Gabriel Jesus, Firmino, Fernandinho, Willian, Ederson, Danilo and Coutinho in Brazil Squad

Gabriel Jesus, Firmino, Fernandinho, Willian, Ederson, Danilo and Coutinho in Brazil Squad

Brazil boss Tite has named his squad for October qualifiers against Bolivia and Chile in October, with a host of Premier League names called. Brazil travel to La Paz to play Bolivia on 5th October, before finishing off their qualification campaign against Chile in São Paulo on 10th October.
The Seleção are already guaranteed top spot in CONMEBOL qualifying after picking up 28 points out of a possible 30 in the last 12 months. Tite has still elected to call big names such as Neymar and Gabriel Jesus, but it remains to be seen whether he will subject them to extreme conditions in La Paz.

Estadio Hernando Siles is situated 12,000 feet above sea level and is notoriously draining for teams http://www.flashlivescore.org/soccer/kuwait/premier-league/table-away/ not acclimatised to altitude. With qualification sealed and some squad spots up for grabs in Russia next year, Tite may opt to rotate his side for the first match.

The Brazil boss has made some surprise calls, opting to pick Grêmio’s young defensive midfielder Arthur, who has impressed in the Brasilierão Brasileiro Série B . Fred of Shakhtar Donetsk is also picked and there is a surprise recall for 32 year old Diego Tardelli.

The Shandong Luneng man was a favourite of previous coach Dunga’s, but Tite has resisted calling him until now. Tardelli is in the squad, most likely, because Grêmio’s sought after attacker Luan is injured and unlikely to be available by October.

Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson keeps his place, having earned his first call up under Tite last month. He will provide back up to first choice Alisson of Roma, Flamengo stopper Alex Muralha completes the goalkeeping trio.

There is also space for Monaco defender Jemerson and Flamengo midfielder Diego Ribas, who impressed in a friendly for victims of the Chapocoense plane crash back in January. Manchester City’s Danilo has always won his place back in the squad.

Tite might be tempted to test the likes of Jemerson, Diego, Fred and Arthur in La Paz as he looks to finalise the last 5 or 6 squad spots ahead of Russia 2018. The Seleção’s first XI is pretty settled at this point, as are 5 or 6 of the back-up players.

But there are 5 or 6 further squad spots up for grabs. Tite has these 2 remaining qualifiers, a pair of friendlies in November and March and a couple of preparatory games in May to help make up his mind on his final 23.

One of the big advantages of early qualification is an extended trial period and Tite will probably spare Neymar, Miranda, Dani Alves and Renato Augusto the gruelling trip to Bolivia.

Full squad

Goalkeepers: Alisson (Roma), Ederson (Manchester City), Alex Muralha (Flamengo)

Full-backs: Dani Alves (Paris Saint Germain), Danilo (Manchester City), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid)

Centre halves: Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain), João Miranda (Inter Milan), Thiago Silva (Paris Saint Germain), Jemerson (Monaco).

Central Midfielders: Arthur (Grêmio), Paulinho (Barcelona), Renato Augusto (Beijing Guoan), Fred (Shakhtar Donetsk), Fernandinho (Manchester Metropolis), Casemiro (True Madrid), Diego Ribas (Flamengo).

Attackers: Willian (Chelsea), Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Neymar (Paris Saint Germain), Gabriel Christ (Manchester City), Diego Tardelli (Shandong Luneng).

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Europa League Draw Results

Europa League Draw Results

The group stage of the Europa League begins. The teams already know their competitors, so they managed to prepare for the confrontations. However, the excitement is still palpable, because at such a short distance any loss of points can be fatal.

Among all the groups that were formed based on the results of the draw, Quartet B can be called the strongest. It includes:

Celtic;
RB Leipzig;
Rosenborg;
Salzburg.
Here we see the main favorites of the tournament. However, there is no obvious outsider, so we can safely assume that everyone will have the opportunity to fight in the Europa League play-offs. The prospects of teams in the quartet in more details can be discussed only after a few rounds since the answers to all questions of interest will be given only at the football field. This situation applies to every group since there can not be any middling game here.

It has become significantly easier to follow the livescores, because the results of all the confrontations are available live.

Prospects of Participants

Almost all the favorites got pretty comfortable groups, therefore at this stage, they should not face any difficulties. However, the Europa League is so good for that even the minor teams here, unknown to the majority of fans, can make headlines.

Today, the coaches of Arsenal,Chelsea and Milan, and other favorites need to find motivation for their teams, who will have to solve the issue of getting into the playoffs in the shortest possible time. That’s why it is better to play with the leaders during the last and the penultimate rounds, when they can relax a little, of course, if they have already won the ticket to the next stage. The Europa League is now becoming an important tournament and causing a fair amount of stir, so no one will allow the reserve squad into the field.

“Small” teams’ motivation has no limits http://www.flashlivescore.org/soccer/kuwait. For them, participation in the second most important club tournament of the Old Continent is a chance to prove themselves. There are quite a lot of examples of how the leaders of such teams eventually transfer into stronger clubs right after demonstrating their capabilities during games at the international arena.

Let’s see how the situation develops this time; whether the favorites will show what they are capable of already at the group stage of the tournament or they are going to conserve abilities for the playoffs.

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Europa League Draw Results

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Manchester United – Tottenham: New Stage of the English League

Manchester United – Tottenham: New Stage of the English League

The match between “Manchester” and “Tottenham” will be the last competition of the third round. It should be noted that this match will be of crucial importance. So, “United” was beaten by “Brighton”: the main reason for such a loss was quite an unsuccessful playing of the defense.

“Tottenham” is also in an interesting situation. For instance, the club representatives haven’t taken advantage of the opportunity to make transfers, so the coach has to win without buying new football players. Even in such a case, the team shows quite good results. Besides, new Harry Kane’s manner of playing is very interesting. He played over ten matches without shooting goals but the player’s shape is improving significantly at the moment.

“Manchester” can count on the Matic’s participation in the game. He’s taking part in main trainings and perhaps, will play the match. The squad of “Tottenham” may miss Lloris, which is caused by the incident of drunk driving. The most logical substitutor of the player is Michel Vorm.

You can watch the competition directly on the user-friendly online platform: here, fans can see soccer scores of an important match.

Features of the Match

All the fans are looking forward to the upcoming match that promises to be very eventful and striking. The forthcoming confrontation is distinguished by the following factors:

Almost equal competitors’ skills. So, “Manchester” succeeded at the home matches of the English Championship. “Tottenham” shooting, at least, 3 goals in 3 matches in a row shows good results too.
Almost the same problems with the squad. So, some meaningful players are questionable, which can have a great impact on the match outcome.
Coaches have given their views on the match outcome. So, Mourinho noted that, before the match, he was in good spirit, http://www.flashlivescore-uk.com/ unlike the representatives of mass media who attribute insignificant problems to the club.
Pochettino noted that “Manchester” and “Tottenham’s” states are almost equal. Besides, he told about great pressure that’s getting heavier with every new game.

The fans of the English Premier League can watch future rounds on the user-friendly site that broadcasts crucial baseball suits.

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