Month: December 2020

4:57 PM ET Everton hung on for a big 1-0 win over a frustrated Chelsea side on Saturday night with fans in the stands cheering on the Toffees for the first time since February at Goodison Park. Frank Lampard’s Chelsea, who were unbeaten in their nine previous games, had the chance to reach the summit
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6:27 PM ET Alex Kirkland Zinedine Zidane has praised his players, calling Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Karim Benzema “f—ing great” after a 2-0 derby win over rivals Atletico put Real Madrid back in the race for the La Liga title. A first-half header from Casemiro and a Jan Oblak own goal when Dani Carvajal‘s
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3:33 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — It has always irritated Manchester City and their supporters to be overshadowed by Manchester United and events at Old Trafford, where the two sides drew 0-0 on Saturday. Good, bad or indifferent, United’s historical might and global popularity has tended to claim the headlines, even when City have been
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1:20 PM ET Associated Press Atlanta United FC was awarded a berth in next year’s CONCACAF Champions League by the U.S. Soccer Federation’s board of directors on Friday. – Stream LIVE games and replays on ESPN+ (U.S. only) Atlanta received the berth that remained open because the 2020 U.S. Open Cup was not played due
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11:29 AM ET Promoted VfB Stuttgart scored three times in 10 minutes to crush hosts Borussia Dortmund 5-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday and maintain their unbeaten run on the road this season. In their best performance of the season under American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo, Stuttgart rode roughshod over the Dortmund defence. – Stream Bundesliga
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7:43 AM ET Thousands of mourners gathered in the Italian city of Vicenza on Saturday for the funeral of former Italy international Paolo Rossi, whose coffin was carried to the cathedral by his teammates from the 1982 World Cup-winning side. Rossi, who died on Thursday at the age of 64 after an illness, returned from
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5:28 PM ET Istanbul Basaksehir assistant coach Pierre Webo, who was subjected to an alleged racist comment by the fourth official that led to Paris Saint-Germain and his team walking off the pitch, said Dec. 8 would be remembered in the fight against racism. Tuesday’s Champions League match in Paris was halted after 13 minutes
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9:02 AM ET Christian Pulisic‘s attempts to put his fitness issues behind him remain a “work in progress” according to Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard. The USMNT international scored his first Premier League goal of the season in last Saturday’s 3-1 win over Leeds, coming off the bench to make only his fifth appearance in
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9:55 AM ET Chelsea are keeping tabs on Bayern Munich defender David Alaba but face competition from Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid for his signature, sources have told ESPN. The 28-year-old is expected to leave Bayern on a free transfer when his contract runs out next summer but he is free to negotiate with overseas
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12:37 PM ET Former Barcelona assistant coach Juan Carlos Unzue has said that some players are not capable of handling the strain of playing with the club’s talisman Lionel Messi. Unzue, who was assistant to Luis Enrique between 2014 and 2017 at the Camp Nou, said the standards demanded by the Argentine are too much
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10:52 AM ET United States midfielder Richard Ledezma has torn his ACL and is out for the rest of the season. Ledezma, 20, picked up the knee injury playing for PSV Eindhoven in their Europa League match at Omonia Nicosia on Thursday. – Stream LIVE games and replays on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Insider Notebook: Ozil
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