The son of Ghana great Abedi Pele, Jordan Ayew, has left Olympique Marseille to sign a four-year contract with Ligue 1 rivals Lorient.
A statement on the club's website read:
"Jordan Ayew, coveted by many cubs, finally chose FC Lorient, seduced by the sporting and human project of the club, as well as as its excellent reputation."
Ayew who played all three of Ghana's matches at the World Cup in Brazil last month said:
"The style and quality of play offered here (at Lorient) suits me perfectly."
Ayew, who made his debut for Marseille in 2009, spent the second half of last season on loan at Sochaux after finding opportunities limited at his parent club.

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Didier Drogba takes vacant No 15 shirt after Mo Salah moves to No 17, although Drogba is known to prefer to wear No 11 but that is taken by Oscar. Chelsea have announced that the returning hero will be wearing the No 15 shirt this season - the same that he first wore when he arrived at Stamford Bridge in 2004.
Mourinho said:
"When he came in, I think for everybody else it looks like he never left the club. It was so normal because he knows everybody, everybody knows him. He was present even when he wasn't. Chelsea belonged to him even when in the last two years when he wore Galatasaray and Shanghai shirts. It looks like he went for a short holiday then came back."
Drogba looked to fit right in after joining his new and old teammates in Ljubljana and Mourinho has hailed the way Didier Drogba reunited with Chelsea's squad as being like he had "been on holiday".

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ost of us are aware that Fernando Torres is yet to live up to his £50 million price tag at Stamford Bridge after moving from Liverpool to Chelsea in 2011.
Torres has been an easy target for Chelsea fans and he proved why again after choosing to chest the ball that was given to him by Nathan Ake in the penalty area rather than tapping it into the back of the net with his feet from two yards. The ball flew over the bar as Torres slumped to the ground.
Torres has scored 45 goals in 172 games for Chelsea.

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Shortly after Southampton confirms the transfer of Dejan Lovren to Liverppol via twitter, Liverpool also took to twitter to announce the signing of Lovren. As of now Lovren has completed his medical and his now a Liverpool player.

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Liverpool's £8.5 move for QPR striker Loic Remy has collapsed. Though the Merseyside club are refusing to comment on the reasons behind the deal failing through but dailymail is reporting that the striker failed a medical.
Remy flew to the United States on Monday where Liverpool are touring. They had planned to give Remy the number seven shirt and he had waited in the US for the best part of a week for the to be confirmed.
Now that the deal has collapsed Brendan Rogers would have to look elsewhere for his next signing.

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Arsenal have confirmed the signing of David Ospina from Nice on a long-term contract. Ospina who played a vital role in helping Colombia reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Brazil has moved to the Emirates Stadium for an undisclosed fee.
Arsene Wenger told Arsenal's official website:
"David Ospina is an excellent goalkeeper, with good experience and a proven record of performing with Nice and Colombia. He will add strength to our squad and we are very pleased that he will be joining us."

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Roma's Miralem Pjanic was 10 yards inside his own half when he scored an astonishing goal for Roma aainst Manchester United. Pjanic spotted goalkeeper Ben Amos off the line when he was fully 10 yards inside his own half before deciding the play a powerful and perfectly weighted shot that went inside the net.
Pjanic and his team mates have been put through their paces at the Broncos' training base during their US tour and some downtime allowed him to have a kick at goal with an American Football. His quick was just like his goal against United. Roma's coach Rudi Garcia said:
"Pjanic's goal? Amazing They'll watch it the world over. His practice with the Broncos yesterday paid off..."
Though United won the match 3-2, Pjanic stole the show as post-match talk was all about the goal.

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Frank Lampard calls off feud with Cesc Fabregas after completing his move to New York City FC. Lampard left Chelsea earlier this summer and ironically old foe Fabregas is viewed as Lampard's replacement. Lampard and Fabregas do not see eye-to-eye in the past.
Lampard wished Fabregas success in his career at Chelsea FC:
"I'd hate to put pressure on him. What I've done at Chelsea will never change. I hope they do well - Cesc and myself have had our battles in the past but I wish him the best because I wish Chelsea all the best."
Based on the statement I can only say the hatch was buried because Fabregas is now in Chelsea "I wish him the best because I wish Chelsea the best".

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Liverpool's owner, John Henry believes that they sold Luis Suarez at the right time and knows that the teams attack will cope without Suarez. Suarez had an impressive with Liverpool last season that saw him scoop the PFA and FWA Player of the Season awards.
Henry said "It was time for Luis and time for the break. He brought so much to the club but we brought a lot to Luis. I think you will see a very explosive Liverpool offense."
Luis is right the club brought a lot to Luis, they stood by despite his biting scandal. Suarez received a four-month ban from FIFA and Henry decided it was time to end the Liverpool-Suarez relationship.

