Новости за 06.07.2018

Having fought for the lead role for Brazil at Russia 2018, Neymar ultimately failed to inspire much of an ovation as the five-time World Cup winners were upstaged by Belgium's so-called 'golden generation' and dumped out in Friday's quarter-final. If Belgium's performance was as gripping and well-structured as an Oscar-winning classic, Neymar and Brazil were the antithesis, full of emotion, often desperate and lacking in substance, the Selecao's display possessing parallels with a Golden Raspberry-grabbing... Читать дальше...

Belgium booked a World Cup semi-final against France as Brazil's hopes of winning a sixth title were ended by a 2-1 defeat in Kazan. Brazil, ranked second in the world by FIFA, were the last remaining non-European team in the tournament after Les Bleus knocked out Uruguay in Friday's first quarter-final. But Tite's men, who badly missed the suspended Casemiro, were soundly beaten by third-ranked Belgium thanks to a pair of goals before the break at the Kazan Arena, despite the Selecao mounting a second-half fightback. Читать дальше...

1. Brazil stunned as Belgium progressBelgium shocked Brazil in the World Cup quarter-finals with a 2-1victory in Kazan. A Fernandinho own goal gave Roberto Martinez's menthe lead in the 13th minute, before a wonderful Kevin De Bruyne strike doubled the Europeans' advantage shortly after the half-hour mark.Brazil probably should have had a penalty when Gabriel Jesus was felled by Manchester City teammate Vincent Kompany, but Tite's side didn't do enough to turn the game around despite Renato Augusto's header with 14 minutes left on the clock. Читать дальше...

The unlikely combination of Atomic Kitten and Gareth Southgate is one being savoured by fans following England's Russia 2018 campaign at home and abroad. Supporters of the Three Lions have dedicated a chant to their manager to the tune of 'Whole Again', a number one hit for the British girl group back in 2001. England's progression to the World Cup quarter-finals, where they will face Sweden in Samara on Saturday, has prompted an outpouring of love towards Southgate on social media. That has included... Читать дальше...

AC Milan's Nikola Kalinic has been in talks with Atletico Madrid and Sevilla regarding a transfer according to sporting director Massimiliano Mirabelli. Kalinic, 30, scored only six goals in 31 Serie A appearances last season, following his move from Fiorentina. And it seems Milan are already happy to cut their losses on the forward, who arrived on an initial load deal with an obligation to buy for €25million. Speaking to Sky Sports Italia, he said: "We have many top players and some of them have received a few offers. Читать дальше...

Sampdoria have signed Jakub Jankto from Udinese, seemingly paving the way for Lucas Torreira's move to Arsenal. Jankto, 22, made 36 Serie A appearances for the Zebrette last season, scoring four goals from deep. The Czech Republic international was in Genoa earlier on Friday for his medical, and the club announced on social media that they had completed his transfer. Jankto had previously been linked with Arsenal, but it now seems he will act as the replacement for Torreira, who is a reported target for Unai Emery in North London. Читать дальше...

Harry Kane says he and his England 'brothers' are prepared to do whatever is required as they continue to chase their World Cup dream. Gareth Southgate's side are preparing for a quarter-final against Sweden in Samara on Saturday as they bid to reach the last four of the tournament for the first time in 28 years. Kane was on target from the spot in Tuesday's 1-1 last-16 draw with Colombia in Moscow - his sixth goal in just three appearances at Russia 2018. Although the Three Lions were pegged... Читать дальше...

Cardiff City captain Sean Morrison is one of seven players to have agreed new contracts with the promoted club. Morrison has signed a four-year deal, with Joe Ralls and Callum Paterson also committing their futures to the club to 2022. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing's new contract runs to 2021, while Lee Peltier and Matthew Connolly have penned two-year deals. Brian Murphy's contract had expired but the goalkeeper has been given a fresh one-year contract to stay at Cardiff ahead of their impending Premier League campaign. Читать дальше...

