A interação entre clube e torcedor cresce gradativamente com o avanço das redes sociais. Diante desse cenário, aproveitando a leva para se aproximar de seus adeptos, as equipes brasileiras foram as que mais investiram na comunicação digital. No levantamento realizado pelo “Deportes e Finanzas”, especializado em marketing esportivo, oito equipes do futebol nacional se destacaram no setor. + Confira a classificação do Campeonato Carioca
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Entre as cinco equipes do continente americano mais populares no Twitter, quatro são brasileiras. No estudo sobre o primeiro trimestre de 2021, as interações geradas pelos perfis na rede social, mostram que o Flamengo lidera no quesito. Somado à isso, a equipe rubro-negra também aparece ao lado do Palmeiras como as únicas equipes do Brasil presentes entre os vinte mais populares do mundo na rede.
📲⚽ 5 most popular american football clubs on #twitter during the first quarter of 2021!
📈 Total interactions 🔃💙💬
1.@Flamengo 16,1M
2.@Palmeiras 8,42M
3.@RiverPlate 7,71M
4.@Atletico 5,35M
5.@SantosFC 4,98M pic.twitter.com/6YNUjLdTlM
— Deportes&Finanzas® (@DeporFinanzas) April 8, 2021
Já no Instagram, os brasileiros também dominam o engajamento. O Flamengo, com mais de 467 milhões de seguidores, lidera o ranking. Outras equipes do futebol sul-americano são representadas no levantamento. Boca Juniors e River Plate são as figuras argentinas no estudo.
📲⚽ 5 most popular american football clubs on #instagram during 2020! (january 1st to november 30th)
📉Total interactions 💙💬
1.@Flamengo 467M
2.@RiverPlate 126M
3.@Corinthians 91,6M
4.@BocaJrsOficial 90,2M
5.@SaoPauloFC 77,7M pic.twitter.com/ydMdXIUB4i
— Deportes&Finanzas® (@DeporFinanzas) December 22, 2020
Por último, no TikTok, rede social de vídeos curtos e que ganhou espaço no mercado digital, quatro times nacionais aparecem entre os dez que possuem mais seguidores. Dessa vez, o Palmeiras se destaca principalmente pela interatividade de seus jovens jogadores na rede. Outro ponto relevante é o Sport, único clube do nordeste presente no levantamento feito pelo grupo.
📲⚽🎶💃10 most popular american football clubs on #tiktok during december 2020!🕺🎶
Chelsea have arguably one of the best academies in world football. An array of talent has been produced from Cobham and more are still developing.
Some of the most well-known Blues academy graduates in recent times are players such as Reece James, Levi Colwill and Mason Mount.
Additionally, as they are one of the Premier League's most successful clubs and are included as part of the 'big six', the London-based club have a lot of monetary backing behind them.
In fact, since Todd Boehly's acquisition of the club in May 2022, the American has managed to spend over £1b in transfer fees alone – a sum in that region has been unheard of in recent seasons and for good reason.
One signing that Boehly did play a role in bringing to Chelsea was that of Raheem Sterling, the former Manchester City man leaving the Etihad after seven extremely successful years for a fee worth around £47.5m.
Sterling's time at Chelsea in numbers
Although since their Club World Cup win in the 2021/22 season they are yet to win a trophy, Sterling has had a fairly solid impact on the side since joining.
Brought to the club under Thomas Tuchel who claimed he was the west Londoners' "top priority" at the time, the move was one many didn't see coming due to City's prior dominance.
However, a move was likely sanctioned as Sterling – who scored 131 goals in 339 games for his former employers – believed he wasn't getting as much game time as he would have liked whilst with the Cityzens.
Since arriving at Stamford Bridge, the winger has played a total of 67 times for the Blues and managed to contribute to 28 goals during that time.
This season looks set to be his most prolific season of the two as the 29-year-old is already on seven goal contributions after only 29 games played.
Despite Sterling's solid showing, Chelsea are massively underperforming yet again. So, this could mean, in order to try to change their fortunes, the Blues could look towards their academy players.
Why Tyrique George is the perfect heir to Sterling
Tyrique George is the name which is currently being floated about to be next in line for the former Liverpool man's throne.
George is a versatile player who, much like Sterling, can play on either wing or even centrally.
He has been with Chelsea's academy for the entirety of his career and has been involved with the U18's since as early on as the 2021/22 season.
