56 min: Real Madrid are all over the place, and here’s another blow for them: Camavinga is down and is going to need replacing. Looks like a hamstring injury. Ancelotti will actually make a double change. Camavinga is off for Lucas Vazquez, who will go to right back with Valverde coming into midfield. Ceballos on for Arda Guler, that’s a tactical change.
54 min: Liverpool nearly immediately double their lead! Jones does brilliantly on the left flank, cuts the ball back to Mac Allister, who takes a touch and fires just wide! Courtois was rooted to the spot, he wasn’t getting there, but Mac Allister missed the target, curling his effort around the advancing Rudiger and just wide of Courtois’s left post.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid (Mac Allister 52)
The Reds take a deserved lead! Mac Allister shugs off Modric on the edge of the box, plays a one-two with Bradley and drives into the box. Raúl Asencio comes across to get a block in, but the Argentinian squeezes a shot past the young Spaniard, which catches Courtois cold and rolls into the far corner. Anfield erupts!
50 min: Real Madrid nearly self-destruct! Liverpool’s press boxes Madrid up against their own byline. Modric just gets the ball away to Rudiger, who dawdles on the ball. It comes loose, and only a tackle from Guler prevents Jones from converting an easy chance!
48 min: Back come Liverpool and from a corner, Jones does considerably better! The new England international plucks the ball out of the sky, beating Mbappé, and pings a goalbound shot towards the corner, only for Camavinga to get a block in. Another corner, from which Courtois claims at the second attempt.
47 min: After some untidy play, the ball breaks kindly to Jones in Madrid’s box but the academy graduate can’t get the ball out of his feet on the penalty spot!
Peeeeeeeeeep! We’re off again.
On Modric, I watched this excellent short film on the Croatian maestro recently. Definitely worth five minutes of your time. I have never seen Modric, usually so reserved, speak to openly and candidly about his war-torn upbringing before.
Half-time reading:
“Clumsy?”, emails Richard McGahey. “Oh maybe when that kid Modric gets some more experience, he will be able to inflict tactical fouls and feign innocence.”
The latest from Villa Park, right here.
Half-time: Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
A half of few clear-cut chances, but an utterly enthralling match.
45 min: Just one minute added on for added time. Güler, not for the first time, tries his luck from range, his shot heading into the Kop a good 20 yards wide of goal.
43 min: Mbappé has really not got himself into the game, although the Frenchman does win the ball from Bradley. Impressively, that the first mistake from the Northern Irishman.
41 min: Liverpool are, however, rather annoyed that Modric escapes a yellow card for a clumsy challenge on Konaté.
40 min: Mac Allister is booked for cynically tap tackling Arda Guler, who was striding forward into empty space inside Liverpool’s half. No complaints from the World Cup winner.
38 min: Liverpool are really purring now! Diaz and Robertson combine nicely with the latter sending a fierce low cross into Madrid’s box. Rudiger, stationed at the near post, does brilliantly to clear the ball, crucially not into his own net! The German celebrates his intervention like a goal. He’s a real leader.
36 min: Nunez bullies Camavinga to win the ball back and sets Jones free on the counter attack for Liverpool. Jones feeds Salah and gets the ball back on the edge of the area, with the Englishman firing three yards over with a first-time shot.
34 min: Anfield is really rocking now.
32 min: Nunez heads inches wide! It’s all happening now. Mac Allister floats a clever ball that looks like it is just too strong for Nunez, who breaks the offside trap, extends his neck muscles and somehow nods the ball back across goal. His header takes Courtois by surprise and almost in slow motion, the ball trickles across the six-yard box and just wide!
Close but no cigar for Darwin Nunez. Photograph: Michael Regan/UEFA/Getty Images
31 min: Conor Bradley, on his first Champions League start for Liverpool, with an absolute crunching slide tackle on Mbappé! Absolutely textbook! Took all of the ball and sent Mbappé flying to earn arguably the biggest cheer of the night.
Liverpool’s Conor Bradley gets the ball, not the man. Photograph: Jon Super/AP
30 min: Mendy brings down Salah, 15 yards outside the penalty box out wide. Van Dijk and Konaté trot forward from the back and Rudiger can be seen laughing and playfully pushing Van Dijk before the ball comes in. The German is enjoying himself! Courtois does well to punch the ball clear.
