If you’ll allow a spot of own-horn tooting, here’s Eurosport’s Ben Snowball on why Virgil van Dijk should have won the Ballon d’Or over Leo Messi. RETRO CORNER It’s a very happy 68th birthday to John Burridge, so obviously we must share again this footage of his warm-up from his Crystal Palace days in the late 1970s.
Both teams are in bad run for form. Both teams have lost 4 of their last 5 matches. Kidderminster sit on 18th spot in the league table and managed 18 points from 17 matches. They have won won 5 drawn 3 and lost 7 matches in this season. Their home form is also awful they have lost 6 of their last 9 away matches in the league.
The 20-year-old broke into the Benfica team last season, scoring 20 goals in all competitions and winning a €126 million move to the Spanish capital. Video - United want 'new Totti' in Roma transfer shuffle - Euro Papers01:34 He finished ahead of Borussia Dortmund and England winger Jadon Sancho to win the award, which is organised by Italian newspaper Tuttosport.
A drop down to the Championship or a club like Newcastle would be more his level, though he might be able to cope better with life in MLS. Read the full story City target four signings Manchester City are interested in signing Pau Torres of Villarreal and Ruben Dias of Benfica as they look to strengthen their back line.
in Hungary OTP Bank Liga, Fehervar host Debrecen. Fever is number 2 team, Debrecen is number 11 team in the table. The decisive favorites of this match are Fehervar FC. Fehervar is playing very good this season and now has 56 points. But in the recent matches they could not win 4 of the 5. In the matches played so far they have won 16 matches, 8 matches ended in draw and they only lost 5 matches.
FC Masr vs Misr Lel Makasa predictions for Tuesday's Egyptian Premier League clash. The hosts will be looking to make home advantage count in this battle of two struggling sides. Read on for all our free Egyptian Premier League predictions and betting tips.
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Midfielders - Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Diogo Jota (Wolves), Dwight McNeil (Burnley) Moussa Djenepo: The Southampton player laid on the goal for striker Shane Long amid appalling defending by Aston Villa. He then spins Frederic Guilbert on the halfway line, so the Frenchman is left embarrassingly trying to grab the Malian's shirt. The only thing Djenepo didn't do was score the goal his performance richly deserved during the 2-0 win.
Brazil's fifth World Cup final win was not simply about Ronaldo's two second-half goals amid Yokohama's space-age architecture - it was a story of redemption. Ronaldo was one of the great players of his generation but the striker's career had been blighted by serious injury and the mystery surrounding his absence from the final at France 98. He was off, then on the teamsheet for that final, which ended in a 3-0 victory for France, with talk of a seizure then injury as conspiracy theories ran rampant in Paris.
Getty Images News reaches us from Holland that after more than two years in a coma, Abdelhak ‘Appie’ Nouri is now awake and able to watch football. Nouri collapsed during a friendly between Ajax and Werder Bremen in July 2017 and suffered severe brain damage. But he has now woken and with his limited ability to communicate, has shown he is enjoying watching football.
Luftetari is in 9th place with only 8 points and this season they have many problems. Their finances are bad and all the quality players have gone and they are playing with younger players. Skenderbeu is a well known team in Albania and they are in 8th place with 20 points and they are for moment in the relegation play out so they needs a win against Luftetari here today. They must win because the next 2 matches they play against Kukesi and Partizani and they have hard matches to take points. Skenderbeu wins here for me they have more good team.
Lawro's prediction: 0-2Jimi's prediction: I really like Sean Dyche. He is a solid geezer by the looks of things. Arsenal v Man City (FA Cup, 19:45 BST)Arsenal's win over Liverpool on Wednesday was aided and abetted by some mistakes by the Reds but it was still a great result for them. Gunners boss Mikel Arteta made a few changes with this game in mind, but his problem is that City boss Pep Guardiola also rested several players when they beat Bournemouth on the same night.
Since joining the club for a reported £58m in January 2018, Laporte has won two league titles and City had seven points from an available nine before his injury. But, during his spell on the sidelines, they have lost five games and slipped 13 points behind table-topping Liverpool. Former Manchester United and Aston Villa striker Dion Dublin believed City looked "more comfortable" with Laporte back at the heart of their defence.
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We are trying to inspire the next generation coming through and they want to see winners. Yes England won the SheBelieves Cup in 2018 but is that a competition to be shouting about in terms of an achievement? I don't think so. They are not medals that I would get out and show people. It's the medals you win at major tournaments that you are remembered for. Ultimately, it comes down to what he did on the pitch and that wasn't good enough.
The performances of the two club only add eight to our prediction for a 1-1 draw, as under 2.5 goals were produced in three of Swindon’s last six matches as well as in two of Mansfield’s last three games. Swindon concede an average of 1.22 goals per game at home and Mansfield score an average of 1.22 goals per game away from home, making our prediction for a 1-1 draw seem even more realistic.
Since then he has teamed up with Monkman to present their 'Genius Guide to Britain', a road-trip series that was shown on BBC Two. My personal highlight was teaching Eric the 'Paolo di Canio' song, which is based on a melody from a Verdi Rigoletto opera aria, in William Gladstone's old library," Seagull told BBC Sport. The pair have teamed up again for another BBC Two series, 'Monkman and Seagull's Genius Adventures', which will be shown soon.
TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - When Al Hilal last year became the first club from Saudi Arabia to win the Asian Champions League since 2005, they not only ended their nation's 14-year title drought, they reignited their rivalry with cross-Riyadh rivals Al Nassr. As the latest edition of Asia's premier club competition kicks off on Monday, amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus in China and elsewhere in the continent's east, teams in the west go into the group phase with a renewed sense of optimism following Al Hilal's resounding win a little more than two months ago.
Then US Soccer, which most fans already had little time for, made degrading and dismissive remarks about how the women weren't earning their keep. US Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro released an open letter on 7 March saying that the governing body had made multiple attempts to meet with the women's national team. Prize money gap Carlos Cordeiro, US Soccer's president, says that the organisation offered equal pay in matches under its controlCordeiro claimed that US Soccer had offered an equal pay package for matches under its control.
11 of 13 Galatasaray league games have had under 2.5 goals scored in them. Four of the last five Alanyaspor games have had under 2.5 goals scored in them. Alanyaspor have only scored in one of their last four league games. Galatasaray are eighth in the Turkish Super Lig and have only earned one point from their last two games.
Alexis Sanchez scrambled a winner over the line in extra-time to send Arsenal through to another final and under-pressure boss Arsene Wenger went on to lift a record seventh FA Cup. Man City manager Pep Guardiola ended the season without a trophy for the first time in his coaching career. Match reportEverton 1-2 Manchester United, 23 April 2016 Media playback is not supported on this device Martial wins it late for Man Utd Anthony Martial's injury-time winner sent Manchester United into the final with victory over Everton, after goalkeeper David de Gea had saved Romelu Lukaku's second-half penalty.
Leeds have won two of their last 11 Championship matches Bristol have won their last three away matches in the Championship. Bristol have failed to win any of their last six matches with Leeds. Leeds United return to Championship action this weekend when they welcome Bristol City to Elland Road. Chasing promotion in the closing stages of the season, Leeds are not making the experience easy for their fans.
MANCHESTER, England, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Jose Mourinho conceded his former club Manchester United had deserved their 2-1 Premier League victory over his new team Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday and hailed the performance of Marcus Rashford. Mourinho took over as Spurs manager last month, nearly a year after he was fired by United.
Horn and Amstetten will face each other in the upcoming match in the 2. Liga in Austria. Horn this season have the following results: 5W, 8D and 8L. Meanwhile Amstetten have 6W, 7D and 8L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.