In the section VZ 5 makes football zone a daily selection of the five most important news stories from the past 24 hours. Handy for those who haven’t been able to follow everything, and great for those who like to read it again. It is not necessarily about the most viewed articles on the website, but really about the story of the day.
Roger Schmidt keeps stunting with Benfica
Benfica has qualified as group winner for the eighth finals of the Champions League. With fourteen points from six games, a club record for the formation of trainer Roger Schmidt, O Glorioso eventually finished above Paris Saint-Germain. An insane final phase visiting Maccabi Haifa, where they eventually won with no less than 1-6, brought Schmidt and his followers to the group win.
Read here how Benfica managed to get past PSG at the last minute.
Olivier Giroud helps AC Milan return to the European elite
AC Milan has qualified for the eighth final of the Champions League in a direct duel with Red Bull Salzburg. The formation of trainer Stefano Pioli only had to draw on its own field, but showed itself far too strong for the champion of Austria: 4-0. Olivier Giroud was the big man on Milan’s side, scoring two goals and an assist. In the same group, Chelsea continue as group winners after a 2-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb.
Read about Giroud’s heroic role here.
Derksen sees only one club as an option to save Ihattaren’s career
Johan Derksen believes that Mohamed Ihattaren deserves one last chance. The analyst sees Royal Antwerp as the only possibility to pull the career of the twenty-year-old talent out of the doldrums. Ajax announced in an official press release on Monday that it will not lift the purchase option on Ihattaren. The attacker annex attacking midfielder has been leased from Juventus since January 2022, and could have been definitively taken over from Juventus for two million euros. la Vecchia Signora.
Here you can read why Derksen thinks Ihattaren should go to Antwerp.
Neuer reveals via Instagram: three times surgery for skin cancer
Manuel Neuer made a vehement revelation via Instagram on Wednesday. The 36-year-old goalkeeper has had skin cancer in his face and has already had to undergo surgery three times. For that reason, the closing post is also launching care products to draw attention to sun protection.
You can read the whole story about the situation around Neuer here./a>
Supermarket chain Jumbo takes amazing World Cup advertising offline
Jumbo has taken the startling World Cup advertisement offline after a lot of commotion on social media. The advertisement showed how the Toppers walked the polonaise together with rapper Donnie. However, they also did this with a group of construction workers on a construction site, which is sensitive because thousands of workers have lost their lives building World Cup stadiums in Qatar.
Read here how Jumbo completely missed the mark.