Juventus’ quest to win Serie A this season might be over, but reaching the Coppa Italia Final remains very much in grasp. Tim Weah, Weston McKennie, and the rest of the Old Lady squad travels to Lazio for the second leg of their semifinal showdown with Lazio. Weah is coming off a 68-minute performance against Cagliari on Friday while McKennie …
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Tapsoba Man United, Diaz Barcelona & more
This article was originally published on Fabrizio Romano’s Daily Briefing, a subscription service. If you would like to receive Fabrizio Romano’s exclusive transfer news via email ahead of publication on caughtoffside.com, please sign-up for the service here: thedailybriefing.io Scouts from three top clubs were in attendance to watch Edmond Tapsoba in yesterday’s game for Bayer Leverkusen away to Borussia Dortmund. The centre-back …
Read More »Bulgarian FA puts the boot into cyberbullies in fight against hate speech
April 22 – The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has joined the UEFA campaign to combat social media bullying with the federations leading players 2023 – Kiril Despodov and Evdokia Popadinova, as well as junior national players Chung Nguyen Do and Steven Gerard Jean Yves Gaote – leading the campaign. They are joined by the elite Bulgarian referee Pavleta Rashkova. The …
Read More »Barcelona confident they can convince Xavi to stay during Wednesday meeting
Following back-to-back defeats to Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid, the future of Xavi Hernandez has come under the microscope at Barcelona. Earlier in the year, the Spaniard had announced his desire to leave Camp Nou at the end of the season. But Barça were hopeful Xavi would change his mind, especially if the club were able to win against PSG …
Read More »The New Saints join the roster of Europe’s ‘invincibles’ as they hunt Welsh treble
April 22 – The New Saints, the 16-time JD Cymru Premier champions, have joined an elite group of clubs in world football after completing an unbeaten league season for the first time. Dominating the Welsh first division, the side won 30 matches and drew two across the league season, joining an elite group of clubs to reach ‘invincible’ status such …
Read More »Barcelona take first step towards the contract renewal of club captain
Barcelona will have some tough decisions to make this summer as they look to trim the squad without degrading the quality of the team too much. While the likes of Frenkie de Jong and Ronald Araujo have been linked with potential exits, one player Barcelona do count on is Sergi Roberto. The club have informed Roberto of their desire to …
Read More »Bad day with the match officials prompts Forest to accuse VAR of being a Luton fan
April 22 – Following their 2-0 defeat to Everton in the Premier League, Nottingham Forest made the extraordinary accusation that the Video Assistant Referee [VAR] was biased against them as they tried to push out of their relegation dogfight. The Trentside club felt aggrieved after referee Anthony Taylor denied three strong penalty appeals. After the match Forest turned to social …
Read More »Conversation between referee and VAR for Barcelona’s disallowed goal vs Real Madrid released
Earlier today, Barcelona president Joan Laporta came out all guns firing against the refereeing in La Liga for Barcelona’s wrongfully disallowed goal against Real Madrid in last night’s Clasico. The incident in question was from a moment in the game when Lamine Yamal tactfully heeled the ball towards the goal from a corner kick. The ball went beyond the goal …
Read More »Forest asks PGMOL to release VAR audio from Everton game
VAR controversy from the Nottingham Forest game at Everton has led to the former asking for public release of the audio between officials. On Sunday, Nottingham Forest suffered a damaging defeat at Goodison Park against relegation rivals Everton. However, several key decisions went against Forest, and that transpired into the club calling out the Premier League and the Professional Game …
Read More »On a fiery night in Rotterdam, 10-man Feyenoord beat NEC to win Dutch Cup
April 22 – Ten-man Feyenoord defeated NEC 1-0 to win the Dutch Cup for the 14th time in a match that was halted twice because of flares at their stadium De Kuip. Igor Paixao scored the winning goal in the second half to send the Feyenoord fans into a delirium. In the 72nd minute, Yankuba Minteh was sent off, but …
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