"The captain broke the news" on January 6
[One door leaves the team and two doors fall out of favor, and directly use three doors?]
In the coming month, Western Sydney Wanderers will lose their main goalkeeper Lawrence Thomas, who has been called up to the national team to play in the Asian Cup as the third goalkeeper and is currently out of the team.
In the last round of the Australian Super League, Western Sydney Wanderers let Thomas rest in advance. However, it is more surprising that of the two substitute goalkeepers, Western Sydney did not choose the more experienced Margush (who played 40 games in the Australian Super League from 2020 to 2022), but instead started with newcomer Gibson, the 20-year-old who had no professional appearances before this.
[Perth Glory's two main defenders suspended]
At the end of the last round of the Australian Super League Perth Glory game, he received two red cards in a row, central defender Beavers sent a point + was sent off, and left-back Susner was also sent off for protesting the penalty, and the two could not play in this round. Beavers, who scored one goal in all 10 Australian Super League games this season, is also the team's first pick, averaging 7.0 clearances per game, while Susneel can score one goal in nine starts, averaging 2.1 tackles and 2.8 clearances per game. The absence of these two men is expected to have a significant impact on Perth's Glory defence.
[Pochettino: Rely on the cup to enter the European competition]
Chelsea may be more serious about the FA Cup than other teams, with manager Mauricio Pochettino saying before the game that the FA Cup is very important, the team has not played in Europe this season, and if they want to play in Europe next season, the league will be more difficult, and they need to take advantage of the FA Cup and League Cup.
Chelsea currently sit 10th in the Premier League and have reached the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup against Middlesbrough before facing Preston North End in the FA Cup tonight.
[Only three months, Rooney was dismal from class]
On January 2, Birmingham officially announced that the team's coach Rooney stepped down, and Rooney replaced Eustace in early October, and he led the team to 15 games, only 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses, which is the team with the fewest points in the Championship in the same period, and has fallen from the original 6th to 20th. Steve Spooner will be in charge of tonight's FA Cup on an interim basis.
Rooney made several changes during his time at Birmingham City, trying to make tactical changes, but to no avail, and he said in an interview after class that three months was not enough time to complete the changes he expected.
[Leicester City multi-player affected by Africa Cup of Nations]
Leicester City's two main players, Heheanacho (5 goals and 1 assist in 19 rounds) and Ndidi (2 goals and 5 assists in 21 rounds), were both selected for the Nigerian national team and missed out on tonight's FA Cup. At the same time, both have also suffered injuries recently, with Ndidi already confirmed to be replaced and possibly out for a long time, while Heheanacho will take the injury to the national team for a check-up if he is less injured.
In addition, Vardy (six goals and one assist in 18 games) has been out for more than a month due to injury, third striker Parson Daka (four goals and two assists in seven games) has been selected for the Zambia national team, and Leicester City will start tonight with fourth striker Cannon.
[Northeast Derby! Sworn enemies meet again after eight years]
In the FA Cup, Sunderland were drawn at home to Newcastle United and the North East derby was played again, and the two sides have not met for eight years as they have not met in the same league in recent years.
The North East derby is one of the hottest derbies in the UK, also known as the Tyne River Derby, with Newcastle on the north bank and Sunderland on the south bank, just 19 kilometres apart. The fans of the two teams are at odds with each other, and the history of rivalry can even be traced back to the English Civil War.
The local police have issued a warning in advance, and the visiting fans try not to use public transport, while Newcastle spent £150,000 to hire 120 buses to take 6,000 fans to and from the Stadium of Light to avoid possible clashes.
[Monza coach is banned for one game, and the assistant coach leads the team in this round]
Monza coach Palladino was red in the last round and is automatically suspended for one round this round. In his pre-match press conference, Palladino said that "being banned is like a lion in a cage" and confirmed that he will watch the game from the stands with Monza's video analysis team, with two assistant coaches leading the team, and that he will be in close contact with the coaching team. However, with the coach far away from the stands, Monza's on-the-spot scheduling will inevitably be greatly limited.
[Benfica's two Argentine internationals return to the team]
The last round of the Portuguese Super League was on 29 December, when Benfica extended the holidays of two Argentina internationals, Otamendi and Di Maria, allowed them to return from South America after New Year's Eve, and the team still beat Famalicão 3-0.
Recently, Di Maria (5 goals and 1 assist in 12 rounds) and Otamendi (14 rounds) have both returned from vacation. The return of the duo has greatly alleviated the personnel crisis for Benfica, who sent two first-time starters to replace them in the last round.
[Getafe Shenfeng recovered from injury, 15 goals in 38 games last season]
Getafe's Turkish centre-forward has recovered from injury and was valued at €25 million for 15 goals and five assists in 38 games in all competitions last season, including 14 goals and three assists in 35 La Liga games. However, due to a torn cruciate ligament, he has been recovering from an injury since May and did not make his season debut as a substitute until the last round of the league.
Head coach Bordalas said that Hunar's recovery process is going well and the players are working very hard, but it takes a process to recover his form, as long as he can recover well, he will not hesitate to let him start, and he has not decided who the starting striker will be in tonight's Copa del Rey.
Other intelligence breaks today:
The acting coach suffered a heavy 1-8 defeat, and Brisbane Roar hired a new coach
Inter injury round-up: Lautaro expected to return
Injury + suspension + national team, the goalkeeper of the Portuguese Super League team was wiped out
Not interested, the League One boss says the league is more important
Sassuolo injury summary: Berardi is available
Lecce Burst Banda remains suspended
Rarely, the two strikers of the small team have to go to the Asian Cup
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