#player-fitness

#player-fitness

As we said in our latest newsletter, most fans cross their fingers once Milan players are shipped away on international duty. Not to see good performances, or many goal contributions, but rather for the players to avoid injuries. Sadly for Milan, the most recent international break resulted in quite a few injuries, some heavy ones too. For example, Christian Pulisic has been ruled out for around a month, while Adrien Rabiot will also be on the sidelines for the same time.

Barcelona's coaching staff has reportedly been left "baffled" by the current injury crisis engulfing the club. Hansi Flick has seen Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Gavi, Joan Garcia, Dani Olmo, Robert Lewandowski and Fermin Lopez sidelined with issues in recent weeks in what's been a real blow. According to AS, the situation has caught the club by surprise, particularly after Julio Tous vowed to cut injuries by 50% ahead of the new campaign.

The Blues were held to a 1-1 draw by FC Twente in their Champions League opener last week, but bounced back with a 1-0 victory over London rivals Tottenham in the Women's Super League on Sunday. That win also brought a boost on the injury front, with Lucy Bronze and Niamh Charles both coming through unscathed, while Sandy Baltimore is back in contention after missing the weekend's match. Chelsea have

The Albiceleste have already qualified for next year's World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, as they gear up to face Venezuela on Friday, before taking on Puerto Rico next Monday. The reigning world champions beat Friday's opponents in September, before losing 1-0 to Ecuador in their most recent outing, though they were without an injured Lionel Messi.

John O'Shea says Ireland cannot afford a repeat of last month's disastrous defeat in Armenia if they are to keep their faint World Cup qualification hopes alive.

Coming from someone like Thomas [Tuchel], who I know very well, for him to describe Myles in that way is credit to the boy, family and everybody who has been a part of of his education. Myles has probably not played as many minutes as he would have liked, but he is professional in the way he has been engaging with his team and he gives you the possibility to count on him.

"He is a special player, and for special players there can always be special rules," Tuchel said of Bellingham, who has made just one start for Real Madrid since returning to fitness. "But we decided to keep with the straightforward decision of inviting the same group. "Jude always deserves to be here. There is also the situation that he has not quite gathered his full rhythm again at Real Madrid - he has not finished a full match. "He wanted to be called up. We had a phone call."

Malacia has not made a first team appearance for Man United since being substituted at half-time against FCSB in the final league phase fixture of the Europa League back in January. The Dutchman, who joined the Red Devils from Feyenoord for 13million in July 2022, was subsequently sent out on loan to PSV Eindhoven for the second half of last season and went on to make 12 appearances across all competitions.

He was so smart [ask to come off against Napoli]. I know the result was not over, it was 1-0 then, it is always tricky, but he did not feel good. So we always try to talk [to understand what is best]. We try to sustain his fitness and feel that is not uncomfortable and he is better. We see day by day.

The most important thing is that they have all come back on time and healthy. Yes, we have had more players here than we usually have. Now we leave it behind and face the next block of games with a desire to continue growing and consolidating things.

Let the one who said there was a scandal explain. Do you think that if he had any problems, he would have been in the squad? After his injury, he played one of his strongest matches for the national team. Understand me as you wish. I said what I said. The important thing is that every profession is difficult, but especially ours is public. Despite the efforts made, you are still the most guilty of something.

It was box-office bowling and I know we had 415 on the board but you didn't want to miss a ball. I thought it was brilliant and not just his pace but his skill, his ability to shift it both ways and to test batters with the steep bounce he gets. He's a proper cricketer, hence why we've taken our time with him to make sure that we give him every chance to be in the biggest series of all of our lives.

Krejcikova, meanwhile, has greater power and variety where Pegula hits flat, she likes to vary spins, hitting with top and slice, the latter even on forehand, and of course she's the bigger server. We can be certain she'll come on to court with a plan, whereas I wonder if Pegula might just do what she always does and hope she does it well enough to win.

Positive signs. Things are moving and developing in a good way at the moment. Until it's done I can't confirm anything but fingers crossed. I don't think that is going to be possible [for Woltemade to play against Leeds tomorrow] due to lots of reasons I don't understand. The most important thing is we try to bring a centre-forward in that's what we've been working hard to do all summer. Share