Ronaldo-Mbappé duel excites Europe, Naples counterattacks for Kvaratskhelia

CR7 vs Mbappé, the clash of the titans

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal vs Kylian Mbappé’s France. Here’s what this Euro 2024 quarter-final has to offer, plus a mouth-watering Spain-Germany match just before. There will be plenty of duels to watch in this remake of the Euro 2016 final, but the most anticipated and exciting one across Europe is obviously the one between Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappé!Ronaldo faces his best fan“, he jokes The Parisian. For the newspaper The Teamit is at “laugh or cry“. In reference to CR7’s tears against Slovakia, but also to the tears of the young Mbappé who was unable to meet his idol in 2009. If the Frenchman crosses paths with his idol as relayed by the Corriere dello Sportthe goal is of course to beat him. The Daily Mirror also highlights this duel between the two men which promises to be electric.

Naples raises offer for Kvaratskhelia

With Georgia eliminated by Spain, the future of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia should finally be able to settle down. This is in any case what the Corriere dello Sport which indicates this morning the counter-offensive of Naples after the offer made by PSG for its star. The media indicates that a new meeting took place yesterday between the agents of Kvara and Naples with the following proposal from the Neapolitan club. A salary increase of up to €5M per year accompanied by a 2-year contract extension, i.e. a contract that would go until 2029. A hell of a financial effort on the part of Naples. As a reminder, the player currently earns a salary of less than €2M per year. It is still less than the €7M offered by PSG, it remains to be seen what the main interested party will decide.

Dibu Martinez saves Lionel Messi

Yesterday was the first quarter-final of the Copa América between Argentina and Ecuador. And Leo Messi’s teammates had a very, very close call! While Lisandro Martinez opened the scoring, the Albiceleste were caught in the final minutes of added time. As a reminder, there is no extra time from the final stages onwards, so the two teams had to face each other in the fateful penalty shootout. And Argentina can thank its savior Dibu Martinez who is on the front page of the newspaper OléThe session got off to a very bad start for Scaloni’s men as Messi’s daring panenka hit the crossbar, as reported by World Sports on its site. Like CR7 saved by Diogo Costa against Slovenia, it was Dibu Martinez who saved the Pulga by stopping 2 penalties, qualifying Argentina for the semi-finals. The goalkeeper is also honored by the Spanish site. As usual, Emiliano Martinez did a little dance to tease and celebrate this qualification!