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Ralf Rangnick’s contacts could well be the key to Antonio Rüdiger’s transfer

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December 16, 2021

Ralf Rangnick's contacts could well be the key to Antonio Rüdiger's transfer

Manchester United coach Ralf Rangnick has an ace up his sleeve to bring Chelsea’s Antonio Rüdiger to Old Trafford. According to information from the 63-year-old image work closely with the defense counsel’s agents and his half-brother Sahr Senesie. He would be willing to negotiate with United in order to make his half-brother a lucrative offer.

Manchester United is one of many clubs interested in Rudiger. Both Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid have therefore expressed interest in the 28-year-old. The latter showed up according to information from SPOX and GOAL recently even optimistic that he will be able to sign Rüdiger for free next summer. Los Blancos have already submitted an offer of € 8.5 million in annual earnings to Rüdiger’s entourage.

On the other hand, Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel is keen to keep Rüdiger at Stamford Bridge. He has played 15 games in the Premier League this season and scored two goals.

But the German national player’s contract expires in 2022 – and he demands more than the 160,000 pounds – the equivalent of around 190,000 euros – per week that Chelsea should offer him. Instead, he allegedly wants a weekly salary of £ 230,000 to £ 290,000.

When a Chelsea legend slipped badly: The most dramatic penalty shoot-outs

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Chelsea legend John Terry will celebrate his 41st birthday on December 7th. It’s nasty, but on the occasion of this we show you again a selection of the biggest misses and the most spectacular penalty duels.

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1965, European Cup quarter-finals of the national champions: 1. FC Köln and FC Liverpool draw a two-legged friendship, and the third match was not won after extra time. In the end, it was the coin toss who decided.

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After the first toss, the coin got stuck vertically in the lawn. The referee throws the coin in the air again. Lucky for Liverpool. And 1. FC Köln is out of the European Cup. A process almost unimaginable nowadays.

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World football owes the Upper Bavarian referee Karl Wald to the fact that today the lot or the coin toss is no longer the deciding factor in knockout duels. The lot was already a thorn in his side back then.

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“Where’s the sport, that’s crazy. And then someone is congratulated. Yes, what is he being congratulated for, that’s not a victory,” he said in retrospect. The master hairdresser then tested the penalty shoot-out at an amateur level …

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… and was very popular with the model that each team was supposed to select five shooters who were to compete one after the other against the goalkeeper of the opposing team. However, the Bavarian Football Association was initially against it.

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On May 30, 1970, Wald presented his proposal again at the Association Day, received applause and thus brought about the rule reform. From 1970/71 in Bavaria all knockout games were decided in a draw on penalties.

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The DFB took over the rule and so did the European and World Football Association. There followed dramatic duels from the point and historical misses that will be remembered forever. A selection.

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June 20, 1976: The European Championship final between Germany and Choslovakia is on a knife’s edge. The Germans made up a 2-0 deficit through Dieter Müller and Bernd Hölzenbein. Then there is a legendary penalty shoot-out.

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As the fourth German marksman, Uli Hoeneß starts and chases the leather into the night sky of Belgrade. But not only that: Then a certain Antonin Panenka steps in and shovels the ball into the goal to win the title.

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July 8, 1982: The night of Seville is historic anyway because of the attack by the German goalkeeper Toni Schumacher on Patrick Battiston, but at the same time the semi-final duel at the 1982 World Cup culminated in the first penalty shoot-out in World Cup history.

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Frenchman Alain Giresse was the first to score and Jean-Luc Ettori was the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in a penalty shoot-out. Schumacher, however, stopped the two attempts by Didier Six and Maxime Bossis and Germany won.

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May 30, 1984: The final of the 1984 European Cup went down in history under the title “Bruce and the pudding knees”. Liverpool and Roma must determine the winner on penalties.

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Reds goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar shakes his knees so badly in front of Roma’s fourth penalty that Francesco Graziani is impressed and only hits the crossbar. Alan Kennedy then scores and Liverpool wins.

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May 31, 1984: In his last game for Borussia Mönchengladbach, Lothar Matthäus meets his new employer, FC Bayern Munich, in the DFB Cup final. “A darn shitty day,” he says years later in the sports show.

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The score is 1: 1 after extra time, then the penalty shoot-out must determine the winner. Matthäus doesn’t actually want to shoot, but coach Heynckes forces him. “If I shoot one, it’ll be the first,” says Matthäus, stepping up and forgiving.

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Although his miss was not the decisive one, after all, FC Bayern missed in the person of Klaus Augenthaler, but Matthäus’ last miss in the Gladbach jersey will be remembered forever.

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July 17, 1994: He makes sure that Italy reaches the World Cup final against Brazil in 1994: Roberto Baggio, the man with the “divine braid”, the superstar of Italy. Then comes the penalty shoot-out after 120 goalless minutes.

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Baggio must score to keep the Squadra Azzurra in play. But he shoots over the bar – and the World Cup crown is gone. “It’s a wound that never closes,” Baggio says later.

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June 24, 2004: The European Championship semi-final between Portugal and England is the best game of the tournament. Postiga equalized the early opening goal by Owen, Portugal took the lead in extra time before Lampard equalized in the 115th minute.

