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Yahoo
5 days ago
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📹 Depay scores late as Corinthians snatch a draw against Botafogo
At the Nilton Santos Stadium, Corinthians and Botafogo drew 1-1, on Saturday (26), in the 17th round of the 2025 Brasileirão. The current Brazilian and South American champion dominated most of the first half. More precisely, until Arthur Cabral's goal (23'), it was all Botafogo. But, let's say: was it Hugo's fault? 🤔 After that, Corinthians launched themselves into the attack, but still without posing much danger to goalkeeper John. At halftime, coach Dorival Jr made four changes at once, including putting Memphis Depay and Yuri Alberto on the field. In this scenario, the final stage was all Corinthians, who gave goalkeeper John a lot of work and missed important chances. Thus, from so much pressure, Memphis Depay - who has been heavily criticized by the Corinthians fans - secured the draw by taking advantage of the rebound in the area.🚦 How it stands With the result, Corinthians reached 21 points and remained in eighth place. Meanwhile, Botafogo stayed in fifth position, now with 26 points. Corinthians returns to the field next Wednesday (30), when they face Palmeiras in the first leg of the Copa do Brasil round of 16, at the Neo Química Arena. Botafogo, on the other hand, hosts RB Bragantino at the Nilton Santos Stadium on Tuesday (29), in the same competition. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here. 📸 Wagner Meier - 2025 Getty Images
Yahoo
24-07-2025
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🫤 In a dull match, Corinthians and Cruzeiro settle for a draw
At the Neo Química Arena, Corinthians and Cruzeiro drew 0 x 0, this Wednesday (23), for the 16th round of the Brasileirão 2025. The game was heated, especially in the first half, with strong divides and fight for every ball. But of little creativity. The Fox had two good chances with Kaio Jorge, while Timão scared in a free kick from Memphis Depay, which Cássio - in his first match against the club where he is an idol, defended. After the break, the scenario did not change much. Kaiki and Matheus Pereira almost scored for Cruzeiro in bombs that Hugo defended. Corinthians, which created little and practically did not scare Cássio, arrived with danger in the strong finish from outside the area of Depay, but the celestial goalkeeper defended. The Dutchman almost opened the score in the final minute, but Cássio sent it to the corner. In the sequence of the move, Villalba took a header on the line.🚦 Where it stands With the result, Cruzeiro remained at the top, now with 34 points. Corinthians continued in tenth place with 20 points. Timão returns to the field on Saturday (26), when it visits Botafogo, at the Nilton Santos Stadium, while the Fox hosts Ceará, at Mineirão, on Sunday (27). This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here. 📸 Miguel Schincariol - 2025 Getty Images
Daily Mail
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Former £25m Man United flop eyed by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Turkish outfit Besiktas amid row over unpaid bonuses at current club
A former Manchester United striker is reportedly on the verge linking up with former United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer amid a breakdown in relations with his current club. Dutch forward Memphis Depay, who spent two years with United from 2015-17, is of interest to Turkish outfit Besiktas, currently led by Solskjaer. According to Turkish outlet foto Mac, Besiktas have been given the green light by Depay's current club to enter in negotiations on personal terms with the player. Depay is currently on the books of Corinthians but his relationship with the club appears to have broken down amid a wages dispute. According to Brazilian outlet Globo, Depay has skipped training with Corinthians over an unpaid debt. The club reportedly owes him £625,000, rising to at least another £1.25m in bonus payments come September. Depay has a year to run on his current contract but appears set to move to Turkey, provided personal terms can be agreed. The Dutchman left United after a frustrating period following a £25million move to Manchester, scoring just seven goals in 53 appearances. He departed Old Trafford a year before Solskjaer took over as manager. Depay went on to enjoy a successful stint at French club Lyon, notching 76 goals in five seasons, before going on to play for Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. At international level, Depay has equalled Robin van Persie as the Netherlands' top goal scorer.
