A BOLA – V. Guimarães goes ahead with a victory by the smallest margin (Portuguese Cup)
Vitória de Guimarães is qualified for the 4th round of the Portuguese Cup, after beating Oliveira do Hospital, by 1-0, in a match held this Saturday morning, at Estádio Municipal de Tábua. Marcus Edwards, on 17 minutes, scored the only goal of the match, with the Englishman giving the best sequence to a cross from […]
THE BALL – “Full” of Messi’s Golden Ball, Evra advances another winner (Italy)
France Football delivers the Golden Ball next month and having already revealed the 30 finalists, there are declarations of intent for the favourites. The great candidate appears to be Lionel Messi, who would thus reach his seventh, but Frenchman Patrice Evra does not agree. «I think it will have to be for Jorginho or Kanté, […]
A BALL – Besiktas loses before facing Sporting (Turkey)
Besiktas, Sporting’s opponents in the Champions League, lost, this Friday, 2-3, in a visit to Basaksehir, in a game of the 9th round of the Turkish league. The first goal came in the 40th minute, through Okaka, a result that closed the first half. Alex restored parity (59′), but Okaka scored twice (83′) and put […]
A BALL – Benzema waits for Mbappé (Real Madrid)
Karim Benzema does not hide his expectations regarding the rumors pointing to the arrival of Kylian Mbappé at Real Madrid next season. The young French international has already turned down several offers to renew his contract with PSG and has always wanted to head to the Santiago Bernabéu one day. In an interview with TVE, […]
THE BALL – Jesus returned to the theme of coaches “who create and copy” (Benfica)
Jorge Jesus said a few days ago that some coaches create and others copy. Sergio Conceição and Rúben Amorim create or copy? The coach was asked about his statement in which he considered that only nine coaches in the world have the capacity to create and the rest copy. With the question directly citing two […]
A BALL – Sarri angry: «This is not football, it’s just money» (Lazio)
Maurizio Sarri is disgusted with the current schedule, because it is completely overloaded with games. “We trained for two weeks with few players and it’s difficult to assess the team. Every month we play seven matches in 19 days and then we are 11 days without players (selections). In reality, they train more at the […]
A BOLA – Ronaldo is the first winner of the award «Talent that Marks the World» (League)
Cristiano Ronaldo was voted “Talent that Marks the World” in a poll of the League’s Ambassadors, which highlights the players and coaches whose talent sparked off in Professional Football and who are currently shining. «I thank Liga Portugal for this distinction, which greatly honors me and makes me proud. This award, however, would not be […]
A BOLA – UEFA studies offside rule after controversial goal by Mbappé (video) (UEFA)
UEFA admits reformulating the offside rule after Kylian Mbappé’s controversial goal gave France the victory over Spain (2-1), in the League of Nations final. The French striker is ahead but an attempt to cut Eric Garcia validates the move, as was justified by the English referee Anthony Taylor at the time. UEFA’s director of refereeing […]
A BOLA – Bruno Lage leaves a guarantee on Fábio Silva (Wolverhampton)
Wolverhampton coach Bruno Lage said that the loan of Fábio Silva in January is not being considered and challenges the young forward to fight for a place in the team. «I’m counting on Fábio», he assured when asked about the 19-year-old Portuguese. “At this age it is important not to run away from challenges and […]
A BOLA – Milan is still thinking about Yaremchuk (Benfica)
Benfica beat several competitors last summer in the race for Roman Yaremchuk, forward who left Gent for the eagle emblem knowing that Milan, for example, was one of the clubs that were following the career of the 25-year-old Ukrainian years old. The Italian website Calciomercato.it reported yesterday that the team led by Stefano Pioli continues […]