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The Independent
19 minutes ago
- The Independent
Jess Fishlock still believes as Wales throw Netherlands loss in the bin
Jess Fishlock wants Wales to consign a 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands in their Euro 2025 opener to 'the bin' as they look to resurrect their campaign this week. Wales fell flat on their major tournament debut and sunk to the bottom of Group D following goals from Vivianne Miedema – her 100th at international level – Victoria Pelova and Esmee Brugts on Saturday. However, the lowest-ranked team in the competition have no time to wallow as they head to St Gallen to take on a France side buoyant after a 2-1 win over England. Fishlock, Wales' most capped player and all-time leading goalscorer, insisted a top-two finish remains in their own hands but only if they quickly draw a line under what happened at the weekend. 'I know us as a group, we will refocus, we will learn really fast and we're really excited to get back on the field on Wednesday,' the 38-year-old told BBC Sport Wales. 'If you're going to ask me if I still believe that (Wales can reach the knockout stages), then I will say, wholeheartedly, I still believe. 'The biggest message is not to dwell too much on the game and the loss. I think we really need to take what we need to take from it, move forward and throw the rest in the bin. 'That's my favourite saying: take what you need to take and throw the rest in the bin. It's not going to help you and if it's not going to help you, it's just going to hurt you.' Fishlock was adamant Wales, who will be able to call upon Ceri Holland after she went down with cramp against the Dutch, will not be going out all guns blazing at the Kybunpark in order to prove a point. 'We don't have to win it in the first five minutes,' she added. 'We have to stay in it as long as possible and use the players that we have. We have some fantastic players that can cause damage to any team.'
BBC News
24 minutes ago
- BBC News
Oxford's nine-goal thriller in front of 40,000 fans
"I was at Wembley last year, I was at Northwich Victoria in the Conference, but this is something else," one supporter told us after Oxford United had beaten the Indonesian All-Stars 6-3. Those fans and staff who remember the dark days of 15 years ago were struggling to take in what was admittedly a surreal scene. More than 40,000 fans cheered as loudly for Oxford United's Indonesia internationals Ole Romeny and Marselino Ferdinan as their own All-Stars All-Stars were selected by public vote for the game - representing the U's was owner Erick Thohir who helped plunge a Britain's Got Talent type red buzzer before kick-off to launch the President's took control of group A, netting six times in a nine-goal and Ferdinan entertained, with the former even demonstrating keepy uppies in open play to thrill the crowd if not one or two of his United goals came from Mark Harris (2), Michal Helik, Tom Bradshaw, Przemyslaw Placheta and record signing Brian De Keersmaecker, who in his first Oxford appearance curled in a left-footed shot from 25 yards after shaking off defenders with a from Dutch club Heracles a week ago, the 25-year-old Belgian said: "It's great to score a goal, especially on my debut."Normally I am used to playing preparation games in front of 500 people, this was an incredible atmosphere."Oxford have now travelled on the 225mph "Whoosh" bullet train from the Indonesia capital to Bandung, 100 miles south where there will play club side Arema FC on Thursday and where they will be firm favourites to progress to Sunday's final.
Telegraph
36 minutes ago
- Telegraph
Thomas Frank faces Champions League squad headache at Tottenham
Thomas Frank is facing a Champions League headache as he starts work with his Tottenham Hotspur squad and waits for the club to make a major breakthrough in the transfer market. Tottenham's players have started to return to pre-season training under Frank, who has succeeded Ange Postecoglou as the club's latest head coach. Spurs have so far only signed £5 million Japanese central defender Kota Takai, but are hopeful of securing one of their top targets, West Ham United star Mohammed Kudus. Frank and Tottenham are facing a Champions League headache, with the club possibly having to name a depleted European A-list squad and potentially being forced to leave senior players out. That is why a return for versatile full-back Kyle Walker-Peters, who is out of contract after leaving Southampton, has been discussed internally as he would boost Tottenham's club-trained quota. The current belief, however, is that a deal will not be pursued. Clubs are allowed to name a 25-man Champions League squad, of which eight must be locally trained. Up to four of the locally trained players can be association-trained, with an additional four club-trained. If a club has fewer than eight locally trained players in its squad, then its maximum number of A list players is reduced accordingly. Tottenham currently have 24 non-locally trained players, although that includes Takai, Manor Solomon, Bryan Gil, Alejo Veliz, Yang-min Hyeok, Luka Vuskovic and goalkeeper Josh Keeley. Adding Kudus or any other non-club-trained player to their squad this summer would almost certainly need to be balanced by selling one or more. Frank's biggest headache centres around the association and club-trained players in his squad. Club-trained players are those that have been with Spurs for three entire seasons between the ages of 15 and 21 of which Tottenham currently have only one - third-choice goalkeeper Brandon Austin. Walker-Peters would count as a club-trained player, having signed for the academy in 2013 and stayed at the club for seven years before moving to Southampton. Sunderland left-back Dennis Cirkin has also been linked with a return to Tottenham and he too would count as a club-trained player. Association-trained players are those who were at another club in the same association for three entire seasons between the ages of 15 and 21 of which Spurs have seven - Dominic Solanke, James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Ben Davies, Archie Gray, Djed Spence and Ashley Phillips. This is not the first time Tottenham have faced problems with their European squad, with sources blaming the recurring issue on poor planning and an inability to improve the academy production line. In 2018, former manager Mauricio Pochettino criticised Tottenham's recruitment policy after being forced to leave Juan Foyth, Georges-Kévin Nkoudou and Vincent Janssen out of his Champions League squad. Pochettino said: 'I am so disappointed from the beginning. Not only with Foyth – also Nkoudou and Janssen. That's so painful. It's a mistake that we made which, at that level of football, we cannot repeat again.' Last season, Postecoglou was forced to juggle his Europa League squad. He left Djed Spence out of his squad for the league phase before bringing the full-back in for the knock-out stage, along with January signings Kevin Danso and Mathys Tel. Fraser Forster, Timo Werner and Radu Dragusin, who was injured, stepped down. Tottenham are able to top up their Champions League numbers with B-list players, who were born on or after January 1, 2004 and have been able to play for the club for any uninterrupted period of two years since their 15th birthday - or a total of three consecutive years. Were Tottenham to name an A list of 22 players, then the likes of striker Dane Scarlett and midfielders Jamie Donley, who spent last season on loan at Leyton Orient, and Alfie Devine could be named on the B list. Solomon is among the non-locally trained players who currently face the prospect of being left out of Spurs' Champions League squad if he stays at the club. The winger spent last season on loan at Leeds United in the Championship, but he has managed to return from Israel in time for the start of pre-season training with Tottenham. Solomon was stuck in his home country because of the conflict with Iran, having returned to Israel to marry his long-term partner Dana Vaoshina. But sources close to the player have confirmed he has managed to return to England and that the 25-year-old will return to pre-season training with Spurs later this week.
