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England suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Brazil, with teen sensation Endrick emerging as the hero of the Saturday night clash.

The Three Lions unbeaten streak at Wembley Stadium came to an end, as the 17-year-old substitute etched his name in history, scoring the only goal of the match.

Endrick’s strike makes him the youngest player ever to score in a senior men’s game at Wembley.

England’s last defeat at Wembley dates back to October 2020, when they were defeated by Denmark in the Nations League.

Gareth Southgate’s men struggled to create clear chances throughout the encounter, even though boasting one of the best squads in Europe.

Brazil on the other hand, had a fair game, with Lucas Paqueta hitting the post, after a poor defending from their opponents.

Endrick could have also doubled his tally at stoppage time, but missed a close range effort, to end the match 1-0.

Nottingham Forest have been docked four points for breaching Premier League profit and sustainability rules.

An independent commission found Forest’s losses to 2022-23 breached the threshold of £61m by £34.5m.

The immediate loss of points means they drop below Luton Town into the Premier League’s relegation zone.

Forest are the second top-flight team to be penalised for PSR breaches after Everton lost 10 points in November, which was reduced to six on appeal.

Forest, who are likely to appeal against the ruling, had a hearing on 7-8 March.

Premier League clubs can lose £105m over three seasons – £35m per campaign – but Forest’s maximum loss was only permitted to be £61m because they spent two years of the assessment period in the Championship.

Gabriel Magalhaes, Arsenal defender ,will miss Brazil’s upcoming friendlies against England and Spain.

Gabriel has left the national team camp with an injury.

The 26-year-old has been in fine form for the Gunners this season, forming a solid partnership with William Saliba, which has conceded the least goals in the Premier League.

Brazil head coach, Dorival Junior, confirmed his withdrawal but did not reveal the extent of the injury.

Junior told the media:

“I had already communicated previously that we will work with a slightly more extensive list.

“A pre-call — we can put it that way — and again, today, we had another casualty. Unfortunately, Gabriel Magalhaes is out. In his place, we are calling Bremer, from Juventus.”

Christian Eriksen, midfielder for Manchester United, has voiced his discontent with his recent experiences at the club.

Over the past few months, the Danish international has encountered difficulties in securing playing time, particularly under Erik ten Hag’s management. This season, he has only started nine league games.

Eriksen, aged 32, has found himself lower in the pecking order at United, largely due to the emergence of academy talent Kobbie Mainoo.

Eriksen confirmed in an interview with a Danish website, he expressed how he felt to Ten Hag but the situation started but the Dutchman made him realise that there is competition for space because the whole midfield is performing well.

“I have had a talk with Erik about being unhappy with the situation and wanting to play as much as possible. He said Kobbie Mainoo is doing well, and the rest of the midfield is also performing well, so there is competition for places.
Of course, you can be concerned in the long run because I want to play as much as possible. You don’t want to always sit on the bench.”

Eriksen has played just two games since the beginning of this year (2024) and will be looking to get more game time, if he wants to play in the Euros which will be hosted in Germany.

The great Cristiano Ronaldo will not play in Portugal’s friendly clash against Sweden as head coach Roberto Martinez makes changes to his squad.

Ronaldo was included in Martinez’s initial 32-man squad for the game.

However, the Al-Nassr forward has been left out alongside Diogo Dalot, Joao Cancelo, Danilo Pereira, Otavio, Ruben Neves, Vitinha and Joao Felix.

ESPN reports that the listed players have been rested for the friendly.

Ronaldo, who is on vacation with his family in Saudi Arabia, has been given some time to rest, with the Saudi Pro League paused for the international break.

The 39-year-old played the whole 90 minutes for Al-Nassr on Saturday evening and has therefore been given some important time off before another immensely busy summer.

Manchester United kept their trophy hopes alive for this season and ended Liverpool’s quest for four trophies with a dramatic extra-time victory in an FA Cup quarter-final classic at Old Trafford.

In an incident-packed encounter, it was substitute Amad Diallo who sent Erik ten Hag’s side to Wembley with a strike in the dying seconds of the additional period to send the Stretford End wild, the match-winner then being sent off after getting a second yellow card for his celebrations.

It summed up everything about this thriller, United manager Ten Hag doing a dance of delight as Diallo’s shot flashed past Liverpool keeper Caoimhin Kelleher.