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Berikut Skuad Lengkap dan Para Pemain Baru dari 16 Besar Liga Champions

Pendaftaran pemain untuk babak 16 Besar Liga Champions 2019/2020 sudah ditutup. UEFA pun sudah melakukan verifikasi dan menetapkan daftar pemain yang bisa bermain di babak 16 Besar.

Real Madrid melakukan sedikit perombakan. Marco Asensio masuk dalam skuad. Pemain berusia 24 tahun tidak masuk dalam skuad di fase grup. Walau belum sembuh 100 persen, dia mulai menjalani latihan.

Borussia Dortmund, sesuai dengan aturan baru, mendaftarkan Erling Braut Haaland. Walau sudah bermain untuk FC Sazlburg di fase grup, Haaland bisa bermain untuk Dortmund. Emre Can juga masuk skuad.

Juventus membuat kejutan dengan tidak mendaftarkan Merih Demiral untuk babak gugur. Padahal, pemain berusia 21 tahun tersebut tampil bagus di Serie A. Sebagai gantinya, Juventus mendaftarkan bek senior Giorgio Chiellini.

Simak daftar lengkap skuad klub 16 Besar Liga Champions di bawah ini ya Bolaneters.

Atalanta

Penjaga Gawang: Francesco Rossi (31), Marco Sportiello (57), Pierluigi Gollini (95)

Belakang: Rafael Tolói (2), Mattia Caldara (3), José Luis Palomino (6), Lennart Czyborra (7), Robin Gosens (8), Berat Djimsiti (19), Timothy Castagne (21), Hans Hateboer (33)

Gelandang: Adrien Tameze (5), Remo Freuler (11), Marten de Roon (15), Ruslan Malinovskyi (18), Josip Iličić (72), Mario Pašalić (88)

Penyerang: Luis Muriel (9), Alejandro Gómez (10), Duván Zapata (91)

Pemain Keluar: Andrea Masiello, Guilherme Arana, Roger Ibañez, Simon Kjær

Atletico Madrid

Penjaga Gawang: Antonio Adán (1), Jan Oblak (13)

Belakang: José María Giménez (2), Santiago Arias (4), Renan Lodi Renan Lodi (12), Stefan Savić (15), Felipe (18), Mario Hermoso (22), Kieran Trippier (23), Šime Vrsaljko (24), Manuel Sánchez (35)

Gelandang: Thomas (5), Koke (6), Saúl Ñíguez (8), Thomas Lemar (11), Marcos Llorente (14), Héctor Herrera (16), Vitolo (20), Yannick Carrasco (21)

Penyerang: João Félix (7), Álvaro Morata (9), Ángel Correa (10), Ivan Šaponjić (17), Diego Costa (19)

3 dari 16

Barcelona

Penjaga gawang: Marc-André ter Stegen (1), Neto (13), Iñaki Peña (26)*, Arnau Tenas (36)*

Belakang: Nélson Semedo (2), Gerard Piqué (3), Clément Lenglet (15), Jordi Alba (18), Samuel Umtiti (23), Junior Firpo (24), Guillem Jaime (32)*, Ronald Araújo (33), Dani Morer (35)*, Sergio Akieme (39)

Gelandang: Ivan Rakitić (4), Sergio Busquets (5), Arthur (8), Sergi Roberto (20), Frenkie de Jong (21), Arturo Vidal (22), Ricard Puig (28)*, Álex Collado (30)*, Ferrán Sarsanedas (34)

Penyerang: Luis Suárez (9), Lionel Messi (10), Ousmane Dembélé (11), Antoine Griezmann (17), Ansu Fati (31)*, Hiroki Abe (37), Kike Saverio (38), Rei Manaj (41)

Pemain Keluar: Jean-Clair Todibo, Moussa Wagué, Carles Aleñá, Carles Pérez (27), Abel Ruiz (29)

