Leeds WIN the Championship title thanks to Manor Solomon's stoppage-time strike to seal 2-1 victory at Plymouth
Leeds have won the Championship title after a late 2-1 win over Plymouth.
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42 minutes ago
- Reuters
Much improvement needed from Argentina, says skipper
Aug 18 (Reuters) - Argentina are going to have to improve both their discipline and defence if they are to bounce back against New Zealand in the Rugby Championship this weekend, warned captain Julian Montoya. The home side were handed a 41-24 defeat by the All Blacks in their opening clash of the southern hemisphere championship in Cordoba on Saturday and meet them again in Buenos Aires, with Montoya clear where they need to improve. "Our discipline cost us a lot of unforced errors, which gave them position and penalties. We shot ourselves in the foot with the penalties we were conceding, so when we look back on it, it hurts a lot," he told reporters. "After all that, credit to New Zealand. They're a good team who took advantage of every opportunity they had, and in the final minutes of each half, they scored very easily." Montoya said Argentina would need more focus at crucial junctures of Saturday's game, which will be played at Estadio José Amalfitani in the capital, after the loss in Cordoba. 'Many of our mistakes were made in the final minutes of each half, where they scored more points against us. So, those minutes are where we clearly have to do better. Last year, it was the early part of each half when they scored very easily against us. This time it was the other way around." Argentina fought their way back from 31-10 down at halftime to be only seven points behind with 12 minutes to go but then conceded two tries from lineout mauls to see any chance of a dramatic comeback slip away. "Clearly, the maul defence wasn't up to par. We have to improve, but we win together, we lose together, so we have to regroup, recover, look inward, and we'll come back,' the Pumas skipper said.
Rhyl Journal
an hour ago
- Rhyl Journal
Daniel Farke hails Lukas Nmecha's ‘ice-cold finish' in Leeds' win over Everton
Summer signing Nmecha, a free transfer from Wolfsburg, held his nerve to bury his 84th-minute spot kick – just six minutes after stepping off the bench to replace Joel Piroe – to clinch Leeds a deserved 1-0 victory at Elland Road. Farke said: 'I was a bit worried. He's on the sheet for taking penalties, but as a substitute, he needed more touches and I was thinking of stepping in there and taking the ball off him. 'Thank God I calmed myself down and he prove me right with an ice-cold finish. He deserves today to be in the spotlight after not the easiest of periods in these last few years.' Nmecha struggled with injuries in his last two seasons in the Bundesliga and has gone under the radar since becoming the first of Leeds' eight summer signings so far. 'He's been excellent,' Farke said. 'He's won caps for Germany, but his last couple of seasons were pretty much interrupted with injury. 'It's always a bit risky to bring such a player in, but this was the reason he was a free transfer, more or less a bargain. 'Just with this important goal, that is worth three points, he's paid everything back – but we didn't pay for him! 'He's a great guy, a hard worker, pretty physical attributes for the Premier League.' Leeds dominated for long periods against Everton and Farke added: 'Overall, in a tight game, a hard-fought win, but also a well-deserved win. 'I think for a newly promoted side, it was an outstanding performance. 'We were very dominant in the first half. Nearly 70 per cent possession, 12 shots, I think 21 in total.' Everton boss David Moyes admitted his side's display did not warrant a point, but did not believe Leeds should have been awarded a penalty. Toffees skipper James Trakowski appeared to lean into Leeds debutant Anton Stach's deflected shot and although his arms were by his side, the ball struck his upper arm and referee Chris Kavanagh's decision was upheld by VAR. Moyes said: 'I'm obviously going to say it's not a penalty and I believe it's not a penalty. 'I've been to see the referee. The referee sort of (had) nothing to do with it, he thought it was to do with VAR, the decision they've made. ' Moyes added: 'I actually think the referees have had a poor weekend in the opening weekend. 'I think there have been a lot of (poor) decisions and tonight's is another one.' When asked about his side's display, Moyes added: 'We improved a bit in the second half, but I wasn't impressed by how we played at all. 'I've got to give great credit to Leeds. I thought they were incredibly intense, certainly for the first 30 minutes.'
North Wales Chronicle
2 hours ago
- North Wales Chronicle
Bournemouth sign Liverpool winger Ben Doak in deal worth up to £25million
The 19-year-old Scotland international has agreed a five-year contract at Vitality Stadium. Doak spent last season on loan at Championship club Middlesbrough, scoring three goals and registering seven assists in 24 appearances. A post shared by AFC Bournemouth (@afcb) Bournemouth are understood to have paid an initial £20m and could spend a further £5m in add-ons as they reinvest some of the funds received from a series of lucrative summer departures. Forward Dango Ouattara finalised a £42.5m move to Brentford at the weekend, while the south-coast club had already sold defenders Illia Zabarnyi, Dean Huijsen and Milos Kerkez to Paris St Germain, Real Madrid and Liverpool respectively for a total of around £150m. Doak is the Cherries' fourth signing of the transfer window following the arrivals of goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic, left-back Adrien Truffert and centre-back Bafode Diakite for a combined sum in the region of £70m. He could make his debut during Saturday's top-flight fixture at home to Wolves. Doak, who has six Scotland caps, began his career with Celtic before moving to Merseyside for £600,000 in 2022. The teenager played 10 times for Liverpool, including three substitute appearances in the Premier League. He was not involved on Friday evening when Arne Slot's reigning champions defeated the Cherries 4-2 in the season-opener at Anfield.
