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Aston Villa kicked off their 2024//25 Premier League season with a highly impressive win over West Ham United last weekend

Unai Emery’s side looked like they were going to have to settle for a share of the spoils against the Irons, that was until Jhon Duran popped up with just 11 minutes left to score the winner.

In what was a tricky opening match, Villa securing all three points will give them plenty of confidence heading into their game against Arsenal this evening.

There could be a few changes to the starting XI, however, as some of the players failed to really shine last weekend, most notably John McGinn.

John McGinn’s game in numbers vs West Ham United

The Scot started on the left of a three-man attack to support Oliie Watkins yet struggled to really make much of an impact during his time on the pitch.

Metric

John McGinn

Morgan Rogers

Leon Bailey

Goals

0

0

0

Assists

0

0

0

Key passes

0

2

2

Big chances created

0

0

0

Dribble attempts (successful)

0 (0)

2 (1)

2 (2)

During his 62 minutes on the field, McGinn completed just 12 passes, took 26 touches and attempted zero dribbles.

The midfielder also lost possession three times while delivering zero accurate crosses, and it was clear his spell out wide wasn’t going to carve any openings for Watkins.

Emery’s attacking players will need to be excellent from the very first whistle against the Gunners today to stand any chance of securing a positive result. Could this see McGinn potentially dropped from the starting XI for a homegrown talent?

The player who could replace McGinn vs Arsenal

Ramsey was brought on for the ineffective McGinn with just half an hour of the game to be played last weekend, making a wonderful impact.

He was the one that set up Duran to score what turned out to be the winner, while he also was successful with 100% of his passes, showcasing his excellent distribution.

The Englishman looked much brighter going forwards than McGinn, as he created a big chance, made one key pass and succeeded with 100% of his dribble attempts during his second half cameo.

This is the sort of performance that Emery will be demanding from the start as the Gunners travel to the Midlands this evening, which could see Ramsey given a starting berth.

The Athletic journalist Seb Stafford-Bloor lauded Ramsey as “sensational” back in 2021, but the academy graduate didn’t enjoy the most productive of spells last term as he missed 35 matches due to a series of niggling injury issues.

His impressive showing on the first weekend of the season will surely have bolstered his confidence, knowing that he is back fit and firing, ready to establish himself in Emery’s side.

The clash against the title-chasing Gunners will be difficult, but Villa did win 2-0 during their last meeting, a result which arguably cost the Emirates side the 2023/24 Premier League title.

If they channel this type of performance tonight, then there is no reason why they cannot replicate that stunning result from the end of last term.

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O São Paulo teve mudanças em sua agenda do Campeonato Brasileiro. A CBF alterou o duelo contra o Athletico-PR, antes marcado para o dia 30 de novembro, uma terça-feira, às 19h. Ele foi antecipado para o dia 24 de novembro, uma quarta-feira, com horário marcado para às 21h30. O jogo será disputado no Morumbi.

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Antes dessa partida, o Tricolor terá cinco jogos para fazer: contra Internacional (Morumbi), Bahia (Fonte Nova), Fortaleza (Castelão), Flamengo (Morumbi) e Palmeiras (Allianz Parque).

O São Paulo vai buscar melhorar a campanha no Campeonato Brasileiro, em busca de uma vaga na Libertadores e afastar também o perigo da zona de rebaixamento. Atualmente, o Tricolor é o 13º colocado, com 34 pontos.

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No primeiro turno, o São Paulo venceu o Athletico-PR por 2 a 1, na Arena da Baixada, com dois gols do atacante Pablo, ex-jogador do Furacão.