*Pemain daftar B

Bayern Munchen

Penjaga gawang: Manuel Neuer (1), Sven Ulreich (26), Christian Früchtl (36)*, Ron-Torben Hoffmann (39)*

Belakang: Álvaro Odriozola (2), Niklas Süle (4), Benjamin Pavard (5), Jérôme Boateng (17), Lucas Hernández (21), David Alaba (27), Lars Lukas Mai (33)

Gelandang: Thiago Alcántara (6), Javi Martínez (8), Philippe Coutinho (10), Mickaël Cuisance (11), Leon Goretzka (18), Alphonso Davies (19), Corentin Tolisso (24), Sarpreet Singh (28), Joshua Kimmich (32), Oliver Batista Meier (34), Joshua Zirkzee (35), Daniels Ontu?āns (40)*

Penyerang: Robert Lewandowski (9), Ivan Perišić (14), Serge Gnabry (22), Thomas Müller (25), Kingsley Coman (29)

Pemain Keluar: Ryan Johansson, Jann-Fiete Arp

*Pemain daftar B

Chelsea

Penjaga gawang: Kepa (1), Willy Caballero (13), Jamie Cumming (31)*, Nicolas Tie (50)*

Belakang: Antonio Rüdiger (2), Marcos Alonso (3), Andreas Christensen (4), Kurt Zouma (15), Reece James (24)*, César Azpilicueta (28), Fikayo Tomori (29), Emerson (33)

Gelandang: Jorginho (5), N'Golo Kanté (7), Ross Barkley (8), Willian (10), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (12), Mateo Kovačić (17), Mason Mount (19)*, Callum Hudson-Odoi (20)*, Christian Pulišić (22), Billy Gilmour (47)*

Penyerang: Tammy Abraham (9), Pedro Rodríguez (11), Olivier Giroud (18), Michy Batshuayi (23)

Pemain Keluar: Marc Guehi (44), George McEachran (45),

*Pemain daftar B

Borussia Dortmund

Selebrasi pemain Borussia Dortmund usai kalahkan Slavia Praha dan lolos ke 16 besar UCL, Kamis (12/12/2019) dini hari. © AP Photo

Penjaga Gawang: Roman Bürki (1), Jonas Hupe (20)*, Luca Unbehaun (25), Marwin Hitz (35), Lucien Hawryluk (36)*, Eric Oelschlägel (40)

Belakang: Dan-Axel Zagadou (2), Achraf Hakimi (5), Raphaël Guerreiro (13), Nico Schulz (14), Mats Hummels (15), Manuel Akanji (16), Leonardo Balerdi (18), Mateu Morey (22), Łukasz Piszczek (26), Emre Can (27), Marcel Schmelzer (29)

Gelandang: Thomas Delaney (6), Mahmoud Dahoud (8), Mario Götze (10), Marco Reus (11), Julian Brandt (19), Thorgan Hazard (23), Axel Witsel (28), Immanuel Pherai (30)*, Patrick Osterhage (31)*, Giovanni Reyna (32), Tobias Raschl (37), Jano Baxmann (38)*, Dominik Wanner (39)*

Penyerang: Jadon Sancho (7)*, Erling Braut Haaland (17)

Pemain Keluar: Jacob Bruun Larsen, Julian Weigl, Paco Alcácer

*Pemain daftar B

Juventu

Penjaga Gawang: Wojciech Szczęsny (1), Carlo Pinsoglio (31), Gianluigi Buffon (77)

Belakang: Mattia De Sciglio (2), Giorgio Chiellini (3), Matthijs de Ligt (4), Alex Sandro (12), Danilo (13), Leonardo Bonucci (19), Daniele Rugani (24), Paolo Gozzi Iweru (40)*

Gelandang: Miralem Pjanić (5), Sami Khedira (6), Aaron Ramsey (8), Blaise Matuidi (14), Juan Cuadrado (16), Adrien Rabiot (25), Rodrigo Bentancur (30), Federico Bernardeschi (33), Simone Muratore (38)*, Manolo Portanova (39)*

