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It is not for nothing that he is considered one of the greatest talents that the sport of tennis has known. The Spaniard, Carlos Alcaraz, has once again shown his potential, as he passed without much difficulty, in the round of 1/8, of the first Grand Slam for this calendar year, “Australian Open”, the Serbian, Miomir Kecmanovic , defeating him with a clean score of 3 to 0.

The talent from Murcia, Spain defeated the Balkan, in a match that did not last more than 2 hours, triumphing with the latter, in 3 sets, with the result, 6-4, 6-4 and 6-0 and now “number 2” of the world in this sport “fishes” a not a little easy opponent, to pass to the quarter-finals, such as the German, Alexander Zverev.

The latter suffered quite a bit in the 1/8 stage, as he faced the Briton, Cameron Norrie, with a match that lasted a full 4 hours and 9 minutes and ended with the overall result, 3 to 2. Meanwhile, apart from the challenge of “Iberic”, Alcaraz, 3 more matches will take place in the quarter-finals, such as Novak Djokovic-Taylor Fritz, Jannik Sinner-Andrey Rublev, and Hubert Hurkacz-Daniil Medvedev.

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The match between Udinese and Milan has been “tarnished” by the Maignan case, with the red and black goalkeeper subjected to racist insults by someone present in the Friulian stadium. Maignan then recounted the episode on Dazn’s mics shortly after the match ended:

“We won and that’s positive, but in the first half something happened that shouldn’t have happened. Some home fans made the monkey noise, it’s not the first time. The referee should have understood the situation, now let him make the right statements in the prosecutor. I didn’t want to play anymore, but we are a family and I couldn’t leave my teammates.”

Maignan said he had a short conversation with Ibrahimovic after what happened: “He told me to stay strong in my head, give the right answer and win the game.” The red and black goalkeeper then continued:

“We are a family, I felt the support of everyone. We are here to play football, to give everything for our fans, to put on a show. I was also upset to go to the dressing room like that, but I had the support of everyone. We talked and decided to go back to the field to give the right answer.”

Udinese promises a strong reaction

“The regulation provides for suspension for a limited duration, but the club can decide to exclude those fans from the stadium for a longer period of time. We will work to exclude them from the stadium forever, forever”.

Through the words of Franco Collavino, general manager of Udinese, the club in question announces that the people who insulted Mike Maignan, the goalkeeper of Milan, in the match on Saturday evening, will suffer badly.

The Udinese manager then explained what happened in the last 24 hours and what will happen now: “We are convinced to look for those responsible, it could be only two or three people. It’s one, two, three miserable and that’s enough to make it a very serious thing.

We have already started watching the footage from the stadium cameras, we should also listen to the audio. In our stadium, inside and outside, there are over 300 cameras. We have a lot of work to do in a very short time to see all the footage of the case”.

Maignan said: “Anyone who does nothing will be an accomplice.” Collavino supports him: “He is right, but we moved too far ahead of his words. Already, in the first half of the match, we got in touch with the police to start looking for those people we don’t want among us.

In general, we operate ticket policies that encourage the presence of families in the stadium, of which there are many. We send our footballers to schools to make children aware of the issue of racism”.

A message to the goalkeeper of Milan: “I want to tell him that we are very sorry for what happened, we express our solidarity. Udinese has always been an example of a multi-ethnic and multicultural society, an example of coexistence and tolerance.

We have always had a higher number of colored players than the Italian average and indeed, after Bosman’s decision to open the borders in 1995, we were criticized for this as well, because we had many footballers of different nationalities and few Italians. The last 30 years speak for us, they are in front of everyone’s eyes”.

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Cristiano Ronaldo knows neither age nor limits. The Portuguese star was the absolute protagonist at the “Globe Soccer Awards” ceremony. CR7 won three trophies, the best player in the Middle East, the best goalscorer of 2023 and the most loved player by the fans.

The best player of the year was declared Erling Haaland, while the best coach was Pep Guardiola. Ronaldo emphasized once again in his speech that he does not regret choosing Saudi Arabia because in his eyes the Saudi Pro League is stronger than Ligue 1.

Ronaldo was also asked about the favorites this edition of the Champions League:

“Man. City has been fantastic, I congratulate them for their work, the players, the coach, excellent. They finally won the Champions League, but maybe they deserved it two years ago. I like to watch them, I think that this year they have a chance to win, but there are also Real Madrid and Bayern Munich”, said Ronaldo, then focusing on the future:

“I don’t know, I live day by day. I had some problems, but now I see things differently. I feel good and will continue to play as long as I am able to score. I can still help the team and the representative”, added the Portuguese star, among other things.

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Since January 1, 2023, 5 times winner of the “Golden Ball”, Cristiano Ronaldo is continuing his football career, in the Saudi Football Championship and more specifically in the Al-Nassr team, making him the first of the “stars” ” of world football, which passed in this championship, to pave the way for the transfer of “stars”, such as Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante and many, many others.

Recently, in a statement to the media, Ronaldo spoke about his transfer to the “giants” of Al-Nassr, where he showed that he did not regret his transfer to Saudi Arabia, even the “Lusitanian” is convinced that football in the Middle East has started an important journey that will be very competitive in the future, as he added that currently the Arab championship is stronger than Ligue 1 in France.

“The choice to move to Saudi Arabia was the right one and the most perfect choice I could have made. Saudi Arabia has just started its journey and it will take some time to grow. But, step by step, the level will increase and after a few years I think that this championship will be one of the three strongest in the world.

The people here in Saudi Arabia have something to be proud of. This league is not less strong than Ligue 1, I even think it is stronger. After a year spent here, I can say this with complete certainty”, said the 5-time “Golden Ball” winner.

Meanwhile, we remember that until now, the former “star” of Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus has so far made a total of 44 appearances, with the Al-Nassr team, where he managed to find the net 38 times. , as well as assisting his teammates on a total of 13 occasions.

Jannik Sinner qualified for the 1/8 stage of the first Slam tournament of the calendar year 2024: “Australian Open”.

The Italian tennis player had a very easy victory over the Argentinian Sebastian Baez, whom he beat with the numbers 3-0 (6-0, 6-1, 6-3).

The match didn’t have much of a story, with Sinner dictating the Melbourne pitches. The challenge between the two tennis players did not even last two hours, with Jannik in excellent form. With this victory, the 22-year-old will face the Russian Karen Khachanov, who triumphed easily over Tomas Machac, the tennis player from the Czech Republic.

In the other matches of the day, Novak Djokovic easily defeated Argentine opponent Martin Etcheverry. The world number 1 beat his rival 3-0 (6-3, 6-3, 7-6) in a match that lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes. Djokovic remains the tennis player to beat in this competition.

On the other hand, 24-year-old Etcheverry has to leave the distant continent despite a good tournament.
The Australian Open event entered its 13th day, with the best tennis players advancing. The grand final of this Slam will take place on January 28 in Melbourne.

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