Raphinha claimed that Barcelona had the defense of Barcelona much to be desired after their topsy-turf 3-3 draw with Inter. Barca and Inter played a thriller on Wednesday in the first stage of their Champions League semi-final draw. It marks the Joint Highste Score in a semi-final match of the Champions League, in addition to […]
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UFC 315 takes place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and has an impressive full card that is ready before 10 May. There were a number of fantastic fights on UFC 314, the highlight was Alexander Volkanovski's UFC Featherweight title victory on Diego Lopes. Less than a month after that event, UFC 315 promotes several title fights
Jamie Carragher criticized Tottenham after their defeat by Nottingham Forest when he claimed that the side of Ange Postecoglou resembles an 'academy' team. Tottenham, who is in 16th place in the Premier League table but is safe for relegation, was in the forest after only 16 minutes, with Elliott Anderson and Chris Wood. Although Richarlison
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Ange Postecoglou said that he is the “only voice” that Tottenham Hotspur defends, and added that other clubs receive much more support from experts. The pressure on Postecoglou continued to assemble after Spurs had sustained their 16th defeat of the Premier League season on Chelsea on Thursday, giving them the 14th in the table. Indeed,
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If there is one country that embodies the emphasis of football from the emphasis from defense to attack, it is certainly Norway. Once a home base of faded defenders, stoic center halves and thoroughly full-backs, this is now the nation of Erling Haaland and Martin Odegaard. It is proof of the technical development of the
Al-Hilal moved back in four points from Saudi Pro League leaders Al-Eittihad while they defeated Al-Taawoun 2-0 on their travels via goals from Mohamed Kanno and Marcos Leonardo. The Jorge Jesus team fell seven points behind Al-Eittihad when she overcome Al-Riyadh 2-1 on Thursday, where Saleh Al Shehri scored a penalty for 11 minutes in
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The hosts could have scored within two minutes, because Nicolas Gonzalez was forwarded through the header of Randal Kolo Muani, but shot from a promising position. They kept dominating, but members on a fool when Empoli took a shock. Youssef Maleh made some room for himself on the edge of the box, before he shot
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In the 3-1 loss, Juve lost their round of 16 play-off 4-3 on aggregated. “We were struggling in the second half, were razed to us at such an important moment and we were unable to hold on,” Thiago Motta told Sky Italia. “It was under control in the first half, it is true that they
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The frustration of Luka Modric opposite Real Madrid teammate Vinicius JR was completely visible on Wednesday evening, because fans the 39-year-old sawing gestures to the Brazilian during the narrow 3-2 victory of CD Leganes in the Copa del Rey. Real Madrid, who suffers an availability crisis with senior stars David Alaba, Antonio Rudiger, Eder Militao
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There's nothing West Ham fans love more than one of their own players coming out of the academy and shining. Since Declan Rice emerged in 2017, there have been glimpses of others. And there are now high expectations for young defender Kaelan Casey, who could be close to a Premier League start under Graham Potter.
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MIKEL ARTETA blasted the defensive mistakes that shattered Arsenal's title hopes. Two blunders by Thomas Partey and Mikel Merino allowed Aston Villa to come back from a 2-0 deficit. And Gunners title winner Paul Merson blasted Partey for his 'schoolboy mistake' that set up Ollie Watkins Villa's equaliser. Merson furious: 'I don't know what Partey
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MIKEL ARTETA blasted the defensive mistakes that shattered Arsenal's title hopes. Two blunders by Thomas Partey and Mikel Merino allowed Aston Villa to come back from a 2-0 deficit. And Gunners title winner Paul Merson blasted Partey for his 'schoolboy mistake' that set up Ollie Watkins Villa's equaliser. Merson furious: 'I don't know what Partey