The 2024 Copa America brought about a new addition: a pink card. Everyone knows about the yellow card and red card. The yellow is for a caution, indicating to players that if they keep making cynical challenges, they will not be allowed to play. That leads to red cards, which are indications of ejections from games. This comes from two …
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Sevilla 1-2 Barcelona: Player Ratings
The last game of the Spanish league season kicked off tonight at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan as Sevilla hosted Barcelona. It was also Xavi’s last game coaching Barcelona, and the emotions were running high even before kick off. Barcelona started the game on the front-foot, and scored through Robert Lewandowski in the 15th minute after an excellent move with Pedri …
Read More »Journalist says even Thiago Motta will struggle to find space for Chiesa
One player Max Allegri struggled to fit into his team at Juventus during his second spell at the club was Federico Chiesa. The attacker performs very well in a 4-3-3 formation and has been one of the best players at the club since he joined. However, in his last two terms as Juve’s manager, Max Allegri favoured a 3-5-2 system, …
Read More »Kevin Nolan blames David Moyes decision for West Ham season collapse
Kevin Nolan has blamed West Ham’s drastic downturn in form during the 2023/24 campaign on a comment made by outgoing manager David Moyes. A 2-0 win away at Arsenal on matchday 19 left the Hammers sixth in the table and well in the hunt for Champions League qualification. However, West Ham would go on to win just four more Premier …
Read More »Romelu Lukaku gets another round of scolding from Inter director
Romelu Lukaku’s actions during last year’s transfer talks have drawn harsh criticism from Inter director Piero Ausilio. Following a tangled web that began with his time at Inter and ended with Chelsea, Lukaku found himself on loan at Roma. The first transfer to Chelsea for the Belgian went south fast, and he ended himself back on loan at Inter. The …
Read More »Southampton beat Leeds to secure Premier League promotion
Southampton edged past Leeds United 1-0 at Wembley Stadium on Sunday afternoon in the Championship Playoff Final to secure promotion to the Premier League. Adam Armstrong was the hero on the day as his 24th-minute strike was the difference between the two sides, helping the Saints to regain Premier League status at the first time of asking. Often referred to …
Read More »Pep Guardiola expected to leave Man City at the end of next season
Pep Guardiola is expected to leave Manchester City at the end of next season, despite City wanting to extending his contract according to reports. Guardiola joined City back in 2016 and has been in charge at the Etihad for eight years, but only has one year remaining on his current deal. Last weekend the former Barcelona boss guided City to …
Read More »Journalist explains how Juventus season can be divided into two parts
The just-concluded campaign was truly a season of two halves for Juventus, as the Bianconeri proved too unpredictable to win the league. In the first half, Max Allegri’s side showed they were prepared to make the most of their lack of European football and win as many games as possible. This raised hopes that they could win the league, and …
Read More »Messi shows his Barca passion after women’s historic quadruple
In contrast to the men’s team’s never-ending misery, Barcelona Femeni have emerged as a shining example of brilliance. In their most recent 2-0 victory against Lyon, the women’s squad won the UEFA Women’s Champions League for the third time in six years. This was their fourth overall final appearance. After winning Liga F, the Copa de la Reina, and the …
Read More »Xabi Alonso reacts to ‘unbelievable’ historic season as Leverkusen make history in DFB-Pokal final win
Bayer Leverkusen may have seen an invincible season and hopes of a treble snatched away by Atalanta on Wednesday, but they quickly recovered to lift the DFB-Pokal, making more history along the way. Die Werkself looked tired and lethargic as they went down 3-0 to their Italian counterparts in Dublin during the week and there’s no doubt the defeat was hard …
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