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Lille attacker Jonathan David has been named Canada Soccer’s player of the month for April 2021 after his impressive form for the French Ligue 1 club.
Canada have set a new national team record after the big win over Cayman Islands in the second game of their World Cup qualifiers. Canada have been drawn in Group B in the first round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in the Concacaf section.
Canada striker Jonathan David was a second half substitute as Lille were knocked out of the Europa League by Dutch champions Ajax Amsterdam at the round of 32 stage. The Canada national team player was not in the Lille starting XI for the away game at Ajax. The Dutch team had beaten Lille 2-1 away from home in the first leg of their last 32 tie last week Thursday. Canada player Jonathan David was subbed on during the second leg with his team trailing by a lone goal. As at the time of his entrance into the game, Davy Klaassenhad given Ajax Amsterdam the lead. His goal was scored on 15 minutes to take his team to 3-1 on aggregate against Lille. Canada striker Jonathan David came on for Jonathan Bamba shortly after the hour mark. Lille improved significantly with his presence in attack. Lille went on to score the equaliserfrom the penalty spot on 78 minutes through Turkish attacking midfielder Yusuf Yazici. At the point of that Lille equaliser, the French Ligue 1 table toppersneeded one more goal to take the game into extra time but they were unable to achieve this.Lille went on to concede a second goal with two minutes left on the clock to exit the competition at the round of 32 stage. Ajax Amsterdam got their second goal through Brazilian attacker David Neresto progress into theround of 16 of the competition. Ajax Amsterdam won both legs 2-1 to advance into the next round via a 4-2 aggregate win.
Canada national team player Jonathan David is targeting the continuation of his recent form in front of goal when Lille seek to maintain their lead at the top of the table. Jonathan David has scored four goals and provided one assist in 22 league outings and his output has propelled Lille to the top of the table.
Spanish defender Ramon Soria has completed a return to FC Edmonton after agreeing to re-sign for the club. The veteran defender was in talks with the club concerning a return to where he has once called home and whose badge he has previously played so hard for.
Edmonton have moved to further strengthen their squad by snapping up and confirming the signing of Canadian international midfielder Paris Gee. The club made the announcement official this week following series of negotiations with the player’s former club.
Rangers and Canadian midfielder Scott Arfield has finally spoken about his international future by saying that he has not retired from the national team. There have been many rumours that the 30-year-old has finally called time on his international career. Even though Arfield was able to represent Scotland in the formative years of his football career, he was able to choose Canada as the senior team that he would go on to represent. This decision was made in 2016 and he has not looked back since then. The midfielder has gone on to make 19 appearances for the national team while even featuring the 2019 Gold Cup as the captain of the national team.
Everton has confirmed that they will be releasing Oumar Niasse along with the other two players Cuco Martina and Luke
Garbutt whose contract will come to expire at the end of this season.
Niasse was transferred from the Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow in February 2016 for the transfer fee of £13.5 million. He made his debut match for the club against Bournemouth by replacing Romelu Lukaku. He during his four years stay at the club has scored eight goals from 35 appearances. Continue reading “Everton confirm release of players like Niasse”
Canada manager John Herdman says that he is quite confident about his team qualifying for the World Cup 2022. Even though the chances of qualification have improved a lot after the coronavirus pandemic, things are still in the balance and it could change in the coming weeks. The focus is on the World Cup 2026 for Canada, but even World Cup 2022 is now a possibility for the national team. The CONCACAF World Cup qualification plans have been delayed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Before, Canada were unlikely to qualify for the competition but now they have been given a slice of luck.
