Exited in the 3rd preliminary round of the C1 by Slovan Bratislava then in the play-offs of the C2 by RFS Riga who held on to Anderlecht, APOEL finished 11th in the league phase of the Conference League. Thanks in particular to the former Rouche who scored two of his three goals in the competition where an affordable play-off looms against the Slovenes of Celje
The big gap for Debast
Ruben Amorim was counting on him since out of his 18 matches before his departure to Manchester United, Zeno Debast played 17 (for 13 starts) despite a complicated debut in the Super Cup against Porto, quickly forgotten after his gem against Lille. João Pereira clearly since he only played 337 minutes out of 720 possible, culminating in this funny return to Bruges. Announced as the starter, Matheus Reus was injured and Quaresma replaced him at short notice alongside Inacio and Diomandé before leaving injured and giving way to Saint Juste. What will be Rui Borges’ position regarding the Devil?
Keita is not stupid
There’s better than being sent off after 18 minutes for your first. Mandela Keita himself recognized this: “that was stupid.” “But I don’t think I’m a stupid player.”corrected the new Parma midfielder. Otherwise his managers would not have invested 12 million euros in him, which makes him the second most expensive recruit of the contemporary version of the Parmesans.
After a “stupid” start, Mandela Keita is ready to win in Italy: “I came here to face big clubs and stars”
In a difficult-to-read team that has won only two league games since his arrival, Keita is competing with two other players for two places: the creative Nahuel Estévez, often injured in his thigh, and Simon Sohn, a Swiss international, captain at the start of the season.
Yaremchuk, third choice
By selling him two million euros, Bruges did not seek to limit the damage simply to get rid of the salary of the industrial disaster that was Roman Yaremchuk bought eight times more expensive and who remains the biggest recruit of the history of the Blauw en Zwart.
Opponent of the Devils in the Nations League play-offs, Ukraine also has its problems
If Olympiakos is a solid leader in Greece, who can dream of qualifying for the Europa League (15th with 9 points), the Ukrainian has little to do with it. That the scoring machine Ayoub El Kaabi is preferred remains logical but that the young Charalampos Kostoulas (17 years old) passed him in front symbolizes the downgrading of the striker who has only scored once in 11 appearances with only two starts. . There remains the selection where he scored a decisive goal in Albania to snatch a ticket for the Nations League play-offs where he will find… the Devils in March.
The Zinckernagel enigma
There is this new line on his record, his second championship title after that of 2020. But returning to Bodo/Glimt, Philip Zinckernagel has not yet found the level of his good years where he exploded to open the gates of England and Watford. His record (3 goals and 3 assists in 11 games) fuels the idea of a disappointment given his potential. Which is also expressed sparingly on the European scene where the Norwegians are tenth after 10 points in the Europa League.
They left the Pro League this summer but for what result? (1/4) An idol, a double in the shadows and a cursed person. They left this summer but for what result? (2/4) Belgians promise Lille and young people in full learning
