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Wales v Ukraine LIVE stream

Robert Page’s side have been waiting for months to know which team stands in their way of creating history following a 2-1 win over Austria in March.To get more news about Bdlive, you can visit bdlive.vn official website.

But it was Ukraine who confirmed their spot in the playoff final by beating Scotland 3-1 at Hampden Park after the initial fixture was postponed due to the countries invasion by Russia.

Wales only have one World Cup appearance to their name which came all the way back in 1958 when a 17-year-old Pele scored as Brazil dumped them out in the quarters.

Ukraine meanwhile also have only qualified once since breaking away from the Soviet Union as they similarly reached the quarters in 2006.This match will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football with live coverage starting from 4pm.

Sky Sports customers can live stream this via the app using their mobile, tablet or computer devices.If not, you can purchase a Sky Sports Day Pass from NowTV for £9.99.Updates will also be live on talkSPORT throughout the afternoon.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.Former Wales striker Rob Earnshaw claims the Dragons must “put aside their compassion” for Sunday’s opponents when the game kicks off.

“As a Wales fan and wanting Wales to go through you’ve obviously got mixed emotions, because it’s the compassion you feel for Ukraine,” Earnshaw told Radio Wales Breakfast.

“But what I feel and I think what most people in Wales will feel on Sunday is we’re going to put that aside, because this is a football match and we’re in competition in football for those 90 minutes.

“It is very tough when you’re faced with something like this because it’s about humanity in this moment and I think everyone has felt so much for Ukraine. They feel the pain, they feel the pain of a country at war.”

Former Ukraine striker and manager Andriy Shevchenko added: “We need to play for the fans, for the whole of Ukraine, for those at home, for those defending the country and for those who left the country.”

freeamfva Jul 18 '22 · Tags: bdlive

Gabriel Jesus' Arsenal move has World Cup implications for Brazil

Gabriel Jesus hit the ground running when he joined Manchester City. Still a teenager at the start of 2017, the striker made such an impression that for a while he was in the starting lineup and City legend Sergio Aguero was on the bench.To get more news about Bdlive, you can visit bdlive.vn official website.

Five and a half years later, it is apparent that he has not become the long-term successor to Aguero, an impression reinforced by City's acquisition of Erling Haaland. And with the Norway international joining the club along with Argentine striker Julian Alvarez, Jesus is clearly concerned at being squeezed out of first-team action in the vital few months ahead of the World Cup. Jesus is set to move south to Arsenal with his career at the crossroads and with a key question hanging over him: what type of striker is he?
Back in 2017, it looked clear. He was a versatile and mobile operator capable of working all across the front line, but he was going to mature into a top-class centre-forward. At the time that he joined City, Jesus already appeared to be the solution to what had become a surprisingly long-term problem with the Brazilian national team. He was thrown into the deep end in World Cup qualification in September 2016 at centre-forward, won his debut game away to Ecuador and did not look back. He scored seven goals in nine World Cup qualifiers, grabbed the winner when Brazil played a warm up friendly away to Germany and went to Russia 2018 with an impressive record of nine goals in his first 15 games.

Jesus failed to score a single goal in Russia. Brazil has fielded much-maligned centre-forwards in the past -- Serginho in 1982 or Fred in 2014, for example. But at least they managed to get on the scoresheet. Coach Tite confessed that he wished he had made a change in the position during the competition. He should have brought in Roberto Firmino, he said, to replace Jesus. For the player, the 2018 World Cup left a trauma that remains to this day.

In those early days when he was banging in goals for his country, a comparison was made between Jesus and the original Brazilian Ronaldo. The source could not have been more authoritative; it was Ronaldo himself. Nowadays, it is not a comparison that anyone would make, which is not necessarily a criticism of Jesus. He has simply developed in different ways. Ronaldo bulked up into a powerhouse of a centre-forward. Jesus has not been through the same physical process, and there are doubts about his lack of penalty-area presence.
But what is the root of such doubts? Is it a lack of physical strength? Or does it come from question marks in the player's own mind?

Brazil have hardly used Jesus as a centre-forward since Russia 2018, but in part that is his own choice. Tite called him over and asked him where he would like to play. He replied that he had no preference. The coach pushed him harder for an answer, and he eventually declared himself happier attacking from wide.

