Barca and Real both fielded their top players in their quarter-final ties against Athletic and Sociedad respectively and the San Mames and Bernabeu stadiums were packed and rocking, making victory even sweeter for the winners. This result means so much to us, we put on a spectacle of football in front of a full Bernabeu crowd against a team of this quality.
Premier League leaders Liverpool announced on Thursday that they would not be having mascots at Anfield. They have also cancelled staff travelling to any high-risk countries and "reminded everyone of good hygiene practices". The club also said there will be "hand sanitisers and/or antibacterial handwash in all the washrooms at Anfield" as well as hygiene information posters. Last week Newcastle manager Steve Bruce said the club had stopped their morning handshake ritual while West Ham boss David Moyes said the players would be fist bumping instead of shaking hands.
Posted at 79' Foul by Shane Duffy (Brighton and Hove Albion). BookingPosted at 78' Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) is shown the yellow card for hand ball. Posted at 78' VAR Decision: No Goal Everton 1-0 Brighton and Hove Albion. Posted at 77' Hand ball by Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton). Posted at 77' GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
Tianjin Teda and Chongqing Lifan will face each other in the upcoming match in the Super League in China. Tianjin Teda this season have the following results: 11W, 5D and 13L. Meanwhile Chongqing Lifan have 9W, 9D and 11L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Of course, he doesn’t really fit in with Lampard’s intense pressing style but given that a lot of teams appear to have worked out how to negate that system. Giroud, one of the best Plan B options around. Chelsea are struggling to get a lot of their attacking players outside of the striker involved at the moment - hardly surprising when none of them are at the level of Eden Hazard, who could create magic all by himself.
I see here very easy at least four and maybe even more than four goals, really. So, Borussia Dortmund is team who is favorite, that is clear and they are team who is lost last two matches, 3-4 in fantastic duel against Bayer Leverkusen and also, in great duel, in Cup, they are lost against Werder, in Bremen, 2-3. Of course, this team is much better at home, but it will not be easy. Eintracht Frankfurt is beat in last round Augsburg 5-0 at home, and before that duel, 3-1 Red Bull Leipzig 3-1 in cup. Over is ok here.
Hearts interim manager Austin MacPhee: "That's the reality [Hearts have to win games quickly] and one that none of us are shying away from. We have to build on the last home game [5-2 against St Mirren] and win tomorrow night. Livingston manager Gary Holt: "We know it's going to be tough, we know how we need to approach the game and let's see what we can get. We want to go there with the mind-set to win the game, we are not going there trying to frustrate them.
SubstitutionPosted at 76' Substitution, FC Bayern München. Leon Goretzka replaces Joshua Kimmich. Posted at 76' Offside, Fortuna Düsseldorf. Rouwen Hennings tries a through ball, but Matthias Zimmermann is caught offside. Posted at 76' Attempt blocked. Rouwen Hennings (Fortuna Düsseldorf) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matthias Zimmermann. Posted at 73' Attempt missed.
He played so, so well. What happened (after the Norwich match) was clear, almost nothing happened. So I think he's ready. Before I arrived he wasn't playing much, he has to play tomorrow. We go with him again. Spurs, seventh in the table, have lost their last four matches in all competitions, including their penalty shootout defeat to Norwich, and are in danger of missing out on a top-four spot and Champions League qualification.
United have struggled for form this season, having dropped to fifth place the Premier League -- six points behind Chelsea who occupy the fourth and final Champions League qualification spot. The club have yet to sign a player in the January transfer window, despite being heavily linked with a move for Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes in recent weeks.
Both Benfica and Sporting Braga had winless outings in their last matches and as Benfica host their meeting this Saturday, they will be gunning for returns to winning ways. Benfica are still top of the Primeira Liga standings with 54 points while Braga have 34 points in fourth place. Benfica lost to FC Porto in the last game, suffering their second defeat of the season, while Braga drew 2-2 with newly-promoted Gil Vicente.
All of the stats heading into Saturday’s clash suggest that a double chance bet on Fortuna Sittard is the way to go and we have backed the pair to play out a 1-1 draw but feel the hosts could pinch all three points if they play to their very best.
Paris St-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been charged by Swiss prosecutors following an investigation into the awarding of media rights for Fifa tournaments. Al-Khelaifi is accused of inciting criminal mismanagement in connection with allegations Jerome Valcke "exploited his position" as Fifa general secretary. Valcke is charged with accepting bribes, criminal mismanagement and falsification of documents.
