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The Madrid derby in Moked: the recommendations of the weekend in world football | Israel Hayom

2022-09-17T07:19:21.361Z


The warning that Koke gave to Vinicius Jr. • Freiburg's fear of heights • The challenge that awaits PSG against Lyon • And will Udinese continue to be the official starter of the season in the Italian league? Dor Hoffman with the games you shouldn't miss


Spain: Atletico Madrid - Real Madrid (Sunday, 22:00)

- There are many ways to warm up the atmosphere for a city derby, and it turns out that choreography - in this case the dance steps of Vinicius Jr. - is one of them.

"If he scores in the Metropolitano and does his dance, there will be chaos," Atlético's midfielder Koke promised, but in reality the chaos has already begun.

In the popular program "El Charangito" this week one of the panelists, an agent by profession;

"If Vinicius wants to dance samba, he should go to a samba school in Brazil. Here he should respect his fellow professionals and stop being a monkey."

This very poor choice of words ignited a war that crossed the boundaries of derby and became cultural.

Carlo Ancelotti defended our player and said "he's Brazilian, he dances well and I don't think it bothers anyone", but it was clear to his teammates that he does.

It bothers them that he is dancing and having fun, it bothers them that he is Brazilian, it bothers them that he is an excellent player who is in excellent shape.

After all, Antoine Griezmann also danced in the derby - albeit in the Fortnite style - but he danced and no one compensated here.

Therefore, both Neymar and Rafinha, dancers at heart, defended Vinicius on social media and demanded that he continue to dance as much as he can.

"They say that my happiness gets in the way" Vinicius said in a powerful reaction video that he released to the networks;

"It bothers people that a black Brazilian is successful in Europe. "I was a victim of xenophobia and racism.

I will never stop dancing." On Sunday this season of Dancing with the Stars will reach its climax, so hold on tight.

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Warming up the atmosphere, photo: IPA

Italy: Udinese - Inter (Sunday, 1:30 p.m.) -

Nothing in the start of this season suggested that Udinese would come to the meeting against Inter when they are higher in the table.

Andrea Sutil's team sold their star Nahuel Molina to Atlético, stuttered in the warm-up games, barely beat a team from the third division in the first round of the cup and lost 2:4 to Milan in the opening round.

As a team whose division limits in the last 9 seasons were places 12 to 17, it seemed that this season was also going to those areas.

It may still happen, but for now this is the surprise of the season.

Four consecutive victories, four for Roma and Mourinho, three for Sassuolo away and the best start to the season in the club's history.

Destani Udoji is emerging as a rising star, Lazar Samardzic as a great talent, and Beto has come off the bench and is scoring in abundance.

Five years have passed since Udinese beat Inter in the league, and if they do it in the first it will be another statement of intent in a season that currently includes quite a few of them.

Beto and Ostrovsky are celebrating.

Will Udinese also surprise Inter?, Photo: IPA

Germany: Hoffenheim - Freiburg (Sunday, 20:30) -

Christian Streich, coach of Freiburg, looks at the table and trembles with fear.

Not only is his team still in the German Cup, beating Olympiakos away 0:3 and maintaining a perfect record in the Europa League, they are in second place in the Bundesliga table!

Above Bayern Munich, above Dortmund, second only to Union Berlin, fear God!

"I'm not interested in it" said Streich after another one of those impressive victories this season and declared;

"We want to play some good games in Europe and stay in the league."

One can understand the 57-year-old coach who has been on the lines of Freiburg for the past 11 years.

The last time his team had a European campaign, sometime in 2014, they struggled in the league and only finished 14th.

Following such events, he adapted to himself one and the same line of thought, and it is difficult for him to deviate from it.

Maybe a win over Hoffenheim, ranked fourth, will make Streich update the team's goals and his ambitions.

France: Lyon – PSG (Sunday, 22:00)

– Until recently, the search for a French alternative to PSG naturally led to Lyon.

After a dismal season that ended with a lowly eighth-place finish, president Jean-Michel Aulas and new owner John Textor made what appeared to be brilliant moves.

They extended contracts to promising young players, signed proven players like Nico Tagliapico and brought back Alexandre Lacazette and Corentan Tolisso on a free transfer.

And really, the beginning was a bomb.

After five games, Peter Boss's team was at the top with 13 points, without a loss.

Expectations were high, but in the last two rounds losses came to the great Lorient and to Monaco, Lucas Paquete left for London and here is the first Chevron of the season.

"This game is an excellent option for us," said the Dutchman ahead of the match against PSG in Rishon, a game that can stop the fall before the national team break and return Lyon to the throne of the alternative.

England: Wolves - Manchester City (Saturday, 14:30) -

Elling Haaland is so good at the start of this season that everything else going on at Manchester City seems to be pushed to the sidelines.

In fact, to be a non-Holland City player and make headlines, you probably have to follow in the footsteps of Jack Grealish - and be that bad.

The 100 million purchase from Aston Villa has yet to score or score this season, but that's only the numerical part of the story.

He hardly plays in the league, and in the Champions League City completed its turnaround against Dortmund only after he replaced him.

Grealish, until recently the most active player in England, has become as passive as the statue of Con Aguero that is placed outside the stadium.

He is stuck in the wing, producing nothing, unimaginative, uninspired.

"The most important thing with him is the contribution without the ball", Guardiola defended his player, who was also called up to the England team for the matches against Italy and Germany.

"We didn't sign him because of his goals and assists at Aston Villa" explained the Spanish coach;

"We signed him for other reasons."

Grealish.

In the meantime, he gets a back from Pep, photo: Reuters

Bonus: Brazil, Falengo - Fluminense (Sunday, 22:00):

Fluminense has probably finally lost a chance for a team title this season.

She lost in the qualifiers for the Libertadores, ended her way in the group stage of the Sudamericana, was eliminated from the cup this week and she probably won't win the championship.

At the same time, there is a personal title she can win: top scorer.

Herman Cano, a 34-year-old Argentinian, leads the league's scoring chart with 15 goals, and also leads the world's scoring chart in 2022 with 33. Recently, a campaign has arisen calling for Lionel Scoloni to invite him to the Argentine national team, but it is likely that this will not happen.

Cano, like Fluminense, remains without goals this season - apart from being the biggest scorer.

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