Cutting in from the flanks certainly suits some of his characteristics. He is a sleek figure running with the ball and is excellent at appearing as an element of surprise to put pressure on opposing defenders. But has he been running away from the goal-scoring responsibilities of the centre-forward? If he could do the job for his country five years ago -- and could be selected for City ahead of Aguero -- then why not now?

Gunners boss Mikel Arteta, of course, was there at City on Pep Guardiola's staff when Jesus made such a promising start to Premier League life. Arteta surely has a vision for how his new signing will fit into the Arsenal side. It is important that both of them are on the same page -- not only for Arsenal but also for Jesus' World Cup future.Earlier this month, Jesus found the net for Brazil in a friendly away to South Korea, breaking a long dry sequence of 19 games and nearly three years without a goal. He has had plenty of opportunities: seven World Cup qualifiers plus four games off the bench, four matches in last year's Copa America and another four friendlies. He showed an understandable sense of relief, then, after cutting in from the right to plant a left-footed shot inside the far corner. It was a fine effort, but it was a stoppage-time goal in a 5-1 friendly win.

Meanwhile, plenty of other Brazilian strikers have emerged, especially over the past 12 months. Competition for a place in Qatar is fierce. If the squads were to contain the traditional amount of 23 players, then, for all his versatility, Jesus would really be sweating on a slot. The increase to 26 gives him a much better chance of making the cut. Game time at club level could be important at getting him on the plane and higher up the pecking order -- and this is surely a massive factor in his desire to move away from Manchester City.


freeamfva Jul 15 '22 · Tags: bdlive
That’s it from me this morning. Thank you for following all the action from Australia’s World Cup qualifying play-off against Peru. What a moment it was, worth waking up early for after a long weekend. To recap, Australia has qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after winning a penalty shootout over South America’s fifth-ranked team.To get more news about Bdlive, you can visit bdlive.vn official website.

It’s the Socceroos’ fifth successive World Cup qualification and seals their passage to Group D, alongside France, Tunisia and Denmark.

Stay tuned for all the follow-up and analysis from the Socceroos’ gripping victory. Thank you and have a great day.Report: Australia is heading to Qatar for their fifth successive World Cup finals appearance after coach Graham Arnold’s penalty shootout gamble succeeded in dramatic style when substitute goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne dived to his right to save Alex Valera’s spot-kick to send the Socceroos to Qatar 2022.
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Australia had the best of the 90 minutes of normal time; neither side could make the breakthrough in the extra 30 minutes of extra time ensuring the dramatic denouement that would bring joy for one nation, heartbreak for another.

Arnold stunned fans in the stadium and all those watching at home when, with a few minutes left in extra time, he took off goalkeeper and captain Mat Ryan and replaced him with Redmayne, who he believed would be more effective in the penalty shootout. Read more.Graham Arnold’s decision to bring goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne on as a last-minute substitution for the penalty shoot-out was months in the planning. To the surprise of just about everyone watching, Redmayne replaced La Liga and former EPL goalkeeper Mat Ryan in the last minute of time and made the crucial save that got Australia to the World Cup, blocking Alex Valera’s penalty.

Redmayne has a superb record in saving penalties in the A-League, helping Sydney FC to a 2019 grand final triumph in the shoot-out against Perth Glory. Speaking after the match, he revealed it was one of the reasons he was brought into the camp as a back-up goalkeeper.

“This idea was floated pre-selection that this might eventuate in these kind of circumstances. In the two or three weeks we have been here, I kind of had this in the back of my mind,” he said.Bailey Wright gets the bigger picture. The Sunderland defender only played his first minutes of the campaign against UAE last week but started at centre-back against Peru tonight.

While his teammates were jumping up and down in celebration, Wright was more philosophical. Immediately, he pointed towards what qualification does for the country’s national psyche and for the growth of the game as well.There’s a sense of déjà vu for the Socceroos’ 2022 World Cup group in being pitted against two of their group opponents from 2018, and having to beat another one of last World Cup’s opponents to get there.

Australia will be in Group D of the 2022 World Cup, alongside Denmark, France and Tunisia. It’s eerily similar to their 2018 World Cup group of France, Denmark and Peru.
freeamfva Jul 11 '22 · Tags: bdlive