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Friday saw them go to Huddersfield Town and be beaten 2-1, making it three league games without a win. At that stage it was Brentford who now had their fate in their own hands with two games to go. That didn't last long though as they lost 1-0 at Stoke City to remain a point behind West Brom. They play bottom-of-the-table Barnsley on the final day, so will be expecting three points from that game to put the utmost pressure on West Brom.
A source at the Football Federation of Chile told Emol it had been told nothing about quarantine plans for the players. So far there are no changes to our plans,” a source said. What the minister says comes as a surprise. Spain has suspended flights from Italy and also advised against all non-essential travel.
Paper Round's view: Kepa was supposed to be a long-term investment for Chelsea when he signed from Athletic Bilbao back in 2018. The Blues paid £71 million for the Spaniard - a world-record transfer fee for a goalkeeper. Now it's looking very unlikely that Chelsea will recoup their cash if he were to be sold.
Reminded that the club's motto is 'To Dare is To do' Mourinho was asked if they could win the domestic title. We can't win the Premier League this season - we can win it next season," he said. Mourinho may be more humble but he is just as ambitious. Brazilian Taison, 31, stuck his finger up at a section of the stadium occupied by Dynamo Kiev fans and kicked the ball into the stands after hearing the abuse during Shakhtar's 1-0 win.
Speaking to Sky Sports, the former England boss added: "It's been highlighted at the moment anyway with the Black Lives Matter movement and everyone seems to be making such an effort to eradicate this behaviour. It is very sad that on the day of a game, a player wakes up to this cowardly and despicable abuse. It's right Wilf has made people aware of it and I don't think this is something you should keep quiet about.
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Just when it seemed like Monaco were building up a head of steam, they went and blew it away to Bordeaux last week. Bordeaux have been a team in form as of late but so were Monaco, so to see them lose this crucial clash that could have seen them climb eight places up to 6th was extremely disappointing. They continue to wallow in 14th with the third most goals conceded in Ligue 1 but a trip to an awful Toulouse side could be the way to get some win back in their sails.
On Monday, Newcastle United put non-playing staff on leave and instructed employees to apply for the government's newly-created coronavirus job retention scheme. Professional football in England has been suspended until April 30, at the earliest, due to the pandemic. Norwich City on Tuesday said they were taking similar steps to "safeguard future jobs and help sustain the club" through the crisis.
Middlesbrough have won by a single goal in each of their last three home matches, while each of their home successes this season has seen them edge it by a one-goal margin. Boro are fresh from a 2-1 win over Stoke, while Huddersfield have found the back of the net in each of their last 12 away league games since a 0-5 defeat to Liverpool in April. They last had a longer such scoring streak in August 2011 (15 games). With that form in mind, a 2-1 home win is our tip for this clash.
Italy World Cup winner Daniele de Rossi has announced his retirement at the age of 36. De Rossi has left Argentine side Boca Juniors, who he joined in the summer, and ends an 18-year career. Prior to joining Boca, De Rossi spent his entire career at Serie A club Roma, who he played for 616 times. The Italian, who won the World Cup in 2006, told a news conference he was retiring to spend more time with his family.
Football news LIVE - Juventus back on top but could coronavirus see season suspended? Cycling, MotoGP, Tennis, Football, Olympic qualifiers - how coronavirus is affecting sport The game is scheduled to kick off at 20:00 UK time on Wednesday, with Dortmund leading 2-1 from the first leg courtesy of a brilliant second-half brace by young striker Erling Braut Haaland.
In the eyes of the bookies, Leeds were the coming force of British football. In the eyes of the English media, Celtic were a fading power, fortunate to get past Benfica and unlikely to live with Leeds, who'd scored 24 goals en route to the semi-final and had conceded none. Celtic, it was written, had played 14 European Cup games since the glories of Lisbon and had won only five. All of this put into evidence of why Leeds were going to win this tie.
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It is believed that these teams have a good record of high scoring rate especially the hosts so there is a great chance of over 2.5 goals to be recorded from this match, the game is between Slavia Mozyr and Torpedo Zhodino.
Shrewsbury are unbeaten in their past three FA Cup home against Premier League opponents. Liverpool have failed to win a match after being two goals ahead for the first time since April 2018 when they drew 2-2 with West Brom in the Premier League. Shrewsbury have lost just one of their past 18 home FA Cup matches. Liverpool have failed to win away at third-tier opposition in the FA Cup in 12 of their past 14 matches - with their last such victory coming against Shrewsbury in February 1996.