Gianluigi Buffon says only a project as ambitious as the one proposed to him by Paris Saint-Germain could have convinced him to leave Italy. The veteran goalkeeper completed his free transfer to the Ligue 1 champions on Friday after weeks of speculation, marking the first time he will compete outside of his home country domestically at the age of 40. Buffon penned a one-year deal with the option of a second after ending his 17-year stay at Juventus at the end of last season, bringing an end to... Читать дальше...

Marouane Fellaini and Nacer Chadli have been rewarded for their heroics in the 3-2 win over Japan and start for Belgium against Brazil in Friday's World Cup quarter-final. Belgium were trailing 2-0 to Japan when Fellaini and Chadli came on for Dries Mertens and Yannick Carrasco, with both going on to score in a dramatic last-gasp triumph. Roberto Martinez was expected to make changes after he hinted as much in his pre-match news conference, lauding the impact both players have had on Belgium's World Cup squad... Читать дальше...

Justin Kluivert will wear shirt number 34 for Roma in tribute to his former Ajax team-mate Abdelhak Nouri. The Netherlands international completed his switch to the Serie A side from Ajax for €17.25million last month. Nouri was left with permanent brain damage after experiencing heart failure during Ajax's friendly against Werder Bremen in July 2017. And Kluivert announced on Saturday he will honour Nouri in his choice of shirt number at Roma. "Why 34? Appie's number," Kluivert wrote on social media. Читать дальше...

Gianluigi Buffon has completed a free transfer to Paris Saint-Germain after his contract with Juventus expired. Buffon's 17-year stay in Turin came to an end following Juve's seventh successive Serie A title triumph and he could play beyond his 42nd birthday after penning a one-year deal with the option for a second with the Ligue 1 giants.   The goalkeeper, who said last month he was open to continuing his Italy career, is expected challenge Alphonse Areola for selection, with doubt cast over Kevin Trapp's future at Parc des Princes. Читать дальше...

Bournemouth have announced contract renewals for Callum Wilson and Andrew Surman, while Lewis Grabban has been sold to Nottingham Forest. Grabban spent last season scoring 20 goals in the Championship on loan at Sunderland and Aston Villa, with Forest having given the forward a four-year deal. Wilson has put pen to paper on a new four-year Bournemouth contract, while Surman has agreed a one-year extension to keep him at the club until 2020. "I'm delighted to sign," Wilson told Bournemouth's website. Читать дальше...

Sevilla have rejected a proposal for the 2018 Supercopa de Espana against Barcelona to be played as a one-off match rather than a two-legged affair. There had been suggestions Spain's traditional season curtain-raiser could be played in Tangier, Morocco in August, as opposed to the usual home-and-away structure of the tie. Sevilla will contest for the trophy by virtue of finishing as runners-up to Barca in the Copa del Rey, Ernesto Valverde's men – who also won LaLiga – crushing the Andalusians 5-0 on that occasion in April. Читать дальше...

Harry Kane still holds up Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as standard-bearers despite the superstar duo's disappointing World Cup. Messi and Ronaldo both bowed out in the last 16, Argentina going down 4-3 to France in a thrilling encounter before Portugal were undone 2-1 by Uruguay. Kane has at least gone one better than the pair in that regard, England having progressed to the quarter-finals thanks to Tuesday's nerve-jangling penalty shoot-out win over Colombia. The Three Lions will meet Sweden in Samara on Saturday and... Читать дальше...

A World Cup full of surprises returned to something like normality on Friday, as France saw off Uruguay to reach the semi-finals. In a tournament in which Germany crashed out at the bottom of their group, Argentina came back from the dead and still went home, Spain lost on penalties to Russia and England somehow won a shoot-out of their own, the last game to be played in Nizhny Novgorod went largely as expected. France had only beaten Uruguay once in eight meetings before this and had failed to score in the most recent five. Читать дальше...

