Spurs fans hail heroic ball boy after Champions League win

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Tottenham Hotspur fans have hailed the ball boy that proved integral to the club’s Champions League victory over Olympiacos earlier this week.

Teenager Callum Hynes, 15, showed some quick thinking against the Greek side, quickly receiving a new ball at a throw-in and giving it to Serge Aurier, whose early throw led to Son Heung-min crossing for Harry Kane to score.

That goal was Spurs’ equaliser, as they had fallen 2-0 behind in north London, and it proved critical in the turnaround, as they went on to win 4-2.

So impressive was young Callum’s intervention that manager Jose Mourinho gave him a high-five and a hug after the strike, even attempting to invite him to the dressing room after full-time.

And the schoolboy told the club’s official website: “It’s all a bit surreal. I was just doing my job and I still can’t quite believe what happened.

“I didn’t even see the goal! I was busy getting the ball that had come off and then I heard the cheer. I turned around and Harry was celebrating.

“I looked at the replay on the screen and watched exactly what happened. You can see from my smile it was just unbelievable. Jose didn’t have to do that. It was really nice of him to come over to me. It’s made my day, my life, really! I love Spurs and it was an amazing moment I’ll never forget.”

Spurs fans have subsequently taken to Twitter to hail the kid, who spent the journey home from the stadium revising for his maths exam the next morning!

Take a look at the best of the reaction below!

Meanwhile, a Spurs star’s future may have been decided.

فيديو | أسوان يتعادل أمام الجونة إيجابيًا في الدوري المصري

انتهت المباراة التي جمعت بين الجونة وأسوان مساء اليوم الإثنين ضمن منافسات الدوري المصري.

وتعادل أسوان مع الجونة بهدف لكل فريق، في المباراة التي جمعتهما في إطار منافسات الجولة الحادية والعشرون من مسابقة الدوري المصري.

تقدم محمد جابر بالهدف الأول لفريق أسوان في الدقيقة 26 من ضربة جزاء، فيما أحرز لؤي وائل هدف التعادل للجونة في الدقيقة 57. أهداف مباراة الجونة وأسوان في الدوري

وشهدت المباراة طرد عبد العزيز موسى لاعب أسوان في الدقيقة 72 من زمن المباراة.

بهذه النتيجة يحتل الجونة المركز الثاني عشر في جدول ترتيب الدوري المصري برصيد 26 نقطة، فيما يحتل أسوان المركز الخامس عشر بـ21 نقطة.

Wolves fans blast John Ruddy for his shambolic showing in the Carabao Cup

Wolverhampton Wanderers were knocked out of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday evening after defeat at the hands of their local rivals.

Nuno Santo named 11 changes to the side that drew with Newcastle United at the weekend with him primarily opting for a youthful-looking squad barring the likes of Patrick Cutrone, Ryan Bennett, and John Ruddy.

Aston Villa came out on top with a 2-1 victory thanks to goals from Anwar El Ghazi and Ahmed Elmohamady while it was the Italian striker who got on the scoresheet for the visitors.

Many supporters at Molineux firmly believe their experienced goalkeeper was at fault for both strikes as he was making just his third appearance of the season.

One fan blasted the 33-year-old saying he needs to retire and start his gardening career, which echoed the thoughts of another, who believed Ruddy had ‘no future’ at Wolves.

‘Shambolic’ and ‘lacklustre’ were just two of the other words used to describe his performance at Villa Park.

A further member of the old gold faithful even claimed that the shot-stopper had let the young members of the starting XI down with his mistakes.

Here’s the best of the reaction:

فرج عامر: حسام حسن غنى "خلوني ساكت" أمام الأهلي.. وأتمنى أن ينضم للأحمر

أكد المهندس فرج عامر رئيس نادي سموحة، أنه لم يخطط لإقالة أحمد سامي المدير الفني لفريقه من منصبه حال الخسارة من الأهلي.

ونجح سموحة بقيادة مدربه أحمد سامي في الفوز على النادي الأهلي في الجولة الماضية، بهدفين مقابل هدف.

