It awakened the small boy in him, the one who sneaked into Hampden Park to watch Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3 in the 1960 final. It brought a glamour and prestige that even 13 domestic titles could not provide. And it was the acid test of his intelligence, tactical awareness and man-management ability.
Figures accurate at 06:00 GMT show 382 cases of the virus in the UK, with six deaths. The disease, which can cause a fever, cough and breathing problems, is spreading around the world and has already affected more than 116,000 people. It has impacted on the staging of sport events around the world, with Italy's Serie A suspended and French and Spanish top-flight games being played behind closed doors.
It may seem strange to younger readers, but back in the early 2000s Chelsea were actually pretty likable. How far away that all seems now. HAT TIP Over on the Athletic (£), a deep dive into the state of things at Bournemouth, who are in deep trouble this season. The mysterious injury crisis is particularly intriguing.
Marcello is better than their rival in this competition, and have only one losing match, comparing to three of the home side. however, it can be very close match, with a lot of fight in the mid of the line, where both teams are having a lot of players. Host does not have draw in the competition, and away side would be ok to win a point from this visit.
Posted at 68' Foul by Anthony Gordon (Everton). Posted at 68' Robert Snodgrass (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 67' Offside, Everton. Tom Davies tries a through ball, but Djibril Sidibé is caught offside. Posted at 65' Attempt saved. Yerry Mina (Everton) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Lucas Digne with a cross. Posted at 64' Corner, Everton.
Arsenal, who are looking to win the competition for a record-extending 14th time, travel to Sheffield United. Norwich's reward for beating Tottenham on penalties is a home tie against either Manchester United or Derby, who play in the final fifth-round tie on Thursday. The quarter-finals will be played across the weekend of March 21 and 22, and there will be no replays.
His linkup play was faultless, leading to Sissoko’s strike with just over 15 minutes to go, and alongside Son, he led some devastating counter attacks. PLAYER RATINGS Tottenham: Gazzaniga 6, Aurier 6, Sanchez 6, Alderweireld 7, Vertonghen 6, Sissoko 7, Dier 6, Lucas 7, Dele 7, Son 8, Kane 8. Subs: Sessegnon 5, Skipp n/a, Parrott n/a Burnley: Pope 6, Lowton 5, Tarkowski 5, Mee 6, Pieters 5, McNeil 7, Hendrick 6, Cork 6, Brady 6, Wood 6, Rodriguez 6.
Malcolm Clarke, chair of the Football Supporters' Association, told BBC Sport: "We're looking at what the party manifestos offer supporters across a range of issues - grassroots football, transport, better governance, diversity issues and, of course, standing. It's encouraging to see all the major political parties backing standing at football. There's been real progress in recent years, and we look forward to the next government, whichever party that happens to be, working with the football authorities to help make it happen.
Bundesliga 1. Team Union Berlin will play at home with team Augsburg. Hosts lost their first matches in new year. Their shape is not well. Also they have a problems with some main players before this match. Augsburg lost last their game. But their rivals were players from Dortmund. There they scored 3 goals . So , I think that their shape is not bad. I am waiting that club from Berlin in the second part will lose many points. And today I bet on guests with AH ( 0 ) . Odds are so good and I recommend to try this bet with me .
However, it would now take an implosion of unprecedented proportions to deny the Reds a first top-flight title in 30 years. No airs and graces, just hard work'Sheffield United enjoyed a stellar 2019 of their own, in which they achieved promotion back to England's top division for the first time since 2007 before exceeding expectation to end the year firmly embedded in the top half of the table. Such has been their form under Chris Wilder only three sides in the country had a superior points-per-game record across 2019 - the current Premier League leaders, the top-flight's reigning champions Manchester City and West Brom, who presently have the joint most points in the Championship.
Lionel Messi was already on three goals when Braithwaite came off the bench two days after completing a surprise move from La Liga strugglers Leganes and the Denmark international soon helped the Barca captain get his fourth goal. The 28-year-old beat a defender before sending a diagonal pass towards Messi, who teased his way past Eibar's goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic to make it 4-0 before congratulating his new team mate.
