Seven of Benfica's first-team squad are one yellow card away from serving a one-match suspension ahead of Tuesday's Champions League tie with Liverpool. Any player who receives three bookings in Europe's elite competition is made to sit one match out as punishment and could result in some of Nelson Verissimo's key stars being missing for the return fixture at Anfield, should poor discipline be a feature of the first leg. Spanish left-back Alex Grimaldo and former Manchester City centre-back Nicolas Otamendi are the two stars at highest risk of missing the trip to Merseyside as they aim to keep the Reds' ruthless attack at bay when the sides meet at the Estadio da Luz.
Interesting, so we should encourage a testy affair? Buy each player a "yo' momma" joke book before the game and tell them to aim the jokes at Benfica players.
Roman Abramovich was not poisoned but hurt when a tear gas canister exploded beside him as he left peace talks, Turkish media have claimed. The Chelsea owner was flown to the Turkish capital Ankara to be treated in secret at a public hospital after the incident on March 3 in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the reports said. It was claimed earlier this week Abramovich and two Ukrainian delegates had lost their sight for several hours after the incident in the suspected poisoning attack, initially blamed on an infected chocolate bar.
West Ham ace Manuel Lanzini walked away unscathed after he was involved in a significant car crash near the club's training ground. The Argentine, 29, was being driven by a chauffeur in a £70,000 Mercedes V-Class when it flipped on the A12 on Thursday afternoon and landed on its side. Remarkably, Lanzini was able to walk away from the wreckage before firefighters arrived at the scene.
ANNOUNCEMENT Pre-season: Liverpool to take on Manchester United in Bangkok please log in to view this image Liverpool FC's 2022-23 pre-season will kick off with a match against Manchester United in Thailand in July. Jürgen Klopp’s side will visit the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok on Tuesday July 12, where they will battle it out for the Bangkok Century Cup. Named ‘The Match’, this game will be the first stop on the Reds’ summer tour and will mark a return to the Rajamangala Stadium following a hugely successful 2015-16 pre-season tour. While in Thailand, the club will also take an active role in key local community projects and cultural activities.
Thinking about it, it could be. We've only got two months of the season left, any games in the summer break doesn't disrupt the PL so technically isn't a "international break". That takes us to August (five months). Guessing there are pointless friendlies in September/October Edit; Nations League vs Italy on 23 September, Germany on 26 September Four games in June but PL seasons finished
The league of nations or whatever its called is utterly bullshit and the lack care for anything but getting their money making games in is clear. This evil state, corruption tournament that is disrupting every season for 3 years is ridiculous but to not even cast off the stupid unnecessary nations league or give players any sort of relief just says they are cattle.
