2019-05-01_World_Soccer

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Luca ZIDANE
(Real Madrid)
The 20-year-old goalkeeper son of Real
Madrid coach Zinedine played his first
game of the season at home to Huesca.

Razvan MARIN
(Standard Liege)
The Romanian midfielder’s form has seen
him lined up to join Ajax next season as a
replacement for Frenkie De Jong.

Alexander SCHWOLOW
(Freiburg)
The keeper saved his side time and again
in a recent 1-1 draw with Bayern Munich.

Mikel OYARZABAL
(Real Sociedad)
The left winger has been in outstanding
goalscoring form, grabbing a late winner
against Real Betis.

Matheus CUNHA
(RB Leipzig)
Scored a superb individual goal as his
side beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-2.

Adama SOUMAORO
(Lille)
The French club’s Franco-Malian skipper
and centre-back has been key in their
bid to qualify for the Champions League.

“I’ve got five or six more years


left in football and I just can’t


wait to see the back of it”
Tottenham Hotspur’s Danny Rose responds to the racial abuse
suffered by himself and other England players in Montenegro

Two-and-a-half years after Arsenal boss
Arsene Wenger declared him surplus to
requirements, the 23-year-old has ended
up having the last laugh.
Looking anything but a cast-off these
days, he has enjoyed an exceptional first
season at Bayern and is tipped for a long
and glittering international career, having
conjured up an impressive goal in
Germany’s recent 3-2 victory against
Holland in the Euro 2020 qualifiers.
“Serge played really well tonight,”
enthused national coach Joachim Low
after the game in Amsterdam. “His
movement was incredible, he took on
[Virgil] Van Dijk all night and physically
asserted himself. His goal was top class.”
Gnabry has a patchy record of staying
fit in the past, but believes he has now
found the answer in a vegan diet. “I’m
feeling very good because of it,” he says.
“I just wanted to give it a try. I don’t know
if I’ll stick to it for the long term.”

Serge


GNABRY


(Bayern Munich)


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