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Xabi Alonso to take over as Real Madrid manager next season.
Xabi Alonso will replace the departing Carlo Ancelotti as the new Real Madrid manager next season.
Carlo Ancelotti was confirmed as the new Brazilian national team manager earlier this year,but he was to join after the expiration of his contract which was valid until june 2024. The departure of Carlo Ancelotti have left a big vaccum to be filled.Xabi Alonso have been confirmed the next Real Madrid manager to replace Ancelotti.
Despite his young managerial career Xabi Alonso will be at the helm in Santiago Bernabue next season. Xavi who played for Madrid after joining from Liverpool in 2009 until 2014, where he left for Bayern Munich. After his retirement, Xabi Alonso went back to Madrid to start his coaching career. He was the head coach of Real Madrid youth for one year, after which he left for Real Sociedad B.
On Oct 5th 2022, Xabi Alonso was appointed as the new Head Coach at Bayer Leverkusen, replacing Gerardo Seoane. Bayer Leverkusen were second bottom in the Bundesliga standings after eight matches. Xavi Alonso guided the team to a top eight finish and also the semi final of the UEFA Europa league where they lost to his former manager Jose Mourinho AS Roma.
Tottenham were after Xavi Alonso in the summer but he opted to extend his contract with Bayer Leverkusen until 2026. Bayer Leverkusen have started the season brightly with four wins out of five, scoring 23 goals.
Despite little managerial experience,a move to Real Madrid will be a huge step up for xavi Alonso. At Real Madrid it will mean more pressure to deliver and also man to man management of world class players at his disposal in Real Madrid.
Will Xabi Alonso deliver at Real Madrid…???
Europe’s top elite football club competition, the UEFA Champions league has entered its second stage of knockouts after the group stage which comprised of 32 teams and after group stage only 16 teams which emerged as the first and second placed teams progressed. The 16 teams were later grouped into 8 teams producing two pots A and B where now the draw will take on henceforth whereby every team now will know its opponents all the way to the final.
This UEFA edition should also be put in mind that its the last one where teams participated ni group stage matches as from 2024/2025 edition there will be a mini league comprising of 8 teams after addition of four more teams to make it 36 teams and the teams will only face each other once before entering the knockouts stages.
Here is the full draw of the last 16 teams. Winners Manchester city will be in action against Danish side Copenhagen as they defend their title.
?? Porto ? Arsenal ???????
?? Napoli ? Barcelona ??
?? PSG ? Real Sociedad ??
?? Inter ? Atletico Madrid ??
?? PSV ? Dortmund ??
?? Lazio ? Bayern ??
?? Copenhagen ? Manchester City ???????
?? RB Leipzig ? Real Madrid ??
International football
Former Ghanaian International striker died after collapsing during league match.
Former Ghanaian International striker Raphael Dwamena died on Saturday after collapsing during an Albanian super league Match.
The Albanian football federation confirmed the death of the 28yrs old Raphael Dwamena.
A video circulated online appeared to show the 28yrs old striker falling over the field in the 24th minute of the match by himself. Dwamena’s Egnatia was playing against Partizani.
Others players rushed over and, despite immediate medical intervention, the Albanian football federation confirmed the sad news that Dwamena had passed away.
The game was stopped at 1-1 with no further play.
Raphael was the current top goalscorer in the Albanian Super league this season with 9 goals.
Raphael Dwamena had 8 caps with the Black stars scoring twice. “The Ghana football Association is sad to hear the death of our former player Raphael Dwamena and wish to express our deepest condolences to his family at this difficult times. ” – Ghanaian FA
Reports indicates that Raphael may have succumb due to heart problems, earlier in 2021 on game time in Austria with Blau-veis Lenz he collapsed and was hospitalized with heart problems.
Real Zaragoza installed a defibrillator in 2020, which saved his life a year later in a match with BW Linz.
Dr. Josep Brugada advised him to retire in 2019. Today he died while playing with a device in his heart.
Brighton ruled out signing him in 2017 due to heart problems. He is the second most expensive signing in the history of Levante (€6,200,000).
Raphael Dwamena played for Levante and Real Zaragoza in Spain. He has also played in Denmark and Switzerland.
May his soul rest in peace.
International football
Former Ghanaian International striker died after collapsing during league match.
Former Ghanaian International striker Raphael Dwamena died on Saturday after collapsing during an Albanian super league Match.
The Albanian football federation confirmed the death of the 28yrs old Raphael Dwamena.
A video circulated online appeared to show the 28yrs old striker falling over the field in the 24th minute of the match by himself. Dwamena’s Egnatia was playing against Partizani.
Others players rushed over and, despite immediate medical intervention, the Albanian football federation confirmed the sad news that Dwamena had passed away.
The game was stopped at 1-1 with no further play.
Raphael was the current top goalscorer in the Albanian Super league this season with 9 goals.
Raphael Dwamena had 8 caps with the Black stars scoring twice. “The Ghana football Association is sad to hear the death of our former player Raphael Dwamena and wish to express our deepest condolences to his family at this difficult times. ” – Ghanaian FA
Reports indicates that Raphael may have succumb due to heart problems, earlier in 2021 on game time in Austria with Blau-veis Lenz he collapsed and was hospitalized with heart problems.
Real Zaragoza installed a defibrillator in 2020, which saved his life a year later in a match with BW Linz.
Dr. Josep Brugada advised him to retire in 2019. Today he died while playing with a device in his heart.
Brighton ruled out signing him in 2017 due to heart problems. He is the second most expensive signing in the history of Levante (€6,200,000).
Raphael Dwamena played for Levante and Real Zaragoza in Spain. He has also played in Denmark and Switzerland.
May his soul rest in peace.
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