Putting in what was a rampant performance in the Spanish capital on Saturday night, Real Madrid extended on their La Liga flurry as they breezed their way to a 5-1 victory against Valencia.
Although Los Blancos might have been unable to call upon the influential Jude Bellingham this weekend, Carlo Ancelotti’s side didn’t show any signs of a struggle as veteran defender Dani Carvajal opened the scoring after just three minutes.
While Valencia might have caused some early problems throughout the first-half, Madrid didn’t really have to get out of third gear as they eventually ran rampant on home soil.
Heading into the half-time break with a 2-0 lead as attacking talisman Vinicius Junior grabbed his first of the night, Ancelotti’s men didn’t look back as …
Borussia Dortmund head coach Edin Terzic is delighted by Schalke s return to the Bundesliga – highlighting derby day as the most important in his team s season.
Having spent last season in the second tier, Schalke s return to the top flight means Saturday will see the first Revierderby at Dortmund s Signal Iduna Park for almost two years.
The last, in October 2020, had just 300 fans in attendance due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Saturday s clash will be the 99th Bundesliga derby between the teams, with Dortmund currently boasting three wins in a row including a 4-0 triumph in Terzic s first Revierderby that stands as his biggest league win with the club.
We re absolutely delighted. We know what significance the derby carries for our fans and for the reg…
Bruno Fernandes came off the bench to settle a thrilling FA Cup fourth-round encounter as Manchester United overcame Liverpool 3-2 at Old Trafford.
Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford turned the game in United s favour after Mohamed Salah had put Liverpool ahead in the 18th minute.
Salah s second of a pulsating contest levelled matters once more with Liverpool looking the more likely to prevail thereafter.
However, the introduction of talisman Fernandes proved a masterstroke as he arrowed a low free-kick into the bottom-right corner from the edge of the area to set up a fifth-round tie with West Ham.
28 Since his Man Utd debut in February 2020, Bruno Fernandes has scored more goals than any other player for Premier League clubs (28). Revelation.
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Christian Eriksen has signed for Brentford as he completes a remarkable return to the Premier League after suffering a cardiac arrest at Euro 2020.
The Denmark international collapsed during a clash with Finland last June and subsequently required surgery to fit an ICD (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator) to his heart.
Rules in Italy prevent players from playing after having such a device fitted, so the 29-year-old s time with Inter came to an end.
However, it is not illegal to play professional sport in England with an ICD, nor in the Netherlands – where Daley Blind could continue playing fo Ajax after having the device fitted.
Eriksen had been training at his former club Odense to build up his fitness, while he also recently joined Ajax s tr…
Erling Haaland looks set to announce his exit from Borussia Dortmund within days as the club prepare to lose their star striker.
Dortmund s Sebastian Kehl, who will step up from his player licensing role to become sporting director at the season s end, said on Sunday that the club were braced for the 21-year-old to move on.
Manchester City are reported front-runners for the signature of the Norway international, who joined Dortmund in late December 2019 after catching the eye at Salzburg.
Kehl told German broadcaster Sport1: I think we will have clarity next week. I wouldn t be surprised if he moves on in the end.
Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona have also been heavily linked with Haaland, but the prospect of a move to LaLiga has seemed t…
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The international break is upon us, which means that UEFA Euro 2020 qualification can resume. There s a few months to go before we officially know who is going to be competing in next summer s big tournament, but one thing that fans already know for sure is that it s going to go down to the wire for a lot of nations throughout the continent. Today, we re going to look at two such teams as the Netherlands prepare to play host to fellow rivals for qualification Northern Ireland.
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While they may have experienced disappointment over the course of the last few tournaments, the Dutch appear to be well and truly back to their best. While two recent losses have knocked their progress slightly, it …
Former Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) president Ricardo Teixeira has been banned from football for life and fined one million Swiss francs by FIFA.
Teixeira, a former FIFA executive committee member and once the son-in-law of ex-president Joao Havelange, was found guilty of bribery by world football s governing body.
FIFA s ethics committee had been investigating the 72-year-old Teixeira over allegations he was involved in bribery schemes, conducted during the 2006-2012 period, in relation to his role in awarding contracts to companies for the media and marketing rights to CBF, CONMEBOL and CONCACAF competitions .
In a statement released on Friday, FIFA said: In its decision, the adjudicatory chamber found that Mr Teixeira had breached art. 27 (bribery) o…
Kylian Mbappe inspired 10-man Paris St Germain to a 2-0 victory over Le Havre to send them four points clear of Nice at the top of Ligue 1.
PSG found themselves down to 10 men after just 10 minutes when goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was sent off for a high challenge on Josue Casimir.
The visitors went in front in the 23rd minute through Mbappe and while the hosts did their best to find an equaliser, Vitinha scored against the run of play in the 89th minute to seal three points.
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Goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier saved two penalties as Lille claimed a 2-0 win at home to Metz.
The 22-year-old denied Simon Elisor before two goals in first-half stoppage time from Y…
According to a recent report from Sport Bild, German giants Bayern Munich have agreed on a deal to sign Jann-Fiete Arp from Hamburg. The fee is believed to be around £2.2 million, and will see the 19 year old make the move over to Munich in either the upcoming summer or 2020. Arp has been with Hamburg since back in 2010 in their youth setup, and in that time he was able to become the first Bundesliga player that was born in the 2000s.
That achievement aside, though, there’s much more to the teenage sensation than meets the eye. He seems to have a wisdom that goes beyond his years and while he isn’t the most prolific of goalscorers, he’s got the kind of skill that would allow Bayern to nurture him and transform him into a real force to be reckoned with.
Arp first …
Fiorentina captain Davide Astori was found dead in his hotel room at the age of 31 on Sunday.
The tragic news prompted the postponement of all the day s Serie A matches, including Fiorentina s game away to Udinese.
An AC Milan youth product, Astori enjoyed his best years with Cagliari and later in Florence. The defender was also capped 14 times by Italy and scored once for the Azzurri, at the Confederations Cup in Brazil in 2013.
Here, we look at Astori s career from his development in the academy of Italian and European giants Milan to his time leading La Viola.
La Fiorentina profondamente sconvolta si trova costretta a comunicare che e scomparso il suo capitano Davide Astori, colto da improvviso malore.
Per la terribile e delicata situazione, e…