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Former Champions League defender scores FIVE goals in just 34 minutes on sensational debut for non-league team
ROMA hero Kostas Manolas scored FIVE goals in just 34 minutes on his debut with a Greek non-league club he surprisingly joined after leaving Serie A.
Manolas, 33, made a name for himself in Italy and Greece, which led to interest from the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea throughout his career.
The centre-back burst onto the scene with Olympiacos and the Greek national team, whom he helped reach the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time ever in 2014.
The defender joined Roma 10 years ago where he scored eight goals in 206 appearances.
The ex-AEK Athens star also helped the Italian giants reach the Champions League semi-finals in 2018 with a sensational goal in a famous 3-0 win over Barcelona at the Olimpico.
After brief stints with Napoli, Emirati outfit Sharjah and Salernitana last season, Manolas made the decision to relocate to his homeland of Naxos with his family.
That led to him joining local club Pannaxiakos, who compete in the fourth division, after a few training sessions with them during pre-season.
The ex-Greece international received a hero’s welcome and many within the club see him as the man that will lead them to the third division.
And Manolas honoured their faith in a stunning debut, despite playing out of a position as a CENTRE-FORWARD against Marpissaikos on Sunday.
According to Sport24, the ex-Napoli star started for the Cycladic outfit and scored a staggering five goals.
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The versatile defender led his new team-mates to a stunning 12-1 win over Marpissaikos.
That led to manager Giorgos Mostratos hauling him off after just 34 minutes in the first half.
Manolas’ move to Pannaxiakos has been described across Greek media as the “transfer of the year”.
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‘Sergio Busquets is an absolute crybaby – I gave Barcelona legend a stern warning’
SERGIO BUSQUETS has been labelled a “crybaby” and “whiner” by Wesley Sneijder.
Sneijder, who starred for Real Madrid and Inter Milan, slammed the Spaniard as he reflected on their past battles.
The Dutchman recalled how the Barcelona legend’s antics got under his skin.
Speaking to Ziggo Sports, he said: “He was an extremely annoying player, he was always giving it to others but he could never receive it.”
The second leg of the 2010 Champions League semi-final game was one that particularly irked Sneijder when Thiago Motta tackled the midfielder.
Sneijder said: “In 2010 we beat Barcelona 3-1 at home, then we had to go to Camp Nou and after eight minutes Busquets started rolling on the ground while looking through his hands to see if Motta had a red card.
“He then got up again and was fine, the crybaby. A nasty guy to play against.”
He continued: “I had fights with him in every game.”
Sneijder also revealed how he warned Busquets about meeting in Ibiza, adding: “I’ll see you in Ibiza in the summer, then you and I will talk again.”
Under Jose Mourinho that season, Inter Milan emerged with a remarkable win over Pep Guardiola‘s Barca side – considered by many to be the greatest team in football history.
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They then went on to bag the continental Treble, a first in Italian football history.
Meanwhile, Sneijder was full of praise for the recently retired Andres Iniesta.
Unlike his old rival and team-mate, 36-year-old Busquets continues to ply his trade in Major League Soccer alongside Lionel Messi at Inter Miami.
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Rugby World Cup: Marlie Packer wants to remain England captain and ‘inspire’ young women
The only defeat England have suffered in the past five years was the 2022 World Cup final against New Zealand.
But the Red Roses are unbeaten since Packer took on the captaincy during the 2023 Six Nations – something she is proud of and believes will continue.
“Since I’ve been captain we’ve not lost a game, so I’ll have that one at the moment,” she said.
“You’ve got five games in the Six Nations, you’ll have a couple of warm-up games and then you’ll have the World Cup.
“So you’re looking around that 30 mark again to whether we can win that World Cup final, which in my head it’s a definite ‘yes’.
“We just need to make sure we work really hard as a group and keep inspiring each other, and remembering why we are the best in the world is because we push each other to be the best.”
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Bezzecchi critical of Vinales response to Phillip Island sprint crash
Marco Bezzecchi says he was unimpressed by Maverick Vinales showing him the middle finger as he lay motionless on the ground after the pair collided at high speed in Saturday’s sprint race at the Australian Grand Prix.
After being taken for additional medical checks in Melbourne on Saturday evening, during which time Vinales made his frustration towards the VR46 Ducati rider clear in the media, Bezzecchi only made his first comments following Sunday’s grand prix.
“I didn’t like his behaviour immediately after the crash,” said the three-time grand prix winner.
