Fun fact about Ancelotti's training sessions.
Everything is 11v11, small or big surface etc... he is known to stop the game every now and then and say "hey you, do this do that" and it works straight away.
That's why so many people think they could do the same. They can't.
He’s one of the greatest at profiling players
Moved Kaka to second striker
Moved Seedorf to a 10
Moved Pirlo from a 10 to a 6
Moved bellingham to false 9
Swapped Casemiro and Toni Kroos positions at Madrid
He’s a legend
🇹🇷🗣️ Thierry Henry said that he would take 𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗔 𝗚𝗨̈𝗟𝗘𝗥 (𝟮𝟭) over 𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗜 (𝟮𝟯):
Host: “After yesterday’s matches, if you could build your team around one midfielder today, who are you taking: Arda Güler or Pedri?”
🎙️Thierry Henry:
“Pedri is exceptional. He controls the rhythm, knows when to speed the game up and when to slow it down. But after what we’ve watched from Arda over the last few weeks, I’m taking Arda. He’s not just creating chances anymore—he’s deciding matches. Every time he gets the ball, you feel something important is about to happen. That kind of personality at his age is rare.”
Soru: "Arda mı, Pedri mi? Dünkü maçlardan sonra, takımınızı tek bir orta saha oyuncusu etrafında kuracak olsanız kimi seçerdiniz?"
Thierry Henry: "Son birkaç haftada izlediklerimizin ardından Arda'yı seçiyorum. Artık sadece pozisyon hazırlayan bir oyuncu değil, maçların kaderini belirleyen bir isim haline geldi. Top ayağına her geldiğinde önemli bir şey olacakmış hissi veriyor. Bu yaşta böyle bir karakter ve sorumluluk alma cesaretine çok nadir rastlanır."
Zlatan Ibrahimovic: "Arda'yı seçerim ve bunu bir saniye bile düşünmem. Pedri futbolu estetik gösteriyor, Arda ise rakiplere acı çektiriyor. Biri oyunu kontrol ediyor, diğeri oyunun kaderini değiştiriyor. Bir final kazanmak istiyorsam, maçı kendi başına çözme cesaretine sahip oyuncuyu seçerim. Topla birlikte kibirli oyuncuları severim ve Arda'da bu fazlasıyla var."
Host: "After yesterday's matches, if you could build your team around one midfielder today, who are you taking: Arda Güler or Pedri?"
🎙️Thierry Henry:
"Pedri is exceptional. He controls the rhythm, knows when to speed the game up and when to slow it down. But after what we've watched from Arda over the last few weeks, I'm taking Arda. He's not just creating chances anymore—he's deciding matches. Every time he gets the ball, you feel something important is about to happen. That kind of personality at his age is rare."
🎙️Zlatan Ibrahimović:
"Henry is trying to be diplomatic. I don't need to be. I take Arda, and I don't even think twice. Pedri makes football look beautiful. Arda makes opponents suffer. One controls the game; the other changes it. If I want to win a final, I choose the player who has the courage to decide it himself. Zlatan likes players with arrogance on the ball—and Arda has that."
Henry (smiling):
"See? This is the first time today we've actually agreed."
Zlatan:
"No, Thierry. You finally agreed with Zlatan."
‼️ BREAKING: Oleksandr Usyk has announced his intentions to vacate his unified WBA, IBF, and WBC heavyweight titles before stepping into the ring for his final fight.
Artur Beterbiev believes he won the rematch against Dmitry Bivol more convincingly than their first fight and says he wants a trilogy 👀
“I want a rubber match. If third fight happens, I will do better than both of them.”
Via (@InsideRingShow)
Shara Bullet calls Michel Pereira a hypocrite over his support for Israel. 🇮🇱
"In my eyes, he's a hypocrite. To raise the flag of Israel after the fight - a state that, in front of billions of people, committed genocide against Gaza, against kids and women and at the very moment when the whole world condemned it, he raised the flag of Israel.
Then he went to Brazil to rescue dogs from a flood. By rescuing dogs, he's just chasing Instagram hype and likes.", Shara told Red Corner MMA
Dan Hardy says Islam Makhachev has “kryptonite” for every fighter in the division
“Makhachev’s got the kryptonite for every single person in the division. No matter where the fight goes, he’s got the skills to challenge you and cause you issues. Since Ian Garry is spending time in Brazil working on his jiu-jitsu, he’s going to be far more confident in his ground game, but I don’t know if he’s going to be able to replicate what Islam Makhachev is going to do to you.
I think you would have to be in the wrestling room in Dagestan to really feel that kind of pressure.”
(via @HelenYeeSports )
Jude Bellingham set to start for England in coveted No 10 role in World Cup opener versus Croatia. Declan Rice and Elliott Anderson in line to flank Bellingham in midfield. https://t.co/yKRlDUwXHW