Thursday 29 August 2019

EPL: Chelsea star banned for 20 months







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Maurizio Sarri has admitted midfielder Danny Drinkwater is not best suited to his new style of football at Chelsea and may have to leave the club.
Drinkwater hasn’t played a single minute of Premier League football this season, and he only managed 520 in his debut Chelsea campaign last year under
Antonio Conte .
Now, Sarri has addressed the issue and stated the Englishman doesn’t suit his preferred formation at the Blues.
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‘Danny is in the list for the Premier League but not for Europe,’ Sarri said. ‘He’s a very good midfielder but he’s suitable for a midfield with two central midfielders.
‘In a three he’s not suitable to play centre-right or centre-left, so his problem is my football.’
Drinkwater signed for Chelsea from Leicester City back in September 2017 for £35 million and has struggled to make an impact under two different managers.
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When asked about 28-year-old’s future at Chelsea, Sarri said: ‘I don’t know. It depends on the club, it’s up to him.’
Chelsea’s next match is against Leicester City on Saturday in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge.
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A Stockport Magistrates’ Court in England, on Monday, banned Chelsea star, Danny Drinkwater, from driving for 20 months, Mirror UK reports.
The Judge, Mark Hadfield also ordered that Drinkwater should be given 70 hours community service after the midfielder pleaded guilty to drink driving.
Confirming the incident to reporters, Cheshire Police said: “A 29-year-old man from Nether Alderley was arrested on suspicion of drink driving. He is currently in custody assisting officers with their inquiries.”
Drinkwater crashed his Range Rover into a Skoda car at approximately 12.30am, hours before Chelsea’s Premier League 2-0 victory over West Ham United at Stamford Bridge.
The player and solicitor, Beth Mantel had attended a charity event in an upmarket bar called Victors in Hale, Greater Manchester, approximately six miles away from his house.
The crash left debris scattered across the country road while a fence was also flattened.
Drinkwater joined Chelsea in a £35million deal last summer from Leicester City.
The England star has fallen out of favour at Chelsea since manager, Maurizio Sarri, took over from fellow Italian, Antonio Conte.

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BREAKING! Van Dijk named UEFA player of the year

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Aug 29, 2019 6:18 PM

The UEFA Champions league draw for the 2019/20 season has been concluded as European giants get to know their opponents for the most prestigious football competition in the world. The draw was held in Monaco at the Grimaldi Forum on Thursday.
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Cristiano Ronaldo will make a return to the city of Madrid as Juventus are drawn with Atletico after both teams faced each other in the second round last season with the Portuguese star scoring a hat-trick in the second leg after losing the first leg 2-0 at Wanda Metropolitano.
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Awards were also dished out at the event with Alisson Becker winning the Best goalkeeper, Virgil Van Dijk was given the Best defender award, the best midfielder was given to Frenkie de Jong, while the best forward was given to who else but Lionel Messi.
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Virgil Van Dijk also won the UEFA player of the year award.
The defending champions Liverpool are in Group E and will face Napoli, Salzburg and Genk.
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The tagged ‘group of death’ for this year is group F having Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Slavia Prague
GROUP A: Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Galatasaray
GROUP B: Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, Olympiakos, Crvena zvezda
GROUP C: Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb, Atalanta
GROUP D: Juventus, Atlético Madrid, Bayern Leverkusen, Locomotiv Moscow
GROUP E: Liverpool, Napoli, Salzburg, Genk
GROUP F: Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Slavia Prague
GROUP G: Zenit Saint-Petersburg, Benfica, Olympique Lyonnais, RB Leipzig
GROUP H: Chelsea, AFC Ajax, Valencia, Lille OSC
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Season calendar
17/18 September: group stage, matchday one
1/2 October: group stage, matchday two
22/23 October: group stage, matchday three
5/6 November: group stage, matchday four
26/27 November: group stage, matchday five
10/11 December: group stage, matchday six
16 December: round of 16 draw
18/19/25/26 February: round of 16, first leg
10/11/17/18 March: round of 16, second leg
20 March: quarter-final & semi-final draw
7/8 April: quarter-finals, first leg
14/15 April: quarter-finals, second leg
28/29 April: semi-finals, first leg
5/6 May: semi-finals, second leg
Saturday 30 May: final – Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadı, Istanbul

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