12:36 PM ET Following Real Madrid‘s 2-0 defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Tuesday, Zinedine Zidane says he won’t resign. Despite their fifth defeat in their last 11 outings. Despite the very real risk of the team exiting the Champions League in the group stage for the first time in the competition’s
Month: December 2020
7:36 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar told ESPN he wants to play with former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi again next season. Messi, 33, is out of contract at Camp Nou next summer and is free to talk to other clubs from January onwards. – Barca ratings: Griezmann, Braithwaite shine as Messi rests– Champions League:
7:39 AM ET Adriana Garcia Barcelona should have sold Lionel Messi this summer to alleviate their financial problems, the club’s acting president Carles Tusquets has said. The Argentina star announced in August his wish to leave Barca, his team since 2001, but he was forced to take a U-turn when the Catalan giants demanded his
4:51 PM ET Olivier Giroud scored four goals as Chelsea beat Sevilla 4-0 to secure top spot in Champions League Group E on Wednesday night. Christian Pulisic was back in the XI for Frank Lampard, following his first appearance as a substitute in a 0-0 Premier League draw with Tottenham Hotspur since returning from an
5:17 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have started talks with Ousmane Dembele over a new contract, sources have told ESPN, with the forward’s existing deal set to expire in 2022. Dembele, 23, continued his fine start to the season on Wednesday with a goal and an assist in Barca’s 3-0 Champions League win
5:18 PM ET Barcelona made it five wins from five in the Champions League this season with a comfortable 3-0 win against Ferencvaros in Budapest on Wednesday. All the goals came in the opening half an hour, with Antoine Griezmann, Martin Braithwaite and Ousmane Dembele all on target. Barca have already qualified for the last
We’re nearly at the end of 2020, which means it’s time for ESPN’s annual ranking of the best men’s players and coaches in world soccer! Welcome to the FC 100. This year, our fifth edition of the countdown has a lot of surprises and new faces — more on that later — as well as
6:25 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — There is no hiding place in the Champions League. If you are not ruthless and decisive in key moments, the only guarantee is that you will pay a heavy price. It gets even worse when you throw naivety into the mix, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Manchester United discovered
7:12 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic made the summer transfer market unlike any before it, but there were still plenty of deals done, and you can check out the major ones here. The window might be closed across the top leagues in Europe, but here are the best rumours from around the
2:02 PM ET Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland is set to miss the remainder of 2020 because of injury. Dortmund confirmed on Wednesday that the 20-year-old picked up a muscle injury. That means he won’t feature for Dortmund again until after the winter break. Haaland is set to miss seven games in total, including the
5:38 PM ET Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has hinted the club may have to sell players before they can buy in the January transfer window after admitting they are “restricted” by the size of their squad. – Play English Soccer Pick ‘Em with ESPN The Gunners were unable to move on several fringe players in
1:06 PM ET Lionel Messi and Barcelona have been fined a combined €780 after the player was shown a yellow card for lifting his shirt to pay tribute to the late Diego Maradona following his goal in Sunday’s 4-0 win over Osasuna. Messi, who was fined €600 while his club were fined €180, paid homage
2:30 PM ET A player at Italian third tier side Foggia was sitting on his sofa with his daughters when his front door was set on fire, the club’s president said on Wednesday. “A tragedy could have taken place last night, but fortunately neighbours intervened with buckets of water and put out the blaze,” Roberto
11:50 AM ET Mexico head head Gerardo “Tata” Martino has spoken to striker Raul Jimenez and is hopeful that the Wolverhampton Wanderers player will make a full recovery, following the skull fracture he sustained in the Premier League game against Arsenal last Sunday. There had been concerns about 29-year-old Jimenez’s future after the clash with
1:10 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City have hit back at FC Porto after the Portuguese side criticised Fernandinho, Bernardo Silva and manager Pep Guardiola in the aftermath of their Champions League clash on Tuesday. Porto issued a newsletter after the 0-0 draw in Portugal accusing Fernandinho of lacking “class or insight” and describing Silva
7:25 AM ET Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta expects David Luiz to be fit for Sunday’s north London derby against Tottenham and defended the club’s protocols in dealing with the centre-back’s head injury against Wolves. Luiz was injured in a clash with Raul Jimenez, who later went to hospital and underwent surgery on a fractured skull,
1:36 PM ET Tim Melia isn’t giving much away. Fresh off his penalty shootout heroics against the San Jose Earthquakes, one in which the Sporting Kansas City keeper saved all three San Jose attempts to put the West’s top team into the conference semifinals, Melia is holding firm to his trade secrets. In terms of
3:59 PM ET Zinedine Zidane said he wants to fight on as Real Madrid manager after a 2-0 Champions League loss to Shakhtar Donetsk left the team’s chances of qualifying for the round of 16 in serious doubt. Second-half goals from substitutes Dentinho and Manor Solomon saw Madrid beaten for the second time by the
7:30 AM ET Adriana Garcia Diego Maradona’s eldest son has said he wants to see the No. 10 jersey retired at Barcelona and the other clubs his father played for. The Argentina legend, who died on Nov. 25 from a heart attack, played for several clubs throughout this career — most notably Boca Juniors, Barcelona
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