Ángel Di María scored all three of Juventus’ goals in the Italian side’s 3-0 victory vs. Nantes to advance to the Europa League Round of 16. The Argentine was unstoppable and set the tone five minutes in.
In the fifth minute an insane Di María goal put Juventus ahead 2-1 on aggregate. Look at the curve on this shot.
ÁNGEL DI MARÍA STOP THAT. pic.twitter.com/NgYfrwUJLf
Hirving Lozano and Napoli secured a massive 2-0 victory in the Champions League Round of 16 on Tuesday on the road against Eintracht Frankfurt. A sublime Chucky Lozano assist vs Frankfurt in the first half opened the scoring.
In the 40th minute Napoli struck on a counterattack to snatch their first goal. A burst of pace from Lozano, who was a menace to the Frankfurt defense for large portions of the game, got Napoli in scoring position.
Zlatan Ibrahimović is one of the world's most brazenly outspoken footballers, and as a result of that he's also one of the most widely publicized. However, the 41-year-old maintains a largely anonymous private life, spending much of his offseason time in Malmö with longtime partner Helena Seger and their two sons Maximilian (age 16) and Vincent (age 14).
AC Milan marked their long-awaited return to the UEFA Champions League knockout stages with an important 1-0 victory vs. Tottenham at the San Siro on Tuesday in leg one of the Round of 16 matchup.
The game-winning goal came as early as the seventh minute when Brahim Díaz bundled the ball into Spurs’ net.
With Hugo Lloris out with a knee injury Fraser Forster filled in between the posts for Tottenham. Moments before the Milan goal the 34-year-old keeper produced an incredible double-save.
Salernitana jugó este lunes ante el Hellas Verona y llamó la atención que Guillermo Ochoa estuviera sentado en el banco de suplentes.
El arquero mexicano llegó al club italiano en enero pasado y pese a no entregar vallas invictas y sufrir una catastrófica goleada 8-2 ante la Atalanta, su rendimiento era uno de los más destacados en un equipo que lucha con garras y dientes por no descender. De hecho, Memo fue incluso elegido por los aficionados granates como el mejor jugador del mes.
BERLIN - A future European Super League could include as many as 80 teams, Bernd Reichart, the chief executive of A22 Sports Management, a company formed to sponsor and assist in the creation of a breakaway soccer league, said on Thursday.
In a statement outlining the preliminary results of talks that A22 had with what it said was 50 European clubs and stakeholders of football, the company said change was necessary.
Football's greatest club competition resumes Feb. 14 with the beginning of the knockout stages. Accordingly, our 2022-23 UEFA Champions League Round of 16 predictions examine which eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals.
There's a lot of consensus around Manchester City vs. RB Leipzig and Napoli vs. Eintracht Frankfurt, but three matchups are almost too close to call: Chelsea vs. Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan vs. Porto and the big one between PSG and Bayern Munich.
Let's gaze into the crystal ball.
Florian Thauvin llegó a Tigres en 2021 con el cartel de haber sido campeón del mundo con Francia en el Mundial de 2018 y con un salario de 5,8 millones de dólares por temporada, el más alto de la Liga MX.
La idea era que con sus desbordes y centros alimentara a André-Pierre Gignac para destrozar la competencia y crear una dinastía felina que nadie sería capaz de olvidar.
Veinte meses después, sin embargo, Thauvin es historia.
Leeds United have signed United States midfielder Weston McKennie on loan until the end of the season from Juventus, the Premier League club said on Monday.
The 24-year-old has made nearly 100 appearances for the Serie A team since joining in 2020, scoring 13 goals and providing five assists. He has won the 2020 Italian Super Cup and 2021 Coppa Italia with Juve.
Have you ever wondered why the rule that forces goalkeepers to keep both their feet on the goal-line during a penalty kick exists?
Well, an old video of Jerzy Dudek saving a penalty in the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final between Liverpool and AC Milan has resurfaced on social media, serving as a prime example of why that is.
Warning, it's a hard watch.