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Mourinho has declared his intention of keeping both Petr Cech and Thibaut Courtois at Chelsea this season even though he clearly knows that he is bound to make one of them extremely unhappy. Although he insists that the decision would make Chelsea supporters happy, stating that the supporters are more importand than the players.
Cech who has been in Chelsea for a decade knows that Courtois return is a threat to his spot in the club.
Courtois, who was on loan to Atletico Madrid played a mighty role for the Liga champions is the favorite to start against Burnley in Chelsea's Premier League opener on August 18.
Mourinho says:
"To have Cech and Courtois, the best young goalkeeper in the World and one of the top three or five experienced keepers, for me and Chelsea it's perfect. There is no story. One will play and Chelsea will be in safe hands for good because both are very good players. The window is the window but I'm so happy with the situation. For a coach the problem is when you don't have good players. Then we're in trouble. We have to make decisions but we're paid to make them and I'm really happy with the situation. Tonight the game for Petr was perfect because he had difficult situations to deal with. He had the cross at the far post where he had to stretch his shoulder, another where he had to punch under contact, one off the floor to test his shoulder. He had situations he needed. He's shown that completely recovered."
Mourinho watched Cech make an impresssive return from a serious shoulder injury in a pre-season friendly against RZ Pellets WAC.
We just have to watch and see which of the two players becomes very unhappy at the end of the season

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After the signing of Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas and Filipe Louis, Chelsea's boss believes that the Blues can dominate for a decade.
In a press conference at Chelsea's hotel in Velden, on Tuesday Mourinho said:
"A team which has been a winning team for ten seasons is changing step by step, we've bought new players and we are trying to build for the next decade. Last year we reached the semi-finals and it was s transitional season."
"We had a very young team at the time but, even so, we reached the semi-finals and were playing to win the competition. This season we think we are going to be stronger, the younger players are more experienced, they are stable and better adapted to fighting for titles. People can speak about other leagues but England is the only country where five or six teams can win the title. Football is about competitiveness every weekend and that only happens in the Premier League. When you have the two Manchester Clubs, the three clubs from London - Tottenham, Arsenal and ourselves - plus Liverpool, that's six top teams, where all of them can win the title. That's why everybody loves the Premier League. At Chelsea, if we didn't think we could win the league, or didn't think we had the quality to do it, we wouldn't be here working so hard. We respect our opponents and their ambitions, because they have the same ambitions as us, but we want to win the Premier League and we are ready for that."
Mourinho insists that five or six teams in Premier League can win the League.

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Paris St German have been asked to close off two sections of the Parc des stadium for their next European League home game after their supporters insulted and threatened disabled Chelsea fans during a match in April.
"The sanction has been imposed for the discriminatory conduct of some Paris St German supporters towards disabled fans of Chelsea FC (Art. 114 of the 2014 UEFA Disciplinary Regulations)." - UEFA said.
The Chelsea fans were seated in front of home PSG supporters and told British media that they were insulted and had bottles thrown at them throughout the game.
Lisa Hayden told the BBC:
"All I could see around me were bottles that been thrown, there were 10 of us and thousands of them, (I thought) we're not going to get out of here....It seemed like hell"
PSG qualified for the group stage this season as French champions.

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Local media reports, Andre Santos being punched and kicked by the club's (Flamengo) fans as he left the stadium after a 4-0 defeat by Internacional that left Flamengo bottom of the Brazilian first division.
Santos who has been a constant target for failing to impress since signing for Flamengo in July last year was he hit in the face as he left Beira-rio stadium in Porto Alegre, he was also kicked by Angry fans as he sought refuge in the van that was picking him up outside the dressing rooms.
Ney Franco his manager was angry and demanded "The citizen has to be arrested. I hope the police at the Biera-Rio take proper action.
Flamengo with Andre Santos won the Brazilian Cup last season.

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Chelsea and Atletico Madrid have spent several days in London talking about Torres possible to return to Madrid, according to Europsort.
Chelsea are looking for a transfer fee of £13m for the player they signed from Liverpool for £50m four years ago but Atletico are trying to get a reduced fee. It is believed that Chelsea want's Atletico Madrid center-back Joao Miranda and are trying to negotiate a price for him within Torres discussions. Miranda's buy out clause is £23.7m and the clause will be triggered if Chelsea wants to buy the center-back.
Reports have it that Miguel Angel Gil Marin, Atletico's chief executive has spent the weekend in London discussing the transfer and will return to Madrid on Monday where he will continue negotiating the deal.
Chelsea have already signed Diego Costa, Felipe Luis and Courtois who has spent the last three seasons on loan with Atletico Madrid returned to Stamford this summer.
Fernando Torres who scored 91 goals in 244 games for Atletico before moving to Liverpool in 2007 is considered a Legend at Atletico after progressing from the clubs youth system to be their star striker.

