Against the top teams, it seems like they like the challenge and that is what gets them going. But, especially at home, and against teams they should be beating, they seem to struggle more. I still think they will beat Watford, but they cannot afford to think they can just turn up and win. Media playback is not supported on this device Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits his side were second best at Watford If United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants to get that point across to his players, then he should just make them watch a re-run of their defeat against the Hornets in December, to remind them how dismal they were.
Lusa also reported Sporting's board of directors will take a 50% pay cut. With the pandemic shutting down global sport on an unprecedented scale, Sporting is the first of Portugal's three major football clubs to announce the cuts. FIFA has urged clubs worldwide to consider wage reductions in order to protect their finances.
A major problem for Stuttgart this season has been their away form. Winning at Dresden at the weekend was a big result for them just days after that 3-2 win over Hamburg. Now they return home in the second automatic promotion spot with a two point lead over Hamburg and five behind the league leaders but from a game more.
Both Southampton clubs came through penalty shootouts in a dramatic second round, with Spacey-Cale's side knocking out former WSL side Yeovil Town. But they are not the only lower-league clubs dreaming of causing an upset and claiming a place in Monday's fourth-round draw (17:00 GMT). Sitting seventh in the fourth tier's south east region, West London-based Actonians LFC are the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition.
Follow it here! We'll be back bright and early tomorrow for more glorious updates from the world of football. Can't wait? Get the below anthem in your ears. It's almost back in your lives. Feyenoord fans banned from Porto trip Feyenoord have been banned from selling tickets to their fans for next month's Europa League game at Porto following crowd trouble in their match at Young Boys in Basel, UEFA said on Monday.
Abramovich ran into problems renewing his British visa last year and has not been seen at Chelsea's home games this season. He has also cancelled plans to redevelop Stamford Bridge. British media reported Abramovich had grown weary and was looking to sell the club but Buck said that the Russian billionaire, who took Israeli citizenship in May last year, had no such plans.
Ultimately, Cruzeiro's case is proof that name alone counts for nothing in football and they are where they are because of how poor they've been over the 37 matches. They can't score goals, concede too many and it doesn't take a genius to ascertain that's not a recipe for success.
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And so had Arbroath and Clyde, neither of whom have ever made it back to the top tier. Airdrie were one of those relegated, despite beating Rangers and Celtic down the stretch and reaching the Scottish Cup finalThe world was changing, so football had toThe following season, those sides would find themselves in a radically recast first division with the top six from the old second tier - Falkirk, Queen of the South, Montrose, Hamilton Academical, East Fife and St Mirren.
Boutique lenders'Helping clubs finance transfers or stadium improvements by lending against future broadcast income and the value of players as intangible assets is nothing new, and there are a number of lenders to whom clubs can turn. Traub says an already established relationship with Benfica, having helped restructure their balance sheet, played a part in their involvement in the Felix transfer ahead of others "desperate to try to help because it was an opportunistic transaction".
Jan Oblak tries a through ball, but Vitolo is caught offside. Posted at 89' Attempt missed. Diego Costa (Atlético de Madrid) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kieran Trippier with a cross following a corner. Posted at 88' Corner, Atlético de Madrid. Conceded by Diego Carlos. Posted at 88' Foul by Sergio Reguilón (Sevilla). Posted at 88' Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Referee Andy Madley showed Palace right-back Joel Ward a red card late on for a foul on Stevens, but downgraded the punishment to a yellow card after consulting his pitchside monitor. The result lifts the Sheffield United above Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, who play each other in Saturday's late game and can both move up to fifth with a win.
Atalanta, who fought back from losing their first three group matches to reach the last 16 at their first bash at Champions League football, were rewarded with a tie against Valencia. Perennial Serie A winners Juventus face Lyon, who will be without talisman Memphis Depay after the Dutchman tore his ACL against Rennes on Sunday.
Their easy-on-the-eye football was a welcome addition and early in the season it helped them produce a couple of shocks - most notably when they beat reigning champions Manchester City 3-2 in September. That was City's first defeat since January 2019 and gave the Canaries hope that they could avoid the drop. Ultimately, they ran out of steam but this result will live long in the memory of Norwich fans.
Liverpool v Everton is now officially a rivalry like Serena Williams v Maria Sharapova is a rivalry. In fact, The Warm-Up is hearing rumours that the Premier League is considering downgrading this fixture from ‘derby’ status. No amount of history can save it after Everton sent their first team to Anfield to get embarrassed by a bunch of kids.
Villa's Premier League status will define their demands for Grealish, but he's likely to cost north of £50 million (with the Mirror reporting the club are willing to pay £70 million for his services). Sancho is being touted for over £100 million - which could increase if he has a successful Euros this summer - while Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulus is a notoriously tough negotiator.
In no way condones’? Good lord. It does no good to say ‘we do not agree’ – you have to expressly condemn it, promise to investigate and announce you’ll ban for life anyone found engaging in a hate crime. Because that’s what this is. It should be noted that the statement doesn’t appear on West Ham’s Twitter feed or even their website, when a strong message could have been sent to anyone even thinking about engaging in homophobia at football again.
