Western Sydney Wanderers held on to book their spot in the AFC Champions League semi-finals, despite a 2-1 loss at Guangzhou Evergrande.
Protecting a slender 1-0 lead after last week s quarter-final first leg, the A-League side did just enough against the defending champions to advance on away goals in dramatic circumstances on Wednesday.
Tomi Juric scored the crucial away goal from the penalty spot to give the Wanderers a shock lead 14 minutes after the break, but goalkeeper Ante Covic was the real hero.
Covic saved a first-half spot-kick from Elkeson and kept out almost everything the star-studded Guangzhou attack threw at him.
Alessandro Diamanti s strike just after the hour mark gave the home side hope of a fightback before Elkeson set-up a grandstan…
Arsenal are interested in signing Ousmane Diomande from Sporting Lisbon, according to . The report has claimed that Arsenal have long shown interest in Diomande, and that the North London club are now keen on the 19-year-old Ivory Coast international centre-back.
Ousmane Diomande joined Sporting Lisbon in January 2023 from Midtjylland. The teenager has established himself as one of the best young centre-backs in Europe. Diomande has scored one goal and given one assist in six Portuguese Primeira Liga and has scored one goal in one UEFA Europa League match.
Arsenal are fifth in the Premier League table at the moment with 14 points from six matches, four points behind leaders and defending champions Manchester City. Meanwhile, Sporting Lisbon currently find themselves at …
Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua have appointed Gus Poyet after the exit of Gregorio Manzano.
Poyet was sacked as Real Betis coach on November 12 after just four months in charge at the Benito Villamarin, with the club managing only 11 points from as many LaLiga matches, while the Uruguayan reportedly alienated numerous players.
The ex-Chelsea player has not been out of work for long, however, with Shenhua confirming his switch to China on Tuesday after Manzano was not handed a contract extension.
Former Atletico Madrid and Sevilla coach Manzano guided Shenhua to fourth in the 2016 Super League season, their best finish since 2010, but left due to differences both sides have regarding culture and football .
Shenhua confirmed Poyet as Manzano s s…
Sunderland striker Connor Wickham is eager to carry his late-season form into the next campaign under Gus Poyet.
The former Ipswich Town man scored five Premier League goals in April to help Sunderland maintain their top-flight status.
Having previously failed to establish himself under former managers Martin O Neill and Paolo Di Canio, Wickham was offered the opportunity by Poyet following loan spells at Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United.
Wickham scored eight goals in 11 games during his most recent spell at Hillsborough and feels it gave him the chance to tie down a place at his parent club something he is eager to build on.
It was a personal choice (to go on loan), I asked (Poyet) go to out, he told The Independent.
I kept pestering and pestering hi…
Red Star Belgrade blew Champions League Group C wide open and loosened Liverpool s grip on top spot after Milan Pavkov scored a first-half brace in a 2-0 win.
Liverpool went into the game hoping to open up a four-point gap at the summit before Napoli and Paris Saint-Germain faced each other later on Tuesday, but the visitors fell well short of expectations.
In the opening 45 minutes, Red Star looked a class apart from the team which lost 4-0 at Anfield two weeks ago, as Pavkov netted twice in seven minutes to leave Jurgen Klopp s side trailing by two at half-time.
The Premier League outfit s attempts to claw things back saw them hit the frame of the goal twice in the second half through Andrew Robertson and Mohamed Salah, but they were unable to make the…
Marco Reus has been recalled by Germany with Joachim Low opting to rest both Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Jerome Boateng for the upcoming Nations League clash with Netherlands.
Barcelona goalkeeper Ter Stegen is left out to recover from a minor shoulder injury while Boateng is omitted so the defender can train with his club during the international break.
Germany have lost two of their three League A Group 1 meetings so far and face relegation from the section, a poor campaign in the inaugural UEFA tournament following their dismal World Cup title defence in Russia.
Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos is in the squad to face Netherlands on November 19 in Gelsenkirchen but will not be involved in a friendly against Russia four days earlier.
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Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes has praised the loyalty of the Cologne players who have committed their future to the relegated club, likening the gesture to Gianluigi Buffon s decision to remain at demoted Juventus in 2006.
The Bianconeri were forced to play in Serie B in 2006-07 after their part in the Calciopoli scandal, which involved attempts by club officials to secure the appointment of favourable referees and influence their decisions.
World Cup winners and Juve favourites Buffon and Alessandro Del Piero earned admiration for sticking with the club and helping the team to gain promotion back to the top flight.
Germany international Jonas Hector signed a contract extension with Cologne shortly before their fate was confirmed, and goalkeeper Timo Hor…
Everton are ready to reignite their interest in Swansea City midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson, .
Toffee’s boss Ronald Koeman was originally interested in signing the Iceland international last summer though the South Wales outfit had no intention of selling.
However, with Paul Clement’s side potentially set to lose their place in the top flight they may struggle to retain his services for next season.
The Merseyside outfit are likely to be playing Europe one again next season and Koeman is keen to strengthen his squad accordingly.
Sigurdsson had a loan spell with the Swans during the 2011/12 season before signing for the permanently in 2014.
Since then he has racked up one hundred and twenty-two appearances for the club in all competitions, s…
Zinedine Zidane s return to Real Madrid as Santiago Solari s replacement reunites the club with one of its most decorated coaches.
France legend Zidane parted ways with Madrid just 10 months ago, in the afterglow of a third consecutive Champions League triumph, but has been convinced to return by president Florentino Perez despite strong interest from elsewhere in Europe.
The 46-year-old, who starred for Los Blancos as a player for five seasons, won nine trophies during his two-and-a-half years as head coach at the Santiago Bernabeu only Miguel Munoz can claim to have won more silverware while in charge of the club.
As Zidane begins his second stint at the helm, we take a look back at some of his finest moments as a coach in Spain s capital.
“I have a problem, which is I’m getting better at everything related to my job since I started”, Jose in an interview back in 2015.
Having won league titles in each of the four countries he managed, the Portuguese tactician was feeling comfortable back at Stamford Bridge in his second Chelsea spell at the time of that interview.
The Premier League Manager of the Season at the time could not have imagined that things would go on to change dramatically in just a couple of month’s time as he got sacked by Chelsea in December 2015 despite leading the Blues to the Premier League glory and signing a new four-year contract in August.
A string of nine defeats in 16 league matches were more than enough for Roman Abramovich to wield axe in a familiar style simila…