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Six of Shaktar's Donetsk's star players have gone AWOL in France and are refusing to return to the Ukraine, French media partners Infosport and Canal Plus reports.
The players missed a flight from Lyon on Saturday night after a pre-season friendly and five of the six players have been named, four from Brazil and one from Argentina. The players are Douglas Costa, Fred Dentinho, Alex Teixeira and Argentina Ferreyra.
Donetsk is right at the center of Ukraine's current political turmoil and the tragic Malaysian airlines crash occured in the region
All mentioned players are amongst the team's biggest stars and are likely to get suitors in the transfer market should they be allowed to leave.

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QPR boss, Harry Redknapp believes England's promising youngsters are failing to be the star they can actually be, because they get too much too soon.
With pictures of Wilshere smoking a cigarette on his summer break, Sunderland striker Connor Wickham spending £17,500 on a bottle of champagne on his own break emerging and young players having off-field issues that could be have been avoided.
Redknapp says:
"I don't know if it's the mentality because they get so much so early. I saw a kid the other week buying £17,000 worth of champagne, what's that about? Let's be honest, he would't know an Asti Spumante from a £10,000 bottle of champagne - like I wouldn't, it's a load of cobblers. From where we have come from what would we know? I want lads that want to have a go, you just have to hope you can get them. You can take chances with too many foreign players in the main I like players that have played in England and have proved they can do it here rather than wait six months to see if they settle in we haven't got six months. We need to stay in the League this year so we know what we are getting with the Caulkers and the Rios. We are looking at another England striker so if I can get British Players in the main then I will."
West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison on loan last season - another player who has been held back by off-field issues.

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Nicklas Bendtner, who left Arsenal this summer and is yet to sign for a new club posted a semi-nude picture on his Instagram account.
Bendtner protected his dignity with a white 'bra' while getting a literally full on tan, captioned the picture saying "remember to protect yourself from the sun."

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Chelsea Manager, Jose Mourinho is confident his assembled squad have what it takes to win the Premier League title next season but he's also aware that dreams of winning the title can be shattered at any time.
Chelsea took advantage of the summer transfer market and brought in Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa, Filipe Luis and Mario Pasalic. However, Mourinho understands the race of winning the title won't be easy as other title contenders have also strengthened their armory.
Speaking in BT Sport Q&A session, Mourinho said:
"Last year if you had asked me in July, I would never have said Man United would be outside the top four. This season I will tell you one (to miss out) and I have a big percentage of making a mistake. There were good teams last season and there will be better teams this season because everyone is investing. A few years ago you make a team to be champions and most probably you are champions. Now if you make a team to be champions, you try to finish in the top four. Why I like the Premier League so much is that at this moment, nobody knows who is going to win the title. I know that we want to and I know that we can, but it is the kind of competition where I can't say. At this moment, I think between us Liverpool, Arsenal, Man United, Man City - who is going to be first, who is going to play in the Europa League, I don't know. I have to say my club did a fantastic job and not just because we did it in almost record time. The transfer market closes 31 August and we close our market July 19. We finished the market today.The club did fantastic, we knew the targets, we knew the players and the clubs a very early stage. We got exactly what we need and what we want. The squad is one which I like very much and I look forward to starting the season. I don't think so (sign any more players). The market is open, but we are so happy with what we have."
But really do you think Liverpool will be among the title contenders next season? I think they will try to be but I don't see them being in the top four, because there is no Suarez and the they just might not be able to handle the fixtures for next season. Since they will be playing champions league they would not have as much resting time as they did last season.

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Gerald Houllier, who is a member of the FIFA technical committee, has explained why Messi was given the Golden Ball award.
I know a lot of us was very surprised when Messi was handed the award and a lot felt that Messi didn't deserve the prize, but here is what Houllier had to say about the award.
Mundo Deportivo reports Houllier saying:
I understand you all are surprised as you only remember the second half of Lionel Messi in the final. We committee looked at all three games and judged who was most important for their team. He also played in the final, which is one of the conditions for the award of the prize. Messi was more than decisive in the first four games. In the semi-final against the Netherlands he took the first penalty and scored. The analysis takes into account tat he was captain of a united team that played well together. That's something not seen in a while for Argentina. Messi was more than key in the national team and the way he played. To me, he fully deserves the Golden Ball award and he led his team to the final."
The Barcelona forward scored four in three group games but didn't find the target again in the tournament as Argentina finished as runners up.

