Germany s first-choice goalkeeper Rene Adler could be in danger of missing June s World Cup after breaking a rib in a Bundesliga match last weekend, it was reported here on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Bayer Leverkusen star is German coach Joachim Loew s first-choice goalkeeper, but broke a rib in last Saturday s 2-1 defeat to Stuttgart.
The injury throws his World Cup place into question with the tournament set to start on June 11, but Adler is staying optimistic.
The doctors say the fracture is expected to heal pretty quickly, so I am cautiously optimistic, said Adler, who is set to miss Saturday s Bundesliga clash against Hanover, in a Leverkusen press release.
Adler won the first of his nine caps in October 2008 and along with Schalke s Manuel Neuer and…
Bayern Munich s veteran goalkeeper Hans-Joerg Butt is set to be handed a shock World Cup call-up when Joachim Loew names his World Cup squad on Thursday, according to German daily Bild.
Bild quotes a German Football Federation (DFB) source as saying Butt, who won the last of his three caps in 2003, is set to be named on Thursday in Germany s World Cup squad following the injury to goalkeeper Rene Adler.
The 35-year-old Butt has been in stellar form for Bayern this season with Louis van Gaal s side set to win the Bundesliga title on Saturday.
Loew has already said he will name Schalke 04 s Manuel Neuer and Werder Bremen s Tim Wiese in his World Cup squad, but Butt is likely to get a recall to claim the third goalkeeping place.
Adler was forced out of Worl…
Malaga have announced that Marcelo Romero has been appointed as the club s new head coach.
The former Uruguay international had been assistant coach to Juande Ramos, who left by mutual consent on Tuesday following a run of five matches without a win.
Marcelo Romero will stay at the helm of the team, a Malaga statement confirmed.
The ex-Malaga player and current member of the coaching team over the last three seasons will be head coach of the first team indefinitely.
MCFNews| Marcelo Romero is the new coach. Good luck!!
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Romero spent six years as a player at La Rosaleda and returned to the club in 2014 to join the coaching staff of Javi Gracia.
His only prior experience as a head coach…
Sunderland have completed the permanent signing of Sebastian Coates from Liverpool, .
The Uruguay international spent last season on loan with the Black Cats, racking up thirteen appearances for the North East club in all competitions.
Prior to his move to the Stadium of Light, the twenty-four year old played twenty-four times for Liverpool, scoring twice, while he was part of the squad that won the League Cup under Kenny Dalglish in 2012.
He has seventeen caps for his country, one of which came at last summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil, where he came on as a late substitute in the 2-1 win over England in the group stages of the competition.
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Real Madrid will play host to Deportivo Alaves at their Castilla side stadium bearing the name of club legend Alfredo Di Stefano on Friday evening, in a game which will be the 35th for both teams in the 2019/20 La Liga campaig, and a very important one for them both.
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A recent run of underwhelming results from their arch-rivals Barcelona has given Real a great chance to snatch the title back from the Catalans and bring it back to the Spanish capital. They were leading the race by four points ahead of this round, but Barcelona won their game this time the Catalan derby against Espanyol and are only a point behind now. It means Real must win this game to avoid the risk of dropping behind should they stumble anywhere in the las…
West Ham sealed their first win at Old Trafford in 18 attempts as Manuel Lanzini s first-half goal secured a 1-0 win over Manchester United in the third round of the EFL Cup.
Both sides made wholesale changes from United s 2-1 Premier League win over the Hammers at the weekend, and it was David Moyes men who settled quickest.
They deservedly went ahead after just nine minutes through Lanzini s first goal of the season, the Argentina international taking full advantage of some haphazard defending from the hosts.
Despite bringing on Mason Greenwood and Bruno Fernandes in the second half, United never really looked like clawing their way back into the game as the Hammers held on with relative ease.
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Former Brazil international midfielder Ze Roberto said on Saturday that he intends to stay at German club Hamburg until the end of his contract in 2011.
There s no reason to leave the club, Ze Roberto told the club website.
My family and I feel very good in Germany and at Hamburg. The most important thing is that I ve found a family at HSV.
The 35-year-old added that he had a very positive meeting with Hamburg coach Armin Veh at the beginning of the week.
I quickly realised that I was on the same wavelength, he said.
Our objectives are the same.
Ze Roberto enjoyed a fine spell of form at the beginning of the 2009-10 Bundesliga season, as Hamburg climbed to the summit of the table before eventually finishing seventh.
The form…
It has become known as the Sommermaerchen 2010 or the summer fairy tale . Since the World Cup kicked off, balmy summer weather and red-hot performances have sent German football fans into raptures.
But for the roughly 350,000 vuvuzela-tooting fans who turned the fan mile near Berlin s famous Brandenburg Gate into a seething mass of black, red and gold, the fairy tale was shattered by one bullet-like Carles Puyol header.
As the ball hit the back of the net, the dream turned to desolation, despair and even anger. Many fans began to leave as soon as the goal went in, tears streaming down their faces.
Writer Grit Huebener, 36, summed up the feeling. I just cannot believe it. I am so disappointed. I saw loads of people crying.
Opinions appeared divided on th…
Italy went top of Euro 2016 qualifying Group H as Daniele De Rossi s penalty gave Antonio Conte s side a 1-0 win over Bulgaria in a game that saw both sides finish with 10 men.
The Euro 2012 finalists knew victory in Palermo would take them to the summit of the group following Norway s 2-0 victory against Croatia earlier on Sunday.
And Italy duly dominated from the start, needing just six minutes to open the scoring through De Rossi s twice-taken penalty.
Only the efforts of Bulgaria goalkeeper Bozhidar Mitrev prevented Italy from adding to their lead, but Conte will be without goalscorer De Rossi for their next qualifier in Azerbaijan after his second-half dismissal.
De Rossi and Bulgaria forward Ilian Mitsanski were each shown red cards for their res…
Manchester United are readying a move for West Ham United full-back Aaron Creswell, .
The twenty-five year old has emerged as a target for Louis van Gaal’s side, who are looking to strengthen in that area following Luke Shaw’s potentially season-ending injury.
Manchester City had been linked with a move for the former Ipswich Town man, who only moved to Upton Park in the summer of 2014.
Since arriving at the East London club, Creswell has racked up fifty-one appearances in all competitions, scoring two goals and was voted their Players’ Player of the Year last season.
He was also selected as Ipswich’s Player of the Year in 2012, and was named in the PFA Championship Team of the Year at the end of the 2013/14.
Manchester United face…