### News ### Former Fenerbahce captain Alex joins Curitiba Former Fenerbahce midfielder Alex signed with Curitiba, where he started his professional career

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Former Fenerbahce captain Alex joins Curitiba

Former Fenerbahce midfielder Alex signed with Curitiba, where he started his professional career.

According to the Brazilian club's official website, the 35-year-old signed a two-year deal.

We will remind, earlier the former captain of “Fenerbahce” terminated the contract with the Turkish club due to a conflict with the head coach.

Chelsea sign Fluminense defender

Chelsea have agreed a move for Fluminense defender Wallace, according to the Blues' official website.

The 18-year-old will officially become a player of the Aristocrats in the winter, however, by agreement between the clubs, he will remain in Brazil until the end of the season.

Note that this year Wallace played for the “Fluminense” 18 matches and became the champion of Brazil with the team.

Gabriel Batistuta believes Argentina will achieve great things with Messi

The legendary Argentina striker believes Albiceleste's leader will lead the team to great success.

“I don’t share the opinion that Messi in the Argentina national team does not play as well as in Barcelona. I know that he gives his best in matches both for the club and for the national team.

It's just a coincidence that our team has not yet won a trophy thanks to Messi and a talented generation of footballers. I'm sure it will happen sooner or later, Batistuta, 44, told Global Sports.

Recall that Battigol in the national team of Argentina twice won the America's Cup in 1991 and 1993.

Botafogo to complete Seedorf transfer by the end of the week

AC Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf could move to Botafogo in the near future.

The player's representative arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday for talks with the Brazilian club.

The transfer should take place before the end of the week, according to Lancenet.

In Paraguay, the judge sent off 36 players for a mass brawl

In the match of the Paraguayan junior league Teniente Farina – Libertad, the referees sent off 36 players – all the players of the first teams of both teams and substitutes, after the meeting ended in a mass brawl, informs Reuters.

Five minutes before the end of the match, chief referee Nestor Gillen showed red cards to two players – one from each team – for fighting. However, they did not pay attention to this and continued their fight, because of which the situation quickly got out of control, and soon people who were on the benches joined the fight.

Instead of stopping the carnage, the referees ran in fear from the football field into the premises under the stands. In the match report, they recorded 36 players sent off.All players were automatically disqualified for the next match and are awaiting sanctions from the disciplinary committee.

Gritsai: The victory was stolen from us

The Arsenal midfielder shared his impressions of the match against Chornomorets and commented on the upcoming match against Shakhtar.

The team is in the most fighting mood before the match with Shakhtar.nbsp- The team is working as usual, but each player understands well who they have to play against, and no additional motivation is needed. Of course, the guys are worried, they have not yet fully recovered after losing to Chernomorets, because it was a shame to lose 3 points at home against a team that should have been beaten in all respects, especially since the victory was missed, or, I'll be careful, it was stolen from us. we lost, we need to analyze our mistakes and move on

Neymar named best player in South America

Brazilian striker Santos Neymar was named the best player in South America in 2012, according to Futbolita.com.

The 20-year-old football player won the prestigious vote of the Uruguayan newspaper El Pais, which polled sports journalists from all over South America.

The prize for the best player in South America at the end of the year was presented to Neymar at a special ceremony that took place last night in the capital of Uruguay – Montevideo.

Recall that at the end of last year, Neymar was also awarded the prize For an outstanding game, which

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