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Local: Estádio do Morumbi, em São Paulo

Blessing Muzarabani and Victor Nyauchi had earlier combined to bowl Afghanistan out for 131

Firdose Moonda02-Mar-2021Stumps Fifteen wickets fell on an eventful first day in Abu Dhabi, where Zimbabwe edged their noses in front in the first Test against Afghanistan. Their seamers shared eight wickets between them to dismiss Afghanistan for their fourth-lowest Test total, before a 71-run fifth-wicket stand between Sean Williams and Sikandar Raza steadied Zimbabwe from 38 for 4. But by the time the day ended, Williams’ fourth Test half-century had put them in the lead.On a green-tinged pitch that assisted the quicks early on but started to turn later in the day, batting is expected to only become more difficult so any lead Zimbabwe can get is likely to be valuable. And they may be able to build one against a depleted Afghanistan attack. Their only seamer Yamin Ahmadzai left the field with what looked like an ankle injury during his tenth over, which was the 31st over in the Zimbabwe innings.Ahmadzai did not get the benefit of morning conditions, where there was movement through the air and off the seam and extra bounce for the tall Blessing Muzarabani, whose strikes bookended a disappointing effort from the Afghanistan line-up. Six of their batsmen were caught behind the wicket and their innings was littered with loose strokes pointing to deficiencies in defence and temperament, or at least a lack of match practice in the longest format.Though they avoided sinking to their lowest Test score of 103, their final total will hardly be any consolation, especially knowing that their two wins in this format – against Bangladesh and against Ireland – have come when they totalled over 300 in the first innings. Theirs is also the lowest total by an opposition against Zimbabwe since West Indies’ 128 in Bulawayo in 2003.Muzarabani, playing in his first Test since the day-night game against South Africa in 2017, became the first Zimbabwe bowler to take a wicket with the first ball of a Test when he bowled debutant Abdul Malik with a ball that moved into him and took the inside edge on to the stumps. Malik’s was the 33rd instance of a batsman being dismissed off the first ball of a Test.His wicket brought Afghanistan’s only Test centurion to date, Rahmat Shah, to the crease, who reached 300 runs in the format with a straight drive down the ground, but lasted just five more balls before Muzarabani got one to move away slightly, with a fine outside edge carrying to Regis Chakabva.Muzarabani’s early burst was well-supported by his new-ball partner Victor Nyauchi, who ensured the third-wicket stand did not grow beyond 29, which turned out to be the highest of the Afghanistan innings. He had Munir Ahmad caught at slip reaching for a wide delivery. Ibrahim Zadran, who was Afghanistan’s best batsman in the opening session and was strong on the square drive, went the same way three overs later when he attempted a drive off a Nyauchi ball that moved away to be caught in the gully. Nyauchi had further success before lunch when he bowled Hashmatullah Shahidi with an inswinging yorker that snuck through the bat-pad gap, sending Afghanistan into the lunch break on 85 for 5.Blessing Muzarabani became the first Zimbabwe bowler to strike with the first ball of a Test•Afghanistan Cricket BoardMuzarabani followed up his eight-over morning spell by returning immediately after the interval and struck in his second over. Asghar Afghan fished at a full ball outside off and got an outside edge to give Chakabva a simple catch. Top-scorer Afsar Zazai played some eye-catching shots – including the leg glance and the cut – to take Afghanistan over a hundred, but eventually edged Donald Tiripano to Chakabva while defending inside the line.Zimbabwe only found use for spin in tandem in the 41st over when Raza joined Williams in the attack. Raza also found extra bounce and had Abdul Wasi caught at short leg as it took the shoulder of the bat when he tried to defend. In the next over, Ahmadzai holed out off Williams to mid-on, and the captain then took himself out of the attack so Muzarabani could finish off. Zahir Khan was caught at third slip to give Muzarabani his first four-wicket haul.The total of 131 might leave Afghanistan ruing their inability to leave the ball as much as they should have or to spend time at the crease as their innings lasted just 47 overs.In response, Zimbabwe found themselves in early trouble when Kevin Kasuza was bowled off the fourth ball, which was an inswinging yorker from Ahmadzai. Then Tarisai Musakanda and Prince Masvaure both played for turn, but were out lbw to deliveries that went on with the arm from Amir Hamza. Masvaure faced 49 balls for his 15 runs and showed the kind of application many of the batsmen before him lacked.But he was followed to the crease – and the change room – by debutant Wesley Madhevere who was dismissed off the next ball, closing the face of his bat to a Hamza delivery that skidded on to the front pad. Without DRS, it was not possible to tell if the impact was outside the line, and Madhevere’s maiden Test innings ended up being a first-ball duck.With the ball turning and Hamza posing problems, Afghanistan may have seen the opportunity to run through Zimbabwe, but the experience of Williams and Raza kept them at bay. Williams’ back-foot play and Raza’s ease on the sweep were on display and though there were some nervous moments in their knock, both could have gone on to half-centuries. Raza began to chance his luck when he pulled Wasi to a vacant midwicket area and in the next over, sliced Hamza to deep point. Williams was more cautious, and with Ryan Burl, saw Zimbabwe through the final 20 minutes of play,

