With Chelsea’s triumph against Real Madrid, Thomas Tuchel became the first coach to reach the Champions League final consecutively by different teams, according to Opta data. The German coach led PSG to the Champions League final last season, having lost the final to Bayern Munich, at the Luz stadium. Chelsea in late January. 1 – … Read more
An extraordinary turnaround allowed Lille to stay top of Ligue 1 by beating Lyon by 3-2, out of home. Slimani and José Fonte, with an own goal, put the northern French team in trouble, but the leader was unmoved and remains firm. The ex-Sporting striker scored in the 20 minutes that made PSG and Monaco … Read more
Statements by Rúben Amorim, Sporting coach, in the press room of Estádio Municipal de Brega, after the triumph (0-1) over Sp. Braga: [Foi abordado por polícia no camarote em que estava a ver o jogo. Qual o motivo?] «It was the mask. I have to have a mask, it was to say that I had … Read more
Jamie Carragher, a former Liverpool player, dedicated José Mourinho an opinion piece signed in the newspaper ‘The Telegraph’, in which he reflected on the coach’s future in England after Tottenham left, but also recalled one of the first times that faced him. «It was at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, in the 2004/05 League Cup final. He … Read more
Ryan Mason will coach Tottenham until the end of the season, after José Mourinho left. The former English international will assume the role of interim and will have as assistant Chris Powell and Nigel Gibbs while the former Dutch international Michel Vorm will be responsible for training the goalkeepers. Moreover, Ledley King remains as an … Read more
Pedro Mendes had to be replaced by injury at the start of the second half of the Lille-Montpellier (1-1), for the 33rd round of the Ligue 1 de France. The Portuguese defender fell on the pitch with immense pain in his left knee, as was evident by his screams, which foresee a serious injury. The … Read more
Gonzalo Higuaín had the privilege of playing both with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, two of the best players in the world. The Argentine international considers that he was the player who most understood Portuguese and Argentine. «I was the footballer who played the most with the two and who understood them best. Understanding Cristiano … Read more
UEFA announced on Wednesday that it had imposed a ten-match ban on Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kúdela for “racist behavior” with Rangers player Kamara in the Europa League round of 32. The European football governing body had opened an investigation after the game, after the two players had been involved in clashes, and provisionally suspended … Read more
Torreense reported that it has 17 infected with covid-19, among players and technical staff. The Torres Vedras club also adds that “the positive cases are well, most of them asymptomatic”. It is recalled that Torreense won the F Series of the Portuguese Championship and will dispute the phase of access to the II League together … Read more
Good news for Ruben Amorim. Two days before the confrontation with Farense, Gonçalo Inácio and Tabata returned to work with the rest of the team. It is recalled that the two players missed the last game of the lions and worked limited at the beginning of the week, but this Wednesday they joined the joint … Read more