Paper Round's view: It's no surprise that clubs are accepting that they will have to meet Dortmund's demands for Sancho. The 19-year-old is one of the brightest young prospects in world football at the moment, so the Bundesliga side know they can ask for £120m. It was always likely that Sancho would return to the Premier League after taking the risk to leave Manchester City and search for first-team football back in 2017 and it has been widely reported that he was a childhood Chelsea supporter.
Hearts have started a legal challenge against their relegation after clubs failed to back league reconstruction. The Tynecastle oufit - along with Partick Thistle and Stranraer - have had their demotions confirmed after only 16 SPFL clubs indicated they would support an expanded top flight. Hearts say they are are "disappointed, yet sadly not surprised" by the news. A club statement confirmed that the "necessary steps" have been taken to start legal proceedings.
Foster palmed away an Enda Stevens scorcher before the visitors came agonisingly close to snatching a late winner, with Deulofeu curling a free kick inches wide of Dean Henderson's left-hand post. It looked as though honours would be even but Ayew produced an incredible moment of skill, pirouetting on the edge of the area, jinking past a West Ham defender and dinking a cool finish over West Ham keeper Roberto Jimenez.
Matches of the final round of the regular season will begin at about the same time, in order to warm up the intrigue and not give competing handicap clubs knowledge of the results in parallel meetings. And there were exactly two intrigues in the championship. One of them, who will take the second place and receive the coveted Ausweis in the semifinals, avoiding the quarter-final cut. I consider this match from the point of view of who does not need what. Club "Jalapa" occupying the 5th place just doesn’t need anything, you don’t have to jump higher, you can’t drop out of the treasured six, in general it’s typical, "we didn’t play as best we could, but we could very little." Expect the victory of Real Esteli. Success guarantees the team second place. I take a reinforced version with a minus handicap of the guests (a victory in a couple of goals), such a small “defense against the fool”. You never know what there can cross in the hot master's heads. So close to a draw, that guests absolutely do not need.
Norwich City is at the bottom of the standings, and together with Watford, they are one of the most serious candidates for relegation in current season, off course is just half of the season, but if they not make a huge improvements in second part of season, it will be very hard to reach their goal. In this duel Norwich is outsider, they know it, and they will try to slow down tempo in this duel, they major goal in this duel will be to avoid defeat. Tottenham has many problems at away matches, even in last round at home against Brighton they experienced plenty of problems. Most realistic result for this duel is a draw.
The visitors then missed several gilt-edged chances and were punished in the dying minutes as Guirassy levelled with a fine finish from inside the penalty area after he was put through by substitute Quentin Cornette. The draw put leaders PSG 13 points clear at the top of the table. Second-placed Olympique Marseille visit fourth-placed Lille on Sunday while Stade Reims are at home to third-placed Rennes.
Charlton manager Lee Bowyer was an early candidate to take over the Bluebirds, but he continues his impressive reign at the Valley, having taken Charlton up from League One to the top half of the Championship. Will their strong form continue in this weekend’s meeting with recently relegated Cardiff?
After a derby defeat that could have catastrophic consequences for their Premier League title defence, Manchester City will welcome the opportunity to leave their domestic woes behind them when the Champions League Group Stage resumes this week.
Ashley Young, Alexis Sanchez and Christian Eriksen all scored and set up goals as Inter Milan thrashed Brescia to remain third in Serie A. Young volleyed Inter ahead from a Sanchez cross and the Chilean scored a penalty after Victor Moses was fouled. Danilo D'Ambrosio headed home a cross from Young and Sanchez's free-kick was nodded in by Roberto Gagliardini. Eriksen scrambled home after Romelu Lukaku's shot was saved and then set up Antonio Candreva for Inter's sixth.
Rangers' calamitous domestic form since the winter break continued as they were beaten at home by Hamilton Academical to slip 13 points behind Celtic. Steven Gerrard's side, who were knocked out of the Scottish Cup by Hearts at the weekend, dropped points for the fifth time in their past eight Scottish Premiership games. After Alfredo Morelos hit the bar following a dominant first half, Rangers fell behind when David Moyo punished Connor Goldson's error to move Accies off the bottom of the table.
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Firstly, I am very proud to be manager of this club, in the way Chelsea have handled it," Lampard told SkySports. We were very quick to respond to help with the hotel. There is more work with the foundation, with link ups to getting in touch with fans, putting on tutorials, there are a lot of people who have stood up and put in good work.
Like Darmstadt at home, Stuttgart haven't been prolific winners on the road, which could end up being their downfall. Promotion is the only goal for Monday's visitors this season; but until they start to collect more points on the road, they'll struggle to cement themselves inside the top two.
Brighton are due a break after a fair share of poor luck has left them on the brink of the relegation zone. However, we don't see a break coming at Molineux, not against a Wolves side with so many in-form players. Raul Jimenez, Adama Traore and Matt Doherty are all dangermen for the hosts. We suggest sticking an anytime bet on Diogo Jota to keep up his fine scoring form.
The last three Brighton and Hove Albion away league games have all had under 2.5 goals scored in them. Brighton and Hove Albion have only scored one goal in their last three away league matches. Norwich City have failed to score in each of their last two home league fixtures with just one goal in the last four.