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Cristiano Ronaldo's mother Dolores Aveiro released her autobiography this week and says she wanted to terminate the pregnancy when she found out according to reports.
Dolores Aveiro claims her doctor refused to go through with the procedure and in desperation, she turned to home remedies of drinking warm beer and heavy exercise.
According to Daily Star, Ronaldo's mum wrote: 'I wanted to abort but the doctor didn't support my decision. She also revealed Ronaldo found out about the incident. She added: 'He told me when he found out, "Look mum, you wanted to abort and now I'm the one who's pulling the purse-strings in the house."

Only if she knew that was attempting to deprive herself the birth of a star, I can only say Thank God it wasn't successful because am his no.1 fan.

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As 'The chosen one' banner appears amid a darkened, stormy sky, a Scottish sound, 'Football, bloody hell.
What the hell was that all about?'
A woman then has her say, 'I was ashamed of them'. The on-screen text is equally damning, 'Following a season of season discontent' it reads. The banner, wearing the face of David Moyes, crumples to the backdrop of thunder and lightening.
'Trust me, we'll be back, a foreign voice adds as the United players emerge from the clouds with the message 'A new storm is breaking'.
Ryan Giggs then says, 'keep supporting us and the good times will come back soon'.
While the statutes of Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson stand guard, Giggs and LVG are cast in the troubled sky, 'The Master & Apprentice'.
The neon, red lettering of 'Manchester United' breaks through the bloom, 'Start to rebuild a dynasty'.

The message is clear, Louis Van Gaal and Giggs intend to rebuild that which Moyes brought down but can he?

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South Africa's Eastern Province has suspended club rugby matches this weekend after referees go on strike in protest at the rise of abuse from the spectators.
The officials have complained at what they see as escalating verbal and physical harassment from spectators, which at times has left them having to be protected by players.
Cheeky Watson, EPRU president told South Africa's Sport24:
"We initially received a notification from the Referees Society that they were downing tools due to the ongoing harrasement that their members were exposed to at club games, while we do not condone the method in which the referees dealt with the issue - as we have protocols in place to deal with such matters - following discussions held with representatives from the referees we have decided to cancel all games this coming weekend in sympathy with their concerns."
Really, who blames the refs for taking such decision?

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Football authorities in Sierra Leone have indefinitely suspended four national team players, including captain Ibrahim Kargbo, three referees and eight other officials on allegations of match-fixing.
Three of the players had been called up to play in Saturday's African Nations Cup qualifier against Seychelles in Freetown. read the press release after the cut
In a press release jointly signed by sports minister Paul Kamara and Sierra Leone Football Association president Isha Johansen, the 15 alleged to have been involved in fixing the outcome of a Nations Cup qualifier against South Africa in 2008 which ended in a goalless draw.
The press statement says the two institutions received "credible and tangible information" on the alleged involvement of the group in match-fixing and that the players will have nothing to do with the weekend fixture.
The other implicated players are Ibrahim koroma, who plays ins Sweden; Samuel Barlay, who plays in Azerbaijan and goalkeeper Christian Caulker who plays for local side FC Kallon.
The suspended officials include football administrator, Rodney Michael who was controversially disqualified from running for FA President in August last year on allegations that he had links to a sports-betting company.
Speaking to Reuters from London, Micheal said: he was "in total shock" and referred to it as "a political interference into the running of football," called it "a witch-hunt because I am leading a crusade for the FA to hold its annual congress which is stated in the constitution to be held no later than August this year".

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Manuel Pellegrini, who won Premier League and League Cup in his first season in England has rejected the chance to replace Luiz Felipe Scolari as Brazil's coach according to reports in his native Chile.
It has been claimed that Pellegrini was approached as the World Cup reached its climax on Sunday, 24 hours before Luiz Felipe Scolari quit following a calamitous end to Brazil's bid to win the tournament on home soil. However, Pellegrini is said to have refused to enter into negotiations with the Brazilian FA, insisting that he wants to see out his three-year contract at the Etihad.