Since then, he has played a total of 41 times for the youth side in a multitude of competitions and has managed to score ten goals and create an additional five for his teammates.
The promising winger – who has nine goals and assists in 18 games this season – has even been described as "very creative" by Chelsea's Under-21 coach, Mark Robinson.
"I was really pleased with Tyrique's performance on Tuesday and he has done well when he has stepped up to the Under-21s," Robinson said.
"He finds space very well and is very creative, whilst also scoring goals. He needs to improve his discipline off the ball, but he knows that and is a willing learner. That is the most important thing."
Chelsea could replace Sterling with academy gem who's like Bernardo Silva
The English international might have to start looking over his shoulder.
ByJack Salveson Holmes Feb 10, 2024
Receiving this level of praise at just 18 years old clearly shows how mature the youngster is and outlines why he could be the heir to Sterling's place within the Chelsea line-up.
It also shows that, despite not performing to the best level on the pitch, the Blues' academy is still producing incredible talent and bodes well for their future.
George has been setting the youth leagues alight with his pace and keen eye for goal which is shown by this stellar strike against Crystal Palace's Under-21 side.
One thing is for sure, the teen sensation is without doubt a special talent and could have a real impact in future seasons for the west London club.
Pressure from broadcasters to reduce the number of dead games in the home-and-away season has led to an expanded finals
Alex Malcolm25-Jul-2019
There will be an extended BBL finals series next season•Getty Images
Pressure from broadcasters, clubs and a trend of declining attendances and television audiences has resulted in the addition of a fifth team to an expanded Big Bash League finals series for next summer, to be played over five matches after the regular season is compressed into 56 matches in 42 days.The full BBL fixtures for 2019-20 were released on Thursday and, in addition to a more condensed home-and-away schedule, the finals series will now include five teams and feature five finals, in a similar set-up to the IPL, albeit with a slight twist.Teams finishing fourth and fifth will play the Eliminator on January 30, three days after the final league game on January 27. The winner will progress to play the third-placed team in the Knockout on February 1. First and second will play the Qualifier on January 31 with the winner qualifying to host the BBL final on February 8.The loser of the Qualifier will get a second chance and host the winner of the Knockout in the Challenger February 6. All finals will be played at night, with the exception of games in Perth, which will be twilight fixtures, after last year’s epic final between Melbourne Renegades and Melbourne Stars was played on Sunday afternoon.The BBL’s rights holders Seven and Fox Sports are believed to have pushed hard for the addition of a fifth team in the finals to reduce the number of “dead” fixtures at the back end of the tournament, meaning 56 games will eliminate only three competing clubs from the competition. Their desire for change followed a season in which the vastly expanded competition continued seeing a gentle slide in attendances and broadcast audiences that has been consistent since the BBL peaked in 2015-16.BBL finals structure
January 30: Eliminator – 4th v 5th January 31: Qualifier – 1st v 2nd February 1: Knockout – 3rd v winner of Eliminator February 6: Challenger – loser of Qualifier v winner of Knockout February 8: Final – winner of Qualifier v winner of Challenger
That summer the tournament took up a lot of the slack left by a relatively low box-office international schedule featuring New Zealand and West Indies, and the BBL is again expected to take up much of the responsibility for drawing fans to the game, particularly given that the Australian ODI team will be completely absent in January due to a tour of India.Clubs had also complained over several years that there was not enough reward for teams finishing higher up after the home-and-away round. Hobart Hurricanes dominated last season’s BBL, winning ten of 14 matches to finish two games clear on top of the table, only to lose a knockout semi-final to Stars, who made the finals with a 7-7 record.Two teams have won the BBL after finishing fourth and winning two knockout finals – Brisbane Heat in BBL02 and Sydney Thunder in BBL05 – while two other BBLs have been won by the third-placed team. Perth Scorchers are the only side to ever win the title after finishing first, when they won in 2016-17.New head of the BBL, Alistair Dobson, said the finals revamp was the most important feature of the new fixture.”The No. 1 element is to make it the best chance for the teams finishing first and second to make