The likes of Charles Leclerc are among the current drivers taking part, with England cricket Ben Stokes representing Red Bull. FIFPRO: Most players can't afford a pay cut Jonas Baer-Hoffmann, the general secretary of FIFPRO, the players' union, has warned that not all footballers can afford to have their pay cut by clubs who are set to experience cash flow problems due to the suspension of football amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Louis Appere swept the hosts ahead, but Jordan White levelled on 32 minutes. However, Lawrence Shankland scored a sumptuous winner, his 28th goal of the season, to earn United a first win in six games. United now need 13 points from their final 11 games to end a four-season absence from the top-flight.
Drogba's legendary status with Chelsea was assured in Munich - and he returned in 2014 to play his part in another title win under Jose Mourinho. Mohamed Salah: Liverpool 5-2 Roma - Anfield, 24 April 2018 Mohamed Salah joined Liverpool from Roma for £34m in June 2017Liverpool's "Egyptian King" reigned supreme when his former club Roma came to Anfield for the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.
The Championship is a "bubble waiting to burst" because clubs are posting record losses in a "gamble" to reach the Premier League. Former Wigan chairman David Sharpe, who sold the club in 2018, said the situation is "frightening" - following a BBC Radio 5 Live Investigation Unit analysis of the Championship's finances. The analysis, conducted with accountants Deloitte and football finance experts Vysyble, found: Championship sides ran up a record high total of £307m in pre-tax losses in 2017-18Despite the league also bringing in its highest-ever revenue of £749m, overall spending on player and staff wages exceeded clubs' revenue by 11%That gap is expected to widen to an all-time high for 2018-19More than half of clubs are spending more on wages than they make in income.
Borussia Dortmund have won their last three away league games. Borussia Dortmund have won their last five matches, scoring 13 goals and conceding just once. Wolfsburg have only won four home league games this season. Borussia Dortmund can close to within a point of leaders Bayern Munich if winning at Wolfsburg.
Media playback is not supported on this device All the angles: Relive Curtis Jones' stunning goal Yes, some teams use the FA Cup to rotate their squads and rest their regulars but it means you get a chance to see some new faces and it is a perfect platform for young players like Jones to show everyone what they can do. He would never have got a chance to showcase his talent for Liverpool in the Premier League or Champions League, but he got his opportunity in the FA Cup at the age of just 18, and certainly made a name for himself.
The last seven away games have seen the visitors average 1.71 goals per game and concede 1.14 goals per game at the other end. Meanwhile, MK Dons have averaged a goal per game at home this season and conceded 1.5 goals per game, so we think backing a 2-1 win for the visitors is the way to go in the correct score market.
In truth, it is unlikely we will witness any last-gasp title drama in any of Europe's top five leagues. Current leaders Bayern Munich have an 84. Bundesliga, Italy's top-placed side Juventus (83. Serie A title, Paris St-Germain (99. France's Ligue 1 all but wrapped up, while Barcelona (74. Real Madrid to La Liga's crown. In Scotland, Celtic's 13-point advantage over Rangers means they have a 98. Premiership, although the latter will cling to that 1.
In the league the game played here a few weeks ago between these two sides ended in a 2-2 draw in the end, but this time it is cup the hosts are pretty sure they will qualify further as they have 3 wins and just one draw after 4 games being played but they used a pretty strong squad while winning 1-0 away at Ajman some days ago while Al Wasl has 2 wins and 2 losses but in good form so I see a high scoring encounter between these two sides here and will even take the over 4.5 goals bet.
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While Atalanta have a reputation as the attacking giants in Serie A, Inter are in good shape too. Lautaro Martinez is firing, while Romelu Lukaku has scored 14 goals in his 18 league games this season – his most at this stage of a season. He’s the first Serie A newcomer to achieve that in 20 years. That form has helped Inter to the top of the table, and to seven wins in nine matches.
The German Football League (DFL), responsible for operating the Bundesliga and the second division, is determined to finish the current season. Their 36 professional clubs will meet on Thursday to discuss a restart of the season next month. But Germany's football authorities still face some huge questions before they get the green light to resume football in the country behind closed doors. What challenges do they face and how are they planning to combat them?What will Germany's government say?German politics has recently decided that large events with crowds will be banned at least until the end of August.
The visitors do have one big advantage, having played over 24 hours before Derby in the last round. That extra day of rest could prove vital over the Christmas period, especially given how the Tykes are taking on a wounded Derby outfit. The hosts are without Graeme Shinnie, Mason Bennett and Tom Huddlestone among others through injury, while both Krystian Bielik and Tom Lawrence are banned.
The war officially ended on 2 September 1945 and the Football League returned for the 1946-47 season. Unfortunately, this campaign would not immediately bring a much-needed return to normality for the beleaguered sport. A June finish The British weather was just one of the factors that curtailed football in 1947In 1947, the continuation of football in England was again threatened by a situation posing problems not dissimilar to those being wrestled with as a result of the coronavirus.
