Denis Zakaria scored the winner on his Chelsea debut as the Blues recorded a fourth straight Champions League win with a 2-1 victory over Dinamo Zagreb at Stamford Bridge.
Zakaria has struggled to break into the first team since joining on loan from Juventus in the last transfer window but his 30th-minute strike proved decisive after Raheem Sterling had cancelled out Bruno Petkovic s opener.
The Blues had already secured progression to the knockout stages as Group E winners prior to Wednesday s clash, in which Ben Chilwell offered Chelsea and England reason for concern after sustaining a hamstring injury late on.
Dinamo could not muster a comeback, though, and were eliminated from Europe after finishing bottom, while Chelsea responded in encouraging fashion after…
Poland coach Adam Nawalka stated that he has picked the players he believes in after he announced a 28-man provisional squad for Euro 2016.
The 58-year-old, who made 34 appearances as a player for Poland between 1977 and 1980, guided the national side to their third successive European Championship with a successful qualification campaign from a group that also included Germany and Republic of Ireland.
With a strong core based around the likes of Jakub Blaszczykowski, Grzegorz Krychowiak and Robert Lewandowski, Nawalka is hopeful of bettering their efforts in the last two tournaments, with Poland failing to progress from the group stages on both occasions.
I looked at the players closely, both in terms of their club and national-team performances, and I am s…
James Maddison was delighted to earn his second debut with England after facing difficulties during the World Cup in Qatar.
The Leicester City midfielder s second cap for the Three Lions came three and a half years after his international debut, with opportunities not forthcoming in that spell as he faced immense competition for a berth in the side.
Maddison shone in his display against Ukraine at Wembley, creating five chances – the most of any player in their first game for England since Theo Walcott created six against Andorra in September 2008.
With his England debut feeling like a lifetime ago , Maddison enjoyed his second coming into the national side.
It felt great. I said in there it almost felt like a second debut. Like it doesn t really work.…
Although some might have felt that Manchester City could face a potential Champions League banana skin on Tuesday night, Pep Guardiola s side punched their quarter-final ticket with a remarkable 7-0 romp against RB Leipzig.
While the Premier League giants might have been forced to settle for a 1-1 draw in their first-leg showdown out in Germany on February 22nd, City certainly came flying out of the traps here.
With the record-breaking Erling Haaland bagging a stunning first-half hat-trick as Guardiola s side cruised to a 3-0 lead at the interval, City really didn t take their foot off of the accelerator.
With City s latest attacking superstar then helping himself to another brace after returning from the half-time break, Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne also …
Public toilets in Polish railway and bus stations, on trains and in camp grounds need a major make-over for the UEFA Euro 2012 championships Poland will co-host with Ukraine, experts said Tuesday.
Not every football fan or tourist will get to the stadium, but all will visit our public lavatories and their standard speaks about Poland as a nation, Arkadiusz Choczaj, leader of the so-called Clean Patrol campaign, told reporters in Warsaw.
Clean Patrols , made up of volunteer inspectors dressed in white overalls, recently sniffed around 200 public toilets in six Polish cities slated as Euro 2012 venues or back-ups.
We hope the impact of our campaign will mean that by next year we won t have to use this tissue to warn the public away from embarrassingly neglected…
Simone Inzaghi believes Inter Milan can head into 2024 with plenty of enthusiasm as his side aim to finish the campaign with more silverware.
The Serie A leaders return to action after the Christmas break at Genoa on Friday night for their final match of the year.
While there was disappointment in defeat by Manchester City in the 2023 Champions League final, Inter lifted both the Supercoppa Italiana and Coppa Italia.
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Inzaghi feels Inter can continue to build on progress over the past year as they look to maintain the pace at the top of the table and also make an impact again in Europe, having been drawn against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last 16.
“2023 has been…
Inter Milan have left the negotiations with Chelsea over the proposed permanent transfer of Romelu Lukaku, according to Fabrizio Romano. Apparently, the trigger that made the Nerazzurri react in such a way was the fact that talks had also been held with Juventus, their fierce Serie A rivals.
The 30-year-old striker is now set to return to London on Monday, but Chelsea s plans for him have not changed, he will not be a part of the squad that travels to the USA. There have been no talks between him and manager Mauricio Pochettino; the club want him to leave.
With Inter now out of the picture, the options remaining are a move to the Saudi Pro League, which Lukaku himself rejected recently, and of course, Juventus. But Juventus will only take serious steps in that direction…
Darwin Nunez scored Liverpool’s 1,000th goal of the Jurgen Klopp era as they beat Sparta Prague 5-1 in the Europa League.
Here, the PA news agency looks at the Reds’ scoring record under their long-serving manager.
Overall record
Liverpool have scored 1,003 goals in 476 games since Klopp’s appointment in October 2015, 691 of those in 323 Premier League matches peaking with 85 in their 2019-20 title-winning season.
Liverpool have scored a further 150 in 67 Champions League games, winning the competition in 2019, and 39 in 20 now in the Europa League.
They have 50 goals in 28 FA Cup games and 62 in 32 in the League Cup, winning the former in 2022 and the latter on two occasions including this season.
Six outings in the Community Shield, UEFA …
Philippe Clement railed against the notion that his side could be extra motivated by the prospect of winning a trophy ahead of their Viaplay Cup semi-final against Hearts.
The Light Blues have not won the competition since March 2011 and if they get past the Jambos at Hampden Park on Sunday they will face either Aberdeen or Hibernian in the December final, where the first piece of silverware of the season will be up for grabs.
Clement, unbeaten in three games since taking over as boss from Michael Beale last month, had no time for the idea that his players will have additional hunger when they come up against a side that, coincidentally, they beat 2-1 in the cinch Premiership at Ibrox last weekend.
Philippe Clement spoke to the media ahead of Sunday s Semi-Fina…
LA Galaxy maintained the pace at the top of MLS Western Conference as Gabriel Pec s double earned a 2-1 win over Minnesota United.
Having opened the scoring in the 25th minute, Pec was on hand to tuck home the winner from close range in the 90th minute.
Teemu Pukki had come off the bench to restore parity for Minnesota, who looked set to snap a five-game losing streak.
But it was not to be for the Loons, as Pec s late show ensured the Galaxy returned to winning ways on the back of their defeat to Los Angeles FC in El Trafico.
The Galaxy are level on 43 points with LAFC and Real Salt Lake at the top of the West, while Minnesota are 10th.
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Data Debrief: Loons losing run rolls on
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