Penyerang: Cristiano Ronaldo (7), Paulo Dybala (10), Douglas Costa (11), Gonzalo Higuaín (21)

Pemain Keluar: Merih Demiral

*Pemain daftar B

RB Leipzig

Pemain RB Leipzig usai laga melawan Bayern Munchen, 14 September 2019 lalu. © DFL

Penjaga Gawang: Péter Gulácsi (1), Yvon Mvogo (28), Tim Schreiber (32)*, Philipp Tschauner (33)

Belakang: Angeliño (3), Willi Orban (4), Dayot Upamecano (5)*, Ibrahima Konaté (6)*, Lukas Klostermann (16), Nordi Mukiele (22), Marcel Halstenberg (23), Ethan Ampadu (26), Oliver Bias (34)*, Frederik Jäkel (37), Anton Rücker (38)*, Malik Talabidi (40)*

Gelandang: Amadou Haidara (8), Tyler Adams (14), Ademola Lookman (17), Christopher Nkunku (18), Hannes Wolf (19), Dani Olmo (25), Konrad Laimer (27), Max Winter (43)*, Kevin Kampl (44), Tom Krauß (53)

Penyerang: Marcel Sabitzer (7), Yussuf Poulsen (9), Emil Forsberg (10), Timo Werner (11), Patrik Schick (21), Fabrice Hartmann (35), Jacob Ruhner (39)*

Pemain Keluar: Marcelo Saracchi, Diego Demme, Mads Bidstrup, Matheus Cunha

*Pemain daftar B

Liverpool FC

Penjaga Gawang: Alisson Becker (1), Adrián (13), Andy Lonergan (22), Caoimhin Kelleher (62)*

Belakang: Virgil van Dijk (4), Dejan Lovren (6), Joe Gomez (12), Andy Robertson (26), Joël Matip (32), Adam Lewis (46)*, Trent Alexander-Arnold (66)*

Gelandang: Fabinho (3), Georginio Wijnaldum (5), James Milner (7), Naby Keïta (8), Jordan Henderson (14), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (15), Adam Lallana (20), Xherdan Shaqiri (23), Curtis Jones (48)*, Herbie Kane (55)*, Harvey Elliott (67), Yasser Larouci (70)*, Neco Williams (76)*

Penyerang: Roberto Firmino (9), Sadio Mané (10), Mohamed Salah (11), Takumi Minamino (18), Rhian Brewster (24)*, Divock Origi (27)

Pemain Keluar: Sepp van den Berg

*Pemain daftar B

Olympique Lyonnais

Penjaga Gawang: Anthony Lopes (1), Anthony Racioppi (16)*, Ciprian Tătăruşanu (30), Malcolm Barcola (40)*, Kayne Bonnevie (50)*, Kévin Ousmane (60)*, Lucas Margueron (65)*

Belakang: Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (2), Joachim Andersen (3), Rafael (4), Jason Denayer (5), Marcelo (6), Léo Dubois (14), Fernando Marçal (20), Kenny Tete (23), Youssouf Koné (28), Melvin Bard (31)*, Mathis Louiserre (41)*, Melih Altikulac (43)*, Semih Altikulac (44)*, Mattéo Commaret (49)*, Marley Felix (56)*, Malo Gusto (58)*, Pierre Kalulu (59)*, Castello Lukeba (66)*, Andy Minolien (67)*, Arthur Pontet (73)*

Gelandang: Martin Terrier (7), Houssem Aouar (8), Thiago Mendes (12), Ousseynou Ndiaye (13)*, Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (17), Jean Lucas (22), Maxence Caqueret (25), Lucas Tousart (29), Bruno Gomez Soares (39), Cédric Augarreau (32)*

Penyerang: Moussa Dembélé (9), Bertrand Traoré (10), Memphis Depay (11), Amine Gouiri (19)*, Karl Toko Ekambi (21), Maxwel Cornet (27), Fofana Boubacar (35)

