Month: March 2024

ESPN News Services Mar 11, 2024, 08:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Portland Timbers reached an agreement with Club América to acquire Uruguay forward Jonathan Rodríguez, sources told ESPN Mexico. Rodríguez trained with América’s U-23 squad on Monday while finalizing a four-year designated player deal with the Timbers. He is expected to travel to
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Cristiano Ronaldo‘s Al Nassr crashed out of the Asian Champions League in the quarterfinals after the Saudi Pro League side lost 3-1 on penalties to Al-Ain in a pulsating game on Monday. Al Nassr overturned a 1-0 first leg deficit to win 4-3 on Monday but with the contest ending 4-4 on aggregate, the players
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Mar 11, 2024, 02:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City defender Kyle Walker has praised the “character” of referee Michael Oliver for not awarding Liverpool a late penalty during Sunday’s 1-1 draw between the title rivals. City winger Jérémy Doku kicked Alexis Mac Allister in the chest while clearing the ball in the 99th
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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Mar 11, 2024, 10:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández labelled Tuesday’s meeting with Napoli the biggest game of the season so far as the Spanish champions target a first Champions League quarterfinal since 2020. Victor Osimhen cancelled out Robert Lewandowski‘s opener in Italy in the first leg
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Mar 11, 2024, 07:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lecce boss Roberto D’Aversa has been fired by the club for head-butting Verona striker Thomas Henry. Getty Lecce have fired manager Roberto D’Aversa after he head-butted an opposing player at the end of their loss to Hellas Verona at the weekend, the Serie A club said on Monday.
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Rodrigo Faez, Madrid correspondentMar 11, 2024, 07:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid forward Brahim Díaz has decided to represent Morocco over Spain at international level due to a lack of communication from the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), sources have confirmed to ESPN. Díaz, 24, was born in Malaga to a Spanish mother
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Adriana Garcia Mar 11, 2024, 06:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino has defended his decision to rest Lionel Messi in Sunday’s 3-2 defeat against Montreal. Messi, 36, had played every minute of Miami’s three MLS matches so far in 2024, as well as their Concacaf Champions League game at
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Florian Wirtz scored in Bayer Leverkusen’s win over Wolfsburg on Sunday. Bayer Leverkusen beat 10-man VfL Wolfsburg 2-0 on Sunday to restore their 10-point lead at the top of the table and stay firmly on course for a first Bundesliga title. Florian Wirtz hit the post in the 22nd minute before the visitors went down
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LaLiga leaders Real Madrid cruised to a 4-0 home win over relegation-threatened Celta Vigo on Sunday to restore their seven-point lead at the top of the table with a dominant display. Goals from Vinicius Junior and Arda Güler, the 19-year-old’s first for the club, as well own goals from Celta’s Carlos Dominguez and keeper Vicente
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Cesar Hernandez Mar 11, 2024, 12:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions United States interim coach Twila Kilgore said the women’s national team is “just getting started” after winning the inaugural Concacaf W Gold Cup through a 1-0 victory over Brazil in Sunday’s final. “This is a group that’s moving forward together, that still wants more
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Lindsey Horan scored the game’s only goal as the United States women beat Brazil 1-0 on Sunday night to claim the inaugural Concacaf W Gold Cup in front of a sellout crowd at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego. The U.S. broke through at the end of an evenly played first half when Horan outmaneuvered her defender
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Mar 10, 2024, 12:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Both Lecce coach Roberto D’Aversa and Hellas Verona striker Thomas Henry were sent off. Donato Fasano/Getty Images Lecce coach Roberto D’Aversa appeared to head-butt Hellas Verona striker Thomas Henry following a heated clash between two teams just above the relegation zone in Serie A on Sunday. Henry
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ESPN News Services Mar 10, 2024, 04:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi is getting the day off Sunday as Inter Miami hosts CF Montreal, while teammates Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets were left out of the starting lineup. The 36-year-old Argentina star has played every minute of Miami’s three MLS matches so far
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Open Extended Reactions Jurgen Klopp has said Liverpool were denied a “100% penalty” and questioned what VAR official Stuart Attwell “had for lunch” after Alexis Mac Allister was subjected to a 99th minute chest-high challenge by Manchester City’s Jérémy Doku in Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Anfield. Mac Allister’s second-half penalty, following a foul by City
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Alexis Mac Allister fired home a second-half penalty as Liverpool salvaged a point against Manchester City in a 1-1 Premier League blockbuster at Anfield on Sunday that left Arsenal top of the table. Liverpool are second but level on 64 points alongside Arsenal, with 10 games remaining of a thrilling three-way title race. Holders City,
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