Frank Leboeuf says Kylian Mbappe may be doing more damage than he realises with his substitution protests. Julien Laurens and Gab Marcotti ask if Kylian Mbappe overeacted after being substituted against Montpellier. Was it for the cameras or was it genuine? On Tuesday night, just after half-time as the Paris Saint-Germain players were about to
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Alejandro Moreno says Manchester City don’t stand a chance against Real Madrid given their current form. Manchester City are confident Raheem Sterling will be available for their Champions League clash with Real Madrid despite suffering a hamstring injury during the defeat to Tottenham, sources have told ESPN. Sterling limped off with a hamstring strain during
Shaka Hislop leaves Barcelona out of his Power Rankings after losing to Valencia 2-0 in La Liga last weekend. Lionel Messi scores two second-half goals in Barcelona’s 5-0 win vs. Leganes. Watch Copa Del Rey on ESPN+. Sid Lowe examines the series of missteps by Barcelona in trying to replace Luis Suarez this transfer window.
Remember that fateful night in October when two intrepid Liverpool fans went to the completely wrong Belgian city to watch their team in the Champions League? Now Genk have honoured their promise to invite the duo to a game… against Gent! The Toe Poke Daily is here every day to bring you all the weirdest
Sometimes, it takes something bold to effect change. UEFA’s annual benchmarking report, released this week, underscores what we already know. There’s good news (financial stability) and not-so-good news: extreme polarization. And it’s the latter that could use a fix. Over the past decade, debt has fallen, revenue has increased tremendously and the game of soccer,
Alireza Jahanbakhsh’s stunning late goal costs Chelsea the win on their visit to Brighton. ESPN FC’s Stewart Robson explains how Chelsea allowed Brighton back into the game in the 2nd half. The first Premier League match of 2020 served up an incredible overhead kick that brought to mind some of the most amazing acrobatic goals ever scored
The Exploding Heads present some baffling items available in Premier League club stores this holiday season. The Football Agents share their top charitable gift ideas for the players they represent. While Lionel Messi was reclaiming his crown as the world’s best player in 2019, Cristiano Ronaldo still managed to stun the world with his leaps
The Football Agents share their top charitable gift ideas for the players they represent. Getty Images have selected their Top 100 sporting photographs of 2019, and we at Toe Poke have cherry picked our favourite footballing snaps from the album. The Toe Poke Daily is here every day to bring you all the weirdest stories,
FC Salzburg defender has said he suffered a stroke in the training in October. FC Salzburg defender Patrick Farkas has revealed he suffered a stroke in the build-up to the club’s Champions league match against Napoli in October. Farkas, 27, collapsed at the Salzburg training ground on Oct. 21, and the club kept quiet about
Sid Lowe believes Man City’s manager will be the center of attention in his team’s UCL clash with Real Madrid. ESPN FC’s Frank Leboeuf was left underwhelmed by Barcelona’s 0-0 draw vs. Real Madrid. Craig Burley and Shaka Hislop break down what Real Madrid did to stifle Barcelona at the Camp Nou. The FC crew
Sid Lowe believes Man City’s manager will be the center of attention in his team’s UCL clash with Real Madrid. The FC panel are undecided if Jose Mourinho will be able to put the pieces together at Tottenham by February. Julien Laurens delves into the storylines ahead of Dortmund-PSG as Thomas Tuchel faces his former
ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol and Mark Donaldson react to Joao Felix being named the 2019 Golden Boy award winner. Alejandro Moreno weighs in on the hot takes from the weekend’s soccer action to see whether they are overreactions. Atletico Madrid star Joao Felix was once dubbed “the new Cristiano Ronaldo,” but he has achieved what
4:50 PM ET Bayern Munich beat Tottenham 3-1 in an entertaining affair at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday night as the Bundesliga giants maintained their perfect group-stage campaign. 2 Related Ahead of the match, manager Jose Mourinho told his player not to look back at the two teams previous Champions League meeting, when Bayern thrashed
Gab Marcotti and Stewart Robson predict the CL last 16 including Man City vs. Real and Atletico vs. Liverpool. The FC crew debate whether Leicester winning the league or Liverpool finishing unbeaten is more realistic. Shaka Hislop believes the chase for a Champions League title will keep Pep Guardiola at Man City. The Champions League
Manchester City and holders Liverpool face tough ties against Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in the Champions League Real Madrid will play Manchester City in the Champions League round of 16 while holders Liverpool face Atletico Madrid. The draw in Nyon on Monday brought up some fascinating ties, with the heavyweights from England and Madrid
The FC crew debate which team should be considered the front-runner after the Champions League group stage. The FC crew debate whether Leicester winning the league or Liverpool finishing unbeaten is more realistic. Manchester City, Bayern Munich and PSG combine for 12 goals to round out the Champions League group stage. For the first time
ESPN FC’s Craig Burley doesn’t believe Neymar and Liverpool are a good fit whatsoever. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says sorry to an interpreter after his correction went viral. Ale Moreno says Liverpool need to raise their standard for the knockout stages of the Champions League. Defending champions Liverpool will be the team others want to
Matchday six produced some late drama as Lyon came back against Leipzig and Ajax came up short vs. Valencia. Ale Moreno says Romelu Lukaku’s inability to come through in big moments shows he’ll never be the star man. As if Inter Milan‘s Champions League exit wasn’t hard enough, Romelu Lukaku was “welcomed” back to the
Luka Modric‘s goal in Real Madrid’s 3-1 victory over Club Brugge was the 307th in this season’s Champions League group stage, which set an all-time record. And that record was extended to 308 just moments later when Gonzalo Higuain put Juventus 2-0 up away to Bayer Leverkusen. Last season, there were 306 goals in the
Sir Alex Ferguson has criticised plans to create a world league. Sir Alex Ferguson, the former Manchester United manager, has dismissed the appeal of a proposed global Super League comprising the world’s biggest football clubs by saying he “struggles to see why an English team” would contemplate leaving the Premier League to take part.
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