At that moment in the thrilling match between Italy and Nigeria, Rashidi Yekini was racing toward a one on one with goalkeeper Pagliuca. Maldini was the last hope to prevent a certain goal, while Costacurta, who had been chasing them like a madman, abandoned the idea of catching up with Rashidi and instead focused all his effort on sprinting at full speed to overtake both Maldini and Rashidi. His goal was to give Maldini the chance to foul Yekini without getting sent off. Maldini, fully aware that he was the last man and mentally prepared for a red card, delayed the actual foul just enough to confirm that Costacurta had passed them. He held onto Rashidi’s arm without bringing him down, afraid of the consequences. And indeed, that’s what happened: Costacurta broke the “last man” line just in time, and only then did Maldini pull Rashidi to the ground. The foul was committed, but no red card was issued, and Italy avoided further numerical disadvantage after Zola had already been sent off. Fractions of a second were all it took for the two defenders to communicate mentally and escape the trap.

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Footballers who could have played for Nigeria 🇳🇬 🤷 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 - Bukayo Saka, Dele Alli, John Fashanu, Ugo Ehiogu, Carlton Cole, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Ross Barkley, Fikayo Tomori, Tammy Abraham, Eberechi Eze Germany 🇩🇪 - Karim Adeyemi, Jamal Musiala The Netherlands 🇳🇱 - Joshua Zirkzee Switzerland 🇨🇭 - Noah Okafor Italy 🇮🇹 - Michael Folorunsho, Stefano Chuka, Angelo Ogbonna Austria 🇦🇹 - David Alaba Togo 🇹🇬 - Emmanuel Adebayor, Emmanuel Mathias Japan 🇯🇵 - Joel Chima Fujita Israeli 🇮🇱 - Toto Tamuz Singapore 🇸🇬 - Precious Emuejeraye, Agu Casmir, Itimi Dickson Benin 🇧🇯 - Razak Omotoyosi, Muri Ogunbiyi Haiti 🇭🇹 - Emmanuel Sarki Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - Ikechi Anya Canada - Stephen Ademolu Hong Kong - Barnes Colly Ezeh, Akandu Lawrence Poland - Emmanuel Olisadebe USA - Oguchi Onyewu, Amobi Okugo, Amaechi Igwe Portugal - Thiago Ilori Indonesia - Victor Igbonefo, Greg Nwokolo Malta - Okonkwo Ifeanyi

WONDERS WITHOUT NUMBER || July Edition - 23rd July , 2025 || #Day17 #TakeItByForce🙇‍♀ Hebrews 11:34 – In The Name Of JESUS, I Waxed Valliant In Fight #PrayerPoints⚜️ Hebrews 11:34 * My Father (2x), As I Begin To Pray, I Turn To Flight The Armies Of The Aliens * My Father (2x), As I Begin To Pray, Thou Angel Of The LORD, Walk With Me And Preserve Me #Testimonies 1. Thanking God for helping her pass her PTS exams. Esther from Kaduna. 2. Appreciating God for delivering him from bedwetting. Divine from Rivers State. 3. Thanking the God of WWN for healing the boss. 4. Thelma from Yaoundé, Cameroon is appreciating God for divine healing. 5. Grateful to the God of WWN for His divine favour upon her life. Joy Evbuomwan from Benin. 6.Appreciating God for blessing her husband with miracle money. 7. NthabisengMokoena from South Africa is thanking God for an increased prayer life and preservation from ruad traffic accident. 8. Thanking the God of WWN for the release of his documents. Mr.Uchechukwu from Italy. 9. Thanking God for the recovery of her missing driver's license. SokoMassely from Liberia 10. Pastor Laurentine from Cameroon is thanking God for the release of the daughter's documents.

