Most football commentators in Portugal point out that despite Monday's victory in the Benfica league, the Eagles' side is in poor shape. The media also indicate that before today's match with Lech Poznań, chaos and nervousness prevail in the ranks of the Lisbon team, which is especially infectious for the coach.more
Former England midfielder Steve Hodge has insisted the shirt worn by Diego Maradona in scoring two iconic goals against the Three Lions in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final is not for sale. Hodge swapped shirts with Maradona, who died last week at the age of 60, at the end of the match in which the Argentine legend punched home what became known as the "Hand of God" goal.more
Newcastle United’s trip to Aston Villa on Friday has been postponed after the north-east club reported a “significant” rise in positive Covid-19 test results – a number believed to run into double figures – and the Premier League board agreed to defer the game.more
Liverpool booked their place in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday with a 1-0 win over Ajax at Anfield, while Porto also qualified after a goalless draw with Manchester City.more
UEFA intends to test the "remote VAR" at today's Sevilla-Chelsea London Champions League match, with video assistants working remotely in a dedicated room at the European Football Union headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.more
Robert Lewandowski, Ewa Pajor and Paulina Dudek are on the lists nominated for the teams of the year of the European Football Union. The best eleven will be selected in the vote of Internet users and UEFA observers, which will end in January.more
The Barcelona president who made Pep Guardiola coach and oversaw the most prolific period in the club’s history presented his campaign to lead the club for a second time in a press conference on Monday and made keeping Lionel Messi his priority.more
Lukasz Fabianski was not defeated from a penalty for the second time this season, his West Ham United defeated Aston Villa 2-1 and advanced to fifth place in the league table of England. The visitors conceded their first goals and points away this season.more
Joachim Loew will remain in charge of Germany for next year's delayed European Championship despite a series of poor recent results, the German football federation (DFB) announced Monday.more
Liverpool and Real Madrid are among the teams that can qualify to the 1/8 finals of the Champions League in today's 5th round games. Six teams are already participating in the knockout stage, including Robert Lewandowski's Bayern Munich and Wojciech Szczesny's Juventus Turin.more
Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick has confirmed that Robert Lewandowski will not play tomorrow's Champions League match in Madrid against Atletico. The Polish footballer will be saved, as will Manuel Neuer and Leon Goretzka. Their team is already sure to advance to the 1/8 finals.more
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that his government is preparing to organize special events to pay tribute to the late Argentine footballer Diego Maradona.more
The Napoli players, with Piotr Zieliński in the basic squad, defeated Roma 4-0 at home in the 9th round of the Italian Premier League. The meeting was devoted to the legendary Argentinian Diego Maradona, who passed away on Wednesday, a former player of the team from Naples.more
Real Sociedad drew 1-1 at home with Villarreal, third in the 11th round of the Spanish league, and remained the leader. However, he only has a point ahead of Atletico Madrid, which have played two games less.more
Kingsley Coman scored one goal and set up another as Bayern Munich came from a goal down to beat VfB Stuttgart 3-1 on Saturday and stay top of the Bundesliga.more
Pascal Gross' controversial injury-time penalty rescued a deserved draw for Brighton, although Liverpool still went top of the Premier League. It was Brighton's second penalty of the game after Neal Maupay fired a first-half spot-kick wide at the Amex Stadium.more
In early March, UEFA is to decide whether and how many fans will sit in the stands of next year's European Championship, postponed from 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Four scenarios are prepared, the first one assumes that the stadiums will be full.more
Robert Lewandowski won the first edition of the poll of the Spanish daily "As" and the organization of the World Football Summit for the footballer of the year 2020. The best female footballer was Pernille Harder from Chelsea London.more
The first team match against the third team of the Spanish league usually meant that Real Madrid or Barcelona players would run out on the pitch. In the 11th round in San Sebastian, however, the teams of the unexpected leader of Real Sociedad and Villarreal will face off. The match will take place tomorrow at 20:00 local time.more
The Polish national team fell to the 19th place, i.e. one place, in the latest ranking of the International Football Federation (FIFA). Belgium remains the leader, followed by France and Brazil.more
Arsenal are set to become the first Premier League club to invite supporters back into their stadium to watch live football when they host Rapid Vienna in the Europa League next Thursday.more
Arsenal's academy products helped the team cruise into to the knockout stage of the Europa League on Thursday, while Leicester needed a late equalizer from Jamie Vardy to advance.more