We want to make sure we protect them from injury, having been out for so long. That [5-6 September] is a Fifa men's international fixture slot at the moment. That's when we launched [the season] last year and had a fantastic impact. The other thing about August is it looks like the Uefa Women's Champions League completion tournament might land there, so that's one to watch. The added interest in women's football after England's run to the 2019 World Cup semi-finals swelled attendance figures for the opening round of WSL fixtures in 2019-20 - more than 31,000 watched Manchester City beat local rivals United at Etihad StadiumSimmons also said the FA still want to try to finish this season's Women's FA Cup, probably after the start of the 2020-21 season, but further talks were needed.
KEY STATS This is West Ham's first win at Chelsea since 2002. Frank Lampard suffers back-to-back defeats for the first time as Chelsea coach. Chelsea were looking for a fourth successive home win without conceding since January 2015. This was Chelsea's 250th Premier League London derby. They've won 128 of them - more than any other team.
Sancho has been sensational during his three years in Germany, but it is expected that he will move for over £100 million to Manchester United this summer. So maybe United will end up doing the same thing with Bellingham in 2023. Read the full story Video - 'Dortmund name price for Sancho with United and Chelsea poised' - Euro Papers01:45 Dier expects ban after storming stands to save brother Eric Dier is said to be expecting a lengthy ban from the FA following his angry confrontation with a Tottenham supporter during Wednesday night's penalty shootout defeat to Norwich in the FA Cup.
But while we expect United to both score and concede again this weekend, our correct score prediction tips Chris Wilder's men to eventually emerge as 2-1 victors. Villa are winless in four Premier League games on the road, and they conceded exactly two goals in the most recent three of those contests.
So popular, the Gunners used it as inspiration for their 2019-20 away shirt. Barcelona 1997 It's hard to find a bad Barca shirt from over the years but this away kit is a gem, and synonymous with Ronaldo, as this was the only season he spent with the Catalan giants. Worn in the 1997 Cup Winners' Cup final where the Brazilian's penalty was enough to beat Paris St-Germain in Rotterdam. Cameroon 2002 One-of-a-kind, but Cameroon's controversial sleeveless shirt didn't go down well with everyone.
And it would be a big ask. While Liverpool face Atletico Madrid, Manchester City must overcome Real Madrid. Chelsea, meanwhile, face Bayern Munich, and Tottenham come up against RB Leipzig. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 DRAW Borussia Dortmund v Paris Saint-Germain Real Madrid v Manchester City Atalanta v Valencia Atletico Madrid v Liverpool Chelsea v Bayern Munich Lyon v Juventus Tottenham v RB Leipzig Napoli v Barcelona It would certainly be a message of intent should Liverpool and City send the two Madrid sides packing, although equally, Real and Atletico will be aware that this is Spain’s chance to hit back.
Would the team miss him if he was sold?I can't really explain it, no. The expectation was United would trigger the option on his contract and then sell. I am still surprised they didn't. Anything else? Manchester United have celebrated little success since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement in 2013Anonymous: How can such a globally successful football club continue to decline? Surely the sponsors will leave.
Already into the last 16 after collecting an impressive 11 points from their 5 group matches so far, there's no pressure whatsoever on Barcelona in this game. For that exact reason, with a tough weekend match at Sociedad approaching, boss Ernesto Valverde is set to rest most of his big hitters on Tuesday.
In this difficult period, I would always return any bonus to the club, which will certainly find a good destination for it. Pardew joined Den Haag in December and had taken charge of eight league games - winning one - before play was halted in the Netherlands on 12 March. On Friday, Dutch authorities announced the league season would end with no champions being named for the first time since the Eredivisie was formed in 1956.
Just his enthusiasm and his vision for where he wanted to take the club," Ferdinand recalls, "he had me sold after a couple of minutes. After finishing third and sixth in their first two seasons back in the top flight, Newcastle were ready for an assault on the title going into the 1995-96 season. The Cole sale was soon forgotten when Ferdinand, David Ginola, Warren Barton and Shaka Hislop were brought in for a £16m outlay.
The visitors should follow up on their favourites’ tag, with Samp losing three of their last four. They did win their last game, but their 1-0 win over city rivals Genoa was a draining affair, given the toll it takes on the players and the intensity of that derby. Both Lazio and Inter have won comfortably here this term, each scoring three times against Samp.
