Paris Saint-Germain can do great things in the Champions League if the attacking trio of Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi and Neymar continue their rich vein of form, according to defender Achraf Hakimi.
With Neymar operating just behind Mbappe and Messi, all three were on target as Christophe Galtier s side soared through to the knockout stages with a dominant 7-2 victory over Maccabi Haifa at Parc des Princes.
Supported by a midfield trio of Fabian Ruiz, Renato Sanches and Vitinha, the front three embraced the opportunity to express themselves more freely with PSG netting seven goals in a Champions League game for only the third time.
We played a good game, we fulfilled the objective of qualifying, Hakimi told RMC Sport 1. We scored a lot of goals. The coach chose …
Milan have completed the signing of Mike Maignan from Ligue 1 winners Lille ahead of the departure of fellow goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
The one-cap France international, who played a key part in Lille s stunning title success this term, has signed a five-year deal at San Siro for a reported €15million fee.
Maignan kept a league-high 21 clean sheets in 38 games – seven more than next-best Keylor Navas and Benoit Costil – and his save percentage of 78.9 was bettered only by the Paris Saint-Germain keeper among those to have played at least three times.
He made 180 appearances over six seasons for Lille in total and was named Ligue 1 s goalkeeper of the year in 2018-19.
Milan announced the arrival of Maignan, who is part of France s Euro 2020 squ…
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Shamrock Rovers and Shkupi will face each other in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round this week. The match will be held at the Tallaght Stadium in Dublin and is scheduled to kick off at 8pm UK time on Thursday.
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Shamrock Rovers are the biggest and most successful club in the Republic of Ireland. They are well-known abroad for their exploits in European competitions and have a pretty good history in Europe. The Hoops have won the League of Ireland/League of Ireland Premier Division a record 19 times and the FAI Cup as many as 25 times also a record.
The Rovers won the 2021 League of Ireland Premier Division title. Stephen Bradley’s side …
Arnaut Danjuma believes Tottenham must come to terms quickly with their dramatic 3-2 loss against Bournemouth as they chase a top-four finish.
Spurs were on the wrong side of a five-goal Premier League thriller on Saturday, after Dango Ouattara s 95th-minute strike sealed victory for the Cherries.
Danjuma had equalised at the end of normal time to seemingly rescue a point after Matias Vina and Dominic Solanke had cancelled out Son Heung-min s opener.
As a result, fifth-placed Spurs missed the chance to move level on points with Manchester United and third-placed Newcastle United, who suffered a 3-0 defeat to Aston Villa.
We have to come to terms with it, he told BBC Match of the Day. I think we did our best to pursue an extra goal. If you are Spurs, you …
Liverpool suffered a major blow to their title hopes when they stumbled to a 1-0 defeat at Leicester City.
Ademola Lookman scored, netting in consecutive Premier League appearances for the first time in his career, having grabbed a goal in the 6-3 Boxing Day defeat at Manchester City.
The former Everton player s contribution, after a rare penalty miss from Mohamed Salah, means City s lead in the title race stands at six points at the halfway stage in the season.
West Ham and Crystal Palace also won on Tuesday, while Southampton battled for a point against Tottenham.
After a big result in the context of the title race, Stats Perform takes a look at the pick of Tuesday s Opta data.
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Fernando Santos faces a tall order to win his opening Euro 2016 qualifier as Portugal boss with his side visiting Denmark next Tuesday.
Santos was appointed as Paulo Bento s replacement last month following Portugal s humiliating 1-0 loss to Albania in their Group I opener, although he is currently subject to an eight-game ban by FIFA for misconduct during Greece s World Cup last-16 penalty shoot-out loss to Costa Rica.
That ban, upheld on appeal by FIFA, will see him unable to oversee things from the touchline in Saturday s friendly with France or the clash with Denmark who Portugal have not beaten away from home since 1995.
Albania host Denmark three days earlier hoping to inflict a similar shock on the Scandinavians before visiting a Serbia side that will b…
Netherlands needed a fortunate late equaliser while Italy found a new and unlikely hero in Saturday s Euro 2016 qualifying.
Controversy surrounded the selection of Brazilian-born striker Eder in Antonio Conte s Italy squad for their trip to Bulgaria in Group H.
But the Sampdoria striker responded in the best possible fashion, scoring an 84th-minute leveller to rescue a 2-2 draw.
Guus Hiddink s Netherlands looked set to lose at home for the first time in a European qualifier until Klass-Jan Huntelaar deflected Wesley Sneijder s stoppage-time effort into the net to secure a 1-1 draw and avoid a third Group A defeat.
Here we round-up all of Saturday s qualifying action.
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Eidur Gudjohnsen marked his return to international f…
Lautaro Martinez scored the only goal as Inter made hard work of a 1-0 win over struggling Hellas Verona at San Siro.
Though the team effort was far from convincing, the Nerazzurri s in-form Argentina forward struck early to secure the narrow victory that moves them level on points with third-placed Juventus in Serie A.
Martinez has now netted three times in four appearances since his national team s World Cup success, while he took his league tally for the campaign to nine goals.
Meanwhile, Inter maintained their record of having never lost a top-flight match against Verona on home soil, where they have won each of their last eight games.
8 In his last eight games as a starter in , Lautaro Martínez has been involved in eight goals (six goals and two ass…
Bruno Fernandes says every Manchester United player must look in the mirror and accept blame for the club s poor run of form.
United were outclassed on home soil by one of their fiercest rivals for the second game running on Saturday as they fell to a 2-0 loss against Manchester City.
While City did not rack up the five unanswered goals managed by Liverpool at Old Trafford two weeks ago, the manner of the loss was just as chastening for the Red Devils.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s side had just four touches in the opposition box – their fewest in a league game since 2008-09 when Opta first began recording such data.
Those four touches were also the fewest by a home team in a Premier League game since Fulham against Arsenal in September 2020.
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Mourinho won only 51.2 per cent of his matches at Tottenham and left without lifting a single trophy, albeit he was sacked just days before the 2021 EFL Cup final.
His record in the English top flight before 2015-16 saw him boast a success rate of 69.4 per cent – since then it is just 48.5 per cent.
The 95 points won by Spurs during Mourinho s time at the club was the fourth highest in the Premier League. However, that was 21 fewer than former team Manchester United – Liverpool had 117 and Manchester City were out in front on 130.
Mourinho s teams are supposed to be hard to beat, that had essentially been his unique selling point for years, yet Spurs lost 13 times in 2020-21 under him – it was the worst season he has ever had in that regard.
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