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Atletico Madrid and Sevilla will face each other in La Liga this coming weekend. The match between Los Colchoneros and Los Nervionenses will be held at Estadio Metropolitano and is scheduled to kick off at 8pm UK time on Saturday.
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Atletico Madrid are one of the biggest clubs in Spain and regularly challenge for the La Liga title and compete in the UEFA Champions League. Diego Simeone’s side were expecting to at least compete with Barcelona and city rivals and defending champions Real Madrid for the La Liga title this season, but they will probably have to be happy with just a spot in the UEFA Champions League place.
Los Colchoneros are fourth in the La Liga table …
Manchester City have tied one of their star youngsters to a new deal, with Phil Foden putting pen to paper on a new contract running to 2024.
Foden is yet to start a Premier League game but is considered one of the brightest talents in England, although the 18-year-old has rejected comparisons to Barcelona icon Andres Iniesta.
City have lost out on some of their prized talent of late with Jadon Sancho moving to Borussia Dortmund, who he has helped to top the Bundesliga table, earning England caps in the process.
Brahim Diaz is also expected to follow Sancho away from the Etihad Stadium with Real Madrid reportedly lining up a deal for the teenager, whose contract is set to expire next year.
Stockport-born Foden committing his future to City is therefore a …
Spain coach Luis Enrique is refusing to look at the negatives from his side s loss to Japan, instead pointing to how well La Roja played across their World Cup group stage games.
Japan beat Spain 2-1 on Thursday to secure top spot in Group E, setting up a last-16 tie with Croatia while also condemning Germany to an early exit.
Spain had 82.3 per cent of the possession and attempted 1,058 passes to Japan s 228, and had 12 shots, with five hitting the target.
However, Spain s efforts only accumulated to 1.04 expected goals (xG), whereas Japan s six attempts added up to a combined xG of 1.45, with Ritsu Doan and Junya Ito scoring in the space of three second-half minutes.
If reports in the Spanish media are to be believed, former Barcelona coach Luis Enrique…
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson assessed that everything went wrong for the Reds in the 3-0 Premier League defeat to Brighton.
Jurgen Klopp s side suffered a sixth top-flight defeat of the season as Danny Welbeck added to Solly March s brace to seal a memorable win for the Seagulls at the Amex Stadium.
The Reds have now started a calendar year with two league defeats in a row for the first time since 1993, while they have also lost as many as five away league matches in a single season for the first time since the 2017-18 campaign.
They could end the weekend 10 points adrift of the top four and Henderson wants to see a reaction from his team-mates in their next few games.
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Erik ten Hag says Manchester United are not ready for the start of the Premier League season ahead of their opener against Fulham on Friday.
The Red Devils had a mixed pre-season, winning just two of their five games and losing the other three, before narrowly missing out on penalties in the Community Shield after a 1-1 draw with Manchester City last weekend.
Ten Hag was also unable to work with his full squad during their tour of the United States due to players getting extended breaks following their involvement in the Euros and the Copa America.
Having recently brought Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui to the club on Tuesday, the Dutchman admitted United have not had a lot of time to gel as a group before their first Premier League match.
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North Macedonia head coach Blagoja Milevski believes England have some of the best players in the world and admits his side need a “miracle” to get a result in their Euro 2024 qualifier at Old Trafford.
England top Group C having won their opening three games and can take a large step to reaching the finals in Germany next summer if they continue that run in Manchester on Monday night.
North Macedonia, meanwhile, let a two-goal lead slip to lose at home to Ukraine on Friday night and Milevski knows things are not about to get easier.
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“We shouldn’t waste words talking about the quality of this England team,” he said.
“Individually or as a team, they are one of the best, have…
Achraf Hakimi s red card in Paris Saint-Germain s loss to Lorient was very stupid , according to coach Christophe Galtier, who wants his side to be more ambitious.
The Ligue 1 champions slipped to a 3-1 defeat after they lost the defender inside the first 20 minutes to a second yellow card offence.
The loss leaves PSG still with an eight-point cushion at the summit, although it would be slashed to five if rivals Marseille were to win against Auxerre later on Sunday.
Reflecting on Hakimi s red, which came after poor challenges on Romain Faivre and Darlin Yongwa, Galtier professed his frustration with both the player and his side s wider performance.
[There is] no reason for Achraf to be tense and nervous, he said. The second card is very stupid. [There wa…
Inter thumped Red Star Belgrade 4-0 for their first victory in the Champions League this season, with Mehdi Taremi among the scorers as he got off the mark for the Nerazzurri.
Taremi also provided two assists as Simone Inzaghi s men cruised to three points at San Siro, building on their goalless draw at Manchester City on matchday one.
It was Hakan Calhanoglu that gave Inter the lead 11 minutes in, curling a sumptuous 25-yard free-kick in off the post to leave Omri Glazer in the Red Star goal with no chance.
Inter had the ball in the net on two more occasions in the first half, but Marko Arnautovic and Denzel Dumfries were adjudged offside, while later Henrikh Mkhitaryan blazed over the bar from close range.
Inter doubled their advantage just before the h…
Southampton striker Che Adams scored a stoppage-time winner as Saints claimed a dramatic 2-1 victory at Plymouth.
Adams controlled the ball and volleyed in from close range at the far post after Argyle keeper Conor Hazard had palmed out Adam Armstrong’s goal-bound header from a corner four minutes into added time.
That winner came after Nathan Tella had put the relegated visitors ahead in the 49th minute, only for Ryan Hardie to pull League One champions Argyle level moments later.
Argyle started well against a Saints side making their first visit along the south coast to Plymouth since 2011.
Finn Azaz, on another season-long loan at Home Park from Aston Villa, was quick to win the ball off Saints defender Jan Bednarek but his shot failed to trouble Gav…
Leeds and Northern Ireland midfielder Stuart Dallas has announced his retirement from professional football.
The 32-year-old has been sidelined since April 2022 after suffering a femoral fracture against Manchester City in the Premier League and in a statement confirming his retirement, Dallas revealed his knee has sustained “irreparable damage”.
“Today, with a heavy heart, I announce that I will be retiring from professional football,” the statement read.
“Over the past two years the Leeds medical team, along with the incredible surgeons in London, have worked tirelessly to help me recover from the injury I sustained in the game against Manchester City in 2022.
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