Didier Drogba may still be the joint top scoring African in the Premier League - for now - but does the Chelsea icon deserve his glowing goalscoring reputation?
Reports: Benitez in the frame to become new Everton manager Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
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Rafael Benitez has re-emerged as a candidate for the Everton manager s job amid suggestions that the club s talks with Nuno Espirito Santo have stalled.
The Blues hierarchy are reported to have held advanced talks with Espirito Santo last week but there are suggestions that the demands around the size of his backroom staff that Nuno made, which supposedly scuppered his appointment at Crystal Palace, could also be the cause of the Everton s hesitancy to confirm him as the next incumbent in the Goodison Park hot-seat.
Claims that emerged on Wednesday, beginning with TalkSport presenter, Jim White, who has close ties to Farhad Moshiri, have it that Benitez is in talks with Everton and is the likely man to succeed Carlo Ancelotti. That was followed by a report from Sky Sports that the Spaniard has held talks with Moshiri but has yet to be offered the job although, a
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Roberto Martinez brought Antolin Alcaraz with him. Ronald Koeman? Cuco Martina.
Marco Silva had greater success with Richarlison while Carlo Ancelotti signed Allan.
Sam Allardyce even named Theo Walcott in his one and only England squad.
Chelsea, on the other hand, may actually find their Wembley ambitions hindered by a lack of proper certainty in attack.
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Timo Werner offers willing running in behind, and Kai Havertz s contributions to the Blues cause have steadily increased since Frank Lampard’s defenestration, but there remains a need for a proper presence upfront to turn Thomas Tuchel s ball-dominant game style into goals.
It makes for an interesting change in dynamic for Chelsea, who over the last decade and half have typically been able to call upon a bomber upfront. In fact, Chelsea s recent history at Wembley has come to be defined almost exclusively by the decisive contributions of the barreling Didier Drogba.
Sivasspor hit the ground running from the blast of the whistle when Gradel set up Tyler Boyd to open the scoring with only one minute into the encounter before Fredy levelled proceedings from the penalty spot.
Boyd handed his side the lead in the 36thh minute after benefitting from Ahmet Oguz’s assist to ensure the Braves headed into the half-time break in front.
After the restart, Rıza Calımbay’s men continued from where they stopped when Yatabare put the ball into the net after a fine combination play with Faycal Fajr.
Fredy then further reduced the deficit for Antalyaspor in the 67th minute, completing his brace with an individual effort.