Training grounds have been mentioned as potentially hosting games, although it is difficult to work out how this would be a safer environment than stadiums, which, evidently, are built to host matches that, by definition, need to be broadcast in order to avoid the £750m repayment to TV companies that would be triggered by a failure to complete the current season. That such a scenario has even been discussed underlines the overwhelming desire among Premier League clubs, which remains to complete the season in its entirety.
Posted at 88' Foul by Wesley (Aston Villa). Posted at 87' Foul by Mason Mount (Chelsea). Posted at 87' Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half. SubstitutionPosted at 86' Substitution, Chelsea. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Christian Pulisic. Posted at 85' Attempt missed. Ahmed El Mohamady (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Marvelous Nakamba with a headed pass following a corner.
Newcastle have conceded more away goals than any other team in the league this season (28). Palace are without a clean sheet in 10 league matches, the longest current run in the competition. Sheffield United v Brighton & Hove Albion *This will be first time Sheffield United host Brighton for a top-flight match.
January is a very important month but securing the signature of Chris was paramount and underpins all the plans we have for the club over the next few years. Despite operating on a modest transfer budget, United have enjoyed a brilliant start to life in the Premier League and are currently eighth in the standings with 29 points from their 21 matches.
Bloom rubber-stamped a club-record £20m deal to buy defender Adam Webster from Bristol City last summer and kept hold of skipper Lewis Dunk, who was linked with a £45m move to Leicester. In the current climate, he does not see such deals happening this year. I don't think the market will be nearly as active as in previous seasons," he said. And the total transfers will be a very small percentage of what it has been in previous summers.
And it means Rangers will be Scotland's sole representatives in the next round, with the draw taking place from 12:00 GMT in Nyon on Friday. Reaction & as it happened'Dumped out with almighty thud'Before the deluge of Celtic errors and Copenhagen goals, the home team had an intensity about them, a tempo in the early minutes that forced the Danes on to the back foot. It took them 15 minutes to start turning that pressure into chances, but when they did the opportunities flowed.
Subs: Praet n/a, Iheanacho n/a. CHELSEA: Caballero 6, James 8, Rudiger 9, Christensen 7, Azpilicueta 8, Kante 8, Jorginho 7, Pedro 6, Mount 7, Hudson-Odoi 7, Abraham 6. Subs: Willian 6, Kovacic 6, Barkley n/a. Matchcast: Full match stats and commentary Harvey Barnes of Leicester City with Reece James of Chelsea during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Chelsea FC at The King Power Stadium on February 1, 2020 in Leicester.
Two Iranian clubs have said it is safe to host games against foreign teams in the country after its football federation claimed the Asian Football Confederation had issued a ban. Persepolis and Esteghlal are two of Iran's four teams in the AFC Champions League and insisted they were in the "safest country in the Middle East". Football's governing body in Iran said the AFC wants ties hosted by its teams to be at neutral venues.
That has left a lasting impression on key national figures - and Scott Cooper is one. Following spells as a coach at Leicester City's academy and for England Under-15s, his career took off with two of Thailand's biggest sides, Buriram United and Muangthong United. He is currently head coach of the Philippines. We've got a lot of players using Skouted, and it's helping us vastly in identifying players that have Filipino lineage," Cooper explained.
Twenty-fifth round of the first division of the Portuguese football league and in this match the Porto team that is leading the league and wants to win to stay in the lead in from of their great rival Benfica, who is in second position to a point of the Porto.
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Bethany England – Chelsea So often this season England has come up with the goods for Emma Hayes's side and Sunday was no different as the flying forward turned the game at Kingsmeadow on its head. It took until the final ten minutes were approaching but the 25-year-old was alert on the line to turn home an equaliser before her persistence two minutes later led to Mjelde getting the all-important winner in front of ecstatic 3,500 fans.
I wrote: "Emery has blown the winds of change through Arsenal like a hurricane. It is, quite simply, like watching a different team in a different stadium. Well it was then. And it was also part of a 22-match unbeaten run so positivism was not exactly out of place. Emery - despite taking Arsenal to the Europa League final, where they were thrashed 4-1 by Chelsea in Baku - was sacked almost exactly a year later.
Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira is the manager of the Riviera club and his time there continues to be a work in progress. Improving on last season's seventh-placed finish is an achievable aim with a win this Friday potentially taking them as high as fifth. Unbeaten in four Ligue 1 matches, Nice also have a superior head-to-head record in this fixture.
A record number of footballers, clubs and agents in England are being investigated over tax payments. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is investigating the tax affairs of 330 footballers, 55 clubs and 80 agents, up from 173 players, 40 clubs and 38 agents in January 2019. HMRC said it had recovered £396m from the industry since 2015. The department said it expected "more compliance than previous years" after its "proactive handling of tax risks".
