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Catarina Macario set to sign with FA WSL giants Chelsea

USWNT midfielder Catarina Macario is set to sign with FA Women’s Super League side Chelsea this summer per The Athletic. Her contract with Lyon expires at the end of the season. 

The 23-year-old standout missed all the 2022-23 season with an ACL injury to her left knee that she suffered in June 2022 during Lyon's final league game of the season. She’s nearing a return to action and will be hoping to recover in time for a shot to make USWNT head coach Vlatko Andonovski’s 2023 Women’s World Cup roster.

AEK Athens fans celebrate Super League title with insane display of pyrotechnics

AEK Athens secured their first Super League Greece title since 2018 by beating Volos 4-0 on Sunday at OPAP Arena, and supporters celebrated beating Panathinaikos and Olympiacos to the crown by nearly burning their own stadium to the ground.

This is a scene you'd never get in MLS since "fireworks of any kind including, but not limited to, flares, smoke bombs, incendiary devices and pyrotechnics" are strictly prohibited. We're softer than Charmin over here. 

The Super League, however, clearly doesn't have a Fan Code of Conduct.      

Milan's dream of an unforgettable comeback against Inter is given a major injury boost

AC Milan forward Rafael Leão could be fit to face Inter Milan in their Champions League semifinal second leg, manager Stefano Pioli said on Monday, providing a major boost to his side's hopes of overturning a two-goal deficit.

Portuguese winger Leão, 23, missed the 2-0 first-leg defeat and also sat out Saturday's shock loss to Spezia in Serie A after sustaining a thigh injury in Milan's league win over Lazio earlier this month.

Leão has been one of Milan's most influential players this season and registered 13 goals and 10 assists in all competitions.

Over 100,000 Feyenoord fans pack center of Rotterdam on Monday afternoon to celebrate league title

ROTTERDAM - More than a hundred thousand Feyenoord fans gathered in the city center of Rotterdam on Monday to celebrate their team's Dutch league title, the 16th in their history but only the fourth of the past 30 years.

Thousands of singing and dancing fans crowded the streets in front of the town hall early on Monday, hours before the team would appear on the balcony around noon local time (1000GMT).

Hundreds of flares were lit by the raucous crowd when the players finally appeared, as the squad led the fans through almost an hour of songs and chants.

Barcelona players and staff sprint to safety after celebrating LaLiga title on rival's pitch

BARCELONA - Barcelona claimed their 27th LaLiga title and first for four years on Sunday after two first-half goals from Robert Lewandowski spurred them to a comfortable 4-2 victory over city rivals Espanyol.

Barça moved to 85 points from 34 matches and extended their lead at the summit to an unassailable 14 points over second-placed Real Madrid.

There was little time for jubilation, however, as the visitors had to quickly rush off the pitch after full-time as several Espanyol fans invaded the field as Barça started to celebrate their title.

¡Grítalo Tecatito! Jesús Corona anota en su esperado retorno a las canchas

275 días después, Tecatito Corona volvió a las canchas y lo hizo con un gol.

El extremo mexicano marcó el tercero de los tantos con que el Sevilla venció al Real Valladolid por 3-0, en la Jornada 34 de LaLiga, y lo festejó con todo, en un momento que de seguro le puso la piel de gallina a varios.

Gol de Tecatito Corona vs Real Valladolid

Corona ingresó al minuto 81 y al 90+3' tendría su momento de gloria. 

Pogba's first start in over a year only serves to market Juve's new furry kit

Having just turned 30 back in March, Paul Pogba should be at the height of his powers in the Juventus midfield. But the Frenchman has been so riddled by injuries that Sunday's Serie A match between Juve and Cremonese at Allianz Stadium represented his first start since turning out for Manchester United against Norwich back in April of 2022.

For fans of the beautiful game, it's been a tremendous loss — the World Cup winner, when healthy and in form, is an otherworldly mezzala, capable of things his peers can only conjure in their imaginations. 

Sale otra botella de champagne: Orbelín Pineda y Matías Almeyda son campeones en Grecia

Los festejos de los futbolistas mexicanos en Europa no se acaban. Luego de los títulos conseguidos por Hirving Lozano en Napoli y Santi Giménez en Feyenoord, ahora se suma el que acaba de levantar Orbelín Pineda con el AEK en la Super Liga de Grecia.

Arsenal hopes crushed by Brighton as Man City on the brink of title

LONDON - The flickering embers of Arsenal's Premier League title dream were all but extinguished as they suffered a 3-0 home drubbing by Europe-chasing Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday.

With relentless Manchester City winning at Everton in the earlier kickoff to move four points clear, long-time league leaders Arsenal knew only a victory would suffice.

¡REY DE LA EREDIVISIE! Santiago Giménez sella con un gol el nuevo título de Feyenoord

Santiago Giménez lo hizo, muchachos. Bebote es campeón de la Eredivisie.

A dos jornadas del final de la temporada 2022-23, Feyenoord venció 3-0 al Go Ahead Eagles y reclamó el decimosexto título de su historia. Giménez, por supuesto, marcó uno de los goles que selló la nueva estrella.

Gol de Santiago Giménez vs Go Ahead Eagles

El delantero mexicano anotó el segundo de los tres goles de la victoria, rematando de derecha – su pierna menos hábil – un pase filtrado de Igor Paixão.

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