Dusseldorf and Hoffenheim will face each other in the upcoming match in the German Bundesliga. Dusseldorf this season have the following results: 6W, 9D and 14L. Meanwhile Hoffenheim have 12W, 6D and 11L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
The Scottish Professional Football League will be voting on whether to cancel, in principle, the remaining fixtures of the leagues below the Scottish Premiership. If passed, then the tables would be frozen as they are, and relegation and promotion would be determined accordingly. While an appealing idea in its simplicity and safety, there would obviously be some losers.
When Lyon played against Strasbourg earlier this season away from home the game did have exactly 3 goals scored in it and both teams scoring also happened as back than it was Lyon who won the game with 2-1 in the end but as for this fixture goes I am not so sure they will win it as Strasbourg lately even won away from home at Monaco with 3-1 in the league as well, and Monaco is pretty solid in defense at this moment.
La Plata the away team will be meeting with the home team huracan and this game we have given it a double chance to win the away team or they will give us a draw and this prediction has being based on the last games that this two teams have played together as the home team have not being doing so that well and so we have seen that they will not be able to win against the away team as the away team is a very strong team as as compared to the home team and this makes us to be very sure with this prediction
Both teams have scored in five of the last six Chelsea games. Eight of the last nine Chelsea away games have seen both teams score. Only one of the last nine Valencia games have seen just one of the two teams score. Third placed Valencia host Chelsea in Group H of the Champions League. The Spanish side are level on points with Chelsea who are second but they have the advantage on them after winning the reverse fixture.
The opening game of this season in Germany was the Super Cup played between them here at Dortmund which won the game with 2-0 in the end. And they have Haaland in attack a world class young player a true goal scorer with an impressive touch in front of goal scoring goal after goal lately for his new club since joining in this winter break from Salzburg. They defeated Inter and PSG at home in the Champions League, drew 0-0 with Barcelona and have the best home record in the league.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he never doubted midfielder Naby Keita, who returned and scored in Saturday's 3-0 win at Bournemouth. Keita cost £52. RB Leipzig in the summer of 2018, but has been restricted to only 17 Premier League starts since. Naby had injuries, the team is in really good shape, so then do you change?" said Klopp. It was just unlucky and in life you always need luck. A muscular issue, a groin strain and a back problem have affected 24-year-old Keita at various points during his Anfield career.
Bournemouth are also too close to the relegation zone for comfort after losing 2-0 to Brighton & Hove Albion in the south coast derby that kicked off the day's programme. Iranian winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh opened the scoring with his first goal for Brighton and Aaron Mooy made the points secure in the 79th minute as Brighton claimed a vital victory in their bid to stay away from trouble.
English Premier League . Tottenham, Hotspur will host team Norwich City. Spurs had a good shape 2 month ago. But They did one victory at last 5 matches played. Their shape is not well now. I think that it is time for them to get points. Norwich City did 2 wins at last 3 matches played. Their shape is not bad. I am waiting a goals from them today. My bet will be over 3 goals in our match. Tottenham must to win today before their fans. Guests must to score a goal. Last match 2h2 was ended 2- 2. All indicators for my bet .
Both teams have scored in 70% of PSV Jong’s home games in the Eerste Divisie this season and 90% of Ajax Jong’s away games have also seen goals scored at both ends of the pitch, which ties in well with our prediction for both teams to score on Monday. Ajax Jong have scored 25 goals on the road this season while PSV Jong have only netted 13 in their own backyard, so you can see why we have backed the visitors to outscore their hosts on Monday night.
Manchester United target Bruno Fernandes will face Benfica in Friday's Lisbon derby "unless disaster strikes", says Sporting Lisbon boss Silas. United and Sporting have held face-to-face talks over the transfer of £60m-rated midfielder Fernandes. The Portugal international, 25, is keen on a move but there has been no agreement between the clubs over a fee. The only certainty I have is that Bruno Fernandes will be present against Benfica," said Silas.
It's absolutely not OK," Klopp said. And we still have it. None of the managers have a problem with matches on Boxing Day, but playing the 26th and 28th is a crime. We can say whatever we want and no-one is really interested but every year it is the same for the coaches involved in it. Download and listen to the latest Football Daily podcastThe Club World Cup was the second trophy Liverpool - who are 10 points clear at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand - have won this season, after they beat Chelsea on penalties to win the Uefa Super Cup in August.
