Welsh optimismThe nature of Saturday's draw meant Wales knew they would be in either Group A or B. The latter contained two hosts in Russia and Denmark, plus Belgium, Fifa's highest-ranked nation. Instead, Ryan Giggs' side face Italy, Switzerland and Turkey. That good feeling extended to Wales defender Chris Mepham. So, that was the draw. Now we've only got 195 days to wait until the fun really starts with Italy v Turkey in the opening game.
With one round of matches remaining, Guangzhou lead Beijing Guoan by two points and could have won the title on Wednesday evening had Bruno Genesio's side not managed to pick up all three points in their meeting with Guangzhou R&F. But two goals from Cedric Bakambu as well as efforts from Renato Augusto and Zhang Yuning earned Beijing a 4-1 win that means the battle for the title will go down to the final round of matches.
Posted at 72' Foul by Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool). Posted at 72' Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. SubstitutionPosted at 72' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Raúl Jiménez replaces Diogo Jota. Posted at 68' Attempt missed. Romain Saïss (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
If I could hug you, I would, but we're not allowed to hug right now," said Wynalda opening a conference call. Usually we're the great unifier in times like these but we still have that opportunity to do the right thing and to stay home for now and make sure that we take care of ourselves because by doing so, we end up taking care of all of us.
David Moyes says he wants the chance to build 'a new history' at West Ham. It comes as the club announced plans to honour World Cup-winning trio Bobby Moore, Sir Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters with a statue at London Stadium. West Ham, who are 17th in the Premier League and above the relegation zone on goal difference, have finished in the top six three times since 1965. West Ham has a fantastic history.
The players, directors and staff have shown good leadership and responsibility by doing this voluntarily," the former Liverpool and England captain told the Rangers website. It was a no-brainer and the right thing to do. It was unanimous everyone wanted to do this. It's important in these hard times that no one suffers from any financial hardship.
After the break, however, Luton took control and looked by far the more likely to find a winner. James Collins and Danny Hylton both missed good opportunities as the visitors poured forward, while Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu curled an effort narrowly wide of the post. They eventually found a way through with five minutes left, however, when LuaLua fired a fizzing strike into the bottom corner from outside the box.
He wasn't afraid to get rid of players - as soon as their time was up they were out the door. He would adapt if he managed today. It's what great managers do. Wright: "Alex Ferguson knew he needed different people around him at different stages, to freshen it up and bring in a new idea. Even when you look at the 2013 side - people say, 'oh that's the worst Manchester United team to win the league under Ferguson' - they could not have won that league with that team with any other manager.
Ismaila Sarr draws a foul in the penalty area. SubstitutionPosted at 79' Substitution, Newcastle United. Emil Krafth replaces Danny Rose. SubstitutionPosted at 78' Substitution, Newcastle United. Nabil Bentaleb replaces Dwight Gayle. Posted at 78' Attempt missed. Danny Welbeck (Watford) header from very close range misses to the left following a set piece situation. BookingPosted at 77' Federico Fernández (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Eintracht Frankfurt have won five of their last six home matches by at least two clear goals. Basel have lost three of their last five domestic matches. Frankfurt forward Daichi Kamada is joint-top scorer of the UEL with six goals. The round of 16 in the Europa league pits two former semi-finalists together when Eintracht Frankfurt host Basel in the first leg of their clash this Thursday.
And don’t forget – Liverpool still have a game in hand. The stats make for incredible reading, and after a remarkable 2019, Jurgen Klopp will know his side are edging closer to making 2020 a year to remember. Liverpool’s unbeaten calendar year in Premier League 37 league matches without defeat 32 wins, five draws Goals for: 89 Mane (25), Salah (19) and Firmino (10) all with double figures Goals against: 26 Clean sheets: 16* Before Liverpool, only two clubs had gone a calendar year unbeaten in the Premier League era.
