha luta para não cair no Estadual – tem a quarta pior campanha e precisa da vitória.

Os desfalques por convocação são: Rodrigo Caio, com a Seleção Brasileira olímpica para a disputa de dois amistosos, o chileno Mena, que disputa as Eliminatórias para a Copa do Mundo de 2018, e Lyanco, com a Sérvia para a disputa preliminar da Eurocopa sub-19.

Por lesão, o São Paulo não terá: Michel Bastos, Wesley e Rogério, todos com estiramento muscular. Wilder com contratura e Breno com tendinite. O goleiro Renan Ribeiro, que passou por uma cirurgia de apendicite, continua em recuperação. Já o volante Thiago Mendes está suspenso.

O clube do Morumbi ocupa a vice-liderança do Grupo C, com 14 pontos, apenas um a mais do que o terceiro colocado, a Ferroviária. O Audax lidera com 16. Por isso, o time de Patón precisa mais do que nunca da vitória para não se complicar no Estadual.

Enquanto isso, o Botafogo é o lanterna do Grupo 1, liderado com folga pelo Santos. A equipe soma apenas 11 pontos, aparecendo à frente apenas de Mogi Mirim, Capivariano e Rio Claro.

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SÃO PAULO X BOTAFOGO-SP

Local: Estádio do Pacaembu, em São Paulo (SP)
Data-horário: 23 de março de 2016, às 21h45
Árbitro: Rafael Gomes Feliz da Silva
Assistentes: Alex Alexandrinho e Patrick André Bardauil

SÃO PAULO: Denis; Caramelo, Lugano, Maicon e Bruno; Hudson, João Schmidt e Carlinhos; PH Ganso e Daniel; Calleri. Técnico: Edgardo Bauza.

BOTAFOGO: Neneca; Daniel Borges, Caio Runa, Mirita e Diego; Rodrigo Thiesen, Allan, Samuel Santos e Carlos Alberto; Serginho e Alemão. Técnico: Márcio Fernandes.

In an exclusive interview with Football FanCast, former West Brom player Carlton Palmer discussed the chances of his old side avoiding relegation this season and remaining in the Premier League.

The Baggies are currently 19th in English football’s top flight, nine points away from safety, and face Everton next before taking on Newcastle United in a massive game at the bottom of the table.

It is quite a gap that needs to be closed, but Palmer does not think it is impossible, backing West Brom to beat the drop if they can manage to win maximum points from those two upcoming fixtures.

Speaking exclusively to FFC, Palmer said:

“The next two games for me are absolute deciders, absolute deciders. They’ve got Everton on Thursday night and then they’ve got Newcastle three days later. Both of these games, they’re both two cup finals.

“If Sam [Allardyce] can pick up maximum points from those two games, I give them a great chance of staying up. But if they drop even a point against Everton or Newcastle, I can’t see them staying up, I just can’t see it. But they’ve got a great opportunity now.”

Undoubtedly, the next two games for West Brom are huge. If Allardyce’s side can beat both Everton and Newcastle, they could move to within just three points of the latter in the battle for Premier League survival.

It, of course, will not be easy, as Everton continue to impress, following up their first victory against Liverpool at Anfield since 1999 with a 1-0 win over Southampton on Monday.

Elsewhere, another relegation rival in Fulham have managed to find some form of late, not losing in any of their last five Premier League matches, further highlighting West Brom’s need to pick up points this week.

Former referee Mark Halsey has recently discussed a penalty incident for Southampton in their recent Premier League game.

Ralph Hasenhuttl’s men were recently held to a 0-0 draw by Fulham at Craven Cottage but after the game, the Saints boss made it clear that he thinks that his side should’ve had a penalty for a handball by Ola Aina. A cross had hit the Torino loanee’s arm but after a VAR check, play continued and no spot-kick was awarded.

When talking about the incident, Hasenhuttl said: “He goes with his hand to the ball and that it is a clear goal chance for us also so we were unlucky not to get a penalty there.”