وقال فرج عامر في مداخلة هاتفية لبرنامج “النجوم في رمضان” عبر إذاعة “الشباب والرياضة”: “أحمد سامي جدد عقده معنا موسماً أخر ولم نكن ننوي الإطاحة به من منصبه حال الخسارة من الأهلي في المباراة التي فزنا بيها”.

وأضاف: “بعض الفرق تنزع نقاط مباراة الأهلي من حساباتها قبل خوضها، البعض الآخر يصرف مكافأت إجادة على الأداء الجيد أمام ثالث العالم وبطل إفريقيا، ولكننا فزنا بأداء متميز وسموحة لم يخسر هذا الموسم إلا مرة واحدة”.

وتابع: “الناس تخيلوا أننا سنتهاون أمام الأهلي، وكان لدي شعور بإمكانية أن نفوز بالمباراة على طريقة لعبة التنس”.

وعن تشبيه هدف حسام حسن بأغنية” خلوني ساكت”، علق فرج عامر: “شبهت الهدف بهذا التشبيه لأنني لسان حال حسام حسن أنه مهاجم جيد ويريد أن يقول أنا موجود ولدي إمكانيات وأتعرض لظلم واضح وأنضم إلى المنتخب ولا ألعب”.

وواصل: “أتمنى أن يرتدي حسام حسن قميص الأهلي، فهو لاعب مميز”.

واستمر: “حسام حسن يثق بي ويعتبرنى والده، واللاعب يمتلك عرضاً سعودياً وأخر إماراتياً ولو جاء له عرض من الزمالك سندرسه ولكن أتمنى أن يلعب للأهلي، ومفاوضات القطبين مع حسام لا تزال جارية فهو مهاجم متميز للغاية”.

وكان فرج عامر قد كشف في وقت سابق عن انضمام حسام حسن هداف الفريق صاحب الـ27 عامًا إلى الأهلي مقابل مليون دولار على سبيل الإعارة.

طالع أيضا.. حسام حسن يعلق على هدفه الرائع أمام الأهلي ويصرح: الجهاز الفني عنفنا

وشدد رئيس سموحة: “في حالة استمرار استبعاد ناصر ماهر من تشكيلة الأهلي سأطلب استعارته مجدداً لأن رحيله سبب لنا هزة في بداية الموسم”.

وأكد: “راهنت على حمد عبد القادر المعار من الأهلي، وأتوقع أن يزداد بريقه مع سموحة في الأسابيع المقبلة”.

وعن جلساته مع الخطيب وحسن حمدي وحسن مصطفى علق فرج عامر :” نجتمع على الخير دائماً ولم نفكر في الاجتماع لإيذاء أي شخص، تربطنا علاقات وطيدة وكذلك تجمعنا هواية الصيد، واليوم في الإسكندرية سيكونون على مائدتي للإفطار معي”.

وأتم: “هؤلاء شخصيات ذو قامة في الساحة الرياضية، الخطيب لاعب عظيم وشخصية جميلة ورئيس أكبر ناد، وحسن مصطفى مثلي الأعلى وصاحب أعلى منصب في الرياضة المصرية ويمتلك تاريخ ناصع البياض”.

Exclusive: Tony Cottee reveals he is concerned by Pablo Fornals’ start at West Ham

In an exclusive interview with Football FanCast on behalf of the London Football Awards, Tony Cottee has revealed that he is concerned by Pablo Fornals’ start at West Ham, but insisted that the Spaniard should not be given up on.

Across the Premier League and Carabao Cup, Fornals has already made six starts and six more substitute appearances for the Hammers, but as of yet, has only managed a return of one goal, with that coming against Newport County, as per WhoScored.

Cottee has taken little encouragement from what he has seen of the 23-year-old since he was signed from Villarreal during the summer: “I’m concerned, obviously, because so far he’s really, really struggled with the pace of the Premier League.”

However, the former West Ham striker doesn’t think fans should be writing him off just yet: “What I will say is that he’s not alone in that. We’ve seen many players over the years who have struggled to start with in the Premier League.

“I can think of a young Thierry Henry, who I’m sure would tell you himself, found it very, very difficult the first three, four months of his time at Arsenal, look what a player he turned out to be.”

Henry managed to score just once in his first 12 Premier League appearances for Arsenal, before going on to amass 176 league goals for the North London club, as per Transfermarkt.