TRANSFER NEWS LONG READ THOUGH Manchester United are considering a move for Emi Martinez but may be put off by Aston Villa's £40m valuation of the 32-year-old Argentina goalkeeper. Colombia winger Luis Diaz, 28, remains determined to leave Liverpool during the summer transfer window and is hoping Bayern Munich will make a new offer in the coming days to try to convince the English club. Newcastle United are in danger of losing out to Manchester City in their attempt to buy 22-year-old Burnley and England goalkeeper James Trafford. Trafford is "very keen" to return to City this summer after they hijacked his Newcastle deal. Newcastle will offer Tino Livramento a new contract to try and ward off interest from Manchester City, who are prepared to pay £65m for the England full-back, 22. Manchester City are not planning a move for Livramento and are looking at other targets for the position. Tottenham are set to rival Liverpool for the signing of Crystal Palace's 25-year-old England centre-back Marc Guehi. Manchester United's hopes of signing Nicolas Jackson have received a boost after the Chelsea and Senegal striker, 24, rejected AC Milan and Napoli because he wants to stay in the Premier League. Aston Villa, Chelsea and Tottenham are monitoring the situation of 21-year-old Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho, with clubs believing the Argentina international could be available for about £40m. Juventus will step up their efforts to sign England winger Jadon Sancho, 25, from Manchester United when Belgium winger Samuel Mbangula, 21, and 25-year-old USA striker Timothy Weah leave the club. Manchester United are set to compete with Manchester City for the signature of 26-year-old Sporting and Denmark midfielder Morten Hjulmand. Chelsea are interested in RB Leipzig midfielder Xavi Simons, 22, but may need to sell some players first to make room for the Netherlands international in their squad. West Ham are interested in Leicester City goalkeeper Mads Hermansen, with a formal approach expected soon for the 25-year-old Dane. Nottingham Forest are working on a deal to sign Bologna's 22-year-old Switzerland winger Dan Ndoye. Liverpool and England Under-20s midfielder James McConnell, 20, is close to signing a new long-term deal with the club and going out on loan for the season. Sunderland and Fenerbahce remain interested in Granit Xhaka despite Bayer Leverkusen rejecting both their bids for the 32-year-old Switzerland midfielder. Napoli, AC Milan, Roma, Juventus and Inter Milan are interested in Liverpool's 27-year-old Italy winger Federico Chiesa. Everton have spoken to Real Sociedad over a deal for 24-year-old Japan winger Takefusa Kubo. Fulham are expected to complete the signing of Montpellier's 34-year-old French goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte in the next few days. Galatasaray are targeting a move for 26-year-old Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, who has one year left on his Paris St-Germain contract and has yet to agree to a new deal with the French Club.

‼️BREAKING: Massive confusion 🇪🇺🇺🇸 Europe was not aware they would be paying for American support to Ukraine. France, Hungary, Italy, the Czech Republic, and Germany have declined the offer to purchase weapons from Donald Trump. Statements made by each country below: 🇮🇹 Italy won't buy weapons for Ukraine under US initiative—La Stampa citing defense officials Italy's military budget, as reported, can't fund such operations. 🇫🇷 France refuses to join US arms purchases for Ukraine—Politico citing French officials Macron is actively pushing for European-made weapons instead of relying on the US. France seeks to replace American weapons with its own. 🇩🇪 Trump wants Germany to buy 5 Patriot systems for Ukraine instead of 2, which Germany proposed. The budget for extra defense systems is still pending. The Germans can only send Ukraine 2 of its AD systems at the moment. 🇭🇺🇨🇿 Hungary and the Czech Republic decline to join the US arms purchase plan for Ukraine. "Hungarian money, weapons, and soldiers will not go to Ukraine," FM "We'll focus on alternative ways to support Ukraine." —Czech PM