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Then: penalty shoot-out. England’s trauma. Already in 1990, 1996 and 1998 a major tournament ended after the penalty shoot-out. It starts with David Beckham, Three Lions captain and shooting expert.

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Beckham runs up and sabers under the ball, which sails several meters over the goal of Portugal goalkeeper Ricardo. He then holds against Vassell and converts the decisive penalty. England’s trauma continues.

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May 25, 2005: Istanbul Night is part of Liverpool FC club folklore. 0: 3 behind Milan, made the comeback to 3: 3 and then goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek makes himself immortal in Grobbelaar-style.

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First an incredible parade against Shevchenko in extra time. Then he prances around on the goal line at the instruction of Jamie Carragher like Grobbelaar once did in 1984 and parries two penalties in the shootout. Legendary!

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February 6, 2006: Ivory Coast and Cameroon face each other in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. Only after a gross playing time of 3:08 hours and 24 penalties is the Ivory Coast determined as the semi-finalist.

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It is a penalty marathon that takes place in the Military Stadium in Cairo. In the end, Cameroon’s best is the tragic figure: Samuel Eto’o puts his second (!) Penalty in this shootout over the box, Drogba sinks his second shot.

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July 9, 2006: The World Cup final in Berlin is Zinedine Zidane’s last major appearance. First the cool chip penalty to make it 1-0, then the fuses blow in the extension. Red after a headbutt against Materazzi.

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He can therefore no longer compete in the subsequent penalty shoot-out. The crowning glory did not materialize in the end, David Trezeguet – the man who scored France’s gold goal for the European Championship in 2000 – failed on the crossbar.

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It remains the only miss. After the penalty shoot-out, he stands alone on the lawn of the Olympic Stadium for minutes, none of his team-mates consoling him. Later he says: “I have no regrets. After all, I have taken responsibility.”

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May 21, 2008: On this evening at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow in the Champions League final against Manchester United, Chelsea are only missing a converted penalty for the greatest triumph in club history. Captain John Terry arrives …

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… and slips away at this crucial penalty, of all places. The ball sails past to the right. In the shootout, Anelka forgives again and the Red Devils win. Terry, in tears, will not be allowed to celebrate the CL title until four years later.

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April 25, 2012: FC Bayern is fighting at the Bernabeu for the historic chance to win the Champions League title in the Allianz Arena at home. It is 2-1 after 120 minutes, two Ronaldo goals and a seal penalty.

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The subsequent penalty shoot-out becomes an acid test. Ronaldo, Kaka, Kroos and Lahm shoot, then Sergio Ramos comes, stops the run again briefly and chases the Hoeneß-esk ball into the Madrid night sky.

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His missed shot is later recorded humorously on the Internet. Sometimes Ramos’ ball orbits the moon, sometimes it flies Sky presenter Jessica Castrop on the head. The joy of the Madrid mishap does not last long in Munich, however.

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May 19, 2012: The longed-for “Finale dahoam” became a “drama dahoam”. Much superior Munich let Drogba pour the 1: 1 shortly before the end. Robben awards a penalty in extra time – only harbingers of the ultimate collapse.

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In the penalty shootout, the Bayern players are so nervous that goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has to score the third penalty. Then only Olic forgives before Schweinsteiger fails at the Cech and the post.

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April 28, 2015: Yeah, Bayern and penalty shoot-out. Not always a happy affair. Next example: The 2015 Cup semi-final against Borussia Dortmund, which turned into a legendary slide game.

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Both Lahm and Xabi Alonso slipped away on penalties and forgave. In addition, Götze failed on Mitch Langerak and Neuer on the crossbar. BVB won 2-0 and made it to the final. There black-yellow was defeated by VfL Wolfsburg.

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July 2, 2016: The duel between eternal rivals Germany and Italy goes into the next round in Bordeaux in the EM quarter-finals. It’s 1: 1 after 120 minutes, then it’s back to the German specialty: the penalty shoot-out.

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It’s back and forth, because even the Germans show their nerves from the point. Müller, Özil and Schweinsteiger fail, but Simone Zaza provides the highlight.

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He made himself a mockery with what felt like a minute-long run-up and small tippy steps, because the ball then flew far over the goal. His penalty, like Ramos’, was parodied numerous times.

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May 26, 2021: In the Europa League final, Villarreal FC and Manchester United delivered an epic penalty shoot-out after 120 mixed minutes in the final.

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Since all players scored, United goalkeeper David de Gea had to come to the point as 22nd shooter. The Spaniard failed and made Villarreal the Europa League winner.

Rüdiger: “He played a big role”

He recently admitted that farewell had been an issue in the recent past. “Yes, I was about to leave the club, the way things were going for me, but also for the team,” said Rüdiger Sky Sports and further explained: “But then Thomas Tuchel came along and the rest is history. He opened a new door … he played a big role.”

Before the game against Everton on Thursday, Tuchel was optimistic that he would be able to keep his player: “We are patient with what we are doing. But we are also confident and have faith in the relationship between the players and the club. Of course it is their right to do something now, but it is also their right to stay with us and be part of the future of Chelsea. “

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