The rain was torrential and it was non-stop, but there was no roof on the stadium, in fact there was no cover anywhere at all with the exception of the commentary box that I was in. So I do remember there was a very small crowd, and all of them got absolutely drenched very quickly once the rain started. At least half of them were City fans, and despite the weather they were a good bunch. City had a really fine side at that point too of course.
After narrowly avoiding relegation from the Portuguese Primeira Liga last season, Desportivo Aves will have been hoping for a more comfortable campaign this time around. Unfortunately for them, these hopes couldn’t be much farther from the truth.
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We went to West Ham on the team coach and some of the players were bored. Someone suggested getting the hammer you use for the fire exit at the back of the coach. You had to tap the window and pass it on to the next player who had to tap it harder. We were heading down the M6 when all of a sudden the window smashed. Kenny came down to the back of the coach to investigate but nothing was ever said. We travelled to London with a plastic sheet covering the smashed window.
As we hit the half-way point of the season, it’s fair to say this is Maurizio Sarri’s Juventus now. The former Chelsea boss wasn’t exactly the kind of character you’d expect to follow Antonio Conte and Max Allegri, who both put winning first – which Juventus have always done. They accepted the risk brought with Sarri’s style of play, while the positives and negatives have been clear so far, with both teams scoring in five of their last six in the league.
Vitesse have scored 14 goals at home this season while VVV have only scored 6 times on the road, and the hosts have kept clean sheets in 25% of their home games while VVV are yet to keep a clean sheet on the road this season. VVV have failed to score in 38% of their away games and have lost-t0-nil in 38% of their away games as well, and we can see that trend continuing on Sunday.
This raises some interesting scenarios. Rangers are due to play Bayer Leverkusen in the second leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on 6 August. If, as expected, the Scottish season is declared over, they should be entering the 2020-21 competition in the second qualifying round, which is scheduled for 13 and 20 August. Wolves, currently level after the first leg of their last-16 tie with Olympiakos, may well end up repeating this season's appearance in the third qualifying round, the first leg of which is scheduled in the same week as the 2020 final.
Sporting Lisbon hosts Tondela for the 27th game of the Primeira Liga. The hosts come from a victory in "Jose Alvalade" against Passo Ferreira, while the guests prevailed in its headquarters against the tail Aves.
I thought we did enough to edge it, we had a couple of golden chances and kept them to meagre ones. We're not a side that's going to create so many, it's about the quality of chances. We asked enough to score a goal. We were on a tough run and the last three games have shown we can be at least competitive. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, also to MOTD2: "In periods of the game, I liked it, but in other periods I did not.
Son, who returned to South Korea at the end of March, is currently in quarantine and will begin service later this month. The 27-year-old, who has been sidelined since he fractured his hand in February, was originally meant to serve 21 months but earned an exemption when he led South Korea to gold at the 2018 Asian Games.
Asked if he might have been interested in the job at the Emirates had the vacancy ocurred two weeks earlier, the Portuguese made clear there was no point in pursuing that line of questioning. It didn't happen, happened now. I am so happy here that I couldn't even think about the possibility to go to another place," he told reporters ahead of Spurs' home Premier League game against Bournemouth on Saturday.
TUESDAY’S BIG STORIES UEFA meet to ask…what happens now? From this meeting, the dominoes may well fall. The various parts, members, stakeholders and whatever else of UEFA will be calling in to one massive Google Hangout today in order to discuss what the merry hell happens now. The most likely conclusion from all of this is that Euro 2020 is pushed back…to when, we are not sure – maybe December, maybe January, maybe next summer – but it’s obvious that the pan-continental tournament can’t happen as scheduled.
Genoa, 19th in the 20-team table, mustered their first shot on target on the hour when Antonio Sanabria's low shot was turned around the foot of the post by Samir Handanovic. Lukaku scored twice for Inter on SaturdayGetty Images Inter were awarded a penalty three minutes later and Lukaku picked up the ball and handed it to Esposito, who converted.
Juventus Managua is the underdog up against Real Esteli out and away this time. Bet on asian handicap +0.5 Juventus Managua, it has value. Fair odds on the 1 x 2 full time market for Juventus seem to be 4.53, so they are very underrated by the bookies at more than 6.30. Fair odds for Real Esteli on the other hand seem to be 1.36, making them quite overrated in all bookies. Starting with a half goal advantage is great value at 3.00, I don't see Real Esteli pulling out a win so my guess is actually a draw for this match.
Assisted by Adama Traoré. Posted at 77' Attempt missed. Mbwana Samatta (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by John McGinn with a cross. Posted at 76' Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Raúl Jiménez tries a through ball, but Adama Traoré is caught offside. Posted at 76' Foul by Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers). Posted at 76' Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
SubstitutionSubstitution, West Bromwich Albion. Matt Phillips replaces Jake Livermore. Post updateEberechi Eze (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Post updateFoul by Conor Townsend (West Bromwich Albion). Post updateFoul by Todd Kane (Queens Park Rangers). Post updateFilip Krovinovic (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Post updateAttempt missed. Semi Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Read the full story Leicester look to extend Fuchs contract Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers is set to hold contract talks with veteran defender Christian Fuchs, whose current deal expires at the end of the season. According to the Mail, the 33-year-old will be offered the opportunity to stay at the King Power stadium for another 12 months.
