Dua Pemain AC Milan Beri Dukungan untuk Theo Hernandez

Theo Hernandez mencatatkan namanya di papan skor pada laga semifinal Piala Dunia 2022. Bek kiri milik AC Milan itu memecah kebuntuan saat laga baru berjalan lima menit.

Theo yang bergerak bebas di sisi kiri lepas dari kawalan pemain Maroko. Ia kemudian menyambar bola liar dan berhasil menaklukkan kiper Yassine Bounou.

Gol yang dicetaknya menjadi kebobolan pertama Maroko selain gol bunuh diri. Berkat golnya itu pula, Prancis menguasai jalannya laga dan menang 2-0.

Gol yang dicetak Theo pun sontak mendapatkan pujian dari dua rekan setimnya di AC Milan, Olivier Giroud dan Rafael Leao. Mereka memuji permainan apik Theo.

Wakili AC Milan

Menurut Giroud, gol yang dicetak Theo seolah mewakili Milan di ajang Piala Dunia. Mereka bangga berstatus sebagai pemain Rossoneri yang bertahan di Piala Dunia.

“Saya sangat senang untuk Theo. Dia mencetak gol yang bagus,” ujarnya kepada Sportitalia.

“Kami berdua bangga mewakili Milan di final. Kami berharap kami bisa memenangkan final kedua kami,” tambahnya.

Bek Kiri Terbaik

Sementara itu, Leao memberikan pujian yang berbeda. Penyerang asal Portugal itu memberikan pujian lewat akun Twitter pribadinya.

Menurutnya, gol yang dicetak Theo membuktikan satu hal bahwa tidak ada bek kiri lain yang selevel dengannya. “Bek kiri terbaik di dunia, Theo Hernandez,” tulisnya singkat.

Leao sendiri tidak tampil mengecewakan selama membela Portugal. Walaupun begitu, penampilannya belum bisa dikatakan sebaik saat membela Milan.

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Klarifikasi Langsung! Bruno Fernandes Bantah Ada Masalah dengan Cristiano Ronaldo

Bruno Fernandes akhirnya buka suara tentang cuplikan yang beredar yang menunjukkan dirinya ada masalah dengan Cristiano Ronaldo. Bruno memastikan tidak ada masalah dengan rekan klub dan timnasnya tersebut, sekaligus memastikan narasi yang dibuat dari cuplikan tersebut mengada-ada.

Sebelumnya beredar cuplikan video bahwa Ronaldo dan Bruno bermasalah. Narasi yang dibuat seolah-olah Bruno enggan menatap mata Ronaldo dan senyum di antara keduanya pun kaku.

Narasi tersebut bisa muncul lantaran Ronaldo sempat menyerang Manchester United yang notabene klubnya sendiri dan klubnya Bruno. Banyak pihak yang tidak senang dengan tindakan Ronaldo.

Walaupun begitu, Bruno menilai apa yang terjadi dengan Man United saat ini tidak sedang jadi fokusnya. Ia dan Ronaldo akan fokus dengan timnas Portugal dulu di Piala Dunia 2022.

Bercanda

Dalam wawancara ekslusif dengan Sky Sports, Bruno menerangkan apa yang terjadi di cuplikan tersebut sebetulnya hanya bercandaan antara dirinya dengan Ronaldo.

“Apakah kalian sudah mendengar suaranya? Kalau belum maka kalian harus melihat cuplikan itu dengan suaranya,” ujarnya menjelaskan.

“Di sana akan terdengar bahwa dia sedang bercanda dengan saya. Kalau kalian mendengar itu, maka saya yakin kalian semua merasa tidak ada masalah di antara kami,” tambah dia.

Tidak Ada Masalah

Terlepas ada cuplikan yang salah narasi itu atau tidak, Bruno memastikan tidak ada masalah dengan siapapun, terlebih kepada Ronaldo. Saat ini hubungan keduanya baik-baik saja.

“Saya tidak punya masalah dengan siapapun. Saya hanya menjalankan tugas saya,” terangnya.

Pernyataan tersebut memastikan bahwa narasi-narasi yang mengiringi wawancara Ronaldo sebagian besar salah.

Fokus di Tim Nasional

Sementara itu, Bruno memastikan bahwa seluruh pemain fokus membela timnas Portugal. Skuad Seleccao ingin mendapatkan yang terbaik di Piala Dunia 2022.

“Ketika Ronaldo datang ke tim nasional, maka fokus utamanya adalah di sini. Kami semua harus fokus ke Piala Dunia karena Piala Dunia tidak datang setiap kali,” ujar Bruno.

