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LaLiga: Diego Simeone fumes over Barça’s registration of Dani Olmo, Pau Victor

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Atletico Madrid manager, Diego Simeone, has expressed his anger over two the Spanish National Sports Council’s decision to allow Barcelona to register two more players, Dani Olmo and Pau Victor.

Simeone said he is not in support of such decision, insisting that his club has abide by the rules of La Liga.

Barcelona has been unable to register Olmo and Victor since bringing in them in the summer.

LaLiga: Diego Simeone fumes over Barça’s registration of Dani Olmo, Pau Victor

 

Atletico Madrid manager, Diego Simeone, has expressed his anger over two the Spanish National Sports Council’s decision to allow Barcelona to register two more players, Dani Olmo and Pau Victor.

Simeone said he is not in support of such decision, insisting that his club has abide by the rules of La Liga.

Barcelona has been unable to register Olmo and Victor since bringing in them in the summer.

However, the soap opera is now over as the Catalan side has been given the green light to provisionally register the pair.

Reports in LaLiga suggests that clubs were divided on their stance with Olmo’s case, with clubs like Atletico Madrid and Sevilla, who have representatives in the league’s delegation committee, strongly opposed to Barcelona.

With the successful provisional re-registration of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor back into the Barcelona squad, the news continues to stir massive reactions in Spain.

Speaking ahead of their clash with Osasuna, made his stance on the matter known. The Argentine said via Tribal Football,

“It’s better that I keep quiet, that’s all. Our club, like all members of La Liga until this resolution, has respected the rules of economic control and will continue to respect them,” he said.

“Indeed, in order to be competitive at the level we have reached in recent years, we have decided to proceed with various capital increases, despite the enormous effort that this implies.”

In the aftermath of the Spanish National Sports Council’s decision, Atletico Madrid voiced its discontent in a statement on its website.

“…This government intervention creates a very dangerous precedent, as it opens the door to circumventing the rules and repeating the serious mistakes of the past…” part of the statement said.

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Transfer: Boavista reject Trabzonspor’s €2.5m bid for Onyemaechi

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Boavista have rejected Trabzonspor’s €2.5m bid for Super Eagles defender, Bruno Onyemaechi, DAILY POST reports.

According to Turkish news outlet, Fotomac, Trabzonspor’s offer is below Boavista’s valuation of the left-back.

Boavista will only consider offers in the region of €3m for Onyemaechi.

The 25-year-old has been one of the Portuguese side’s top performers this season.

DAILY POST recalls that Onyemaechi was recently voted Boavista’s December Player of the Month.

He arrived Boavista on loan from Feirense in the 2022/23 season.

The move was made permanent the following campaign.

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FA Cup: Rio Ferdinand reacts as Man United knocks Arsenal out of FA Cup

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Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand has reacted to their penalty victory over Arsenal in the FA Cup third round on Sunday.

The game ended 1-1 at 90 minutes and extra time, with United clinching the FA Cup third-round win on penalties.

Due to the absence of VAR, there were controversies here and there with the bone of contention coming in the 69th minute when Harry Maguire was deemed to have tackled Kai Havertz in the box.

Referee Andy Madley pointed to the spot in favour of the home team.

However, Altay Bayindir stopped Martin Odegaard’s penalty. He also saved Havertz’s effort during the shootout.

After the game, Rio Ferdinand shared his reaction on X (formerly Twitter).

“Another battling performance… desire, willingness to fight as a team! ManUtd. Bet the ref’s gutted,” Ferdinand wrote.

He added another tweet. “Have that!”

Manchester United took the lead through Bruno Fernandes in the 52nd minute.

However, Diogo Dalot was shown a second yellow card after lunging into a tackle on Mikel Merino in the 61st minute.

Soon enough, Arsenal equalised through defender, Gabriel Magalhaes in the 63rd minute.

Martin Odegaard had the opportunity to kill the game and send his team to the 4th round, but missed from the spot.

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Spanish Super Cup: Why Barcelona beat Real Madrid 5-2 – Ancelotti

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Real Madrid boss, Carlo Ancelotti has explained why Barcelona defeated his team 5-2 in the Spanish Super Cup final on Sunday.

Kylian Mbappe had given the Los Blancos an early lead in the 5th minute in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

But Barcelona bounced back to swing the match in their favour.

Lamine Yamal scored the equaliser in the 22nd for Hansi Flick’s side before Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, and Alejandro Balde all scored before half-time to give Barca a 4-1 lead.

Raphinha then added a fifth after the break as Barca goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny was sent off for a foul on Mbappé in the 56th minute.

Rodrygo pulled one back for the LaLiga champions as the match eventually ended 5-2 in favour of the Blaugrana.

Speaking to the media in the press room of the King Abdullah Sports City stadium after the Spanish Super Cup final, Ancelotti insisted that his team did not defend well against the Catalan club.

“We have to look at the reality and that is that we did not defend well in the opposition half or with the low block,” Ancelotti said.

“They scored goals very easily and we didn’t work well either collectively or individually because we lost a lot of duels.

“We are sad and disappointed and we’ll take that sadness home with us. That’s football.”

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