Cristiano Ronaldo earns another share of Champions League history with strike against Bayer Leverkus
Cristiano Ronaldo earned a share of another Champions League record with his goal in Juventus 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday.
The Portugal superstar drilled through the legs of Lukas Hradecky late in the Group D contest at Allianz Stadium to complete a routine victory in which Gonzalo Higuain and Federico Bernardeschi were also on target.
Leverkusen became the 33rd team in the competition that Ronaldo has scored against, meaning the 34-year-old matched a benchmark set by his fellow Real Madrid great Raul.
Ronaldo is already the player with the most goals in Champions League history, while his 17 strikes in Madrid s 2013-14 success was the most netted by a player in a single campaign.
33 Cristiano Ronaldo has scored to the joint-most different…
Alexandre Letellier s 89th-minute penalty save helped Angers into the Coupe de France final before Karl Toko Ekambi capped a dramatic conclusion in Tuesday s 2-0 win over Guingamp.
For much of a turgid affair at Stade Raymond Kopa, Thomas Mangani s well-taken goal shortly before half-time looked to have settled this semi-final.
But in a remarkable finish, Guingamp Coupe de France winners in 2009 and 2014 were awarded a spot-kick when Angers captain Cheikh Ndoye was adjudged to have handled a cross when the ball struck him squarely in the stomach.
Justice was done, however, as visiting skipper Jimmy Briand saw his penalty tipped onto the left-hand post by Letellier, before substitute Ekambi rifled home in stoppage time as Angers booked their place in th…
As reported by the , Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing Andre Onana from Ajax, but they face competition from the likes of Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona.
After the departures of Frenkie de Jong and defender Matthijs de Ligt last summer to Barcelona and Juventus, respectively, as well as Hakim Ziyech s agreement to join Chelsea this year, the 24-year-old goalkeeper is expected to head through the exit door too. The Dutch champions apparently value him at around £25 million.
Both Chelsea and Spurs are contemplating the Cameroon international as a potential solution for their problems between the posts, with the futures of both Kepa Arrizabalaga and Hugo Lloris in London far from certain. Onana faced both Premier League clubs in the Champions Leag…
As Tottenham s Champions League dreams unravelled in line with Jose Mourinho s drip-drip doomsaying, it was tempting to wonder how the Spurs boss might have talked up RB Leipzig s chances were he in the stylish shoes of opposite number Julian Nagelsmann.
How could you expect success for a team looking to Manchester City s third choice left-back, who was parachuted in as a loan January signing, for a chunk of their attacking threat?
And what about your star striker being unable to train for two weeks, cruelly robbing him of match sharpness?
Oh, that s before you consider he must line up in a front three alongside a Paris Saint-Germain reject and a big money flop sent packing by Roma.
Of course, Angelino produced a rip-roaring display in this thumping 3-0 w…
Jose Mourinho has described the reunion of Zinedine Zidane and Real Madrid as perfect .
Having coached the Spanish giants between 2010 and 2013, Mourinho had been linked with a return to the Santiago Bernabeu to replace Santiago Solari, who was sacked following Madrid s Champions League exit at the hands of Ajax.
Former club chief Ramon Calderon revealed to Love Sport Radio that president Florentino Perez preferred Mourinho, but pressure from the senior leaders in the Madrid locker room, including captain Sergio Ramos, swayed him towards Zidane.
The Portuguese, who was dismissed as Manchester United manager in December 2018, has given Zidane his endorsement by backing the Frenchman to show how good he is.
Primer entrenamiento de Zidane
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´We will work something out for Napoli clash´ – Leao suspension will force Pioli to shuffle his Mila
Stefano Pioli will work something out after the decisive figure of Rafael Leao was ruled out of next weekend s clash with Napoli following a red card in the 2-1 win over Sampdoria.
Leao had been sensational in the first half at Stadio Luigi Ferraris, setting up Junior Messias sixth-minute opener with one of three key passes – a total not bettered by anyone on the pitch.
However, his match ended just two minutes into the second half when he received a second booking after he struck Alex Ferrari in the face when attempting an overhead kick.
Samp pulled level through Filip Djuricic, but Milan sealed a fourth win in six Serie A games this season when Olivier Giroud powered home from the penalty spot after Gonzalo Villar had handled in the area.
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Everton great Kevin Ratcliffe has questioned why the club did not follow the sacking of manager Marco Silva by immediately appointing a permanent successor.
Silva s 18-month spell in charge at Goodison Park came to an end on Thursday, with the former Watford coach sacked following a dismal start to the season.
The club sit in 18th after 15 matches, with a 5-2 thrashing at the hands of Premier League leaders Liverpool in the Merseyside derby on Wednesday proving the final straw as Everton acted to offload Silva.
Everton said fan favourite Duncan Ferguson – who has been a first-team coach at the club since 2014 – would take charge for Saturday s match against Chelsea.
However, Ratcliffe was bemused by Everton not having a new full-time manager in pl…
Robin van Persie wrapped up one of the great careers on Sunday, making his final appearance for Eredivisie side Feyenoord.
The former Netherlands international was both a great goalscorer and a scorer of great goals in the Premier League with Arsenal and Manchester United.
Van Persie was also responsible for one of the most memorable World Cup goals of all time during his side s run to the final in 2014.
Selecting just a handful of Van Persie s best career goals is a tough challenge, but we have picked out five of his most famous strikes.
Arsenal v Charlton Athletic, Premier League, 2006
Having joined Arsenal from first club Feyenoord in 2004, Van Persie set about making his name and his stunning volley against Charlton Athletic certainly did that. A…
Todd Boehly s suggestion for the creation of a Premier League All-Star game attracted plenty of ridicule, but he certainly can t be accused of a lack of vision or creativity.
The new Chelsea co-owner – and chairman and interim sporting director – was speaking at a conference on Tuesday when he proposed the Premier League Americanised (or should that be Americanized ?) itself a bit.
A relegation play-off tournament between the bottom four teams was one idea; but the other, which attracted most of the headlines, was for a North v South All-Star game, pointing out Major League Baseball (MLB) in his native United States made $200million from such an event this year.
A potential Premier League All-Stars game was the talk of football media on Tuesday, so at Stats P…
Romelu Lukaku has been included in Belgium s 26-man squad for the Qatar World Cup, despite injury concerns.
Head coach Roberto Martinez warned that Lukaku had to prove his fitness for the group stage if he was to be named in the squad, which the striker appears to have done.
Belgium s record goalscorer Lukaku, on loan at Inter from Chelsea, made his comeback from a hamstring injury, coming off the bench to score against Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League on October 26.
However, that is one of just two appearances the 29-year-old has managed since August, with his last game coming on October 29 against Sampdoria.
There is no place for another forward plying his trade in Serie A, with Milan s Divock Origi left out, though his club team-mate Charles De K…