They have scored two or more goals in eight of their last 10 matches and have failed to score in just three of their last 15 matches. Mirandes are unbeaten in 14 home matches, seven of them being wins. They have four clean sheets in six home matches and seven of their last 15 home matches have produced over 2.
Stal Mielec is currently playing quite well. The home team took 45 points with the 3rd place in the rankings. They won 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 10 appearances. In total, they won 14 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from the beginning of the season so far. With their current performance, they had to set their sights high on this battle. Stal Mielec is in a better shape than Belchatow recently. Specifically, Stal Mielec won the last 7/8 matches on the away field, won the last 5/8 matches, won the last 7/8 matches on the away field and won the last 3/5 matches. And Belchatow has lost the last 3/5 matches, the last 6/10 matches at home, not winning the last 5/7 matches, not winning the last 7/9 matches at home. So Stal Mielec is quite likely to enjoy the full joy before Belchatow in this match.
Actually, scratch the ‘appeared’: that’s exactly what he did do. If you’re not familiar with the specifics of this one, here’s an explanation: ‘Alli posted a video of himself wearing a surgical mask in an airport lounge before turning the camera and zooming in on a man of Asian appearance and zooming in on a bottle of antiseptic hand wash.
We will be looking at taking necessary action," said Steven Wiseglass of Inquesta Corporate Recovery & Insolvency. No further comment can be made at this stage. The club were deducted 12 points for the insolvency event but were eventually expelled from the EFL after a proposed takeover collapsed. Bury, who had won automatic promotion from League Two just three months previously, were the first team to drop out of the EFL since Maidstone's liquidation in 1992.
Perfect. One of the best in history. Biblical. Makes me cry. Just a few of the thousands of comments scrawled by those reliving the footage of one of football's greats scoring one of the most spectacular goals in Champions League final history. Zinedine Zidane's volley at Hampden arrowed high into the Bayer Leverkusen net in the 2002 Champions League final. In truth, the descriptions above barely do it justice.
I had to address that at half-time and rattle a few cages to get them switched on and focused and in the right place defensively. Once we did that we played some nice stuff, created a lot of chances and scored some really impressive goals. Rangers reach Scottish Cup last eightJoe Aribo's clipped finish, an Alfredo Morelos header and a long-range stunner from Scott Arfield, who had scored the opener, blitzed Hamilton.
Pukki (Norwich) 9 7 D. Calvert-Lewin (Everton) 8 Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) R. Jiménez (Wolves) C. Wood (Burnley) 8 Richarlison (Everton) 7 K. De Bruyne (Manchester City) A. Martial (Manchester United) N. After a dismal opening period, the hosts were far livelier after the break and McBurnie tapped home after a mix-up between West Ham keeper David Martin and defender Fabian Balbuena.
Vitoria Guimaraes vs Santa Clara predictions for Saturday's match in the Primeira Liga. European hopefuls Vitoria Guimaraes have the home advantage on Saturday when they face a Santa Clara side that sit 3pts above the relegation zone. Read on for all our free predictions and betting tips.
Lokomotiv Gorna will host Litex Lovech for this fixture of the league. Both sides are very average teams in this season. Lok. Gorna are currently on the 8th place with 25 points. However, the hosts are in better shape in recent times. They have 4 victories in their last 5 matches. True, in last game Lokomotiv lost 0-1 against strong Septemvri Sofia. Also, we have Lovech who's is not very good team in the last matches. They are currently on the 7th place with 27 points. Visitors have highly variable results. In any case, I expect, this will be tense match. Maybe this is - draw.. I think, the hosts will closer to victory.
Slimani fired in the opener for the visitors after 15 minutes to notch up his sixth league goal of the season. Bordeaux drew level through Pablo, who rose the highest to head in from a corner and level the score before halftime. The hosts completed their comeback thanks to a moment of madness from Slimani, who raised his arm while in the wall to block a free kick, resulting in a Bordeaux penalty and his second yellow card of the afternoon.
