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England’s focus shifts quickly towards the 2027 World Cup after Jos Buttler’s men were bundled out of the Champions Trophy with three humbling group-stage defeats.
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European football: Atlético capitalise after Betis’ Isco stuns Real Madrid
- Atlético 1-0 Athletic Bilbao | Real Betis 2-1 Real Madrid
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Real Madrid stumbled in the three-way race for the La Liga title as Isco guided Real Betis to a 2-1 comeback win over the defending champions on Saturday, enabling Atlético Madrid to overtake their neighbours by winning the late kick-off against Real Betis.
Atlético won thanks to a second-half strike from the substitute Julián Álvarez. Atletico came close to taking the lead in the first half through Alexander Sørloth, who missed a header from Antoine Griezmann’s pass. Álvarez, who came on for Sørloth just before the hour mark, gave Atlético the winner in the 66th minute with a precise left-foot shot after being played through by Marcos Llorente.
Continue reading...All played out: Raheem Sterling in startling decline after hitting the fateful 500 mark | Jonathan Wilson
The Arsenal forward, once England’s key player, is only 30 but his confidence is shot and his career on a downward curve
In Rafa Benítez’s first season in English football, he rested Steven Gerrard for an FA Cup tie at Burnley, who were in the Championship. When Liverpool lost, there was a predictable backlash and, from certain quarters, derision as Benítez explained his rotation policy and the need to manage the number of minutes each player played.
Social media being in its infancy, it wasn’t quite the culture war that it would have become today, but certain old-school football men clearly felt that players should just get on with it: hard work never hurt anyone. But at the same time a piece of ancient wisdom kept surfacing, usually from elderly coaches who had spent a lifetime in the game: as a rule of thumb, however much they play, whatever age they start, a player has 500 games in them.
Continue reading...McCullum weighs in on captain’s future after ‘sad’ demise as England complete CT humiliation
Coach Brendon McCullum backed Jos Buttler to play a big role for England after standing down as the team’s white-ball captain following a dismal Champions Trophy campaign.