AMSTERDAM (HOLLAND) (ITALPRESS) – PSV won the championship with a sensational comeback that started a few days ago, winning 3-1 on the field of Sparta Rotterdam. For the Eindhoven team coached by Bosz, this is the 26th title, the second consecutive.

Great comeback or sport tragedy? The question is open if you consider the Ajax nine points advantage at the end of the thirty-first round, lost in the last part of the season from Farioli’s team. A back-to-back which will have hurt the rivals of Amsterdam, who let a seemingly very close title slip away just a few rounds ago.

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MANCHESTER (ENGLAND) (ITALPRESS) – Kevin De Bruyne will probably not play the Club World Cup with Manchester City. The Belgian midfielder himself revealed this in an interview after City’s defeat against Crystal Palace in yesterday’s FA Cup final.

The 1991-born player’s contract with the English club is expiring and for these reasons, in fact, the problem could be bureaucratic in some ways, since it is scheduled from June 15 to July 13, 2025. The Citizens are in the group with Wydad AC (Morocco), Al Ain (United Arab Emirates) and Juventus. “It makes no sense”, De Bruyne said.

“This is what happens when you introduce new tournaments in the middle of a contractual situation. I have to take care of myself because if I get injured in the Club World Cup, what could I do? No one would take care of me at that point. So there is a big chance I will not play. I don’t make the rules, I can’t do anything about it”.

De Bruyne is considering whether to continue playing at the highest level: “I will make my decision when I am ready or comfortable to do so. I want to finish these two games and make a decision, but it is not that easy. I have to take care of my family. I have three children, my wife, it is not an easy process at the moment”, concluded the Belgian, who has been linked to Napoli for several weeks.

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BARCELONA (SPAIN) (ITALPRESS) – “Impressive”. Hansi Flick uses this term to describe the emotions he felt during the celebrations for winning La Liga. The tour of the city streets in the open-top bus impressed him and that is where his press conference on the eve of the match with Villarreal began.

“Seeing the happy faces of the people was wonderful, it is fantastic to read in their eyes the passion they have for Barça, it would be nice to experience these emotions every year – says the German coach laughing -, maybe we will do it next season too”.

After having put the Copa del Rey and the Supercopa in their trophy cabinet, the Blaugrana won the league well in advance and Flick can think about the last matches with the utmost serenity, but his concentration for the match with Villarreal is still high.

“They are having a great end to the season and are playing good football, it will be a difficult match, but we want to win it to celebrate the title at home in front of our fans, we want to finish as champions, at home in 2025 we have never lost and we want to continue like this”.

Flick is thinking about next season and can’t wait to play at Camp Nou. “We have to wait, I don’t know when it will happen, but I want to live this experience, but now there will be the holidays and when we return we’ll see, in the meantime I can say that at Montjuïc we also had a wonderful experience”.

Proud of his team, Flick underlines: “I’m proud of the environment that was created, we are a family, we wanted to work in the right atmosphere to make the players perform at their best and we succeeded, they believed in what we proposed and they had fun, maybe getting tired but they enjoyed it”, says the German who, without referring to the disappointment in the Champions League semi-final against Inter, knows well where they need to improve.

“This is the first year of working together, but with time it is easier to have an impact. I hear talk of defense, but we defend and attack all together and everyone knows what type of football we want to play. We also did well from a physical point of view, look at Pedri and De Jong, they played incredibly in the last matches”.

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LA VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – The Maltese Embassy in Tripoli has strongly denied reports that Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has fled to Malta following escalating political unrest and violent protests in the Libyan capital. The embassy described the report as “misleading information”, stressing that no Libyan official has entered Malta through diplomatic channels in recent weeks.

“The Maltese Embassy in Tripoli confirms, after consulting the relevant Maltese authorities, that no Libyan official has reached Malta with diplomatic permissions in the recent period. It is shameful to spread such disinformation and to seek to undermine the good relations that have always united the Maltese and Libyan peoples”, the statement read.

In the face of worsening security, Malta evacuated 38 Maltese citizens from Tripoli on Thursday, in an operation conducted in coordination with Libyan security forces.

Maltese Foreign Minister Ian Borg commented on the situation, saying that Malta is “following with concern the developments in Libya. Malta calls for calm and dialogue in the interest of the Libyan people. While the majority of Maltese citizens were evacuated last night, we stand ready to assist anyone in need and remain in close contact with our partners.”

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MADRID (SPAIN) (ITALPRESS) – One of the latest Real Madrid coaching press conferences. Of Brazil does not talk about it and since chaos reigns sovereign on the sides of the CBF, it is also better. Carlo Ancelotti, despite the latest disappointments as a madridista, is serene and balanced as always and, as man of the ‘casa blanca’, he is also happy for a purchase that will not concern him as coach. Today, in fact, the club announced the arrival from Bournemouth of Dean Huijsen, 20-year-old former Juve and Roma, who has been on staff since 1 June when he will already be in South America. “He is already strong and has great potential, it’s an excellent acquisition. He is very young but already a great player, the rest of Real Madrid buys players to always be at the top level”.

Tomorrow the challenge at home of Sevilla, the dream Liga is now gone, won by Barça as well as Coppa del Re and Supercoppa, but Ancelotti wants to close the season well. “ This is the goal, with Mallorca we won in the comeback because we wanted it and tomorrow at Pizjuán, which has always been a difficult field for us, we will give our best”.