Rudiger was involved in an incident in which Tottenham's Son Heung-min was shown a red card and indicated shortly afterwards that he had been the victim of a monkey gesture from the home section of the crowd. However, Spurs and the Metropolitan Police said they had found no evidence of racial abuse. Racism has won.
The central midfielder won the PFA young player of the year award at the end of the 2002-03 season and won the League Cup with Spurs in 2008. He also played 21 times for his country, scoring against Switzerland, and is now a regular BBC presenter and pundit on TV and radio. The 37-year-old reflects on the moment Sir Bobby Robson made him the second most expensive teenager in British football, when he signed him for Newcastle from Forest for £5m in 2002.
We were supposed to be starting new pitch work on the 4 May, which would have taken 12 weeks to complete ahead of the new season,” he continued. So if we have a season that potentially starts (again) in May and then starts again in August, we’ll have to get a new pitch in. There are also players that are out of contract in June of this year and also, for most clubs at our level, the season ticket income normally comes in in May and June.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says Shkodran Mustafi will have a scan after he was taken off on a stretcher in their FA Cup fourth-round win at Bournemouth. The German defender landed awkwardly on his ankle after a collision with Gunners goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez. I hope I'm wrong but when a central defender is taken off on a stretcher it is not usually good," Arteta said. We will find out more in the next days and we will assess it.
Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish says all employees will receive full pay during the coronavirus outbreak. Premier League football has been postponed until the weekend of 4 April. Parish said in a club statement that staff would not be placed on statutory sick pay "for health issues relating to Covid-19". He also promised that matchday staff who have lost work because of the suspension of the league will not be "disadvantaged financially".
We build slowly, we are not the real deal yet. But I think everyone saw a good Burnley side here. In the second half, the referee changed his performance. Everything was given for very little, after their staff had a word coming off at half-time. Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho: "The quality of Lucas Moura and Giovani lo Celso made a difference in the second half. I want to say but cannot say. We had something in the first half, not in the second.
Maastricht and NEC Nijmegen will face each other in the upcoming match in the Eerste Divisie in Holland. Maastricht this season have the following results: 5W, 5D and 11L. Meanwhile NEC Nijmegen have 9W, 6D and 6L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Two points separate the two teams before kick-off on Friday. Elche is seeking their first victory since the break against their toughest rivals so far. Girona came back with successive 0-0 draw against mid table team Las Palmas last weekend and against Racing Santander. They are not top of their game at the moment. Only two points between them. Elche has 7 draws at home and 4 defeats in 16 matches. Girona has won only three away games this season and totals 5 draws. Girona has no crazy results but remains unbeaten in 5 Matches and has a draw streak. 0-0
Liverpool have 55 points more than their opponents. Norwich City have only won one home league game since September. Norwich City have only won one of their last 12 league games. Liverpool have won 16 league games in a row. Eight of Liverpool's 11 away wins have seen them lead at both half and full time.
Chelsea went in search of a third goal and Willian came closest to getting it when the Brazilian's free kick was touched onto a post by Villa goalkeeper Tom Heaton. Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga denied Ezri Konsa Ngoyo an equaliser in the dying moments. The result left Chelsea in fourth place, six points above fifth-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Pope also fares well in this regard, but the real standout performer is again Henderson, who has conceded about 15 goals fewer than he has been expected to. Again, note Pickford's place in the list. The saves Pope made against Liverpool kept Burnley in the game. Alongside Henderson I think England are very fortunate with the keepers we've got," said former England striker Ian Wright on Match of the Day.
In terms of our correct score tip, we think that average of 2.15 goals per game is a key indication of what will happen in this match. On the other side of the pitch we have a side who have lost their last four league matches to nil and average just 0.62 goals per game. With this in mind, our tip is for this match to finish in a 2-0 home win.