Escazucena so far in these playoffs has won after penalties against Barrio Mexico in the quarterfinals and after penalties against FS Desamparados. Escazucena is not a good team, I am surprised to see them in the final. Sporting San Jose in the playoffs won 2:1 against Carmelita and 6: 0 against Guanacasteca. expect, this will be a very interesting game. Also, I expect this first leg to be a close game. Of course, Escazucena will try to get something positive in the 1st leg on the home ground. However, surely this will be not an easy task. In my opinion, the guests have the ability to get a draw.
Feb 28 (Reuters) - A visible clock is one of the measures being considered by Major League Soccer to solve the problem of time-wasting by players, according to former World Cup final referee Howard Webb, who is now the MLS's head official. Webb told Reuters he was "open-minded" about the concept and that MLS could perhaps serve as a test model to trial the idea, just as it was the world's first league to use the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system at every match.
Assisted by Joe Worrall with a headed pass following a set piece situation. Posted at 63' Sammy Ameobi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing. Posted at 63' Foul by Jayson Molumby (Millwall). Atleti's 126 million euro ($138. Joao Felix failed to convert any of his six chances, including a glaring miss in the first half where he appeared unmarked in the box but somehow sent the ball over the bar from close range.
He has scored seven goals and delivered six assists this season, three more goal contributions than any other English midfielder. An all-the-more impressive achievement considering the step up from the second-tier of Championship football. Yet, England manager Gareth Southgate does not regard Grealish as a midfielder.
But as we know, all transfers involving Spurs chairman Daniel Levy tend to do so. Inter boss Antonio Conte seems desperate to reunite with Chelsea striker Giroud, but it doesn't seem like the best option for the French forward. The strike partnership of Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez is currently untouchable so Giroud will just be trading the bench at Stamford Bridge for the bench at San Siro.
Posted at 90'+3' Curtis Thompson (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 90'+2' Lewis Gibson (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 90'+2' Foul by Alex Pattison (Wycombe Wanderers). SubstitutionPosted at 90'+2' Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Macauley Southam replaces Wes Burns. Posted at 90'+1' Attempt missed. Wes Burns (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a set piece situation.
Young Boys are winless in 10 away Europa League matches. Young Boys have scored in 11 of their last 13 Europa League matches. Rangers have scored two or more goals in nine of their last 10 matches. Rangers are unbeaten in 15 home matches in Europa League. Rangers have one loss in 13 matches. Rangers will be hosting Swiss side Young Boys in the final round of matches in Group G of the Europa League.
The result left Southampton 12th with 34 points from 27 games while beleaguered Villa stayed 17th on 25 points, one above the relegation zone. The Saints dominated proceedings and debutant William Smallbone hit the post with a deflected shot in the sixth minute before Ireland striker Long netted the opener two minutes later.
Jack Ross' first few weeks at Hibs have been positive overall, as he has led the club to three wins, a draw as well as a defeat. However, there's work to be done yet as the Hibees failed to find consistency in their form.
Eintracht's visit to Mainz on Monday will be a particularly special occasion for Mainz's new manager Achim Beierlorzer. This will be Beierlorzer's first home game in charge of his new club. Beierlorzer kicked his tenure off to the dream start last weekend as his side thumped Hoffenheim 5-1. He will hope to continue his good start on Monday.
So, it's not a definite 'I'm going to stay there forever' but it's not a no either. The closest Kane has come to winning a trophy was in the League Cup final in 2015 and the Champions League final last season, with Spurs losing to Chelsea and Liverpool, respectively. We've been saying that (Spurs can win trophies with this team) for a couple of years now," he added.
West Brom have seen both teams score in 100% of their home games this term. They’ve seen it land in each of their last five in the league overall, while Boto have scored in four successive games. We expect the visitors to continue the long-wait for a Hawthorns clean sheet, but we’re backing West Brom to rally and win. The hosts have won six from 11 at home despite conceding in each. With Middlesbrough losing to each of the top four so far, we think West Brom and both teams to score is a good option here.
The Sardinian club were later cleared of racist chanting, leading the head of anti-discriminatory body Fare to say that Italian football authorities and their disciplinary systems to combat racism were "not fit for purpose". Earlier this month Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport was criticised for the headline 'Black Friday' alongside images of Roma defender Chris Smalling and Inter striker Lukaku prior to a match between the sides.
