Monterrey unió los pedazos de orgullo rotos tras la derrota ante el Al Ahly y este miércoles tuvo un partido casi perfecto para vencer a Al Jazira y quedarse al menos con el quinto puesto del Mundial de Clubes 2021.
A triumphant Senegal team returned to the nation's capital of Dakar on Monday holding the trophy the country's populace has so long craved.
After a series of near misses dating back to 1965 — including runners-up finishes in both 2002 and 2019 — the Lions of Teranga are finally able to call themselves champions of Africa after defeating Egypt in the AFCON final on Sunday.
In the Africa Cup of Nations final billed as Sadio Mané versus Mohamed Salah, it was Mané's Senegal that ultimately triumphed in a shootout on Sunday to claim its first-ever AFCON title.
Salah individually outperformed Mané over 120 minutes of action, but two Egypt misses in the shootout denied Salah an opportunity in the fifth spot, whereas Mané made amends for an early penalty miss of his own by converting Senegal's all-important fifth attempt.
La derrota de Monterrey ante el Al Ahly en el Mundial de Clubes fue un absoluto desastre. Rayados desperdició la ventaja de tener un plantel mucho más rico y fuerte, y ahora tendrá que conformarse con la disputa de un poco glamoroso quinto puesto.
Por supuesto, la crítica al equipo no se ha hecho esperar y va desde los cuestionamientos tácticos al técnico Javier Aguirre hasta las acusaciones de que los jugadores del club están apapachados.
China claimed a record-extending ninth Women's Asian Cup title after staging a dramatic second-half comeback to hand South Korea a 3-2 defeat in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.
Xiao Yuyi scored three minutes into injury time to cap a late title-winning resurgence from the Chinese, who had trailed to strikes from Choe Yu-ri and Ji So-yun at halftime.
Minutes to win it
Ridículo. Fracaso rotundo. No hay otras formas de definir la paupérrima presentación del Monterrey, representante de la Concacaf, en el Mundial de Clubes 2021. Favorito en el papel, el equipo mexicano cayó en su debut ante el Al Ahly y ahora tendrá que conformarse con la disputa de un poco honroso quinto puesto.
YAOUNDE — One of world football’s most exciting attacking duos will face off against each other in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final as Mohamed Salah leads Egypt against a Senegal side spearheaded by Sadio Mané.
THE FINAL IS SET #TeamSenegal #TeamEgypt
For Americans asking the all-important question of "when is the World Cup?" the answer is Nov. 21 through Dec. 18, 2022. Most of the games will be played in the morning, with the final kicking off at 10 a.m. ET. All games will be shown on FOX networks.
Americans might find it hard to watch all the games with the World Cup being both in the winter and in Qatar. Those still in school will find it especially difficult to watch the World Cup this time around as students will be in class during most of the tournament.
On Thursday, the USWNT dropped its roster for the 2022 SheBelieves Cup, to be played in California and Texas later this month. Julie Ertz, a stalwart on the national team since 2013, was nowhere to be found. It was a similar story two days earlier when Angel City FC, the NWSL club that owns her rights, unveiled its preseason roster, without Ertz listed.
Where is Julie Ertz? Why isn’t she playing soccer right now? Fans across the country want to know.