Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur picked two of the remaining four tickets into the Last 16 of the UEFA Champions League, knocking out two Italian favourites, Napoli and Inter. Liverpool heeded the advice of Coach Jurgen Klopp and really put up a magical display against Napoli at Anfield, with Mo Salah almost walking into the net […]
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Ten man Barcelona were crushed 3-4 Sunday afternoon at the Camp Nou with Real Betis handing them their second La Liga defeat of the season. Returning star Lionel Messi scored a brace, to record his 14th goal of the season, but his efforts were not enough as the visitors capitalised on Barcelona’s leaking defence to […]
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Julen Lopetegui needed to win at Camp Nou on Sunday to save his job but will almost certainly face the chop as Madrid were played off the park It was a humiliation, by the end. Even though, for a brief period in this enthralling Clasico, it looked like Real Madrid might turn things around, it […]
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FC Barcelona captain Lionel Messi will be out of action for three weeks after he fractured his right arm during Saturday’s 4-2 La Liga win over Sevilla, a club statement said. The injury ruled him out of the ‘Clasico’ against arch rivals Real Madrid on Oct. 28. Ousmane Dembele replaced Messi in the 25th minute […]
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Barcelona halted their winless streak as a brace from talisman Lionel Messi inspired them to a 4-2 win against Tottenham Hotspur in Group B on matchday two of this season’s UEFA Champions League at the Wembley Stadium on Wednesday. Prior to the game, Barcelona had failed to win their last three games (two draws and […]
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Barcelona slipped up for the third time in a week but stay top of La Liga after Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid cancelled each other out at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. Real and Atletico began a pulsating derby less than three hours after Barca had scrambled to a 1-1 draw at home to Athletic […]
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Spain’s footballers union threatened on Wednesday to strike over controversial plans to play a La Liga match in the United States, blasting a decision based only on “money and business”. “We are tired of these unilateral decisions that directly affect the players like this plan of playing outside Spain,” said David Aganzo, the president of […]
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Spanish football giant, Barcelona has launched a third bid to sign Chelsea winger Willian which is in excess of £55m. Last week that Barcelona had tabled a second offer believed to be worth up to £53m for the Brazil international, with talks still ongoing between the two clubs and representatives of the player. Chelsea’s Premier […]
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Despite Philippe Coutinho’s hat trick, Barcelona was on Sunday defeated by Levante in the game that ended 5-4, a results that means the Catalans’ unbeaten run in the season has been halted. Ernesto Valverde rested Lionel Messi for his team’s penultimate match of the campaign but it was a defensive horror-show that allowed Emmanuel Boateng […]
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Arda Turan, a Barcelona loanee at Başakşehir, has been banned for a record sixteen matches in the Turkish Super League. Turan got into an argument with a linesman during a league game against Sivasspor on Friday, before shoving and ‘threatening’ the official four minutes into stoppage time. He was subsequently issued a red card by the referee. […]
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