Daily Mail
11-07-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Former Man United flop misses training amid 'row with Brazilian club over unpaid bonuses with the 50-goal international star still owed £625,000'
A former Manchester United star has seemingly found himself embroiled in a rift with his current team over unpaid bonuses - but insists he still wants to remain at the club. The player was absent from training on Wednesday, which understandably sparked speculation over his future with his Brazilian club, before returning the following day for clear the air talks. In those discussions the former Premier League forward - who is one of the most important players at Corinthians - made it clear that despite the disagreement, he is still keen to stay at the Sao Paulo-based outfit. The club announced in an official statement: 'Corinthians informs that athlete Memphis Depay reported to CT Joaquim Grava this Thursday morning, where he met with Corinthians' acting president, Osmar Stabile, football executive Fabinho Soldado, and coach Dorival Júnior. 'During the meeting, the athlete justified his absence and expressed his desire to remain at Corinthians. After taking the necessary measures, the presidency treats the matter as resolved.' Brazilian outlet GE states that Depay will receive a fine for his behaviour, having skipped training without being excused from his duties. It is unclear what justification Depay brought forward for his absence from Wednesday's training session. But, with the club keen to hold on to their star player, a portion of the outstanding amount owed to him has been paid in order to show good faith, the report continues. However, according to GE, the club still owes the Dutch international some £626,510 (R$4.7million). It adds that the club had been a day late in paying players and staff this week, with the company that manages the security of Depay also receiving their payment late. Since joining Corinthians, Depay has managed an impressive 13 goals and 14 assists in 42 outings, having joined on a free transfer from Atletico Madrid in 2024. He is also one goal away from becoming the outright top-scorer for the Netherlands in their history, tied with Robin van Persie on 50, having played the exact same number of games (102). However back in May he was at the centre of a mass on-pitch brawl after some show-boating gone wrong. Corinthians played host to Palmeiras in the second leg of the final of the Campeonato Paulista, the highest level of league football in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo. After a 1-0 victory in the first leg, Corinthians just needed to keep the game goalless in the final stages to secure their record-extending 31st title, and their first since 2019. As the clock ran down, Depay received the ball in the corner from a short free kick. Seemingly not content with simply shielding the ball from an on-rushing defender, the Dutch international proceeded to stand on it with both feet in a brazen display of showboating. The move only served to infuriate the opposition players, with two Palmeiras stars crunching in to challenge Depay, knocking him over in the process, and within seconds a mass brawl had broken out. There was much pushing and shoving between players and substitutes for both teams, with Depay seen tussling among the melee. The brawl continued for several minutes and added to what was an already ill-tempered and dramatic clash between the two arch-rivals. Corinthians defender Felix Torres had already been sent off for two yellow cards, while Palmeiras coach Abel Ferreira was also dismissed, shortly before Raphael Veiga missed a penalty to level the tie for his side. The brawl only continued the drama, with the officials quickly responding by sending off Corinthians midfielder Jose Martinez and veteran Palmeiras goalkeeper Marcelo Lomba for their involvement in the ensuing melee. This was despite neither Martinez or Lomba being on the pitch at the time of the incident. When order was eventually restored, Corinthians held onto their aggregate lead in the closing seconds to claim the title.
New York Times
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
The great showboating debate, Juventus meet Donald Trump and Mudryk's doping charge
The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic's daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox. Hello! Stay tuned for Juventus' bizarre appearance in the Oval Office. But first, where does the line fall between imagination and humiliation? On the way: • The fickle art of showboating • Juve inthe White House • Barca agree Williams terms • Mudryk's doping charge Prince Naseem Hamed, the multi-time world champion featherweight who graced boxing with his presence in the 1990s, wrote the book on showboating. Dig out any compilation of his unorthodox, switch-hitting years and his bragging runs right through it. Was it basic confidence or performative disrespect? I'm not sure Hamed or boxing cared, but in football, it's a thin line. As with any sport, the game has a hierarchy of talent, giving some players the scope to laud it over others. That wasn't necessarily the case when Bayern Munich rattled 10 goals past Auckland City at the Club World Cup last Sunday but in response to being asked if he felt sorry for their victims, Bayern midfielder Michael Olise replied: 'No.' Advertisement The ethics of showboating caught the imagination of Stuart James and Jack Lang, to the extent that The Athletic pair set out to discover how people in football perceive it. It's a top read and it deserves attention. Is it a problem that Memphis Depay, during a Brazilian game in March, stood on top of the ball to waste time with victory in the offing (causing a brawl in the process)? Should we laugh or tut at players doing keepie-uppies when a game is out of sight? Can Neymar tease whenever he pleases, on the basis that he is Neymar? I've long suspected that coaches take a dimmer view of showboating than players, and the feature compiled by Stuart and Jack suggests as much (as did Oliver Glasner hauling off Romain Esse during Crystal Palace's last game of the Premier League season). Their piece starts with Peter Bosz, the PSV boss, cringing at the 'disrespect' shown by his team to Liverpool during a Champions League tie in January. 