Pemain Keluar: Heritier Deyonge, Oumar Solet, Issiar Drame (24), Théo Ndicka Matam

*Pemain daftar B

Manchester City

Penjaga Gawang: Claudio Bravo (1), Ederson (31), Scott Carson (33)

Belakang: Kyle Walker (2), John Stones (5), Oleksandr Zinchenko (11), Aymeric Laporte (14), Benjamin Mendy (22), João Cancelo (27), Nicolás Otamendi (30), Eric García (50)*

Gelandang: İlkay Gündoğan (8), Rodri (16), Kevin De Bruyne (17), Leroy Sané (19), Bernardo Silva (20), David Silva (21), Fernandinho (25), Riyad Mahrez (26), Phil Foden (47)*

Penyerang: Raheem Sterling (7), Gabriel Jesus (9), Sergio Agüero (10)

Pemain Keluar: Cieran Slicker, James Trafford, Thomas Scott, Daniel Grimshaw (32), Angeliño, Taylor Harwood-Bellis (78), Thomas Doyle (69), Ian Poveda (83)

*Pemain daftar B

Napoli

Penjaga Gawang: Alex Meret (1), David Ospina (25), Orestis Karnezis (27), Antonio Pio Daniele (72)*

Belakang: Mário Rui (6), Sebastiano Luperto (13), Nikola Maksimović (19), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (22), Elseid Hysaj (23), Kalidou Koulibaly (26), Kostas Manolas (44), Alberto Senese (73)*, Claudio Manzi (74)*

Gelandang: Diego Demme (4), Allan (5), Fabián Ruiz (8), Eljif Elmas (12), Piotr Zieliński (20) Stanislav Lobotka (68), Gianluca Gaetano (70)*

Penyerang: José Callejón (7), Fernando Llorente (9), Hirving Lozano (11), Dries Mertens (14), Matteo Politano (21), Lorenzo Insigne (24), Arkadiusz Milik (99)

Pemain Keluar: Faouzi Ghoulam, Kevin Malcuit, Amin Younes

*Pemain daftar B

Paris Saint-Germain

Pemain PSG merayakan gol Mauro Icardi ke gawang Club Brugges pada laga Liga Champions, Kamis (7/11/2019) dini hari WIB. © AP Photo

Penjaga Gawang: Keylor Navas (1), Sergio Rico (16), Marcin Bulka (30), Garissone Innocent (40)*

Belakang: Thiago Silva (2), Presnel Kimpembe (3), Thilo Kehrer (4), Marquinhos (5), Thomas Meunier (12), Juan Bernat (14), Layvin Kurzawa (20), Abdou Diallo (22), Colin Dagba (31), Nianzou Kouassi (35)*, Loïc Mbe Soh (36)*

Gelandang: Marco Verratti (6), Leandro Paredes (8), Pablo Sarabia (19), Ander Herrera (21), Idrissa Gueye (27), Adil Aouchiche (38)*

Penyerang: Kylian Mbappé (7), Edinson Cavani (9), Neymar (10), Ángel Di María (11), Mauro Icardi (18), Julian Draxler (23)

Pemain Keluar: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

*Pemain daftar B

Real Madrid

Skuat Real Madrid merayakan gol Raphael Varane ke Gawang Getafe, Sabtu (4/1/2020) © AP Photo

Penjaga Gawang: Alphonse Areola (1), Thibaut Courtois (13), Diego Altube (26)*, Javier Belman (30)*

Belakang: Dani Carvajal (2), Éder Militão (3), Sergio Ramos (4), Raphaël Varane (5), Nacho (6), Marcelo (12), Ferland Mendy (23), Sergio López (32)*, Fran García (33)*, Adri (35)*, Javi (39)*, Víctor Chust (40)*

