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Alexander Isak praised after the successful effort


FOTO: JOSE BRETON

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Alexander Isak's success continues. Against Cadiz, he struck with double hits - and thus became the goal scorer for the fourth league match in a row.

Now he is hailed in the local newspaper El Diaro Vasco. https://real-sociedad.diariovasco.com/e ... 20sociedad

Great scorer last time against Villarreal.

Now the Swedish national team striker Alexander Isak , has struck again. Twice!

The first goal came ten minutes into the second half.

Isak ran on a piercer, from teammate Adnan Januzaj.

From the right, he coolly placed the ball in the goalkeeper's far corner.

Just a few minutes later, it was time again.

On a goalkeeper return, Isak could easily nick in his second goal of the match from close range.



The goals means, that Alexander Isak has been the goal scorer in four straight league matches. In total, he has scored eight goals in this year's La Liga.

Just one less, than what he did throughout his debut season with Real Sociedad.

Praise in the local press

The Swede's contribution, did not go unnoticed. In the local newspaper El Diaro Vasco, Isak's contribution is described as

excellent.

In a poll among the newspaper's readers, as many as 69 percent believe that Isak was the best player of the match.

Coach Imanol Alguacil, however, manages to find potential for improvement in the effort.

We do very well, but we fail in some sequences. We scored four goals, but could have scored seven. If you have the opportunity to score seven, you have to score seven goals, he tells the newspaper. https://real-sociedad.diariovasco.com/i ... 22-nt.html



VAR (Video Assistant Referee) bonanza, in the first half

Before Isak's goal, La Real had taken a two-goal lead. This after a VAR-filled first half.

Mikel Oyarzabal accounted for both hits, one from the penalty spot. The punishment was handed down, after a check from the referee's room.

Today's opponent, Cadiz, also sought a penalty, but this time the referee chose to free.

The half ended with Cadiz- Marcos Mauro- being sent off. Also this time, after a proper VAR consultation.

Chased a hat trick - was exchanged

Isak then chased his first hat trick in La Liga, and threatened on several occasions. 73 minutes into the game, he ended up being replaced by Carlos Fernandez.

Isak made a very nice effort, and looked toxic throughout his time on the field. In addition to the goals, he was close to getting an assist.

Maybe he should even get it. A fine dribbling raid ended with Isak serving goal server Januzaj, an open goal from a few meters. The Belgian did not manage to get his feet right, and the finish went over the goal cage.

Real Sociedad eventually won, 4-1. The victory means, the team's first home win in three months.

[Zmeselo]

U21 Team of the Month for January
(WhoScored.com: @WhoScored)

Alexander Isak has a successful month behind him.

According to the statistics site WhoScored, the Real Sociedad Swede was the second best in the entire La Liga after Lionel Messi in January.

"They could not have asked for more from the youth," the site writes.

In total, there have now been six goals in La Liga for Real Sociedad this season and at the end of January he scored in three straight games against Sevilla, Real Betis and Villarreal.

The three goals, an assist and good performances in general meant that Isak ended up in the "team of the month" at the site WhoScored, which takes out an eleven based on statistics from the matches.

Alexander Isak in the team of the month

The Swede has a score of 8.2 and the only player in the entire league who surpasses him is Lionel Messi, who scored five goals in four games in the league in January.

Alexander Isak will also take part in WhoScore's European January eleven for U21 players, and only Borussia Dortmund star Jadon Sancho will beat him.

The Spanish team must trust the 21-year-old more now that Willian José has left the club, but they could not have asked for more from the youngster than to score in three straight games in January,

writes WhoScored.

[Zmeselo]

[For Immediate Release

February 7, 2021

Ill-Advised Statement Points to Failed Policies of the Past

The recent ill-advised statement from the U.S. Embassy in Asmara with regards to Eritrea felt like a slap in the face for the hundreds of thousands of Eritrean Americans, with critical presence in many swing states, who voted the Biden-Harris team into office hoping to see a new era of cooperation between our two countries and a respectful treatment of Africa and Africans. We hope that we will not regret this civic act.

However, we are profoundly disappointed to see such a statement which points to a past of failed policies, not a future of possibilities of working together in U.S.-Eritrea relations.

The policies of the past two decades were largely driven by relentless campaigns of lies generated and orchestrated by the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF) when it was in power in Ethiopia. We fear the current trend as indicated by this week’s statement may also be influenced by a similar campaign--this time driven by the remnants of the group abusing channels of international diplomacy they had cultivated when they controlled Ethiopia’s foreign policy.

