Hazard, 29, faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after sustaining the injury in Saturday 1-0 La Liga defeat at Levante. The Belgian had been out of action for nearly three months due to another ankle injury and was making only his second appearance since his return. I don't know if his season is over, I don't know but I hope not," Zidane told a news conference before Wednesday's Champions League last 16 first-leg clash against Manchester City.
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Manager Roy Hodgson resigned after losing to a nation then ranked 34th in the world - and with a population of just 330,000. And that was after Wayne Rooney's fourth-minute penalty had given England the lead. Manager Roy Hodgson resigned after England's defeat to IcelandShearer: "We knew that they were good at long throws and set-pieces. We were all over the place and the players did not look as though they knew what they were doing.
Dawson: He's done it again. He's pulled another goal out of nowhere and given Watford a Premier League lifeline. Craig Dawson scored a spectacular overhead kick against Leicester City recently and now added to his tally with a nice far-post header against Norwich. Not bad for a centre-back who is neither prolific nor clinical when it comes to scoring goals. Boy, did Watford need this victory. Defeats against Southampton and Chelsea were bad enough but the victory against Norwich has put the Hornets back in business.
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says there is no "quick fix" to improve his squad. Pressure is mounting on Solskjaer to make January signings after Wednesday's 2-0 home defeat by Burnley. It was a second straight Premier League loss and the players were jeered. We've had one proper transfer window and we're trying to do something now," said Solskjaer, who took over - initially on an interim basis - in December 2018.
This is certainly a difficult game," the coach told a media conference. Lazio are a consolidated reality in Italian football, they won the Coppa Italia last season and the Italian Supercup this season. They reinforced the squad, kept their strongest players and (Lazio coach) Simone Inzaghi is doing an excellent job.
Everton have announced record losses of £111. June 2019 but say they are "committed to operating in a financially sustainable manner". The losses have been adjusted for a 13-month period to incorporate when players' contracts come to an end. But after a £30. Farhad Moshiri. Premier League profit and sustainability rules allow for a £105m loss over three years, with Everton's total loss in the same timeframe at £94.
McCarthy guided the Republic of Ireland to third place behind Switzerland and Denmark in Euro qualifying Group D"We wish Mick and his staff well and we thank them all for their hard work in this European Championship campaign to date. Stephen will now begin his planning for the play-off against Slovakia and everyone at the FAI wishes him well in our bid to qualify for the Euros. Football will be back and we have so much to look forward to now in the autumn with the Nations League and the Euro play-off, followed by the World Cup qualifiers in early 2021.
Posted at 90'+5' Josh Bowler (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 90'+5' Foul by Ben Purrington (Charlton Athletic). Posted at 90'+3' Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Dillon Phillips. Posted at 90'+3' Attempt saved. Jordy de Wijs (Hull City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Posted at 90'+3' Attempt blocked. Kamil Grosicki (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Fiorentina are unbeaten in their last six home matches in Coppa Italia. Atalanta have not lost to Fiorentina in their last four meetings. Atalanta have scored in 13 of their last 15 matches. Fiorentina have scored in eight of their last 10 home matches. Atalanta have six losses in 10 Coppa Italia away matches.
They enter the game off the back of an assured 2-0 win at Lille. Despite having the best home record in the division, Lille were comprehensively beaten. For what good is the best home record when your opponents have Neymar? Not very good this time, the Brazilian forward scoring both goals. It was the latest MOTM performance in a campaign that has reminded everyone why he's still the top dog in the division.
That was far from the only controversial incident involving Aubameyang in the loss, with the 30-year-old seen to berate Joe Willock after the young midfielder misplaced a pass. The incident drew a controversial reaction from Arsenal fans, who took to social media to vent their frustration with how their star forward behaved.
All matches in Scotland were originally halted on March 13 until at least April 30, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. With no resumption now for at least two months, the odds on the Scottish Premier League, not just the three lower divisions, not completing are shortening. On Friday at 1600GMT all Scotland's 42 professional clubs will get to vote digitally via conference call on the SPFL's proposal to end the Championship, League One and League Two immediately and do likewise with the Premiership if and when it becomes clear the season cannot be completed.
Newcastle aren’t quite at the same level as their hosts on Saturday, but Steve Bruce has done a fantastic job in proving the many critics wrong since his appointment in the summer. The perennially struggling Magpies are 13th in the table and only five points behind Wolves, although the last few weeks have been tough for the visitors.
Lazio remain third in Serie A but victory means Simone Inzaghi's side sit just one point behind Inter Milan in second. Leaders Juventus host Parma on Sunday (19:45 GMT) after Inter travel to Lecce (14:00) - but both will have played one game more than Lazio after doing so. An early counter saw Caicedo convert at close range from Immobile's saved attempt, but the in-form Immobile made no mistakes from the penalty spot following a handball by Nicola Murru 10 minutes later.
