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Adriana Garcia Feb 20, 2025, 09:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Vitor Roque has scored seven goals for Real Betis this season. Fran Santiago/Getty Images Palmeiras have not given up hope of signing Barcelona loanee Vitor Roque before the transfer window closes in Brazil on Feb. 28, ESPN Brasil have reported. However, Palmeiras are aware that

Feb 20, 2025, 06:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Vinícius Júnior had the last laugh in his fd with Manchester City fans with a pointed post on X after Real Madrid knocked Pep Guardiola’s side out of the Champions League on Wednesday. Ahead of the first leg at Etihad Stadium in the playoff clash, City

Adriana Garcia Feb 20, 2025, 07:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami CF captain Lionel Messi was presented with an unusual request following his team’s 1-0 win at Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday as the game’s referee asked him for his jersey. Messi’s shirt is arguably the most sought after in world football, with

Feb 20, 2025, 03:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said Kylian Mbappé has the potential to reach the same level as club great Cristiano Ronaldo after he scored a hat-trick in a 3-1 win over Manchester City on Wednesday that took the Champions League holders into the round of 16.

Premier League leaders Liverpool needed Trent Alexander-Arnold‘s second-half equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa on Wednesday that lifted them eight points clear at the top. Liverpool had the incentive of opening up a 10-point lead with a victory and led through Mohamed Salah‘s 28th-minute opener before Villa turned the game on its

Inter Miami CF kicked off its 2025 campaign with a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City in the first leg of the first round of the Concacaf Champions Cup at Children’s Mercy Park. Though Concacaf postponed the game by 24 hours to Wednesday night because of the winter storm that brought heavy snow to Kansas

Kylian Mbappé said he wants to “define an era” at Real Madrid after scoring a hat trick in their 3-1 Champions League win over Manchester City on Wednesday, but insisted his season should be judged on trophies, not goals. Mbappé opened the scoring in the fourth minute at the Santiago Bernabéu before adding a second

Real Madrid beat Manchester City 3-1 with a Kylian Mbappé hat trick on Wednesday in their Champions League playoff second leg at a raucous Santiago Bernabeu stadium, earning them a 6-3 aggregate victory and a place in the last 16. Last year’s champions will face either Bayer Leverkusen or city rivals Atletico Madrid, depending on

Open Extended Reactions Manchester United‘s co-owners INEOS are in talks with Tottenham Hotspur to end their sponsorship agreement with the club earlier than planned, sources have told ESPN. The petrochemicals giant – which owns 28.9% of United – signed a five-year deal with Spurs in 2022 to promote a 4×4 Grenadier car with the company’s

Open Extended Reactions Last Tuesday night, after Paris Saint-Germain wrapped up a convincing 3-0 win over Brest in their UEFA Champions League knockout phase playoff first-leg at Guingamp, Ousmane Dembélé, who had just scored a brace in the game, was still a bit grumpy. When I bumped into him right by the PSG dressing room,

Feb 19, 2025, 08:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ademola Lookman has hit back at Gian Piero Gasperini’s criticism of his penalty miss during Atalanta‘s 3-1 Champions League defeat to Club Brugge, saying that being singled out by his coach “not only hurts but feels deeply disrespectful.” Lookman, who scored Atalanta’s only goal on the

Feb 19, 2025, 03:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Raphaël Varane had a tense relationship with former Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag. Getty Raphaël Varane has said he was “surprised” by the Manchester United‘s hierachy’s decision to offer Erik ten Hag a new contract last summer as his bond with the squad was deeply fractured

Associated Press Feb 18, 2025, 07:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A kiss and a gesture to the badge. Alphonso Davies finally showed Bayern Munich some love on Tuesday when his goal sent the Bavarian powerhouse into the last 16 of the Champions League. The Canada wing back bundled the ball over the line in

ESPN News Services Feb 18, 2025, 05:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AC Milan looked to be in control of their Champions League destiny at home to Feyenoord on Tuesday before the sending off of Theo Hernández turned the playoff on its head although coach Sérgio Conceição refused to blame the defender for their exit.

Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola has hinted he has little sympathy for Jude Bellingham and Real Madrid after the midfielder’s LaLiga sending off for swearing, claiming that referees should be “left in peace.” Bellingham scored the winning goal in Madrid’s 3-2 win against Manchester City in last week’s Champions League playoff tie at the Etihad

Feyenoord knocked AC Milan out of the Champions League as they recovered to draw 1-1 with a goal by Julián Carranza on Tuesday for a 2-1 aggregate playoff win to earn a place in the Champions League round of 16, with the hosts having Theo Hernández sent off. Milan took less than a minute to

Lizzy Becherano Feb 18, 2025, 12:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami‘s Major League Soccer season opener against New York City FC will now be played on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. ET at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after originally being scheduled to kick off at 2:30 p.m. ET. The decision to

Graham HunterFeb 18, 2025, 05:00 AM ET Close Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Open Extended Reactions A great deal of the past few days in LaLiga has been taken up with the subject of Real Madrid‘s Jude Bellingham and how to

Feb 18, 2025, 03:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Club Brugge coach Nicky Hayen has said he would be talking to his dead mother before Tuesday’s second leg of their Champions League playoff against Atalanta, keeping up a pre-match ritual he feels helps him. “Before the match I always talk to my mother, who passed

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Feb 18, 2025, 12:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has said that coach Carlo Ancelotti has lost his temper with the team “a few times” during their rollercoaster season so far. Madrid are second in LaLiga — level on points with leaders Barcelona — and face