Julian Alvarez has put on an Atletico Madrid jersey.

 

Atletico officially announced the signing of Alvarez on their website on Wednesday, saying, "The club has reached an agreement with Manchester City for the signing of Alvarez. The contract will be for a period of six years," Atletico officially announced the signing of Alvarez.

 

Alvarez will join Manchester City for the 2022-23 season. He was touted as the heir apparent to Sergio Aguero, but he was never able to escape the shadow of his "signing motivation", Elling Holland, who arrived the same year. The results were good. He was a semi-finalist in 2022-23, leading the team to a treble, and at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where he was the perfect complement to Lionel Messi, winning the World Cup.

 

In 2023-24, he became a key player. Pep Guardiola sought to pair Alvarez and Holland together, and it worked. A consistent performer, he led City"s attack with 19 goals and 13 assists in 54 games, including cup competitions.

However, he was linked with a move away ahead of the new season. Alvarez was unhappy with his position on the bench in every important game and considered a move. At the same time, several clubs were interested in him, including Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Atletico.

 

Alvarez wanted to move to Atletico. "Alvarez wants to play for Atletico," said Juan Cortese of Argentine outlet TyC Sports. He hopes that Manchester City will allow him to go to Diego Simeone"s side."

Of course, City had no intention of selling Alvarez. They declared Alvarez "not for sale" at the beginning of the transfer window, shutting out Atletico and other clubs.

Pep Guardiola also wanted Alvarez to stay: "Atletico? I have nothing to say about that. He is our player. He will be back soon. I will hug him and congratulate him. We will be together. He"s our player. I believe in him," he said, expressing his trust.

However, Atletico continued to negotiate with City and eventually succeeded in reaching an agreement. European soccer transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano outlookindiacom said on July 7: "Alvarez will move to Atletico. Atletico will pay €95 million, including options," said Fabrizio Romano, an expert in the European football market. The signature phrase "Here We Go" was not forgotten as the transfer was finalized.

The negotiations went smoothly. "Alvarez will arrive in Madrid on Monday and will undergo a medical. He will sign the contract on Monday," Romano said on Nov. 11.

 

The transfer was finalized. "Alvarez has signed a contract with Atletico," Romano said on Dec. 12. The medical is complete." And with that, Alvarez will continue his second career at Atletico.

The reason they were able to overcome the tough rehabilitation is because they have a dream.

Samcheonpo Girls" High School lost 57-93 to Dongju Girls" High School of the Gyeongsangbuk-do region in the girls" high school division of the 2024 Korea Junior High Basketball Weekend League on Thursday at Dongdong High School Gymnasium. Samcheon Po Women"s High School tied with Masan Women"s High School and Hwabong High School with one win and two losses, but pocketed a ticket to the Wangjung Championships as the runner-up due to its superior goal differential.

Samcheonpo Girls" sophomore forward Park Eun-sung (170 centimeters) had 25 points, four rebounds, two assists, two steals and one block against Dongju Girls" High School. She made six long-range 3-pointers.

Park Eun-sung said, "I felt good shooting. I usually keep throwing the ball until I get a good shot," she said. "Personally, if there was anything I was disappointed about this weekend"s league, it was the lack of dribbling and one-on-one offense. I will practice these areas more in the future."

Currently, Samcheonpo Girls" High School has only Yoon Min-seo in the third grade and four sophomores and freshmen. The team is looking forward to next year more than this year. Coach Ahn Chul-ho of Samcheonpo Girls" High School said, "(Park) Eun-sung has a good shot. But considering the team situation, she can"t just shoot the ball. She needs to do more," he said.

 

"We don"t have a tall center on the <a href="https://bit.ly/outlookindiacasino" target="_blank" title="outlookindiacom">outlookindiacom</a> team. With a center, you can expect to get rebounds and you can easily shoot a three-pointer whenever you have the chance, but I can"t do that  in the current team situation. We need a lot of movement from all players, not just me, to create space through penetration and create opportunities for our teammates."

Park, meanwhile, has been back from injury for six months. He hasn"t fully recovered to his pre-injury form. Last year, he suffered a knee injury and went through a lonely and long rehabilitation period.

"Of course, I"m not 100% back to where I was before the injury. But I"ve recovered a lot and I need to build up my body a little more." "It was hard during my rehabilitation," he said, "and I survived by thinking about my dream. I thought back to how I started playing basketball, and I remembered watching and thinking about my middle school games," he said.

 

"I"m currently a forward, but I like to play guard (laughs). I like all the players in the WKBL, and my dream is to play with my sisters on the court one day," she added.

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John Stones is facing the possibility of missing the early stages of Euro 2024 after missing training with England due to illness.

According to Sky Sports, Stones missed the team"s training session on Wednesday due to illness and has been quarantined in his hotel room because he is worried he could infect his teammates. While he is unlikely to miss the entire tournament, he could miss the first game or two. England play Serbia on Sunday, Denmark on Monday, and Slovenia on Tuesday.

 

Stones" absence would be the biggest blow of all for England. He is the only remaining veteran in the central defense and a key resource for the defense as a leader.

 

Ahead of the tournament, Harry Maguire, one of Gareth Southgate"s mainstays in England"s existing squad, has been ruled out. Eric Dier, who has revitalized his professional career by playing first-team football at Bayern Munich, has also been ruled out of the squad. Furthermore, their replacement, Tyrone Mings, who had 18 A-match caps to his name, had been out of the squad for over a year.

 

Aside from Stones, 30, who has 72 caps, England"s center backs are all newcomers. Mark Gehi is 24 with 11 caps, Ezri Consa is 27 with four caps, and Lewis Dunk is 33 with six caps. Joe Gomes, who was selected as a full-back but can also play center-back in an ?? emergency, is 27 years old with 15 A matches under his belt.