it through,” Dobson said. “It’s an amazing quirk of history that the team finishing first at the end of the season has only won it once and the team finishing third or fourth has for some reason won it more often.”So we want to reward the teams finishing first and second as well as we can. There is an element though of making the finals more accessible for the fans, and this model also gives us a chance for the team hosting the final to have more preparation going in.”ALSO READ: Big Bash pins hopes for overseas stars on shorter seasonLast season, there were less than 48 hours between second semi-final and the final, with groundsmen at both Marvel Stadium in Melbourne and the SCG unsure until the end of the semi on Friday night as to who would be hosting Sunday’s final. The final was played on a used surface at Marvel during the day and slowed up significantly in the second innings.The eight-day gap between the qualifier and the final allows for better pitch preparation as well as a chance to build up ticket sales for the host venue.”[It will be] a lot different around preparation time, the hype building into it and the finals structure itself leads to a lot more excitement,” Dobson said. “It’s been a big focus to end the season in the appropriate fashion.”Dobson said there were no concerns about five teams making the finals instead of four because it was much tougher for the lower-ranked teams to win the title under the new format.”It’s actually harder for fifth to win this year than it was for fourth to win it in the previous season,” Dobson said. “You have to win four finals to win it from fifth and if a team can go on a run like that at the end of a season they’ve probably earned the right to win it. But having another team being part of it keeps the season alive and we’re really excited about the finals.”One issue that hasn’t been solved is how to decide the title should the final end in a tie and then a tied Super Over, as it happened in the 2019 World Cup when England were crowned champions by virtue of the boundary countback rule. An IPL game between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014 was decided the same way. The BBL is currently working through what is the best solution for such an event and will announce that in due course.”[There has been] lots of chatter about it,” Dobson said. “It was an amazing game. If we could have a BBL season that could end with a tie and Super Over, it would be a great way to finish. It’s available to be discussed with the clubs. We haven’t locked it in either way. At the moment it’s a similar finish to what we saw at the World Cup and we’ll work through that over the next period of time.”The league and the clubs will collaboratively work on that alongside our broadcasters and there’s a whole range of stakeholders we’ll have to consult on that.”
O Corinthians se prepara para enfrentar o Peñarol, na próxima quinta-feira, pela segunda rodada da fase de grupos da Copa Sul-Americana. No entanto, o duelo já é tratado como decisivo. Não só pelos torcedores, mas também pelos jogadores, que estão conscientes de como precisarão encarar os uruguaios. Para eles, será o jogo mais importante da temporada do Timão até aqui.
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Em entrevista para a TV oficial do clube, Bruno Méndez e Camacho projetaram a partida pela competição continental e comentaram a importância do treinamento na Neo Química Arena, às vésperas do confronto de quinta.
-Treinamos hoje aqui na Arena, é muito importante para adaptar mais ainda, jogamos a maioria dos jogos em casa aqui e é bom para nos acostumarmos mais com o campo – relatou o zagueiro.
– Éimportante treinar na nossa casa. Particularmente eu gosto muito de treinar um dia ou dois dias antes do jogo para já sentir o clima aqui, saber como está o gramado, e entrar com tudo para ganhar – declarou o volante.
Além disso, eles concordam no aspecto decisivo do duelo com o Peñarol. Após apenas empatar com o River Plate-PAR, fora de casa, o confronto com os uruguaios passou a ser praticamente uma final dentro do Grupo E, já que somente o primeiro colocado de cada chave avança para as oitavas de final. Sendo assim, ambos estão encarando o momento como o jogo da vida.
-Quinta temos jogo importante para ficarmos em primeiro no grupo, para fazer três pontos, então vamos deixar a vida nesse jogo – disse Bruno Méndez.
-Até aqui é o jogo mais importante da temporada, a gente não conseguiu vencer lá no Paraguai, então já é uma decisão. Éuma competição dificílima, a gente sabe que só passa um, então vai ser a decisão da primeira parte do ano e a gente tem que estar preparado para isso – concluiu Camacho.
A dupla foi poupada do clássico contra o Santos, no último domingo, e deve ser titular na próxima quinta-feira, contra o Peñarol. Ambos já jogaram na primeira partida pela Sul-Americana e fazer parte da equipe considerada titular.