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O Departamento de Futebol de Base do Vasco tem renovado o contrato de jogadores de diversas categorias ao longo dos últimos meses. Com isso, o zagueiro Lyncon, da equipe Sub-17, assinou um contrato profissional, nesta quarta-feira, até abril de 2025.

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Nascido em 2005, o jogador assinou seu primeiro contrato profissional. O defensor chegou ao Gigante da Colina em 2016 eteve destaque nas disputas do Campeonato Brasileiro e da Copa Rio nesta temporada.

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A equipe sub-17 tem feito boas campanhas ao longo desta temporada, mas acabou sendo derrotada em duas finais para rivais. No Campeonato Brasileiro, os Meninos da Colina conseguiram uma boa vantagem no jogo de ida, mas foram derrotados pelo Flamengo, na volta, no Raulino de Oliveira. Na Copa Rio, perderam nos pênaltis para o Fluminense por 4 a 2, após dois empates.

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Atualmente, o time dirigido pelo técnico Gustavo Caetano segue na disputa da Taça Guanabara da categoria e ocupa a terceira colocação com 14 pontos e um jogo a menos que os rivais. No sábado, no Estádio Nivaldo Pereira, o Vasco enfrentará o Botafogo, no clássico marcado para às 11h, pela 8ª rodada.

In the world of football, Arsenal have always been regarded as an excellent club for young and exciting talents.

Be that Jack Wilshere in the early 2010s or Cesc Fàbregas in the mid-2000s, the Gunners have had at least a couple of standout youngsters in every generation in recent history.

However, one club that has probably got them beat when it comes to producing incredible prodigies is Barcelona, who actually had Fabregas on the books at the world-renowned La Masia before he opted to move to North London.

In fact, the Catalan giants look to have done it again, as the latest wonderkid grabbing the headlines is another one of theirs, Lamine Yamal, and by all accounts, the hype seems justified.

The incredible Yamal

Despite being just 16 years old – yes, 16 – Yamal already has 51 first-team appearances for Barcelona under his belt, in which he has racked up a tally of seven goals and ten assists.

Primarily a right-winger, the incredible youngster made his debut for the Catalans on the left when he came off the bench with seven minutes to go against Real Betis in the 32nd game of the 2022/23 La Liga season.

He wouldn't play another minute of first-team football for the rest of the campaign, but was given his first start in the second game of last season against Cadiz and looked at home from the first whistle.

His stock was already reasonably high a month or so ago, but following his simply astounding performances for Spain at the Euros this summer, his reputation has gone stratospheric – especially after that wonder goal he scored against France on Tuesday.

This fairytale rise from unknown youth player to preeminent wonderkid in world football has understandably seen his valuation skyrocket, with the Transfermarkt now pricing him at around €90m, which converts to about £76m, although given his ceiling, we'd be surprised if that number doesn't keep ticking up at a rate of knots.