Alice Coachman, who overcame segregation to become the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Olympic games, has died in Georgia at the age of 90. Coachman, who won her gold metal in the high jump at the 1948 summer Olympics in London, died on Monday at a hospital near home in Albany, Georgia according to Albany State University.
United States Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun said in statement: "Alice literally set the bar with her accomplishments at the 1948 Games, but Olympic Champion is only part of the incredible legacy she leaves behind. Alice Coachman Davis has inspired generations of athletes to be their best and she will be missed.
Coachman was born in Albany in 1923, the fifth of 10 children, took an interest in high jump after watching a boys track meet and trained herself in sport using-home equipment, according to a biography issued by Albany State.
The university said Coachman was denied access to public training facilities because of segregation but worked herself into competitive shape, in part by running barefoot on dirt roads. After the 1940 and 1944 Olympics for the first time in 1948 and won the gold medal by setting record for the high jump.
She won a total of 34 national titles, was inducted into nine halls of fame and became the first black woman to endorse an international product when Coca-Cola signed her as a spokeswoman in 1954. She married Frank Davis ad was the mother of two children.
Richard Williams, the university's athletic director told the Albany Herald newspaper: "Although she will sorely be missed, her achievements outside the fields of competition are on par with the great accomplishments within the athletics lines, we will continue to honor legacy within the athletic department at Albany State University.

Louis Van Gaal has pulled the plug off Vidal's move to United.
Manchester United will not pursue interest in Arturo Vidal, despite Vidal been well regarded and impressed at the just concluded World Cup tournament. While Juventus are ready to sell the Vidal and hoped to agree a deal worth £32 million with United, however the Old Trafford Club have decided he is not for them.

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Well I wasn't aware that the much coveted trophy doesn't head back to the winner's home soil.
As German players posed with, kissed and hoisted one of the most coveted trophies in all of sport, it's a fair assumption that many of the players had no idea their time with the historic 18-carat gem was running short.
Just a few minutes after the German celebrations on the pitch ended, FIFA whisked away the trophy Germany worked so hard to win and locked it away.
Germany isn't the first team to go home with a replica, every winner of the World Cup since 1974 have all walked away with the replicas. The reason is that the trophy isn't only coveted by the players but also by thieves.
As at 2010, Cash4Gold said the trophy was worth upwards of $10 million and its value continues to rise as the value of gold rises. The trophy has been stolen twice and once saved from thievery.

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Brazilian media are reporting that Scolari has been sacked, though the news is yet to be confirmed. Scolari has left his post as Brazil manager after the host nation tasted their second World up defeat in five days. Brazil failed to restore pride on Saturday as they were beaten 3-0 by Holland in the third play-off.
After the defeat by Holland, Scolari met with the Brazilian Football Confederation that he would not be willing to extend his current deal, bringing his reign to an end after 18 months; in which he oversaw 19 wins, six draws and our defeats


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Tottenham announced that, Emmanuel Adebayor is suffering from malaria and will miss the pre-season tour of North America. The striker was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell and was diagnosed with a mild bout of the season.
The club said the illness was detected at an early stage and Adebayor was responding well to treatment. He is expected to be released from hospital on Monday and will then require a minimum of seven days before returning to training. He has been asked not to travel on medical grounds and so will miss the club's pre-season tour


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Arjen Robben revealed that Louis Van Gaal has asked him to sign for Manchester United after the win against Brazil but unfortunately for United fans, the star winger turned down the offer. Robben told Dutch TV stations NOS "After the match he asked me to come to Manchester, I am very happy with where I am now. I told Van Gaal that. Van Gaal is the best coach I've had. We have got a special relationship but I will not make a transfer. I'm at the right place at Bayern so that has nothing to do with Van Gaal or United.
Van Gaal later confirmed the statement "He is always welcome but he knows this himself".


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Manchester United have sold out their 55,000 season tickets in record time as fans get ready to welcome Louis Van Gaal to the club. It is the earliest United have reached since Old Trafford was expanded to a 76,000 seat capacity in 2006 according to Daily Mail. continue..

Adult season tickets at the club cost between £532 and £950 and season ticket holders are automatically allocated and required to bu tickets for home games in FA and League Cup competitions.
The remaining 21,000 tickets for each match go to sponsors, away fans or are sold on an individual basis.
Van Gaal will officially take over aas manager at Old Trafford next week after completing duties with Holland at the World Cup

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Brazil lost 3-0 to Netherlands in their final World Cup match and their players apologised to fans after another hugely disappointing performance in the third-place match and the players were booed at the end of the game.
Captain Thiago Silva said in a televised interview "I don't think we deserved to end like this, we need to apologise to the fans, they booed us at the end, which is normal, they have feelings too. It's very tough,"]
Oscar looking deflated after the match said "What can you say. We came here hoping to win third place but we didn't, it wasn't our day, we lost, there's nothing to say. We lost a goal in two, three minutes and we were chasing the game. We are very sad, the people are sad, but we tried and we tried till the end."

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