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Morning Espresso, 2.13: More Penalty Debates, Acosta to Dallas, Money Talk
Welcome in for another edition of the Morning Espresso from the SDH Network, brought to you by Oglethorpe University, Atlanta's premier undergraduate learning experience and soccer powerhouse.
Controversial penalty decision gave Club Brugge a 2-1 win over Atalanta yesterday. The question was where was the Video Assistant Referee in the decision, why was an on-field review not recommended, these are not the types of incidents that we should want to see given as penalties, especially to decide matches. Take a look at it to see for yourself.
Celtic trail 2-1 going to Bayern for the second leg, Benfica won 1-0 at Monaco, and Milan was disappointing in their 1-0 loss in the Netherlands to Feyenoord, a club that saw their best player join Milan in the transfer window.
Wild scenes at Goodison Park as a stoppage time equalizer for Everton gave them a 2-2 draw with Liverpool in the final Merseyside Derby in the old stadium. 4 red cards were shown after the final whistle, including one to Liverpool manager Arne Slot.
3 red cards shown for a brawl after the final whistle in a Carioca state league match in Brazil as Flamengo beat Botafogo to go to the top of the league, that fight continued into the tunnel.
Luciano Acosta's deal to Dallas is done for $5M and perhaps another $1M if certain conditions are met in performance. Cincinnati will take that money and add more to go get Evander from Portland, we'll see if they end up better or worse at the end of these deals. Either way, it shows the success of the cash-transfer mechanism in MLS already.
Vinicius contract negotiations with Real Madrid will dominate headlines for a while, especially if leaks keep happening about meetings with Saudi Arabian officials and talk of $1B contracts.
French football is in crisis again as DAZN has withheld some of their latest TV rights fee, that's going to court and will likely see soon the breaking of that 4-year contract that just started. Also, PSG's president has been indicted and Qatari officials are talking publicly about withdrawing investments in France including into the club and beIN Sports.
Foster Gillett is still in the news for not making payments on agreements, seller beware in Argentina if he's the buyer.
HS coverage continues tonight in the Creek Cup, listen at soccerdownhere.mixlr.com or by clicking the Listen button at soccerdownhere.net. Two matches starting at 6pm.
More Espresso on Friday on the SDH Network, presented by Oglethorpe University.
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