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Emery backs Rashford and Asensio to shine in Villa’s Champions League quest

Unai Emery believes that Marco Asensio and Marcus Rashford can be decisive as Aston Villa bid for a deep run in the Champions League. Villa stimulated their attack with the loan signals from Asensio and Rashford, from Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United, respectively, late in the winter window. The couple has concluded a promising partnership, […]

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German legend backs Real Madrid to see off Atletico in Champions League tie

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Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are confronted with one of the tires of the round in the last 16 of the Champions League, which were pulled together on Friday. It should be a very narrow matches if the first two meetings of the season are something to visit, with both of them 1-1. Given their

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Former Barcelona teammate backs Ansu Fati to “perform at a high level again”

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Ansu Fati has had a very tough few years in Barcelona, and at this stage it seems unlikely that he will ever return to his former level – at least with the Catalan giants, given that he was not calculated by head coach Hansi Flick de in recent months. Flick is not impressed by Fati's

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Barcelona coach Flick backs use of VAR in win over Rayo Vallecano

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Barcelona's head coach argued for the use of VAR after a number of controversial decisions during their 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano in Monday's game in Laliga. The only goal of the game came in the 28th minute of a penalty from Robert Lewandowski, who after a long VAR review came after an error in

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‘Never a discussion’ – Monaco’s CEO backs Adi Hütter

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The pressure is mounted on ADI Hütter, despite the Austria who signed a contract extension at the beginning of January as Monaco. A bad form of shape has beaten the principality club from the Coupe de France, while they also slipped to fourth place in Ligue 1 and their future in the UEFA Champions League

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Carlo Ancelotti backs Jude Bellingham over red card row

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Real Madrid has passed a controversy weekend when the Carlo Ancelotti team dropped points at Osasuna. The defensive La Liga champions go back to the capital after a 1-1 draw while the title race continues. The early goal of Kylian Mbappe seemed to set up Real Madrid for a routine match in Pamplona, but the

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Ancelotti backs Luka Modric over on-pitch argument with Vinicius Junior

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Real Madrid scraped on Wednesday evening through their Copa del Rey quarter-final collision with Leganes, where youngster Gonzalo Garcia Torres handed them a 3-2 victory with a last-minute header. That was the head, but it was again an overwhelming version of Los Blancos, and the tension was tangible on the field. That was most clearly

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Amorim backs Fernandes to help Man Utd out of slump

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Ruben Amorim insists Manchester United are “lucky” to have Bruno Fernandes as captain as his side prepare to face Fulham on Sunday. United have lost six of their 11 league games under Amorim so far (won three, drawn two) and dropped to 13th in the Premier League before the trip to Craven Cottage. However, they

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UFC legend backs Novak Djokovic following controversial interview snub at Australian Open

Darren Till was ‘heartbroken’ by UFC 311 main event cancellation as he backs Arman Tsarukyan for comeback

Dyche backs Moyes to push Everton forward in second Goodison spell

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Sean Dyche is confident new Everton manager David Moyes will take the club forward as the Scot prepares for his first game since returning to Goodison Park. Moyes returned to Merseyside last Saturday for his second spell in charge of the Toffees after Dyche was sacked following a poor run of results in the Premier

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