“Tapi secara menakjubkan Ronaldo akan memainkan Piala Dunia kelimanya sepanjang kariernya. Jadi saya yakin semua orang sedang fokus di sini,” tandas dia.

Sumber: Sky Sports

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Cristiano Ronaldo Pilih Waktu Wawancara Heboh Tepat Sebelum Piala Dunia, Emang Cerdas!

Cristiano Ronaldo memilih menyambut Piala Dunia 2022 dengan melakukan wawancara kontroversial yang membuat heboh. Ronaldo secara blak-blakan menyudutkan Manchester United di depan media.

Senin (14/11/2022), video wawancara eksklusif Ronaldo dan Piers Morgan resmi mengudara. Dalam tayangan tersebut, Ronaldo secara terang-terangan melontarkan berbagai komentar kontroversial.

Superstar Portugal itu menyerang Erik ten Hag, menyudutkan petinggi klub, dan melontarkan kritik-kritik pedas lainnya. Ronaldo pun memutus jembatan untuk kembali ke MU.

Masalahnya, wawancara kontroversial itu jadi mengalihkan perhatian kepada hal-hal penting. Kerja keras MU dan Ten Hag tidak lagi dibahas, bahkan berita Piala Dunia pun sedikit tenggelam. 

Ronaldo tahu apa yang dilakukan

Wawancara eksklusif Ronaldo tersebut jelas mencuri perhatian penikmat sepak bola dunia. Bahkan beberapa hari terakhir, berita soal Ronaldo mungkin mengalahkan berita Piala Dunia.

Sekilas, Ronaldo mungkin membuat kesalahan dalam pemilihan waktu wawancara. Namun, yang terjadi munkin justru sebaliknya.

"Pemilihan waktu wawancara tersebut bukan ditentukan begitu saja," ujar analis sepak bola Portugal, Pedro Sepulveda.

"Ronaldo tahu bahwa Minggu kemarin adalah laga terakhir di Man United sebelum ke Piala Dunia. Setelahnya, dia harus bergabung dengan tim nasional, jadi ada jeda."

Sengaja dipilih

Lebih lanjut, Sepulveda merasa bahwa Ronaldo justru sengaja memilih waktu sebelum Piala Dunia. Turnamen ini bakal jadi kesempatan terbaiknya untuk membuktikan diri.

"Saat ini, Ronaldo tidak perlu berurusan dengan media Inggris dan dia tidak perlu berada di Manchester. Jadi, Ronaldo mengambil keputusan yang tidak bisa ditarik kembali, sebab dia merasa bahwa dia akan main cukup baik di Piala Dunia supaya melancarkan kepindahannya di Januari nanti," sambung Sepulveda.

"Di bursa transfer sebelumnya, tidak ada klub besar yang tertarik dengan Ronaldo, saya tidak tahu kenapa. Namun, dengan main apik di Piala Dunia, situasinya bakal berbeda di bursa transfer musim dingin nanti," tandasnya.

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Cristiano Ronaldo says he feels 'betrayed' by Man United, claims execs are trying to push him out of the club

 

© Provided by Yahoo Sports US Cristiano Ronaldo didn't hold back in criticizing officials at Manchester United in a feud with no end in sight. (Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images)

Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Manchester United isn't going as planned. Things escalated Sunday, as Ronaldo ripped the team during an interview with The Sun's Piers Morgan. 

The Sun released a clip of the interview Sunday, in which Ronaldo said he felt "betrayed" by Manchester United. 

Ronaldo called out "the coach" and then "the other two or three guys there around the club." Morgan asked if Ronaldo was talking about club senior executives. Ronaldo responded by saying yes. 

Ronaldo continued to criticize Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag, saying, "I don’t have respect for him because he doesn’t show respect for me," per the Sun. "If you don’t have respect for me, I’m never gonna have respect for you. If you don’t have respect for me, I’m never gonna have respect for you.” 

Former manager Ralf Rangnick was also the target of Ronaldo's ire. "If you’re not even a coach, how are you going to be the boss of Manchester United," Ronaldo told the Sun. "I’d never even heard of him.”

Ronaldo also ripped Manchester United's training facilities, saying the team did not make improvements under Rangnick. Former teammate Wayne Rooney also found himself in the crosshairs, with Ronaldo saying, "I don’t know why he criticizes me so badly ... probably because he finished his career and I’m still playing at high level.”

Sunday's interview continues a miserable trend for Ronaldo with his former club. Ronaldo and the team failed to live up to expectations during his first season back with the club last campaign. Those struggles were enhanced by Ronaldo's feud with Rangnick.

