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Hoping to shake off of their weekend heartbreak, defending Serie A champions Inter Milan will make the trip to the Stadio Carlo Castellani on Wednesday night.
Empoli
Starting with the hosts, while Empoli might have suffered back-to-back defeats on either side of the international, they will be boosted by what was an action-packed affair over the weekend. Only piling more pressure onto a rock-bottom Salernitana, the Blues picked up a 4-2 victory on their travels and they have largely impressed many across Italy since opening the 2021/22 campaign. With Saturday s win pushing them back into the top-half of the table, last season s Serie B champions have managed to find their feet since making the step up in class. However, while Head Coa…
Newcastle United great Alan Shearer feels the only way the St James Park outfit will remain in the Premier League is via relegation rival Hull City failing to beat Manchester United.
A Hull win at home to United would mean Newcastle have to get all three points at home to West Ham on the last day of the season on Sunday, but Shearer feels that Newcastle are not capable of winning.
Shearer, who was in charge when Newcastle were most recently relegated in 2009, said the only way he can see the Tyneside outfit avoiding the drop is via United taking at least a point at Hull.
I can t see them winning the last game how can you? Shearer said on BBC s Match of the Day.
With their form, you can t see them winning anything.
They probably will have to…
Matt O’Riley feels Celtic can make further strides in the Champions League with better game management.
Brendan Rodgers’ side produced a blistering first-half display against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday and deservedly led 2-1 at the interval.
Midfielder O’Riley was at the heart of the action with an excellent exchange of one-touch passes to set up Kyogo Furuhashi’s opener and Celtic attacked with pace and purpose throughout the opening 45 minutes.
That combo again! | |
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC)
They were pegged back eight minutes into the second half by Alvara Morata’s header and could not quite replicate the tempo of their attacking play, which Atletico boss Diego Simeone admitted his side had struggled to dea…
Kylian Mbappe scored an 89th-minute winner as Paris St Germain secured a dramatic 3-2 Ligue 1 victory at Brest.
Mbappe’s second goal of the game – knocking home the rebound after Marco Bizot had saved his penalty – gave PSG three hard-fought points after Brest had battled back from 2-0 down.
First-half goals from Warren Zaire-Emery and Mbappe had put PSG in command, but Steve Mounie and Jeremy Le Douaron rocked the French champions either side of the interval.
Fin du match et victoire
Les Parisiens prennent 3 points à Brest ! 2 -3
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside)
PSG showed their intent in the opening 10 minutes as Lee Kang-in and Zaire-Emery had powerful shots beaten away by Bizot and Achraf Hakimi fired over from the edge …
Athletic Bilbao have reached a deal to sign Atletico Madrid midfielder Raul Garcia.
Bilbao made the announcement on Sunday after Raul Garcia watched from the stands as Atletico defeated Sevilla 3-0.
Raul Garcia, 29, will travel to Bilbao to undergo a medical on Monday.
Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao have reached an agreement in principle for the transfer of Raul Garcia to our club, Bilbao said via a statement on their website.
The definitive agreement between the clubs and the player depends on the player passing a medical and the formalising of the contracts.
Raul Garcia has made 212 La Liga appearances for Atletico since arriving from Osasuna in 2007-08.
During his time in Madrid, Raul Garcia helped Atletico to the La Liga title …
Carlo Ancelotti has said he wants to continue at Real Madrid amid links to the vacant Brazil head coach job, but also admitted the future is unknown .
Ancelotti s name has been strongly linked to the Selecao since former coach Tite left at the end of the 2022 World Cup, with some of his Brazilian players at Madrid speaking openly about it during the international break.
President of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) Ednaldo Rodrigues also recently confirmed an interest in appointing the former Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain boss as the next head coach of the national side.
Speaking at a press conference on Saturday ahead of Madrid s LaLiga clash with Real Valladolid, Ancelotti seemed to pledge his allegiance to Los Blancos, though stopped short of confi…
Lionel Messi s late brace took him to 600 Barcelona goals and ensured the LaLiga club took charge of their Champions League semi-final tie against Liverpool with a 3-0 first-leg win.
Former Reds striker Luis Suarez, playing against his old club in a competitive game for the first time since he left for Catalonia in 2014, scored his first Champions League goal in over a year to give Barca a half-time advantage.
James Milner was twice denied by Marc-Andre ter Stegen in the second half while Mohamed Salah was thwarted too before Messi struck twice in seven minutes to bring up his milestone.
The first goal, a tap-in after Suarez had hit the crossbar, was followed by a brilliant 30-yard free-kick before Salah fired against the post with six minutes remaining as…
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Desperate to try and find some stability on Tuesday night, Norwich will welcome Huddersfield to Carrow Road for what could be a lively affair.
Starting with the hosts, while Norwich might have opened this season s Championship campaign tipped as a leading contender to make an immediate Premier League return, the Canaries are in the midst of a real struggle. Although Dean Smith s men might have extended on their EFL Cup run thanks to an action-packed 3-2 victory against Birmingham on August 9th, the former Aston Villa boss has seen his side pick up just a single second-tier point so far. Last seen over the weekend putting in another worrying display as they were hit with a 2-1 loss away at Hull, Norwich really have the fe…
Despite smelling the chance to claim back-to-back Serie A victories on Monday night, Juventus had to settle for a sluggish 0-0 stalemate away at Sampdoria.
While the Old Lady might have opened the 2022/23 campaign with a 3-0 romp against Sassuolo on August 15th, the Italian giants showed many of the issues that haunted them last season.
Coming up against a Sampdoria side who only just hung onto their Serie A status back in May, Massimiliano Allegri will regard Monday s meeting at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris as a missed opportunity.
In a showdown between two sides who are expected to be battling it out at opposite ends of the table this season, we have taken a look at the main talking points.
Juventus inconsistencies are on display again
Laying down an ear…
Liverpool star Trent Alexander-Arnold hit out at the Premier League fixturing, saying some of it defies common sense .
Jurgen Klopp, manager of the Premier League champions, has been critical of the scheduling amid a busy run of games for clubs.
Three days after losing to Atalanta in the Champions League, Liverpool will visit Brighton and Hove Albion in the early kick-off on Saturday.
Alexander-Arnold, who is sidelined with a calf injury, was also critical of the scheduling, saying change was needed.
At a time when we ve had a three-month lockdown, coming back and not being able to get fully fit as we would like to and having to play the remainder of the games, and then not getting much of a break – I think we got two weeks and then a 10-day pre-season…