Evening Brief: Deschamps reveals the truth about Mbappe’s situation, Alonso replaces Ancelotti at Real, Japan win big in Asian qualifiers, Zverev ends Alcaraz’s journey in the final tournament, Icardi’s legal troubles
Press reports revealed that Wanda Naora, the ex-wife of Argentine Mauro Icardi,the star of Galatasaray, filed a complaint against him, accusing him of domestic violence, after the two parties recently met at the player’s house, whose season ended due to a cruciate ligament injury.
According to journalist Angel Brito, Wanda went to Icardi’s house to see the children, but it was late and they were asleep.
He added, “Wanda and Mauro got into a heated argument, as he did not want her to leave the house, and since they were in the room, the solution to prevent her from leaving was either to stand in her way or hide the key or something else. Something like that happened between them until she was able to take her things and escape from the house.”
Deschamps reveals the truth about Mbappe’s situation…
France national team coach Didier Deschamps spoke about the challenges facing the team captain, Kylian Mbappe, indicating that the player is going through a difficult period related to physical and psychological reasons.
Mbappe was not called up to participate in France’s matches against Israel and Italy in the European Nations League.
After the goalless draw with Israel, Deschamps described the situation by saying: “Kylian is going through a period that is not the happiest in his career,” explaining that the decision not to call him up was in the player’s interest, indicating that there are physical and psychological factors affecting his performance.
Alonso replaces Ancelotti in Madrid…
Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti is leading Real Madrid this season, with a contract that extends until June 2026, but talk about his successor has returned to the forefront after previous speculation about him taking over the Brazilian national team, which Ancelotti rejected in order to continue with the Spanish club.
According to the British newspaper Mirror, Xabi Alonso, coach of Bayer Leverkusen, is considered the most prominent candidate to succeed Ancelotti. Alonso’s contract with the German club runs until 2026, but reports indicated that there is a clause that allows him to move to Real Madrid at the end of the season.
strengthened its lead in Group 3 of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, with a big win by four clean goals against its counterpart, the Indonesian national team, at the end of the fifth round of the qualifiers. With this victory, the Samurai team moved far ahead in the lead with 13 points, 7 points ahead of its closest pursuers, while Indonesia’s balance finally froze at 3 points.
Finals: Zverev ends Alcaraz’s run
Second seed Alexander Zverev secured his place in the semi-finals of the ATP Finals with a 7-6(5) 6-4 win over third seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, who was eliminated from the finals.
Zverev secured qualification after winning the first set 7-6(5) in more than an hour and then shone in the second set to claim his third win.
CONCACAF Nations League: USA beat Jamaica
Ricardo Pepe led the defending champions USA, led by Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino, to a 1-0 away win over Jamaica in the first leg of the CONCACAF Nations League quarter-finals.
Miscellaneous:
The Turkish newspaper “fotomac” revealed that the Turkish club Galatasaray wants to include the French Moussa Dembele, the striker of Al-Ettifaq Saudi Club, in the upcoming period of the next winter transfer market.
The English Football Association announced the opening of an investigation into the way Greek police dealt with England fans during the team’s match that ended with a 3-0 victory over Greece in the European Nations League.
Veteran striker Radamel Falcao has become Colombia’s all-time leading scorer after netting his 347th career goal.
The 38-year-old scored in a 5-1 win for his Millonarios side against Boyaca Chico in the Colombian league.
UEFA has fined the French and Israeli football associations following the incidents that took place yesterday at the Stade de France in Paris during the UEFA Nations League, where clashes took place between French fans and Israeli supporters during the fifth round of the UEFA Nations League, prompting stadium security to intervene.
Formula 1 team Ferrari has announced a multi-year partnership with IBM, a leading technology and consulting company, starting from January 1, 2025.
English press reports indicated that the English club Manchester United is interested in signing the Egyptian striker Omar Marmoush, a player for the German club Eintracht Frankfurt.
Sport Mediaset revealed that AC Milan have set their sights on Dutch striker Joshua Zirkzee to sign him in the upcoming winter transfer window.
A few months after joining Manchester United, the Dutch international striker is experiencing a crisis as he has only scored one goal and lost his place in the starting lineup before the departure of coach Erik ten Hag.
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