Juventus have revealed they are "evaluating several opportunities" in the transfer market amid widespread rumours of an impending deal for Cristiano Ronaldo. The Serie A champions released a vague statement on Friday in response to a flurry of reports linking them with the 33-year-old Real Madrid star. Speculation suggesting Juve are on the verge of signing Ronaldo prompted a surge in the club's share price, which has reached its highest point since mid-February. As a result, the Bianconeri were... Читать дальше...

According to Variety, the show set tofollow Ronaldo on and off the pitch will be partly produced by Tom Brady's Religion of Sports media company - whopreviouslycreated a series on the NFL star named Tom vs Timefor Facebook Watch.Ronaldo has 122m followers on his official Facebook page so the appeal of havinga showon the social media network seems logical.The series is reportedly valued at $10m (£8.8m) so it sounds like he'll get paid wellno matter who its sold to.Yet it isn't the only one Ronaldo... Читать дальше...

The sheer global reach of today’s game means it’s almost impossible for someone to make that journey from obscurity to international stardom within a single World Cup. But, although these 10 players weren’t complete unknowns before Russia 2018, their performances in the competition have elevated their careers to another level.10. Viktor Claesson (Sweden)Finally free of the albatross that is Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sweden have proved that strong teamwork can be more valuable than an egotistical superstar... Читать дальше...

Liverpool's efforts in the transfer market are ongoing ahead of the new season, says Jurgen Klopp. Newcomers Naby Keita and Fabinho are set to make their non-competitive debuts when Liverpool travel to Chester for a friendly on Saturday and Klopp indicated they would not be the last players to arrive on Merseyside before they being the 2018-19 against West Ham on August 11. Keita signed from Bundesliga side RB Leipzig for a reported £52.75 million, while Fabinho's arrival from Monaco is said to have set the Reds back £40m. Читать дальше...

Royston Drenthe, who was widely considered one of the bright young stars of Dutch football at an early age,retired aged 29following his release fromUAE Pro League side Baniyas in July 2016.Last year, he spent a significant period of timelaunchinga rap career under the alias 'Roya2faces' and was quoted as saying he was "fed up with all the stuff in the football world".But now he's back in professional football as he has agreed a one-year contract with Sparta Rotterdam following a successful trial with the Eerste Divisie side. Читать дальше...

Edinson Cavani has been left out of Uruguay's starting XI for the World Cup quarter-final against France. The Paris Saint-Germain striker has been struggling with a calf problem this week and only resumed team training on Thursday. Oscar Tabarez has opted to leave Cavani on the bench for Friday's game in Nizhny Novgorod, with Cristhian Stuani, who came on to replace him in the last-16 win over Portugal, taking his place in the team. Uruguay's line-up is otherwise the same that started that 2-1 victory in Sochi... Читать дальше...

Team manager Oliver Bierhoff has admitted Germany should perhaps have "passed" on Mesut Ozil and not taken him to the World Cup. A day prior to the squad being announced, Ozil and team-mate Ilkay Gundogan, who are both of Turkish descent, were photographed with controversial Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The move caused a storm in Germany with the two players subsequently booed by German fans in a series of pre-World Cup friendlies. "We should have considered passing on him," Bierhoff told Die Welt. Читать дальше...

Monaco have agreed a permanent deal to sign defender Jonathan Panzo, who helped Chelsea youth team win the National Under-18s Premier League. Highly rated as a left-back or central defender, Panzo joined Chelsea at the age of nine and captained England at under-16 level before winning the Under-17 World Cup with the Three Lions in 2017. The 17-year-old was part of the double-winning Chelsea under-18s team in 2017-18 and was linked with moves to Borussia Monchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, RB... Читать дальше...

Russia president Vladimir Putin has given the World Cup hosts extra motivation ahead of their quarter-final showdown against Croatia, says head coach Stanislav Cherchesov. There was a huge upset in the last 16 as Russia stunned 2010 champions Spain on penalties thanks to Igor Akinfeev's heroics in the shoot-out. Not much was expected of Russia prior to the tournament after they exited Euro 2016 and the 2014 World Cup without winning a game. However, Russia have defied the odds and are riding a... Читать дальше...