Kent suffer another collapse after Zak Crawley’s 89 to hand Essex last quarter-final spot
Matt Roller at Chelmsford30-Aug-2019
Cameron Delport goes down the ground•Getty Images
Essex snuck through to the quarter-finals of the Vitality Blast after stealing an improbable win against Kent, who suffered a third batting implosion in a run chase in as many games.The PA announcer at Chelmsford had promised radio silence regarding results from elsewhere, and with Essex needing the hitherto hapless Glamorgan to secure a first win of their campaign against Hampshire, it seemed unlikely that even a convincing win would have been enough.But after Jamie Porter bowled Mitchell Claydon to seal victory, the news that Hampshire needed 36 from their final seven balls to get through brought the loudest cheer of the night, as the sold-out crowd spilled out into the streets of Chelmsford to continue the celebrations, with a quarter-final at Chester-le-Street against Lancashire to look forward to.”We’ve snuck in through the back door,” admitted Ravi Bopara, who starred with both bat and ball. “We had a chance mathematically [at the start of the week], but if we’re being brutally honest there was no chance, really. In our minds, we were like – it’s going to take ridiculous results to go our way. The fact that it happened is just unreal.”He was right, too. Essex’s first ten fixtures had brought just two wins, with three abandonments and a no-result robbing them of the chance to go on a winning run. But with the pressure off, they have flourished, and find themselves in the quarter-finals for the first time since 2016.”I think guys just went ‘look, it doesn’t matter now, it doesn’t matter now, let’s just go out there and express ourselves, and go for it’,” Bopara said. “It’s come off. Some of those games were close – it’s amazing you can qualify by a width of a hair.”It was unthinkable at the halfway stage in this competition to think that Kent might not make it through to the knockouts. They had won six of their first seven games, and were good value for it; with Sam Billings waiting to make his return from injury, and their star-studded bowling attack running the show, they were the competition’s form team.ESPNcricinfo Ltd
But their final seven games have brought two abandonments, and five defeats. The past three have been particularly painful: against Surrey, they needed 18 off 12 balls with nine wickets in hand and threw it away; on Thursday, they needed 12 off nine with Alex Blake and Faf du Plessis well set, and conspired to stuff up another chase.If this loss was just as catastrophic, so too was it the one with the most meaning attached. While the rest of the five teams bunched either side of the qualification places reached for the abacus, trying to work out margins of victory and net run-rate equations, Kent’s equation was simple: win and qualify, lose and bow out.And while it was cruel on Zak Crawley, who played brilliantly for his 89, that his dismissal should precipitate Kent’s downfall, his decision to try to hit Adam Zampa for a third six of the over – having played-and-missed at the following ball on both previous occasions – was a poor one with 40 needed from 25.He set in motion a dramatic collapse of 7 for 29. Bopara, who had a brilliant night with the ball, had Heino Kuhn bowled slogging across the line, and then Ollie Robinson held at long-off in the same over, before Mohammad Amir yorked Alex Blake and Imran Qayyum with successive deliveries.That left 16 to win off the final over, with Porter entrusted with the ball. Any nerves were soon settled as he sent Hardus Viljoen’s stumps flying with his first ball, then performing the same trick to remove Claydon with his last.Essex’s score of 189 for 6 looked a promising one at the halfway point, but it came on the highest-scoring ground in the competition to date.Their total owed much to Cameron Delport’s entertaining 64, which got Essex off to a bright start after winning the toss. He struck five fours and as many sixes in his 29-ball innings, and continued to attack as those at the far end fell away.And after his unbeaten 70 off 35 balls on Thursday night helped see off Surrey, Bopara was again the hero. He was left out for two games earlier in the tournament after “tough” conversations regarding his batting position, and remains frustrated about coming in as low as No. 6, but has channelled that into three vital innings in their past three games.In the chase, Crawley was dominant from the outset, and displayed the array of primarily orthodox shots that have seen him talked about so highly as a future England Test opener.That Kent’s campaign fell away so badly owed plenty to the loss of their overseas players Mohammad Nabi and Adam Milne, meaning that du Plessis – who only left South Africa on Thursday morning due to a visa hold-up – was floated in for what proved to be their final two games.And he was involved in an intriguing subplot after starting with two exquisite drives over long-off for six then four. Zampa’s past three balls to du Plessis in T20 cricket had brought two wickets, though in the colours of Guyana and St Kitts rather than Essex and Kent, and this encounter proved little different; after knocking four singles, du Plessis took the legspinner on, and could only chip to short cover.Crawley then built steadily with Billings and then Kuhn, but after he found Harmer on the boundary, things fell to pieces.Kent were left scratching their heads as to how things had gone this wrong; Essex’s attempts to seal a Championship/Blast double continue.
كشفت تقارير صحفية موقف نادي آرسنال بعد تردد تكهنات تفيد رغبة نادي ريال مدريد في الحصول على خدمات لاعب الفريق ويليام ساليبا، في موسم الانتقالات الصيفي المقبل.
