There were big wins for both Tottenham and Reading, who both dispatched their respective opponents Barnsley and London City 5-0, while Birmingham ran out 3-0 winners over Championship high-flyers Sheffield United. Durham will not be repeating last year's feat of reaching the fifth round after succumbing to a narrow 1-0 loss to Bristol City, while Brighton booked their place in Monday's draw by beating Aston Villa 3-2.
Jordan Obita (Reading) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal. Posted at 123' Penalty missed! Still Cardiff City 3, Reading 3(2). Will Vaulks (Cardiff City) hits the bar with a right footed shot. Goal!Posted at 123' Goal! Cardiff City 3, Reading 3(2). Gabriel Osho (Reading) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. Posted at 122' Penalty saved! Aden Flint (Cardiff City) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
Of course there was a small minority who, for some inexplicable reason, seemed to be upset at Lampard’s apparent pandering to the fans by putting in players who aren’t ready. Presumably these are descendants of the chap who belittled Harry Redknapp for selecting a young Lampard in his West Ham team, only to be completely put in his place.
Republic of Ireland striker McGoldrick's abuse follows the arrest of a 12-year-old boy in connection with racist messages sent to Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha on social media. Players in England's top flight have been kneeling in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before every match since the season restarted in June. Sheffield United added: "As a club we will support David McGoldrick and will do all we can to find the perpetrator of this disgusting message.
Bournemouth's performances have been typically inconsistent this season, as evidenced by the Cherries return of four wins, four draws and four defeats from their opening set of 12 Premier League fixtures.
Seventh in the table, just outside the play-off places, Bristol could climb back into the promotion pile with a win. Their opponents, Fulham, holding a third-place spot, look certain to be involved in the play-offs. Five points behind second-placed Leeds, what Fulham really want is to go up automatically and there's still time to get one of two automatic promotion spots.
Sion did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Club president Christian Constantin said after the sackings that "there's no point in me keeping players who don't want to make an effort when everyone else has to make an effort". I told them that their (reduced) wage for doing nothing is practically the salary of two nurses working hard to save lives today," he added.
Gabrielle George (Everton Ladies) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation. Posted at 61' Danielle Turner (Everton Ladies) wins a free kick on the left wing. Posted at 61' Foul by Kayleigh Green (Brighton and Hove Albion Women). Posted at 57' Foul by Danielle Turner (Everton Ladies). Posted at 57' Danielle Bowman (Brighton and Hove Albion Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Click here to read Ben Snowball's take on why VVD should have topped this year's billing. Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk and his wife Rike Nooitgedagt (L) arrive to attend the Ballon d'Or France Football 2019 ceremony at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris on December 2, 2019. Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via GeGetty Images 09:40 - Alisson thrilled to feature in top 10 Video - Alisson: ‘It’s great for a goalkeeper to make the Ballon d’Or top ten’01:00 09:20 - Meanwhile in Italy 09:15 - De Ligt: I don't know why people chose me In finishing 15th Matthijs de Ligt picked up the Kopa Trophy for the best player in the world under 21 - safe to say the 20-year-old is not quite sure how he has done that, despite a monster season for Ajax before moving to Juventus.
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The boy has been working hard. He's fit and leaner. He'll bring us a lot. He's important. Solskjaer rued his team's lack of urgency in the game where they dominated possession. The first half it could easily have been my testimonial. And it might have been a better atmosphere at my testimonial. It was subdued, slow, no tempo, urgency," Solskjaer added.
Temperatures in Qatar at that time of year average between 18-24C and will be much cooler than if the World Cup had been held in the months of June and July, when temperatures can reach 40C. Liverpool fan Andy Heaton, of the Liverpool podcast The Anfield Wrap, said temperatures were perfect for supporters. It's a little bit strange thinking it's almost Christmas time while the sun is blazing and we're all having a good time," he said.
Here's what interim boss Freddie Ljungberg said at the break that turned things around, according to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. At half-time, Freddie told us to play with a higher tempo. It was tough but we have the quality in the squad, and if we believe in ourselves, we can go forward and win games," Aubameyang said.
Torpedo BelAZ have had an excellent start so far with a 4-3-1 record after 8 games and have been a very difficult team to score against so far conceding only 4 goals so far. Only Shakhtyor Soligorsk have conceded fewer goals so far this season. 3 of the last 4 matches of Torpedo BelAZ ended in 0-0.
The Spanish League at the moment is not so much attracting football fans, but there are certain matches that are interesting to many. The confrontation between Valencia and Real is clearly an event that deserves attention.
Atletico Madrid had an impressive performance in the European arena with a 1-0 victory over Liverpool in the first leg of the 1/8 round - UEFA Champions League a few days ago, at the Spanish league, Atletico Madrid are showing A very unstable performance and knocked them out of the championship race. In the last 5 rounds, the team of coach Diego Simeone only got 1 victory, the rest lost 2 and drew 2, thereby dropping to 5th place in the rankings with only 40 points after 24 rounds. The biggest factor for their confidence is probably the home field, where the last 4 rounds they have won 3 and drawn only 1.
Despite finally appointing a manager in Daniel Stendel, Hearts suffered their fourth defeat in five games over the weekend as they were beaten 1-0 by then bottom-placed St Johnstone. In spite of their woes, the Jambos have done relatively well at home, picking up five points from their last five games.
Kuktosh did show big improvement, comparing to the previous year, when team was in the relegation play off, They went back in the current season, with very good performances, and well results against some of the top league rivals. Team is still underdog here, against the current Champion, but they should avoid some big loss in the game, and put the favorite on hard challenge.
