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17 hours ago
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WATCH: Antonio Conte loses it! Napoli boss has to be restrained by referee after fuming at Olympiacos players over touch tackles in friendly
Napoli face Olympiacos in friendly Conte angry over opposition's tackles Manager has to be held back by referee Follow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱 WHAT HAPPENED? During Napoli's 2-1 friendly win over Olympiacos on Thursday, Conte had to be restrained after taking exception to Ayoub El Kaabi's late challenge on Amir Rrahmani. Following another bad foul, Conte snapped, and a melee ensued as the incensed former Chelsea manager laid into the striker and the officials for not stamping this out of the contest. WATCH THE CLIP THE BIGGER PICTURE While Napoli got the win, Conte may be concerned by Romelu Lukaku limping off the pitch after suffering an injury. The former Inter man was clutching the back of his left thigh, and reports suggest the striker may miss his side's Serie A opener next weekend. WHAT NEXT? Conte, who appears to have not lost any of his fire and passion going by this incident, will hope his Napoli side can start the new season with a bang when the Serie A defending champions take on Sassuolo on August 23.
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a day ago
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Iowa City High DE Kane Willey discusses football mindset
Defensive end Kane Willey totaled nine tackles for loss last season, the second most for Iowa City High football in 2024.
Yahoo
7 days ago
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KEY STATS: Marked tackling improvement but is one player being under-used?
WHILE it is often criticised for its lack of size, Warrington Wolves' pack does not lack defensive strength. And despite defeat against Wigan Warriors in Round 21, that is in evidence again with a look at the player stats from the game. There are four players in particular whose numbers in defence jump off the page, with Luke Yates and Sam Stone both leading the way in terms of tackles made with 38 each. Both were active from marker within that – Stone made 11 marker tackles, Yates 10 – while Yates completed 100 per cent of his tackles, with Stone only missing two. Ben Currie was just behind the pair with 37 tackles without missing a single one while Ryan Matterson made 30 with just one miss. Danny Walker (22) and Joe Philbin (11) also had a 100 per cent tackle completion rate amid a much-improved showing on the tackling front collectively. Wire's missed tackle count of 20 is exactly half of their total from last week's defeat to Leigh Leopards and is their lowest figure since the Round 13 win over Castleford Tigers (19). Clinical edge deserts Wire In terms of metres gained with the ball, all of the top five players from the game were wearing primrose and blue. Josh Thewlis led the way with 161m – helped heavily by his long-range interception try – followed by George Williams (152m), Toby King (149m), Danny Walker (133m) and Jake Thewlis (108m). By contrast, only two Wigan players cleared the 100m mark – Jai Field (103m) and Ethan Havard (100m) – but there is a key figure within that area of the statistics that highlights Wire's lack of ruthlessness. Both sides made three clean breaks each with Wigan converting all of theirs – two for Zach Eckersley and one from Brad O'Neill – into tries. By contrast, only one of Warrington's three resulted in points – George Williams' burst through to score in the second half. Was Max Wood underused? No exact figure is available for the lengths of players' stints on the field, but Max Wood's felt very short – certainly no more than 15 second-half minutes. However, a look at the stats hints at him perhaps being underused. Against his former club, the young front-rower only carried the ball twice but they yielded 23 metres, many of them post-contact. Last week at Leigh, too, he was only used in a very brief burst and his sole carry in that game made nine metres. There will no doubt be an explanation as to why Wood is being used in this way but given he generally brings impact with the ball – he averages 7.42m per carry for the season as a whole – it is easy to see why there are plenty of supporters who feel he is under-utilised.
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7 days ago
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Slater to miss season with torn patellar tendon
Mike Florio and Michael Holley commend Rashawn Slater for getting his contract done prior to his injury, explore what this means for the Chargers and stress the importance of tackles.
Washington Post
08-08-2025
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- Washington Post
Raiders' tackling woes evident in preseason tie with Seahawks
HENDERSON, Nev. — The Raiders tackled — or, at least, attempted to tackle — for the first time Thursday night. And it showed. Las Vegas had a number of missed tackles in its 23-23 tie with Seattle , especially earlier in the game when more of its front-line defenders were on the field.
