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In what could prove to be an enjoyable showdown from St. James’ Park on Sunday afternoon, Newcastle will welcome Tottenham to town.
Newcastle
Starting with the hosts, suffering real heartbreak last season as they eventually missed out on the chance to book another European finish, Newcastle are looking to mount a top-six charge this time around. While the Magpies might not have been at their best last weekend as they had to settle for a controversial 1-1 stalemate away at Bournemouth, Eddie Howe’s men are unbeaten in all of their opening three domestic appearances across all competitions. Opening proceedings with a 1-0 victory against Premier League returners Southampton on August 17th, Newcastle will be looking to collect a heavyw…
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It s Der Klassiker in the German Bundesliga this week, with Bayern Munich hosting Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena on Saturday in what will a be a part of the 24th round of the 2020-21 season. Though the rivalry between these two clubs has been disputed as among the greatest in the country, there can be no real disagreement on the fact that they have indeed been the two most successful German clubs in recent times.
Bayern Munich
It s hard to find something new to say about Bayern Munich at the moment. Champions of everything , as Liverpool fans referred to their team after adding the Premier League title to the Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup last year, Bayern have repeated the feat and even added the DFB-Pokal into th…
Marcelo Bielsa is a man with a lengthy career resume and a serious case of wanderlust, with Leeds United the latest destination on his tour of the footballing world.
The Argentinian nicknamed El Loco and renowned for his attention to detail was officially confirmed as the new head coach at the Championship club on Friday, turning what seemed at first to be a pipe dream for their fans into reality.
Bielsa working in England’s second tier is enough to make the mind boggle. Here is a 62-year-old with huge experience as a coach, both at club and international level, someone who has been appointed by teams in Ligue 1, LaLiga and Serie A (albeit not for too long in the case of the latter) and worked at the 1998 and 2010 World Cups.
Now, though, he has accepted th…
Luis Enrique has vowed to stick with his preferred 4-3-3 system in Spain s upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers as he looks to replicate the success of the last great La Roja side.
Spain, winners of the European Championship in 2008 and 2012 and the World Cup in-between, face Norway and Malta in their first two fixtures in a group that also includes Sweden, Romania and Faroe Islands.
There are only a handful of players left in this squad that were part of their previous triumphs and current coach Luis Enrique acknowledged it will take time to build a team capable of emulating the side of a decade ago.
Yet he wants to discover that winning formula quickly and is not prepared to try many different things in the early stages of the qualification process.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored a first-half hat-trick as Juventus took out their Champions League frustration on Serie A strugglers Cagliari in a 3-1 away win.
The subject of transfer speculation after disappointing in the Bianconeri s European exit to Porto in midweek, Ronaldo came to the fore on Sunday with the second-fastest treble of his outstanding career.
The 32-minute blitz was enough to cast aside 17th-placed Cagliari, who had conceded all of their previous six Serie A goals after the break.
Giovanni Simeone struck back to cap an improved second-half display from Cagliari, but Juve comfortably eased to a third straight league win.
87 Cristiano has scored 87 goals in March among clubs and Portugal, a record for him in career in a single month. MONSTER…
The Group B opener at the Euro 2020 was certainly an eventful one. There won t be anyone who witnessed it, whether on the stands of the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen or in front of a TV screen at home, at a pub or a friend s house, who was left unmoved and didn t feel scared for a human life for a number of minutes that seemed like days.
Christian Eriksen
Anyone who follows the game at all will have heard and been aware of the quality of Christian Eriksen. The man whose football journey began with Odense Boldklub Youth in his Denmark, who joined the Ajax Under-19 side and signed his first professional contract there, who spent six and a half years with Tottenham Hotspur, helping them reach the 2019 Champions League final, before moving on to Inter Milan and winning the Serie A …
Didier Deschamps is prepared to face the critics after France kickstarted their Nations League campaign with a 3-1 defeat to Italy on Friday.
Bradley Barcola handed the hosts a lead with just 12 seconds on the clock, only for the Azzurri to respond to secure their first victory over France at the Parc des Princes.
After scoring just once from open play at Euro 2024, Les Bleus failed to trouble Gianluigi Donnarumma, with only three of their 12 shots in the encounter on target, all of which came in the first 45 minutes.
France registered an expected goals (xG) total of 0.86 compared to Italy s 1.71, with Kylian Mbappe enduring another difficult night in front of goal.
Despite winning both the World Cup and the Nations League during his time in charge, Des…
Diego Godin could be leaving Inter Milan after only a year at the club to join Cagliari, several reports in Italy claim (via ).
The Uruguay international spent nine years with Atletico Madrid before moving to Italy last summer, helping the Rojiblancos reach two Champions League finals, win two Europa League titles, three UEFA Super Cups, Copa del Rey in 2013 and the La Liga title in the following season.
In 2019/20, he played a total of 36 games for Inter in all competitions and helped them reach the Europa League final.
However, it is believed the 34-year-old has no place in the plans of head coach Antonio Conte anymore, even though neither Inter nor Cagliari have revealed anything officially. The relationship between the two club is good after Inter midfielder…
Bayern Munich are confident about keeping their long-serving goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, according to Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the Bavarian club s CEO.
The 34-year-old Germany number one arrived to the club from Schalke 04 in 2011, and we could be witnessing a change between the posts at the Allianz Arena very soon with Alexander Nubel set to make the same move on a free transfer this summer.
However, Neuer recently revealed that his decision on whether to sign a new contract or not wouldn t be impacted by the arrival of the 11 years younger competitor from his former club.
Speaking to Bild, Rummenigge expressed his belief that both Bayern and Neuer know what they have in each other and that an agreement on a new deal will be reached soon. For their part, the club be…
Bukayo Saka put 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt to the sword as Arsenal began their Europa League campaign with a 3-0 victory at the Commerzbank-Arena.
Making his second start for Arsenal, 18-year-old Saka opened his account for the club in the 85th minute and added an assist for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang two minutes later as a much-changed line-up bounced back from a second-half collapse against Watford in the Premier League on Saturday.
The late flurry came after Dominik Kohr was shown a second yellow card for a trip on Saka, with Joe Willock having opened the scoring, after another Saka assist, in an open encounter in Germany.
The trip to Frankfurt was expected to be Arsenal s toughest test in Group F – which also includes Standard Liege and Vitoria SC – but a…