That said, as outlandish as his potential price tag is for someone so young, Arsenal have an academy graduate of their own whose value is even higher than that of Yamal's.

Bukayo Saka's valuation in 2024

The Hale End graduate in question is, of course, Bukayo Saka, who has carried the torch of Arsenal youngsters thriving in the first team – to put it mildly.

In fact, the 22-year-old has arguably become the most important player at the club in recent years, and the fact he's already racked up a mammoth 226 first-team appearances at such an age is a testament to that.

In those appearances, the "legend in the making", as football talent scout Jacek Kulig described him, has scored 58 goals and provided 53 assists, meaning he's averaged a goal involvement every 2.03 games.

Saka's senior record

Team

Arsenal

England

Appearances

226

38

Goals

58

12

Assists

53

6

Goal Involvements per Match

0.49

0.47

All Stats via Transfermarkt

He's not just dazzled at the Emirates, either. He's already picked up 32 caps for England, in which he's scored 12 goals – including that screamer against Switzerland – provided six assists, and won two Player of the Year awards.

This absurd CV for a player who is still just 22 has seen Transfermarkt value him at a massive €140m, which is about £118m.

However, like in the case of Yamal, the Gunners would probably demand close to double that before they even considered cashing in on their talismanic winger.

Ultimately, the Barça youngster looks set for a simply astonishing career at the top of the game, but Arsenal can be happy in the knowledge that they have their own homegrown superstar in Saka.

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Ever since Eden Hazard left Chelsea Football Club, the Blues have struggled to find the perfect replacement for him. The Belgian was incredibly unique and no Chelsea player has truly managed to fill his boots when factoring in the way he played and the goals and assist numbers he put up.

Of course, since joining the club last summer, Cole Palmer has been a revelation, exceeding all expectations and becoming one of the best wingers in the Premier League. He scored 22 goals and registered 11 assists in just 34 top-flight games last term, and yet he did not feel like the replacement for the legendary Belgian, given their profiles are nothing alike.

The likes of Raheem Sterling and Mykhailo Mudryk have also joined the club since Hazard’s departure, a pair much more similar to the former Chelsea winger’s profile. However, they have never really found their feet at Stamford Bridge, with Sterling so far scoring just 19 times in 81 games in blue, and Mudryk 7 times in 58 games.

It is undoubtedly frustrating that the Blues have never managed to find a replacement for one of the Premier League’s best wingers. However, they have recently been linked with one man who could finally become the Hazard replacement Chelsea have been crying out for.

Chelsea target Premier League winger

The player in question is Brighton & Hove Albion’s Japanese winger, Kaoru Mitoma. The 27-year-old had a tough time on the pitch in 2023/24, although he has proven his quality in the top flight plenty of times, and he has now been linked with a move away.

Interest in the winger from Chelsea was confirmed by journalist Ben Jacobs while in conversation with the London Is Blue podcast. Jacobs simply said “I’m told that Kaoru Mitoma is liked,” referring to the Blues' interest in the Seagulls attacker.

Chelsea’s interest in adding a new wide player to their squad has been clear throughout the summer transfer window. The Blues wanted to sign former academy player Michael Olise from Crystal Palace. However, The Athletic confirmed they pulled out of the deal due to financial implications, with other clubs bettering their offer.

Thus, they have seemingly switched their attention to Mitoma, and appear to be the only side interested in signing him at this stage, unlike the deal for Olise. Whilst a price has not been made clear, Football Transfers values him at £17.9m, although it could take more money to tempt Brighton into a sale. Indeed, Mitoma’s contract does not expire until 2027.

Why Mitoma can be the Hazard replacement

Mitoma’s 2023/24 campaign was slightly disappointing given his obvious quality. Firstly, injuries hampered his season, with a back injury meaning the winger hasn't featured since 18th February.

However, the Japan international did feature 19 times under Roberto De Zerbi, who is now the manager of French giants Marseille after leaving Brighton at the end of the season. In those 19 games, he scored three goals and registered four assists, still pretty respectable numbers.

