ΑΕΚ: Ολιβέιρα για διπλό ρεκόρ καριέρας

Με κούρεμα στρατιωτικό, αλά "κομάντο" που θα ζήλευε και ο Βράνιες και πολύ μα πολύ "fit" κορμοστασιά, εμφανίζεται εσχάτως στα Social Media, ο Πορτογάλος επιθετικός της ΑΕΚ Νέλσον Ολιβέιρα.

Ίσως αυτή να αποτελεί μια απόδειξη για το πόσο έτοιμος και αποφασισμένος νιώθει και πόσο σκληρά έχει δουλέψει σε ατομικό επίπεδο στη διάρκεια της πανδημίας, ώστε να πραγματοποιήσει δυναμική επάνοδο στους αγωνιστικούς χώρους, τώρα που δείχνει να έχει ξεπεράσει την περιπέτεια που τον ταλαιπώρησε με το σύνδρομο κοιλιακών-προσαγωγών.

Ασφαλώς, από τις συζητήσεις που έχει με το προπονητικό επιτελείο και τους ανθρώπους της Ένωσης γενικότερα, προκύπτουν η από μέρους του επιφυλακτικότητα και αγωνία για το πως θα είναι όταν θα μπει να παίξει, ή έστω όταν θα κοντραριστεί με τους συμπαίκτες του στις δυνατές προπονήσεις που θα γίνουν στα Σπάτα, πριν από την επανέναρξη της αγωνιστικής δραστηριότητας.

Οι 14 ημέρες της αυστηρής καραντίνας την οποία όφειλε να ακολουθεί από την ημέρα επιστροφής του από την Πορτογαλία, θα έχουν παρέλθει όταν συντελεστεί η επιστροφή όλων των παικτών (χωρισμένων σε γκρουπ) στις προπονήσεις, στη διάρκεια των οποίων θα φανούν πολλά για το αν έχει ξεπεράσει στο 100% το πρόβλημά του. Ο ίδιος πάντως είναι πολύ αισιόδοξος και έχει θέσει πέραν των στόχων της ομάδας και έναν προσωπικό δικό του, αρκετά υψηλό.

ΑΥΤΟ ΠΟΥ ΚΥΝΗΓΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟ ΠΟΥ ΕΧΕΙ ΗΔΗ ΠΕΤΥΧΕΙ

Ο Ολιβέιρα επιθυμεί να ολοκληρώσει την πρώτη χρονιά με την ΑΕΚ, ξεπερνώντας τον αριθμό των γκολ που έχει σκοράρει σε μία μόνο χρονιά. Το ατομικό ρεκόρ του αντιστοιχεί σε 15 τέρματα, τα οποία είχε σημειώσει με τη φανέλα της Νόριτς (Championship, Κύπελλο και Λιγκ Καπ) την περίοδο 2016-17. Για να τα καταφέρει, θα πρέπει να πετύχει επιπλέον 6 γκολ στα εναπομείναντα 11 ή 12 (εφόσον η ΑΕΚ φτάσει στον τελικό του Κυπέλλου) παιχνίδια που θα δώσει η Ένωση για να ολοκληρωθεί αυτή η περίεργη σεζόν.

Ο στόχος ασφαλώς είναι δύσκολος αλλά συνάμα και εφικτός, εφόσον υπολογίσει κάποιος ότι το έως σήμερα ποσοστό του είναι σχεδόν στο 50%, με 11 γκολ σε 23 ματς όλων των διοργανώσεων. Ασφαλώς, η σειρά των αγώνων που υπάρχει μπροστά, απέναντι στις πιο ισχυρές ελληνικές ομάδες, συνιστά και μεγαλύτερο συνολικά βαθμό δυσκολίας.

Ήδη ο Ολιβέιρα, σε μικρό αριθμό αγώνων για τη θέση στην οποία αγωνίζεται, έχει ξεπεράσει τον εαυτό του στον τομέα της δημιουργίας, έχοντας μοιράσει 7 ασίστ που έγιναν γκολ, επίτευγμα που συνιστά προσωπικό ρεκόρ. Τις περισσότερες τελικές πάσες μέχρι να εγκατασταθεί στην Ελλάδα, συγκεκριμένα 5 τον αριθμό, είχε προσφέρει σε συμπαίκτες του και πάλι στη διάρκεια της σεζόν 2016-17, σε σύνολο 32 αγώνων με τη φανέλα της Νόριτς.

