Oct 2, 2023, 04:17 PM ET Champions League soccer is back for matchday two! Europe’s premier club competition returns for 2023-24 with eight matches on Tuesday across the continent, providing exciting matchups, top talent and drama. Enjoy the play-by-play from all the matches as Manchester United kick off against Galatasaray, Arsenal face Lens and Real
Month: October 2023
PGMOL has admitted “standards fell short of expectations” after releasing audio of the VAR discussion that led to a Luis Díaz goal for Liverpool being incorrectly ruled out for offside. The audio was released in full on the Premier League website, along with a full account of what went wrong and a lengthy statement from
Graham Hunter, Spain writerOct 3, 2023, 11:44 AM ET Close Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Most of you will have forgotten, or perhaps never knew, that at the tender age of 22, Takefusa Kubo is already with the eighth club of
The audio of the VAR discussion which led to a Luis Díaz goal being incorrectly ruled out for offside is set to be released once PGMOL has completed its internal review and shared the findings with Liverpool. Díaz thought he had put Liverpool in front in the 34th minute of Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Tottenham
Adriana Garcia Oct 3, 2023, 07:50 AM ET Inter Miami managing owner Jorge Mas has said he is open to his team playing a game at Barcelona to allow Lionel Messi to bid farewell to his fans. Since Messi left Barca for Paris Saint-Germain free agent in August 2021, there has been talk of a
Oct 3, 2023, 06:50 AM ET Former Chelsea manager Frank Lampard said the Premier League club’s struggles this season have not taken him by surprise. Former Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino took over at Chelsea in July after they finished 12th the previous season, during which Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and Lampard were in charge
Oct 3, 2023, 06:10 AM ET Celta Vigo‘s Rafa Benitez has become the latest high-profile manager to hit out at VAR after his side had a goal ruled out in their 2-1 LaLiga defeat at Las Palmas on Monday. The visiting side thought they opened the scoring in the first half through Jørgen Strand Larsen
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Oct 2, 2023, 02:54 PM ET Carlo Ancelotti said playing Napoli away will be Real Madrid‘s toughest test in the Champions League group stage this season, ahead of the 14-time European Cup winners’ visit to the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Tuesday. Madrid and Napoli both have three points ahead of
Chelsea finally found the net as they won 2-0 at neighbours Fulham in the Premier League on Monday with Mykhailo Mudryk scoring his first goal for the Blues and Armando Broja also on target as he celebrated his full return from injury. Mauricio Pochettino’s hugely expensive side had failed to score in each of their
Connor O’Halloran Oct 2, 2023, 07:01 PM ET LONDON — There was a point on Monday, as a Dominos pizza truck parked up next to Craven Cottage in the build-up to the game, when it became clear Chelsea‘s woeful form in front of goal was beginning to transform from a persistent narrative to a point
Cristiano Ronaldo scored an important breakthrough goal for Al Nassr to spark his team’s 3-1 Asian Champions League rally over Istiklol on Monday at Al Awal Park. Home favourites Al Nassr dominated the first half, but were impossibly kept off the scoresheet in the opening 45 minutes and found themselves down 1-0 to their Tajik foes
Ryan Rosenblatt Sep 25, 2023, 03:41 PM ET FC Cincinnati achieve their first piece of silverware in the club’s history after winning the Supporters Shield. (Photo by Angel Marchini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) It wasn’t that long ago that FC Cincinnati was not only a terrible, awful, no-good team, but the way they went about their
William Saliba said Arsenal‘s Champions League preparations have not been unduly disrupted by the team’s travel problems in getting to Lens. The Gunners were due to leave London at 4.15 p.m. on Monday, but were more than five hours late departing after bad weather in the Luton area delayed their flight to Lens. – Stream
ESPN News Services Oct 2, 2023, 02:10 PM ET Al-Ittihad’s Asian Champions League match with Iran’s Sepahan was called off on Monday after the Saudi team refused to leave their dressing room due to a statue of an assassinated Iranian general being placed at the entrance to the pitch. The game was postponed by officials
Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentOct 2, 2023, 09:25 AM ET BARCELONA — Lamine Yamal has signed his first professional contract with Barcelona, with the 16-year-old extending his stay at the Catalan club until at least 2026. The winger put pen to paper on the deal — which includes a €1 billion ($1.05bn) release clause — at
A football team is only as good as its goal scorers, and for Manchester United that usually means their fortunes are directly linked to the form of Marcus Rashford. Right now, that’s not good news at Old Trafford. United are enduring their worst start to a season since 1989-90, having lost four of their first
Associated Press Oct 2, 2023, 07:30 AM ET Two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas and two of her teammates in Spain‘s women’s national team appeared before a judge Monday as witnesses in the investigation of former federation president Luis Rubiales for his unsolicited kiss on forward Jenni Hermoso. Putellas, Irene Paredes and Misa Rodríguez all
Chris Wright, Toe Poke writerOct 2, 2023, 08:27 AM ET Love it or loathe it, VAR is now an established part of the modern game. When it was introduced back in 2017 we were all lulled into a false sense of security: there would be no more controversy and every decision would be correct. It’s
Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents, to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. – How VAR decisions have affected
Associated Press Oct 2, 2023, 02:59 AM ET A third defeat in seven Scottish Premiership games led to Rangers sacking manager Michael Beale on Sunday and putting club favorite Steven Davis in interim charge. Calls for Beale’s departure increased following the 3-1 defeat by Aberdeen at Ibrox on Saturday, with the players again booed off