Gareth Bale accepts it will be difficult for Wales to keep their World Cup dream alive following Friday s demoralising 2-0 defeat to Iran.
Bale became Wales most capped player by making his 110th international appearance at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, but he was virtually anonymous as Iran dealt a huge blow to his team s hopes of progressing from Group B.
Stoppage-time goals from Roozbeh Cheshmi and Ramin Rezaeian saw Iran take advantage of goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey s red card, posting their first win over European opposition at the World Cup (W1 D2 L7).
Wales, meanwhile, must now beat England in Tuesday s final group-stage game to have any chance of extending their first World Cup campaign since 1958, and Bale knows they face an uphill task.
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Looking to extend on their play-off charge in midweek, Carlisle will welcome Barrow to Brunton Park on Tuesday night.
Starting with the hosts, last seen putting in another rugged display as they claimed a 1-0 victory away at Rochdale over the weekend, Carlisle are enjoying what has been a stellar purple patch. While Paul Simpson s men might have been left disappointed by their 2-1 loss at the hands of Doncaster earlier in the month, the Cumbria-based outfit have proven that was nothing more than a minor blip. In fact, now winning each of their last three outings on the spin by an aggregate score of 6-1, it should also be noted that Carlisle have won five of their previous six matchups across all formats. With that run stemming …
Manchester United have offloaded back-up left-back Alex Telles after agreeing to loan him to Sevilla for the season.
Brazil international Telles joined United from Porto in 2020 and, although he featured in only nine Premier League games during his first season, the competition he represented was initially seen as a contributing factor in Luke Shaw s improved form.
Shaw enjoyed arguably the best season of his career in the 2020-21 campaign and also impressed at the delayed Euro 2020 as England reached the final, during which the left-back scored.
The Southampton youth product s form dipped significantly for an underwhelming United last season, however, and as such Telles appeared more regularly, making 18 starts from 21 Premier League outings.
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According to a recent report from Sky Sports News, West Ham United have not registered their interest in potentially re-signing Dimitri Payet. This news comes despite a previous report from French publication L’Equipe that indicated that would, indeed, be very interested in bringing him back to East London.
Payet established himself as one of the best players in the Premier League during his tenure with the Hammers, to the point where many fans and pundits alike believed he was going to go on to much bigger and better things. He eventually made the jump back over to Marseille in early 2017, and while he may be searching for another route out of France right now, it doesn’t seem as if he’s going to get it from West Ham.
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Stefano Pioli is confident his Milan side will learn from a painful loss to Fiorentina after their unbeaten start to the Serie A campaign came to an end at Stadio Artemio Franchi.
Milan fell to a 4-3 defeat in Saturday s thrilling contest as they missed out on the chance to move three points clear of Napoli, who play their game in hand at Inter on Sunday.
The Rossoneri last tasted defeat in the top flight 18 games ago against Lazio in April, while not since August 2015 had they lost away to Fiorentina in the league.
Pioli s side were without a number of players through injury, including Fikayo Tomori, Davide Calabria, Ante Rebic and Mike Maignan, and that told in a poor display.
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Dynamo Kiev will face Partizan at the NSK Olimpijs kyj on Tuesday in the first leg of their second-round qualifying matchup for the Champions League.
Both teams secured second-place finishes in their respective leagues last season, earning automatic qualification for the second qualifying round via the league path.
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Dynamo Kiev narrowly missed out on their first Ukrainian Premier League title since the 2020/21 season, finishing just two points behind champions Shakhtar Donetsk. This second-place finish granted the Blue and Whites a spot in the league path of the revamped Champions League qualifying phase, starting in the second round against Partizan.
This matchup marks Dynamo Kiev s first attempt at Champio…