28 min: Madrid are slowly creeping into this game. Camavinga and Modric are showing some nice touches in midfield before Bellingham wins a corner off a frustrated Robertson, from which Arda Guler fires a shot high and wide.
26 min: Diaz looks like he fancies this match up against Valverde, who is a supremely accomplished and versatile player but not a natural right back. Salah, meanwhile, has been very quiet on the right.
24 min: For better or worse, Nunez is right amongst it and so nearly toe-pokes Liverpool into the lead! Mendy scrambles a clearance in Madrid’s box, which deflects kindly into Nunez’s path, but Courtois springs off his line to close the angle and prevent the Liverpool striker from prodding the Reds into the lead. Great save from surely the best goalkeeper in the world.
Real Madrid’s keeper Thibaut Courtois earns his corn. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images/Reuters
22 min: Nunez, on a yellow card remember, drags back Camavinga in a really dangerous position to the right of centre outside Liverpool’s box. Arda Guler is over the free-kick … but knuckleballs it just over. Kelleher wasn’t too worried.
20 min: Wow! Raúl Asencio, the 21-year-old centre back making his Champions League debut tonight, shows a great change of pace to catch and shove Nunez out the way. Looks like a bit of a player, this kid.
Real Madrid’s Raúl Asencio gives chase to Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images/Reuters
18 min: Nunez ignores an easy pass back to Robertson and Cruyff-turns Bellingham. The home crowd enjoyed that one.
16 min: Another booking! Gravenberch goes into the book for dissent, as the Dutchman questions the referee after Van Dijk shoulder barges Mbappé to the ground.
14 min: Bellingham responds by putting himself about in central midfield, winning a free kick and a corner in quick succession. Those late runs into the box can be so dangerous if he is not tracked by one of Gravenberch, Mac Allister or Jones.
12 min: The corner is cleared. Liverpool fans are booing Bellingham. Hmmm.
Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham clears a Liverpool corner. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images/Reuters
11 min: Madrid are doubling up on Salah, who wins a corner. As the ball dribbles out, Nunez and Raúl Asencio clash off the ball, with both having a bit of handbags in the penalty box. Nunez goes down dramatically (and a little embarrassingly), replays show there wasn’t much in it. However, both Nunez and Raúl Asencio are booked for their troubles. Silly.
8 min: This has been a poor start from Madrid, who have not yet had a sustained period of possession.
6 min: Sloppy ball from Van Dijk gifts possession to Arda Güler in an advanced position. The Turkish player drives at Robertson, who expertly nicks and shields the ball to stifle the danger. Good defending from the Scot, but an alarming pass from Van Dijk.
Off the line!
4 min: Real Madrid clear off the ball off the line! Mbappé has hit pocket picked by Salah in midfield and Nunez races away on the counter attack. The Uruguayan exchanges passes with Salah and goes through on goal! From an angle, Nunez fires across goal, Courtois tips it back into play and Raúl Asencio nearly toepokes the ball into his own net, but gets back to hack it clear just in time! The ball was right on the line! Raúl Asencio did very well to recover after an initial clumsy touch. It remains goalless but Anfield is bouncing!
Real Madrid’s Raúl Asencio clears the ball off the line. Photograph: Ed Sykes/Apl/SportsphotoThere’s a variety of expressions from the Liverpool fans behind the goal. Photograph: Jon Super/AP
2 min: Nervy opening touches from both sides. Up front for Madrid, Mbappé is indeed playing on the left, Brahim Diaz in the middle (what a gut punch that is for Endrick) and Arda Guler on the right.
Peeeeeeeeep! We’re underway at Anfied.
You’ll Never Walk Alone rings around Anfield. Carlo Ancelotti strides out to the dugout, his eyebrow cocked. Andy Robertson picks his nose in the tunnel. This is football heritage.
Arne Slot speaks!
Salah has been in the media his whole career. He’s used to this. If he doesn’t play a good game tonight, which I don’t expect, it’s because of Real Madrid, not the things he has said.
If you are catching up on Salah’s contract situation and his outspoken comments, this is worth a read from Andy Hunter.
A euro for the thoughts of Endrick, who played just four minutes at the weekend despite Madrid’s injury problems. The teenage superstar has started just one game since September, a 1-0 defeat to Lille. The Brazilian is on the bench tonight.