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They are 18th in the table and in terrible form, so the visit of eighth-placed Tottenham. Tuesday was not a good night for Bournemouth as Watford earned a vital 2-1 win over Norwich City. That means the Cheries are now four points from safety with five games remaining. Their form is appalling at present with five league defeats in a row and just a single point from the last eight.
The SPFL says this is correct and was "based on feedback from clubs and club representatives on the SPFL board". It adds: "It was an honest and open assessment of what the vast majority of SPFL clubs were saying at that time. Part of the job of the chief executive is to gauge the views of clubs on important issues. The SPFL also pointed towards the fact that more than 80% of clubs voted in favour of ending the lower-league season.
Adama Traore was the sole bright spark, supplying all of Wolves' best moments in open play. According to media reports, Traore was sounded out over pursuing a career in the NFL while at Barcelona. And at times he appeared like an American Football running back, barging through, evading and accelerating clear of Newcastle defenders.
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Odds are quite decent for taking the over 2.5 goals in this one with Aalborg sitting at this moment on the 6th place which is also the last place for the Championship group once the normal season ends, while Esbjerg is just 2nd from bottom right now and they do not have even 20 points won so far this season not to mention they lost big with 4-0 away at Aalborg earlier this season so perhaps if I was not such a Big Chicken I should take the straight away win in this one as even last season Aalborg while playing here scored 4 goals alone and won with 4-1 in the end.
Arsenal, Celtic, Manchester United, Rangers and Wolves completed a clean sweep for British clubs as they advanced into the last 32 of the Europa League. They follow Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham all qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League, meaning all nine British clubs progress. Arsenal, Celtic and United will all enter Monday's draw as seeded teams after winning their groups.
What will happen to the new season?The majority of clubs who voted to end the season in the Championship and Leagues One and Two did so to get some clarity so they can plan and move forward for the next term. The issue, one month on, is that there is no certainty the new league campaign will start as planned on 1 August. SPFL chairman Murdoch MacLennan said last week Scottish football "must do everything humanly possible" to return by the end of July, but is that even feasible?The game in Scotland is suspended until at least 10 June, with the SFA's chief medical consultant Dr John MacLean suggesting an estimated six weeks of training is needed before players can return to action.
They are now talking to the officials and going through the right procedure. No matter what stadium it is in, we do not want that in the game. A statement from Tottenham read: "We are now conducting a thorough investigation which will include liaising with Chelsea and their players for their observations.
Then it went a bit wrong. Edinson Cavani was brought in from the cold and Icardi was left fighting for a starting a spot, with the Argentine completing 90 minutes just once in 2020. But that doesn't mean the Parisians want rid. Cavani is likely to leave (finally) in the summer, while there will be a summer siege for Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
Solihull Moors vs Barrow predictions for Saturday's National League action. An open and exciting game is expected to be in order as both sides fight for the 3 points on offer. Read on for all our free National League predictions and betting tips.
Gareth Bale has been omitted from Real Madrid's 22-man squad for their final La Liga game of the season against Leganes on Sunday. Bale was an unused substitute in the game which secured Real's 34th Spanish league triumph, a 2-1 win over Villarreal on Thursday night. The Welshman has made two appearances in Madrid's 10 matches since the season restarted after lockdown in June. Eden Hazard also misses out on Zinedine Zidane's squad.
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The Newcastle defender was culpable again just a few minutes later as his weak clearance was claimed by the away side and fed to James Maddison, who rifled in a thunderbolt of a second from the edge of the box. The home side, whose best effort fell to a woefully ill-equipped and confidence-shorn Joelinton to waste, were unable to respond and would have lost by much more but for an inspired display from goalkeeper Martin Dubravka.
Luka passed two tests and gave negative in both. That is why he understood that he could come to Serbia. Now he seems to be a great criminal. If he has to go to jail, let him go. I totally agree with the president and the Prime Minister, but only if he is guilty," began Jovic senior. He would support that decision if he had done something wrong, but he came to Belgrade and went into the house.