Following a 0-0 draw with Oldham last time out, Stevenage are now without a win in their last 11 matches, and with no goals scored in their last four league games, it is easy to see why. This lack of goals is an issue which has plagued them for much of the campaign and is especially apparent on the road, where they have failed to score in 62% of their league outings.
Real Esteli have a goal lead from the first leg and will be tough to beat here. They had a good end to the regular season and continue to be tough to score against. Their opponents away form is nowhere near as good as that on home soil. Diriangen look to have missed the boat by not getting a win in the first leg. Go for a home win in this match.
They will also want to settle promotion and relegation issues to avoid potential legal battles, like the one threatened by non-league clubs whose season has already been curtailed. In Italy, which has been in lockdown for over three weeks and has a COVID-19 death toll approaching 12,000, there is growing sentiment that the season should be abandoned.
BATE Borisov is the best team in Belarus and this time is the favorite up against FC Minsk away. BATE Borisov have been under performing since this Belarus league and including the last poor result at the cup as well. I'm pretty sure they will get back on track as they are favorites to win this league. BATE Borisov is slightly underrated at the odds of 1.95 by the bookies as their fair odds seem to be 1.91. FC Minsk is overrated by all bookies at 3.50 as fair odds seem to be 4.58. My bet is A +0.5 BETA
A Klagenfurt and Austria Vienna II will face each other in the upcoming match in the 2. Liga in Austria. A Klagenfurt this season have the following results: 9W, 5D and 0L. Meanwhile Austria Vienna II have 4W, 2D and 8L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Leicester City boss Rodgers is winless in all 15 of his meetings with Chelsea as a manager (drawn eight, lost seven), the most times he has faced a single opponent without winning in his managerial career. This was the first time that Leicester had conceded a goal in this season's FA Cup, making them the last of the 123 sides to participate in the competition proper in 2019-20 to concede a goal. Chelsea have won five consecutive matches across all competitions, their best such winning run since they won seven in succession between September and October 2019.
Full TimePosted at 90'+5' Second Half ends, West Ham United 3, Chelsea 2. Posted at 90'+5' César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 90'+5' Foul by Jack Wilshere (West Ham United). Posted at 90'+4' Foul by Marcos Alonso (Chelsea). Posted at 90'+4' Tomas Soucek (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing. Posted at 90'+4' Attempt missed. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
There is no foot off the gas and there's no relaxing. We're not that type of club and I'm not that type of manager. If we have an off day, it is through mistakes and not attitude. Expectation levels have risen and we're ahead of a group of clubs that are tightly-placed in terms of points. Wilder revealed there were no new injuries and that he would rotate his squad with the Blades playing away at Norwich three days later.
They looked faster to the ball than us. It is never easy but we won't make excuses. We've been good but tonight was probably the worst I have seen us defensively at times. What's next?Leicester travel to Brentford for their FA Cup fourth-round tie on Saturday, 25 January (12:45 GMT) before the crucial Carabao Cup semi-final second leg at Aston Villa on Tuesday, 28 January (19:45).
Whilst we think Crewe will come out of this game with the win, we think it’ll be a close encounter and quite nervy at times. As a result, we’re backing Crewe to win 1-0, a result that would be enough to get them into the fourth round of the cup and boost their excellent season even further. Barnsley, whilst be disappointed with a loss, won’t dwell on a defeat here as they aim to escape the drop to League One where the two teams could meet again next season.
Alfredo Morelos was dismissed after gesturing to Motherwell fansColombian striker Morelos was at the centre of everything after that. He had a strong case for a penalty when Mugabi barged into the back of him, but referee Robertson dismissed the claims. He continued to pepper the Motherwell goal as Gillespie tipped another angled low drive away from the near post before blocking his goal-bound effort after the defence were caught napping.
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Son Heung-min struck in stoppage time to give Tottenham a dramatic 3-2 victory over Aston Villa in their Premier League clash at Villa Park. Though Spurs have not been at their best recently, they’ve nonetheless been able to pick up points and will no doubt have felt confident going into today’s clash against league strugglers, Villa.