Boring, tiresome guff. The Europa League offers a wonderful mix of older, historic clubs going toe-to-toe with upstarts that produces some quite majestic matches and no little drama. Celtic were dumped out by F. C. København, Arsenal and Olympiacos went at it all the way to the 123rd minute that included some late, late drama (see below), 10-man Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub gave AZ Alkmaar their marching orders and it was generally a great evening of football.
The club, who also finished as Premier League runners-up, said turnover rose by £78m for the year ended May 31, 2019, and that it had invested a club record £223m in players. Liverpool signed goalkeeper Alisson and midfielders Naby Keita, Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri during the accounting period and offered new deals to 11 players, including Jordan Henderson, Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
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He asked for more intensity and a higher tempo, and he got both - they just could not sustain it. They ran out of steam during the second half, and were forced so far back they were basically sitting on the edge of their own box. That meant they were short of ideas going forward too - when they did get possession they were much deeper, and they could not get as many men forward. Most of their second-half attacks were lone runners into a channel and they obviously threatened a lot less.
Amiens have generally been extremely impressive this season with just the one loss in their last seven matches but that defeat came in their most recent game and could kill the momentum they were beginning to build. Amiens have generally been extremely sound in attack with a very impressive 17 goals scored this season but that wasn't really on show against Rennes (1-3) as they created very few chances and only managed to score once against their opponents' extremely poor defence.
Gorica lost their recent match in the league, where team went down after getting a lot of players out of the club in the Winter transfer period. They are now far away from the fight for the Europa league, and can have lot of issues with the matches in the Spring part of the league in the country.
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The local nature of the tie should also add to the spectacle. This all sounds very impressive, until you realise that Mirandes have done this before, and in some regards it might have been even more impressive then. Back in 2012 Mirandes, then a third division club, went on an astonishing run that saw them knock out three top division sides in two-legged ties, Villarreal, Racing Santander and Espanyol, en route to the final four.
Well this is an important match for both of the teams for sure. Belchatow so far is a the 15th place with overall of 7-4-13 ; 24-32 with 25 points which is only 1 more than Odra Pole and 3 more then Chojni so their existance at this league for the next season is in danger and have to aim for the full prize. Zaglebie on the other hand are still in race for some of that play-off spots for promotion so they have to take the full package too against this teams that are fighting for survival. Either way this is important game for both of the teams so I expect one even match.
This is certainly a difficult game," the coach told a media conference. Lazio are a consolidated reality in Italian football, they won the Coppa Italia last season and the Italian Supercup this season. They reinforced the squad, kept their strongest players and (Lazio coach) Simone Inzaghi is doing an excellent job.
To concede so late on is a real difficult thing to deal with. But we deserved something from the game. It is a valuable point. Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers, speaking to BT Sport: "It was a great pass to Ben Chilwell for the goal and we have said to him that he has a great strike on him. It was sweet and could have won the game but it wasn't to be. But in patches we were good and in the course of time will be better.
In a clash between two sides who are out of form and displaying a severe lack of confidence, it appears as though goals may be at a premium. The hosts have lost five of their last six league matches and are not exactly among the top scorers in the division. Meanwhile, their hosts frequently fail to score, are in no sort of form at all and are without a goal in their last four league matches. The choice seems easy in this one, and backing there to be less than 2.5 goals scored appears to be the way to go.
Inter Milan went back to the top of Serie A, despite conceding a late equaliser to Fiorentina. Antonio Conte's visitors had led through Borja Valero's clever finish at the near post against his former club. Lautaro Martinez thought he scored another, but Romelu Lukaku was found to be offside in the build-up by the video assistant referee. And teenager Dusan Vlahovic levelled in stoppage time, running from his own half and firing home.
Gap between big and smallCatlin believes the debate in League One stems from the differences in size between clubs in the third tier. At one end, there are clubs like Sunderland and Portsmouth, who are former Premier League sides, while others such as Tranmere and AFC Wimbledon have played in non-league football in the past decade. I liken it to an elastic band, where the Championship is on one side and League Two's on the other," said Catlin.
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They were not great in the FA Cup against Tranmere either, but that does not really matter because it was basically their reserve team that lost that tie. As for Everton, well you could sum them up at the moment by the way they failed to see out their game against Newcastle despite leading 2-0 at the end of the 90 minutes. Media playback is not supported on this device Everton played a 'fantastic' game - Carlo Ancelotti They have improved a lot under Carlo Ancelotti, but there is still a lot of work to be done.
Atletico have been below-par this season, lying fourth and seven points behind leaders Barcelona, but things could have been a lot worse if Correa had departed. With Thomas Lemar struggling to make an impact, Correa has staked his claim for a starting spot in Simeone's side. TRANSPORT WOES Things are not going well for Celta Vigo, 18th, and Espanyol, 20th, on or off the field.