Various teams have tested players for the virus, including Valencia, who said on Monday that 35 percent of their first-team squad and staff have tested positive for the coronavirus but were asymptomatic. There have been at least 491 coronavirus fatalities in Spain and over 11,000 people have been infected, according to government statistics on Tuesday, with the country in partial lockdown.
aalesund started this season very very bad with 2 defeats and believe it or not but their defense aloud 11 goals to their opponents and after that I m sure their confidence is not on high level at all and also their coach needs to find better defenders so for this game I don't think they will be ready for bran and I think it is very realistic Alesund is going to lose one more game at the season start, on the other hand bran started with two wins and they seems to be very good team so I surely recommend this bet
Melbourne City will host Perth Glory for this fixture of the league. Hosts probably are favorites in this game. Melbourne are more ambitious team in this season. They are currently on the 2nd place with 16 points. Also, the hosts are in better shape. I think, they will try to capitalize advantage on their pitch. Also, we have Perth Glory who's is also ambitious team in this league. However, they have fallen into a very poor show in this campaign. They are currently bottom of the table. Yeah, the visitors have a very difficult task. In any case, they have the motivation to change their position. My pick - Perth Glory to win.
I thought the club played a masterstroke," said Baraclough. They could have quite easily gone for a full Rangers crowd, but why should we give them the advantage?"Lasley concedes little mental rest was offered by the comfort of a two-goal lead. It was the most draining experience of my career," he explains. My son and daughter both have a tile in the tunnel as you go out and I like to touch them as I go by.
Paper Round’s view: Coutinho has lost his way a little since he failed to settle at Barcelona, and with coronavirus hampering the finances of Europe’s top clubs, a huge transfer fee would probably put them off. However, the same development means that Barcelona may be willing to let him leave on a cheap deal for a year or two to avoid having to pay Coutinho’s wages anymore.
FC Nantes v Toulouse FC predictions for this Ligue 1 match. Both sides find themselves caught in a bout of poor form but can either team muster up enough quality to get three points here? Read on for our free Ligue 1 predictions and betting tips.
We feel Rangers are in with a good shot of winning this game while keeping a clean sheet, so we are backing Rangers to win this game to nil. Rangers have scored at least three goals in five of their last seven Scottish Premiership games. We are also backing a 3-0 win for Rangers here.
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Moussa Dembele has 20 goals in all competitions, none of which have been scored in the Champions League. Lyon have failed to make it past the Round of 16 stage in their last three attempts. Lyon have never beaten Juventus, failing to win any of their six competitive matches. Juventus travel to France this week for the first leg of their round of 16 Champions League clash against Lyon.
Media playback is not supported on this device Highlights: Eastleigh 3-0 Stourbridge 'Great time to be a Boston fan'Rochdale v Boston United (Sunday, 1 December - 14:00 GMT)These are exciting times at Boston United. The Pilgrims are poised to move to a new £12m ground while they are challenging for promotion from National League North - as well as one win away from a place in the third round for the first time since 2004-05.
BATE are four points clear at the top of the Belarus Premier League and stretched that lead on Wednesday when going to Dinamo Brest and beating them 3-1. They took a first half lead but were pegged back to 1-1 by half-time. Two goals in the 74th and 80th minutes secured the win for them. BATE started this season with two away league defeats and a loss at Slavia Mozyr in the away leg of the Belarus Cup semi-final.
Thistle, in particular, were the most notable casualty in the resolution being passed. They're bottom of the Championship, so they're automatically down despite being just two points behind Queen of the South with a game in hand. Thistle and Stranraer weren't mapped in the original statement. Never mind sympathising with them, there was no mention of their fate at all until a clarification was put out five minutes later confirming that, yes, the pair of them were going down.
Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante is likely to be out for up to three weeks with an adductor injury, says boss Frank Lampard. The France World Cup winner suffered the injury during the 2-0 home defeat to Manchester United last Monday. His absence is a setback for Chelsea, who have six league and cup games in the next three weeks. He has a muscle injury, similar to the one he picked up against Arsenal," said Lampard.
The two matches will be "most probably" played behind closed doors, a BFU official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said. A raft of sports events globally have been called off due to the coronavirus. UEFA has banned players and match officials from shaking hands in line with recommendations made by the World Health Organization.
Media playback is not supported on this device Watch: Firmino’s stoppage-time goal sends Liverpool to the final In that way, they remind me of Manchester United teams of old, who would almost beat you in tunnel before the game kicked off. Psychologically, that is a huge advantage. It is all part of the aura really great teams have. I've played against sides who have it, and even if you go a goal up, you are thinking they will come back and wondering how you can hold on.
