Click here to read Tuesday's Paper Round 09:50 - Van Basten suspended by Fox Sports Former Netherlands forward Marco van Basten has been suspended from his role as a television analyst for one week after using a term associated with Nazi rallies. The 55-year-old said "Sieg Heil", which in German means "hail victory", on the Dutch edition of Fox Sports after a German coach was interviewed by one of the channel's reporters for the De Eretribune show on Sunday.
Both of these two teams have seen over 2.5 goals on plenty of occasions this season. Eintracht failed to score in just two of their 16 Bundesliga games. Meanwhile, Paderborn have kept just two clean sheets this season.
From one of the most debt-ridden teams in the country, Flamengo became one of the richest. But still the trophies did not come. Well, not until the appointment of the messianic figure of Jorge Jesus in June. The former Benfica manager became a rare case of European 'mister' - the term Spanish and Portuguese players use to describe their boss - to take a job in South America. And he hit the ground running.
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said his side hit a season low point in the Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg loss to Manchester City. United were 3-0 down at the break, going on to lose 3-1, with Solskjaer saying his players' heads dropped after Bernardo Silva's 17th-minute opener. From 15 minutes to half-time was the worst we have played this season," said the United boss. We couldn't cope with the setback.
Posted at 68' Foul by Kieffer Moore (Wigan Athletic). Posted at 68' Patrick Bauer (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing. BookingPosted at 66' Cheyenne Dunkley (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 66' Foul by Cheyenne Dunkley (Wigan Athletic). Posted at 66' Sean Maguire (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
The Championship is the third English competition to resume in four days, following the restart of the Premier League on Wednesday and the League Two play-off semi-finals 24 hours later. Like the Premier League, the intention is for the Championship to be played to its full conclusion. League Two and League One, the other two competitions that make up the English Football League, have instead come back to decide only the final promotion spots via the play-offs after both campaigns were curtailed and decided on an average points-per-game system.
All 20 Premier League captains have started a WhatsApp group to coordinate a united response. Paper Round’s view: It is hard to feel sympathy for Premier League clubs on this one. Most are rich beyond their wildest dreams thanks to the television deal and are unlikely to be hit too hard by a fall in matchday revenue caused by a prolonged delay in the resumption of football and the possible completion of matches behind closed doors.
He joined the club with the Stags in the midst of a tricky run and although he has not yet found the winning formula, Mansfield fans will hope it is just a matter of time. The visitors are without a win in their last eight league matches and following Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at the hands of Bradford City, they are currently fifth from bottom with 24 points from their 24 games.
Wolves are undone by a simple long ball out of defence. Maupay latches onto it, takes a touch to control it and seems to catch Patricio by surprise with an early shot that flies into the corner of the goal. What a goal. GOAL! Brighton 2-1 Wolves: Within a matter of moments, Brighton have turned this game on its head! It's another cracking goal by the hosts.
Seven minutes later, the Brazilian made it 2-0, this time with his left foot, when he darted on to a Riyad Mahrez pass and buried a low shot past Pickford. The City fans - who had earlier seen a close-range Phil Foden strike ruled out for offside by the video assistant referee - did not celebrate either goal fully until the game had restarted. Guardiola's side also had to wait before securing the three points, with a couple of Ancelotti tactical tweaks seeing Everton go on the attack, and soon pull a goal back.
Wolves' Europa League last-16 first-leg match at Olympiakos on Thursday will be played behind closed doors because of the coronavirus outbreak. The Greek government announced on Sunday that all professional sports events for the next two weeks will be played without spectators. On Monday, Uefa confirmed it was the case for this fixture. Wolves had sold 1,000 tickets for the match. Uefa has joined the Premier League in banning pre-match handshakes.
Long-term up-and-down manager Leonardo Jardim was finally given the sack (again) at the tail end of last year with former Spain head coach Robert Moreno being brought in as his successor. Moreno has limited experience as a number one but has reportedly been given the full backing of the board. The Spaniard had a tricky start to his time in the principality with them hosting Ligue 1's second best defence Reims in the Coupe de France but they managed to get the 2-1 win via a brace from Keita Baldé.
SubstitutionPosted at 82' Substitution, Brentford. Kamohelo Mokotjo replaces Emiliano Marcondes. SubstitutionPosted at 81' Substitution, Brentford. Mads Roerslev Rasmussen replaces Henrik Dalsgaard. Posted at 81' Attempt blocked. Ollie Watkins (Brentford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Shandon Baptiste. Posted at 78' César Joel Valencia Castillo (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Bielefeld won 2-1 away at Holsten Kiel in their last fixture getting a 92nd minute winner. That ended a run of three straight draws. Their last three at home have all ended level too . The reverse fixture between these two sides ended in a 5-1 away win. Only one of their 13 home league games has been lost but despite being top of the league, they have only won six on home soil with six being drawn.
