Football Blog (Page 239)

[ad_1] Gareth Taylor has insisted Manchester City’s performances have provided ‘something to build on’ despite suffering a pair of defeats in their opening two fixtures of the 2022/23 WSL campaign. City have gone through a summer of high squad turnover, with seven new arrivals and eight permanent exits, and have begun the new season with a surprise 4-3 loss to Aston Villa and a 2-0 defeat to Chelsea. “It’s not great but it is what it is,” said Taylor. “We’ve had two away games, two tough away games. We’ve gone to Villa who are a new team and have done tremendously well on the day,Read More →

[ad_1] Chelsea bounced back from their surprise opening day defeat to Liverpool to secure their maiden WSL victory of the season with a 2-0 win over Manchester City. Goals from Fran Kirby and Maren Mjelde either side of half time saw Emma Hayes’ side to victory, leaving City still looking for their first points of the season. Chelsea started the brighter and almost opened the scoring inside 30 seconds as Sam Kerr fired the wrong side of the post after Guro Reiten had crept in behind the City backline. Kerr was then gifted a sighting of goal by a lax Steph Houghton back pass, butRead More →

[ad_1] The final round of 2022/23 Nations League group stage fixtures are almost upon us and countries throughout Europe have plenty on the line. While some sides have already secured their fate for better or worse, qualification for next year’s finals is still up for grabs. So how does promotion and relegation work in the UEFA competition? Here’s what you need to know. For the 2022/23 Nations League, the 55 UEFA national teams were divided into four leagues of 16 teams – except League D, which has seven teams divided into one group of four and one group of three. The teams in League ARead More →

[ad_1] Gareth Southgate has insisted that he is the right man for the England job following a disappointing run of results. The Three Lions remain one of the favourites to win the FIFA World Cup this winter, but Southgate’s side have struggled for form of late, failing to win any of their last five games and suffering relegation in the Nations League. Perhaps the most damning stat from this poor run is, despite the wealth of attacking talent in the squad, they haven’t scored a goal from open play in five games. Speaking ahead of England’s Nations League clash with Germany on Monday at WembleyRead More →

[ad_1] Eduardo Camavinga has hailed Real Madrid teammates Luka Modric and Toni Kroos’ influence on his career. The talented young midfielder signed for Los Blancos in 2021 and has impressed thus far, being a key player off the bench last season as the club won the UEFA Champions League. Speaking in an interview with GQ, Camavinga discussed his adaptation to life at Real Madrid and compared the pressure at the club with that at his former club Stade Rennais: “I’m not shy, I talk to anyone really. It’s easy for me and ever since day one everyone was very friendly. “My adaptation was easy andRead More →

[ad_1] All the confirmed promotions and relegations from the 2022/23 UEFA Nations League. Credit: 90min.com[ad_2]Read More →

[ad_1] Virgil van Dijk has praised Netherlands teammate Jurrien Timber and claims the youngster is further ahead in his development than the Liverpool star was at his age. Timber has quickly established himself at Ajax, having previously worked under Erik ten Hag in the Eredivisie. The 20-year-old was a primary target for Manchester United, Ten Hag’s new club, over the summer but Ajax stood firm and eventually kept him at the club. Van Dijk and Timber played together in a back three alongside Nathan Ake in the Netherlands’ 2-0 victory in Poland on Thursday night and the Liverpool defender praised his teammate ahead of theirRead More →

[ad_1] Any clubs hoping to sign Brazilian starlet Joao Gomes will have to trigger his €60m release clause. Liverpool and Real Madrid have both been linked. (Mundo Deportivo) Manchester United are still mulling over whether to offer goalkeeper David de Gea a new deal. The 31-year-old is one of the Red Devils’ biggest earners and United’s wage bill reached a whopping £384m last season. (Telegraph) Manchester City are ‘convinced’ they will sign Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund next summer, though Liverpool, Chelsea and Man Utd remain in the hunt for the England international. (The Sun) However, Dortmund want an £83m fee paid up front ifRead More →

[ad_1] The Nations League continued on Saturday with no fewer than nine games taking place across Europe. We’re at the point of the campaign where wins and losses can dictate the final standings, and there were some major results in this latest batch of fixtures. Here’s a rundown of the night’s biggest clashes. Spain’s eight-game unbeaten run came to an end in surprising fashion as they fell to a 2-1 defeat at home to Switzerland. Manuel Akanji headed Switzerland ahead midway through the first half, setting the tone for the remainder of the game. The visitors sat back and gifted Spain possession – Luis Enrique’sRead More →

[ad_1] Scotland moved to the top of their Nations League group on Saturday evening with a 2-1 victory over the Republic of Ireland. An enthralling affair saw the visitors take the lead through John Egan, before a rip-roaring second half from the Scots saw goals from Jack Hendry and Ryan Christie to secure the three points. It looked like first blood to Ireland when Troy Parrott thundered home 11 minutes in, but the offside flag that everyone was waiting for came up eventually to rule the strike out. There was no ruling out Egan’s thunderous volley soon after, however. A corner led to some penaltyRead More →