RIYADH - Athletic Bilbao substitute Nico Williams struck late in the second half to give the Spanish Super Cup holders a 2-1 come-from-behind win over LaLiga champions Atlético Madrid in Thursday's semifinal.
Bilbao set up a showpiece clash on Sunday against Real Madrid, who beat Barcelona 3-2 on Wednesday.
Barcelona Femení's remarkable 2021-22 season continued Wednesday with a 5-0 victory over Sporting Huelva at Johan Cruyff Stadium. Dutch winger Lieke Martens has been the star of the show recently, and she went top of the Primera División scoring chart with a hat trick after 73 minutes before also assisting on an Alexia Putellas goal.
The first Martens goal was a right-footed volley in the 34th-minute that was hit with too much power for goalkeeper Chelsea Ashurst to deal with.
The Sergiño Dest Chelsea rumors are at an all-time high for the 2022 winter transfer window. Dest has been seeking a move away from the Catalan club for some time now as the American has fallen out of favor with Barcelona’s new manager, Xavi.
Andrés Guardado no es un jugador que destaque por hacer trucos dentro del campo, pero nadie puede negar su constancia y regularidad. El mexicano es lo que llaman un metrónomo. Y si bien eso puedo sonar aburrido, sobre todo para la gente que quiere fuegos artificiales, en el sabor vainilla de su carrera, Guardado igual se las arregló hoy para conseguir algo increíble: superar a Hugo Sánchez como el mexicano con más partidos en Europa.
Este domingo 9 de enero, Guardado alcanzó su partido número 496 al otro lado del Atlántico.
Barcelona shared the points with Granada on Saturday with a 1-1 draw that saw a peach of an assist from Dani Alves. This truly felt like a blast from the past to see the 38-year-old doing what he does best in a Barcelona kit.
We at The18 recently looked at some of Alves’ best assists to Lionel Messi. Luuk de Jong was on the end of Alves’ ball against Granada, but we’re sure Messi would have been proud.
Todos sabíamos que Orbelín Pineda iría al Celta de Vigo. Hace meses, el Maguito decidió no renovar con el Cruz Azul señalando que tenía arreglada su llegada al equipo español, en una operación que dejó cero pesos, cero dólares y cero euros a La Máquina.
Su aterrizaje en LaLiga, sin embargo, no se hizo oficial hasta el día de hoy, cuando el equipo español finalmente lo presentó en sus redes sociales.
Aston Villa have signed Brazilian international Philippe Coutinho on a loan deal until the end of the season from Barcelona, the Premier League club said on Friday.
He will be reunited with former captain Steven Gerrard, with the pair playing together at Anfield from 2013-15 and Gerrard now managing Villa.
Welcome, Philippe Coutinho!
I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to forgive Barcelona for knocking the most interesting goalkeeper in the world out of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday. Barcelona defeated third-tier side Linares Deportivo 2-1. Between the sticks for Linares was Ghanaian Brimah Razak.
One year ago, Razak went viral for his choice of headwear during a Copa del Rey clash with Sevilla.
It's now early January, which means the busy holiday fixture list gives way to the equally lively middle rounds of domestic cup competitions.
The early rounds of domestic cups are frenzied affairs, with obscurely named sides earning rare upsets but more frequently earning massive defeats. The later rounds are more sanitized, with top-flight sides dominating the proceedings.
Betis tropezó en su primer partido de 2022, perdiendo 0-2 en casa ante el Celta de Vigo. Y no es por andar acusando con el dedo, pero ambos goles tuvieron una cuota de culpa en los mexicanos Andrés Guardado y Diego Lainez.
En la previa del partido, los dos mediocampistas del Tri asomaron como titulares en la papeleta entregada por Manuel Pellegrini. Si bien Guardado es un regular en LaLiga, lesiones y Covid-19 abrían una puerta para que Lainez tratara de espantar la irregularidad del 2021 y comenzar a construir un 2022 más próspero.