Να σημειωθεί επίσης ότι αυτή στην ΑΕΚ, είναι μόλις η δεύτερη σεζόν στην καριέρα του Ολιβέιρα, που ο Πορτογάλος φορ συγκεντρώνει διψήφιο αριθμό σε επίτευξη τερμάτων, αν και έχει αγωνιστεί σε έξι διαφορετικά πρωταθλήματα: Liga NOS (Α' Πορτογαλίας), Ligue 1 (Α' Γαλλίας), La Liga (Α' Ισπανίας), Premier League (Α' Αγγλίας), Championship (Β΄Αγγλίας) και ελληνική Super League 1.

Son dakika Beşiktaş haberleri | Sergen Yalçın kalan 8 maçta gençleri oynatacak

Corona virüsü (koronavirüs) salgını nedeniyle liglere verilen arada Beşiktaş yönetimi ve teknik direktör Sergen Yalçın sürpriz bir karara imza attı. Süper Lig'de kalan 8 maçta gençler dönüşümlü oynayacak. Başarılı olurlarsa transferde daha az oyuncu alınacak.

Corona virüsü salgını nedeniyle liglere verilen arada Beşiktaş'ta yönetim ve Sergen Yalçın, Süper Lig'de kalan 8 maç için flaş bir karar aldı. Buna göre takımda yer alan Ersin Destanoğlu, Oğuzhan Akgün, Rıdvan Yılmaz, Erdoğan Kaya, Kartal Yılmaz ve Güven Yalçın 8 maçta dönüşümlü olarak ilk 11'de forma giyecek. Bu gençlerin göstereceği performans transferde belirleyici rol oynayacak.

DURUMLARINA BAKILACAK
Sergen Yalçın'ın gençleri takıma aralıklarla monte etmeyi planladığı öğrenildi. Bir maçta çıkan ilk onbirde bu gençlerden en az üçünün oynatılacağı ve durumlarına bakılacağı öne sürüldü. Gençlerin göstereceği başarı ya da başarısızlık transfere yön verecek. Genç oyuncular ne kadar çok iyi bir performans sergilerse önümüzdeki sezon takıma daha az sayıda futbolcu alınacak.

FATİH AKSOY DA DÖNÜYOR
Sivasspor'da kiralık olarak forma giyen Fatih Aksoy'un da sezon sonu takıma dönecek olması Sergen Yalçın'ın elini güçlendirdi. Genç oyuncu Sivas'ta çok başarılı bir görüntü sergiledi.

Филипп: у меня были проблемы с левой рукой, из-за которых я не мог полностью ею управлять

Форвард московского "Динамо" Максимилиан Филипп прокомментировал свою операцию на запястье.

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- Воспользовавшись паузой в соревнованиях и тренировочном процессе по рекомендации докторов "Динамо" был прооперирован. У меня были проблемы с левой рукой, из-за которых я не мог полностью ею управлять. Операция прошла хорошо и скоро смогу полноценно тренироваться. Пока только восстановительные упражнения для руки, которые я методично выполняю, - цитирует немца официальный сайт клуба.

Филипп был прооперирован в Германии

Главный врач бело-голубых Александр Ярдошвили подчеркнул, что у немца было диагностировано защемление нерва, вследствие чего страдала подвижность кисти. Также врач сказал, что Филипп через 10 дней сможет вернуться к тренировочной работе.

Нападающий Максимилиан Филипп перешел в "Динамо" из дортмундской "Боруссии". Контракт был подписан на 4 года. В составе столичного клуба немец забил 7 голов. Также немец выступал за "Фрайбург", в составе которого стал чемпионом второй Бундеслиги, и "Энерги".

Напомним, из-за активного распространения коронавирусной инфекции в стране чемпионат России был приостановлен как минимум до 31 мая.

Galatasaray chair in hospital for weakness, weight loss

Galatasaray chairperson was rushed to a hospital for weakness and weight loss complaints Thursday, according to the Turkish football club. 

Mustafa Cengiz, 70, had tests and his complaints were not related to the new coronavirus, the Lions said on Twitter.

Cengiz was given two units of blood and doctors advised him to stay at the hospital for treatment.

He has been president of the Istanbul club since 2018 with Galatasaray winning back-to-back Turkish Super Lig titles.

Sports authorities to facilitate return of foreign footballers to Russia, says minister

The issue of resumption of suspended tournaments is currently under discussion, according to the Russian Premier League press service

The Russian Sports Ministry will render its assistance in the return of foreign footballers and specialists engaged in Russian football clubs as soon as a relevant document is approved, Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said on Wednesday.

