Football Blog (Page 4)

[ad_1] Toronto FC finally triumphed 1-0 over New York City FC, with a stunning strike by recent signing CJ Sapong. Sapong joined Toronto in a trade with Nashville SC before the league’s Primary Transfer Window closed on April 24. He’s now made an immediate impact for his new side, netting the winning brace in Matchday 10. It was Sapong’s first strike in almost a year, with his last goal coming against the Colorado Rapids on May 28, 2022. It was an all-important goal, as it helped Toronto to just their second victory of the 2023 MLS campaign. “Stepping on to the pitch, I was justRead More →

[ad_1] Inter Miami’s six-game losing streak ended Saturday night with a 2-1 win at Columbus Crew, as the youth led the way for the Herons with Leo Campana bagging a brace and Benjamin Cremaschi notching an assist. Miami picked up three much-needed points on the road against Columbus Crew to jumped to 12th place in the Eastern Conference standings, a drastic improvement. Head coach Phil Neville has said all along that once Miami started to find the back of the net they would be back in the winning column. “We’ve got two strikers now that scored on Wednesday and two goals tonight from Leo [Campana].Read More →

[ad_1] The 2022/23 Vanarama National League season is over and attention now turns to the play-off fixtures that will determine who joins Wrexham in League Two next term. The six sides that finished directly below the Welsh champions now enter the play-offs at various points depending on league position with a trip to Wembley to come later in May. This week sees Barnet face local rivals Boreham Wood and Woking host Bromley. Here’s how to follow the eliminator games before the semi finals start. Each season, two teams are promoted from the National League to League Two. This season, champions Wrexham have gone up automatically.Read More →

[ad_1] Chelsea are in historically woeful form but could begin a long apology to fans with a good result against Arsenal on Tuesday. Five straight defeats in a run of eight games without victory is objectively awful, but adding a loss to Arsenal into the mix would make things even worse. Chelsea need a serious response if they are to get fans back on their side. Here’s how caretaker boss Frank Lampard could set up. READ NEXT Raheem Sterling needs to find some form / Robin Jones/GettyImages GK: Kepa Arrizabalaga – He may only have six games left at Chelsea, so here’s hoping the SpaniardRead More →

[ad_1] Chelsea and Liverpool saw this game abandoned due to a frozen pitch when it was originally scheduled back in January, something which shone an enormous spotlight on the often inadequate facilities that women’s football regularly still has to contend with. The game was allowed to start that day after efforts had been defrost the playing surface, but that decision was reversed owing to safety concerns only six minutes later. Delayed until this late stage of the season, it arguably takes on vastly more significance because of potential implications on the title race. Chelsea fell seven points behind leaders Manchester United on Friday night, butRead More →

[ad_1] Harry Kane has lamented Tottenham’s slow starts to games this season after the Lilywhites conceded three goals in the opening 15 minutes at Anfield. Spurs gave themselves a mountain to climb on Sunday against Liverpool, with three defensive lapses inside the earliest part of the game leaving them 3-0 down. While Tottenham did manage to claw their way back into the game to make it 3-3 via a Richarlison goal in the 93rd minute, they did eventually lose the game thanks to an even later goal from Diogo Jota. The start to the game was extremely similar to the one last weekend, when SpursRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester City will not stand in Bernardo Silva’s way if he insists that he wants to leave this summer, but they will demand their full valuation of him is met, 90min understands. Silva was keen to leave City last summer for Barcelona, but the club stood firm and told the Portugal international he would not be allowed to leave this season. Barcelona also came calling in January, but again City insisted that he would remain part of their squad until this summer at least. Now, the Catalans are ready to return ahead of next season to try and get Silva once more – ifRead More →

[ad_1] Lamine Yamal has admitted that his nerves gradually faded away when he made his record-breaking for Barcelona on Saturday, becoming the club’s youngest ever La Liga player at just 15-years-old. Yamal had previously been on the bench for La Liga games against Atletico Madrid and Rayo Vallecano without getting on the pitch, before being given seven minutes plus stoppage time at the end of Saturday’s win over Real B*tis. The locally-born youngster broke the record held by teammate Ansu Fati, who had come off the bench himself just over 20 minutes earlier in the game. “I felt a lot of emotions,” Yamal told clubRead More →

[ad_1] Paulo Dybala has been offered to a number of Premier League sides this summer as a bargain release clause in his Roma contract becomes active, 90min understands. The 29-year-old joined on a free transfer from Juventus last summer and has enjoyed a successful year under Jose Mourinho, racking up 16 goals and eight assists in 34 appearances and helping inspire Roma to the Europa League semi-finals. Dybala’s contract contains a handful of release clauses – €20m for fellow Serie A clubs and just €12m for overseas teams – and sources have confirmed to 90min that the Argentine’s representatives have been making sure clubs inRead More →

[ad_1] Nashville SC’s attacking midfielder Hany Mukhtar might as well announce he’s dropping a mixtape full of diss tracks against Atlanta United. While they momentarily trail the ATL in the Eastern Conference standings, Nashville – and Mukhtar specifically – have become a thorn in the side of the Five Stripes. Cold hard facts speak for themselves and Mukhtar’s tally of six goals and seven assists against their geographical rivals say a lot about the German’s confidence when he faces them on the pitch. To date, he’s accumulated 13 goal contributions – six goals and seven assists – in matches across all competitions against Atlanta. ButRead More →