The lesson from this is not that Fornals is going to match the Frenchman, but that he should be afforded time, as Cottee explained: “I think everyone’s got to be patient with Pablo. It’s been tough for him, but when he gets these opportunities, you’ve got to try and take them.

“You just hope that maybe he’ll have a good game, maybe get a goal or something and then that’ll kick start his career but so far it’s been a really difficult start for him.”

There will need to be a drastic improvement from Fornals if he is to begin making a creative impact, as he is currently only averaging 0.6 key passes and 0.4 dribbles per league game.

Following the excitement of seeing him score twice and get an assist on his way to lifting the U21 Euros trophy during the summer, Fornals’ performances in claret and blue have been a bit anti-climactic so far.

Tony Cottee was speaking as a judge on The London Football Awards, due to take place on 5th March 2020 at Camden’s Roundhouse. Tickets are available from https://

londonfootballawards.org.

أرتيتا: خسارة آرسنال أمام ليفربول مستحقة.. ولن أقدم أي أعذار

أكد مايكل أرتيتا مدرب آرسنال، أنهم يستحقون الهزيمة التي تعرضوا لها في مباراة الأمس أمام ليفربول، في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

وخسر آرسنال بثلاثية أهداف دون رد في الجولة الثلاثين، في ملعب الإمارات. أهداف مباراة ليفربول وآرسنال

وقال أرتيتا في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “بي بي سي” العالمية: “لقد استحقينا خسارة المباراة تمامًا، ليفربول استحق الفوز، كانوا الأفضل في كل شيء، أتحمل المسؤولية عن الطريقة التي لعبنا بها اليوم”.

وأضاف: “ليفربول اتخذ القرارات الصحيحة، لكننا لم نفعل ذلك وهذا خطئي، يجب أن أقوم بإعداد الفريق بطريقة مختلفة، وهذا كل شيء”.

وواصل: “تهانينا لـ ليفربول لأنهم كانوا استثنائيين الليلة، لقد نجحوا في إظهار الفارق بين الفريقين”.

واستكمل: “نفتقد خمسة أو ست لاعبين، ولكني لست مضطرًا إلى استخدام أي أعذار، لقد فقدنا الكرة أكثر من مرة، ولم نتمكن من القيام بثلاث تمريرات مكتملة، لم تكن الأساسيات موجودة”.

وأردف: “إذا ارتكبت الأخطاء التي فعلناها، ضد هذا النوع من الخصم، فستتم معاقبتك مثلما حدث معنا”.

Tottenham Hotspur ripped into by talkSPORT pundit Jason Cundy

[ad_pod ]There’s a reason Urban Dictionary describes a Spursy as: “To consistently and inevitably fail to live up to expectations. To bottle it.”Year after year Tottenham Hotspur display episodes of genuine quality and demonstrate passages of play reserved for the footballing gods, the kind that incites widespread murmurings of “this could be their year†amongst pundits and fans alike.But then the footballing world remembers just who they’re dealing with and the hype train is destroyed as quickly as it was put together.Since the turn of the century, Spurs have been in a total of six quarter-finals, seven semi-finals, and five finals. But in only one of those, the 2007/08 League Cup, have they come away with a trophy.Watch Tottenham Hotspur Live Streams With StreamFootball.tv Below

Indeed, Tottenham’s history is marred with close calls. As recently as last season, they had one hand on the Champions League trophy and an outside chance at the Premier League, but history repeated itself once again and they choked at the last; a shameful 3-1 defeat to Wolves the centrepiece of their capitulation.

It’s hardly surprising then that after Wednesday night’s performance against Olympiakos, which saw them squander a two-goal lead, talkSPORT commentator and former Chelsea player Jason Cundy is already predicting another disappointing season…

Arsenal’s Bernd Leno reviewed by goalkeeping veteran Paul Robinson

[ad_pod ]Arsenal may have made some quality signings in the summer, bringing in record-signing Nicolas Pepe from Lille and Dani Ceballos on loan from Real Madrid, but they’re still weak at the back.Watch Arsenal Live Streams With StreamFootball.tv Below

William Saliba was the only central addition following the departure of captain Laurent Koscielny, while an injured Kieran Tierney was introduced to fill the left-back spot.