'I would have sawed them off below the knees,' Bosz said. Beyond humiliation, there's the real danger of showboating going wrong — as per Mario Balotelli trying (and failing) to cheekily backheel in an easy chance for Manchester City in a friendly against LA Galaxy in 2011 (above). His manager, Roberto Mancini, wasn't pleased. But then again, didn't those excesses make Balotelli the character he was? A decade ago, Neymar got it in the neck for rubbing it in towards the end of a Copa del Rey final in which Barcelona were seeing off Athletic Club. You've probably seen the footage of it (above): his attempt to guide a backheel flick over the head of a defender. The opposition were lining up to give him a shoeing. He drew plenty of criticism afterwards too. Andoni Iraola, who played at right-back for Athletic Club, said it was a trick without 'elegance or sportsmanship'. But this was Neymar's alternative take: 'It's a way of dribbling past an opponent like any other. You can't get angry because it's my style of play. I've been doing that for years.' Advertisement Does he have a point? Is it fair to drool over footballers with elevated levels of skill but only on our terms? I once saw Raphinha bury former Palace defender Gary Cahill with an exceptional piece of skill and it was glorious. There's a risk of indecency, certainly, but the boundary is subjective, and Bayern smashing 10 past Auckland was merely them completing a full day's work. That sweet spot between professionalism, entertainment and high-and-mighty disapproval? It's not easy to find. Since FIFA has a knack of making 'man kicks ball' a sideshow, let's rattle through day five of Club World Cup results. Manchester City beat Wydad Casablanca, despite Rico Lewis just about taking an opponent's head off. Real Madrid made heavy weather of a 1-1 draw Al Hilal, despite the iffy award of a penalty (which they missed). Red Bull Salzburg carved out a 2-1 victory over Pachuca, despite torrential rain halting play for an hour and a half. But the real action, as ever, was off the pitch. After criticism of its decision to ditch a planned anti-discrimination campaign, FIFA backtracked by displaying inclusivity messages at yesterday's matches, proving that not all publicity is good publicity. Remarkably, it's unclear if this was just for one day. And then, in the hours before their 5-0 win over Abu Dhabi's Al Ain, we witnessed a crop of Juventus players and staff — USMNT's Weston McKennie and Timothy Weah included — showing up in the White House for a 16-minute audience with Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino, in which the U.S. president opined about the Iran-Israel conflict and transgender women in sport. Speaking after the game, Weah was completely nonplussed. 'They told us we have to go, and I had no choice but to go,' he said. 'It was a bit weird. When (Trump) started talking about the politics with Iran and everything, it's kind of like, 'I just want to play football, man'.' Infantino loves an Oval Office visit. You just constantly wonder when he'll visit Planet Earth. You're forgiven if you've forgotten that Mykhailo Mudryk is a Chelsea player. The Ukrainian winger has been mothballed for seven months, waiting to find out if an adverse drugs test would result in full-blown disciplinary proceedings. The news he didn't want came through yesterday as England's Football Association announced that he had been charged with a breach of its anti-doping rules. We've previously reported how Mudryk, 24, returned a positive test for meldonium, which can enhance an athlete's endurance levels. He denies knowingly taking a banned substance. Advertisement The development leaves him and his club on the hook. If found guilty, Mudryk — the signing which, in January 2023, signalled Chelsea's drift towards inordinately long contracts — faces a ban of up to four years: that prospect hanging over a player who cost £62million ($78.9m) and holds a deal running to 2031. In the worst-case scenario, what choice would Chelsea have but to cut their losses? (Selected games, times ET/UK) FIFA Club World Cup: Group A: Palmeiras vs Al Ahly, 12pm/5pm – DAZN/DAZN; Inter Miami vs Porto, 3pm/8pm – TNT, Fubo, DAZN/DAZN; Group B: Seattle Sounders vs Atletico Madrid, 6pm/11pm – DAZN/DAZN; Paris Saint-Germain vs Botafogo, 9pm/2am – DAZN/DAZN. Concacaf Gold Cup: Group D: Saudi Arabia vs USMNT, 9.15pm/2.15am – Fox Sports, Fubo, ViX/Premier Sports. We'll close out today with a further mention of the aforementioned red card shown to Rico Lewis in Manchester City's defeat of Wydad Casablanca. Opinion was divided over whether he deserved to walk for his boot-to-chin tackle on Samuel Obeng, but I liked the perspective on the foul given by broadcaster DAZN's Ref Cam (above), which showed the match official's perspective of Lewis' lunge in real time. Through the eyes of Brazilian Ramon Abatti, it looks like a red to me.
