Alvaro Morata said that he is seeing a psychologist to help him deal with the "pressure and emotions" he experienced at Chelsea last season, adding that he briefly thought about leaving Stamford Bridge last summer to join a club where he could play "without pressure."china nike nfl jerseys cheap Chelsea paid a then club-record £58 million to sign Morata from Real Madrid as Diego Costa's replacement in the summer of 2017, but he faded badly after a bright start as injuries and off-field events -- his close friend was killed in a car crash and his wife endured a difficult pregnancy with the couple's twin boys -- sapped his sharpness and confidence. Morata insisted earlier this month that he feels better mentally on and off the pitch this season, and…

South Africa coach Des Ellis has named her final squad of 21 players for the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, as the team goes in search of not only a first continental title, but also a place at next year's FIFA Women's World Cup in France. There were a few surprises in the selection, with the uncapped duo of striker Amanda Mthandi from University of Johannesburg and defender Tiisetso Makhubela of Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies earning their place for the trip to Ghana later this month.nike nfl jerseys cheap china There was no late call for Finland-based Ode Fulutudilu or in-form Rhoda Mulaudzi, who has scored two goals in two games for Canberra United in Australia, but there was a healthy sprinkling of overseas-based players in the team. This includes…

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli has said manager Mauricio Pochettino was crucial to his decision to sign a new six-year contract and he believes he is in "a great place" to improve. Alli, who was already under contract until 2021, signed a new deal on Tuesday that commits him to Spurs until 2024. "He is a massive part of wanting to be at this club," Alli said after setting up two goals in Wednesday's 3-1 Carabao Cup victory at West Ham. "The fans are amazing, the chairman, everyone -- the whole club's amazing. But as players you work with the gaffer, you want to have a good relationship with the manager, and we all feel like we've got that here. "We all love the way we work, the style of…

By the time you read this, Julen Lopetegui has been fired as manager of Real Madrid, and the joke will be that he and Florentino Perez managed to screw up both Spain's World Cup and the first half of Real Madrid's campaign, all in less than five months. It's cruel, sure. But also in some ways, it's apt given the clunky way in which his appointment was announced and the way the past few months have unfolded. There's a basic axiom that every club ought to follow but often doesn't, because clubs are run by humans and humans are run by emotions: you don't sack or retain a manager based on the result of a single game. Not only are results of individual prone to luck and happenstance, but if…

Scaloni is a caretaker coach, in temporary charge. The chaos of Argentina's World Cup campaign has forced the FA to think long and hard about the way forward, and they are taking their time before making a definitive choice. In the meantime, Scaloni is renewing the squad. His starting lineup included just four players who went to Russia. And despite the limited training time, in the four games played under Scaloni, with no Lionel Messi and some of the other big names, Argentina have at least looked competent -- a word that seldom applied to their displays under Jorge Sampaoli. Brazil's stoppage-time winner was the first Scaloni's Argentina have conceded. The scorer, Miranda, was one of a Brazil starting lineup that included 10 of the World Cup squad -- the…

Sometimes you don't dare leave the room, dash to the kitchen and grab a drink in case you miss a goal. You're convinced you'll hear the roar the second you're standing there in front of the fridge, rushing back in only to miss the replay, but this isn't one of those times. Not if you're a Real Madrid fan, anyway. Now, if you're a Paco Alcacer fan... well, that's a very different story. Real Madrid have gone six hours and 49 minutes without scoring. Count added time and it's well over seven hours. In other words, you could have popped to the kitchen, got a can, come back and put "Star Wars" on instead, watching from start to finish. You could have then watched "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return…