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Football's world governing body Fifa has been advised to launch legal action against former president Sepp Blatter and former Uefa president Michel Platini to recover more than £1. Blatter, 83, approved the "disloyal payment" of two million Swiss francs (£1. Platini on 18 January 2011. The money was transferred to Platini's bank account by Fifa two weeks later. It was subsequently established there was no basis for the payment to be made and it should be considered "a gift".
Home form isn’t helping them in their battle against relegation. Only one of their last ten home league games has been won. With home fixtures against both Watford and Aston Villa, their form at the London Stadium is going to be crucial. The same applies to their defending with only one clean sheet in their last ten league matches.
Assisted by Jack Harrison with a cross. Posted at 90'+6' Ben White (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 90'+6' Foul by Kieffer Moore (Wigan Athletic). Posted at 90'+5' Foul by Patrick Bamford (Leeds United). Posted at 90'+5' Michael Jacobs (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Strasbourg were one of the standout teams in France last season as they ended PSG's five year dominance of the Coupe de la Ligue by beating Guingamp in the final. This earned them a place in the Europa League qualifiers but so much early season football slightly scuppered their form in the first few months of the campaign with them sitting in the relegation zone by September. However, Thierry Laurey is a great coach and they have since shot right up the table to 13th with a series of impressive results.
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Odds are already going down on the over lines and should be further lower by the time starts tomorrow morning as for example last season when they met here the game ended in a -2 win for the hosts, this while in this start of the season Green Gully lost all 3 games played conceding 8 goals total and only scored 2 goals in a 4-2 loss for them away from home at St Albans while at home got defeated with 2-0 by Hume City and Avondale but those two sides are very good in this start of the season.
Pepe was also at the heart of their attacking endeavour as they were roared on by their fans. After scoring early on, he sent United left-back Luke Shaw halfway down the Holloway Road with a sharp turn before setting up Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who sliced a volley over. The Ivorian then fed Alexandre Lacazette, who somehow hit his shot out for a throw-in from about six yards out, before Torreira went close from another Pepe pass.
Sevilla vs Leganes predictions for Sunday morning’s La Liga fixture at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. After seven wins and two draws in their last nine matches in all competitions, 3rd placed Sevilla look banker material to dispatch bottom side Leganes n Andalusia this weekend. Read on for all our free La Liga predictions and betting tips.
MONDAY'S STORIES TOP HEADLINES Video - Ozil invited to visit Xinjiang by Chinese government official following Muslim crackdown allegation00:31 15:50 - King hoping experience will pay off for Spurs Ledley King is hoping that Tottenham's Champions League experience - and Jose Mourinho's pedigree in the competition - will be key to their round of 16 tie against RB Leipzig.
Before January I was at 20 goals, after I haven't scored yet but I'm five goals away from beating my record from last season and so confident I will be able to do it. At first I wasn't taking in that I hadn't scored against [United] and then the last two years I have known the record and have started to think about it too much. Now I am not thinking about it. I know I am going to get a moment. Game has grown in magnitude' City lost to United in the Premier League in December but knocked them out in the EFL Cup semi-finalsUnited go into the game at Old Trafford on the back of a nine-game unbeaten run in which they have kept seven clean sheets and scored 22 goals.
PLAYER RATINGS LEICESTER CITY: Schmeichel 6, Pereira 6, Soyuncu 6, Evans 6, Chilwell 6, Ndidi 6, Praet 6, Tielemans 6, Maddison 5, Vardy 5, Barnes 5. Subs: Albrighton 6, Perez 6, Choudhury 5. LIVERPOOL: Alisson 7, Alexander-Arnold 10, Van Dijk 8, Gomez 8, Robertson 8, Henderson 8, Wijnaldum 8, Keita 8, Salah 7, Firmino 9, Mane 8.
One of the scariest moments came in October 2011, a day when it could have ended even before it really got started. Celtic trailed Rangers by 10 points at the top of the league and found themselves 3-0 down at half-time at Rugby Park. That was a pivotal moment," he recalls. It's a bit of a walk down to the tunnel and I was looking at our fans and I said to myself, 'I'm not giving this up just yet'.
For all it's not been a vintage campaign for Portsmouth, one thing remains extremely positive and that is of course their form at Fratton Park. Regardless of the level that Pompey find themselves at, teams always struggle to operate on the south coast. This term, 12 teams have tried, but none have emerged victorious from a game in front of the Portsmouth faithful. Pompey have won seven of those 12.
United have been extenuating the positives as far as Ighalo is concerned. After the Wolves game, Solskjaer spoke about the Nigerian's "physical presence". In fairness, the 30-year-old's goalscoring record with Watford stands comparison with anyone at United, including the currently injured Marcus Rashford. But on the day Erling Braut Haaland scored two more for Borussia Dortmund, it was hard not to draw comparisons between the player Solskjaer hoped to sign last month and the one he eventually did.