Should flag that Bellingham has some heavy strapping on his left knee. Madrid could really do without another injury.
Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images/Reuters
The players are out on the pitch, warming up.
Mo Salah. Photograph: Molly Darlington/ReutersJude Bellingham (left) and Kylian Mbappé. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images/ReutersThibaut Courtois. Photograph: Allstar Picture Library Ltd/Ed Sykes/Apl/SportsphotoCurtis Jones (centre). Photograph: Molly Darlington/Reuters
Given the history of Liverpool and Real Madrid and their form in recent years, is this the biggest game in European club football?
This is not the only game tonight, of course. Join John Brewin for the tantalising encounter that is Villa v Juventus.
Gareth Bale is a pundit tonight for TNT. Presenter Laura Woods points out that the Welshman’s record at Anfield is not the best:
“I won when it mattered”, replies Bale.
Two changes for Slot since Liverpool’s win over Southampton. Diaz comes in for Gakpo and Mac Allister replaces Szoboszlai. Trent Alexander-Arnold is back on the bench after recovering from his injury troubles. Conor Bradley is tasked with marking Kylian Mbappé.
What a huge game for Raúl Asencio at centre back for Real Madrid. The 21-year-old makes just his third senior appearance and his first game in the Champions League. There are two changes from the side that beat Leganés: Diaz comes in for the injured Vini Jr, and the evergreen Modric replaces Ceballos.
Liverpool enquired into signing Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund in 2023, before deciding they could not afford the overall package to sign him. Bellingham has been talking this week about that interest, and his eventual decision to join Madrid.
[Signing for Liverpool] probably wasn’t as close as a lot of the media made out. I had conversations with a few clubs when leaving Borussia Dortmund and making that decision. They gave me permission to speak to a few clubs. All the clubs I spoke to were very respectful of me and my family which was something I really respected. But when Real Madrid come knocking on the door it shakes the whole house. It’s hard not to accept. It’s not a matter the other teams weren’t good or were bad when I spoke to them, it’s just that Real Madrid are on a different level.
Guess who’s back. Back again.
Former Real Madrid player Gareth Bale (right) speaks with Rio Ferdinand before the match. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA
With Vini Jr injured at Leganés, Mbappé switched to his preferred position on the left and the Frenchman will almost certainly occupy the same position this evening. Here’s Sid Lowe to explain a little more.
“If ever a game needed a moniker Clash of the Titans, this would be it,” emails krishnamoorthy. “Real have not been winning of late, it is difficult even to type this statement, which is absurd. The losing streak had to end and what better platform to perform than in the tournament that they own. But then we thought the same about City last night. Real is no City and Liverpool is certainly no Feynoord. I expect a 2-2 draw”.
I also think a score draw is a decent shout, although Madrid’s form and absentees mean Liverpool are favourites tonight.
It’s also worth noting that after the heavy back-to-back defeats against Barcelona and Milan, Madrid have significantly improved of late after Carlo Ancelotti made some changes. Following the 3-1 home defeat to Milan, the Italian announced “We have evaluated the situation with the players. We think we have found the solution. But we need to put that into practice. That is what we are hoping to do, to play differently.”
Since then, Madrid have won 4-0 and 3-0 in La Liga, against Osasuna and Leganés. Liverpool those teams are not, but the results are certainly encouraging.
Here, from the archives just before the 2022 Champions League final (won 1-0 by Madrid), is a more detailed history of the meeting of these two teams.
The last time Madrid travelled to Anfield was in February last year, when Madrid trounced Liverpool 5-2 in the round of 16, despite going 2-0 down. The injured Vini Jr and Karim Benzema, now departed to Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia of course, ran the show that night.
Preamble
As games of association football go, they don’t come much bigger than this. The most successful British club in Europe, at one of the most storied grounds in world football, facing off against the most successful European side of all time, with over twice as many European Cups/Champions League titles than the next challenger (Milan). Woof.
Liverpool and Real Madrid have a bit of history and have faced each other six times (across four ties) in the last seven Champions League campaigns, including the 2018 and 2022 finals, with the Spanish side unbeaten across that period. That has got to sting if you are wearing red. The memories of Salah v Ramos, Gareth Bale’s bicycle kick v Loris Karius and Vini Jr/Karim Benzema turning on the style are still raw.
