The Council of the International Football Association “FIFA” has made public the decision on the number of substitutions allowed during football matches, as five substitutions were constantly relied upon, an idea that began to be applied with the onset of the Corona pandemic, instead of 3 substitutions.

Xavi shocks Pique…

Martial Llorente, a journalist for the newspaper Mundo Deportivo, came up with a big surprise, namely that Javi Hernandez, the Barcelona coach, told Gerard Pique, the team captain, that he was not counting on him next time. season. Llorente said on his Twitter account on Monday: “Xavi told Pique that the reasons for this are due to his high salary, his frequent injuries, as well as his activities outside the stadium that prevent him from playing matches.”

Haaland signed with Manchester City…

Manchester City have announced on their official website and Twitter the official signing of Norwegian striker Erling Haaland. The English club have indicated that the 21-year-old has signed a five-year contract until 2027.

Fines and penalties for Ansar and Al-Najm.

Locally, the Lebanese Football Association announced in its weekly circular fines and penalties against Al-Ansar and Al-Najma clubs amid Saturday’s Lebanese Cup final at Fuad Shehab Stadium in Jounieh, which ended in favor of Nejmeh 2″. -one.
The Lebanese Federation adopted the following decision:
– Both clubs have been fined 20 million Lebanese pounds.
Double fine for Al Ansar administrator Mohamed Barakat to 4 months and fine him £2.5 million.
Doubling the fine for Nejmeh club administrator Ali Malak from one to two years and a fine of five million Lebanese pounds.
The Al-Najma Club compensated for the damage to the Jounieh Stadium.

Miscellaneous international and local:

The Los Angeles Galaxy have announced the signing of veteran Italian defenseman Giorgio Chiellini.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton confirmed his participation in this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix via a social media post despite suffering from back pain at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Dutch football legend Marco van Basten took a bold stance against Argentine star Lionel Messi, believing he was no match for his compatriot, the late Diego Armando Maradona. In comments published by the Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport, Van Basten said: “Pele, Maradona, Cruyff are for me the biggest and most important players in history, since childhood I wanted to be like Cruyff. Messi is also a great player, but Maradona has there has always been a big personality in the team, Messi doesn’t have the personality that would allow him to go to war, of course we also don’t forget Platini, Ronaldo and Zidane.”