Almere City score an average of 1.30 goals per away game and the total goals average away from home is 3.40 goals, so you can see why we have backed Go Ahead Eagles to win 3-1 this weekend. Over 3.5 goals have been scored in 40% of Go Ahead’s home games and 60% of Almere City’s away games, adding further weight to our prediction of four goals being scored in Sunday’s clash. Both teams have scored in 70% of Go Ahead’s home games and in 80% of Almere City’s away games, which is why we are fully expecting both teams to hit the back of the net this weekend.
Travelling Burnley fans will have left Goodison Park frustrated on Boxing Day after seeing their team waste a number of early opportunities to take the lead before succumbing to a late diving header from Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Abbott's plan for MLS was approved by FIFA as a legacy of the 1994 World Cup in the United States. He also played a key role creating the league's structure and negotiating with the initial investor-operator group. Before MLS launched in 1996, there was a tireless effort to recruit not only an ownership group committed to investing in the league, but also broadcast and commercial partners as well as players who would give the league a shot.
Liverpool have reversed their decision to place some non-playing staff on temporary leave and apologised to fans. On Saturday, the club said they were going to apply to the government's taxpayer-funded job retention scheme, sparking a fierce backlash. But in a letter to their fans, chief executive Peter Moore said: "We believe we came to the wrong conclusion last week and are truly sorry for that. He added that the Reds have "opted to find alternative means" to pay staff.
Why? Because it gives us purpose, a sense of belonging, a sense of meaning - it makes us feel alive. We live for the shared experiences, from the pre-match pint and the walk to the ground, to the chaos of celebrating a goal, hugging a stranger and falling over your seat. Sport inspires as much pain as it does joy, perhaps more, but it always stirs emotions. It brings structure to our lives, the sporting calendar anchors us, and at the same time it can also offer us an escape.
He has scored five goals. He has more league goals than Manchester United in 2020. He’s the only player in the history of the Bundesliga to score five goals in his first two games. Frankly he’s taking the p***. The true hero: Phil Jones Frankly there are few things greater in life then Phil Jones going flying in mere minutes into the game against Tranmere and coming up looking like this.
As such, we're more than happy to back Boca to to win the game with maximum confidence and feel it's the best way to play as far as the betting is concerned. Boca are unbeaten in 4 home games against Argentinos and in good form of late as hosts, we fancy them to claim a comfortable 2-0 win.
Developing the game -- in terms of the level of professionalism, the engagement, ensuring that, just as in Europe and other places, it functions potentially as a job-creator and contributor to society, yes you can do that. But developing the passion for the game? I think the passion is already there,” he said.
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Earlier this week the prestigious Indian Wells tournament was cancelled and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has suspended all its events until April 20, including the inaugural revamped Fed Cup Finals scheduled for Budapest. The women's WTA Tour, reacting to the Miami Open cancellation, said the Volvo Car Open in Charleston would not be held and that it would make a decision this week on the European claycourt season.
Having taken seven points from the last nine available, Southampton's results have finally started to reflect their improving performances in recent week, and the Saints new found momentum makes them a tricky assignment for Spurs this week.
PSV are struggling in the last weeks with only 2 wins in the last 13 matches and this week they needed extra time to defeat the amateurs of GVVV in the cup. However, at home PSV still has a good record of 6-1-1 and with 23 goals they are also the second most productive home team in the league.
The way you touched the ball, the way you could put the ball wherever you want and, without you looking at me, I was just moving and the ball came. Well, that's nice. Roberto Carlos talks about coronavirusThe Brazil left-back, who won four La Liga and three Champions League trophies with Real Madrid between 1996 and 2007, spoke about how lucky it was that this group of players had come together at the same time.
Liverpool Liverpool could win five successive Boxing Day Premier League matches for the first time, having triumphed in the previous four by an aggregate score of 11-0. The Reds have won 29 Premier League games in 2019. They have only once managed more victories in a calendar year, recording 33 in 1982. Liverpool are 10 points clear at the top of the Premier League table. In English top-flight history, the only side to be at least 10 points clear at Christmas and not win the title were Newcastle United in 1995-96.
Newcastle scored at least once in four of their last five Premier League home games with the team's threat from set-pieces a particularly potent weapon, and we're backing the Magpies to make the most of that avenue against a City side that regularly struggle to defend dead-ball deliveries into their box.
Grimsby Town have lost just four of their 11 away games so far this season, scoring an average of a goal a game on their travels. This is in contrast to Mansfield Town who have won just twice at home in the 2019/20 season.
HONG KONG, March 27 (Reuters) - Hopes that a start to the new Chinese Super League season was on the horizon suffered a significant blow, with the government's ban on foreigners entering the country likely to prevent the return of many of the league's leading players. The foreign ministry announced entry visas issued to foreigners would be suspended from midnight on Friday in a move to slow the spread of the virus through imported cases.
Ciro Immobile (Lazio) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Danilo Cataldi. SubstitutionPosted at 77' Substitution, Lazio. André Anderson replaces Senad Lulic. Posted at 76' Hand ball by Sandro Tonali (Brescia). Posted at 74' Hand ball by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio). BookingPosted at 72' Danilo Cataldi (Lazio) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 71' Foul by Danilo Cataldi (Lazio).
England just collapsed. It was an all-time low performance. Wright: "It was an embarrassment to the country. It is the only time I have seen an England team buckle under the weight of expectation. England finally win a penalty shootout2018 World Cup in RussiaTwo years after the debacle against Iceland the feel-good factor was well and truly restored as England marched to the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1990.
