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  • Kalidou Koulibaly heaps reward on Mykhailo Mudryk and Joao Felix: When they’ve the ball, it is like magic

    Chelsea defender Kalidou Koulibaly has heaped reward on new arrivals Mykhailo Mudryk and Joao Felix, saying they’ve magic of their ft. Chelsea just lately misplaced 1-0 away at Borussia Dortmund within the UEFA Champions League spherical of 16 stage.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 18, 2023 11:16 IST

    Koulibaly heaps reward on Mudryk and Felix (AP)

    By India Today Web Desk: Chelsea defender Kalidou Koulibaly has heaped reward on new arrivals Mykhailo Mudryk and Joao Felix, saying they’ve magic of their ft. Chelsea just lately misplaced 1-0 away at Borussia Dortmund within the UEFA Champions League spherical of 16 stage.

    Speaking to GOAL, Koulibaly stated the brand new Chelsea signings have been good, including that each Mudryk and Felix have been actually good in coaching and have magic of their ft.

    “They are all good. I was following Mykhailo for a long time because we were in contact on Instagram so I know him a little bit. He’s really, really good in training – really fast, good with the ball – and Joao Felix also, everybody knows [about] him so, when they have the ball in their feet there is like some magic also, it’s good for us,” stated Koulibaly.

    The Senegal captain stated new defender Benoit Badiashile is an efficient participant, and may study from Thiago Silva.

    “Benoit is a good player. He plays for the French national team and when he signed for Chelsea we knew that it was important for us. He can learn with Thiago, with all the experience we have, so for him I think it’s a benefit to come to Chelsea because he can play and learn from a lot of good players,” Koulibaly added.

    The former Napoli centre-back stated the membership has a number of high quality, highlighting new signings like Felix, Mudryk, Noni Madueke and Raheem Sterling.

    “We have a lot of quality. We see Joao Felix is here, we see Mudryk is here, and we also signed Noni [Madueke], so we know that they can help us with all the talent we have already with Sterling, Pulisic,” stated Koulibaly.

    He went on to say that having all these new gamers can solely profit Chelsea, who’re affected by a nasty run of kind just lately.

    “Now it will be hard for everybody and when it’s hard it’s good, because everybody can give his best to play and after we’ll see the best Chelsea on the pitch, so I think it’s a benefit for Chelsea to have a lot of good players like this,” Koulibaly added.

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    Feb 18, 2023

  • Joao Felix undergoes ankle surgical procedure, confirms Atletico Madrid

    Atletico Madrid ahead Joao Felix has undergone surgical procedure on his ankle, the La Liga champion stated on Friday.
    Felix, who value a membership file payment of 126 million euros ($149.02 million), has sustained 4 separate ankle accidents and began lower than half of Atletico’s La Liga video games since becoming a member of from Benfica in 2019.
    His harm issues continued at Euro 2020 as he missed Portugal’s video games in opposition to Germany and France with a muscle drawback earlier than approaching in its place in its 1-0 defeat by Belgium within the final 16.
    Atletico’s assertion stated the 21-year-old was handled by Dutch surgeon Niek van Dijk in Porto below supervision from the membership’s medical doctors however didn’t state when he would return to motion.
    Spanish newspaper Marca stated Atletico was hopeful he may return simply in time for the beginning of the brand new season, which begins on August 15 when Diego Simeone’s facet visits Celta Vigo.

  • Watch: Atletico Madrid widen lead at prime, Barcelona win with out Messi

    Atletico Madrid hasn’t flinched in its quest to win the Spanish league title for the primary time since 2014.
    Coming from behind for a second straight time, Atletico defeated Valencia 3-1 on Sunday to strengthen its maintain on the league lead coming into the second half of the season.
    Barcelona earlier picked up its second win in a row with out the suspended Lionel Messi, defeating Elche 2-0 to regain third place.
    Joao Felix, Luis Suarez and Angel Correa scored to present Atletico its seventh straight league win and a seven-point hole to second-place Real Madrid with a recreation in hand. Diego Simeone’s group is 10 factors forward of Barcelona.
    Atletico had additionally wanted to rally to win its earlier league match, in opposition to Eibar.
    “We started behind again but this team always fights until the end and thankfully we ended with the victory,” Felix stated. “We can’t get too caught up with the lead that we have now. We have to stayed focused match after match.”

    Valencia opened the scoring with a wonderful curling long-range shot by Uros Racic within the eleventh minute, however Felix equalized off a nook kick within the twenty third and Suarez put the hosts forward with a well-placed low shot into the far nook within the 54th from a Felix move. Correa sealed the victory by finishing a cross from Marcos Llorente within the 72nd.
    Suarez, who netted a late winner in opposition to Eibar final weekend, is now one of many league’s main scorers with 12 objectives, together with Sevilla’s Youssef En-Nesyri.
    Valencia, which was unbeaten in 5 matches in all competitions, stayed in 14th place. It has the identical 20 factors as Alaves, the primary group contained in the relegation zone after 20 matches.
    Valencia defender Mouctar Diakhaby had to get replaced early within the second half due to an obvious muscle damage.
    BARCELONA ON A ROLL
    Frenkie de Jong scored within the thirty ninth and arrange Riqui Puig’s 89th-minute objective to present Barcelona its fourth league win in a row as Messi served the second of his two-game suspension for hitting an opponent.
    The Catalan membership moved a degree in entrance of Sevilla, which on Saturday beat Cadiz 3-0.
    It was the primary time Barcelona gained 4 consecutive league matches this season, with all 4 victories coming in away matches. It hasn’t misplaced in 9 straight league video games.
    “We’ve improved since the year started,” De Jong stated. “We’ve only played away games in the league and won all of them. We are doing better.”

    De Jong scored into the open internet after the Elche protection failed to totally clear a cross from Martin Braithwaite to Antoine Griezmann inside the realm. The Dutch midfielder made a well-placed cross for Puig’s late header for his first-ever Spanish league objective.
    Marc-Andre Ter Stegen made a vital foot-save to maintain Barcelona forward within the 56th after Elche ahead Emiliano Rigoni entered the realm in a one-on-one state of affairs. The breakaway for the hosts was prompted after a blunder by Barcelona defender Oscar Mingueza, who gave the ball away close to midfield.
    “It’s one of those plays that can make the difference in the match,” Elche defender Gonzalo Verdu stated. “The goalkeeper made a tremendous save. A goal there could have changed the match.”
    Barcelona was coming off a 2-0 win over third-division membership Cornella within the spherical of 32 of the Copa del Rey on Thursday, when Messi served the primary match of his suspension for hitting an opponent within the group’s 3-2 loss to Athletic Bilbao within the Spanish Super Cup closing on Jan. 17.
    Elche, winless in its final 13 league video games, was second-to-last within the 20-team standings.
    CELTA HELD
    Celta Vigo was held 1-1 in opposition to Eibar to increase its winless streak to 5 matches in all competitions. It had misplaced 4 straight, together with in opposition to third-division membership Ibiza within the second spherical of the Copa del Rey. Its final league win was in December.
    Celta sits in ninth-place, whereas Eibar stayed fifteenth, not removed from the relegation zone.

    OSASUNA WINS
    Osasuna snapped its personal 13-game winless streak with a 3-1 victory over Granada.
    Ante Budimir scored a pair of first-half objectives for the hosts, who hadn’t gained within the league since October.
    The win moved Osasuna out of the relegation zone, whereas Granada stayed in seventh place.