Gelandang: Toni Kroos (8), Luka Modrić (10), Gareth Bale (11), Casemiro (14), Federico Valverde (15), James Rodríguez (16), Marco Asensio (20), Brahim Díaz (21), Isco (22), Martín (36)*, Franchu (37)*, Álvaro Bravo (38)*, Marvin Park (41)*, Miguel Baeza (42)*, Antonio Blanco (43)*

Penyerang: Eden Hazard (7), Karim Benzema (9), Lucas Vázquez (17), Luka Jović (18), Mariano Díaz (24), Vinícius Júnior (25), Rodrygo (27)

Pemain Keluar: Álvaro Odriozola, Manu Hernando (34), Pedro Ruiz (29)

*Pemain daftar B

Tottenham Hotspur

Selebrasi pemain Tottenham saat melawan West Ham, Sabtu (23/11/2019) malam WIB. © AP Photo

Penjaga Gawang: Hugo Lloris (1), Michel Vorm (13), Paulo Gazzaniga (22), Alfie Whiteman (41)*, Brandon Austin (49)*

Belakang: Toby Alderweireld (4), Jan Vertonghen (5), Davinson Sánchez (6), Eric Dier (15), Juan Foyth (21)*, Serge Aurier (24), Ben Davies (33), Japhet Tanganga (39)*, Timothy Eyoma (43)*

Gelandang: Heung-Min Son (7), Harry Winks (8), Erik Lamela (11), Moussa Sissoko (17), Giovani Lo Celso (18), Ryan Sessegnon (19), Dele Alli (20), Steven Bergwijn (23), Lucas Moura (27), Tanguy Ndombélé (28), Oliver Skipp (29)*, Gedson Fernandes (30), Jamie Bowden (44)*, Harvey White (53)*

Penyerang: Harry Kane (10)

Pemain Keluar: Joshua Oluwayemi (73), Kacper Kurylowicz (79), Thimothee Lo Tutala (88), Danny Rose, Kyle Walker-Peters, Christian Eriksen, Victor Wanyama, Troy Parrott

*Pemain daftar B

Valencia

Penjaga Gawang: Jaume Doménech (1), Jasper Cillessen (13), Cristian Rivero (28)*, Emilio Bernard Sanchez (36)*

Belakang: Thierry Correia (2), Jaume Costa (3), Eliaquim Mangala (4), Gabriel (5), Mouctar Diakhaby (12), José Gayà (14), Cristiano Piccini (21), Alessandro Florenzi (25), Javier Jiménez (32), Hugo Guillamón (33)*, Guillem Gutierrez (37)*

Gelandang: Geoffrey Kondogbia (6), Gonçalo Guedes (7), Carlos Soler (8), Daniel Parejo (10), Denis Cheryshev (11), Manu Vallejo (15), Kang-in Lee (16), Francis Coquelin (17), Daniel Wass (18), Ferrán Torres (20), Pascu (26)*, Vicente Esquerdo (34)*

Penyerang: Kevin Gameiro (9), Rodrigo (19), Maxi Gómez (22), Rubén Sobrino (23), Jordi Escobar (29)*, Pablo Gozálbez (38)*

Pemain Keluar: Ezequiel Garay, Koba Koindredi, Yunus Musah

*Pemain daftar B

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European transfer review: Where did your club fail?

The transfer window for Europe’s major leagues is closed again for the rest of the year, but how did your team do? Did they leave any gaps?

Our correspondents assess how the top clubs failed to address their weaknesses this summer.

BARCELONA: Too few attackers, too many midfielders

Barcelona did a lot of good business this summer. Much of it was done early, too. Frenkie de Jong helps rejuvenate an aging midfield and Antoine Griezmann brings quality in attack. The arrival of goalkeeper Neto cancels out the departure of Jasper Cillessen and Junior Firpo provides competition at left-back for Jordi Alba.