Augsburg will be in the field with the away team Paderborn and this game we have predicted it and under of 3.5 total goals as looking at this two teams last meetings they are not used of scoring an over of 3.5 total goals and so this makes us to be very sure with this prediction on this game
Inter Milan have the best away record of any Serie A team this season. Napoli are unbeaten in their last five matches in all competitions, winning four times. Inter Milan have lost their last three domestic matches. Inter Milan won 3-1 on their last visit to Napoli. Napoli host Inter Milan in the second leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final on Saturday, more than four months after the first tie.
Interim head coach Hansi Flick has made an impressive start and Bayern have said he will be in charge "until further notice", although there is no indication yet of a permanent deal. Pochettino has all the credentials and the news of his sacking is sure to alert the Bundesliga giants. Will he return to the Premier League? It is hard to see which jobs would attract him. The next Premier League big one that might become available? Well, Unai Emery is under pressure at Arsenal.
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If it's not possible, it's not possible. For me the great thing is that we're all together on this at the club. There's nobody to blame and say you could do better than you did. We don't want a striker to just help us now, to be useful for us. We want a striker to be good for our future, possibly to play with Harry Kane together in the future.
Yet it was a deserved victory for Gian Piero Gasperini's side which ended Atalanta's four-match winless league run, while condemning Brescia to a sixth consecutive defeat. The win keeps Atalanta sixth in the standings on 25 points while Brescia remain rooted to the bottom of the table with just seven points.
GOAL! Manchester United 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Mata) That Wolves attack breaks down and Maguire is allowed time to pick and sling a long ball down the left channel for Martial, who ducks inside, ahead of Coady, waits . Mata in! Like a geriatric spaniel, he drives for the box, feints to shoot and sits Ruddy down, then sinks a lovely finish into the net.
Bloom rubber-stamped a club-record £20m deal to buy defender Adam Webster from Bristol City last summer and kept hold of skipper Lewis Dunk, who was linked with a £45m move to Leicester. In the current climate, he does not see such deals happening this year. I don't think the market will be nearly as active as in previous seasons," he said. And the total transfers will be a very small percentage of what it has been in previous summers.
Leicester striker Jamie Vardy needs one goal to take his Premier League tally to 100 and become the 29th player to do so. Bournemouth v Crystal Palace *Bournemouth are looking to avoid a third successive Premier League defeat at the hands of Palace. Palace are aiming to win four successive top-flight matches without conceding a goal for the first time, having sealed 1-0 victories in their last three games.
Football in England must think creatively or risk dire consequences, including civil war within clubs, says Fleetwood chairman Andy Pilley. With football suspended as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, there is concern about the ability of clubs, especially in the lower leagues, to survive financially. I don’t think anything is off the table. We have to evolve," Pilley told BBC Radio 5 Live. Football has to think creatively and be inventive here, otherwise we run a real risk.
Hurricane Edouard was at the forefront of Storm Celtic. How long could Copenhagen weather the waves of yellow and green? The answer was 14 minutes. A flowing move was started by a pass out of defence from Christopher Jullien. Ryan Christie and James Forrest were then involved before the goal was sumptuously scored by Edouard with the deftest of delicate chips over the advancing keeper. Nearly 4,000 Celtic fans celebrated wildly and urged their side to keep up the pressure.
I think that this odds is really amazing on goals in this match from Qatar elite league and I will bet on that option. So, Umm Salal is team who is team who is in this moment last on the table and they need to play better this match, if they want to win very important points. 2-2, 1-2 and 2-1, they are played in last three matches, and if we know that they will today play against last team on the table - than it is clear that this match will be similar and efficient. I will try that here.
In the betting, 'Over 2.5 Goals' stands out as a viable option. When the pair met in the initial tie, although only two goals went in, there was no shortage of attacking play or chances. The teams shared 29 shots, eight of which hit the target. What's more, Bristol Rovers have made a habit of being involved in high-scoring games of late, as three or more goals have been scored in each of their last five matches, as well as in four of their last five on the road.
Norwich have conceded two or more in five of their last seven away league games. Chelsea have scored two or more in six of the last seven home league games. Norwich have one win in their 17 away league matches. Norwich have lost each of their last eight matches. Chelsea have four straight wins at home, with three clean sheets.
Half of Premier League clubs are sponsored by bookmakers and there are concerns about the potential impact on young fans and vulnerable people. The Betting and Gaming Council chair, Brigid Simmonds, told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that bookmakers are "considering" a voluntary ban on football shirt sponsorship and pitchside advertising, expanding on the whistle-to-whistle ban on television gambling adverts introduced last year.
