Francesco Farioli's Ajax - among the main startups of the current season

But the reason justifies it: they raised 10 thousand euros for charity.

In the Clasico, Mbappe showed how he scooped the ball past Pena, but he was quickly brought back to reality. The same thing is happening now in London. Kai Havertz has already managed to show 🤫, but the joy was short-lived.

Yes, Milan achieved a heroic and one of its main European Cup victories in recent years - it is an honor to beat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu even in November in a meaningless match. Real Madrid refused to fly into Borussia. So all the farts and crap about motivation are completely out of place, Real Madrid wanted to win.

But I sincerely understand, as it seems to me, why Paulo said so. He is trying to establish positional football in Milan through patient ball plays. And yes, it is harder for him to do this against Monza (this component) than against Real Madrid, who, not knowing how to press, are trying to press.

Milan's second victory in a big match, the second time Milan were allowed to play in a way that is convenient for them. The fact of such a victory is already good. But it will be better for Milan if they first learn to click with average clubs. An important test is already this weekend.

And despite all his rudeness and aggressive style of play, Lisandro has never received a single red card in his career. And only once did he receive two yellow cards - almost seven years ago, in Argentina. Amazing immunity to red cards

In previous matches, Curtis had come on for Dominik Szoboszlai, meaning he was positioned higher up the pitch. Against Chelsea, Jones formed a defensive pair with Ryan Gravenberch, and when in possession, he moved to the left flank. It was Jones's maneuvers that created the necessary advantage for Liverpool.

Jones is great at finding space between the lines and regularly receives the ball in dangerous areas (93rd percentile for received forward passes). This is his greatest strength, which Slot once again highlighted in the last round.

That was lousy timing, of course. Yet Mbappe was just ostentatiously ignoring an unimportant national team match. Is that not what we want? That the big players rest more, risk fewer superfluous injuries, and are at their best in the matches that matter most. Should that not be what one would want for Barcelona's Pedri and Gavi, say?

As it turned out- no. Missing a national team match predictably turns his own country against a player, that's why it's so hard to find a good solution: quietly skipping the matches, staying home on a day off so as not to offend anyone, miss not national team matches, but cup matches for a club that pays money? It's complicated.

no sun - no luck