Today's 5️⃣ stories: violence in the Copa, Portugal win sans Cristiano

A new week of football and news is underway, so to keep up with everything, here’s a look at the five stories you can’t miss this Monday, October 5.

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The 'Seleção' won again without Cristiano Ronaldo. This time they beat Norway thanks to goals from Gonçalo Ramos and João Cancelo.

After the match, Jorge Jesus did not rule out Cristiano Ronaldo’s return, and the Portuguese Federation said that everything they are working on is being handled internally.

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The Blaugrana thrashed the Madrid side 7-0 and produced a historic rout for the ages.

Four goals from Claudia Pina, plus strikes from Ewa Pajor, Hansen and Schertenleib, finished off Pau Quesada’s side. Real Madrid were left badly shaken.

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Jürgen Klopp’s Germany still cannot get going, as they dropped points again against Greece. After losing the first meeting to the Greeks, they were held to another 0-0 draw in Thessaloniki.

This leaves the Germans in a very difficult position in the Nations League. They are third behind the Netherlands and Greece, who are level on eight points (three more than Germany), and reaching the quarter-finals now looks difficult.

Incidents and violence brought the Atlético Güímar-Sporting Hortaleza Copa del Rey tie to an end.

After the Madrid side’s first-leg win, both teams were chasing qualification to face a Primera División side in the return leg, but the match was suspended.

Sporting Hortaleza players had stones thrown at their bus, bottles hurled at them, insults shouted at them... and that brought the match to a premature end.

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Former Premier League striker Andy Carroll has revealed that he was sexually assaulted by choreographer Kevin Adams in 2019.

He explained it like this: "I was sexually assaulted. It is frightening even to think about it, and until now only a few people knew. Lou (his current partner) and I spent a lot of time discussing whether we should mention it in this book or not. I avoided my editor for so long that they probably suspected I had bottled it... It is scary to talk about, but it has made me the person I am today as much as any good thing has. And if by talking about it I can help even just one person, then it will have been worth it," he admits. "What happened to me affected every aspect of my life. I thought about it every day, which made it hard for me to focus on anything else... including football. The trauma has not gone away."

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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