You re very welcome along to the programme, wherever you are watching around the world. Let s start then, with the busy evening of champions league football around europe and a surprising loss for the fivetime winners of the competition. Barcelona have won their first five la liga games of the season, however, they were beaten 21 by monaco. Hansi flick s side were forced to play most of the match with ten men after defender eric garcia was sent off. George elnikecina scored the winner for the french side, who are back in europe s top competition for the first time in five years. They bring a lot of players in with the youth speed and it was not easy to to defend and after 10 minutes or 12 minutes with a red card, the game changed totally. But what i can see is really the positive things we tried, first, we tried to really to to defend as a team and also attack as a team. And we have chances. But today they deserve the 21 so we have to accept that. Elsewhere then a late header byjose ma
Deep Dive: Caio Alexandre
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The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed Brazilian box-to-box midfielder Caio Alexandre from Botafogo. the reported $4.4 million fee is the second highest the club has ever paid. By all accounts Alexandre is pretty good but it’s a move that creates a lot interesting questions about the direction this Whitecaps team is headed. So let’s dive into what he brings to the team.
Career Summary:
Alexandre, 22, broke through in the Botafogo senior team last season. He quickly established himself as one of the club’s top players, playing 40 games in all competitions and chipped in with four goals. Despite this, Botafogo look destined for relegation; Which is probably the reason he was available to the Whitecaps at all.