Spartak Tambov and Krylya Sovetov are sharing the penultimate position in the rankings at the Russian National Championships when they both got 22 points after 21 rounds and the goal difference is -4. In the middle of the season, Spartak Tambov played all nine friendlies and had a good record of winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 2 but when they returned to the tournament, Spartak Tambov only drew 0-0 with Rubin Kazan and lost to Dinamo Moscow with the score 0-1 in the last round. Meanwhile, Krylya Sovetov drew 1-1 at home with Orenburg and won 1-0 at Rubin Kazan's yard.
We had about 26 of us on this small executive jet with its own bar. It was phenomenal. We rocked up at Glasgow Airport at 3am and had our own check-in desk and security. It was one of the best experiences of my life. A cracking bird & an international incidentAnonymous (Hong Kong & Moldova)In Hong Kong, one of the lads came down to the bar next to the hotel. He told his room-mate he had found a "cracking bird" and had left her in the room.
His creativity and invention gave the home side another dimension. Terim must regret not using him from the start over the ineffective Belhanda. He might have had a hand in winning the match for a Galatasaray side that otherwise lacked quality in the final third. PLAYER RATINGS Galatasaray - Muslera 6, Mariano 6, Donk 6, Marcao 6, Saracchi 6, Seri 7, Lemina 5, Belhanda 5, Feghouli 6, Onyekuru 6, Falcao 5.
Jong Utrecht and Eindhoven FC will face each other in the upcoming match in the Eerste Divisie in Holland. Jong Utrecht this season have the following results: 7W, 6D and 5L. Meanwhile Eindhoven FC have 6W, 3D and 9L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Dec 5 (Reuters) - Spanish broadcaster Movistar has purchased rights to show next month's Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, the national soccer federation (RFEF) said on Thursday, after other major operators shunned the tournament over human rights concerns. Movistar, a brand of Spain's Telefonica group, already holds the rights to Spanish soccer's top flight La Liga but has traditionally not broadcast the Super Cup or Copa del Rey, which have been shown on state broadcaster RTVE.
But they also wanted to equal Marseille in another way, by becoming France's second Champions League winner. After getting over the formidable obstacle of Borussia Dortmund and clearing an even bigger psychological barrier to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in four attempts, PSG were looking good. Neymar - key against Dortmund - was playing well and, crucially, for the team, Kylian Mbappe and Angel di Maria were in sizzling form.
Every time we tried to press they played around us with the quality they have got. All the stuff that gets talked about in academies, with young coaches - just look at what they did in terms of the basic stuff that gives you an opportunity to play and dominate. That's what they did to us. Not only technically, but tactically, they are a fantastic side. We have been well beaten. People talk about us having afternoons and nights like this when we came to the Premier League.
What happened between me and Sonny is part of football sometimes," added Lloris. At the end of the game you could see we were more than happy. Media playback is not supported on this device Bust-up with Son 'part of football' - Lloris The result gave boss Mourinho his 200th victory in the Premier League, the Portuguese becoming only the fifth manager to reach the landmark. It came following a poor 3-1 loss at Sheffield United in their previous game, after which Mourinho had questioned the mentality of his players.
The name on everyone’s lips at the moment is AC Milan’s Krzysztof Piatek. Now, The Warm-Up has to confess that prior to this week, the last it had heard on Piatek was that he was very good. But apparently he isn’t any more - which you can be sure of because Aston Villa have been linked with him too. The fact Milan have signed a 45-year-old Zlatan Ibrahimovic impersonator in January suggests they don’t have a huge amount of confidence in the Pole, who has only scored four goals this season.
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Posted at 64' Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 64' Foul by Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal). Posted at 63' Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Rodrigo. BookingPosted at 62' Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 62' Foul by Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City). Posted at 62' Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Portmore United will host Humble Lions for this fixture of the league. Both sides are very average teams in this season. However, both teams have the motivation to make a positive result. They probably want to stay among the top 6 teams at the top of the table. I expect, this will be tough match. Both teams have the potential to fight for the victory. Yeah, the hosts have advantage in this match. Portmore is better team in the last mutual matches. I think, the hosts will try to dominate on the home ground. However, this is a very unpredictable league. I think, Humble Lions will try to provide a strong resistance.