But this is a new era for Liverpool, and a particularly sticky period for Real Madrid. Liverpool have a 100% European record in the new format, while Madrid are currently 21st of the 36 teams at the half-way point of the league phase (formerly known as the group stage). Lose at Anfield, and there is the small possibility that they might not make the top 24 and qualify for the next round.
Moreover, Kylian Mbappé has not yet found his form as a central striker, Jude Bellingham has also not hit the heights of last season after being shunted out on the right and Madrid’s injury list is lenghty: Vini Jr out for a few weeks, while key players Rodrygo, Éder Militão, Dani Carvajal, Lucas Vázquez, Aurélien Tchouaméni and David Alaba are also sidelined.
Liverpool, however, are flying (despite the distraction of Mo Salah’s contract situation) under Arne Slot. There has rarely been a better time to face the famous team in white.
Cristina Indio do Brasil – Repórter da Agência Brasil
A inadimplência dos consumidores permaneceu elevada em novembro. Entre as famílias, 29,4% disseram que têm dívidas em atraso. O percentual é o maior desde outubro do ano passado. O total de consumidores que revelaram estar sem condições de quitar as dívidas subiu para 12,9%. Em outubro, era de 12,6% e, em novembro de 2023, de 12,5%.
Os dados são da Pesquisa de Endividamento e Inadimplência do Consumidor (Peic) de novembro, elaborada mensalmente pela Confederação Nacional do Comércio de Bens, Serviços e Turismo (CNC). A Peic divulgada, nesta quinta-feira (5), indicou alterações nos tipos de crédito e no comportamento financeiro das famílias.
Conforme a pesquisa, o endividamento do consumidor avançou em novembro, chegando a 77% do total, na comparação com os 76,6% registrados no mesmo mês de 2023. O aumento é resultado do maior uso do crédito para compras de fim de ano, além de indicar uma gestão mais cautelosa do orçamento, afirmam os pesquisadores. O percentual de consumidores que se consideram muito endividados recuou para 15,2%, menor patamar desde novembro de 2021.
O presidente do Sistema CNC-Sesc-Senac, José Roberto Tadros, destacou a importância de prazos mais longos no planejamento financeiro familiar. Para Tadros, o consumidor está buscando equilíbrio nas dívidas. “O aumento sazonal do crédito é esperado nesta época do ano, mas o perfil mais equilibrado das dívidas indica uso mais consciente, com menor impacto na renda mensal”, disse, em texto divulgado pela CNC.
Estabilidade
As projeções da CNC apontam para a continuidade na evolução do endividamento em dezembro, em consequência das compras de Natal. No entanto, a inadimplência deve continuar estável, por causa do comportamento das famílias diante do cenário de juros altos.
Na visão do economista-chefe da CNC em exercício, Fábio Bentes, a recuperação do consumo depende de uma gestão responsável do crédito. “Apesar de um leve aumento do endividamento, o impacto na renda mensal tem diminuído, refletindo o esforço das famílias em manter suas contas equilibradas mesmo diante de adversidades econômicas”, afirmou.
Menor renda
A pesquisa mostrou ainda que o endividamento das famílias de menor renda (até 3 salários mínimos), aumentou para 81,1%, o maior índice entre todas as faixas. “Essas famílias também registraram o maior percentual de inadimplência, com 37,5% relatando dívidas em atraso e 18,5% afirmando não ter condições de quitar os débitos”, acrescentou a CNC.
As famílias com renda acima de 10 salários mínimos diminuíram o endividamento para 66,7%. Entre os entrevistados, 14,6% reportaram dívidas em atraso e apenas 5% relataram não ter condições de fazer o pagamento. “Esse comportamento reflete maior capacidade de planejamento financeiro e menor dependência de crédito”, avaliaram os pesquisadores.
A pesquisa mostra ainda que menor comprometimento da renda e prazos mais longos contribuem para a estabilidade. Em novembro, chegou a 29,8% o comprometimento médio da renda com dívidas, o que representou “uma leve queda em relação a outubro”. Outro recuo observado foi no percentual de consumidores com mais da metade da renda comprometida, que caiu para 20,3%, o menor índice desde agosto de 2024.
