July 2022 – Football Flame

Month: July 2022

NEWS

England beat Germany at Wembley to secure historic Euro 2022 victory

 Mary Earps of England Lucy Bronze of England Rachel Daly of England Keira Walsh of England Alex Greenwood of England Millie Bright of England Beth Mead of England Leah Williamson of England Ellen White of England Georgia Stanway of England Lauren Hemp of England Jessica Carter of England Hannah Hampton of England Francesca Kirby of England Demi Stokes of England Jill Scott of England Nikita Parris of England Chloe Kelly of England Bethany England of England Ella Toone of England Ellie Roebuck of England Lotte Wubben Moy of England Alessia Russo of England celebrates the victory with the trophy during the EURO Women match between England v Germany at the Wembley Stadium on July 31, 2022 in London United Kingdom.England created history by winning their first major women's tournament in...
NEWS

Germany captain Popp out of Euro 2022 final with injury

Germany's striker Alexandra Popp celebrates scoring her team's second goal during the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 quarter final football match between Germany and Austria at the Brentford Community Stadium, in London, on July 21, 2022.Germany suffered a huge blow just moments before Sunday’s Euro 2022 final against England as captain and top goalscorer Alexandra Popp was ruled out by an injury in the warm-up.The Wolfsburg striker had scored six goals in five games on route to the final to match the all-time record for goals in a single women’s European Championship.“Alex Popp has suffered muscular problems in the warm-up,” the German football federation tweeted. “Lea Schueller replaces her in the starting XI.”Popp had initially been included in Martina Voss-Tecklenburg’s starting line-up for th...
BUNDESLIGA

Bayern see off RB Leipzig to clinch 2022 German Super Cup

Sadio Mane of Bayern Munich celebrates with the Supercup trophy after the final whistle of the Supercup 2022 match between RB Leipzig and FC Bayern München at Red Bull Arena on July 30, 2022 in Leipzig, Germany.Bundesliga topflight team Bayern Munich clinched their first title of the season after overpowering RB Leipzig 5-3 to lift their 10th German Super Cup on Saturday.Jamal Musiala gave Bayern the lead in the 14th minute, as he beat RB Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi to net the ball into the far post corner.Sadio Mane, who left Liverpool and joined Bayern this summer, doubled the lead at the half-hour mark.The record German champions tripled the advantage just before halftime as Benjamin Pavard latched onto Musiala's cutback pass from close distance.Marcel Halstenberg nodded home Chris...
NEWS

Nunez scores as Liverpool win Community Shield

 Players of Liverpool pose for a photograph with The FA Community Shield after the final whistle of The FA Community Shield between Manchester City and Liverpool FC at The King Power Stadium on July 30, 2022 in Leicester, England.Summer signing Darwin Nunez sealed victory as Liverpool landed the first blow of the season on champions Manchester City by winning a thrilling Community Shield encounter.The FA Cup winners were pipped to the Premier League title by a single point last term after a season-long fight with City, but came out on top in a tremendous game in Leicester.Playing at the King Power Stadium rather than Wembley - which will host Sunday's Women's Euros final - the two sides did not hold back in a match that tends to be badged as a 'glorified friendly'.Reds full-back...
TRANSFERS

Allegri talks Szczesny injury, Bremer arrival and Di Maria role

Massimiliano Allegri of Juventus during a press conference at Allianz Stadium on April 15, 2022 in Turin, Italy.Massimiliano Allegri was feeling positive as Juventus approach the end of their US pre-season tour, and he seemed ready for tonight’s friendly against Real Madrid.The Bianconeri arrived in the United States last week for their usual pre-season tour, which kicked off with a friendly against Chivas on July 23, which they won 2-0. This was followed up with a 2-2 draw against Barcelona four days later. Speaking on Juventus’ Twitch channel, Allegri first revealed that Wojciech Szczesny has been ruled out of tonight’s match due to a slight injury.“Perin will play in goal against Real Madrid because Tek has a little problem with his adductor. I have to evaluate Cuadrado, then there...
NEWS