Full TimePosted at 90'+6' Second Half ends, Middlesbrough 2, Stoke City 1. Posted at 90'+5' Foul by Danny Batth (Stoke City). Posted at 90'+5' Dael Fry (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 90'+2' Attempt blocked. Nick Powell (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Gregory. Posted at 90'+1' Offside, Stoke City. Sam Clucas tries a through ball, but Sam Vokes is caught offside.
Atalanta dedicated their Champions League win in Valencia to "a territory that is suffering so much". Italy extended emergency coronavirus measures, including travel restrictions and a ban on public gatherings, to the entire country on Monday. We are very happy for what this result represents," manager Gian Piero Gasperini said after beating the Spanish side 8-4 on aggregate. We will have a big party in June for this and this danger we will beat.
The Italian Football Federation hopes that players can be tested for coronavirus at the start of May in preparation for the season to restart. Serie A has been suspended since 9 March because of the global pandemic. There is no set date for when the campaign can resume in Italy, with 12 full rounds and four outstanding fixtures still to play. As soon as the conditions are right, we'll finish the championship," said federation president Gabriele Gravina.
Last season, this fixture was the talk of the town as Lille finished second just behind PSG. But les Dogues could use some of the magic from that team as they have failed to reach similar heights this season with Nicolas Pépé's goals being truly missed. They drew 0-0 with newly promoted Metz before the international break to extend their rather unwanted streak of games, with just the one win in nine matches. Lille were rather unlucky here, though, as they dominated the match with five shots on target and two 'Big Chances' created.
Bayern Munchen have reached the final of the cup in 3 of the last 4 years and won the cup in 2016 and last year. Since 2012 Bayern Munich have been undefeated in away games in the cup and in 11 of the last 15 games they have scored at least 3 goals.
Assisted by Daniel Batty with a cross. SubstitutionPosted at 67' Substitution, Leeds United. Tyler Roberts replaces Patrick Bamford. Posted at 66' Foul by Mateusz Klich (Leeds United). Posted at 66' Kevin Stewart (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 65' Attempt blocked. Hélder Costa (Leeds United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
The Football League itself is sponsored by Sky Bet. Earlier this season, Huddersfield Town were fined by the FA after wearing a kit advertising a bookmaker's logo that breached regulations in a friendly. We have to look at this very carefully because problem gambling leads to serious social problems, and in some cases people have done drastic things and taken their lives, so we we are looking at this very closely," said Adams.
City boss Guardiola had said on Friday that he was "fully confident about what the club has done". What next?Uefa could appeal against the decision in the Swiss federal courts. It is unlikely that any such appeal would be heard before the 2020-21 Champions League starts. The Premier League could have looked to take action as well if the ban had been upheld because their own FFP rules are similar - but not exactly the same - as Uefa's.
In the past 4 rounds at the Belarus reserve tournament, we witnessed Gorodeya's poor performance (R). Specifically, the players lost 3, and only got 1 draw. More significantly, in the series of 4 matches above, the defense of Gorodeya (R) had to receive 14 goals while the attack only had 1 goal.
Concerns for the financial wellbeing of football outside the Premier League - where clubs relay heavily on matchday income - have been highlighted in recent weeks as they face playing behind closed doors for a number of months once action is allowed to resume. Phil Hodgkinson, owner of Championship rivals Huddersfield, fears as many as "50 or 60" clubs could go bust as a result of the pandemic and that the English football's pyramid will be destroyed.
His spell with Borussia Dortmund had transformed him, injected him with the confidence of a truly elite player. I had that fearless thing of knowing I had done it at the highest level, so if you're going to beat me you're going to have to match me or be better than me. That's what Borussia Dortmund did for me, catapulted me to that level. I could then handle playing in big games in front of big crowds.
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Listen is going to face Pardubice for the 24th leg of the first league of the Czech Republic. The hosts won 1:0 on away against Prostejov and it was a great game. They played pretty well in the defense and didn't let their opponents create any chance to score. Today they will play against a better team and it will be tough task to avoid defeat. However, Pardubice scored only 15 goals in 11 matches on away and that's why I don't expect them to score more than one goal against Lisen. I think that there is a chance to see another one result 0:1 for Pardubice
Djavan Anderson replaces Luis Alberto. Posted at 88' Adam Marusic (Lazio) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 88' Foul by Riccardo Sottil (Fiorentina). Posted at 86' Attempt missed. Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick. Posted at 86' Foul by Marco Parolo (Lazio). Posted at 86' Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ifeanyi will be meeting with the Always and this two teams they are a very strong teams and looking at the last games this two teams have played together they have draw in 2 games and the home team have won 3 games and the away team Akwa it has won 2 games and so this makes us to see that the home team Ifeanyi will not lose this game as when they play at home with this team they have not lose in any game and so we can say that this is a very sure bet for today