Halsey gives his opinion about a potential Southampton penalty

Halsey was speaking exclusively to The Transfer Tavern and he talked about the possibility of whether Southampton should’ve had a penalty for Aina’s potential handball. The former referee believes that it was a subjective call and while Saints fans would want a penalty for that, the Fulham defender Aina had his arms in a natural position and he doesn’t think the call was a clear and obvious error.

He said:

“Looking at that, it’s subjective and if you’re a Southampton fan, you want it but his arms in a natural position in a running motion. I would agree (with the officials) that it wasn’t a penalty. In my own personal opinion, you don’t want to see penalties given for those sort of situations.”

The game saw Southampton have the ball in the back of the net on two occasions, but both goals were correctly ruled out for offside.

Penalty could’ve been a game-changer for Southampton

Hasenhuttl’s men currently find themselves in ninth place in the Premier League table and they have 25 points in the bag so far. Having said that though, they are only three points behind third-placed Leicester City (as per Whoscored).

If Southampton had won the game, they would’ve been in the third spot in the table but the draw means that they have dropped out of the top-four. It shows how important the handball call involving Aina was and it turned out to be vital when it came to determining Southampton’s position in the table.

However, the home side had generated an Expected Goals tally of 0.87 in the game – higher than Southampton’s tally of 0.12. So perhaps, getting a point from the tie wasn’t a bad result at all for the Saints, despite the frustration of Hasenhuttl.

In other news, Southampton fans have slammed Stuart Armstrong for his performance against Fulham – read more about it here.

Max Aarons showed against Barnsley on Saturday what sort of player Marcel Brands can add in the January transfer window should Everton look to sign the Norwich City full-back.

According to TEAMtalk, the Toffees are one of the 20-year-old’s biggest admirers ahead of the winter market, having seemingly decided that now is the perfect time to find the long-term successor for Seamus Coleman.

Carlo Ancelotti is keen to secure his future right-back well before Coleman’s contract expires in 2022 and could look to tap into Everton’s array of scouting reports on Aarons, as the Goodison Park natives have monitored the Canaries’ up-and-coming talents for the past two years.

Norwich fended off interest in Aarons from FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich in the summer, with the powerhouse duo both recognising the London-born talent as one of the best young full-backs in Europe.

Manchester United are also eying Aarons in the January sales after failing to seal a deal in the off-season, but face paying close to £20m for the defender Daniel Farke has called on to start all 23 Championship fixtures since Norwich’s return to the second-tier.

Farke is a vivid advocate of Aaron’s abilities and believes the full-back, who Ronald Koeman is a keen admirer of, is only just getting started.

“Max is outstanding in many topics. I can’t praise him enough for what he has done since his first appearance,” said Farke, via quotes by the Pink Un. “When you have the clubs interested in him who were interested, it is easy to lose the ground under the feet.

“Maybe you think you know everything about football. He is always looking to work harder. Never ill, never injured. If the best clubs in the world are interested, then maybe there is not that much more space to improve.”

Aarons had a mixed day as Norwich edged a 1-0 win over Barnsley on Saturday to stay four points clear of Swansea City in first place, as he perfectly teed up Todd Cantwell for a volley in the first-half that the midfielder blazed over but he also came close to costing his side the win.

The £5,000-per-week prospect misjudged the flight of a late diagonal ball forward that gifted Michal Helik space to snatch a point, only for the Tykes defender to fluff his lines and divert a low cross wide from close range at the back post.

Aarons frequently lost possession, too, with the 20-year-old turning the ball over 25 times, while misplacing 17 of his 46 passes, failing to find a teammate with one of two crosses, losing five of seven ground duels and one of three aerial contests, per SofaScore.

He was additionally dribbled past once, failed to register a single successful tackle and lost in three of four attempted dribbles, but stood up to record 75 touches, two interceptions, a clearance and play a key ball.

Ancelotti would see Aarons’ display against Barnsley as the player work in progress, with plenty of positives but also more than a few negatives, in his search of Coleman’s eventual successor.

