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Uganda head coach Paul Put has blasted FIFA for shifting player release date for 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, DAILY POST reports.

Clubs were mandated to release players two weeks before the start of previous AFCON tournaments.

FIFA, reportedly due to pressure from European clubs, shifted the release period to just one week before the start of the upcoming competition.

The decision has disrupted the plan of majority of the qualified countries.

Put took aim at the world soccer governing body for the decision.

“We received a message from FIFA that we can only have the players abroad on the 16th or 17th. I had hoped to get them from the 8th. Now we will be with half the team until then,” Put told Uganda Football Federation official website.

“It becomes very difficult to make good preparation but we will deal with it. It is unfortunate but it is like this.”

The Cranes are currently preparing for the AFCON 2025 finals in Casablanca, Morocco.

AFCON 2025: Uganda coach slams FIFA over player release decision

HT Spor commentator, Mustafa Denizli  has criticized Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen following his display in the team’s UEFA Champions League 1-0 defeat to Monaco on Tuesday.

Recall that Osimhen failed to score as Galatasaray lost against Monaco in France.

Denizli insisted that Osimhen was very ineffective against the French Ligue 1 side.

“The primary reason for losing this match was that Monaco won the deflected second balls,” Denizli said (via Habersarikirmizi).

“As the English say, ‘The team that wins the match must win the second balls.’ Galatasaray exerted an unusually strong effort in the first half.

“I don’t know if anyone saw Osimhen in this match. He played one of his most passive games since joining Galatasaray.

“If Osimhen had been able to keep up with Barış Alper Yılmaz and Leroy Sane in terms of tempo, running, and exertion in the first half, the result could have been different. But he was very ineffective.”

UCL: ‘He was very ineffective’ – Mustafa Denizli criticizes Osimhen

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has claimed Real Madrid would have sacked him within six months last season.

According to him, Madrid is the “hardest” club to manage in the whole world.

Guardiola was speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of their Champions League clash against Los Blancos.

The Spaniard was answering questions about Xabi Alonso, who future is now uncertain at the Bernabeu, following a poor run of form.

Managing Real Madrid is the hardest job in football,” Guardiola said.

“If I performed the way I did last season as Real Madrid’s manager, I would’ve been sacked in six months.”

UCL: Real Madrid would have sacked me in six months – Guardiola