Football Talk. Spain at the last minute to Final Four at the expense of Portugal – Argentina 35 matches unbeaten | Football

The Final Four of the Nations League are known. The Netherlands, Croatia, Italy and Spain will compete for the overall victory in June. The Spaniards secured the last spot by overthrowing great rival and neighboring Portugal on the final match day.

For Spain, only a win was enough, but in the first half they lacked conviction against Ronaldo and co. It also seemed to turn out in favor of Portugal for a long time, but the devil was in the tail. Morata tapped the 0-1 against the ropes in the final minutes, Ronaldo got the equalizer a few seconds later, just not past the goalkeeper. Spain gets a new chance to win the country tournament for the first time. In 2021 it lost the final to France.

One from Julian Alvarez and two from Lionel Messi himself, Argentina had little trouble with Jamaica in a practice match. The world champion of 1978 and 1986 is now 35 games unbeaten under national coach Lionel Scaloni. The president of the Argentine Football Association then announced that the contract with the former defender has been extended until the 2026 World Cup. Within two months, Argentina will start as one of the favorites at the World Cup in Qatar in a group with Saudi Arabia, Poland. and Mexico.

Francis Amuzu has extended his contract with RSC Anderlecht until 2025, with an option for an extra season. The 23-year-old Amuzu is a youth product of Anderlecht. The fast winger with Ghanaian roots has been part of the A-team since 2018 and has since played 166 games (19 goals, 18 assists).

This season, Amuzu has made fourteen appearances under Felice Mazzu (2 goals, 2 assists). There was reportedly a lot of foreign interest, but ‘Cis’ decided to stay in the Lotto Park. “I feel that the club and the coach are counting on me. That confidence makes me very happy,” he says. “I am very proud of this contract extension and I hope to give the supporters a lot of fun.”

Union Saint-Gilloise has reached an agreement with the Finnish first division team HJK Helsinki regarding the transfer of Casper Terho (19). The Brussels club reports this on its website on Tuesday. The Finnish youth international will join the troops of trainer Karel Geraerts in January 2023. Terho signs for 3.5 seasons, with an option for another season.

Casper Terho went through the youth series of HJK ​​Helsinki and made his debut in the first team at the age of 17. According to Union, the “technical winger” played 53 games at the highest level with the Finnish national champion, in which he managed to score 7 goals and 4 assists. Terho is a six-time international with the Finnish U21.

This season, Terho already tasted European football in the preliminary rounds of the Champions League and he also made minutes against Real Betis (0-2 loss) in the Europa League group stage. From the winter break, the Finn will come to Belgium and he will join the Union player group.

Phillip Cocu is the new head coach of the Dutch first division team Vitesse, the club announced on Monday. He is the successor of Thomas Letsch, who finished fourth and sixth in the Eredivisie in the past two seasons. Letsch opted for a switch to Bochum in Germany last week.

Cocu has been without a club since his dismissal at the end of 2020 at Derby County in England. The 101-time international of Orange signed a contract with Vitesse until mid-2024, for which he played football himself between 1990 and 1995. Since the beginning of this month, Vitesse has been in the hands of the American Common Group, which also owns the Belgian Patro Eisden.

Watford FC, the club of Christian Kabasele, has sacked its trainer Rob Edwards. He had only been with the Hornets since the summer, who tumbled out of the Premier League last season. Edwards, 39, succeeded Roy Hodgson, under whose leadership Watford finished nineteenth and penultimate in the Premier League last season.

This season, Watford is in tenth place after ten days in the Championship with 14 points. A 1 in 9 kills Edwards. No successor has yet been named. Christian Kabasele has been playing for Watford since 2016, which took over the central defender from KRC Genk. The 31-year-old former Red Devil (2 caps) is a basic player at Vicarage Road this season.

Former attacker Patrick Van Kets has passed away at the age of 55. This confirms football club Sint-Truiden, where he worked as a player and trainer. “With disbelief, the club received the tragic news this afternoon of the death of ex-player and ex-trainer Patrick Van Kets. A canary in heart and soul. The club wishes friends and family a lot of strength,” STVV said.

Van Kets, who suffered from Charcot’s disease (a muscle disorder), started his professional career at RC Mechelen (1988-1989) and then moved to Sint-Truiden (1989-1991). After a passage at Beerschot (1999-1993), he played for a number of smaller French clubs, before stopping in 2002. After his playing career, Van Kets became a trainer of Standard’s U21, he was an assistant at STVV (under Ivan Leko), the Arab Al Ain, Waasland-Beveren (under Nicky Hayen) and the Indian Kerala Blasters. He left there in October 2021 for personal reasons.

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