It's incredible how he still has the patience to be a manger at his age," Guardiola said. It's incredible and he's doing really well. We can't forget the situation when he took over when they had zero points and everyone considered them relegated. Instead of that, he did an incredible job and it's a pleasure and an honour for me every time I get to see him.
Well, not the really pointy end, but nearly the pointy end. If the Champions League is a Black & Decker screwdriver, we’re probably about three-quarters of the way up the shaft, getting towards the actual pointy end. Anyway, it’s the second leg of two ties, as Valencia and Atalanta look to repeat that absolutely tonto first game which ended 4-1 to the Italians, while the eternal sadness of Tottenham Hotspur look to overturn a 1-0 deficit to RB Leipzig, with the stirring, Churchillian encouragement of Jose Mourinho ringing in their ears.
Neman Grodno will host Belshina for this fixture of the league. In my opinion, the hosts have great chance to get all three points. Neman is very average team in this league. However, the hosts have better team than their opponent. In any case, I expect, the hosts to dominate on the home field. Also, we have Belshina who's is worst team in this new campaign. The visitors have fallen into a very poor show. They have three consecutive losses. So, the visitors have a very vulnerable defense and for me they could lose. My pick - Neman Grodno to win.
After all that, Orient couldn't even scrape a point, going down to a 1-0 defeat. View more on twitterNoughts and crossesUnable to play football, Southampton tried to engage their scheduled opponents Norwich in a game of noughts and crosses. They were unsuccessful. View more on twitterStep forward, Manchester City. View more on twitterThe two sides battled to a thrilling draw. View more on twitterProbably a fair result.
Any deal would see Ebimbe stay on loan with the French side for a further year, and PSG are open to letting the player leave if he wishes to move elsewhere. Paper Round’s view: If United can start to build for the future and give young and talented players the chance to develop away from the pressure of Old Trafford, then it is worth a shot.
Al Taqdom are struggling in the last weeks with 7 defeats in the last 9 games and especially at home they have looked poor with 4 defeats in a row conceding 13 goals and scoring no goals themselves. With 15 goals conceded at home in 9 games, they have the second worst defense at home in the league.
But with the title gone, it’s the Champions League that will save this season. And that’s going to involve negotiating two-legged ties against teams a lot better than United. Welcome to Manchester, Bruno Fernandes As if winning away at City (yes, yes, losing overall) wasn’t enough for Manchester United’s febrile fanbase, the club also announced a new signing.
Everton, who many were expecting to be challenging Leicester for the title of best of the rest, find themselves in a far worse position. They lost to the dreadful Norwich last weekend to leave them 16th in the table, just four points outside the relegation zone.
RETRO CORNER. Look at big Jose's face when Roy Keane says: "Just go and get Kane. He didn't know then, did he? COMING UP Nick Miller, who would be the recipient of fawning but genuine adulation were he to ever leave the Warm-Up rotation (thanks for all you have taught me Nick as a man and a blogger) will be here tomorrow to walk you through the Steve Bruce derby between Aston Villa and Newcastle.
Given the fast-paced environment and parameters we are currently working within, it is simply not practical to give a running commentary on what may happen. In the immediate short term we will continue with our contingency planning to deal with the implications the outbreak of Covid-19 has presented the EFL and its clubs, in addition to liaising with the Government, health authorities and football partners.
Simeone may npt be the most successful manager but he knockout football is where he succeedsGetty Images English football's most successful manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, for all his domestic dominance, won just two Champions Leagues in 27 years at Manchester United. One of the greatest tacticians ever, Pep Guardiola, has never reached the Champions League final with any other team than a Lionel Messi-fronted Barcelona.
Tottenham's Dele Alli has scored five goals in his last four Premier League meetings against Chelsea. Against no side has he scored more goals in the competition (5). The Manchester City assistant was at the Kassam Stadium, the home of Oxford United, for City's Carabao Cup quarter-final clash despite being in discussions to take over at Arsenal.
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The away side have been great on the road across the campaign, but they head into this match looking to add to back to back away victories on their travels. Leeds have also managed to claim back to back wins to nil, cementing their position as the best defence in the division. At the minute, Marcelo Bielsa’s side are looking unstoppable, especially after moving top of the form table.
Today is going to be a very exciting football match in polish league Ekstraklasa: Lechia Gdansk vs Legia Warszawa. Both teams have played recently with results to follow, so the outcome of this game can be unpredictable. However, I find it interesting to place a bet: Lechia or draw.
Leyton Orient fc will have a game at their home soil against Mansfield fc this coming Tuesday, these rivals have meet only once where the hosts were on the road to the visitors and they beat them with three goals to two.
Monaco have won their last two clashes with Amiens and with them bang in form we're backing them to get the win here again. The visitors have been simply awful in recent weeks with their defence ripe for the picking. Monaco haven't been much better at the back but have been so impressive going forward and should be able to put Amiens to the sword here. Monaco have scored at least three goals in three of their last five home matches and with Amiens conceding eleven in their last three games we're backing this one to finish 3-1 to the home side with the hosts scoring at least 2.5 goals. Monaco have just two clean sheets in their last ten games and with Amiens scoring in six of their last seven away games we see an exciting clash coming in this one.
