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Balotelli scores five goals in one game

- -Soccer Laduma

MADRID - Having recently missed out on Kylian Mbappe, Spanish giants Real Madrid have reportedly reached an agreement with another French sensation, although Liverpool are said to have a similar deal in place with the player.

Carlo Ancelotti’s Real have now

vault 51 spots in the rankings to No. 49, climbing inside the coveted top 50 positions that qualify players for every major worldwide event.

Thomas, 29, now has a pair of Wanamaker trophies on his resume along with the 2021 Players Championsh­ip. That had been his most recent victory before erasing a seven-shot deficit with a 67 on Sunday.

“I think it’s easy to start letting some doubt creep in and just kind of be like, ‘all right, what’s going to happen, when is it going to happen, is it going to happen?’” Thomas said. “I’m very fortunate right now that although there might be people ranked higher than me in the world ranking, but at least in my eyes, I’m on top of the golfing world right now. And I’m very, very proud of that.”

MILAN - The ever-entertaini­ng Mario Balotelli once again made headlines when he scored five goals in a match at the weekend, including an outrageous rabona strike following seven stepovers.

The Italian forward ended the 2021/22 season on a high in a Turkish Super Lig clash against Goztepe, with the Adana Demirspor man finding the back of the net on five occasions in a remarkable 7-0 victory.

Balotelli, 31, has concluded the campaign with 19 goals in 33 matches across all competitio­ns, while he also assisted a further six strikes for his colleagues. switched their attention to another Frenchman, but face significan­t competitio­n from the Anfield outfit for the player’s signature. According to RMC Sport, AS Monaco and France star Aurelien Tchouameni has agreed personal terms with both the LaLiga champions and their 2021/22 UEFA Champions League final opponents, the Reds.

Although his five-star performanc­e would have been worthy of praise regardless, it was the ex-Manchester City and Liverpool attacker’s fifth and final goal on Sunday, a rabona finish that was preceded by seven stepovers as he entered the Goztepe penalty area, that grabbed the world’s attention.

Earlier this year, Balotelli was linked to a return to English football, after it was reported that Fulham had identified him as a potential target if they won promotion from the English Championsh­ip.

A place in next season’s Premier League was eventually secured, but it remains to be seen if Balotelli is still being considered a transfer target by the Cottagers.

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