Month: November 2024

Tottenham forward Lucas Moura has been hugely impressed by compatriot Gabriel Jesus following his excellent start to life at Arsenal.

The two Brazilians will face off in Saturday s north London derby, which carries additional importance as a win for Antonio Conte s Spurs side would see them leapfrog the Gunners to go top of the Premier League.

To secure a win, Spurs will need to keep Jesus at bay, which might be far from an easy task considering he has scored four goals and contributed three assists in seven league appearances since joining from Manchester City.

While the pair will be rivals on Saturday, Moura has been impressed by how striker Jesus has excelled up to now in Mikel Arteta s side.

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Desperate to pick up a first-leg advantage on Tuesday night, Rangers will welcome Dutch giants PSV to Ibrox for what could be another lively affair.

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Starting with the hosts, while Rangers might have faced a real uphill battle on European duties last week, the Blues mounted a stellar second-leg display at Ibrox. Eventually claiming a thrilling 3-0 victory against Royale Union in Glasgow, Head Coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst saw his side build off of that display last weekend. Knowing that they had to keep up their recent momentum, the Scottish heavyweights breezed their way to a routine 4-0 romp at home against St. Johnstone a few days ago. Despite watching their bitter Old Firm rivals snatch away their Premiership crown last se…

Spain have made further changes to their coaching set-up by replacing Jose Molina with Albert Luque as their new sporting director.

La Roja announced head coach Luis Enrique s departure earlier on Thursday, two days after losing to Morocco on penalties in the World Cup last 16.

Luis de la Fuente, who has had success at Under-19 and Under-21 level, as well as winning a silver medal at the Beijing Olympics last year, is set to take over next week.

Molina is the latest high-profile figure to leave his role, with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) confirming he will not be renewing his contract in January 2023.

Luque will take up the position of sports director, while Francis Hernandez will work alongside the former Spain international.

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Arsenal attacking midfielder Fabio Vieira is on the verge of joining FC Porto in the summer transfer window, according to David Ornstein. The well-known and well-respected The Athletic has claimed that Porto will sign Vieira on a loan deal from Arsenal.

Ornstein wrote on : “EXCL: Porto agree deal to re-sign Fabio Vieira on loan from Arsenal. Not in squad for as finalise move to bring midfielder back after 2022 sale. Merino arrival + Nwaneri rise reduces minutes 24yo needs regular action .

Vieira joined Arsenal from FC Porto in 2022. The 24-year-old Portuguese attacking midfielder has had injury problems at the Gunners and is not guaranteed a place in the starting lineup. Vieira made two starts and nine substitute appearances I the Premier League for the Gunners la…

Celtic s Carl Starfelt put through his own net deep into extra-time as Rangers came from behind to beat their Old Firm rivals 2-1 in a frantic Scottish Cup semi-final.

Greg Taylor fired a low finish beyond Jon McLaughlin shortly after the hour to hand Celtic the lead, before substitute Scott Arfield bent home a brilliant leveller to force additional time.

With a penalty shoot-out on the horizon, Starfelt deflected Calvin Bassey s left-wing cross past Joe Hart to send Rangers to their 53rd Scottish Cup final, where Hearts lie in wait after overcoming Hibernian on Saturday. 

A boisterous atmosphere gave way to a frantic opening at Hampden Park, with Ryan Kent firing over under pressure and Jota heading onto the roof of the net at the other end.

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Two first-half goals for Monza proved enough to give them their second win of the season against Juventus to add to the Bianconeri s problems.

Patrick Ciurria and Dany Mota struck for Raffaele Palladino s men as they secured a 2-0 win at Allianz Stadium on Sunday to follow up their 1-0 win earlier in the season in Palladino s first game in charge.

Juve only beat Monza 2-1 in the Coppa Italia 10 days prior but struggled to deal with their energetic visitors here, as they had done in their defeat at Stadio Brianteo in the reverse league fixture in September.

It is a further blow to Juve s hopes of Champions League qualification following their 15-point penalty related to the club s transfer dealings imposed earlier this month.

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Phil Neville insists Portland Timbers are still nowhere near their capabilities, despite an impressive MLS run lifting them up the table ahead of Saturday s clash with Minnesota United.

The Timbers have surged up the Western Conference standings, sitting seventh in the league after a six-game undefeated streak.

Neville s men leapfrogged Vancouver Whitecaps with a commendable 2-0 victory last time out, with this another chance to put pressure on the teams above them.

The former Inter Miami head coach still believes Portland can significantly improve, too.

It s step by step, we ve got a lot of work to do, but we re not getting carried away, Neville said.

We re keeping our feet firmly on the ground, but we are building confidence, and I think the b…

Scotland concluded a successful Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with an all-action 3-3 draw with Norway at Hampden Park.

Steve Clarke’s men clinched their place in Germany with two games to spare last month and, following a 2-2 draw with Georgia on Thursday night, there were thrills and spills in the final Group A game in Glasgow.

The Tartan Army were in party mood but they were silenced in the third minute of a roller-coaster first half when Aron Donnum fired the visitors ahead before Scotland captain John McGinn levelled from the spot 10 minutes later.

FULL TIME: Scotland 3-3 Norway.

A thrilling match brings our campaign to a close at Hampden Park

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Inter warmed up for the Champions League final with a 1-0 win over Torino to cap off their Serie A campaign.

The Nerazzurri head to Istanbul to face Manchester City on June 10, but the Coppa Italia winners had league business to attend to on Saturday.

Marcelo Brozovic s excellent strike proved the difference, with substitute goalkeeper Alex Cordaz making a superb save to preserve Inter s lead in the second half.

Inter will face an altogether tougher test in a week s time, but for now, Simone Inzaghi can reflect on a job well done in Serie A.

Romelu Lukaku sparked what had been an insipid first half into life when he crafted space on the edge of Torino s area and saw a low strike deflected just wide.

Stefan de Vrij headed straight at Vanja Milinkov…

Lyon star Memphis Depay suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee during Sunday s Ligue 1 loss to Rennes.

Depay, 25, is set to miss the rest of the season and becomes a major doubt for Netherlands Euro 2020 campaign.

The forward has enjoyed a fine Ligue 1 campaign, scoring nine goals and providing two assists in 13 games, but he faces at least six months out of action.

It s a very bad evening because we lost and because of the lack of quality. The very bad news is also the injury of Memphis, who could be out for a while, Lyon sporting director Juninho said.

Stay strong, and .

— OL English  (@OL_English)

He s our captain and I m sad for him.

Making matters worse for Lyon, midfielder Jeff Reine-A…