Football Blog (Page 244)

[ad_1] Considering there were only seven Premier League games this weekend, Gameweek 8 threw up plenty of drama. Manchester City made Wolves’ lives misery, Tottenham tore apart Leicester to put more pressure on Brendan Rodgers, Arsenal swept aside Brentford and Everton actually won a game of football. Here’s our selection for the team of the week. Neto is in fine form / Stu Forster/GettyImages There were a few eyebrows raised when Bournemouth decided to make Barcelona backup goalkeeper Neto one of their more high-profile signings considering how promising Mark Travers has been. However, the Brazilian is proving his worth and put in another fine displayRead More →

[ad_1] Callum Hudson-Odoi has confessed he began to consider his future at Chelsea after being left out of Thomas Tuchel’s matchday squad for the opening day victory over Everton. The 21-year-old winger struggled for minutes under the former boss and eventually joined Bayer Leverkusen on a season-long loan with, notably, does not include an option to buy at the end of the season. Since making the move, Tuchel has been relieved of his duties at Stamford Bridge, with Graham Potter taking his place. Speaking to the Daily Mail, Hudson-Odoi insisted he has no hard feelings towards his former manager, although he did admit to feelingRead More →

[ad_1] Real Madrid have cooled their interest in Kylian Mbappe and would only make a move for the Paris Saint-Germain forward if he reached out to ask to join the club. President Florentino Perez felt disrespected by Mbappe’s decision to snub Real this summer. Erik ten Hag wants Manchester United to sign a new midfielder in January but he is unlikely to get his wish as club officials are concerned he spent too much money in the summer. Young midfielder Zidane Iqbal rejected the chance to join up with Iraq during the international break in order to stay and prove to Ten Hag that heRead More →

[ad_1] Lionel Messi scored the only goal of the game in the first five minutes as Paris Saint-Germain saw off Lyon to return to the Ligue 1 summit. Marseille’s draw with Rennes earlier on Sunday had briefly sent them top of the table, putting the pressure on Christophe Galtier’s PSG to beat a Lyon side who had started the season well but have fallen off the pace in recent weeks. Messi’s goal was the first real action of the game. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner exchanged passes with Neymar, before stroking the ball into the bottom corner with his left foot. PSG had chances toRead More →

[ad_1] Christoph Freund has agreed to become Chelsea’s new sporting director, sources have confirmed to 90min, which will see him make the switch from Red Bull Salzburg. The 45-year-old had already been in talks with Chelsea – as 90min earlier revealed. Those talks have now progressed further this weekend, with sources confirming an agreement has been reached. Chelsea’s lack of a Premier League match this weekend gave their hierarchy the chance to progress and they have now agreed terms with Freund. 90min is told he has spoken at length with new head coach Graham Potter, who in turn has green-lighted the appointment of the Austrian.Read More →

[ad_1] Sam Kerr has won the last two WSL Golden Boot awards after 21 goals in 2020/21 and another 20 in 2021/22. The Australian is among the favourites again in 2022/23 but has stiff competition to make it a hat-trick from the likes of B*th Mead, Vivianne Miedema, Alessia Russo and others. *Stats updated as of 18/09/2022 (20:30 BST) Goals: 1Assists: 0Minutes per goal: 90Shots to goals conversion rate: 50% Goals: 1Assists: 0Minutes per goal: 90Shots to goals conversion rate: 100% Goals: 1Assists: 0Minutes per goal: 90Shots to goals conversion rate: 100% Goals: 1Assists: 0Minutes per goal: 90Shots to goals conversion rate: 100% Goals: 1Assists:Read More →

[ad_1] Liverpool sprung the biggest shock of the opening weekend of the new WSL season, putting three-time back-to-back reigning champions Chelsea to the sword at Prenton Park. All three goals came from the same penalty spot, with Fran Kirby converting almost immediately after the first kick-off, before Katie Stengel netted twice from 12 yards for Liverpool in the second half to complete an unexpected comeback. Liverpool debutant Gilly Flaherty, once of Chelsea, had a nightmare start against her old team when she connected with Guro Reiten instead of the ball when attempting to clear… 58 seconds on the clock and a penalty for the Blues.Read More →

[ad_1] The New England Revolution suffered their latest setback on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium, falling 1-0 to CF Montreal to eliminate the possibility of making the 2022 MLS postseason.  The Revolution now sit in 11th place on the Eastern Conference table, with 38 points in 32 games and a record of 9W-12L-11D. They’ve dropped a league-leading 29 points from a winning position this season, attributing to their current state.  “If you go through the season, the number of games we’ve actually blown, just screwed up, is incredible,” said head coach Bruce Arena. “If you can think about the [New York] Red Bulls here, whenRead More →

[ad_1] From Gtech Community Stadium – For a couple of decades now, Arsenal have been considered a ‘soft’ team in Premier League folklore. They miss Patrick Vieira. They don’t like it when games get rough. They hate it when you kick lumps out of them. They loathe it when you beat them over the head with a lead pipe. It’s a tag that is sometimes unfairly bestowed upon them, a sort of running gag which has been approved by confirmation bias even if there’s a hint of truth in the allegations. But make no mistake, Arsenal aren’t that sort of ‘soft’ anymore. Even last seasonRead More →

[ad_1] In Cristian Romero’s eyes, Liverpool colossus Virgil van Dijk and new Manchester United star Lisandro Martinez are the two best defenders in the Premier League. Romero himself joined the division last season, playing on loan for Tottenham before being signed permanently this summer. He has impressed in that time, becoming one of the most important players for Antonio Conte, establishing himself as a first-team regular for Argentina in the process. He plays alongside Martinez for his national team, and rates the new Manchester United signing highly, saying he along with Van Dijk is the best defender in England. “Today, the best defender for meRead More →