Gab Marcotti is impressed by how Inter Milan have stayed in the Serie A title race despite injuries. Brescia have sacked coach Fabio Grosso after a string of poor results left the northern side bottom of Serie A, the club said in a statement on Monday. Former Italy international Grosso is being replaced by Eugenio
4:36 PM ET Schalke 04’s Suat Serdar scored an 86th-minute winner as the Royal Blues beat Union Berlin 2-1 on Friday to provisionally climb into second place in the Bundesliga. Serdar’s curled low shot gave the hosts a deserved win after they dominated the second half as gutsy Union ran out of gas. Schalke are
Chelsea suffered their second home defeat of the season as they were beaten 1-0 by West Ham United in the Premier League on Saturday. Hammers full-back Aaron Creswell was the match-winner as he cut inside from the left and fired an excellent right-footed strike finish past Kepa Arrizabalaga in the opening minutes of the second
4:49 PM ET Marseille’s Nemanja Radonjic struck in the last minute for a 2-1 home win against Brest as they moved within five points of Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain on Friday. Second-half substitute Radonjic found the top corner a minute after Irvin Cardona had cancelled out Bouna Sarr‘s second-half opener to put second-placed Marseille
Craig Burley believes Lionel Messi is single-handedly covering up deficiencies at Barcelona. Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann was targeted by Atletico Madrid fans with chants of “die” on his first return to the club. Barca won 1-0 thanks to a late Lionel Messi goal which was enough to see them return to the top of La
Timing is an underestimated quality in football. Without being in the right place in the right time, a glittering career might never get off the ground, and nobody knows about the fates of timing quite like Jose Mourinho. Just rewind the clock to March 2004. Mourinho’s FC Porto are on the way out of the
After Leicester’s late win over Everton, Shaka Hislop tips them to be the biggest challengers to Liverpool. Shaka Hislop says Manchester United looked “average” once again in their draw vs. Aston Villa. Shaka Hislop is left scratching his head with Freddie Ljunberg’s starting XI in Arsenal’s draw at Norwich. Steve Nicol says Liverpool are so
Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez has one goal for Sevilla in La Liga. Mexico forward Javier Hernandez has refused to rule out playing in Major League Soccer later in his career. – When does the transfer window reopen?– All major completed transfer deals Hernandez — also known as “Chicharito” — moved to Sevilla in the summer following
The Ligue 1 match between PSG and Monaco has been postponed due to poor weather. The Ligue 1 match between Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco has been postponed due to torrential rain, both clubs announced on Sunday. The match was scheduled to take place at Monaco’s Stade Louis II at 9 p.m. but it has
Both English heavyweights shared the spoils on Matchday 5 while Barcelona accounted for Dortmund 3-1. Craig Burley, Steve Nicol and Ale Moreno break down Liverpool’s standing in the Champions League field. Five supporters of Italian Serie A club Napoli were arrested outside Liverpool’s Anfield stadium before their 1-1 Champions League draw on Wednesday, Merseyside Police
8:34 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first Juventus goal since October to rescue a 2-2 Serie A draw against Sassuolo in Turin, as the Italian champions dropped points for only third time this season. Leonardo Bonucci fired Juve into the lead in the first half, but an exquisite finish from Sassuolo winger Jeremie Boga
8:17 AM ET Sevilla beat basement club Leganes 1-0 at home in an enthralling encounter on Sunday to climb up to second in La Liga. The win lifted them to 30 points after 15 games, one behind leaders Real Madrid, who have a game in hand, although Barcelona, on 28 points, will climb back above
11:16 AM ET A late winner from Theo Hernandez earned AC Milan a much-needed 1-0 victory away to Parma in Serie A on Sunday. The left back pounced on a defensive mistake to fire home the decisive goal with just two minutes remaining. It was Hernandez’s third goal of the season, making him Milan’s joint-top
11:49 AM ET BERLIN, Nov 30 (Reuters) – RB Leipzig overcame a comeback from promoted Paderborn to hold on to a 3-2 victory on Saturday and climb to the top of the Bundesliga while 10-man Borussia Dortmund spoiled Juergen Klinsmann’s debut as Hertha Berlin coach with a 2-1 away win. Leipzig opened their account in
2:06 PM ET Napoli’s wretched run of form in Serie A continued as they threw away the lead in a 2-1 home loss to Bologna on Sunday. Fernando Llorente‘s strike gave Napoli the lead at halftime, but the visitors mounted a comeback after the break with goals from Andreas Skov Olsen and Nicola Sansone. Carlo
4:53 PM ET Lionel Messi eventually made the difference for Barcelona on Sunday. Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images Lionel Messi hit a sensational late goal to give Barcelona a 1-0 win at title rivals Atletico Madrid which saw the champions reclaim top spot in La Liga from Real Madrid on Sunday. The Argentine, playing his 701st game
11:35 AM ET Breel Embolo ran the show for Borussia Monchengladbach against Freiburg. Photo by Christian Verheyen/Borussia Moenchengladbach via Getty Images Borussia Monchengladbach forward Breel Embolo scored twice, set up another and also missed a penalty as the league leaders beat Freiburg 4-2 in a rollercoaster game on Sunday to stay one point clear at the top.
8:56 AM ET Real Madrid earned a spirited 2-1 win at Alaves on Saturday with a scrappy late goal from defender Dani Carvajal to open up a provisional three-point gap at the top of La Liga. Real captain Sergio Ramos put the visitors in front by heading home a Toni Kroos free kick after 52
1:10 PM ET Rennes celebrated a victory over Claude Puel’s St Etienne on Sunday. Photo by DAMIEN MEYER/AFP via Getty Images St Etienne suffered their first defeat under coach Claude Puel when they slumped to a 2-1 loss at Stade Rennes after a last-gasp goal from Damien Da Silva in Ligue 1 on Sunday. Lois Diony‘s
1:27 PM ET Manchester United failed to win for the third consecutive game after a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa at Old Trafford. The result sees Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side remain ninth in the Premier League table, eight points adrift of the top four places. The visitors opened the scoring in the first half through