Game Recaps

River Plate Wins Libertadores Match With Midfielder In Goal, No Substitutes

BUENOS AIRES - A COVID-19 outbreak and injury problems saw River Plate face Colombia's Santa Fe with midfielder Enzo Pérez playing in goal and no substitutes on the bench but the Argentines still emerged with a 2-1 win in Wednesday’s Copa Libertadores game.

With novel coronavirus cases surging in Argentina, River had 20 players test positive and others were injured, reducing their squad to 11 fit players for the match in Buenos Aires.

Weston McKennie Lifts Coppa Italia After Providing Assist In Final

Juventus claimed the 2020-21 Coppa Italia 2-1 with a commanding second-half display against Atalanta at the Mapei Stadium on Wednesday night. Dejan Kulusevski put Juve in front after receiving the ball from Weston McKennie, but Ruslan Malinovskiy answered for La Dea — seeking its first major title since the 1963 Coppa — setting the stage for Federico Chiesa’s excellent second-half winner.

4,300 fans were allowed into the stadium in northern Italy, amounting to the country’s largest attendance since the pandemic began. 

Joe Willock Breaks Romelu Lukaku’s Record And Joins Alan Shearer’s Company

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Con Un Bello Gol De Globito, Tigres Femenil Va Por El Bi. Chivas Espera En La Final

Queda poco para conocer a las reinas del Guard1anes 2021 de la Liga MX Femenil. De hecho, ya sabemos quienes son las finalistas. En una esquina tenemos a Chivas y en la otra a Tigres, equipo que busca obtener el bicampeonato.

¿Cómo llegó Chivas a la final?

Chivas, en su camino a la final, despachó a Toluca con un marcador global de 4-0 en cuartos y sufrió un poco más en la ronda de las cuatro mejores ante Atlas, su némesis tapatía. 

Marshall Completes Fairy Tale And Captures NCAA Men’s College Cup In OT

They knocked out No. 1 overall seed Clemson; they knocked out the defending champion Georgetown; they knocked out two-time national champion North Carolina. The only thing left to do was defeat eight-time champion Indiana and Marshall — a program that’d never advanced beyond the NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament quarterfinals before this year — would claim the College Cup. 

Santa Clara Wins Women’s College Cup After Florida State Suffers Dramatic Collapse

In a tournament that’s been largely decided via penalty shootouts, it was only fitting that the NCAA Women’s College Cup Final was decided on penalties Monday night in Cary, North Carolina. 

The only surprise was that No. 1 Florida State — after triumphing by this method in both the quarterfinals and semis — was ultimately upset by No. 11 Santa Clara after sending its first two attempts off the post.

Arnaut Danjuma Goal Gives Bournemouth Key First-Leg Victory Over Brentford In Playoffs

The Build-Up

For just the third time this season, fans were allowed inside Vitality Stadium for the first leg of Bournemouth's Championship Playoff Semifinal against Brentford.

Well-partitioned, socially-distanced pods of mask-wearing Cherries fans dotted the stands like freshly planted plots of seeds in a garden, and while they only numbered about 2,000, the Bournemouth supporters came ready to make some noise.

Boca Se Impuso A Un River Mermado Por Covid-19 Y En Una Inusual Tanda De Penales

Tras un 1-1 en los 90 minutos, Boca Juniors se impuso a River Plate en una interesante tanda de penaltis en La Bombonera. Boca aprovechó que el equipo dirigido por Marcelo Gallardo jugó con un once formado en su mayoría por suplentes, debido a un brote masivo de Covid-19 que afectó a 15 jugadores, y avanzó a las semifinales de la Copa de la Liga Profesional Argentina.

Barcelona Embarrasses Chelsea In Women’s Champions League Final, 4-0

Playing in its first UEFA Women’s Champions League Final, Chelsea was embarrassed by Barcelona in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Sunday evening, 4-0.

Barcelona had advanced to the 2019 final before getting crushed by four first-half goals from Lyon, but the Blaugrana accomplished the same feat against the Blues to capture the club’s first-ever UCL title on the women’s side.

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