The head coach of Real Zinedine Zidane said that the forward Cristiano Ronaldo will play the entire match in the friendly cup of Santiago Bernabeu. Today, August 23, Real Madrid will meet with Fiorentina in the Cup Santiago Bernabeu - a friendly tournament in honor of the legend of the club.
Zinedine Zidane shared his expectations about the match:
This is a very important match for our fans. We will try to win. But also we will try to give different players to prove themselves. We are well prepared physically. We have players like Cristiano Ronaldo, who now does not have a practice game, so he will play all 90 minutes.
Recall that Cristiano Ronaldo is serving a five-legged disqualification for the fact that in the first game for the Spanish Super Cup with Barcelona 3-1 after removal for simulation pushed referee Ricardo Bengoechea.
Earlier it became known that Barcelona is going through the court to demand from Neymar the return of bonuses put to the football player for the extension of the contract with the club for another five years in October 2016 on the grounds that the Brazilian, on his own initiative, ripped this contract and left for PSG.Neymar himself filed a complaint with FIFA. The Catalan club refuses to pay 26 million euros to the father of Neymar, who is his agent, as a bonus for the player's loyalty. This bonus was registered in the player's contract and according to its conditions, if the forward will compete for Barcelona before the beginning of August 2017, then his agent will receive the above bonus. FIFA declared that the issue of paying bonuses to Neymar is already under investigation.
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba made a new haircut on the eve of the new UEFA action, which will also be attended by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
The start of the action is scheduled for Wednesday, August 23, and the day before, Pogba went to the hairdresser to paint a part of the hair in red and white, and also to shave the inscription "#Equal" from the rear.
The Catalan club does not leave the hope to acquire Liverpool's midfielder Philippe Coutinho. A few days ago, Barcelona made, allegedly the last offer of the Brazilian midfielder, but Liverpool just ignored him. Liverpool can get for the player 138 million pounds: It is noted that the guaranteed English club will receive 101 million pounds immediately, the rest of the amount will be spelled out as bonuses that will be quite easily attainable. In the 2016/17 season Coutinho has 36 matches in all tournaments in which he managed to score 14 goals and give 9 assists.
German midfielder of Moroccan origin joined the ranks of the English Premier League newcomer, moving from Nurnberg, representing the Bundesliga 2. The official site of the "Terriers" informs that the contract of the playmaker with the club will be calculated for three years, until the summer of 2020. Last season, Abdelhamid scored 20 goals and 4 assists for 33 duels in the Nurnberg T-shirt.
Wayne Rooney will no longer compete for the England national team, despite the challenge to qualify for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Malta (September 1) and Slovakia (September 4).
"Every time I received a challenge to the team, I felt very proud, but now it's time to finish," - quotes the words of the 31-year-old Everton striker. Wayne, who is the record for field players in the matches played for England (119), made his debut for the national team in 2003 in a duel, lost by the British of Australia (1:3). At Euro 2004, Rooney became the youngest player to score for the "lions", and all in all his account 53 goals for the English national team.
This summer clubs of the English Premier League spent on newcomers more than £ 1 billion. Nine days before the closing of the transfer window, the clubs of the English Premier League acquired newcomers for one billion 184 million 900 thousand pounds.
And thus they set a world record by spending the largest amount of money during one transfer window for representatives of one division. Most of all this summer, Manchester City spent, gave for the newcomers 221.5 million pounds. On the second line is Manchester United with £ 145.8 million. Closes the triple Everton, who spent £ 139.9 million. The most expensive transfer is the transfer of Romelu Lukaku from Everton to Manchester United for the initial £ 76 million, which, given the bonuses, can grow to £ 90 million. The least spent - Stoke City - £ 7 million, Crystal Palace - £ 7.9 million and Swansea - £ 11.5 million.