The damning stat: Since the start of last season, Everton have failed to win a single Premier League game in which they've fallen behind. Wenger got 20 years, Emery won't get 20 months' Media playback is not supported on this device Emery says he understands Arsenal fans's anger after Southampton draw Form: Arsenal extended their winless league run to five games against Southampton on Saturday - but it could have been worse had Alexandre Lacazette not popped up with a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw.
Just as they did last season, the Royals are responding to their change in manager. The visitors are now into 14th place in the season, having sacked a manager who was seen as their saviour. The departure of Jose Gomes came after another tough season, but the Royals are now making great strides under his replacement, Mark Bowen.
It keeps Bournemouth three points from safety, after wins for West Ham and Watford on Saturday, while Leicester remain fourth. Reaction to Sunday's Premier League actionIt was a bad weekend for Bournemouth before they even kicked a ball and looked like getting worse an hour into proceedings at Vitality Stadium. The Cherries found themselves six points adrift of West Ham and Watford, while Aston Villa's victory against Crystal Palace saw Eddie Howe's side drop to 19th in the table.
Fortune holds another tough season in the German Premier League. The team from Dusseldorf is at the bottom of the standings, only a point ahead of the last Paderborn. In the last two games, the “successful” were able to catch on a draw twice, showing a fairly mature game in the defense. Borussia again goes next to the top three, but frequent injuries and insulting loss of points once again interfere with the team’s ambitions. For the fourth year, Marco Rosa’s wards have been dreaming of getting into the Champions League, and so far have good chances to realize their dreams.
Even if the world is on the verge of a real end of the world, the apocalypse will not hinder Belarusian football. While the leading tournaments everywhere went to a forced pause due to quarantine, here football only continues. Let's pay attention to the meeting in the framework of the second round of the First League between the team “Smorgon” and “Wave” from Pinsk. The teams were not equally impressed at the start of the current season. Both opponents did not manage to win, but did not lose. “Smorgon” in the away match broke the world in a duel with “Sputnik” - 1: 1. “Wave” in their field could not break the resistance of “Slonim” and did not even score, but did not miss, and the match ended in a goalless draw.
So I am convinced that we will pick up in Berlin where we left off against Werder Bremen two weeks ago. Yet promoted Union are also in good form, having won three of their last four games to climb out of the bottom spots and into 11th place. We have a lot of points already and the team is playing good football," Wendt added.
The fireworks started at Anfield long before that Premier League trophy was presented to Liverpool on the Kop - normally the beating heart of the club's support but instead adorned by flags on this night of celebration. Liverpool's 5-3 win against Chelsea, a fittingly entertaining finale to their third successive unbeaten Premier League season at Anfield, was played out to the soundtrack of thunderous explosions, red lights in the sky and the smell of cordite.
Time will tell if the industrious Ndidi is the next N'Golo Kante but the 22-year-old already leads Europe's major leagues in tackles and interceptions, giving the defence more room to breathe and prepare for dangerous situations. Talk of a title challenge this season may be premature, with leaders Liverpool eight points clear of the Foxes, but Rodgers' miserly defence has laid the foundations for a top-four finish.
Compared to his success at Real, Ronaldo’s form has dipped significantly at Juventus and he finished third behind Messi and Virgil van Dijk in the latest Ballon d’Or voting. Lionel Messi won his sixth Ballon d'Or award in 2019, moving him one ahead of Cristiano RonaldoGetty Images 13:05 - Unai Emery missed out on three key transfer targets before Arsenal axe Former Arsenal manager Unai Emery failed to sign three key players when he looked to overhaul his Gunners squad during the summer transfer window.
I know the hosts have a record of just 1-1-7 in this start of the season while their opponents are 3-1-1 at home, 10 points of their total 11 points came from home games as away from home they are really just 0-1-3 so far and even lost with no less than 5-1 recently away from home at Esteli, so really not that a great away team and scored only 2 goals in those 4 away games while conceding 8 times.
The Netherlands winger thought he had scored Villa's third before half-time, but he slightly mis-timed his run onto a John McGinn pass and was adjudged offside after putting the ball into the net. Grealish was a constant threat with his dribbling ability and came close to getting the goal he deserved but curled over from 15 yards after neat link-up play with El Ghazi. Wesley should have added a third in the 77th minute but failed to beat Martin Dubravka from close range but Villa, who had been beaten in successive Premier League matches by Manchester City, Liverpool and Wolves, suffered no late scares and collected three points.
