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PSV Eindhoven will be welcoming Benfica to the Phillips Stadion on Tuesday evening in the second leg of their ultimate battle for a place in the group stages of this season s Champions League. The first leg in Lisbon ended in triumph for the Portuguese side, with Rafa Silva and Julian Weigl scoring for them in the first half and Cody Gakpo bringing some hope back to the Dutch after the break.
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The last time PSV reached the group stages of UEFA s elite club competition was in 2018-19, and drawn against the likes of Barcelona, Inter Milan and Tottenham Hotspur, they could do no more than a last-place finish with only two points in the bag.
Last season, they finished second to Ajax in the Eredivisie, thus booking a pl…
Real Madrid are interested in signing Raheem Sterling from Manchester City this summer, according to the .
Newly reappointed Real manager Zinedine Zidane is apparently a big fan of the English winger and is keen to see him join his team at the Santiago Bernabeu this summer. Back in 2015, he openly said Real were monitoring Sterling as they were monitoring all young players of such quality.
Now, however, Sterling is 24 years old and since his arrival from Liverpool that year for £49 million, he has become a key ingredient in Pep Guardiola s team which won the Premier League title last season in a convincing manner. If Real are serious in their intention to bring him in, they will likely have to pay a huge fee even for their standards.
Sterling signed a new deal …
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has agreed a one-year contract extension, the Premier League club have confirmed.
Toure has been a pivotal figure in City winning two Premier League titles and two EFL Cups during his time at the Etihad Stadium, and he ended the club s 35-year trophy drought with the winning goal in the 2011 FA Cup final against Stoke City at Wembley.
However, the 34-year-old s period in Manchester seemed set to end earlier this season when boss Pep Guardiola, who oversaw the player s move from Barcelona to City in 2010, exiled him from the first team picture amid a row with agent Dimitri Seluk.
There were also concerns over Toure returning to pre-season training overweight but he marked his surprise return to the starting XI with both goals …
Lionel Messi could be rested against Huesca after a challenge by Manchester United defender Chris Smalling was compared by Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde to being hit by a train.
Messi was left with a swollen eye and a bloody nose after being caught in the face by Smalling s elbow during the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
The Barcelona captain completed the match, which Valverde s side won 1-0, but he could sit out their trip to LaLiga strugglers Huesca.
Strike partner Luis Suarez, though, should be available for Saturday s game despite appearing to be struggling in the closing stages at Old Trafford, while Ousmane Dembele is back from a torn hamstring.
Smalling, who was not punished during the game, said his clash with Messi was an …
Ander Herrera is closing in on a new deal with Manchester United, according to the Independent.
The twenty-nine-year-old is in the final year of his current contract, which triggered an extra twelve months after the original four years ran down last summer.
Since arriving at Old Trafford in June 2014, the midfielder has racked up one hundred and eighty-one appearances in all competitions, scoring nineteen goals while in 2017 he was named the Red Devils’ Player of the Season, after helping them to success in the EFL Cup and Europa League.
He was also part of the squad that won the FA Cup in 2016, while internationally he has been capped three times for his country.
After taking twenty-two points from the last twenty-four available to them, Ole Gunnar So…
According to reports in Italy, Daniele Rugani s new contract talks with Juventus have hit something of a speed bump. The 24 year old has been heavily linked with a switch to Chelsea in recent months, which appears to have pushed forward The Old Lady s desire to re-sign him.
Juventus are in the process of steadily building up a super team of sorts, and it all began with the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo. Now, it appears as if they re forgetting about some of their more loyal stars, with Rugani being a part of the club since back in 2012. He s still young enough to keep improving as the years go on, and it s somewhat surprising to see Juve not committing everything to lock him down for a few extra years.
There s still a chance that he will remain at the club for many more …
Los Angeles FC missed the chance to move into the MLS play-off spots ahead of the final round of the season after being held to a 1-1 home draw by Vancouver Whitecaps.
Vancouver could have clinched their post-season berth with victory as three points separated the two play-off chasing sides entering Tuesday s game.
Instead, the Whitecaps will need at least a point against Western Conference leaders Seattle Sounders on Decision Day on Sunday, while LAFC face a must-win fixture away to Colorado Rapids and hope other results go their way.
Vancouver s Cristian Dajome scored in the 14th minute to put the visitors in the box seat, rifling home after Brian White broke into space.
Cristian Dajome on the counter-attack! open the scoring in LA.
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Chelsea have entered discussions to sign Rennes goalkeeper Edouard Mendy but have not yet agreed a fee, the French club s president has confirmed.
A new number one appears to be on the agenda for Frank Lampard s side as they continue to make moves in the transfer market.
Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva and Kai Havertz have all arrived at Stamford Bridge ahead of the new Premier League season.
But Chelsea still want a keeper after Kepa Arrizabalaga endured a dismal second year in England in 2019-20.
The Spain international was dropped for veteran Willy Caballero, and the Blues have been linked with a host of replacements.
Mendy is the latest, and Rennes Nicolas Holveck acknowledged negotiations were under way, but there is wo…
Spain midfielder Santi Cazorla hailed his team-mates for making his return to the national side a seamless one as they beat Faroe Islands 4-1 on Friday.
The 34-year-old won his first cap for three and a half years following a remarkable return to prominence at Villarreal.
Cazorla was told he might never be able to walk properly again after having reconstructive surgery and a skin graft to address the effects of two bouts of Achilles tendonitis towards the end of his five-year spell at Arsenal.
He missed the 2017-18 season before signing for Villarreal, where he completed a stunning return to fitness and made 35 appearances in LaLiga in 2018-19.
So impressive were his performances that Luis Enrique handed Cazorla his first call-up since November 2015, and …
At the age of 40, Maxi Rodriguez has called time on his career as a professional football player.
The winger played a total of 611 matches, scoring a total of 173 goals complemented by 51 assists, through spells with Newell s Old Boys, Espanyol, Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, and CA Penarol. In 2019, he returned to Newell s to finish the illustrious career at the same place where it started.
Rodriguez started the last match of his career, played at home against Banfield in the early hours of Tuesday morning European time, and played 58 minutes before receiving a truly superb send-off as he walked off to be substituted.
Gigante . Jugó acá, le fue bárbaro allá. Volvió a tiempo para disfrutar de su tierra. Y de yapa metió 3 Mundiales. Enorme!
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