With that being said, Mitoma did not really hit the heights he did in his debut campaign two seasons ago. In 33 games, he scored seven times and registered six assists, only beaten on combined goal involvements by Pascal Gross with 17 and Solly March with 14, as per Sofascore. De Zerbi described him as Brighton's "top player" when his contract extension was announced in October.

Given those numbers, it may seem surprising that the man touted to replace Hazard at Stamford Bridge is a winger with just 10 goals and 10 assists in his Premier League career. The former Belgium captain notched 85 goals and 54 assists in 245 games in the top flight of English football.

However, when you think of the Belgian, the first thing that may come to mind is his electric dribbling ability. Think how easily he would glide past opponents by using his low centre of gravity and his impressive strength to ride challenges from oncoming defenders.

Few players in the Premier League’s history are better dribblers than the Belgian. In fact, as per Statsmuse, the winger completed the most dribbles in the 2017/18 season with 118, and in the 2018/19 season with 139. He was simply electric.

With that in mind, there is perhaps no one better to replace Hazard than a man with a PhD in dribbling. Like the former Chelsea number seven, Mitoma possesses a bag of tricks, and the ability to burst away from defenders with a quick change of direction and accelerate off into space. The pair are also both two-way wingers, confident of going on the inside of a defender and driving towards the box, or the outside by taking it to the touchline and looking for a cross.

Indeed, Mitoma’s dribbling ability is also reflected in his stats. During the 2022/23 season, his only uninterrupted campaign in the top flight, the Japan international averaged 5.55 progressive carries per 90 minutes, which ranked him in the top 4% of wingers. That season, Mitoma also averaged 3.3 carries into the penalty area each game, which placed him in the top 3%.

Stat (per 90)

Number

Percentile

Progressive carries

5.55

96th

Carries into final third

3.18

92nd

Carries into penalty box

3.30

97th

Take-ons attempted

5.05

85th

Take-ons completed

2.29

90th

Whilst Mitoma does not quite have the same number of goal involvements as the legendary Hazard, he could still become the direct replacement for the winger. They are stylistically very similar; excellent ball-carriers who are direct and run at opponents one-on-one, with superb close control and lightning-quick acceleration.

Replacing a player like Hazard is not easy in the slightest, as Chelsea have proven in the last few seasons. Even though Mitoma’s goal involvement numbers do not touch the record of the former Blues winger, who knows how much he could explode under Enzo Maresca? It could finally be the signing that sees Chelsea replace Hazard and the catalyst for the Blues to climb back to the top of English football.

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O São Paulo inicia setembro com ‘ânimo renovado’ fora de campo e expectativa de melhora dentro das quatro linhas. Se por um lado o clube vem no embalo pelas contrações do volante Gabriel Neves e do atacante Calleri, por outro o time quer usar o período de quase duas semanas de treinos para melhora.

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O mês de setembro certamente trará a estreia da dupla de reforços, que causou alvoroço na torcida no último dia da janela de transferências. O período sem partidas pode ser importante para um melhor entrosamento e preparo físico, tanto de Calleri, quanto de Gabriel Neves.

A dupla deve começar a treinar com o elenco do São Paulo nas próximas semanas. Neves já está no Brasil e faz os últimos exames médicos, enquanto Calleri deve desembarcar em solo brasileiro na próxima quinta-feira (02).

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Os treinos também servirão para Crespo corrigir alguns problemas da equipe, como os gols tomados por bola aérea e nos minutos finais da partida. Além disso, o trio Arboleda, Welington e Marquinhos, podem se recuperar de lesões na coxa e estarem à disposição na volta das partidas.

O mês ainda reserva jogos decisivos para o clube na temporada. O São Paulo joga contra o Fluminense, no dia 12 de setembro, às 20h30, fora de casa. Depois, enfrenta o Fortaleza, pela volta das quartas de final da Copa do Brasil, no Castelão, dia 15. O Tricolor ainda pega Atlético-GO e Atlético-MG pelo Brasileirão.

