It’s a great stadium,” he said. And he told BBC Sport: “It’s something we’ve specifically been looking for to adopt in our company and it seemed like an amazing idea. My company is a cannabis company and Spain has a long tradition within the European Uunion as being a leader or a liberal in the road towards legalisation, so it’s evolved quite naturally. The Spanish champions have given the title rights to the Barca Foundation, who will find a sponsor for 2020-21.
Wazza scored for Everton at Elland Road and I was on the bench – and that whetted the appetite. Then it was West Ham away, we were dominating the game, we were comfortable but it got to 4-3. I came on and I repaid him [Venables] with my first touch which was straight to West Ham's Paolo Di Canio!Luckily he put it over the bar. One of the lads asked me afterwards 'did you have a bet on 4-4?'. That was the start of it all and 18 years on I'm still playing.
There have been numerous protests against Monday night matches in the Bundesliga since they were introduced in 2017-18. The German football league (DFL) has already announced Monday games will be scrapped from 2021-22. Union beat Frankfurt 2-1 to go 10th in the table. A statement issued by several leading fan groups read: "Our message to club representatives and the DFL is clear: No more Monday games!"It added the ongoing protests were aimed at creating "a football for fans and not for financial gain".
It is the question, if home side is able to face their rival on the equal level, and if they are having lineup ready to play at the good performance at the time. Visitors are full of the financial back, and they are being one of the top rivals in the second level in the country. They are going to make issues to a lot of members of the first league, and Sportivo may experience a lot of problem in this game.
Cancelled seasons would also risk significant compensation claims from rights-holding TV broadcasters. The European championship is usually held in one or two host nations, but was spread around the continent this time in what organisers said was a romantic one-off event. The host cities are Amsterdam, Baku, Bilbao, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, Glasgow, London, Munich, Rome and St Petersburg.
All things considered, backing Both Teams to Score looks the best way to play and is something we're more than happy to do. As mentioned above Wednesday's last 7 games have seen goals at either end, as have their last 5 away games and with score draws having been on display in Forest's last 2 outings, we think a 1-1 draw could well be on the cards in this one.
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Is the Bundesliga about to embark on a period of European domination? Hopefully, as long term it will be to the benefit of European football - because if the league of long-term, sustainable planning can produce long-term, sustainable success then hopefully the ruinous relationship the majority of European football has with money will die a death.
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho fears football is going in the wrong direction after his side had a goal controversially ruled out by VAR in the 3-1 defeat at Sheffield United. Blades boss Chris Wilder said the technology was a farce after Harry Kane's equalising strike was chalked off for handball in the build-up. Lucas Moura's arm appeared to brush the ball as he fell under a challenge. The referee is in the office," said Mourinho.
We'll start today with news of the Madrid Open in tennis. The world's top tennis players will swap rackets for game controllers this month after organisers of the cancelled Madrid Open said they will stage a virtual competition to raise funds for struggling professionals amid the coronavirus shutdown.
Wilmot, 20, and 23-year-old Woodman - current and former England U21 internationals respectively - both signed season-long loans at the south Wales club last summer. Gallagher signed in January until the end of the campaign after Chelsea ended the 20-year-old's loan spell at Charlton, while fellow England U21 player Guehi, 19, followed him from Stamford Bridge. The loan deals had originally covered the period until the final games of the Championship season, but clubs have allowed this to be extended to cover the delay that could now see the season finish at the end of July.
The Red Devils are "desperate" to bring the 25-year-old to Old Trafford this month, with injuries to Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay depleting their midfield options. Sporting are demanding £60 million for their captain and United face competition for Fernandes' signature from Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
Solskjaer certainly feels that progress is being made. I've seen the improvement since I came, the boys have had to reshape the squad, change culture of the squad, the way we want to play," he said. It could, given the chances United created before and after their first-half goals, have been an even more emphatic result and the way they approached the game, with real self-belief, shows that something is working at the club's Carrington training ground.
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The 61-year-old Becali, who made a fortune in real estate after the fall of communism in 1989 and served as a member of the European Parliament, praised CFR Cluj coach Dan Petrescu, a former Chelsea and Southampton right back, for restoring discipline at the club. Look at Dan Petrescu," said Becali. CFR players have sex only once a week.
Four out of Isloch Minsk's games this season have been played on home soil and here's another one. They won their first two league games of the new season (both at home) against Neman Grodno and Smolevichi (both currently in the bottom three). Their 100% record ended when meeting better opposition with consecutive losses to Slutsk (the current league leaders) and at defending league champions Dinamo Brest.
Players and staff had all been quarantining in team hotels all week and are being tested for coronavirus regularly. As they left the buses they wore facemasks on their way into the ground. Other people attending the games, including the media, had their temperatures checked. Fans were banned from matches, with police patrolling to make sure no crowds gathered at the venues. Only 213 people were allowed into the ground - 98 on and around the pitch (like players, coaches and ball boys) and 115 in the stands (such as security, medics and media).
I had the feeling that we are in the moment. We prepared well for this game and in the end we had more power. It's hard to put it into words. To come back after one down against such a strong side. We deserved to turn it because we had so many chances. It was a fantastic team performance. A big part of Southampton's resurgence this season is down to Hasenhuettl's decision to switch to a back four, abandoning the 3-5-2 and 3-4-3 formations that let them down earlier in the campaign.
And this is where Ancelotti's reputation will come in, where his name alone and the opportunity to play under him will attract players who would not have previously considered Everton. Would this be the case with Moyes, whose name was greeted with such negativity by Toffees supporters when raised? Would this be the case with Bournemouth's Eddie Howe or the Portuguese coach Vitor Pereira, who were also mentioned?It would not.