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💔🇧🇷 Pff, this testimony from ADRIANO about his life and career is incredibly powerful: “I know what it feels like to be a promise, and also a broken one. I am the biggest waste in football. I like that word: ‘waste,’ because I’m obsessed with wasting my life. I’m okay with it, in a frenzied waste, I enjoy that stigma. I don’t do drugs, like they try to claim. I don’t like crime, even though I could’ve gone down that road. I don’t go to clubs. I always go to the same place in my neighborhood. I drink every other day, yeah. And on the other days too. I drink because it’s not easy being a promise that’s still in debt. They call me ‘The Emperor.’ A guy who left the favela to earn the nickname Emperor in Europe. How do you explain that? I still haven’t figured it out. Maybe I did get a few things right. One of the things that surprised me most when I moved to Europe was how quiet the streets were. People don’t greet each other. Everyone keeps their distance. My first Christmas in Milan was really hard. The end of the year is a very important time for my family. We gather everyone. When I joined Inter, I got hit hard that first winter. Christmas came and I was alone in my apartment. It’s so cold in Milan. That depression that creeps in during those cold months in northern Italy. Everyone dressed in dark clothes. Empty streets. The days are really short. The air is damp. I didn’t feel like doing anything. All of this mixed with homesickness and I felt like crap. Seedorf was an amazing friend—he and his wife made dinner and invited me over. It was all really nice and delicious, but the truth is I just wanted to be in Rio de Janeiro. I didn’t even stay long with them. I apologized, said goodbye quickly, and went back to my apartment. I called home. ‘Hi, mom. Merry Christmas,’ I said. ‘My son! I miss you. Merry Christmas. Everyone’s here, you’re the only one missing,’ she replied. You could hear the laughter in the background. The loud sound of drums my aunts play to remember the days when they were little girls. I could picture the whole scene just from the sounds on the phone. Damn, I started crying right away. I cried so much. ‘It’s okay, mom. Enjoy. Have a nice dinner. Don’t worry, everything’s fine here.’ I was destroyed. I grabbed a bottle of vodka. Drank all that crap alone. Cried the whole night. Passed out on the couch because I drank too much and cried. I tried to do what they wanted. I negotiated with Roberto Mancini. I tried really hard with José Mourinho. I cried on Moratti’s shoulder. But I couldn’t do what they asked of me. I stayed clean for a few weeks, avoided alcohol, trained like a horse, but there was always a relapse. Over and over again. Everyone criticized me. I couldn’t take it anymore. People said a lot of crap because they were all ashamed. ‘Wow, Adriano gave up seven million euros. He gave up everything for this nonsense?’ That’s what I heard the most. But they don’t know why I did it. I did it because I wasn’t okay. I needed my space to do what I wanted to do. All I’m looking for in Vila Cruzeiro is peace. Here I walk barefoot and shirtless, just wearing shorts. I play dominoes, sit in the street, remember my childhood, listen to music, dance with my friends, and sleep on the floor. I just want to be at peace and remember who I am. Here they truly respect me. I see my father in every one of these alleys. Vila Cruzeiro isn’t the best place in the world, it’s my place.”

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Ferruccio Lamborghini was a successful tractor manufacturer in post-war Italy. He also happened to own a Ferrari — but faced constant mechanical issues. When he approached Enzo Ferrari with feedback, Ferrari dismissed him, saying: “You’re just a tractor maker. Not a car guy.” That insult sparked a revolution. Lamborghini took it personally. He set up his own auto company — and in just a few years, gave the world the Lamborghini 350 GT. Today, Lamborghini is a global icon of speed, power, and precision. All because someone told him he wasn’t good enough. Moral: Don’t let rejection define you. Let it ignite you. 🔥 🔥💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰 #Lamborghini #FerrariVsLamborghini #StartupStory #NeverSettle #HustleStory #BrandWars #Inspiration #NeverGiveUp #EntrepreneurMindset #MarketingGrowmatics #TrueStory #WeCan #SuccessMotivation #AutoLegends #$Millionaire #FromTractorToSupercar

Meet Obafemi Martins' son, Kevin (20), who plays as a striker for Serie A club Monza. 🇮🇹🇳🇬🇬🇭 His mother is Abigail Barwuah, a Ghanaian and the biological sister of Mario Balotelli — which makes Balotelli his uncle. Kevin is eligible to represent three countries: Italy, Nigeria, and Ghana. [Pulse Sports Nigeria]

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