Saturday, September 17, 2016
Zinedine Zidane confirms that he will be without his two biggest stars on Sunday, with the Portuguese suffering from flu and the Welsh forward battling a hip problem
Real Madrid will be without both Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale for their game against Espanyol on Sunday, Zinedine Zidane has confirmed.
Ronaldo has only just returned to action following a knee injury picked up in the final of Euro 2016 but has been sidelined through illness, while Bale has a knock.
Both players are, however, expected to be fit for Wednesday with Villarreal the visitors to the Bernabeu.
“Cristiano will not travel with us, he has a sore throat
Friday, September 16, 2016
Ballon d’Or returns to original format after L’Équipel, FIFA deal ends
The Ballon d’Or deal between France
football and FIFA has ended, the French publication and worldfootball’s
governing body announced on Friday.
FIFA and L’Équipe have not renewed their
arrangement to organise the trophy – voting for which will return to
journalists. FIFA may recover the FIFA World Player award.
The coveted world player of the year
award will from now on return to its original home after France
Football’s agreement with FIFA finished.
Guardiola begs City fans for support in Champions League
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola
warned supporters the club cannot achieve success in the Champions
League unless they start fully embracing the competition.
Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick as City
opened their Group C campaign with a classy 4-0 win over Borussia
Moenchengladbach on Wednesday in a game that had been postponed on
Tuesday due to heavy rain.
But as in previous group-stage games,
the Etihad Stadium was far from full, with only 30,270 spectators
present in an arena that can hold 53,000 on European nights.
“Our fans, they have to know that we play for them,” Guardiola said.
Guardiola begs City fans for support in Champions League
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola
warned supporters the club cannot achieve success in the Champions
League unless they start fully embracing the competition.
Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick as City
opened their Group C campaign with a classy 4-0 win over Borussia
Moenchengladbach on Wednesday in a game that had been postponed on
Tuesday due to heavy rain.
But as in previous group-stage games,
the Etihad Stadium was far from full, with only 30,270 spectators
present in an arena that can hold 53,000 on European nights.
“Our fans, they have to know that we play for them,” Guardiola said.
EPL: Conte confirms David Luiz for Liverpool
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has confirmed David Luiz will make his
second debut for the club against Liverpool in the Premier League on
Friday.
Luiz, who returned to the west London club from Paris Saint-Germain in a surprise £32 million ($42.7 million, 38 million euros) move on transfer deadline day, will replace injured Blues captain John Terry at Stamford Bridge.
The Brazilian defender’s first spell at Chelsea became known for his habit of making high-profile mistakes.
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville memorably said Luiz looked like he was “being controlled by a 10-year-old in the crowd on a Playstation” after one especially error-strewn display and the 29-year-old was unable to shed that reputation during his time in France.
Man dies minutes after Man-U players grant final wish
A 73-year-old man died 45 minutes after his dying wish of meeting Manchester United players came true.
Paddy Lawler, a lifelong supporter of
the Red Devils and a prostate cancer patient, had told his family he
would love to meet with the United squad before his death.
Despite the request seeming like a long
shot, Lawler’s granddaughter, Kayleigh, posted an appeal on Facebook for
anyone to help get in touch with the club in order for his wish to be
granted.
The post was seen by the cousin on
United’s player, Jesse Lingard. The winger, alongside Marcus Rashford,
Ashley Young and Timothy Fosu-Mensah, visited Lawler three days later
and 45 minutes after the visit, he passed on.
Mourinho omits Rooney from Europa League Dutch trip
Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney
will be rested along with several other stars for the club’s Europa
League group match with Dutch side Feyenoord in Rotterdam on Thursday.
The 30-year-old England skipper has been
omitted by Jose Mourinho from the squad along with fellow first team
regulars, defensive duo Luke Shaw and Ecuadorean Antonio Valencia.
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