 

The rookie center backs have rarely played together without an established veteran like Stones. The only time the combination of Gehi and Dunk was deployed was in a 3-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina on April 4. All of the other recent A matches have been about testing out which of the new center backs works best with Stones or Maguire in the middle and rotating between Dunk and Gehi.

England are the favorites to win the tournament, but there is no such thing as an easy group at the Euros. Serbia and Denmark are two teams that could upset England at any moment. If a rushed center-back combination has to be deployed against these two, it"s a big risk. The only way to overcome the crisis is for the new center backs in the national team to prove their recent rise in the professional ranks.

England also have a problem at full-back. Their only left-footed left-back, Luke Shaw, was called up to the Euro squad with an injury, meaning right-backs Kieran Trippier or Joe Gomes will have to play in games where Shaw is unavailable.

 

Southgate has vowed to step down as manager of the national team if they don"t win the tournament. Southgate has had some notable success in recent major tournaments, including the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the runners-up spot at Euro 2020, but he hasn"t been able to cap it off with a title.

 

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"The players were united and focused"

The Lotte Giants won the fifth game of the 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League season against KT Wiz 2-0 on Saturday at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea. With the win, Lotte snapped a four-game losing streak that began last weekend against the LG Twins.

Lotte made a number of changes to their starting lineup on the day. The good news is that Noh Jin-hyeok, who has been swinging the bat in the second team recently, was called up to the first team. Noh had been practicing at first and third base with the second team, and for the first time in his professional career, he was in the starting lineup with a first base mitt. Hwang Sung-bin and Han Dong-hee, who had been out of the field due to a hamstring injury, started side by side.

 

However, bad news followed. While preparing for the match, "Captain" Jeon Jun-woo suffered a left calf muscle cramp that forced him to pull out of the game. After limping back to the dugout, Jeon was taken to the hospital for a checkup. The detailed results are expected on the 17th. If he can recover in two to three days, it"s a good thing, but if the majortotosite.top injury is prolonged, Lotte could be in for another injury-plagued season.

Hwang Sung-bin, who returned to lead off for Lotte on this day, was absolutely flying. From drawing a walk to start the first inning and playing a big role in scoring the game"s first run, to perfectly fulfilling his role as the "link" with a surprise bunt single in his second at-bat, to his final at-bat in the eighth inning, where he went 2-for-3 with an infield single in front of the third baseman, scoring one run and drawing one walk. In particular, he made a jumping catch of Moon Sang-chul"s home run in the sixth inning.

 

On the mound, Park Se-woong, the "Glasses Ace," pitched his best game. Park, who had a 12-6 record with a 3.80 ERA in 36 appearances against KT prior to this game, overcame three potential run-scoring situations to earn his fourth win of the season with a quality start (six innings of three earned runs or less), throwing 101 pitches, allowing four hits, one walk, and striking out six in six innings.

 

"Park Se-woong pitched well with six innings of relief, and Jeon Mir and Kim Won-joong did a good job of keeping the game scoreless," said coach Kim Tae-hyung after the game. "Hwang Sung-bin, who returned from injury, did a good job not only on offense but also on defense, and despite the injury to captain Jeon Jun-woo, the players were able to win with a united heart and focus," he smiled.

Tottenham suffered a disastrous defeat, and "captain" Son Heung-min didn"t have much to show for it.

Tottenham lost 0-4 away to Newcastle United in the 33rd round of the 2023-24 English Premier League (EPL) at St. James" Park in Newcastle on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. ET. 

Son Heung-min, who started as a frontline striker in a 4-2-3-1 formation, was uncharacteristically taken off early. He was replaced by Dejan Kulusebski in the 13th minute of the second half with the team trailing 0-3 and played 58 minutes. 

Son didn"t record a single shot in the entire 58 minutes. It"s hard to say that Son was the only one who struggled. Overall, Spurs were outplayed by Newcastle. Spurs" connections in the attacking third were poor, and few of their passes reached Son in the first place. The team"s lack of buildup left Son isolated.

As a result, Son had to put the 10-10 goal on the back burner. With 15 goals and nine assists in the EPL this season, Heung-min is just one assist away from joining the 10-10 club. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) was the next player to join the 10-10 club, but it didn"t happen.

 

After threatening early in the first half, Newcastle broke the 0-0 deadlock in the 30th minute. After breaking up a Tottenham buildup at the back, the ball was played through to Alexander Isaac. Isaac easily beat Tottenham center back Mickey van der Penn to open the scoring for Spurs.

Newcastle scored shortly after Tottenham"s kickoff. Anthony Gordon beat van der Penn with a right-footed shot that found the back of the net. 

 

It was just the beginning. After coming close to adding to their lead on several occasions, the Magpies finally conceded a third goal seven minutes into the second half through Isaac. Setting up a ?? counter-attack on the halfway line, Isaac latched onto a long ball from behind and finished with his right foot to complete his hat-trick.

 

Spurs made a flurry of early substitutions in hopes of turning the tide, but they were met with one more blow. In the 43rd minute, Fabian Scherer found the back of the net with a header from a corner kick. 

 

It was a crushing defeat that quickly dampened the good mood. Tottenham beat Nottingham Forest on Aug. 8 to move into fourth place in the table, which qualifies them for next season"s UEFA Champions League (UCL). However, they are level on points with fifth-place Aston Villa and needed to win at Newcastle, but they slipped up. The fight for fourth place is likely to be even more intense. Meanwhile, Newcastle (50 points) leapfrogged Manchester United (49 points) into fifth place.