Hereford · National League - North - Play-offs · Midfielder · #17 · England · 25 yrs
The smallest nation ever to compete in the tournament celebrate the long adventure that got them there, and remember those who cannot be there to enjoy it with themAngelo Cijntje can look back now and smile. It was September 2023 and Curaçao’s trip from Trinidad to Martinique for a Concacaf Nations League game had been complicated on matchday by the lack of a charter flight. “A small propeller plane had to shuttle back and forth, flying players over in groups of six,” Cijntje, the performance coach, says. “The starting XI made it on time, but the subs came in while the game was under way. Their luggage didn’t make it, so they had nothing but their boots, shin pads and maybe a pair of socks.”Wouter Jansen, Curaçao’s team coordinator, was also part of that trip. “It’s worthy of a film,” he says. “Those are the kind of adventures you never forget.” Continue reading...
Former Celtic captain Paul Lambert believes Martin O'Neill "is the best person" to meet the club's expectations next season. Lambert starred for Celtic during during O'Neill's trophy-laden five-year spell in charge from 2000 and says his former boss' man-management of players is what makes him the best candidate right now. "That is his biggest strength, and he knows how to win and he knows Celtic must be a winning club, it can't be development and waiting for one or two months to get results - it is never going to work," he told BBC Scotland.
Arsenal's Martin Odegaard accidentally hit a policeman on the head with a football during his team’s victory parade on Sunday (31 May). As he celebrated on a bus as it drove through north London, the club captain headed a ball into the crowd below. “On your head, Martin,” Arsenal wrote as they shared a video of the moment on social media.
When that red banner with white text appeared across the Sky Sports broadcast of the Bournemouth v Manchester City game announcing Arsenal as champions, many remarked that it felt like Fifa. Add to that the strangeness of Martin Odegaard actually lifting the trophy over his head at Selhurst Park on Sunday - though perhaps that was just because David Raya was dressed head to toe in the Arsenal home kit. There are subtle differences, though.
