Al-Najma and Al-Ansar representing Lebanon will open their AFC Cup campaign tonight with Al-Najma playing Bahrain’s East Riffa and Al-Ansar playing Kuwait’s team Kuwait.

Italy will not participate in the World Cup

Italian Football Federation president Gabriele Gravina has resolved a dispute over the possibility of Italy’s participation in the 2022 World Cup, with the possibility of Ecuador being excluded due to the illegal participation of a player against Chile. Gravina said in a press statement: “Italian participation in the World Cup? We spoke with FIFA. The probability of our participation is 0%. Only 13 teams from Europe are allowed. If Ecuador is excluded, a team from South America will be invited. .”

Family denies Laporta

The French star Kylian Mbappe’s family denied that there were previous talks between the French star and Barcelona.
This came after a statement by Barcelona president Joan Laporta, in which he said: “We will never think of hiring a player who needs an annual salary of 50 million euros. And journalist Fabrizo Romano quoted the Mbappe family as saying: “There have never been any negotiations between Barcelona Laporta and Mbappe.”

On the same level, Carl Olive, the mayor of the French city of Poissy, claimed that French star Kylian Mbappe was staying at Paris Saint-Germain. And in a tweet via Twitter, Olive said: “Mbappe will stay in Paris and next season he will be in the ranks of Saint-Germain.

Olive then deleted the tweet after comments that called his words incorrect.

International Miscellaneous:

Spanish police arrested five Eintracht Frankfurt fans in the city of Seville, where this evening, Wednesday, the final match of the European Football Championship between the German national team and the Scottish Rangers team will take place.

– Sport Media Set has reported that Argentine star Paulo Dybala has bought a house near the Inter club’s training headquarters. And the network suggested that this move would be a signal from Dybala that he was close to moving to Inter.

– Brazilian striker Neymar da Silva, player of the French team Paris Saint-Germain, won the auction to buy the ball for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations final match between Egypt and Senegal, the first title winner in its history. Senegalese Idrissa Gaye, Neymar’s French club colleague, organized an auction, the proceeds of which go to help children on the African continent, funding associations caring for HIV and cancer patients.