Regarding the triumphs of Barça, Ancelotti admits: “They have been good at getting the most out of the players, they have had a great season, we must congratulate them for the continuity that they have had and for the game that they have expressed, they have earned the Liga, but next year will be another story. We had an obvious problem this season and under everyone’s eyes: the many injuries of important players especially in defense, for example against Barcelona were missing Militao, Alaba, Rudiger, Carvajal and Mendy…”.

It was very true and the bitterness of a defeat came, but it did not take away Ancelotti’s smile. “I always said that I want to enjoy Real Madrid until the last day, then I will prepare for another challenge.”, he says thinking of Brazil and who knows if his son Davide will not be with him. “It’s a very important part of the technical staff, I have great confidence in him as in all the other members, but we also have a relationship between father and son and can tell me things that maybe others would not say to me, but beyond Davide I am fine with all my staff”.

Happy for the praise and greetings that his fellow coaches are giving him, Ancelotti also talks about Mbappè. “He will finish with more than 40 goals, he can still improve his performance in the future, but meanwhile I can say that his first season at Real was more than good”.

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RIO DE JANEIRO (BRASIL) (ITALPRESS) – Who knows what idea Carlo Ancelotti had. After his appointment as technical commissioner of Brazil, everything happened. The president of the Confederation who had pursued him for a long time and finally hired him, namely Ednaldo Rodrigues, was removed by a verdict issued by the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro which also entrusted the management of the new elections, announced for May 25, to his deputy Fernando Sarney.

Rodrigues, however, did not give up and, addressing the Supreme Court with the request that the CBF be returned to him, put everyone on alert explaining that FIFA regulations prohibit institutional interference in sports politics: “The International Football Federation and Conmebol do not recognize as legitimate the federal representatives appointed by a judge, all this means that the CBF risks sanctions that would have devastating effects on the system such as exclusion from all international competitions”.

So, Rodrigues claims, FIFA could reject Ancelotti’s list of players called up for the matches against Ecuador and Paraguay, in short, no World Cup qualifiers and consequently, always according to the removed president, no World Cup for the Seleçao.

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BIRMINGHAM (ENGLAND) (ITALPRESS) – An important victory with a Champions League flavour, a tearful farewell that for the Aston Villa fans has the bitter taste of a potential farewell.

It all happened last night in Birmingham, the home team beats Tottenham 2-0 and, with one round to go, remains in the running for qualification for the top European competition. An important victory, certainly, but not to the point of moving a world champion like Dibu Martinez.

Yet the Argentine goalkeeper says goodbye to the fans and leaves the pitch in tears, just as happens when a fan favourite knows that his professional life is about to change. According to the British tabloids, the future of “Dibu” will no longer be at Aston Villa despite a contract until 2029, he has pharaonic offers from Saudi Arabia, but he has already said no because he wants to continue playing at the top levels. A prospect that other big teams in the Premier League and in general in the best European leagues are ready to offer him.

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LA VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – Malta has joined six other countries in signing a joint declaration highlighting the urgent need to restore humanitarian aid access to Gaza, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced following the sixth European Political Community (EPC) summit held in Albania.

The declaration, co-signed by Malta, emphasizes the critical importance of allowing life-saving assistance into Gaza, where basic necessities remain scarce due to ongoing conflict and blockades.

“You cannot have a situation where hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from hunger and thirst, deprived of the most basic and sanitary living conditions-immense suffering that is beyond description. That is precisely why this declaration is so important”, Prime Minister Abela stated.

The EPC summit, a French-led initiative designed to promote political dialogue and cooperation across Europe, brought together 47 heads of state and government, including UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The summit served as a platform for bilateral talks and roundtable discussions on irregular migration-another issue high on Maltàs foreign policy agenda.

The summit also focused heavily on the ongoing war in Ukraine, with European leaders presenting a united front. The summit closed with strong calls for unity in the face of geopolitical crises, underscoring the EPC’s role as a key platform for coordinating Europès responses to shared challenges.

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RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL) (ITALPRESS) – A few hours after the dismissal of the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation, Ednaldo Rodrigues, by the Court of Rio de Janeiro, The CBF has announced that on Sunday, May 25, a vote will be held to elect a new president. It’s not a day like any other: 24 hours later, on May 26, the new coach Carlo Ancelotti is expected to arrive in Brazil, he who was chosen, long pursued and then hired by Rodrigues.

The Italian coach is meanwhile preparing the first calls for the 2026 World Cup qualifying matches against Ecuador and Paraguay. Fernando Sarney, appointed by the Court to manage the electoral process, according to the Brazilian press is one of the most accredited candidates for the position of new president. Among the possible successors of Rodrigues will not be Ronaldo O Fenomeno. The other names mentioned: number 1 of the Paulista Federation, Reinaldo Carneiro Bastos, or Samir Xaud, 41 years old, who according to Uol Esporte, could also be chosen for his young age.

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“The FA Cup was not the our first choice but once we are here we want to win it,
is extremely important”. Pep Guardiola does not hide that FA Cup was not among the priorities but after the premature exit from the Champions and a Premier who did not never seen Manchester City in the race for the title, the final with the Crystal Palace becomes a contest not to be missed.

“It’s final of the FA Cup, an honour and privilege. Of course we have to perform well. We travel to London and we will try to win the title”, he says.

“Last year we were disappointed with our performance. To win the trophy you have to be there and win previous games and we have done it many times in previous years”, Guardiola added.

“It is a fantastic team. They have had a good season, second part. More than a year with Oliver Glasner working with the same players”, he concluded talking about Crystal Palace.

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