“If it was the other way around, I would go to check how the other rider is instead of showing the middle finger and saying f*** to me many times after we crash at 300km/h.”
The stewards took Vinales’s side regarding the incident itself, issuing Bezzecchi a long lap penalty for the grand prix on Sunday.
Subsequent to taking the punishment, Bezzecchi fell off and dropped out of contention, reporting that he was riding in pain following the crash.
Bezzecchi disagreed with Vinales’s version of the collision on the high-speed entry to the Doohan corner.
“Yesterday was a strange situation. Maverick passed me on the straight with the slipstream….then my bike was moving to the left so to get back I had to lean the bike whilst still on the straight. The wind was pushing me to the outside kerb.
“The problem was that as I did this Maverick put himself exactly in front of me under braking.
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“He braked early. You can see from the video that he braked, then released, then braked again. When you brake at the right point, you don’t release the brake.
“I was already moving to the right to avoid going on the outside kerb. When I saw him I tried to continue to go to the right but I got sucked by the slipstream. I couldn’t do anything to avoid the contact.
“I understand that it was a difficult decision. Normally the guy behind is the one who [gets the blame]. But for example last year in Qatar with Pecco [Bagnaia] and Fabio di Giannantonio and in Valencia with [Jorge] Martin and Pecco it was completely the same.
“[Those situations were] just another type of corner, a little bit slower, a little bit less windy, a little bit less Phillip Island style.
“It’s a situation that could have happened often, but fortunately for the others, they were able to avoid disaster.
“Anyway, what I didn’t really like was Maverick’s behaviour but as far as the penalty is concerned, I don’t care. I don’t complain. I did my long lap.”
Aprilia rider Vinales did not want to comment further on the issue on Sunday, but was satisfied with the penalty given to Bezzecchi.
“The stewards needed to set down a mark. They set down a mark so that’s fine.”
Vinales finished the grand prix in eighth place after once again dropping back from the front row of the grid.
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Man Utd star Mazraoui splashes out on £200,000 Bentley to keep up with supercar loving team-mates
CROCKED Man Utd ace Noussair Mazraoui has snapped up a £200,000 Bentley – to keep up with his supercar loving teammates.
The Bentley Bentayga S Black Edition is perfect for the injured defender coming with a range of safety features.
But the luxury SUV also has plenty of power upfront with a four-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine that produces 542 horsepower.
The motor can accelerate from 0-60mph in 4.5 seconds and has a top speed of 180mph.
Mazraoui, 26, joins teammates Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro who all own top-of-the-range Bentleys.
Last month The Sun revealed Rashford, 26, splashed out on a £200,000 Bentley Flying Spur Azure to ferry him to training while he’s on a driving ban.
While United captain Bruno, 30, drives a sporty Bentley Continental GT and also has a Bentayga to ferry his family around.
And we reported how Casemiro, 32, forked out £200,000 on a Bentley Bentayga SUV for his glamorous wife Anna Mariana to take their kids to school.
Mazraoui arrived at Old Trafford in August after the club completed a stunning £60million double deal for him and Bayern Munich teammate Matthijs de Ligt.
The Moroccan international is currently out injured after being taken off at half-time against Aston Villa on October 6 after suffering heart palpitations.
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Mazraoui has since had a procedure to correct the issue, but is likely out for another two weeks.
In the past former United stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Dean Henderson, Jesse Lingard, Alexis Sanchez and Phil Jones, all drove high-end Bentleys to United training.
But the supercars haven’t always been popular at the club.
Former Red Devils striker David Bellion recalled how Sir Alex Ferguson once made one of his teammates sell his Bentley after driving it to training one morning.
Wayne Rooney has also previously revealed how Fergie would not allow players aged under 25 to own a sports car while he was manager.
Speaking to The Sun in 2017, Bellion discussed the unnamed player who drove a Bentley to training, saying: “Sir Alex made him sell it immediately.
“I drove to Carrington in an Austin Mini for nearly a year even though I had a Mercedes at home.
“Sir Alex didn’t like young players getting above themselves.
“He hated anyone showing their wealth before they had done anything in life or the game.”
And United legend Gary Neville last month admitted buying a Bentley made him feel like a “proper w****r”.
He told the It’s Called Soccer! podcast: “I always said to myself when I finished my football career that I wanted to drive a four-door massive big Bentley.
“The massive one. Not the Baby Bentley, like the big thing. So basically I bought one a couple years after my career and I had it for about three weeks.
“I recognised as I was driving round Manchester that I just felt like a proper w****r… not that I don’t now!”
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