"The captain broke the news" on August 19
[Kawasaki Frontale signs new foreign signing Gomis]
Kawasaki Frontale announced the signing of foreign striker Gomis on August 9 and announced yesterday that he had completed his registration and could theoretically play today's game. Gomis has played for Swansea in the Premier League, Ligue 1 Lyon, Galatasaray in the Turkish Premier League, Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia, etc., and has maintained a high goal rate in all the teams he has played for, and he has played as a substitute in the second stage of Galatasaray in the past year and a half, still scoring 19 goals in 44 appearances.
Kawasaki Frontale's home rival Sanfrecce Hiroshima has also completed the registration of new foreign striker Marcos Junior, who moved to Japan from the Baja Liga in early 2019 and has been playing for Yokohama Mariners, helping Yokohama Mariners win two league titles, and although he was substituted due to intra-team competition, the player is still in good form.
[Yokohama Mariners winger Elber suspended]
The Yokohama Mariners' Brazilian winger striker Elber was suspended for one game after being sent off twice in the previous match against Gamba Osaka. Substitute striker Ryo Miyaichi may be his first start since returning from a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Elber has played as a starting left winger in all 23 games, with 7 goals and 7 assists, and is the most capable player in Yokohama Mariners' possession, and his breakthrough efficiency is higher than that of his compatriot Mateus on the right.
Meanwhile, head coach Muscat has promised at least a big squad for the newly signed Nam Tae-hee, who has played in the Qatari league for many years and is a skilled striker who has made more than 50 appearances for the South Korean national team.
[Sendai Tanabata two defenders face suspension]
According to the official J-League information released by the stop of this round, Sendai Tanabata has two defenders listed, namely right-back Takumi Mase and left-back Kim Tae-hyun, who have started 16 and 17 times respectively before, and are the preferred players for their respective positions. Sendai Tanabata is too poor to win, and in the past month or so, almost every round has to make 4-5 starter major adjustments, including the back line, today's game is still no exception.
[Guardiola satirizes Premier League fixtures]
Manchester City travelled to Greece on Wednesday night to clash with Sevilla for the UEFA Super Cup, and on Saturday night Manchester City returned to the Premier League to face strong rivals Newcastle United with a 72-hour break. In an interview, Guardiola sarcastically said of the Premier League schedule: "In Greece, we go to bed at four in the morning and play the Super Cup again in the evening. When I got back to the UK, it was late, we didn't have time to train, and I would have liked to have had an extra day off. Thank you to the Premier League for arranging a match on Saturday instead of Sunday or Monday. ”
[Spending 40 million euros but lacking substantial reinforcement]
Monza spent more than 40 million euros this summer, which is more than Inter Milan, Roma and Lazio in terms of transfer expenditure alone, and is considered a "big spender" in Serie A. However, most of these transfer fees are for last year's promotion signings, all used to buy out previous loan players, such as midfield core Pesina (5 goals and 3 assists in 35 rounds), center forward Petania (4 goals and 5 assists in 31 rounds), striker Caprari (5 goals and 2 assists in 37 rounds), central defender Mali (1 goal in 30 rounds), central defender Izzo (1 goal in 30 rounds), and did not bring substantial reinforcement. Considering that Monza lost its main players such as Augusto, the overall squad strength has decreased slightly compared to last season.
[Napoli change coach after winning the title]
Napoli regained the Serie A title last season, and manager Spalletti was credited with the fact that he was also named Serie A Coach of the Season. But after winning the championship, De Laurentiis said that Spalletti made a request for a year off, and the two sides broke up peacefully, and it was reported and speculated that the actual reason may be that De Laurentiis directly enabled the renewal clause instead of raising his salary after winning the championship, which was in line with the contract, but made Spalletti dissatisfied.
The new season for Napoli will be led by France manager Rudy Garcia, who has coached Lille, Roma, Marseille, Lyon, Riyadh Victory, and led the team to 10 consecutive Serie A wins in his time in Rome. Except for Kim Minya joining Bayern, all the rest of the main players remained in the team, and Garcia still took over the championship team.
[Real Madrid: Luning continues to start against Almeria]
Real Madrid will visit Almeria on Sunday, signing Chelsea goalkeeper Kepalai as a replacement for the heavily injured Courtois in midweek, but manager Carlo Ancelotti said in a pre-match press conference that Luning would remain the starting goalkeeper for the game as he played well against Athletic Bilbao.
In addition, Rudiger is expected to replace Militão, who also suffered a torn cruciate ligament in the previous game, in the centre-back position. Some media pointed out that Modric will also start in this game.
Real Madrid expected to start: Lu Ning; Carvajal, Rudiger, Alaba, Ferran Garcia; Valverde, Chuameni, Modric; Bellingham; Rodrigo, Vinicius.
[Paris announces squad: Mbappe returns]
Paris Saint-Germain announced the Ligue 1 squad for this round, Kylian Mbappe and the team reached a reconciliation, returned to training and were selected, and new signing Dembele is listed, who will take over the Paris number 10 shirt after Neymar's departure. In the first round of Ligue 1 a week ago, Paris drew 0-0 with Lorient without Mbappe, Neymar and Dembele, and the attacking threat was extremely low, and with the return of Mbappe and the arrival of Dembele, this situation is expected to improve considerably.
[Stuttgart loses core before kick-off]
As the Bundesliga kicks off, Stuttgart lost captain and midfield core Hang Endo, who joined Premier League giants Liverpool for a transfer fee of €19 million. In his three Bundesliga seasons at Stuttgart, Endo missed only one game in each season due to injury or suspension, and started all the remaining 33 Bundesliga matches.
According to statistics, in the three seasons of the Bundesliga midfield, Endo Hang is the first in the Bundesliga in the number of successful aerial confrontations, the number of clearances, the number of header clearances, and the number of ball wins, the number of passes and tackles is the second in the Bundesliga, and in the 21-22 season, it is still his second-reading header to help Stuttgart succeed in relegation. It is clear that for Stuttgart, there is no way to find a replacement for Endo in the short term.
[8 goals conceded in 3 games, Hamburg defense sounded the alarm]
Hamburg has been unbeaten in three official matches this season, but the defense has conceded a total of eight goals, and the alarm has been sounded. Coach Walter told the press conference: "We conceded a lot of goals, that's a fact. Even if it's an excuse, we have to make it clear that our defensive mix is new and we're eagerly working to improve that. ”
In these three games, Hamburg's starting central defenders have used Ramos, Hazkadunić and Ambrosius, all of whom have just arrived in the team. Hamburg captain Schauenlau has just resumed training and is expected to watch this round of matches.
【Gothenburg new signing center forward】
The recent signing of Swedish Premier League side Gothenburg is a very important signing for Sermani, who played for teams such as Varberg and Hammarby, scored 15 goals in the 2020 season to win the Swedish Super League Silver Boot, and returned to Sweden due to his short playing time in Midtjylland.
In his first game since joining last week, Sermani made his debut as a substitute and although he did not score an assist, he was a "blessing", and Gothenburg came off the bench to score goals by two other strikers, Mukoli and Berry, to win 2-1 against Zogatens.