On Monday, President of the Russian Premier League (RPL) Sergei Pryadkin announced that the League and the Russian Football Union (RFU) sent a joint document to the Russian Sports Ministry requesting assistance in the return of foreign footballers and specialists from their countries to Russia in a bid to complete the suspended national tournament. As of today, Russia has a ban on foreigners’ entry to the country until May 1.

"I know that [RFU President] Alexander Dyukov maintains permanent contacts on the [resumption] of tournaments of football clubs," Matytsin said. "We [Russian Sports Ministry] are also working on this issue."

"This issue is about current restrictions on foreign footballers and experts’ entry to the territory of the Russian Federation," he continued. "The [Russian Sports] Ministry has drafted and submitted a relevant document for an approval, and as soon as we receive a response, which I hope will be positive, we will be offering our assistance in the settlement of this issue."

The RPL and RFU executive management held an online conference on Monday to discuss opportunities of restarting the national football tournament, which had been suspended due to the ongoing global spread of the novel coronavirus.

The RPL press service announced after the video link on April 27 that an agreement was reached to restart the championship either on June 21 or on June 28. RPL President Sergei Pryadkin said in an interview with Russia’s Match TV sports broadcaster on Tuesday that the majority of the league’s clubs opted for the resumption of the tournament on June 21.

Matytsin said the Russian Sports Ministry will provide all the necessary assistance to facilitate the completion of the national football tournament.

"We experience numerous difficulties beginning with such issue as permissions for foreign footballers to enter the country and ending with a problem of drafting regulations to organize matches without spectators," the minister added.

The RPL season was initially postponed from March 17 until April 10. The RFU Executive Committee extended on April 1 the postponement of all football matches in Russia, including RPL matches, until May 31.

Prior to the RPL shutdown the league’s clubs completed 22 out of 30 scheduled rounds of the championship. On April 1, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) recommended European football federations to complete halted tournaments.

In late December 2019, Chinese officials notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, in central China. Since then, cases of the novel coronavirus — named COVID-19 by the WHO — have been reported in every corner of the globe, including Russia.

On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. According to the latest statistics, over 3,150,000 people have been infected worldwide and more than 218,800 deaths have been reported. In addition, so far, over 965,500 individuals have recovered from the illness across the globe.

To date, a total of 99,399 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia, with 10,286 patients having recovered from the virus. Russia’s latest data indicates 972 fatalities nationwide. Earlier, the Russian government set up an Internet hotline to keep the public updated on the coronavirus situation.

Remembering Anzhi Makhachkala's crazy spending spree between 2011 and 2013

Remember when Anzhi Makhachkala attempted to take over the world of football?

Sure you do. Back in 2011, the club that had only been founded 20 years prior were looking to shake up the establishment backed by the enormous wealth of billionaire owner Suleyman Kerimov.

It was one of the craziest projects in football and it's one that has seriously imploded. Anzhi currently play in the Russian Professional Football League, the third-tier of football in the country.

But for a brief period between 2011 and 2013, they succeeded in their task of bolstering the squad with some seriously talented players.

The majority left shortly after when Kerimov announced in August 2013 he was cutting the squad's budget by two-thirds, with Anzhi finishing the 2013/14 season rock-bottom with just 20 points.

It was quite the ride and we're going to look back at the 15 marquee signings made by Dagestan-based club during those bonkers two years.

All transfer fees courtesy of Transfermarkt.

1. Roberto Carlos, 2011 (free)

Carlos arrived in February 2011 and was deployed as a defensive midfielder - which actually kind of worked. In August 2012, the Brazilian announced his retirement from professional footballl.

2. Willian, 2013 (£31.5m)

The most expensive signing of the lot. Signed in January 2013, Willian made just 11 appearances for Anzhi before joining Chelsea that summer for £30m.

3. Samuel Eto'o, 2011 (£24.3m)

Not the most expensive, but certainly the craziest deal of them all. Eto'o was made the highest-paid player in world football at Anzhi with a salary of €20m-per-year after tax. He did at least score 26 goals in his 73 games.

4. Aleksandr Kokorin, 2013 (£17.1m)

Signed in the summer of 2013, the highly-rated Russian striker made a grand total of zero appearances for Anzhi before being sold to Dynamo Moscow around a month later due to budget cuts. He currently plays for Sochi on loan from Zenit.

5. Lacina Traore, 2012 (£16.2m)

The gangly Ivorian striker managed to score 18 goals in his 46 games for Anzhi and he's now in Romania with CFR Cluj.

