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Hoping to find a route into the promotion places on Sunday night, Atletico GO will make the trip to a struggling Ponte Preta.
Starting with the hosts, while Ponte Preta might have opened up the 2023 campaign with their sights set on mounting a genuine top-half charge, Joao Brigatti’s side have struggled to find any kind of stability. Despite being last seen eventually snatching an action-packed 3-3 draw away at Sport Recife, the Sao Paulo-based outfit have failed to muster a single Serie B victory from any of their previous seven appearances across all competitions. With that extended rut stemming all the way back to August 26th, fans around the Moises Lucarelli are firmly looking over their shoulder at a looming …
There have been plenty of reports suggesting Dani Ceballos, currently on loan at Arsenal, would not be playing for Real Madrid next season. Now, the midfielder appears to have put his return to the Santiago Bernabeu in even graver doubt.
Arsenal are believed to be keen to turn his loan spell into a permanent deal, but in the current financial climate, it remains to be seen whether they ll be able to afford it. Valencia have been named as interested too.
Speaking to Spanish radio Cadena SER about his options, Ceballos made it clear he was the master of his own fate, as well as that he wants to play regularly next season. However, he doesn t expect he would be able to get his wish in Zinedine Zidane s team. He refused to rule anything out; he could stay in the Premier Lea…
Marcelo Bielsa believes Uruguay have more to do to mark themselves out as one of the favourites to win the Copa America, despite crushing Bolivia 5-0 to make it two wins from two games.
Facundo Pellistri, Darwin Nunez, Maximiliano Araujo, Federico Valverde and Rodrigo Bentancur all scored as Bielsa s team ran riot in their second Group C game on Thursday.
It was Uruguay s biggest win in the Copa America since 1959, when they beat Argentina by the same scoreline in the group stage.
Having opened their campaign with a 3-1 win over Panama, they have won their first two matches at a Copa America tournament for the first time since 1995, when they went on to lift the trophy.
A figure of 2.74 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Bolivia s 0.06 (four shots) spok…
Sean Dyche described referee Craig Pawson’s decision not to send off Ibrahima Konate in the Merseyside derby as “nearly impossible”.
Everton were reduced to 10 men late in the first half at Anfield when Ashley Young was shown a second yellow card but Pawson opted not to make the same decision midway through the second half when Konate pulled back Beto.
The Toffees had succeeded in keeping the game goalless to that point but Mohamed Salah then scored a penalty after a VAR review saw Michael Keane penalised for handball and the striker added a very late second to give Liverpool a 2-0 win.
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says new signing Darwin Nunez has all the pieces that the Reds look for in a player but insists he is still a work in progress .
The Reds confirmed the signing of the 22-year-old Uruguay international forward on a long-term contract from Benfica on Tuesday.
Nunez has joined for a reported fee of £64million (€75m), with a further £21.4m (€25m) in potential add-ons, in a move that is subject to the granting of a work permit and international clearance.
The striker joins after netting 48 goals in 85 appearances for Benfica, finishing as last season s Primeira Liga top scorer with 26 strikes. He also scored in both of Benfica s Champions League matches against Liverpool prompting excitement about his acquisition.
Klopp was…
With one leg of a possible domestic and European treble in the bag, Barcelona go in search of their second trophy of 2014-15 in the Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao.
Barca wrapped up the league title with a 1-0 win at Atletico Madrid a fortnight ago, and Saturday s clash with Athletic marks the first of two finals in as many weeks as Luis Enrique s side steel themselves for a huge end to the season.
The following weekend sees them take on Juventus in the UEFA Champions League final, but for now their attentions are focused on completing the domestic double.
For one last time, Xavi will enjoy playing at Camp Nou for Barca, although he and his team-mates will occupy the away dressing room, and around 50,000 Athletic fans are expected to make the journey f…
Experienced midfielder Julian de Guzman says Canada still believe they can progress out of Group B in the CONCACAF Gold Cup going into Tuesday s clash with Costa Rica.
Benito Floro s side have taken just one point from their opening two games in the competition a late Rodolph Austin strike against Jamaica last time out condemning them to a 1-0 defeat.
The co-hosts hopes of making the knockout stages for the first time since 2009 remain alive with only Jamaica having secured their place in the top three spots.
And De Guzman who returned from injury to feature in the reversal against Jamaica has challenged his team-mates to keep the faith and gain the win they need if they are to stand a chance of reaching the next round against Paulo Wanchope s men.
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Jonny Evans says Manchester United have to move on from their derby disappointment and believes injuries have played a part in Erik ten Hag’s second season struggles.
A promising first campaign under the Dutchman has been forgotten as a challenging start to this term continued with Sunday’s humbling at home to Manchester City.
Erling Haaland’s brace and a late Phil Foden goal sealed City a derby victory at Old Trafford that was more one-sided than even the 3-0 scoreline suggested.
Outclassed, outthought and outmanoeuvred for the most part, it was an embarrassing end to the Red Devils’ admittedly unconvincing three-match winning run in all competitions.
“It’s never easy – everyone’s disappointed,” said experienced defender Evans, who was …
Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes believes Yaya Toure’s performances lie at the heart of Manchester City s struggles in Europe – branding the Ivory Coast star a liability .
Toure has helped to inspire City to two Premier League titles since moving from Barcelona in 2010, also scoring in FA Cup and League Cup final triumphs.
The 32-year-old, who won the Champions League playing as an emergency centre-back in the Barcelona team that beat Scholes United 2-0 in Rome in 2009, has largely failed to scale similar heights in European competitions while at the Etihad Stadium.
City beat Bayern Munich and Roma in consecutive games to salvage their group-stage campaign last season as Toure sat out following a red-card received in a 2-1 home loss to CS…
Stefano Pioli was left wishing Milan capitalised further against 10-man Napoli but insisted no first-leg result would ensure progression to the Champions League semi-final.
Ismael Bennacer s first goal in UEFA s top club competition proved the difference on Wednesday at San Siro as Milan secured a 1-0 lead to defend in Naples in eight days time.
The Rossoneri perhaps could have compounded Napoli s misery, though, as Milan played the last 15 minutes with a one-man advantage following Frank Anguissa s dismissal for two quickfire bookable offences.
Milan have progressed from seven of their previous nine two-legged ties in the Champions League knockout stages after winning the first clash, though Pioli suggested Napoli could overturn any given deficit.
The Mi…