We take no pleasure when we point out that the failed policies of the recent past, according to the leaked embassy cables leading to the 2009 sanctions, were partially based on relentless wave of deliberate disinformation and misinformation originating from the U.S. Embassy in Asmara, recycling and laundering, as the cables show, lazy innuendos about Eritrea compiled from TPLF-operated websites.

Similarly, as the Ethiopian attorney general stated a few days ago, the TPLF in a premeditated attempt to internationalize its anticipatory war against the Ethiopian National Defense Forces based in Tigray had “made the uniforms of Eritrean security forces” and distributed it to its special forces, militia and criminals in order to frame Eritrea.

As early as one week after the start of the internal Ethiopian conflict on November 4, 2020, a BBC news analysis summarized in its “Ethiopia's Tigray conflict sparks spread of misinformation” exposed how pictures from different countries as far as Armenia and Russia and as near as Yemen were photoshopped by TPLF supporters to peddle lies. Later in December and January, more pictures from different countries were collected from the internet and dished out as if they were evidence of atrocities happening in Tigray and TPLF supporters were openly boasting on social media how to exploit the gullibility of some policy makers. For example, a little girl whose picture was taken from social media was presented as a child killed in Adi Grat, Tigray, Ethiopia. The poor girl was forced to post on Facebook stating,

I am alive and well in California!

The Washington Post on February 5, 2021 stated how “In Ethiopia’s digital battle over the Tigray region, facts are casualties” lamenting Twitter

accounts with opaque credentials claim expertise or positions aimed at boosting their credibility. They claim to be academics or aid workers but have little or no online presence beyond Twitter, making their credentials difficult to verify. These accounts may be problematic because they can obtain significant ‘reach’ based on unsubstantiated claims.

Earlier in November the Post had written

Hate speech and disinformation have spread rapidly among politicized groups in Ethiopia.

In fact, the disinformation campaign in Ethiopia is so rampant that some Ph.D. candidates are now using it as a topic for dissertation research.

We would also like to point out the hypocrisy that is apparent when a permutation of some Obama-era officials who had no moral courage to ask the TPLF-led Ethiopian government to immediately vacate sovereign Eritrean territories that it was occupying in breach of an international treaty which the US was a witness and a guarantor, are now rearing their familiar biased heads in yet another administration to accuse Eritrea when the Ethiopian government is telling the world

The TPLF itself … started the war with the calculation of how the process should be internationalized, to claim that foreign countries have joined forces with the Ethiopian army.

Recycling failed policies and practices of the past is no way to bring about peace--much less durable one--in the Horn of Africa.

The National Council of Eritrean Americans (NCEA)]

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[Zmeselo]

Shoukry, Eritrean counterpart discuss Egyptian fishermen’s release

Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry held a telephone meeting with his Eritrean counterpart, Othman Saleh, to discuss the release of Egyptian fishermen detained in Eritrea.

Sami Hegazi

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/02/04/s ... s-release/

February 4, 2021


Sameh Shoukry

Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry held a telephone meeting with his Eritrean counterpart, Othman Saleh, to discuss the release of Egyptian fishermen detained in Eritrea.

During the conversation, Shoukry confirmed Egypt’s interest in releasing the detained fishermen as soon as possible, in recognition of the relations between the two countries.

Shoukry also followed up on the conditions of the detained fishermen and to ensure their safety and good treatment, in light of the fraternal relations between the two countries.

Ahmed Hafez, Spokesperson for Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Shoukry had directed for the Egyptian Embassy in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, to continue its vigorous and intensive efforts to follow up on developments in the case.

This relates to a continued monitoring of the conditions experienced by the detained Egyptian fishermen, and to coordinate with the Eritrean authorities regarding procedures for their repatriation.

On the other hand, and based on the minister’s mandates, the consular sector at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a coordination meeting with the national authorities.

The meeting reviewed developments related to the detention of the Egyptian fishermen in Eritrea in particular, and to discuss the necessary procedures and guidelines that would spare Egyptian citizens exposure to such incidents in future.

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Afelba village, Eritrea
(Kentiba R.: @KentibaR)

[Abe Abraham]

Thanks !! That is my beloved Afelba - Adi jeganu !! ንብዓት ስዒሩኒ !!