This is probably the most boring match of Copa...credit to Costa Rica parking the bus really really well. It's like watching us play Fulham or Porto, frustrating Brazil to no end.
But hot damn this Brazilian team is ass.
First she was a nobody, which is great because being able to wield the Force should pop up anywhere. But Star Wars fans hated that and old Luke being a jaded hermit.
Gabis are on the bench, sounds good to me!
So England now qualifies as a result... I have a feeling we'll see Rammers the next match
Ok these mysterious pancakes, can we get some as well ... I'm just saying...this is like the second time I'm hearing about it. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8moB14NGmL/?igsh=aWUzNWMzazMyaW5x
I think this was what people were enraged with in regards to The Last Jedi, but in that context it works to an extent but here it's just like...huh? It's kind of like baiting the conspiracy 🤣
How is it that we always get the tough PL teams while Chelsea gets like fourth tier....
We’re delighted to announce two pre-season fixtures at Emirates Stadium as part of our preparations for the 2024/25 campaign
As well as Leverkusen
I still see Obi-Martin going to Bayern, which is fair play to him seeing as how Arteta isn't really too keen on intergrating academy kids into the first team. I'm curious what the plan for Nwaneri is.
It was basically Marvel done wrong 🤣
UNIT is basically the geek Avengers now. I actually don't like Ruby's storyline went. One of my friends is a foundling, we couldn't really comprehend why she was so obsessed with finding her birth mum. I understand wanting to know, but if a person had to give you up, chances are that environment or social circle is so toxic why would you even want to associate with that? Kind of good that her mum was very happy to see her, but what if Ruby's appearance could upend her life now. The bit about trying to contact the birth dad is even more weird, he never knew about it, mum never told him...what if you ruin this guy's life? Just seems so TVB to me, basically the finale kind of put a damper on a strong season.
Can Scotland at least try to improve rather than waste a space in tournaments?
Also... I didn't quite like the season finale of Doctor Who as much as I wanted to. It was packaged up too neatly.
Good lord you might as well just let Suarez stand inside the box instead of having all these misses by Darwin. What a frustrating player.
Fucking hell how does this shitty Mexican team always shithouse a win.
Just thought I share this here, Reading WFC is in danger of shutting down due to uncertainty in ownership. It would be a massive shame that a staple in the women's game disappears
I wonder if Mexican Mando is in the crowd tonight
Arthur Okonkwo signs for Wrexham, glad he found a new home and hope they come up to the championship
58K likes, 1,371 comments - viviannemiedema on May 13, 2024: "Thank you, Arsenal ❤️".
Ngl... I teared up reading her letter.
45K likes, 322 comments - arsenal on February 24, 2024: "Premier League Player of the Match: Our Jorgi 👏 Shot on Google Pixel📱"
Well deserved 🙌🏼
The Japanese defender scooped 64 per cent of the votes to be the runaway victor of our monthly club award
Bloody happy for Tomi. Rice was a good shout but Tomi bloody deserved it.
Rog is a huge Everton fan and a believer of us last season so interviewing Mikel is a huge treat for him
I swear Jorgie's laugh is hilarious. He's slowly becoming one of my favorites.
516 likes, 1 comments - goaljapan on August 8, 2023: "🔴「トップのファン・サポーター」🗣 エミレーツ・スタジアムの独特�..."
Arsenal were top of the Premier League for nine months, then it all came apart. This time, their tenacious young manager is determined to go all the way
The Japan international spoke during Arsenal's pre-season tour of the USA about his latest injury comeback, and fighting for a place in Mikel Arteta's starting XI
When Takehiro Tomiyasu arrived at Arsenal he was an instant hit. The right-back position at Arsenal had been an issue for some time, with none of Calum Chambers, Hector Bellerin or Ainsley Maitland-Niles being able to meet Mikel Arteta's requirements. In Tomiyasu, the Spaniard seemed to have finally found his man.
The Arsenal supporters took to him immediately too. By his debut against Norwich he had already earned himself a chant, and a goal-saving tackle from Heung-Min Son in his next Emirates Stadium appearance solidified him as an instant fan favourite. Over the next few months, the Japan international would hardly look back, establishing himself as one of the best one-vs-one and aerial defenders in the Premier League. Then the injuries came.
Having started every league game from his debut in September up until Boxing Day, Tomiyasu would go on to play just five more matches in the 2021/22 season. He continued to struggle with calf problems throughout the summer. By the time he was back though William Saliba's return had shifted Ben White to right back, and the Japan international would have to make do with a bit part role for the first time in his career, before a knee injury against Sporting CP ended his season in March. It's a period that he admits he found difficult.
"Yes, it was a difficult period for me," he says. "Ben White was doing very well and to be honest I lost confidence. But the injured period was four months and I thought about a lot of things at this time.
"You need to learn from the injuries, also the mistakes from the Manchester City game as well (where his error allowed Kevin De Bruyne to open the scoring in February's top-of-the-table clash at the Emirates). You have good and bad moments but you need to learn a lot of things from the bad moments. Now I am feeling good, not only for the body, but my head also like career, yeah, it’s all positive."
Despite his bad luck with injuries though, Tomiyasu remains firmly a part of Arteta's plans for the coming season. Part of the reason for this is his supreme versatility. Over the course of his two appearances in this pre-season tour of America alone, he has played right centre-back, left centre-back and left back, despite his natural position being at right back. Many players would find such constant change difficult, but for Tomiyasu it's not an issue.
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"For me, it’s the same thing," he says. "I just want to be on the pitch. I want to play as much as I can and help the team. Which position, I don’t care. I haven’t spoken to the manager about it, I don’t know. I just want to help the team."
That goal of being on the pitch as much as possible is set to become even more tricky this season though. In his preferred right back spot Tomiyasu now has to compete with new signing Jurrien Timber as well as White, while over at left back Oleksandr Zinchenko is Arteta's first choice, with Kieran Tierney and Jakub Kiwior also vying for minutes alongside him. Rather than fearing the competition though, the 24-year-old is relishing the challenge.
"The level in training is much higher than last season," he says. "This is good for the team and for me. If you want to be a better player you need to play with better players in a competitive environment.
"The only thing I can do is prove my value on the pitch. That’s all I can do."
Standards across Arsenal will have to improve as they return to the Champions League for the first time in seven years in September. For Tomiyasu though, his focus is on the here and now.
"I am so excited to play," he says. "But the only thing I can do, I just want to be on the pitch to help the team. So the first thing I need to do is prove my value in the training."
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Lia Walti will captain her national side and Noelle Maritz is heading to her second World Cup
Lia Walti and Noelle Maritz are heading to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup after being selected for Switzerland's final 23-player squad.
This is Walti and Maritz's second World Cup with Switzerland and only the second time the country has qualified for the tournament. Walti has captained her national team since 2019 and 98 senior caps to her name. Maritz, meanwhile, has represented Switzerland at a senior level since 2013 and has made 96 appearances.
Switzerland's first test of the competition is on 21 July against the Philippines before they face co-hosts New Zealand and Frida Maanum's Norway to finish up Group A.
