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Jesse Marsch, the head coach of the Canadian national team, has praised new Juventus striker Jonathan David – stating that he is the second best striker in Europe behind Erling Haaland and that a partnership between the Canadian and Victor Osimhen would see 50 goals per season. TORONTO, ON – JUNE 10: Jonathan David #10…
The Premier League is ruthless, and the numbers don’t lie. Just ask Ruud van Nistelrooy, sacked by Leicester after picking up just 19 points from 27 games. That record now puts him firmly among the worst Premier League managers of all time. To be clear, this isn’t about stand-ins or short-term caretakers. Every manager on…
The board at La Liga outfit Celta Vigo have earmarked their first-choice replacement for attacker Fer López. That’s according to Mundo Deportivo, citing newspaper La Grada, who point towards Álex Calatrava as the player in the sights of the Celestes. Calatrava, for his part, is fresh off a standout campaign in Spain’s 2nd tier in…
Brescia were founded in 1911, when professional football in Italy was in its early stages, and earned promotion to the top flight two years later. When Serie A was formed in 1929 to implement a stronger two-tier structure throughout the country, they were among the 18 clubs included. A solid 10th-placed finish in that debut…
Lionel Messi recorded a brace to go along with his age-defying first goal to give Inter Miami the go-ahead score in MLS action Saturday night. Inter Miami improved to 9-5-3 on the year with a 4-1 victory over CF Montreal. Messi, who had been playing in the Club World Cup, made his first MLS appearance…
The latest two winners of the UEFA Champions League will square off in one of the semifinals of the FIFA Club World Cup this week in New Jersey. Real Madrid continued to advance without many minutes from striker Kylian Mbappé, but the French striker netted a spectacular bicycle-kick goal amid a wild stoppage-time finish for…
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Real Madrid’s Club World Cup quarterfinal against Borussia Dortmund had taken three crazy turns during nine minutes of second-half stoppage time when Marcel Sabitzer chested the ball and sent a right-footed volley toward Thibout Courtois’ post. Courtois leapt to his right, extended the long arm on his 6-foot-7 frame and…
Lionel Messi scored two brilliant goals to lift Inter Miami to a 4-1 victory over Montreal in Miami’s return to Major League Soccer action on Saturday in the wake of their elimination from the Club World Cup. Miami were playing their first MLS game in more than a month. They had advanced past the first…
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Kylian Mbappé’s spectacular bicycle kick was among three goals in second-half stoppage time, and Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in a Club World Cup quarterfinal match on Saturday as goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois used his fingertips to palm away the potential tying goal on the game’s final play. Gonzalo García…