Ronaldo reportedly wanted to leave the club, but was unable to find a big club willing to agree to a transfer. Ten Hag took over and promptly benched Ronaldo early in the season, preferring to go with younger players. Ronaldo was not happy with that, and refused to sub into a game against Tottenham.

Ronaldo's interview with Morgan won't help the situation. Things were already trending in the wrong direction for Ronaldo and Manchester United. It's tough to see a scenario where both sides shake hands and amicably move on following Sunday's comments. 

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England World Cup 2022 squad guide: Full fixtures, group, ones to watch, odds and more

 

Can Harry Kane lead England to World Cup success? (REUTERS)

Expectations are high, and hopes even higher, that England can pull off another superb run at a major tournament after reaching the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup and the final of Euro 2020. Manager Gareth Southgate has instilled a confidence in his squad which has brought a belief that England can finally win the World Cup again. That confidence is also reflected in the betting markets with the Three Lions third favourites to lift the trophy behind Brazil and France.

Yet faith in Southgate and his squad is not as strong as it was after England stumbled through this year’s Nations League campaign. No wins in six games with two defeats to Hungary and relegation from League A has put a sour note on Southgate’s time in charge and sends England heading into this important World Cup campaign on rocky footing. The pressure to perform well has increased and the manager’s decision-making, on and off the field, will be more firmly under the spotlight.

No more so than when he names the 26-man squad he will be taking to Qatar. Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling are dead certs and will be hoping to replicate their form from the past two tournaments with Jordan Pickford also secure of a starting place in goal. Jude Bellingham is pushing to tie down a starting berth but the question of where Phil Foden’s best position in the team is hasn’t been answered. Calls to start Trent Alexander-Arnold at right-back have gone unheeded with Reece James and Kyle Walker preferred and the England boss has stuck with Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw despite their limited playing time with Manchester United.

Going in England’s favour is the group they’ve been drawn in. The expectation is that the Three Lions will win Group B featuring Iran, USA, and Wales – although Scotland proved at the Euros that Home Nations matches at major tournaments can be challenging. Things get trickier in the knockout rounds, and should England top the group they’ll likely face the African champions, Senegal, in the last-16 before a possible clash with current World champions France in the quarters. Belgium and Portugal are potential semi-final contenders before one of Spain, Germany, or Brazil await in the final, probably. It looks set to be the most difficult run England have had so far under Southgate but if they get through it, they’ll have guaranteed their spots in history.

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Can Gareth Southgate take England on another memorable World Cup run? (Action Images via Reuters)

Group fixtures (all times GMT)

Monday 21 November: England vs Iran – 13:00

Friday 25 November: England vs USA – 19:00

Tuesday 29 November: Wales vs England – 19:00

Predicted squad

Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal), Nick Pope (Newcastle)

Defenders: Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Marc Guéhi (Crystal Palace), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle), Kyle Walker (Manchester City)

Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City), Declan Rice (West Ham United), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton)

Forwards: Tammy Abraham (Roma), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Chelsea)

Ones to watch

Star – Harry Kane: England’s captain and main striker, Kane won the golden boot in the last World Cup and is guaranteed his spot in the starting XI. He’s hitting form at the right time scoring close to a goal per game for Tottenham in the Premier League this season. The 29-year-old can also drop deep and pick out passes through the lines for his speedier teammates which will prove useful against strong defences.

Teenager Jude Bellingham hopes to thrive in England’s midfield (The FA via Getty Images)

Breakout talent – Jude Bellingham: The question was whether Gareth Southgate would give him enough minutes to show off his talent at the World Cup but England’s recent 3-3 draw with Germany changed that. At 2-0 down 19-year-old Bellingham took control of midfield and launched the Three Lions into a counter assault. He broke up play, made runs into the box, slipped in quaint through balls and won a penalty, all but nailing down a spot in the starting XI in the process. Add on that Bellingham is only the third teenager to score in four consecutive Champions League appearances after Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé and England have got themselves a real talent.

Odds to win the World Cup (taken from Betfair)

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Prediction

England should have enough quality and depth in their squad to breeze through the group stages with Wales, buoyed by reaching the World Cup for the first time in 64 years and motivated by inspiring speeches from Michael Sheen, the biggest threat. Results elsewhere may give England an easier route to the latter stages of the tournament but if things fall out as predicted getting past the quarterfinals will be good going for Gareth Southgate’s side. Knocked out in the quarter/semi-finals.

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Traits that made Cristiano Ronaldo great now hasten his painful decline

 

Cristiano Ronaldo trained alone on Friday. In a way it was the perfect image: a footballer who perhaps more than any other embodies the trope of the individual superstar, the idea that one man can do it on his own, doing it on his own. The television cameras were there to film his arrival and they were there a few hours later to film Erik ten Hag as he weathered a squall of Cristiano-related questions. The soap opera continues. But for now the football career is on hold.