The matchday experience at Birmingham isn't great, I don't like it," said White. I drag my parents, who are in their 80s, to Birmingham and we go because it's been a family tradition to go to football since 1968. But it's not the same as watching us in Coventry. St Andrew's is an away ground. It's not our home. There are not enough people there. White fears Coventry will miss out on a new generation of fans if the team is not back playing in the city soon.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino added: "This agreement and our commitment to helping players in a difficult situation show how we interpret our role as world football's governing body. We are also here to reach out to those in need, especially within the football community, and that starts with the players, who are the key figures in our game. In 2019, Fifa updated its disciplinary code to improve the framework for dealing with the non-payment of players' salaries.
No team in La Liga has a better home record than Barcelona. They have won 12 of their 13 games, losing none. And yet, it feels as though a bad result at the Camp Nou could be on the cards against La Real. Barca have struggled to settle under Quique Setien and we don't see them suddenly getting their act together when Sociedad come to town. Back the visitors double chance.
Posted at 46' Paul Pogba (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 46' Foul by David McGoldrick (Sheffield United). Second HalfPosted at Second Half begins Manchester United 2, Sheffield United 0. Norwich suffered a third straight Premier League defeat as they lost to Everton and are running out of time to prevent an immediate return to the Championship.
Rochdale have only lost one of their last five games in this competition. Boston United haven't knocked a league team out of the FA Cup since 2005. Rochdale are 18th in League One and are three leagues above their opponents, 7th placed Boston United. They meet in this FA Cup second round replay and there is a big prize for the winners.
The reaction has been phenomenal - although, possibly, getting more out of Christian Eriksen might be a bit trickier given the Dane's contract runs out at the end of the season. Yet, while he spent nearly £400m on new players during his time at Old Trafford, Mourinho seems to have inherited a more rounded squad than he ever managed to put together in Manchester. In Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen and Davinson Sanchez, he has three effective options in central defence, the position he was blocked from strengthening in his final year at United.
Barcelona had to resort to a two-day bus trip to their semi-final with Inter Milan. Even veterans of the Aberdeen-London Megabus route would struggle with the 650-mile drive across southern Europe, and most would agree it is not ideal preparation to play a game of football. Inter won their home leg 3-1, enough to see them through to the final where they beat Bayern Munich. What if Barcelona had been able to prepare for the tie normally? They had won and drawn against Inter in the group stages earlier in the competition and showed little sign of dropping their standards.
I am undecided what I want to do when I retire. Being a sporting director appeals to me more than coaching but I want to be involved in the game, whatever feels right for me at the time. I have no plans in the short term to go anywhere or play abroad but I would never shut those doors. I am focused on ending the season with Villarreal. Arteta has everything you need' Cazorla won two FA Cups alongside Arteta for Arsenal - scoring in the 2014 finalCazorla played alongside new Arsenal boss Arteta during his time at the Emirates and is confident the club have the right man in charge.
Hello. Today is going to be a very exciting football match in Championship. Two teams are facing each other in this match in England. Hull City vs Brentford. Both teams have played recently with results to follow, so the outcome of this game can be unpredictable. However, I find it interesting to place a bet on over 2.5 goals. . The guest are in good form. They are on 5 place with a total of 47 points. I think that the guest will win. Hull City have won only won one of their last five matches while Brentford. My bet: over 2.5
Millions of data points are taken from wearable technology that tracks workloads from training and matches, player injury history, fitness tests, and even sleep patterns to generate daily risk forecasts. Historical data is used to detect data patterns that precede injuries and alert when those data patterns emerge and help prevent the injury before it occurs. From here, teams are given risk forecasts and not only can they identify the type of injury a particular player could sustain if they are deemed "high risk", modifications can be made to that player's bespoke training schedule to avoid the injury occurring.
Asked if he is forthright enough with the club's executive vice-chairman Solskjaer said: "Of course I am. Ask him if I am. Of course we have got open discussions and of course we're open and honest and we talk. We are building towards something and I'm almost getting bored myself talking about this, and the fans will definitely be bored listening to me talk about what we do have as a vision and a plan.
Amstetten against GAK here, meeting of the Erste Liga of Austrian football that is played today afternoon at 19:10. Amstetten favored for the victory of the match comes from a 2-2 away draw against the same opponents in a match played in fields reversed a week ago; both teams have the same technical potential and it is possible that another draw will occur here; the Amstetten however does not play at all badly for being a team of low rankings -I got to see some of his matches and seems to be a pretty well organized team despite having no major player- so let's try 1 Ah-0.25 and Good Luck! ;-)
The SFA employs about 170 people, with BBC Scotland learning between 50-60 have been furloughed. The SPFL, employing about 20 staff, has had a quarter of its workforce placed on the scheme. Coronavirus - what are your club saying?Celtic wage cuts possible - LennonFinishing season now seeming unlikely as SPFL take legal advice"The impact of the virus on Scottish football is significant," said Petrie.
