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Rangers: ‘Familiar foes Malmo are ultimate Scottish bogey team’
Malmo’s main man is number nine Isaac Kiese Thelin, who has just returned from injury. He has scored 14 this season and the Sweden international got back to scoring ways as they rattled four unanswered goals past 2022 champions Hacken in their most recent match.
So too did Erik Botheim, a forward who came through the Norwegian youth system with international colleague Erling Haaland, now of course of Manchester City, while their Danish captain, Anders Christiansen, helped himself to a double.
Sweden Under-21s winger Hugo Bolin is having a fine season, while at the back, former Leeds United centre-back Pontus Jansen faces Rangers again having taken part in those games 13 years ago during his first spell at the club.
He normally has another extremely experienced player in Jens Stryger-Larsen beside him at right-back. The 33-year-old played all six games for Denmark on their way to the semi-finals of Euro 2020.
Coach Henrik Rydstrom has improved the club’s fortunes after they failed to qualify for Europe in 2022 with a disappointing seventh-placed finish.
This term has been relatively seamless, though.
They have won 10 of their 11 home league games and are pretty miserly defensively, having conceded just 19 goals in their 26 Allsvenskan outings, the vast majority of which have come on the road.
Rydstrom’s only real disappointment was their Champions League play-off defeat by Sparta Prague, which may offer Rangers a more realistic sense of where Malmo are in European terms.
And there is little doubt that this is Rangers’ most winnable away fixture out of the four they were handed for the new-look Europa League with games at Nice, Olympiakos and Manchester United to come.
McCoist will be back in the stadium for this one, only this time, possibly, without the cold sweat.
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'Celtic must learn from Champions League loss'
Celtic manager Elena Sadiku says her side will learn from defeat by FC Twente in their Women’s Champions League opener.
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Chelsea 3-2 Real Madrid: Lucy Bronze says Blues ‘won’t win’ Champions League ‘playing like that’
It was Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor’s first game in charge of the club in the Women’s Champions League so she was pleased to get off to a winning start.
The Frenchwoman has won the competition three times, twice as a player and once as a manager with former club Lyon.
But she said on Monday that the postponement of Chelsea’s Women’s Super League match against Manchester United – due to be played on Sunday – impacted their preparation.
They had not played a competitive fixture in 10 days when they lined up at Stamford Bridge to face Real and were hit by illness in the squad this week.
“We have to play with a lot of intensity. I don’t want to find excuses but maybe because we didn’t play for 10 days, it’s something that can help you understand why tonight we were a little bit down,” said Bompastor.
“We scored the two goals but the players were not working as hard as I wanted them to work on the pitch.
“When we had the ball we were just walking to get the ball which is not enough. If you want to possess the ball, you have to run a lot.”
Bompastor also said she wanted her side to “manage the game more” after sloppiness let Real back into the game.
“When I say manage the game, it’s not about slowing it down, but being smarter,” added Bompastor.
“When you begin the game with two goals, it’s good to keep that result. We conceded two goals where we maybe could have done better.
“We were a bit nervous about Madrid getting stronger. I would like us to manage the game better.”
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Football gossip: Semenyo, De Bruyne, Alexander-Arnold, Muani, Wirtz
Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo is attracting interest, Kevin de Bruyne could be set for a move to Saudi Arabia, while Liverpool are hopeful of keeping Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo, 24, is attracting interest from Liverpool, Newcastle United and Tottenham after the Ghana attacker’s impressive start to the season. (Give Me Sport), external
Saudi club Al-Nassr are confident of signing Manchester City’s Belgium midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, 33, when his contract expires at the end of the season. (Team Talk), external
Liverpool full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold, 26, could be convinced to run down his contract at Anfield to join Real Madrid on a free transfer by England team-mate Jude Bellingham. (Sun), external
Real Madrid are stepping up their interest in Alexander-Arnold but Liverpool are hopeful they can convince the 26-year-old to stay. (Football Insider), external
Liverpool have identified Eintracht Frankfurt’s Egypt forward Omar Marmoush, 25, and Borussia Dortmund’s Germany attacker Karim Adeyemi, 22, as potential replacements for Egypt winger Mohamed Salah, 32. (Sky Germany – in German), external
Manchester United’s hopes of signing Colombia midfielder Richard Rios have improved, with Palmeiras willing to consider selling the 24-year-old for 20m euros (£16.7m) in January. (Caught Offside), external
Arsenal and Manchester United are tracking Wigan Athletic’s 22-year-old English goalkeeper Sam Tickle as they look to bolster their goalkeeping options. (Team Talk), external
Southampton’s hierarchy are set to meet to discuss manager Russell Martin’s future at the club. (Football Insider), external
Paris St-Germain’s France striker Randal Kolo Muani, 25, could leave in January but the Ligue 1 champions want at least 70m euros (£59m) for him. (AS – in Spanish), external
Bayer Leverkusen and Germany forward Florian Wirtz, 21, is keen to join Bayern Munich next summer. (Sky Germany – in German), external
Newcastle United are continuing to monitor Lille’s Canada striker Jonathan David, 24, as a potential January transfer target. (Football Insider), external
Hugo Viana, director of football at Portuguese side Sporting, is Manchester City’s favoured candidate to replace the outgoing Txiki Begiristain in the same role at the Premier League champions. (Fabrizio Romano), external
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Cole Palmer named England men’s player of the year
Palmer is the first Chelsea player to receive the recognition since Ashley Cole in 2010. Frank Lampard also won the award while at the Blues.
