20:00 Lyon vs Bayern Munich
Laying down the most clinical of markers over the weekend and putting eight past Barcelona out in Portugal, Bayern Munich made a piece of Champions League history that will live long in the memory. Now rightfully seen as a landslide pick with many to lift the title later in the month, the German giants have only gone from strength to strength since the restart and some have even billed them as the best Bayern side over recent decades. Completing a domestic silverware sweep this season and now in the midst of a stunning 19-match winning run across all competitions, it is no surprise that the Bavarians have a much-feared reputation for their lethal displays in front of goal. Picking up an 8-2 hammering against Barca and also blowing Chelsea away in the …
Zlatan Ibrahimovic again pointed the finger at Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola to explain his premature exit from the Catalan giants.
The 28-year-old signed for AC Milan over the weekend on an initial one-year loan with a pre-arranged 24-million-euro permanent deal arranged for the end of the season.
He had spent just one year in Spain following a 50-million-euro plus Samuel Eto o switch from Inter Milan.
And the big Sweden forward said there was just one man to blame.
I only had problems with one person (Guardiola). I got on great with my team-mates and I want to take this opportunity to say that I had a great relationship with both the club and the fans, he told Monday s La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Ibrahimovic, who was due to undergo a medical on M…
Kylian Mbappe is happy at Paris Saint-Germain, team-mate Hugo Ekitike claimed despite fresh reports the France star wants to leave the club.
Mbappe, who scored a penalty in Tuesday s 1-1 draw with Benfica, is said to feel betrayed by the club hierarchy and is seeking a move in January.
Despite intense speculation linking him with a move to Real Madrid in the previous transfer window, Mbappe instead decided to stay with the French champions.
But Mbappe is reportedly once more seeking an exit, citing his unhappiness that the club broke several promises they made when he signed his new three-year contract in May.
But speaking after the stalemate with the Benfica, striker Ekitike said: I often talk with Kylian [Mbappe], I know that he is happy to be at the c…
Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has signed a new three-year contract with the club.
The 50-year-old, who took over for a second stint in charge at the King Power Stadium in 2011, led Leicester to the Premier League last season as they won the Championship title.
And he has now been rewarded with a new deal, which will see him remain at Leicester until 2017.
Pearson told the club s official website: I have always seen my long-term future, and that of my staff, at Leicester City.
On the back of the success we have worked so hard to achieve, I have always been confident that my future would remain here.
I feel very proud to be the manager of a club with genuine ambition, a clear direction in which it wants to go and loyal owners that are pre…
Former Bayern Munich star Lothar Matthaus has advised Mario Gotze to cut his losses at the Allianz Arena and return to Borussia Dortmund.
Gotze left BVB for Bayern in 2013, but has struggled to live up to the high expectations and win over his critics at the Bavarians.
The playmaker has been heavily linked with a return to Dortmund in recent weeks, while Liverpool have also been credited with an interest in the 23-year-old, and Matthaus has urged Gotze to move back to the Signal Iduna Park.
Gotze back to Dortmund would simply be a good fit, Matthaus wrote in his column for Sport Bild.
Our World Cup hero is a child of the Borussia Dortmund academy. He might have ruined it for some fans following his move to Bayern, but I feel he does not owe anyone an…
Competition: U21 European Championships
Market: Poland U21 to win against Slovakia U21
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Poland U21 welcome Slovakia U21 to the Arena Lublin in the U21 European Championships this evening, and Poland are favourites to come out on top in their opening group game. Despite a recent blip, the Poles were in good form and should have enough to dispatch of a Slovakia side who have struggled away from home.
Marcin Dorna’s Poland side lost their last two games 2-1 to Italy and Czech Republic, but won three in a row prior to that, scoring nine goals without reply. Poland have a poor recent in the U21 European Championships, having failed to qualify between 1994 and 2017 but they’ve only lost two games since November 2015 and should deliver at home.
As …
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While a certain might have stolen most of the Premier League’s headlines this season, the Norwegian record-breaker is not the only striking superstar who enjoyed a stellar top-flight campaign.
Notching a staggering 30 Premier League strikes for a squad that failed to book any kind of European adventure for next season, Harry Kane once again finds himself as one of the key talking points this summer.
With just 12 months left on his current deal in north London, the England skipper certainly faces the biggest decision of his professional career.
Refusing to be drawn into any speculation surrounding his future with Spurs, Tottenham’s attacking icon has a string of European heavyweights who would all be desperate to snap up the 29-year-old.
Currently a…
Massimiliano Allegri ruled out Paul Pogba from his Juventus plans for Friday s clash with Empoli, saying it would be pure madness to rush the midfielder s recovery.
Juventus have been unable to field Pogba or Federico Chiesa this season, with the France midfielder undergoing knee surgery last month and Italy forward Chiesa suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury in January.
Pogba was initially a doubt for the upcoming World Cup in Qatar, although France coach Didier Deschamps was upbeat regarding his recovery earlier this week.
Speaking at Monday s Ballon d Or ceremony, Deschamps said: His programme is going well. The important thing is that he is cured, I think he will be, and this is already a good thing.
Despite both Pogba and Chiesa being pict…
FIFA World Cup winner Christian Karembeu has claimed the current France side could match the generation of 1998 in Brazil.
France qualified for Brazil 2014 through the UEFA play-offs, accounting for Ukraine 3-2 on aggregate, while they finished the 2010 edition in disarray with just one point and on goal to their names from three games.
But Karembeu claimed on Friday that France have moved on from the infighting that plagued Raymond Domenech s campaign in South Africa and have the talent to reach this year s World Cup final in Brazil under new coach Didier Deschamps.
Karembeu started four games when France won the World Cup in 1998, including the final where they defeated Brazil 3-0.
We have a great team with many talented players, the 43-year-old former midfield…