#team-selection

#team-selection

When he's on the bench, it shows also we have a good team. In this position we have excellent players. What I can say, he's an absolute professional player. His attitude, mentality is great. In the beginning, he had to adapt a little bit, but now he's on his best level.

A midweek round of games heading into the Christmas period brings issues for FPL managers. Injuries to key players - such as Crystal Palace's Ismaila Sarr - rotation and a lack of information from managers, with many news conferences taking place after Tuesday's 18:00 GMT deadline. The solution? Trust players with high expected minutes while trying your best to avoid taking points hits. Might be easier said than done.

Frankie de Jong will miss Barcelona's clash with Alaves at Camp Nou on Saturday after being left out of the squad by Hansi Flick. The Dutchman had been expected to start the game but was a surprise omission seemingly at the last minute. Marc Bernal will take over in midfield and make his first start of the season. There's been no official word on why De Jong is missing today, but multiple outlets are reporting it's for "family reasons" and not due to injury.

Maybe it was too much, seeing the result. I take responsibility but I saw them and I like everyone to be involved, when you are a football player and don't play for five, six, seven games it's tough but maybe it was too much.

Barcelona's clash with Chelsea in tomorrow's UEFA Champions League fixture is shaping up to be one of the most tactically complex matches for Hansi Flick. While the team enters the match with renewed confidence, a series of returning players has created several selection dilemmas across the pitch, forcing Flick to weigh up form, fitness and balance before naming his starting XI.

who took over the Liverpool job as a 34-year-old in 1985 after Joe Fagan resigned following the Heysel Stadium disaster. Well, it was a surprise, Dalglish recalls to FourFourTwo. The way that I saw it, I was just going to give my best, and if my best transpired not to be good enough, then I'd hold my hands up and say, This isn't for me it's not fair on the club, so get somebody else in.'

Venue: Cardiff City Stadium Date: Tuesday 18 November Kick-off: 19:45 GMT Coverage: Live on BBC iPlayer, BBC One Wales, BBC Sounds, BBC Radio Wales, Radio Cymru and Sports Extra, BBC Sport website and app, plus live text commentary. Wales face North Macedonia on Tuesday, 18 November in a match which will decide their play-off path for the 2026 World Cup. Who would you pick for a game Wales must win to finish as runners-up in Group J?

I didn't feel that we were experimenting in the last two camps and we will not start in this camp," he explained. "We take it seriously. These are World Cup qualifiers. We want to build and keep on going. Do you feel I was experimenting in the last matches?

Scotland are potentially two games away from a first men's World Cup finals appearance since 1998. Wins over Greece and Denmark or a draw in Greece and then a win over Denmark will guarantee Steve Clarke's side a place at next year's tournament in Canada, the United States and Mexico. This will be the fourth meeting with Greece this year, so there should be no big surprises in Piraeus, although it's difficult to gauge the hosts' mood given they are out of the running.

Frank, though, dropped both to the bench here. Djed Spence came in at left-back and Richarlison started on the wing in front of him. It seemed like a case of Frank thinking more about how to nullify United than how to trouble them. Spence was there to keep Amad Diallo quiet but the United winger provided the cross for the opening goal.

AC Milan have been given some big news this afternoon, with it being reported that Rafael Leao can play this weekend. There have been considerable doubts about Leao's ability to be involved this weekend, considering he trained alone yesterday and was still experiencing some discomfort. It was even suggested that he may not be able to feature at all at San Siro.