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Graham Hunter, Spain writerMar 19, 2024, 09:00 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 During his years in LaLiga, I don’t believe there has been anyone as forensically critical of Robert Lewandowski‘s attitude and performance than me,
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Associated Press Mar 18, 2024, 08:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tthe sale is part of OL Groupe’s strategy of refocusing on men’s soccer. Jeff Halstead/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images OL Groupe, the holding company organized around seven-time French champion Lyon, on Monday said it has signed an agreement with a group including the Seattle Sounders
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Bayer Leverkusen beat hosts Freiburg 3-2 on Sunday to stay 10 points clear at the top of the league standings and edge closer to a first ever Bundesliga title. Fresh from qualifying for the Europa League quarter-final in mid-week, Leverkusen showed no signs of fatigue as they earned a club record 22nd win in a
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Open Extended Reactions Mauricio Pochettino has urged Chelsea fans to show “unconditional” support and trust his judgement after many supporters criticised his decision-making and the performance of Raheem Sterling during Sunday’s FA Cup quarterfinal win over Leicester City. Chelsea required two goals in stoppage-time to win 4-2 at Stamford Bridge as substitutes Carney Chukwuemeka and
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Mar 16, 2024, 04:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tottenham captain Son Heung-Min said the players needed to “look in the mirror” after an “unacceptable” 3-0 loss at Fulham cast doubt on their Premier League top four credentials on Saturday. Victory would have put them ahead of Aston Villa into the guaranteed Champions League berths
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Fulham put a sizeable dent in Tottenham‘s Champions League qualification hopes as in-form Rodrigo Muniz‘s double earned them an impressive 3-0 victory at Craven Cottage on Saturday. Tottenham could have moved above Aston Villa into fourth place in the table with a win but apart from a brief spell before halftime were lackadaisical and could
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Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane bagged a record-breaking 31st league goal and Jamal Musiala added two more in the side’s 5-2 demolition of hosts Darmstadt 98 on Saturday that moved the champions provisionally to within seven points of leaders Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. Kane put Bayern, who face Arsenal in the Champions League quarterfinals
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Associated Press Mar 16, 2024, 07:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions FIFA raised president Gianni Infantino’s base salary by 33% last year to make his total pay package worth more than $4.67 million, world football’s governing body said in its financial report released Friday. Infantino was re-elected unopposed in March 2023 to extend his presidency
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Adriana Garcia Mar 15, 2024, 09:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona‘s teenage defender Pau Cubarsí has been called up by Spain for the upcoming international friendlies against Colombia and Brazil. Cubarsi, 17, was named man of the match in Barça’s 3-1 win over Napoli on Wednesday in what was his Champions League debut. –
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Mar 14, 2024, 06:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has been left out of the latest Belgium squad as a precaution due to a slight groin strain. De Bruyne was sidelined for five months at the start of the season due to a hamstring injury before he returned for
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Mar 13, 2024, 10:23 AM ET Spanish police have arrested six suspects in the robberies of the Madrid homes of eight wealthy individuals, including top players Radamel Falcao and Rodrygo Goes. Five men and a woman were detained and police seized 10 watches, jewellery, €3,300 ($3,600) in cash and two air pistols, police said in
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Adriana Garcia Mar 13, 2024, 05:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Inter Miami coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino is impressed but not surprised that Lionel Messi has the same desire to win now as he had at Barcelona. Martino previously guided record eight-time Ballon d’Or award winner Messi at Barça in the 2013-14 season and then
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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Mar 12, 2024, 08:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Xavi Hernández hit out at critics who he says called Barcelona the joke of the Champions League after leading the Catalan side into the quarterfinals of the competition for the first time since 2020. Fermín López, João Cancelo and Robert Lewandowski were
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Mar 12, 2024, 04:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The first-ever competition between the best women’s club teams in North and Central American and the Caribbean will begin later this year, Concacaf announced Tuesday. The Cocacaf W Champions Cup follows the inaugural W Gold Cup between the region’s best national teams, which concluded on Sunday
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Associated Press Mar 12, 2024, 11:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Austria coach Ralf Rangnick has dropped three players from the national team squad for upcoming friendly games because they took part in anti-gay chants after the Vienna derby last month. Rapid Vienna players Marco Grüll, Guido Burgstaller and goalkeeper Niklas Hedl were not included
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMar 12, 2024, 09:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United midfielder Mason Mount is nearing a comeback after returning to training following four months out with a calf injury. The England star was pictured in training with the squad at Carrington on Tuesday, having not played for United since the 1-0 win
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Adriana Garcia Mar 11, 2024, 02:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City goalkeeper Éderson is set to be ruled out for Brazil’s upcoming friendlies against England and Spain with a muscular problem, sources have told ESPN Brazil. Ederson reportedly sustained a rectus femoris muscular injury in his right leg and is expected to be
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