Sunday will see the first major trophy of the English season awarded, as Manchester City aim to lift the Carabao Cup — named after a Thai energy drink, in case you wondered! — for a third straight year when they face Aston Villa at Wembley (Stream LIVE on ESPN+ in the U.S. at 11:25 a.m.
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LONDON — There is something particularly brutal about a heavy defeat in the Champions League. Nothing exposes a team’s weaknesses quite like a dismantling by a side from another league, and Chelsea know precisely how that feels after being given a lesson by Bayern Munich at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night. This was the moment
“Iker Casillas came up to me and he said: ‘Itu, I love you, but don’t ever referee us again.'” Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez would have been tempted to take him up on that offer. The former referee laughs. “You know what we used to say the best thing about clasico weekend was? To get another game,
The first warning sign came in the prematch warm-up at the Groupama stadium in Lyon, France. Leonardo Bonucci did not like what he was seeing. The intensity he expects, particularly on a Champions League night, was missing from Juventus’ backups. To his mind, they were too casual, and he didn’t hesitate to tell them in
Duos are dying. Back when everyone played a 4-4-2, there were pairs everywhere. You had two centerbacks, wingers and full-backs, two midfielders and two strikers. The treble-winning Manchester United side of 1998-99 played Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole up front, and they combined for 52 goals across all competitions. A few years later, Arsenal went
Sunday, March 1 is filled with great soccer around Europe and the USA as the Carabao Cup is handed out to either Man City or Aston Villa (11:30 a.m. ET, ESPN+), Everton host Manchester United in the Premier League, and MLS has a pair of must-see matches as MLS Cup champions Seattle Sounders host Chicago
Napoli vs. Barcelona was impacted by the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, which saw players tested and fans on edge. Italy is the first European country to suffer an outbreak of COVID-19, the strain of coronavirus that originated in China and has caused more than 2,700 deaths to date. As of Wednesday morning, the number of
One of the most thrilling sights in football is watching Hakim Ziyech fire a 50-metre, cross-field pass. Ziyech thinks so too. He’ll often pause for a split-second to admire its flight. Sometimes, after backheeling his way past another opponent, he’ll glance up at the big screen to catch the replay. (He has so many different
On Saturday came a respite of sorts for Barcelona. After a month that included a spat between star Lionel Messi and the club’s sporting director and a strange and awkward social media scandal, not to mention a loss to Valencia that gave the league lead to Real Madrid, the Blaugrana enjoyed an easy 5-0 romp
“I like a tap in,” Martin Braithwaite said, and then he started laughing. It was October, cold and misty outside at Leganes’ training ground, where huge letters painted across the wall facing the pitch demand “train, compete, fight but above all, enjoy and dream.” The Danish striker had been asked what kind of chances he
Ale Moreno tries to wrap his head around why Man United and Club Brugge’s match was so boring to watch. Manchester United will head into the second leg of their Europa League Last-32 tie against Club Brugge as the favourites after drawing 1-1 at the Belgian league leaders in the first leg on Thursday. Emmanuel
When it comes to evaluating coaches and managers, we lean heavily on clichés and stereotypes. It’s impossible to avoid: we don’t have access to the training room and we aren’t exposed to a lot of team- and personnel-specific dynamics. Therefore, we lean on things like “he’s a poor man-manager” and “he’s lost the locker room.”
Steve Nicol doesn’t see Jurgen Klopp tweaking a Liverpool side that’s getting results ahead of Atletico Madrid. If he is lucky, Thomas Lemar might just find himself sitting among the Atletico Madrid substitutes for Tuesday’s Champions League round-of-16 clash against Liverpool. Had he been even luckier, the French forward would have been preparing to take
With the Premier League race over, PSG running away with Ligue 1, Bayern and Juventus seemingly in charge of the Bundesliga and Serie A respectively, we might have to look to the UEFA Champions League for our soccer drama between now and May. The action returns in force this week with the start of the
One of the most impressive things about Erling Haaland‘s spectacular start to life at Borussia Dortmund doesn’t even involve a goal that he scored; it came after one that he didn’t. With his new team 3-1 down to Werder Bremen in the DFB-Pokal, Haaland drifted away from his marker at the far post and stretched
As the rest of the Premier League returns from the winter break to complete this elongated round of matches, here’s everything you need to know about this weekend’s action. Jump to: How much do Arsenal need a win? | Man to watch | The game you should watch | Team that needs luck | One
How do you win the Champions League? It turns out that “be Real Madrid” is not a bad place to start. The Spanish giants have won 13 European Cups, and no other club has more than seven. They’ve won four of the past six, and their current manager, Zinedine Zidane, has never not won the
Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic came to Serie A for two very different clubs and with two very different goals in mind. On Thursday, two of the most prolific goal scorers of their generation will meet for the ninth time in their respective careers. AC Milan host Juventus in the first leg of the Coppa Italia semifinals
If there were a film to describe the course of the current Bundesliga season, it could well be “The Empire Strikes Back.” Bayern Munich were meant to be in crisis, having sacked manager Niko Kovac in November after a series of disappointing results. Meanwhile, a trio of challengers waited to take advantage: RB Leipzig, catalysed
MILAN, Italy — It will come as scant consolation to Milan, a quantum of solace to help them as they prepare for Thursday’s Coppa Italia semifinal against Juventus. (Stream in U.S.: 2:45 p.m. ET, ESPN+) “We were in great difficulty in the first half,” Inter coach Antonio Conte said in reflection following Sunday’s Derby della
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