Cerca de 35,9% das famílias endividadas conseguiram avançar em prazos mais longos para quitação de dívidas. O percentual é o de maior nível desde dezembro de 2021. “Essa mudança tem ajudado a reduzir o tempo de atraso das contas, com queda do percentual de inadimplentes há mais de 90 dias para 49,6%”, analisou a Peic.
Cartão
Embora o cartão permaneça como a principal modalidade de dívida para 83,8% das famílias endividadas, esse tipo de crédito recuou 3,9 pontos percentuais na comparação com novembro de 2023. Em movimento contrário, o crédito pessoal continuou em destaque e registrou elevação de 2,5 pontos percentuais na comparação anual. “Apesar de uma leve redução mensal (de 12% em outubro para 11,7% em novembro), ele é favorecido pelas menores taxas de juros entre as modalidades. Carnês, embora ainda relevantes, perderam participação em relação ao ano anterior”, concluiu a CNC.
O Serviço Geológico dos EUA relatou na quinta-feira uma poderosa magnitude de 7,0 terremoto no norte da Califórnia.
O Serviço Meteorológico Nacional, que listou o terremoto como tendo magnitude de 7,3, emitiu imediatamente um alerta de tsunami. Posteriormente, isso foi cancelado, pouco antes das primeiras ondas atingirem a costa da Califórnia.
Cerca de 4,7 milhões de residentes na Califórnia e no Oregon estão atualmente sob alerta.
Sismólogos norte-americanos dizem que o terremoto ocorreu a uma profundidade de apenas 10 quilômetros e que seu epicentro foi localizado a cerca de 45 milhas a sudoeste de Eureka, no condado de Humboldt, perto da divisa do estado de Oregon.
Autoridades emitiram e cancelaram alerta de tsunami
“Com base em parâmetros preliminares do terremoto… tsunamis perigosos são possíveis em costas localizadas a 300 quilômetros do epicentro do terremoto”, dizia um alerta emitido pelo Centro de Alerta de Tsunami do Serviço Meteorológico Nacional em Honolulu, Havaí.
Embora o comunicado diga que ainda não foram avistadas ondas notáveis, o Centro de Alerta de Tsunami instou que “qualquer pessoa perto da costa deve estar alerta para a possibilidade de perigo”.
O Serviço Meteorológico emitiu um comunicado atualizado minutos depois alertando que o horário estimado de início do tsunami em São Francisco seria 12h10 local (20h10 GMT).
O terremoto ocorreu no final da manhã e foi sentido ao sul até São Francisco, onde também foram relatados vários tremores secundários menores.
O Zoológico de São Francisco postou no X que havia fechado as instalações, escrevendo: “O Zoológico foi fechado devido à emergência climática nacional e ao alerta de tsunami.
O governador da Califórnia, Gavin Newsom, que atualmente está se reunindo com funcionários do Escritório de Serviços de Emergência, instou os cidadãos a seguirem as instruções de segurança do governo.
A Polícia Civil de São Paulo prendeu nesta quinta-feira (5) três integrantes da quadrilha especializada no chamado “golpe do amor”. Por meio de perfis falsos em redes sociais, os suspeitos atraiam as vítimas para encontros românticos, mas que terminavam em sequestro. Os integrantes do bando foram presos em suas residências, no bairro do Jaguaré, na zona oeste da capital paulista.
Presos responderão por crimes de extorsão mediante sequestro e organização criminosa.
O Grupo Armado de Repressão a Roubos e Assaltos (Garra) cumpriu, além das prisões, mandados de busca e apreensão. Vários aparelhos eletrônicos, possivelmente utilizados no golpe foram apreendidos.
O modus operandi da quadrilha consistiu em sequestrar as vítimas, mantê-las em cárcere privado, sob ameaça, enquanto os integrantes do banco realizavam transações bancárias. Em julho, uma vítima ficou horas em poder dos suspeitos antes de ser libertado.
Na mesma operação, a Secretaria de Segurança Pública do Estado informou que também foi efetuada a prisão de um homem que participou de uma tentativa de sequestro, no mesmo bairro do Jaguaré, também no mês de julho deste ano.
Todos os quatro presos têm entre 22 e 25 anos, com passagens pela polícia por tráfico de entorpecentes, violência doméstica e receptação
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