They managed to shift a number of players, too, with Malcom bringing in a good sum of cash and Philippe Coutinho‘s loan to Bayern Munich shifting a big earner from the wage bill. However, those two left with the idea another attacker would join — namely Neymar. That didn’t happen and they’re left with just four (admittedly very good) forwards for three positions: Griezmann, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele. The problem is, Messi and Suarez are both now 32 and Dembele is injury prone. Youngsters Carles Perez and Ansu Fati could have a bigger role to play than they expected.

The opposite is true in midfield, where seven players will compete for three places. It may be a long season for one of Ivan Rakitic, Carles Alena or Arturo Vidal.

At the back, they stick with what they’ve got having missed out on Matthijs de Ligt to Juventus. An injury to Gerard Pique — who’s also the wrong side of 30 now — would leave them at the mercy of Samuel Umtiti‘s knee. Umtiti is the only real backup to Pique and Clement Lenglet, with young Jean Clair Todibo still untested. — Sam Marsden.

REAL MADRID: A weaker midfield and no leader in attack

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane did not add Paul Pogba from Manchester United as he wanted, nor were the club successful in acquiring Sporting Lisbon’s Bruno Fernandes or Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen.

Madrid, in fact, weakened a midfield line they meant to strengthen. Los Blancos sold Marco Llorente, Casemiro’s natural replacement, to Atletico while Dani Ceballos, the alternative to Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, was loaned to Arsenal. Much is expected from Federico Valverde but he has clocked just eight minutes in Madrid’s opening three league games. After being widely expected to leave, Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez stayed with Madrid not receiving suitable offers.

Madrid spent over €300m in the transfer market but only one of their six-summer signings, Eden Hazard, is expected to start. Newcomers Ferland Mendy, Luka Jovic and Eder Militao are set to be back-ups to Marcelo, Karim Benzema and Raphael Varane, respectively, while Rodrygo will play for Madrid’s reserves until he gains some experience.

The loss of Marco Asensio to an ACL injury, a lack of spark from Vinicius Jr. and the absence of an injured Hazard in the opening three games, has highlighted another weakness in Madrid’s team: there is no leader in attack. Hazard will provide quality but is far from reaching the goal-scoring numbers that Cristiano Ronaldo once did. Neymar could have filled that void. — Adriana Garcia.

ATLETICO MADRID: Nothing. But another striker would have been nice

Atletico got pretty much everything they needed in the summer window, including beating off the whole of Europe to sign wonderkid Joao Felix from Benfica for a club record €126m — arguably the biggest scoop in La Liga, and that includes Eden Hazard’s €100m transfer to Real Madrid!

Atletico had plenty of work to do after losing defensive trio Diego Godin, Juanfran and Filipe Luis as free agents, while Lucas Hernandez, Rodri and Antoine Griezmann departed as Bayern Munich, Manchester City and Barcelona, respectively, activated their release clauses.

But the Rojiblancos delivered by signing eight players for €245m — spending less than what they pocketed from sales. Atletico bought defenders Mario Hermoso, Kieran Trippier, Renan Lodi and Felipe, then added Hector Herrera and Marcos Llorente in midfield. They strengthened the attack with Ivan Saponjic and secured Alvaro Morata‘s permanent transfer from Chelsea in July 2020.

The only negative was that Atletico were unable to offload Argentine forward Angel Correa despite weeks of negotiations with AC Milan, and that scuppered a move for Rodrigo. Atletico and Valencia had reached a verbal agreement on a €60m deal but Correa had to leave first. Atletico also were interested in adding James Rodriguez from Real Madrid but again needed Correa to depart. James or Rodrigo would have been the cherry on top on what was a great window. — Adriana Garcia.

JUVENTUS: An aging front line and failure to sell well

The €75m signing of Matthijs de Ligt feels like an awful long time ago now but don’t lose sight of it. The Ajax centre-back had his pick of Europe’s elite and chose Juventus, while the acquisition of fellow centre-back Merih Demiral from Sassuolo for €18m should also go down as one of the bargains of the summer

Sporting director Fabio Paratici continued Juventus’ tradition of working the free transfer market with aplomb; Adrien Rabiot and Aaron Ramsey, in theory, skill-up a midfield that lacked angles and imagination last season. The team looks stronger and the squad deeper than ever. But therein lies a problem.