The quicker we reach a final position the better, but there is no doubt this is the most complicated and challenging situation our game has faced in living memory," Doncaster said. Now is the right time to act. We all know there are no easy answers or simple solutions, but the board's recommended proposal will give us a far greater degree of certainty, minimise the harm to the game overall. Doncaster confirmed that approving the plans would mean end-of-season payments could be made to lower league clubs, something that would alleviate "significant further financial harm".
They have won seven of the last 10 matches and have eight clean sheets in the 10 matches. Going to this game, Al Ahly haven’t been scoring a lot; in their last four matches, they have scored more than a goal in just one match. At the world stage though, the African giants have managed just four wins in their 13 matches.
Serie A match delayed minutes before kick-off amid calls for league suspension Chaos reigned minutes before the match was scheduled to start, as players were called back into the dressing room from the tunnel as they awaited a decision on whether the game was to go ahead. That followed a call from Italy’s sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora to suspend the league amid the coronavirus outbreak.
MUMBAI, Nov 26 (Reuters) - England's impressive qualifying campaign for the European Championship has sent fans' expectations soaring but former defender Micah Richards says the side may not be the finished article when the tournament comes around next year. Gareth Southgate's squad secured their place at next year's finals in emphatic fashion with seven victories from eight games, scoring 37 goals and conceding only six.
Marcelo Bielsa's side were matched by the Tigers in a first half without a shot on target, but the hosts turned the screw in the last half-hour. After Helder Costa's goal was ruled out for offside Leeds went ahead in fortunate style when the Portugal winger's cross was diverted into his own net by Jordy de Wijs. Then, after goalkeeper Kiko Casilla stopped Tom Eaves heading Hull level, the home side countered and scored a second - sub Ezgjan Alioski finishing from a tight angle after Patrick Bamford hit the post.
These two sides drew 2-2 in their reverse fixture back in October and Slovan Bratislava have only picked up one win from their five group games while Braga are yet to lose a single match in the Europa League this season, which is why we have backed the visitors with a double chance bet this Thursday.
An early goal from Saul Niguez was enough to win a compelling, engrossing, intense game of football that was everything the Champions League knockout stages should be. The second leg will be an absolute belter, the only shame that it kicks off in three weeks' time, not immediately. See alsoAtlético Madrid v Liverpool - Champions League LIVE Inspired by a bouncing Wanda Metropolitano, itself inspired by a bouncing Diego Simeone, Atletico started the game quickly and shoddy defending from Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold eventually handed them a corner, swung into the box by Koke.
This fixture features no. 13 vs No. 4 in the league, El Gounah vs Al Ahly. The hosts coming from a 0 - 0 draw with FC Nasr ( no. 16 in the league) and their last home game a 1 - 0 win over Misr el maqasa. The visitors coming from a 1 - 5 away win to Aswan FC (no. 15 in the league) and that is also their last away game. The hosts winning their last home game to a team above them means they will come here looking for goals facing a team coming from playing a team below the hosts scoring multiple goals and conceding one goal in the process means they will concede and score leading this game to an over 2.5
Espanyol are currently bottom of La Liga, but the Portuguese boss still expects a difficult test for his team. The table doesn't mean anything, it's a different competition and we're going to face a very tough opponent with quality players," he added. Abelardo [Fernandez] is a good manager. I know him, I've faced him before and it's going to be very tough for us. Espanyol is a very good team. There are differences in the competitions, but I'm not a 100% follower of La Liga now.
The home team can cause some trouble for a good away team in this match, the home team have showed they can win matches and have won 6 in a row at home. They have been one very powerful team when it comes to scoring goals and have had no trouble with doing this. They are starting to become better at defending in their matches as well, they are playing good all over the ground and not really allowing any teams who visit here to take any control of the games and this has allowed the home team to win more
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Los Ches carry a record of only one clean sheet in ten games themselves into Wednesday's game, so it seems far fetched to think they might repeat their Stamford Bridge defensive heroics when they meet Chelsea in their Champions League re-match on Wednesday.
Coventry city is here to host Lincoln City on Saturday in the league one game of England, the kick off will be at 17:00, So far the hosts are demonstrating its qualityness in football because they record many wins so far than loses so I opined that they will easily take all points and they have no worries of injuries so far and they have good strikers and solid defense ,that means they are not conceding too much and they have good scoring rate.
Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster has agreed a new two-year contract to keep him at the club until the age of 39. Foster, 37, made his Hornets debut while on loan in 2005 and has made nearly 150 appearances in two spells. The former England international has been ever-present in the Premier League this season - making 89 saves. Watford, in 17th place, resume their Premier League season against Leicester on Saturday 20 June.
GIROUD STAYING AT CHELSEA, SAYS LAMPARD Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has confirmed striker Olivier Giroud will stay at Stamford Bridge after the club failed to land a new striker in the window. He has been incredible as a player and a man during this time. Will he leave? No. He trained today. No ins and no outs," Lampard told a news conference.
Cagliari to restart training despite advice Serie A side Calgiari have confirmed that first-team training will resume in small groups, despite advice from the Italian players' union that it is still not safe due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Cagliari Calcio announces that the resumption of the first team's athletic activities has been scheduled for Monday, March 23rd," said a statement.
Depending on where they are in that range of projected revenue (£560-580m), and if City and Liverpool do well in the Champions League, it could be very, very close. If you think about where we were 10 years ago, the idea that City would overhaul United in financial terms would have seemed far-fetched.