Dele Alli scored a brace as Tottenham held on for a 3-2 victory over Bournemouth with Jose Mourinho continuing his perfect winning start as manager. Having netted in the victories over West Ham and Olympiakos, Alli broke the deadlock after 21 minutes after a lovely ball over the top from Toby Alderweireld and a beautiful touch by Son Heung-Min set the finish up on a plate.
Video - Mbappe has four offers on table… but nothing from Real Madrid – Euro Papers00:58 FIGC president Gabriele Gravina has also asked Serie A's head of referees Nicola Rizzoli to instruct referees to make more use of on-field reviews for controversial calls as the title race heats up in Italy. Inter Milan and Juventus are tied at the top of the standings on 54 points while Lazio are third, one point behind.
Those who have given positive results do not have any symptoms and are well. Spain is Europe's second-most affected country by the virus after Italy, with 558 confirmed deaths and almost 14,000 cases by Wednesday afternoon, with the country in lockdown. Citizens are only allowed to leave their homes for essential activities such as going to the supermarket or buying medicine.
Haras El hodood have remained undefeated in this season. They have won 2 and drawn 4 of them. But they were unable to win any of their home matches. They sit on 6th spot right now and scored 7 goals while conceding 5 goals. Theur last win came against Misr Al maqasa where they won by 2-1 goals.
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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been wrestling for domination at the lip of world football’s Reichenbach Falls for what seems like an aeon now, but both are advancing ever further into their thirties. Even if they could sip elixir from the same well as Roger Federer, staying at the very top in a dynamic team environment like football is dependent on so many other factors, not least your team-mates.
Middlesbrough have lost their last three league games without scoring. Nottingham Forest have only lost one of their last six away league fixtures. Middlesbrough have gone 11 games without a win. Middlesbrough have no wins in their last 11 league and cup games. They have slipped to 21st in the table and face another tough game as they host Nottingham Forest who are fourth.
The break is also over in Poland. Grudziadz is in 7th place and is tied with Legnica in 6th place. This would have been possible thanks to the good matches delivered throughout this season. Before the break, the team had a result of 3W 1D 1L. With 4 victories in 5 games (4W 0D 1L).
Four wins and two draws from six in La Liga have given Lopetegui's side a four point buffer within the Champions League qualification spots and they will now seek to keep tabs on joint leaders Barca and Real Madrid with their Europa League business taken care of for the time being.
Remember, the last time Sandsbro AIK went to a professional tournament was the 2006 season, when he was in 3rd place and relegated at the end of the season. Since then, Sandsbro AIK has only played in semi-professional tournaments and has never returned to the third division. Looking at the level and personnel with most of the players involved, Sandsbro AIK will be difficult. Win against Wexio FK - the team has a more professional training regime. Sandsbro AIK with what it is like, the next 90 minutes is expected to be very difficult for the players Sandsbro AIK. Good luck
NEC have scored an average of 1.89 goals per home game and have conceded 1.22 goals while Den Bosch have netted an average of 1.44 goals per away game and have conceded an average of 2.11 goals, and we have backed the pair to play out a 2-2 draw this weekend. Both NEC at home and Den Bosch away average over 3 total goals per game, which suggests that over 2.5 goals will be scored in Sunday’s clash.
The winners of this tie travel to either Reading or Blackpool in the fourth round (last 32). When the two sides met at Cardiff, it looked as if Carlisle were going to cause a big upset. They led 2-0 at one stage before a comeback by the Championshp side to grab a replay. Carlisle aren't in good form with only two wins in their last 13 league and cup ties.
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However, federal judge Gary Klausner allowed the players' case for unfair treatment in travel, housing and medical support to go to trial, which is set for 16 June in Los Angeles. The US team won the Women's World Cup last summer for their fourth title overall. They have also won five Olympic gold medals. The US men's team reached the World Cup quarter-finals in 2002, while their best finish was third place in the inaugural tournament in 1930.
Uefa invited United to compete in the European Cup the following season, only for the authorities at the English Football League to stubbornly refuse to allow them to take part. Busby and United would have to wait 10 more years to win the European Cup. Atletico Madrid are the only club to make the top 10 without ever being European champions. In 1974 they became the first, and only, side to lose the European Cup final in a replay - the first of three defeats in the final of that competition.
In recent meetings between these two sides, PSG have really dominated. They are unbeaten in their last 19 matches against St Etienne but in the last five they have been scoring a lot of goals. PSG have scored three or more goals in four of the last six meetings with St Etienne. Looking at St Etienne’s form, especially away from, we don’t feel there will be a big variation from this. The easier pick is a win for PSG here but that will not offer great odds; we will thus go for over 2.5 goals in this clash.
When we played against Liverpool we were getting better as a team. After 45 minutes we were 2-0 down. The atmosphere was unbelievable. Mark Hughes came on and was unbelievable for us, after a few minutes we scored and there was electricity on the pitch, you could feel it was a special game. In the end, we came from 2-0 down to beat Liverpool 4-2. Football hero growing up?"My first one when I was very young, growing up in my hometown.
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