Selling proved very difficult for Juventus this summer. Gonzalo Higuain dug his heels in, as did Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic. Moving on Sami Khedira and Daniele Rugani also hit obstacles. A fortnight ago, Juve vice-president Pavel Nedved insisted the club were under no pressure to sell but their actions up until deadline day suggested otherwise.

Juve’s attack in particular looks old after the sale of Moise Kean to Everton and hard choices await the Old Lady when it comes to deciding who’s in and who’s out of the 23-man Champions League squad. New manager Maurizio Sarri has never been big on rotation and the risk of disgruntlement among a number of high profile players is high. — James Horncastle.

INTER MILAN: Depth still not enough to challenge Juve

Inter Milan may have had strengthened in almost every area — including the manager — this summer, but that does not mean they are necessarily ready to challenge Juventus for the Serie A title.

Last season they were short in attack, after the exclusion of Mauro Icardi, leaving only Lautaro Martinez to play up front and the 22-year-old only managed six goals Serie A goals in 27 appearances. While Inter have brought in Romelu Lukaku from Manchester United for a club-record fee of €80 million, the Belgium international arrives simply as a replacement for Icardi, who left for Paris Saint-Germain on loan.

Lukaku’s ex-United teammate Alexis Sanchez has also joined on loan — and he can play in attack as well as on the wing, where Inter lost Ivan Perisic following the Croatia international’s loan move to Bayern Munich. Injuries could prove fatal to any title bid for the Nerazzurri. In central defence, they have superb options for Antonio Conte’s preferred back three in Stefan de Vrij, Milan Skriniar and Godin. However, injury to De Vrij meant Conte had to call upon ex-Hull City man Andrea Ranocchia. — Andrew Cesare Richardson.

PSG: Both full-back positions needed upgrading

Understandably, PSG’s summer business is being interpreted as risky by some less familiar with the French champions’ peculiarities — mainly the loan addition of attacker Icardi to a troubled dressing room in recent years.

For those well-versed with the Ligue 1 giants’ recent issues, however, arguing that this summer has not been a success is hard. PSG added quality in depth in certain areas and regenerated others, with central midfield getting a long overdue boost through Ander Herrera and Idrissa Gueye‘s arrivals, while restructuring with Keylor Navas, Sergio Rico and Marcin Bulka ends years of farcical goalkeeper uncertainty.

Abdou Diallo brings depth and versatility in defence, while Pablo Sarabia and Icardi give coach Thomas Tuchel options in attack – particularly after Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani‘s recent injuries and the ongoing Neymar saga.

One minor complaint is that both full-back positions have not received greater attention this summer, despite sporting director Leonardo’s efforts to restock, as well as an exodus of homegrown talent.

Overall, though, PSG finish the summer with a very strong squad on paper, particularly after keeping hold of Neymar, and authority over an unruly dressing room finally appears to have been restored through Leonardo’s return at the expense of the inept Antero Henrique. — Jonathan Johnson.

BAYERN MUNICH: A lack of options up front

Bayern spent most of the summer chasing a big money move for Leroy Sane. But once the Manchester City winger sustained a long-term knee injury, the club turned to brilliant loan deals for Philippe Coutinho and Ivan Perisic, two experienced internationals to fill the gaps left by Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery.

There was a changing of the guard at the back as the arrival of France’s 2018 World Cup winners Lucas Hernandez and Benjamin Pavard replaced Mats Hummels, who returned to Dortmund, and Jerome Boateng, who has dropped down the pecking order. While Michael Cuisance came in to take the place of the ineffectual Renato Sanches, sold to Lille, in midfield.

