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Allegri Fumes At Questions Over Juve Season After Villarreal Loss

I knew that people would talk about a failure in case of elimination, but that's intellectual dishonesty. We are disappointed and we'll make our assessments to improve the team. We do that every year. We also need to be realists. There are 10 teams in Europe superior to Juventus. It's no shame, it's a fact. I agree that we had to qualify today, but it was not easy. It's useless to talk now, we must remain quiet, focus on the league and the Coppa Italia to see if we can take a trophy at home.

MLS MVP Carles Gil On Playing In Snow: This Is Not Fútbol, Stop The F***ing Game

Reigning MLS MVP Carles Gil didn't hide his feelings after the New England Revolution dropped a 3-2 decision to visiting Real Salt Lake in snowy conditions on Saturday in Foxborough, Mass.

Heavy snow fell in the first half before windy conditions became more prevalent in the second. New England saw a 2-0 lead evaporate after the bottom fell out in the second half. Real Salt Lake halved the deficit in the 78th minute, forged a tie in the 88th minute and pulled ahead in stoppage time.

Gil, the Revolution's captain, wasn't at a loss for words after the match.

Andriy Shevchenko Says 'Football Doesn't Exist For Me' As He Contemplates Returning To Ukraine

Ex-Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko called on Thursday for more aid and other measures in support of victims of the Russian invasion of his homeland.

Widely regarded as his country's greatest ever player, Shevchenko said global soccer authorities had done the right thing in banning Russia from international competitions, though the sport was currently the last thing on his mind.

Antonio Conte Continues To Roast Spurs At A Level No Twitter Troll Has Ever Reached

Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte said the club's current focus was on signing younger players who still needed to gain experience.

"If you want to grow faster, you want to try to be more competitive faster, you also need players with a lot of experience because then they increase the experience in your team," he told Italian Sky Sport in an interview.

Conte, who helped Serie A's Inter Milan to win the title last year and break Juventus's nine-year win streak, said Spurs came out of the January transfer window numerically weakened.

Gio Reyna Goes Up Against Godfather Giovanni Van Bronckhorst

It's really cool that things like this can happen in football; being the godfather and meeting at that level now. I think if Gio plays he wants to show to his godfather, or name-giver, what he learned over the years. I think Van Bronckhorst already knew him when Gio was still shitting in his pants. I know they meet privately every now and then, and the focus is now on being successful, but of course it's a nice story.

Michael Antonio Questions Swift Response To Zouma Cat Video When Nothing's Ever Done About Racism

West Ham United's Michail Antonio questioned the logic of people asking for teammate Kurt Zouma to be "sacked" after a video emerged of Zouma abusing his cats, with the striker asking if what the Frenchman did was worse than those guilty of racism.

Rooney Opens Up On Drinking Problem He Developed To Cope With Stress

Former England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney said he was not prepared for the pressure that accompanied his rise to elite level soccer as a teenager and he turned to drink to cope with his problems.

Derby County manager Rooney began his playing career with boyhood club Everton, scoring his first Premier League goal in spectacular fashion as a 16-year-old against Arsenal in 2002.

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