6. Igor Denisov, 2013 (£13.5m)

Denisov played just three games for Anzhi before being shipped off to Dynamo Moscow in August 2013 - along with Kokorin - to save some cash. He retired from football back in May 2019.

7. Yuri Zhirkov, 2011 (£13.5m)

Like Denisov and Kokorin, Zhirkov was sold to FC Dynamo in August 2013 after just two years with Anzhi in which he made 46 appearances, scoring just three goals. The 36-year-old is currently on the books at Zenit.

8. Balazs Dzsudzsak, 2011 (£12.6m)

Arrived in June 2011, injured in August and then sold in January 2012 with just eight appearances for the club, a dismal deal for Anzhi. The Hungarian is currently plying his trade with Al Ain.

9. Chris Samba, 2012, 2013 (£12.6m AND £10.44m)

After an average first year with Anzhi, Samba was sold to QPR in January 2013 and then bizarrely, he was re-signed in July that year for a near identical fee. Thirteen months after that Samba - like many on this list - was off to Dynamo and he announced his retirement back in 2018.

10. Jucilei, 2011 (£9m)

One of the few to play the majority of the 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons with Anzhi. The 32-year-old Brazilian was last seen at Sao Paolo and he's currently without a club.

11. Moubarak Boussoufa, 2011 (£7.2m)

A cracking bit of business. Boussoufa scored 13 goals and assisted another 27 in his 87 appearances for Anzhi, but he was sadly shown the exit door in August 2013 as part of the ill-fated restructuring under Kerimov. The 35-year-old Moroccan is currently with Al-Sailiya in Qatar.

12. Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez, 2011 (£5.13m)

Another okay signing, but the 30-year-old midfielder - who had starred at Standard Liege - was also part of the 2013 fire sale after making 47 appearances for the club. The Moroccan is now back in Belgium with Liege.

13. Ewerton, 2012 (£4.86m)

The only player on this list to stay at Anzhi until 2015, bravo Ewerton! Sadly, his prolonged stay didn't yield many appearances, with the Brazilian defender making just 39 in total. The 31-year-old can currently be found at Hamburg in Germany's second-tier.

14. Lassana Diarra, 2012 (£4.5m)

The former Real Madrid midfielder was a major coup for the club, but less than 12 months after his arrival Kerimov decided the fun and games at Anzhi were over. The Frenchman was sold to Lokomotiv Moscow and eventually called time on his career while at PSG in 2019.

15. Diego Tardelli, 2011 (£4.5m)

A disastrous signing. After arriving in March 2011, the Brazilian played just 13 times during his 10 months in Russia, failing to score a single goal. Tardelli, 34, is now back in his homeland with Atletico Mineiro.

Some seriously big names and Anzhi did at least qualify for the Europa League in both 2012/13 and 2013/14.

During the 2012/13 edition of the competition, Anzhi faced off against Liverpool and even beat the Reds on home soil.

They also made it to the Russian Cup final in 2013, before losing on penalties to CSKA Moscow.

But their demise is proof that you need far more than a chequebook to succeed in the brutal world of professional football.

Мамаев готов внесудебно возместить ущерб телеведущей "Первого" за автомобиль

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Инцидент произошёл в тот день, после которого началась скандальная история футболистов. Тогда футболисты, кроме истории в кафе, поскандалили с водителем Ушаковой Виталием Соловчуком. Сегодня стало известно, что телеведущая хочет взыскать с них 300 тысяч рублей.

— Еще в ходе предварительного следования, несмотря на то что Ушакова не была признана потерпевшей и гражданским лицом по делу, в декабре 2018 года в целях своевременного возмещения ей материального ущерба, как собственнику транспортного средства, получившего повреждения в ходе инцидента с Соловчуком В.Н., со стороны Мамаева осуществлен именной денежный перевод на сумму 200 тысяч рублей.

Сведения об этом представлены в уголовное дело, о чем Ушакова была официально уведомлена через следователя и ее представителя, однако такой добровольной компенсацией по неизвестным причинам не воспользовалась. Мамаев подтверждает, что готов и в настоящее время единолично возместить полностью ущерб без каких-либо судебных разбирательств, что и будет сделано в ближайшее время.

Вызывает недоумение, что истцом выбран именно судебный порядок взыскания ущерба, хотя закон предусматривает и внесудебные способы. После вынесения судом приговора материальных претензий, а также иска, в адрес Мамаева и, насколько мне известно, другим фигурантам дела не поступало, — рассказал агент Мамаева в интервью РИА Новостям.