وذكرت تقارير فرنسية، قبل يومين، أن ساليبا مطلوب من قِبل نادي ريال مدريد في الصيف القادم.
ويمتلك اللاعب الفرنسي عقدًا ساريًا مع آرسنال حتى يونيو 2027، بعدما وقع على صفقة جديدة العام الماضي.
وحسبما ذكرت صحيفة “ديلي إكسبريس” الإنجليزية، فإن آرسنال غير قلق من التقارير الصحفية التي تشير إلى رغبة ريال مدريد في ضم ساليبا.
اقرأ أيضًا.. تشواميني يحسم موقفه من مغادرة ريال مدريد إلى ليفربول
وأوضحت أن موقف نادي آرسنال تجاه ساليبا يتمثل في كونه ليس للبيع، وأن الإدارة سترفض أي عروض خاصة به.
ويُعد آرسنال في وضع قوي، بشأن ساليبا، نظرًا لأن عقده الحالي لن ينتهي في وقت قريب، ومن ثم ليس هناك أي حاجة إلى التخلي عنه.
وقع ساليبا مع آرسنال من سانت إيتيان في عام 2019، عندما كان يبلغ من العمر 18 عامًا فقط، وأمضى المواسم الثلاثة التالية في فرنسا حيث تمت إعارته إلى ناديه الفرنسي، ثم إلى نيس وأخيرًا إلى مارسيليا.
وبعد ذلك شارك اللاعب البالغ من العمر 23 عامًا في 92 مباراة مع آرسنال.
Nottingham Forest have demonstrated their scattergun transfer approach in the market since their promotion back to the Premier League in May 2022.
Since the play-off final triumph at Wembley, the Reds have made 34 new additions, with owner Evangelos Marinakis investing over £200m on new players in the hope of establishing the club as a modern-day Premier League outfit.
The club have unearthed some gems from all over the globe, with youngsters Murillo, Danilo and Nicolas Dominguez all joining since promotion with the trio proving excellent value for money – potentially bringing the club a hefty profit in the years ahead.
Murillo
Not all of Forest's signings have been successful, however, with players such as Emmanuel Dennis and Giulian Biancone joining the club for fees over £10m but failing to make an impact on Trentside – with the latter leaving the club permanently after making just one substitute appearance for the club.
Despite the duo's lack of impact at Forest, one player appears to have been a complete disaster after his arrival at the club during last summer's transfer window.
Divock Origi's Forest record
After another frantic window at the City Ground, Forest brought in another 14 new signings with the Reds looking to push on from the 16th-placed finish in the Premier League 2022/23 season.
The club invested all over the pitch, with the signing of Divock Origi on loan from Serie A side AC Milan bolstering the frontline – the Belgian becoming the Reds' third striker behind Taiwo Awoniyi and Chris Wood.
Divock Origi at Nottingham Forest.
Since his arrival in August, the former Liverpool marksman has featured 11 times for Forest, only two of which have come from the start, with Origi being subbed after 26 minutes against Bournemouth following Willy Boly's controversial red card.
The 28-year-old has yet to register a goal or an assist during his time at the City Ground so far, with the 6 foot 1 dud failing to make a real impact under boss Nuno Espírito Santo.
How much Divock Origi has cost Nottingham Forest
The deal to bring Origi to the City Ground saw the club pay 100% of the striker's wages, with Forest currently paying the Belgian £125k-per-week – the highest salary of anyone within the Forest squad.
Origi's loan move to the City Ground has seen the club fork out £3m on wages so far. By the end of the season, the deal will have seen the club spend £6.25m – a huge amount for a player who is unlikely to sign permanently.
Divock Origi in action for Nottingham Forest.
His weekly wage of £125k is £40k-per-week more than second-highest earner Felipe and £70k-per-week more than current Reds starting striker Awoniyi, as per Capology – an obscene amount given his current goal return during his time at the club.
Although he's previously scored goals in the Premier League – netting 22 in total – the move for Origi has proved to be a disaster for both parties, with Forest losing a lot of money on a striker who is only featuring for a maximum of 20 minutes per game.
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The loanee was linked with a potential move to the MLS in January, but no move materialised with Forest seemingly stuck with the costly forward until the end of the season.
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Glasgow Rangers turn their attention away from the Scottish Premiership on Thursday night as they travel away from Ibrox to take on Benfica in Portugal.
The Light Blues are competing to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League and will be hoping to take a strong result back to Scotland for the second leg.