Both are yet to play a single game for the club, and the earliest we’ll see Saliba in action is next season after he returned to former club Saint-Etienne on loan.

The Gunners’ lack of strength and depth in defence means goalkeeper Bernd Leno will be under a lot of pressure to perform.ÂBut having conceded 51 goals in 40 appearances in all competitions in north London, has he really got enough ability to carry the hopes and dreams of the club?

Goalkeeping veteran Paul Robinson, who retired in 2017 after 488 appearances between the sticks, recently weighed in on elements of Leno’s game that he believes need addressing and where he ranks amongst the top Premier League keepers…

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Wolves boss Nuno Santo must do three things to get them back on track

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This article is part of Football Fancast’s Monthly Review series, which analyses what managers can learn from the previous month and what the coming month could have in store.

Wolves have endured a rough start to the Premier League season, even though the table says they’ve lost just one match.

The strain of European football has clearly had an effect on Nuno Santo’s men as they’ve drawn their three other league matches, whilst in the Europa League they have won all six games, clinching a spot in the group stages.

The Portuguese boss needs their form in the competition to translate into top-flight results otherwise they’ll continue the worrying trend of teams struggling because of the added distractions.

But what must be done to ensure that September is more of a success for the west Midlands club?

Check out the most insane fan meltdowns in the video below…

Play through Adama Traore

Traore has been quite the revelation at right wing-back for Wolves this season after Santo converted him from a winger and occasional right-sided forward.

In the Europa League, the 23-year-old has recorded three assists in six matches but this form has only earned him one start in the Premier League to date, per Transfermarkt.

Considering Matt Doherty’s lack of fitness and the impact of Traore, it only makes sense to continue to let him thrive in the role going forward – something that Ian Wright has also mentioned this week.

Rotation will be vital

Last season, Santo very rarely tweaked his side – he had no reason to considering it was just the Premier League and the domestic cups.

He only used 21 different players and two of those can even be chalked off considering they featured for just one solitary minute all year.

That trend has continued, despite the club adding a couple of squad depth options in the likes of Patrick Cutrone, Pedro Neto and Jesus Vallejo.

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The 45-year-old has utilised 17 players this season with nine of them featuring in all four Premier League matches so far.

Should they progress far in the Carabao Cup then two games per week will become very much the normality going into 2020. As a result, this key tactical tweak could be necessary on a regular basis.

Get Jimenez scoring

Their Mexican striker has been prolific in Europe, scoring six goals in six appearances, but has netted just twice in the league – one of which was a last-minute penalty.

Against Everton, the 28-year-old managed 46 touches but just five of those came from inside the penalty area – that’s not a recipe for success based off his xG chart, per Understat.

The forward is for some reason struggling domestically and if Wolves want to get better, they’ll need their number nine on form.

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رئيس النجوم يكشف عبر "بطولات" حقيقة تعاقد الأهلي مع كريم فؤاد

كشف محمد الطويلة رئيس نادي النجوم، حقيقة توقيع كريم فؤاد لاعب الفريق المعار لـ إنبي، مع النادي الأهلي.

وتردد أنباء في الساعات الأخيرة الماضية تفيد بتوقيع الأهلي مع كريم فؤاد لضمه لصفوف القلعة الحمراء في الصيف.

وقال الطويلة في تصريحات خاصة لـ”بطولات”: “كريم فؤاد لم يوقع لأي نادٍ حتى الآن”.

وتابع: “الأهلي لم يقدم عرضًا رسميًا من الأساس، واللاعب تلقى عرض خارجي في فترة الانتقالات السابقة”.

واختتم الطويلة: “إنبي لم يفعل بند شراء كريم حتى هذه اللحظة، وأنا لم أوافق على بيع اللاعب الا بحصول النجوم على مبلغ 30 مليون جنيه دفعة واحدة”.

جدير بالذكر أن كريم فؤاد انضم لصفوف إنبي على سبيل الإعارة، مع وجود بند في عقده يحق للنادي البترولي شراءه، علمًا بأن إعارته ستنتهي بانقضاء الموسم الجاري.

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