Ronaldo will not feature for Manchester United against Chelsea on Saturday afternoon. He has been suspended for storming down the tunnel after refusing to come on as a substitute against Tottenham on Wednesday. The word is that United will again try to move him on in the January transfer window, and may even pay him to leave.

Perhaps we should have known that this was how it would end from the moment Ronaldo returned last autumn in a blizzard of ticker-tape and social media numbers. But nobody involved – not United, and certainly not Ronaldo himself – was prepared to shake themselves from a shared reverie that would disintegrate upon its first contact with reality.

Fans gather by the huge banner on the front of Old Trafford to celebrate the return of Cristiano Ronaldo before before his return match against Newcastle United in September 2021. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

For United, it was a reality borne out in results and dysfunction. For Ronaldo himself, reality has taken the form of time. The fact that he is 37 years of age is no barrier in itself: Thiago Silva is still turning out for Chelsea at 38, Fabio Quagliarella and Pepe are doing it at 39 for Sampdoria and Porto respectively, Joaquín is pounding up and down the wing for Real Betis at the age of 41. Ronaldo remains in excellent physical shape, and as he proved against Everton a fortnight ago, there are still few deadlier finishers. He ended last season with six goals in five appearances.

But what has changed is the game around him: a sport in which players are covering ever greater distances, at an ever higher intensity, to an ever more intricate and complex series of technical instructions. What has changed is the concept that one player, however talented or driven, can be given free rein or have a team built around him. The very principles upon which Ronaldo built not just his game but his fame, not just his career but his entire psyche, are eroding in front of his eyes.

What must this feel like? How is Ronaldo experiencing the world right now? In part these are questions that are impossible to answer, and so for various reasons people have stopped bothering to try. Far easier to paint him in broad primary colours, as either a cartoon villain or a vengeful demigod, to reduce his human complexity to numbers, his human emotions to ciphers. Fans who just months ago hailed his second coming as the second coming are now urging United to sweep him aside, to cast him adrift.

In April, Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodríguez lost their newborn son in childbirth. He was one of twins; their daughter survived. Rodríguez would later describe this tragedy as “the worst moment of her life”. For Ronaldo it was “the greatest sadness”. In the subsequent days the world of football rallied around Ronaldo at this most awful of times. Then, as the world of football is wont to do, it moved on to other things.

Did Ronaldo move on to other things? Nobody on the outside can say with any great certainty how this tragedy might have affected him. Every family processes grief in its own way. But anybody who has lost a child will tell you that it is a life-changing moment: a sadness that defies words or solace, whose vapour trail is felt not simply for weeks or months but for years, and for ever.

Fans at Anfield applaud on the seventh minute for Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo and his family in April following the death of his newborn son. Photograph: Peter Powell/EPA

Again, nobody here has a direct portal into Ronaldo’s brain, and ultimately we must all bear responsibility for our own actions. But I suppose the point here is that if one were to cast judgment on a man making a seemingly irrational emotional outburst – say, on the touchline during a televised football game – might this be the sort of thing you would want to take into account? If only a little, if only for reasons of simple compassion? Or is six months beyond the statute of limitations for these things?

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And then of course you can throw in the sense of athletic decline, which is often described as a form of sporting death, a brutal reacquaintance with one’s own mortality. For Ronaldo it is reasonable to presume that this reckoning will hit him harder than most, given the peaks he scaled and the levels of self-belief required to sustain them. Ronaldo will never be remotely as good at anything else as he is at football. Now, with decades of life to live, this thing is slipping away from him.

Cristiano Ronaldo looks on as he warms up on the touchline in Manchester United’s victory over Tottenham Hotspur. Photograph: Matt West/Shutterstock

United knew this, or at least should have done. Instead, they chose to sink more than £60m in fees and wages into a 36-year-old striker with seemingly no idea of what their exit strategy might be. In a way both United and Ronaldo were happy to indulge in the same delusion: that the good times would simply keep on rolling, that reality could simply be wished away through branding, star magnetism and sheer will. It was the ultimate marriage: a company convinced of its own immortal pre -eminence and a player convinced of his.

But of course companies can pivot, remake and reinvent themselves. Humans are stuck with the body they have. Even now, there are choices to be made. Ronaldo could simply knuckle down, take his medicine, accept a diminished role in an evolving team, acknowledge his limits. But to do so would be to go against every trait and instinct that drove him to the top in the first place. And so as United forge ahead, Ronaldo simply waits: alone, imprisoned by time, quietly going the way of all flesh.