AND in other news: Marcel Brands must axe a total dud costing Everton £600k-a-game.

كشفت تقارير صحفية عن حقيقة مفاوضات ريال مدريد الإسباني، لضم الدولي الهولندي دوني فان دي بيك لاعب فريق مانشستر يونايتد الإنجليزي خلال فترة الانتقالات الشتوية.

وانتشرت تقارير خلال الأيام الأخيرة عن رغبة ريال مدريد في التعاقد مع اللاعب الهولندي، في ظل عدم مشاركة فان دي بيك مع المدرب أوليه جونار سولشاير.

فابريزيو رومانو الصحفي الإيطالي بشبكة سكاي والموثوق في سوق الانتقالات، نفى وجود أي مفاوضات من نادي ريال مدريد لضم اللاعب الهولندي.

وأكد رومانو عن وجود اهتمام من أندية أخرى في أوروبا لضم اللاعب الهولندي، لكن لا يوجد أي عرض رسمي لـ مانشستر يونايتد أو مفاوضات مع دي بيك نفسه.

وينتظر اللاعب موقفه من المشاركة خلال الأسابيع المقبلة حتى يناير، لتحديد مستقبله بالبقاء أو الرحيل عن النادي الإنجليزي، في ظل توتر علاقته مع النرويجي أوليه جونار سولشاير مدرب مانشستر يونايتد.

Some Glasgow Rangers fans are livid as Dundee have been given a 3-0 victory in the Scottish League Cup.

The Championship side were set to play Forfar Athletic in the group stage of the competition on Tuesday evening but the match was called off in the build-up after one of Forfar’s players contracted Covid-19. As a result, they informed the SPFL that they were unable to fulfill the fixture, which led to Dundee being given a 3-0 win.

This was one of two matches that ended in such a manner, with Kilmarnock’s clash versus Falkirk also unable to be played. It is important to mention that this is only the first round of the competition.

These Rangers supporters, it seems, were absolutely perplexed as to why this decision was taken, and they also seem to fear for the rest of the competition. They took to Twitter to share their thoughts, and you can see some of the best comments from the social media platform below:

‘Gers fans, should the matches in question have been awarded as 3-0 results? Let us know what you think by commenting below!

Leeds United had a great transfer window in terms of incomings, but there are a few players on their books that they would have liked to have gotten rid of.

Indeed, it has been reported that Jay-Roy Grot will not play another game for the club, while Ouasim Bouy has seemingly had that fate thrust onto him ever since Marcelo Bielsa’s arrival at the club.

Fortunately, the Whites are reportedly preparing for talks to terminate Bouy’s contract, and that is probably for the best for everyone involved.

It’s easy to forget that Bouy is even a Leeds player, he’s not played a single game for the club and he’s been seen more often in the Netherlands than in West Yorkshire these days.

Bielsa seemingly has no use for him, and for that reason, Leeds should give him the same treatment they gave another player who Bielsa didn’t want, Jean-Kevin Augustin.

Both Leeds and RB Leipzig washed their hands with Augustin this summer, sanctioning a free transfer move to Nantes as the legal battle wages on over United’s supposed obligation to buy the forward.

However, no matter whether or not Leeds have to fork out the money to purchase Augustin, they were more than happy to let him go and ply his trade elsewhere, and that’s what needs to happen with Bouy.

The Dutchman may well be comfortable picking up thousands of pounds a week for absolutely nothing, but he was once touted as the next big thing and if he’s to get back on track in any sort of capacity, Leeds need to cut all ties with him.

His former youth coach gave his footballing ability a glowing review, saying:

“If we’re talking only about football, the simple fact about Ouasim is that he was a very talented attacking midfielder. He was a creative player with a golden left foot.

“He scored tremendous goals but he had this great feeling for when to play the through pass and how to put attackers in good positions to score. That was his great asset.”

There’s clearly a talented player in there somewhere, but Leeds don’t want him, and he doesn’t want to be at Leeds, so the best thing for everyone is to just let him go in the same way Augustin was allowed to leave.

