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Manchester City forward Jack Grealish has finally ended his goal drought in the English Premier League, which lasted 16 months.

In the match of the 30th round of the Premier League against Leicester, Jack Grealish opened the scoring in the early stages of the match after a pass from Savio. Thus, the 29-year-old ended his goal drought that persisted for 16 months. Josep Guardiola’s side won the match 2:0.

It should be added that Jack Grealish joined Manchester City in the summer of 2021. During this time, he has played 153 matches and scored 17 goals.

Juventus aims to lure Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali back to Serie A.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Tonali has become a priority target for the "Old Lady" ahead of the summer transfer window. Newcastle wants about 70 million euros for the Italian midfielder, but Juventus hopes to lower the price by involving Douglas Luiz in a potential deal. Dusan Vlahovic could also be offered to the Magpies, especially if Alexander Isak leaves the club this summer.

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin during a press conference after the UEFA congress in Belgrade answered questions about the mechanism for returning Russia to international competitions.

— The decision to exclude Russia was made jointly with FIFA. Since we are in contact with FIFA, we will do this together when making a decision. But I reiterate, to avoid any doubts: Russia’s return will happen after the war ends, — Ceferin briefly explained.

The famous Belarusian coach Oleg Dulub named a player who perfectly suits Kyiv's Dynamo in terms of playing style.

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As already reported, the stadium “Bukovyna” will not be able to host the match of the 1/2 final of the Ukrainian Cup against “Dynamo” on April 23.

According to Sport.UA, the Chernovtsy team will consider options for holding the match at one of four sports facilities: “Arena-Lviv”, Ukraine Stadium in Lviv, Avangard Stadium in Rivne, and the Ternopil Stadium named after Roman Shukhevych.

The decision on the choice of the arena should be made by “Bukovyna” within the next week.

The head coach of Tottenham Angelos Postecoglou stated that he would be glad to see Mauricio Pochettino return to the London club.

“If one day he wants to come back, I hope it happens. We all have dreams and aspirations. Do you suppose he is trying to put pressure on me? I don’t feel disrespected by him. I think if you ask Mauricio this question directly, you will get a pretty clear answer regarding his intentions,” Postecoglou is quoted by Goal.

Recently, Pochettino admitted that he would like to return to work in North London.

Former midfielder of Kyiv’s Dynamo Oleksandr Aliyev gave a blitz interview to the press service of his current media football club Ingis.

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Ukrainian Andriy Lunin felt discomfort after the cup match against Real Sociedad, and two days before the match of Madrid’s Real against Valencia, his participation remains in question, writes Relevo.

Lunin is working on recovery, but given that Thibaut Courtois also remains in the infirmary (he will try to return for the match against Arsenal), the “whites” dressing room is already considering the option that the goal will be defended by 19-year-old club academy graduate Fran Gonzalez.

The source clarifies that the Ukrainian has issues with his calf muscle, and the pain did not disappear even on Wednesday—a rest day. The injury is not serious, but it causes discomfort that prevents Lunin from playing at a hundred percent. Despite this, both the Ukrainian himself and the coaching staff hope that he will manage to recover in time.

The final decision will be made tomorrow during the pre-match training. It is then that Lunin will test himself, and it will become clear who will take the field in the starting lineup.

English clubs are showing interest in Wolfsburg forward Mohamed Amoura, according to L'Equipe.

According to the source, the 24-year-old Algerian is wanted by Arsenal, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.

Wolfsburg rented Amoura in the summer of 2024 from Belgian Union Saint-Gilloise with an obligatory buyout for 15 million euros. In the current season, he has played 27 matches in all competitions, scored 10 goals, and made 9 assists.

According to Transfermarkt, the market value of the forward is estimated at 32 million euros.

The goalkeeper of Kyiv's Dynamo Valentin Morgun has been recognized by visitors of Dynamo.kiev.ua as the best player in Alexander Shovkovskiy's team following the quarter-final match of the Ukrainian Cup against Rukh.

55% of fans voted for Morgun. The second position in the poll was taken by midfielder Alexander Pikhalenok (39%).

In the Rukh team, the best was recognized as goalkeeper Dmitry Ledviy — the player received 35% of the votes.

The President of UEFA, Aleksander Čeferin, believes that the organization he leads is not focused on making money.

"I often hear that UEFA is too focused on making money... But we are not a cold and soulless profit-making machine; we are a marvel of collecting and distributing funds—with a conscience. Because we give back. Because we distribute these funds—97% in fact—honestly, diligently. We invest them back into football—into European football. For the benefit of many," quotes Čeferin from the UEFA press service.

The quarterfinal match of the Ukrainian Cup “Rukh” (1:0) became the 200th in the club career of midfielder “Dynamo” Mykola Shaparenko.

He played 132 matches in the Ukrainian championships, 54 in the European cups, 11 in the Ukrainian Cup, and 3 in the Ukrainian Super Cup. Mykola played 198 matches for “Dynamo” and 2 for “Mariupol”.

Shaparenko reached the "200" mark 9 years and 362 days after his debut at the highest level, which took place on April 5, 2015, in a home match of Mariupol against “Shakhtar” in the Ukrainian championship (2:6).

By the way, the anniversary in the match against “Rukh” was also celebrated by Maksym Dyachuk, who played his 50th match in his career. He has appeared on the field 45 times in the Ukrainian championships, 3 in the European cups, and 2 in the Ukrainian Cup. In 44 games, Maksym defended the colors of “Dynamo,” and in 6 - “Alexandriya.”