If this game was played a month and a half ago we would have seen the guests set as favorites for winning this one as Sonderjyske was undefeated in the league plus cup on the road till they played away from home at Copenhagen where they lost 3-0, followed by a 4-2 loss at Aarhus and a 3-0 loss in their last away game at Rangers as well all of them league games, so of course now the hosts are favorites.
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Tottenham, meanwhile, find themselves a point below Wolves in 7th place. Unlike Wolves, the visitors’ midweek action wasn’t much of a confidence boosting exercise as they lost 3-1 to Bayern Munich, although you can’t argue with the job that Jose Mourinho has done at Spurs so far.
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I Will go the Groningen to win this one because I think they are better team then Twente and also because Twente defense at home is really really bad and I don't see how they are going to stop solid Groningen offense to score goal or more realistically two goals on them tonight and with two goals scored I think Groningen is going to be able to secure the win and to get very Important three points which Will get them away from the middle of the table and head them to the playoff zone which is where they want to be
Arteta's positive test forced the team to go into self-isolation, while the Premier League has suspend the soccer season until April 30. As a result of the current situation, we are clear it would be inappropriate and irresponsible to ask players to come back at this time," Arsenal said in a statement https://www.
In Spain, Mallorca and Leganes are expected to meet each other in a La liga match which will be held at Estadi de Son Moix stadium, Palma city. In the table, Mallorca takes position 18 with 25 points after playing 29 matches while Leganes takes the last position, 20 with 23 points after playing 29 matches.
The 22-year-old English striker has been linked with Manchester United this season, but his new five-year contract puts paid to any possible move this summer. The Mirror reports that he has doubled his salary to stay. Paper Round’s view: Calvert-Lewin has the chance to learn from Carlo Ancelotti while he stays at Goodison Park, and may be able to move to a new ground with the side in the next few seasons.
Their matches have been high scoring; seven of their last 10 have produced over 2. However, they have no clean sheet in their last three matches, and they have failed to score in four of their last 15 matches. In the last five matches, Real Madrid have scored two goals or more. They are unbeaten in the last 10 home matches, winning six, and have scored 16 goals in their last five home matches.
Fiorentina claimed a massive win at the weekend, edging out SPAL to move away from the drop zone. Beating the league’s worst side isn’t a momentous achievement from the hosts, but it was their first league win since October. Can they follow that up with success in the Coppa Italia this week?
Atalanta, who are in the Champions League knockout stages, rise to fifth in the table. Milan had not lost by five goals in any competition since being beaten 5-0 by Roma in May 1998. Pioli, the club's third manager of 2019, said: "This cannot be the real Milan. We] approached the match in the wrong way and you just can't afford to do that against this team. Today's performance was seriously insufficient.
The former Porto, Chelsea and Real Madrid manager's departure from Old Trafford continued his run of having never completed four consecutive seasons in charge of a club. When I don't win I cannot be happy and I cannot change that," Mourinho added. That is my DNA. I hope I can influence my players, because if you are happy losing football matches it is very hard to be a winner. Sometimes you have to work with people you don't love and work well.
Southampton striker Danny Ings has his sights set on winning the Golden Boot as the Premier League's top scorer - but can he add to his tally against Manchester City this weekend?Ings has 18 goals so far, including three in three games since football restarted last month amid the coronavirus pandemic. BBC football expert Mark Lawrenson is looking forward to seeing him lead the Saints attack at St Mary's Stadium, in a game you can watch live on BBC One and the BBC Sport website at 19:00 BST on Sunday.
He played just once for Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, but he has not forgotten it, getting flown out by private jet for a pre-season friendly in Germany. I remember it like it was yesterday," he said. And then getting the call from Jurgen saying I was coming on. Having grown up there, to put a shirt on and play against them would be special. And they've met before. Liverpudlian - and boyhood Liverpool fan - Paul Edwards made 364 appearances for Shrewsbury Town between 1992 and 2001Shrewsbury and Liverpool have met just once before, 24 years ago also in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
There are four big games coming up now, Everton, Manchester City, Tottenham and Sheffield United," said Solskjaer. It has been a good week but now we need to kick on. Argentine winger Lucas Ocampos broke the deadlock at the end of the first half, tapping into the net from close range after team mate Sergio Reguilon cashed in on a disastrous slip from Getafe's Oghenekaro Etebo.
In 2017-18, City were completely dominant and won the league by 19 points, but there was never going to be a situation where no other teams became competitive. Liverpool pushed them extremely close last season and have maintained their amazing form since then so, rather than criticise City for not being closer this time, I think you have to give credit to Jurgen Klopp's side for their consistency. Preparation will not be a problem for City The Champions League draw sees Zinedine Zidane (left) up against Pep Guardiola for the first time in a competitive game as managersWhile I can see City winning at least one domestic cup, winning the Champions League will be a big ask for them.
