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Romelu Lukaku, on loan from English football club Chelsea, played yesterday for Italian Serie A giants Inter Milan in their 36th game of the current season against Luciano Spalletti, who coached the Napoli team at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
The 30-year-old Belgium international and former Manchester United star has been given a starting spot in the team's starting line-up following his stellar performance for the team in their previous game and he has can take the lead.
Romelu Lukaku in the game did his part and also contributed his quota as he used his seasoned experience to present himself as a big threat in the opposition box, creating some chance to help him score the only goal for his team in the four-goal thriller.
Goals from Andre Zambo Anguissa Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Gianluca Gaetano gave Napoli all three goals, with the visitors' only goal from Romelu Lukaku extending their campaign tally. number 9.
Romelu Lukaku, with the only goal of the game, is currently 17th in Italy's Serie A top scorer rankings. He hopes to keep his team's pace and momentum going into the next game as they continue to pursue their goals in the competition.
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On the contrary, it just shows that clubs are too sensitive to the trigger for their own good.
The mistake of changing the coach in the middle of the season was brutally exposed
The Premier League has seen a record number of coaches sacked this season (Image:
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At one point in the second half of the season, it's hard to count how many times David Moyes has been sidelined for a game at West Ham.
There was a moment in January, when they were in the bottom three and faced off with other Everton wrestlers. The game proved relatively comfortable for the Moyes, with Jarrod Bowen's two first-half goals leading them to a save victory.
However, just three games later – draws with Newcastle and Chelsea and losses at Tottenham – Moyes has one game left. The Hammers briefly escaped relegation but are now struggling again. Just one more win from 15th place, watch out. But when they faced Nottingham Forest, the team that was supposed to play them there, but at the time, ranked 13th, Moyes' quest began again. A 4-0 destruction, four goals scored in 14 minutes of the second half.
As a result, Moyes continued his work and the club reached the final of the Europa Conference League and secured another season in the Premier League. All in all, you will probably accept that.
Another man who appeared to be minutes away from the sack was Steve Cooper of Nottingham Forest. The manager who guided them to the Premier League has kept them in place from the first try. And that is with one of the most dispersed teams in English football history, signing 21 players since last summer.
Other clubs that have come to safety in recent weeks have changed managers this season, but have given their current holders a chance. Gary O'Neil has replaced Scott Parker at Bournemouth after just four Premier League games - and the owners have stuck with him through difficult times, including a six-game losing streak and the period they've been through. 3 months no win. Julen Lopetegui arrived at Wolves in November with a club background but played just 15 games.
Indeed, this season has brutally exposed the fallacy of a midterm manager change. With Southampton relegated, two teams from Everton, Leeds United and Leicester City will join them for the Championship next season. If counting goalkeepers, these 4 teams have 13 main players this season. And we should take the position holders into account, because when a manager is fired in the middle of a season, there's usually a short window of time for the others to step in. This certainly involves more lost points, some very important.
After Jesse Marsch was released by Leeds and before Javi Gracia was appointed, Michael Skubala called for a draw and lost to Manchester United and a narrow loss to Everton. How important is this Everton defeat now?
At the time of this writing, the win rate for Leeds managers is a sliding scale. From Marcelo Bielsa's 47% to Marsch's 30%, through Gracia's 25% and Sam Allardyce's 0% winless.
Meanwhile, at Leicester, Mike Stowell and Adam Sadler oversaw defeats to Aston Villa and Bournemouth in April. After the change of manager, Leicester swapped Brendan Rodgers' 47% win rate with Dean Smith's 17%.
Between Ralph Hasenhuttl and Nathan Jones at Southampton, Ruben Selles lost the only game he was temporarily in charge of, then lost 11 more when he was assigned as caretaker.
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