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Ballon d'Or: Karim Benzema wins award as best player in world football for first time

 

Real Madrid and France forward Karim Benzema has won the Ballon d'Or - awarded to the best footballer of the year - for the first time.

Benzema scored 44 goals in 46 games as he helped Real win the Champions League and La Liga in 2021-22.

Lionel Messi (seven) and Cristiano Ronaldo (five) had won the award on 12 of the previous 13 occasions.

Bayern Munich's Sadio Mane, who was at Liverpool in 2021-22, was second ahead of Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne.

Barcelona's Alexia Putellas retained the Women's Ballon d'Or, awarded to the best best female footballer of 2022.

England Euro 2022 winner and Arsenal forward Beth Mead was second.

Premier League champions Manchester City, who had six nominees at the ceremony, were awarded Club of the Year ahead of Liverpool.

The Ballon d'Or is awarded to the best footballer of the year, based on performance over the 2021-22 season.

Zinedine Zidane (right) was the last Frenchman to win the Ballon d'Or First Frenchman to win prize since 1998

Monday's ceremony in Paris saw French F1 driver Esteban Ocon arrive at the Theatre du Chatelet with the Ballon d'Or trophy in a racing car.

Benzema is the first Frenchman to win the prestigious award since Zinedine Zidane in 1998. Zidane was at the event to present his countryman with the prize.

"This prize in front of me makes me really proud," said Benzema. "When I was small, it was a childhood dream, I never gave up. Anything is possible.

"I'm really proud of my journey here. It wasn't easy, it was a difficult time for my family as well."

Benzema was the overwhelming favourite to win this year's award.

His 44 goals included a hat-trick in 17 second-half minutes against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, and another away to Chelsea in the quarter-final first leg.

He also scored three more goals over two legs of the semi-final against Manchester City.

The 34-year-old, who has been at Real Madrid since 2009, is expected to play a key role for France at the World Cup in Qatar which starts on 20 November.

The Ballon d'Or is voted for by 100 journalists from around the world.

Warm reception for Haller

Borussia Dortmund's former West Ham striker Sebastien Haller, who has recently undergone chemotherapy for a testicular tumour, received warm applause from the audience when he walked on stage to present the Yashin Trophy to Real Madrid's Thibaut Courtois for best goalkeeper.

Liverpool's Alisson was second, with Ederson of Manchester City and Chelsea's Edouard Mendy third and fourth respectively. Tottenham's Hugo Lloris was 10th.

The Kopa Trophy, awarded to the best performing player under the age of 21, went to Barcelona and Spain midfielder Gavi, who turned 18 in August.

Sebastien Haller on stage at the Ballon d'Or awards ceremony

Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham, 19, was ranked fourth and England team-mate and Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka, 21, was eighth.

Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski won the Gerd Muller Trophy awarded to the best striker after scoring 57 goals for Bayern Munich and Poland in 2021-22.

The inaugural Socrates Award, a humanitarian prize, went to Mane for his charity work.

Five-time winner Ronaldo ranked 20th

Messi and Ronaldo have dominated the award in recent years, apart from in 2018 when Croatia midfielder Luka Modric won it.

Messi had already won the trophy more times than any other player and his seventh success in 2021 came after wins in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019.

However, he was not nominated this time after an underwhelming first season at Paris St-Germain.

Manchester United's Ronaldo, who last won it in 2017, was placed 20th of the 30 players nominated, the Portuguese's lowest Ballon d'Or ranking since 2005.

Ballon d'Or results

1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, France).

2. Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich, Senegal).

3. Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium).

4. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona, Poland).

5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt).

6. Kylian Mbappe (Paris St-Germain, France).

7. Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid, Belgium).

8. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid, Brazil).

9. Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia).

10. Erling Haaland (Manchester City, Norway).

11. Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur, South Korea)

12. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City, Algeria).

13. Sebastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund, Ivory Coast).

14. Fabinho (Liverpool, Brazil) tied with Rafael Leao (AC Milan, Portugal).

16. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool, Netherlands).

17. Luis Diaz (Liverpool, Colombia) tied with Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus, Serbia) and Casemiro (Manchester United, Brazil).

20. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Portugal).

21. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur, England).

22. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool, England) tied with Phil Foden (Manchester City, England) and Bernardo Silva (Manchester City, Portugal).

25. Joao Cancelo (Manchester City, Portugal) tied with Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich, Germany), Mike Maignan (AC Milan, France), Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid, Germany), Darwin Nunez (Liverpool, Uruguay) and Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig, France).

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