If ever there was an incident which perfectly summed up end-to-end football, it’s this rather amusing incident from a clash in Portugal between the B teams of Sporting Lisbon and Sporting Braga. During the game, Lisbon’s B side thought they had scored a goal, courtesy of a Pedro Delgado header from a free-kick.
Category: World Soccer
A Man Utd great – Rooney deserves his place in Old Trafford history
The skipper racked up his record-equalling 249th Manchester United goal on Saturday, and Kris Voakes argues that he should be regarded as one of the club’s greatest players “It’s a strange twist of fate that if Newcastle hadn’t come in for him he wouldn’t be here, he’d probably still be at Everton,” explained the legendary manager. “Once we knew Everton were talking to another club we had to do something.
Premier League is very difficult, says Thomas Muller
Johannesburg [South Africa], Jan. 7 : German footballer Thomas Muller, who plays for Bayern Munich, has insisted that the English Premier League is very difficult and thus struggles of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola in this season come as no surprise. [NK Sports] Guardiola’s team has been struggling for consistency in the ongoing tournament, although they are just seven points behind top-ranked Chelsea who suffered a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday night.
Deportivo and Espanyol draw 1-1 in Spanish league
Espanyol took advantage of a blunder by Brazilian defender Sidnei to salvage a 1-1 draw at home against Deportivo La Coruna on Friday. Gerard Moreno scored the equalizer in the 63rd minute after Sidnei stepped on the ball and fell while trying to clear a cross into the area, leaving the Espanyol forward perfectly placed to net his seventh league goal this season.
Sport24.co.za | Spurs’ Lamela returns to Roma for treatment
Tottenham Hotspur winger Erik Lamela has returned to former club Roma for treatment after becoming frustrated by the progress of a hip injury, manager Mauricio Pochettino revealed on Friday. Lamela, 24, has not played since Spurs’ 2-1 League Cup defeat at Liverpool on October 25 and spent a week in his native Argentina in December visiting his hospitalised brother.
Chilean midfielder questioned over killing in Argentina – media
Chilean midfielder Luciano Cabral, currently playing for Atletico Paranaense in Brazil, turned himself over to Argentine police for questioning about a deadly street fight that took place over the weekend, local media said on Wednesday. Cabral, 21, whose father Jose Cabral has been held by police in connection with the fight, turned himself in late on Tuesday, several local news reports said.
Team News: Exeter City vs Leyton Orient
Jay Simpson in action at Wycombe Wanderer, whichs looks to have been his final appearance for Leyton Orient . Leyton Orient look set to be without Jay Simpson at Exeter City today after the forward asked the club for a transfer at the end of 2016.
Tottenham are still being haunted by their title challenge collapse admits captain Hugo Lloris
But a 1-1 at home to West Brom, a draw from 2-0 up at halftime at Chelsea, a loss to visitors Southampton and then a 5-1 hammering on the final day against already-down Newcastle in the final four matches saw any hope of a first top-flight triumph for more than 50 years vanish. “The taste of the last few games of last season is still here,” said the 30-year-old France skipper.
Guardiola tuning up for Klopp’s heavy metal attack
No coach in football is better at crafting the type of attacking play Jurgen Klopp implements at Liverpool, says Man City’s Pep Guardiola. Pep Guardiola hopes not to be on the receiving end of another lesson from Jurgen Klopp when Manchester City travel to face Liverpool and a man he believes to be the best out-and-out attacking coach in world football.
Tottenham recovers to beat 10-man Southampton in EPL
Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane celebrates scoring his side’s second goal of the game during their English Premier League soccer match against Southampton at St Mary’s, Southampton, England, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016.
Chelsea, Conte standing out as normality returns to EPL
Chelsea has three tough away games left at Spurs, Liverpool and United and is proving adept at eking out 1-0 wins. In one sense, normality has returned to the English Premier League after the craziness of Leicester’s improbable surge to the title last season.
Annan Athletic 3-1 Berwick: Match Report
Abroath leave it late to sink Cowdenbeath Second-half goals from Josh Skelly and Steven Doris saw Arbroath narrow the gap on Scottish League Two leaders Forfar to four points with a 2-0 win at Cowdenbeath. The visitors needed 74 minutes to break the deadlock against their rock-bottom hosts, who are now two points adrift at the bottom and in danger of facing a relegation play-off.
AC Milan beat Juventus on penalties to win Italy’s Super Cup15 min ago
Doha: A highly-spirited AC Milan hoisted their seventh Supercoppa Italiana football trophy after prevailing against heavy favourites Juventus via a penalty shoot-out 4-3 at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium here. Seventeen-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was the hero for the historic club Rossoneri, making a superb stop against Juventus’ Paulo Dybala with the sides knotted at 3-3 in the shoot-out on Friday, reports Efe.
AC Milan beat Juventus on penalties to win Italy’s Super Cup15 min ago
Doha: A highly-spirited AC Milan hoisted their seventh Supercoppa Italiana football trophy after prevailing against heavy favourites Juventus via a penalty shoot-out 4-3 at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium here. Seventeen-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was the hero for the historic club Rossoneri, making a superb stop against Juventus’ Paulo Dybala with the sides knotted at 3-3 in the shoot-out on Friday, reports Efe.
Bayern Munich’s power play showed upstarts Leipzig and Germany they …
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Legendary Chilean soccer club enjoys West Bank homecoming
In this Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 photo, Chile’s Palestino players , in red, in action during friendly soccer match with Palestinian national squad in the West Bank city of Hebron.
Gary Neville moves to bring celeb hotspot Mahiki nightclub to Manchester
Gary Neville has confirmed he will bring the popular Mahiki nightclub franchise to Manchester, and he plans to launch the venue in the spring of next year. The former Manchester United and England footballer has signed a 20-year lease on a building within the city’s business community the Albert Estate to house the club.
Gary Neville moves to bring celeb hotspot Mahiki nightclub to Manchester
Gary Neville has confirmed he will bring the popular Mahiki nightclub franchise to Manchester, and he plans to launch the venue in the spring of next year. The former Manchester United and England footballer has signed a 20-year lease on a building within the city’s business community the Albert Estate to house the club.
Juventus beats 2nd-place Roma 1-0 to move 7 points clear
Juventus’ Gonzalo Higuain, right, scores during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Roma, at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. Juventus’ players after Gonzalo Higuain scored during a Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Roma, at the Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016.
Magpies: Mark Jermyn and Nick Crittenden to step down at the Avenue
DORCHESTER Town manager Mark Jermyn and assistant Nick Crittenden are to resign as manager and assistant-manager after Boxing Day’s Ridgeway derby at home against Weymouth. A statement from the club announcing the pair’s resignation was released this evening, following the Magpies’ 3-3 draw at King’s Lynn Town.
Guardiola fanfare shows how times have changed, says Arsene Wenger
Arsene Wenger believes there are similarities between him and Pep Guardiola but insists the Manchester City boss has had it easy compared to his own arrival into English football. Arsene Wenger believes there are similarities between him and Pep Guardiola but insists the Manchester City boss has had it easy compared to his own arrival into English football.