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A deliberate act of tea-timely, spiteful and bureaucratic sabotage
It has been a busy couple of days in Doha, where Fifa president Gianni Infantino has had to field no end of awkward questions about the upcoming Human Rights World Cup in Qatar. However, one particularly tricky question The Fiver can’t help but feel has gone unasked regards the timing of Friday’s draw. Scheduled for 5pm BST, it hasn’t gone unnoticed here in Fiver Towers that world football’s governing body has pointedly timed it to coincide with the arrival of the world’s most daily email in the spam folders of our subscribers, meaning we’re unable to provide any pithy commentary here. What’s more, this deliberate act of spiteful, bureaucratic sabotage means that, in terms of piping-hot takes on high-profile match-ups, it behoves us to scrabble around closer to home.
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Ukraine's reigning champions Dynamo Kyiv said on Friday they were planning to play a series of friendlies, including against PSG and Barcelona, to raise money for their war-scarred nation. Ukraine's championship has not been resumed after the winter break due to the Russian invasion of the country which began on February 24.
El Borussia frenó en seco al Barcelona por el lateral derecho
La posición de lateral derecho era una de las prioridades del Barcelona durante el pasado mercado de enero. El Barcelona se había cubierto las espaldas con un veteranísimo como Dani Alves, pero Thomas Meunier, de 30 años, ha desvelado que el club catalán tenía otro plan añadido en enero y que el Borussia lo frustró. El lateral belga recibió la llamada del Barcelona y quería mudarse a LaLiga, pero el Borussia dio un portazo.