For many years now, FIFA and PES (now eFootball) have been the one-two punch at the top of the soccer video game world. But while those two franchises flex their big muscles as they quarrel over licensing rights, Football Manager (FM) has quietly stayed on the path and continues to be cherished among intellectually-minded football fans.
A heavy workload for Chelsea's international players may have contributed to their lack of freshness on the pitch in recent games, manager Thomas Tuchel said on Tuesday, but the German backed them to rise to the challenge of competing on all fronts.
Tuchel added Christian Pulisic remains unavailable through injury. The American forward has not featured for Chelsea since the opening day of the season against Crystal Palace after suffering an ankle injury during the international break.
Jesse Marsch’s first season as RB Leipzig manager was always going to be full of growing pains. He had impossibly large shoes to fill in replacing Julian Nagelsmann — who led Leipzig to the 2020 Champions League semifinals, becoming the youngest-ever coach to reach that stage — and Marsch inherited a side in transition with Dayot Upamecano and Marcel Sabitzer following Nagelsmann to Bayern Munich while Ibrahima Konaté signed with Liverpool.
BARCELONA - Ansu Fati marked his first start in almost a year by scoring one goal and creating another as Barcelona came from behind to beat Valencia 3-1 in LaLiga at Camp Nou on Sunday.
Despite being allowed a full capacity crowd for the first time since March 2020, Barça's ground was only half full — and those in attendance were silenced after five minutes as José Gayà's long-range strike swerved into the far corner.
JOSÉ GAYÁ GOLAZO
Haciendo la "C" para su novia, Camila Hernández, pero también para su familia y toda la gente roja y azul. Así fue la dedicatoria de Johan Vásquez, luego de debutar y convertir su primer gol con el jersey del Genoa, en la Serie A de Italia.
Vásquez llegó en agosto al conjunto rossoblù, tras su gran participación en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio, pero aún no sumaba minutos en cancha. Su suerte cambió hoy finalmente, en la Jornada 8, cuando el técnico Davide Ballardini decidió darle su primera titularidad de la temporada.
Newcastle cayó 2-3 ante Tottenham, en su primer partido bajo propiedad de un consorcio de capital árabe. Sin embargo, la derrota pasó a tercer plano ante los momentos de tensión que se vivieron en las tribunas de St. James Park, luego de que un aficionado local sufriera una emergencia cardíaca en los minutos finales del primer tiempo.
La situación fue alertada por el lateral del Tottenham, Sergio Reguilón, quien rápidamente corrió hasta el árbitro del partido, Andrew Marriner, para pedir ayuda.
A F̶l̶o̶r̶i̶a̶n̶ ̶W̶i̶r̶t̶z̶ ̶t̶r̶y̶o̶u̶t̶ top-of-the-table Bundesliga clash between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday failed to live up to the billing, instead playing out like a fight between Tyson Fury and a piece of toast that’s been soaking in a bucket.
It’s too early to award the title to Bayern — Borussia Dortmund still has something to say about that — but it’s not too early to give the Ballon d’Or to Robert Lewandowski.
Apareciendo desde el banco de suplentes, Raúl Jiménez celebró la épica y agónica remontada del Wolverhampton sobre el Aston Villa, en la Jornada 8 de la Premier League 2021/22.
La suplencia del Lobo estaba programada. El delantero se reintegró hace un par días a los Wolves, después de defender a México en las eliminatorias al Mundial de Catar, y el técnico Bruno Lage había decidido darle descanso. Sin embargo, a los 88 minutos y con el partido igualado 2-2, el adiestrador puso a Jiménez en el campo con la intención de quedarse con el triunfo.
Is Salah the best player in the world right now? Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says that he thinks that’s the case as Salah put on another magical performance during his side’s 5-0 victory against Watford on Saturday.
LEICESTER — Leicester City ended their four-match winless run in the Premier League as goals from Youri Tielemans, Caglar Soyuncu, Jamie Vardy and Patson Daka helped them to a comeback 4-2 home win over Manchester United on Saturday.
With the score 2-2 late in the game, Vardy netted a superb goal with the outside of his foot to cap a frantic five-minute spell before substitute Patson Daka put the icing on the cake for Leicester in stoppage time.
¡Quién más si no Vardy!