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Forçar o ritmo para aprimorar o condicionamento ou desacelerar visando a reserva de energia para os 90 minutos de jogo? Na semana que antecede a última rodada do Brasileirão, o Vasco – ameaçado pelo rebaixamento – vem optando por manter a receita predominante neste segundo semestre em São Januário: treinos curtos e com intensidade na medida certa. Na visão do zagueiro Luan, o técnico Jorginho fez a escolha adequada para o atual momento da temporada.

– Ele sempre tem feito isso… E está de parabéns. Sabemos que, em fim de temporada, não adianta colocar treinos de uma hora e meia, duas horas, que não vão render. Ele jogou bola também, entende o nosso lado. Está todo mundo com o psicológico desgastado – avaliou.

E, se o psicológico pode influenciar, é melhor chegar para o confronto impecável neste quesito. Ainda mais pelo palco da “final” ser um caldeirão acostumado a situações como essa.

– Já vamos preparados, sabendo que vamos jogar no estádio deles. Sabemos que a torcida é toda deles, mas isso não nos incomoda de forma alguma, e isso não vai nos impedir de fazer um bom jogo – cravou o zagueiro.

Em 2009, o Coxa teve um duelo semelhante no seu último compromisso do ano. Diante do Fluminense e no mesmo Couto Pereira – local do jogo deste domingo com o Cruz-Maltino -, o alviverde paranaense só empatou (1 a 1). O resultado livrou o Tricolor da degola e decretou o descenso dos anfitriões. Agora, será a vez de outro carioca tentar uma missão ainda mais árdua. Algo que será alcançado somente com muita união.

– Estamos numa situação muito delicada e temos que nos unir bastante para vencer o Coritiba – disse Luan.

Com 40 pontos e no Z4, o Vasco visita o Coritiba às 17h deste domingo. O Cruz-Maltino (18°) precisa vencer e torcer por tropeços de Avaí e Figueirense. Já o Coxa pode se salvar até mesmo em caso de derrota, porém, se ao menos empatar, confirma sua permanência na elite sem depender de outras equipes.

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According to The Daily Express, West Ham are lining up Real Madrid striker Luka Jovic as a possible replacement for Sebastien Haller.

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After arriving for a club-record fee last summer from Eintracht Frankfurt, Haller endured an inconsistent debut campaign in English football, netting just seven times in 32 Premier League games.

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Now, The Daily Express claim that French side AS Monaco are keen to end his stay at the London Stadium, with Niko Kovac – his former boss at Eintracht – keen on a reunion.

The report adds that in Haller’s exit, the club will target the likes of Jovic and Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi.

Compared to Luis Suarez

Out of the two options, Jovic certainly seems like the stand-out one. Whilst his first season with Real Madrid hasn’t exactly gone to plan – he played just 27 times across all competitions and completed the full 90 minutes just once in La Liga – he still remains an elite finisher.

Former Serbia manager Mladen Krstajic said: “He’s a classic goal-getter with great control of the ball and a good understanding of the game. I’d probably compare him to Luis Suarez. He’s courageous and dangerous at any moment because he’s always lying in wait for his chance or any inattention from the opponent.”

Jovic’s final campaign with Frankfurt saw him rack up an impressive 27 goals, with ten of them coming in the Europa League alone as the Bundesliga side were eventually knocked out in the semi-finals stage by Chelsea.

His teammate at Eintracht, Alexander Meier, spoke just as highly about his finishing abilities, saying: “In training you could see immediately that he’s just amazing in front of goal. He has everything. Heading, shooting, left foot, right foot. Inside the box he knows exactly where the ball will fall down.” Kevin-Prince Boateng meanwhile simply insisted he could go on to become a world-class striker, and that he is a “street footballer” at heart.

Whilst GSB may get criticism for splashing out a club-record fee for a signing like Haller and then letting him go just a year later, if that means potentially bringing in Jovic as a replacement, then it really would be something to give them some credit for.