the 3-0 win at Racing Santander<\/a>, when Valverde missed out with muscular discomfort. It is a sharp fall for a player who made 30 appearances last season despite a string of injuries, while Dumfries has also lost his place only months after arriving.<\/p>\nWhat next for the sidelined full-backs?<\/p>\n
Real Madrid had won seven games in a row in all competitions before kick-off, so Mourinho has little reason to change a winning side. Speaking at his press conference before the Racing game, he insisted: “In the end, everyone will play.”<\/p>\n
Alexander-Arnold can count on England. Thomas Tuchel left him out of his World Cup squad but has since recalled him, and he played 90 minutes in both wins over the Czech Republic during the last international break. England face Croatia on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Working as a football journalist was my first childhood dream. I became a journalist and a member of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate, but covering topics far from the world of sports until the opportunity came in early 2020 when I joined Kooora, and then GOAL.<\/p>\n
My memories with football began with Zinedine Zidane’s historic triumph in the 1998 World Cup and France’s unforgettable win over Brazil in the final, along with the Egyptian league matches and the rivalry between Al Ahly, Zamalek, and Ismaily during that era.<\/p>\n
I don’t support a specific team in Europe, but I enjoyed watching Milan with “Maldini, Gattuso, Kaka, Pirlo” and was amazed by Barcelona with “Busquets, Iniesta, Xavi, Neymar, Villa, Messi, Suarez”, before following Mohamed Salah in his exceptional career with Fiorentina, Roma, and Liverpool.<\/p>\n
My unforgettable sports moment was Mohamed Aboutrika’s goal in Al Ahly’s victory over Sfaxien in the 2006 CAF Champions League final.<\/p>\n
My ideal lineup: Buffon; Cafu – Van Dijk – Maldini – Roberto Carlos; Pirlo – Zidane – Iniesta – Kaka; Cristiano Ronaldo – Messi<\/p>\n
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