They have not conceded more than one goal in the last nine matches. Inter match to this game unbeaten in their last 15 Serie A matches and with just one loss in the league this season. They have 15 wins in 22 Serie A matches and have the best defence in the league, having conceded 18 goals, with just one loss.
Lecce have a tough run of matches after the restart. After the heavy away loss to AC Milan, they have another tough game away to Juventus. They have a poor away run but an even poorer defensive record. Lecce have conceded at least twice in five straight away Serie A matches and face a Juventus side that has not been conceding a lot. Juventus have an added edge in their scoring; they have a great run at home and have scored two or more in the last seven home games. Seeing the high scoring nature of games involving the two sides, we are backing this one to end 3-0 in favor of Juventus.
They are unbeaten in their last three league games with one win and two draws. Just one goal has been scored in those three games though. No more than one goal has been scored in any of their six league games. Their fans must long for the pre-season friendly that saw them lose 6-4 at home to Rigas FS, where have all the goals gone since then? They have only played two home league games this season, losing 1-0 to Energetik and beating FC Minsk by the same scoreline.
Augsburg picked up a big three points last time out in the Bundesliga versus fellow relegation battlers Paderborn. This week, they are set to host a struggling Hertha Berlin side at the WWK Arena. Augsburg will be looking for their second straight win versus a Hertha side who've lost their last three Bundesliga games.
Tampa are 6-7 for the season but at least that's one more win than in 2018. Even so, it's now 12 seasons without a post season play-off place, so back to the drawing board for next season. The Buccaneers are in good form though with three straight wins, last weekend seeing them get a narrow 38-35 win over Indianapolis Colts.
We will have the eyes of the world on us but the level of planning and preparation that has gone in makes me extremely confident that it will be a great success. Speaking to BBC sports editor Dan Roan, Purslow added: "It [the Premier League's return] now feels about right. I am not sure I felt that when we first confirmed but I think events have caught up with football and it now feels absolutely the right thing and there is a palpable sense of excitement.
More on Celtic & Rangers' Europa League drawsThis season's final takes place on 27 May in Gdansk, Poland, which hosted four games at Euro 2012. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's inconsistent side are four points outside the Premier League top four and face a Bruges side that are top of their league having lost just once this season and conceded only seven goals in 18 games. Arsenal may have a new permanent manager in place by the time they come up against Olympiakos, who dropped out of the Champions League after finishing third behind Bayern Munich and Tottenham.
Real Madrid will host Barcelona for this fixture of the league. Both sides are one of the best teams in this league. Of course, both teams want to get the positive result. Barcelona are currently on the 1st position with 55 points. Barcelona are in solid shape. They have four consecutive victories. I think, the visitors will try to pick up the victory in this match. Also, we have Real Madrid who's is also strong team. They are currently on the 2nd place with 53 points. True, Real Madrid have a poor results in the last matches. In previous game Real lost 1-0 against Levante. My pick - Barca to win.
They added in a statement: "The club has always anticipated the ultimate need to seek out an independent body and process to impartially consider the comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence in support of its position. In December 2018, the Uefa chief investigator publicly previewed the outcome and sanction he intended to be delivered to Manchester City, before any investigation had even begun. The subsequent flawed and consistently leaked Uefa process he oversaw has meant that there was little doubt in the result that he would deliver.
The former Real president was taken to hospital on Tuesday, with newspaper El Mundo saying he had been suffering from the novel coronavirus. His son said he had a respiratory disease. Sanz presided over the club between 1995 and 2000, in which they won two Champions League titles and one La Liga crown among other trophies.
NYON, Switzerland, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The women's Champions League is to be transformed with the introduction of a group stage in what European governing body UEFA says will be a "game changer". UEFA said on Wednesday that, instead of the knockout format which is currently used, the competition would consist of groups of four once it reached the last 16 from the 2021-2022 season onwards.
I feel the odds are worth taking here in this encounter as the hosts have a really poor defense which already conceded 7 goals in two league games only managing a 2-2 draw at home while last round they were hammered with 5-0 on the road, and also last season in the second part when they hosted Navy they conceded 4 goals and ended up getting trashed with 4-1 in the end, so good reasons to believe in the away win in this one.
The Eagles are in tenth place overall in the NFC and need to go on a winning streak if they want a wild card place. As for the Giants, they are bottom of the NFC and can just start planning for next season. Philadelphia are bidding to win their second Super Bowl in three years but it's not looking good on them achieving that feat.
Clubs expected to confirm 12 September startAt Friday's meeting, it is anticipated the clubs will confirm a start date for the 2020-21 Premier League season. This is expected to be 12 September, although the four clubs still in this season's European competition have been pushing for a delayed start given the lack of preparation time if their players are to be allowed a break after a punishing post-lockdown schedule.
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Posted at 64' Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Ryan Fraser. Posted at 63' James Milner (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing. Posted at 63' Foul by Jack Stacey (Bournemouth). Posted at 62' Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