Bayern have added some depth in the middle of the park, however they are still too reliant on Robert Lewandowski. The 31-year-old is Bayern’s most important player and is indispensable up top. He already has six goals in three league games and, with only 19-year-old Fiete Arp joining as his backup from Hamburg, he is still without any competition. They’ll probably have enough to claim another Bundesliga title but any long-term injury for the Pole could serve as a major blow to Bayern’s hopes of winning the Champions League.

BORUSSIA DORTMUND: Also lack of options up front

Dortmund stormed out of the blocks and took an early lead in the transfer market to sign Germany internationals Nico Schulz and Julian Brandt, as well as Belgium international Thorgan Hazard, right after the end of the season.

They also re-signed Mats Hummels from Bayern Munich but, with focus shifting to offloading high-earning fringe players such as Andre Schurrle, Maximilian Philipp, Shinji Kagawa and Omer Toprak, Dortmund roughly invested some €130m (which included Paco Alcacer‘s permanent transfer from Barcelona) and just about broke even if you add Christian Pulisic‘s €64m move to Chelsea in January.

Yet despite adding quality and reducing squad numbers, Dortmund still have a few things to work on. In Alcacer and Mario Gotze, BVB have two attackers who aren’t a No. 9. Coach Lucien Favre has said he does not need a target man in the box but the lack of alternatives up front could become a major problem.

At right-back, Lukasz Piszczek remains Dortmund’s first-choice. But with age slowly taking its toll, the 34-year-old club legend could become a liability. Real Madrid loanee Achraf Hakimi has yet to show he is mature enough to both defend and attack, while 19-year-old Mateu Morey, who joined on a free from Barcelona, is the future but his start to life at the club has been delayed by a shoulder injury. — Stephan Uerseld.

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Real Madrid - Bayern Munchen 1:3

Not a bad match. Real Madrid created a decent amount of chances especially in the 1st half. Rodrygo scored an amazing golazo from a free kick.

scorers: 0:1, Tolisso 15′

0:2, Lewandowski 67′

0:3, Gnabry 69′

1:3, Rodrygo 85′

Real Madrid: Courtois (45′ Keylor Navas); Carvajal (45′ Javi Hernandez), Varane (45′ De la Fuente), Sergio Ramos (45′ Nacho), Marcelo (45′ Mendy); Isco (45′ Rodrygo), Kroos (45′ Kubo), Modric (45′ Seoane); Asensio (45′ Lucas), Benzema (45′ Jovic), Hazard (45′ Vinicius)

Bayern Munchen: Neuer (45′ Ulreich); Kimmich, Boateng, Javi Martinez (45′ Sule), Alaba (73′ Zaiser (83′ Hoffmann); Thiago (59′ Goretzka), Tolisso (73′ Singh), Renato Sanches (45′ Pavard); Coman (58′ Davies), Muller (45′ Lewandowski), Arp (45′ Ganbry)

yellow card: Kimmich, Goretzka

red card: Ulreich 81′

#Real Madrid #preseason #pretemporada #results #Bayern Munchen

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gadgetsrevv · 5 years

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European transfer review: Where did your club fail to buy?

The transfer window for Europe’s major leagues is closed again for the rest of the year, but how did your team do? Did they leave any gaps?

Our correspondents assess how the top clubs failed to address their weaknesses this summer.

BARCELONA: Too few attackers, too many midfielders

The opposite is true in midfield, where seven players will compete for three places. It may be a long season for one of Ivan Rakitic, Carles Alena or Arturo Vidal.

REAL MADRID: A weaker midfield and no leader in attack

ATLETICO MADRID: Nothing. But another striker would have been nice

JUVENTUS: An aging front line and failure to sell well

INTER MILAN: Depth still not enough to challenge Juve

Inter Milan may have had strengthened in almost every area — including the manager — this summer, but that does not mean they are necessarily ready to challenge Juventus for the Serie A title.

PSG: Both full-back positions needed upgrading

BAYERN MUNICH: A lack of options up front

BORUSSIA DORTMUND: Also lack of options up front

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