We’re confident that both teams will score in Saturday’s clash and we have predicted a final scoreline of 1-1. Neither side can claim to be’in form’ at this moment in time and all of the stats and the history between the two clubs suggest that a score draw is the most likely outcome this weekend.
Nimes head to the clash placed 18th on 27 points while Marseille are second on 52 points. For Nimes, the 2-1 loss to third placed Rennes prevented them from pulling away from the red zone and now they have to do it all over again against a side with fading title ambitions. They conceded really late after they seemed to be forcing a draw, having scored early, though a second half red card to Tony Briancon didn’t help.
Overall this season, the visitors have scored with just 4% of their shots. Meanwhile, Inter are in fine defensive shape, winning to nil in 50% of their home matches in Serie A. They’ve conceded less than a goal per game on average at San Siro this term, while the hosts have conceded from only 6% of the shots they’ve faced here. Following that form, we’re going for Inter to Win to Nil in this clash.
Chelsea are being tested at the home of Aston Villa, aiming for a victory that will allow them to increase the difference in 4th place for Manchester United and Tottenham. The hosts are fighting for survival, who on Wednesday "stack" a 0-0 with Sheffield United in a postponed game.
The most important thing is for everyone to show solidarity. Whatever happens regarding my future will happen but right now is not important as we don't even know when we will return to training. Paper Round’s view: Pedro has been mainly reliable, occasionally excellent and sometimes disappointing at Chelsea, but for £30 he has been a signing of exceptionally good value.
Yet Mauricio's close-range header earned JDT their first win in the 2020 campaign which left them three points behind Japan's Vissel Kobe in second place in Group G after two games. It was a very difficult match," said JDT coach Benjamin Mora. The Korean team is very disciplined, very strong, they were very powerful.
BARCELONA, March 6 (Reuters) - Barcelona coach Quique Setien has echoed Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp in saying football managers should not be asked their opinion on the impact of the coronavirus. Klopp was widely praised this week for questioning why people with no medical background should be expected to weigh in on the health crisis, which has claimed over 3,300 lives and led to major sports events being postponed or played without spectators.
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My immune system was still low. Everyone thinks you are normal but I couldn't do anything. Mentally I did not feel normal and physically I was still feeling the side effects. I don't think I slept more than six hours a night. I was struggling quite badly mentally. The [club] doctor used to come round to the house to put my mind at ease.
Duel of two rivals, that are competing in the AFC Champion league this season. Jeonbuk is favorite in this one, but it will not be an easy duel for any side. They are coming after big break in the league, and did not have friendly games to prepare for the regular season.
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Should the pan-continental Euros be moved to 2021 it could come into conflict with FIFA's plans for an expanded Club World Cup in that timeslot involving the world's leading club sides. Protocol be damned, the Premier League and UEFA had the chance to take the lead and they blew it There is widespread uncertainty about how to finish domestic and international seasons and many clubs, leagues and federations are certain to face short-term losses in revenue.
Edouard would make the first-half difference. Credit to Griffiths for stealing the ball from Liam Donnelly before feeding McGregor, who combined with Edouard on the edge of the box. The French striker saw his initial shot blocked but it bounced fortuitously back into his path and he fired low past Mark Gillespie to make it 1-0.
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Julian Brandt then added a second after a stunning 180-degree turn in the box in the 34th, as the visitors were completely outclassed in the first half. Leipzig twice went close in first-half stoppage time, forcing two consecutive fine saves from Dortmund’s Roman Buerki. Yet the Swiss keeper was beaten two minutes after the restart when he tried to head the ball away outside his box, but failed to get enough distance on his clearance and instead allowed Timo Werner to sneak in and score.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants the player to arrive in January but may have to compromise to complete the deal. Video - 'Liverpool and Chelsea target opens door to big January move' - Euro Papers01:48 Arsenal close in on Arteta and Fagbemi At this point it is hardly a surprise, but the Daily Mail reports that Arsenal are closing in on the appointment of Mikel Arteta as their new manager.
In other Ajax transfer news Huijnen points out that former Liverpool and Fulham forward Ryan Babel is close to returning to Amsterdam. Babel began his career with Ajax and is currently playing for Galatasaray. Ryan Babel (Galatasaray)Getty Images He had been linked with a move to Newcastle United but Ajax are also interested in a transfer.
The government says it will not rule out taking "further steps" if football authorities fail to deal with racism. Play was stopped during Chelsea's win at Tottenham on Sunday after Antonio Rudiger said he heard monkey noises. The Professional Footballers' Association has called for a government inquiry following the alleged abuse. Racism of any kind has no place in football or anywhere else and we must confront this vile behaviour," said a Downing Street spokesperson.