Arsenal’s Saka was named men’s player of the year in the past two seasons, while Harry Kane, Wayne Rooney and David Beckham are also past winners.
Past winners:
2023-24 – Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
2022-23 – Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
2021-22 – Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
2020-21 – Kalvin Phillips (Leeds)
2019 – Jordan Henderson (Liverpool)
2018 – Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
2017 – Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
2016 – Adam Lallana (Liverpool)
2015 – Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
2014 – Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
2012 – Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
2011 – Scott Parker (Tottenham Hotspur)
2010 – Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
2009 – Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
2008 – Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
2007 – Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
2006 – Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich)
2005 – Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
2004 – Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
2003 – David Beckham (Manchester United)
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Northern Ireland: Michael O’Neill calls uncapped Christy Pym into his squad in place of injured Bailey Peacock-Farrell
Northern Ireland have called Mansfield Town goalkeeper Christy Pym into their squad for the upcoming Nations League games against Belarus and Bulgaria.
The 29-year-old has not played for his country before, but trained with his new team-mates on Tuesday after regular keeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell withdrew from the squad on Monday with a shoulder problem.
With Plymouth Argyle’s Conor Hazard already absent through injury, manager Michael O’Neill was left with just two goalkeepers in his squad, Bolton Wanderers’ Luke Southwood and Pierce Charles of Sheffield Wednesday.
Pym, who has featured regularly for Mansfield in League One this season, was born in Exeter and previously played in a friendly for England Under-20s but qualifies for Northern Ireland through a Belfast-born grandmother.
Northern Ireland face Belarus in Hungary on Saturday evening before returning to Belfast to take on Bulgaria at Windsor Park.
They began their Nations League campaign with a home win over Luxembourg last month but were then beaten by Bulgaria in Plovdiv.
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Jack Grealish: I should have been part of England’s Euro 2024 squad
Manchester City’s Jack Grealish believes he should have been part of England’s Euro 2024 squad and “can’t speak highly enough” of interim manager Lee Carsley.
Grealish, 29, was “devastated” after being omitted from Gareth Southgate’s 26-man squad for the tournament, in which England lost to Spain in the final.
However, Carsley has started the City playmaker in both games he has overseen since replacing Southgate on a temporary basis.
“I will be honest with you – I didn’t really agree with it,” Grealish told BBC Radio 5 Live.
Grealish admitted he felt he “didn’t have the best season” for his club, but added: “You need a bit of a balance in every position on the pitch and I class myself [as] quite an experienced player now.
“I have won a lot of stuff now so, you asked me should I have gone, yes, I still think I should have, but obviously it wasn’t meant to be.”
On whether he felt he had a point to prove on his return to the England squad for September’s internationals, he said: “Of course, I wanted to come here and train well and play well.
“I thank the manager Lee Carsley for giving me that chance and having that trust in me.
“It obviously really meant a lot, I think throughout my career when I have played under managers who have shown trust in me and communicated with me the way he has the last two camps, it really helps me.
“It makes me feel that the manager really does rate me and I can’t speak highly enough of him since I have been here.”
England recorded 2-0 victories over the Republic of Ireland and Finland in the first games under Carsley last month, with Grealish scoring against the former.
A British record £100m signing when he joined City from Aston Villa in August 2021, Grealish will again hope to be in the starting line-up when England host Greece on Thursday, before taking on Finland on Sunday.
And while Grealish believes missing out on Euro 2024 was “probably the most difficult period of my life”, he said the birth of his daughter last week was “the best moment of my life”.
In an “unbelievable 24 hours”, Grealish had to leave training and take a train to London on Friday morning to be present for the birth, before flying to Newcastle – arriving after midnight – and starting for City in the Premier League at midday on Saturday.
“I don’t really know how to explain it, you know you feel so many good moments in your life but that just tops everything,” Grealish said.
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