JOGOS DO SÃO PAULO EM SETEMBRO
​12/09 – Fluminense x São Paulo, às 20h30 – Maracanã – Brasileirão
15/09 – Fortaleza x São Paulo, às 21h30 – Castelão – Quartas da Copa do Brasil
19/09 – São Paulo x Atlético-GO, às 16h – Morumbi – Brasileirão
26/09 – São Paulo x Atlético-MG, às 16h – Morumbi – Brasileirão

Surrey 143 for 1 (Evans 81*, Jacks 56*) beat Hampshire 138 for 8 (Holland 65, Topley 4-20) by nine wicketsReece Topley returned to the Ageas Bowl to haunt depleted Hampshire as Surrey remained top of the Vitality Blast South Group with a nine-wicket win.England white-ball international Topley returned career-best figures of 4 for 20 to restrict his former county to 138 for 8. Then, Will Jacks (56) cracked his third consecutive fifty and Laurie Evans clubbed 81 not out in a 118-run partnership for the second wicket, as already qualified Surrey all but booked a home quarter-final by easing to victory with 28 balls to spare.Hampshire were forced to leave out four players who were self-isolating due to coming into contact with an individual with Covid symptoms.The players, along with members of the coaching staff, are awaiting test results and should they come back negative, will be in contention to face Middlesex on Sunday.A Hampshire statement said: “On the advice of our medical team a number of players have been withdrawn from today’s squad.”This is as a precautionary measure and they are self-isolating while awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test after coming into contact with an individual who has reported symptoms.”As a result, they named an unexperienced XI which included Felix Organ, Tom Scriven, Calvin Harrison and Scott Currie – who had previously made six T20 appearances between them.Hampshire, who had lost their last five matches in the Blast, then lost the toss and lost a wicket first ball, having been stuck in.Topley spent three injury-plagued seasons at the Ageas Bowl, but returned with a bang as he splattered George Munsey’s stumps with his first delivery.Organ drove and pulled a pair of boundaries before he was stumped off Jacks to leave the hosts on 11 for 2.Surrey’s leading Blast wicket-taker Dan Moriarty then left Hampshire reeling at 50 for 4 with two quick wickets.The left-arm spinner had James Vince, who had threatened to break free with 27, stumped before Tom Scriven was lbw, Moriarty returning figures of 2 for 19.Just as Hampshire looked set to repeat their showing against Essex, Ian Holland and James Fuller combined to take their side towards respectability with a stand of 75.USA international Holland’s previous format best was an unbeaten 36 against Sussex earlier in the campaign, but led the recovery with an impressive 65.His innings was shaped by clever running but it was his clean three sixes – two straight and other picked up over mid-wicket – which caught the eye as he reached his half-century off 38 balls with a swept four.After Fuller had stepped on his own wicket for 19, Topley returned to make sure Surrey regained control in the death overs.The left armer had Holland caught at short third man and Harrison lbw in successive balls, before Currie drilled to Rory Burns at extra cover.Needing 139 to win, Surrey lost Jason Roy in the fourth over, caught at mid-off to hand Organ his maiden T20 wicket.But Jacks, on the back of scores of 55 and 65 against Middlesex and Sussex, barely flinched as he scored freely, crashing six fours and a six over midwicket in his 29-ball fifty.With Lewis McManus undergoing surgery for appendicitis, Vince took the gloves but was not overly used as the ball rarely beat the bat.While Jacks seemingly slowed down, Evans moved through his innings with a crescendo, with a six whipped off his legs and a driven slash taking him to his half-century in 34 deliveries.The Jacks and Evans partnership moved past 100 in 66 balls, before they knocked off the remaining runs in rapid style – with back-to-back sixes off Harrison completing a sixth straight Surrey victory.