VAR criticized in England
In England, the 19th day of the Premier League continued last night! And the bad operation is for Arsenal, beaten by West Ham (2-0) at home. A real blow for Arteta’s team who missed the opportunity to take the lead in the championship. THE Daily Mirror posted this morning that “Arsenal and Rice stunned by the Hammers, the Gunners miss the opportunity to take the lead in the standings.” For the Daily Starthese are “injured Gunners. Hard blow for Arteta, Moyes’ men create surprise», Explains the tabloid. But what is causing a scandal this morning across the Channel is the use of VAR which failed to see that the ball had come out on Bowen’s pass which led to Soucek’s goal. THE Daily Telegraph throws out a scathing: “You have crossed the line!», supporting image. The daily believes that it would be necessary “a microchip in the ball after the new VAR controversy over the West Ham goal.» The Daily Express speaks of “line of fire» on its cover, explaining that “VAR failure deals a blow to the Gunners’ title ambitions.» But the one who was particularly upset after the meeting was Mikel Arteta, the coach of the Gunners. “It’s like that. The technology we currently have is not clear enough to determine if the ball is out. We want to be at the top and today we are very, very disappointed. We dominated the match so much. We are in a very good position. Today is a disappointing evening.» In the other meeting of the evening, Brighton dominated Tottenham in a crazy match. The Guardian reports that “the Seagulls fly away» after their victory (4-2).
Good news for Real Madrid
In Spain, Real Madrid finally learns some good news after seeing their squad decimated by injuries at the end of the year! Casa Blanca is also impatiently waiting to see its nugget recruited last summer, Arda Güler, in action. Like the ad Marca in its interior pages, it is for 2024! “The Turkish star hopes to finally make his debut for Real Madrid in early 2024. He is in his fourth training camp since arriving in the United States», last summer when he joined his new club. In recent weeks, Carlo Ancelotti announced that the Turk was on his way back and that he was starting to work at high intensity to be operational in January. Good news for Real which brings other news since for its part, A.S. reports that Vinicius Jr is aiming for a return for the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup, on January 10 against Atlético. The Brazilian has been injured since the last international break with the Seleção.
Cerezo has big ambitions
Still in Spain, in Madrid, but at the neighbor this time, Atlético de Madrid where the president of the Colchoneros, Enrique Cerezo is on the front page of Marca. He announces his great ambitions for this 2023/2024 season. “At the end of the day, we are still in contention for the title. We would have been the champions in 2023, if the LaLiga had lasted two days longer… In 2024, we will go for all the titles, the Champions League owes us one. He’s a great Atlético, one of the best.» The Madrid president therefore has very high objectives and wants his team to win all possible titles! With the exceptional level of Antoine Griezmann since the start of the season, he has reason to believe it!