Philippe Clement's side, however, come into the match off the back of a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Motherwell last time out, which ended a run of 11 straight wins in all competitions.
The Belgian head coach should now be looking for a strong reaction from his players and could make some alterations to the starting XI that lined up at Ibrox last Saturday.
With this in mind, here is FFC's predicted Rangers lineup to take to the field against the Portuguese giants at the Estádio da Luz on Thursday.
1 Jack Butland
Jack Butland
Starting off between the sticks, there should not be any doubt over Jack Butland's place in goal, as he has been in fantastic form for the Gers this season.
The free agent signing from Crystal Palace last summer started all six group stage matches in the Europa League, and saved 77% of the efforts on his goal.
2 James Tavernier
Another player who should, unquestionably, retain his place in the starting XI is Rangers captain James Tavernier, who has racked up 14 goals and eight assists in 29 Premiership matches this season.
The former Newcastle United prospect has the quality to provide a huge attacking threat from right-back, which could make him a difference-maker on the night for the Scottish giants.
3 Connor Goldson
Rangers defender Connor Goldson.
At the heart of the defence, Connor Goldson could start after a dominant display against Motherwell. He won nine of his 12 duels throughout the match and created one 'big chance' for his teammates in the final third.
Leon Balogun was not included in the squad list for the knock-out stages of the Europa League, which means that Clement is limited in his options for the right-sided centre-back position.
4 Ben Davies
Ben Davies
The first change to the starting XI from the defeat against Motherwell could come on the left side of the central defensive pairing. Ben Davies could come in for John Souttar, who struggled on Saturday.
Rangers' Scotland international only won one ground duel, out of two contested, completed just 77% of his attempted passes, and missed two 'big chances' in front of goal.
Davies started all six of the club's group stage matches in the Europa League and won 2.5 ground duels per match, with a duel success rate of 68%.
The former Liverpool defender also completed 83% of his attempted passes in those six outings, and Clement could go with the naturally left-footed titan to provide more balance when playing out from the back.
5 Ridvan Yilmaz
Ridvan Yilmaz
Ridvan Yilmaz should keep his place at left-back ahead of Croatia international Borna Barisic for this clash, after an impressive display against Motherwell.
The Turkey international made four key passes, created one 'big chance, and completed two of his three attempted dribbles in 90 minutes on Saturday, which shows that he can provide an attacking threat down the left flank.
6 John Lundstram
Jack Butland
In midfield, John Lundstram could be selected as he has been a reliable performer throughout the season. The former Sheffield United star has completed 89% of his passes and won 52% of his duels in the Premiership so far.
7 Mohammed Diomande
Mohammed Diomande
Mohammed Diomande started in the number ten role against Motherwell but could drop back into a deep-lying role alongside Lundstram for this clash, to make way for the next player in this XI.
The Ivorian maestro scored two goals in his first two starts as a central midfielder for the Light Blues last month, and could look to make an impact from that position against Benfica.
8 Tom Lawrence
Tom Lawrence
The second change to the starting XI could see Welsh forward Tom Lawrence come in as the attacking midfielder ahead of Diomande and Lundstram.
This alteration could see Nicolas Raskin, who started in central midfield against Motherwell, dropped to the bench after he won just two of his six duels and failed to create a single chance for his teammates on Saturday.
The Belgian maestro looked off the pace as the opposition found it far too easy to get the better of him in physical contests, whilst he failed to make up for his weak play out of possession with quality on the ball.
Lawrence, who has scored one goal and provided one assist in his last three appearances for the club, could come in at the top of the midfield.
9 Dujon Sterling
Rangers midfielder Dujon Sterling.
On the right side of the front three, Clement could keep faith with the versatile Dujon Sterling amid a host of injury issues for the Gers in that position.
Abdallah Sima, Rabbi Matondo, and Todd Cantwell are all out through injury, which could see the former Chelsea prospect retain his position in the side.
10 Cyriel Dessers
Rangers forward Cyriel Dessers.
In the centre-forward role, Cyriel Dessers will be hoping to improve his form in the Europa League after an unimpressive return during the group stages.
23/24 Europa League
Cyriel Dessers
Appearances
Five
Goals
One
Assists
One
Duel success rate
23%
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, the Nigerian forward did not offer much in the way of quality in the final third, with one goal in five appearances, and was dominated by the opposition in his physical duels.
Hopefully, the experienced marksman will be at his best to secure a positive result for the Gers in Portugal on Thursday night.