Leverkusen stunned by third tier team in Pokal

Patrick Schick of Bayer 04 Leverkusen challenges Kevin Conrad of SV 07 Elversberg during the DFB Cup first round match between SV 07 Elversberg and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Ursapharm-Arena an der Kaiserlinde on July 30, 2022 in Neunkirchen, Germany.Champions League club Bayer Leverkusen crashed out of the German Cup first round on Saturday, following a shock 4-3 loss to third division's Elversberg.The hosts took the lead three times in the first half after Leverkusen had twice pulled level.Elversberg, newly promoted to the third division, refused to give up and bagged a fourth with Kevin Conrad's 74th-minute header.Leverkusen, who had been wasteful up front especially in the first half and with big gaps at the back, only managed to pull a goal back through Patrik Schick in the 89th minute.Th...
TRANSFERS

Official: Milan’s Daniel Maldini joins Spezia on loan

  Daniel Maldini of AC Milan in action during the pre-season friendly match between 1. FC Köln and AC Milan on July 16, 2022 in Cologne, Germany.Daniel Maldini has officially completed his loan move to Spezia for one season, the first member of the Maldini family to play for a different Serie A club than Milan.A statement from the Rossoneri confirmed it is a dry loan, so will only last for one season without an option to buy.The 20-year-old creative midfielder is the son of director Paolo Maldini and grandson of Milan legend Cesare Maldini.He becomes the first member of this Calcio family to play for a Serie A club other than the Diavolo.Daniel also has a brother, Christian, who is currently playing in Serie C with Pro Sesto and never made his top flig...
TRANSFERS

Juventus begin Barcelona talks for Depay

Memphis Depay of FC Barcelona celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during the LaLiga Santander match between Elche CF and FC Barcelona at Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero on March 06, 2022 in Elche, Spain.Juventus have started ‘preliminary talks’ with Barcelona for Memphis Depay, claim ESPN, after suggestions the player had offered himself to the Bianconeri.While the Old Lady is looking for reinforcements in attack and struggling to get a deal done for the return of Alvaro Morata from Atletico Madrid, Barca have spent more than anyone this summer and need to get unwanted players off their wage bill.Depay is one of them and it was reported yesterday that the Dutch international had offered himself to Juve.Now ESPN suggest that negotiations have begun in earnest to see if all three ...
LALIGA

Barcelona President Joan Laporta makes public appeal to Frenkie de Jong

Frenkie de Jong of FC Barcelona waves his hand prior to the La Liga Santander match between Levante UD and FC Barcelona at Ciutat de Valencia stadium, April 10, 2022, Valencia, Spain.Barcelona have made a number of major signings this summer, but are yet to see any similarly sized exits. The player who has been most strongly linked with a move away from Barcelona is Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong, but there has been no movement on that front for some time. As one of their most saleable assets and in a position that they have cover, de Jong appears to have been marked out as the prime candidate to help lighten their wage bill. It has been suggested that if Barcelona cannot find some way to remove of lessen de Jong’s salary, they may be unable to register players.Speaking to the ...
LALIGA

Kounde praises Xavi in first interview as Barca player

Jules Kounde of Sevilla FC gestures during the spanish league, La Liga Santander, football match played between Sevilla FC and Elche CF at Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium on February 11, 2022, in Sevilla, Spain.Jules Kounde has been officially confirmed as Barcelona’s fifth signing of the summer after the club announced a deal with Sevilla on Thursday afternoon.The French center-back did a quick with the club’s official channel shortly after arriving at Camp Nou, and spoke highly of his new team and manager.The quote about Xavi Hernandez deserves to be highlighted:“Xavi is one of the great reasons that I am here. I spoke various times with him and the way he spoke got me excited. We had some good conversations, we see football the same way. Now it is a question of coming into the team and wi...