Qatar 2022: Didier Drogba lists four France players that could hurt Argentina

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2 years ago

December 15, 2022

Former Ivory Coast International, Didier Drogba has listed four French players that could hurt Argentina when Didier Deschamps’ side meet La Albiceleste in the 2022 World Cup final on Sunday.

He warned that Lionel Scaloni’s side must not lose focus on Paris Saint-Germain side, Kylian Mbappe.

Both the World Cup holders and the South American giants are bidding to trade tackles in the final in Qatar on Sunday.

The game will almost certainly be billed as Lionel Messi vs Kylian Mbappe, with the PSG pair both on five goals for the tournament.

Drogba also warned Argentina against overlooking the other dangerous players in the French lineup.

“Argentina has to look out for Mbappe. Yes, of course, but there’s also Griezmann, Tchouaméni and Dembélé,” he said, according to Madrid Zone.

France has made it to the World Cup final despite suffering numerous injury problems, with the likes of Christopher Nkunku, N’Golo Kante, Paul Pogba and Karim Benzema.

EPL: Can’t cry about it — Arteta on Arsenal’s 1-1 draw at Fulham

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4 days ago

December 8, 2024

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said they cannot “cry about” the 1-1 draw at Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday.

Arteta, however, insisted his team deserved to take all three points.

Raul Jimenez opened the scoring for the hosts in the first half before William Saliba levelled in the 52nd minute.

Speaking after the match, Arteta said: “Gutted that we didn’t win it. We fully deserved to win it. That’s the quality of the opposition, so you cannot cry about it. We generated all the chances but it’s so difficult to attack.”

Arsenal had 70 per cent possession and VAR denied Bukayo Saka what would have been a late winner.

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EPL: ‘We started badly’ – Amorim on Man Utd’s 3-2 loss to Nottingham Forest

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5 days ago

December 7, 2024

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Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has admitted his team did not do enough to beat Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Saturday.

The Red Devils suffered back-to-back defeats for the first time under Amorim, losing 3-2 to Nuno Espirito Santo’s men.

Goals from Nikola Milenkovic, Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood moved Forest up to fifth place, with Rasmus Hojlund and Bruno Fernandes getting on the scoresheet for United.

The result leaves United in 13th place, 10 points above relegation places.

Amorim, speaking with BBC Sport, said: “Tough game. We started really bad. The first play we suffered a goal and then it’s hard to try to fight. We then controlled the game and had a lot of situations.

“We improved the movement in the last third. We managed to draw the game and then, at halftime, we were ready to go for the win and then started really bad. Two goals. Then we tried a lot of things with not a lot of quality.

“We didn’t have many situations to score. Tough game in a tough moment but we have to continue the job.”