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On the move Malaga CF have three points in the bag
MALAGA CF headed up to Castellon to take on Villarreal B in their second consecutive match away from La Rosaleda in the last seven days. A loyal band of 500 Blue and White fans made the journey to the Estadio de la Cerámica on Friday, April 7, as reported by malagacf.com
Sergio Pellicer made some changes from the team that lost narrowly to FC Andorra on Sunday April 2 as the Costa del Sol club tries to keep pace at the top of Segunda B.
From the outset, Malaga CF came out with intensity, showing clear ideas both in defence and attack. Despite several attacks from the home side, Pellicer’s team dominated the first half.
It took just 14 minutes for Pablo Chavarría to open the scoring. After a great assist from Julian Delmás, the Argentinian striker popped up at the near post to put his team 01 up.
Continuing to press Iker Álvarez’s goal, Malaga once again, managed to generate a great chance.
Aleix Febas found Rubén Castro inside the penalty area and the number 24 crossed the ball to score his 194th goal in the Second Division. As a result, the legendary achieved a second milestone on the same day.
Castro is now the equal all time top scorer in the history of Segunda B along with Nino. On the same day, he became the player to make the most appearances in LaLiga, accumulating an astounding 710 appearances.
At the start of the second half, Pellicer brought on Ramalho to replace Escassi who had been shown the yellow card. Shortly afterwards, Lago
Junior came on for Chavarría, but with his first touch of the ball, he sustained an injury.
Whilst the Malaga striker was limping, Villarreal took advantage in the 63rd minute with Sergio Carreira’s shot making it 21. Immediately after the goal, Álex Calvo came on for the injured Junior.
Malaga maintained their lead until the final whistle to seal an important victory. Next Sunday, the team will return to La Rosaleda to face Cartagena on LaLiga SmartBank matchday 36. A large crowd is expected as the fans will once again be decisive in the search for a second consecutive win.
Candidate for Turkey AKP party
MESUT ÖZIL, the former Arsenal and Germany midfield star has put his name forward in Turkey as a candidate for President Erdogan’s political party.
After hanging up his football boots, Mesut Özil, the former Arsenal and Germany legend, has positioned himself for a move into politics. According to welt.de, his name appears on the list of candidates for Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s party.
This was also backed up by the Turkish news portal Haber7 which reported that the name of the 34 year old ex international player was on the candidate list of the Turkish governing party AKP. Presidential and parliamentary elections will take place in Turkey on May 14. President Erdogan recently announced that ‘surprising names’ would appear on the list of candidates including a name from sports.
It comes as no surprise that Özil is running for Erdogan’s party. The former footballer has openly acknowledged his friendship with the President for years, and in
2019 Erdogan was even the best man at Özil’s wedding.
Before the 2018 World Cup, Özil caused a stir by posting a photo online with the authoritarian head of state. The midfielder, then a German international, did not distance himself from Erdogan but did not want the image to be understood as a political message. In the course of the debates, Özil later withdrew from the national team.
Born in the city of Gelsenkirchen in western Germany, Özil has regularly commented on political issues in the past. Just two days ago, he called on his followers on Twitter to show solidarity with the Palestinians.
The ex professional posted a photo in which he was wearing a top with the inscription ‘Freedom for Palestine’, in a message directed against the State of Israel.
Özil is on course with President Erdogan: the 69yearold politician has played down the Holocaust several times by comparing the Jewish state with the Nazi regime.
LIVERPOOL stalwart Roberto Firmino will be leaving Liverpool after eight years it has been confirmed.
Brazilian international and Liverpool star Roberto Firmino, 31, has decided he will not renew his contract with Anfield bosses at the end of this season, wrote a news source, on Tuesday, April 11.
Full name, Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira signed for Liverpool in 2015 and has scored 109 goals in 359 appearances for the Merseyside club.
Firmino’s place in the football marketplace, who is available on a free transfer, is sure to attract much interest, with no less than Real Madrid throwing their hat into the ring.
As reported by El National , the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Perez is interested and could be set to ask the star to join them at the Santiago Bernabeu later this year.
Real’s Karim Benzema has yet to confirm his contract, which is also due at the end of this season but if he does resign the combination of him working with Firmino could be a powerful one.
In addition to the earlier comments from El Nacional, the choice of strikers available to Real Madrid is limited, as they are either too expensive or not trusted by the club.
Madrid are treading carefully at the moment after spending £52 million on Luka Jovic, who struggled at Los Blancos, before being released.
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