Month: May 2019

Gab Marcotti and Sid Lowe say Sergio Ramos had to clear the air after Real Madrid president Florentino Perez claimed the Los Blancos defender had asked to be released. Cristiano Ronaldo’s €100 million move from Real Madrid to Juventus came with great hopes and CR7 delivered a Supercoppa and Juve’s eighth straight league title. Real
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By Andrew Cesare Richardson Frank Leboeuf joins ESPN FC to talk Paul Pogba and Manchester United, explaining why the France star might be ill-suited for the United captaincy. Paul Mariner says Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s wealth of experience and knowledge will be an asset for Marcus Rashford to find consistency at Man United. ESPN FC’s Shaka
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Th LA Galaxy moved up to second in the Western Conference, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic involved in both goals of a 2-0 win over Sporting Kansas City. Sergio Santos’ first half strike was countered by a volley from Jonathan Lewis, leading to shared points for the Philadelphia Union and Colorado Rapids. D.C. United fought back to
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The past few years have seen a drop in African appearances in the Champions League final, but with both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur boasting prominent continental talents, the dearth will end on Saturday. Between 2000 and 2012, Africa’s players regularly made decisive contributions to Champions League-winning sides, only for the continent to enter a slump
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ESPN FC’s Sid Lowe and Ian Darke weigh in on the contentious relationship between Gareth Bale and Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid. Real Madrid Sergio Ramos has ended speculation regarding his future after he said he wants to “retire” at the Bernabeu during an impromptu news conference on Thursday. Club president Florentino Perez recently said
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Ahead of the Champions League final in Madrid, Stewart Robson picks whether he’d prefer Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino or Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp as his manager. Hugo Lloris reflected on Spurs’ historic comeback against Ajax and said that all the credit belongs to Mauricio Pochettino and his coaching staff. Stewart Robson examines how Liverpool can fill the
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The seeds for next season’s Champions League group-stage draw are almost set after Chelsea won the Europa League on Wednesday night. Chelsea will be in Pot 1 as a European titleholder, with the only outstanding issue being whether Liverpool or Tottenham join them by winning the Champions League on Saturday. Chelsea and Tottenham or Liverpool
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ESPN FC’s Stewart Robson laments Arsenal’s defensive inadequacies and lack of spirit after the Gunners fell to rivals Chelsea in the Europa League final. Gab Marcotti and Stewart Robson credit Chelsea’s quality in the second half for their 4-1 victory over Arsenal in the Europa League final. Dan Thomas, Gab Marcotti and Stewart Robson try
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Liverpool’s Georginio Wijnaldum reminisces of his side’s historic comeback versus Barcelona in the Champions League semifinal. Georginio Wijnaldum speaks exclusively to ESPN FC about the differences he foresees between the 2018 and 2019 Champions League finals. Georginio Wijnaldum has told ESPN FC that Liverpool must blank out the “negative” memory of losing last season’s Champions
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Spanish club Huesca are being investigated as part of a match fixing probe. The six people detained this week in a match-fixing probe that has rocked Spanish football will go before a judge on Thursday. The Spanish police conducted raids in five cities — Huesca, Malaga, Valladolid, Madrid and A Coruna — on Tuesday as
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ESPN FC’s Alejandro Moreno assesses the big summer transfer rumours, including Paul Pogba joining Zinedine Zidane and Leroy Sane parting ways with Pep Guardiola. Real Madrid unseated Manchester United as the world’s most valuable football club, according to the annual list published by business magazine Forbes on Wednesday. Real Madrid, who in 2018 won the
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Frank Leboeuf joins ESPN FC to talk Paul Pogba and Manchester United, explaining why the France star might be ill-suited for the United captaincy. Manchester United are hopeful Eric Bailly will be fit to fly out to Australia for the first leg of their preseason tour, sources have told ESPN FC, giving the defender a
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