PSG 0-0 Al-Nassr
In the opening match of their pre-season tour of Japan, Paris Saint Germain were held to a goalless draw by Al-Nassr.
Had the circumstances been different, it would ve been a match where the lovers of the game would ve been able to enjoy Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe lining up against each other. As it is, Mbappe has been left out of the Japan tour, and his future remains extremely unclear at the moment.
Mbappe is reportedly of strong interest to Al-Hilal, which means we could yet witness these players facing each other competitively during the 2023/24 season. PSG are said to be frustrated with the situation where they could yet lose their most valuable asset for free next term, and they ve given Mbappe a choice to sign a new contract or be sold.…
Sir Alex Ferguson never felt the title race was over, despite Manchester City s apparent surrender at Arsenal last weekend.
United have since suffered a shock 1-0 defeat away to Wigan while City responded to their loss at the Emirates with emphatic wins over West Brom and Norwich to cut the gap to two points.
But their resurgence has come as no surprise to Ferguson, who told the Sunday Telegraph: We had six games to go, six games left to play, and I would never think that it’s over, not in the fact that we still had difficult league games at Wigan, City and Sunderland.
Ferguson, 7-0, has highlighted United s home game with Everton as another tough fixture in their run-in, but he has faith in his side s mental strength to see them through.
Everton at …
Tunisia have moved to call in cover for injured duo Fakhreddine Ben Youssef and Saber Khalifa ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations.
The strikers picked up muscle injuries during Sunday s warm-up clash with Algeria and are reported to be facing a month on the sidelines.
With that in mind, coach Georges Leekens has handed to call-ups to Edem Rjaibi and Ahmed Akaichi to replace the pair.
CA Bizertin s Rjaibi has been involved in the senior squad previously, but is yet to make his debut, while ES Tunis forward Akaichi was part of Tunisia s 23-man party at the 2010 tournament.
Despite the deadline for naming squads having passed, countries are able to replace injured players before their first match.
Tunisia kick off their campaign against Cape Verd…
Thomas Tuchel praised Neymar s performance as struggling Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain drew against Nice.
Neymar scored his 50th PSG goal on Saturday – the club s underwhelming end to the season continuing with a 1-1 draw in Paris.
PSG wrapped up the title on April 21 but Tuchel s men have now won just one of their last six Ligue 1 outings, while the French giants surrendered a 2-0 lead as they sensationally lost the Coupe de France final against Rennes on penalties.
Neymar appeared to strike a fan following the Coupe de France decider on April 27 amid PSG s slump but head coach Tuchel was full of praise for the Brazil international following the Nice stalemate.
50 has scored his 50th goal in 57 games with in all competitions. Samba.
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Having only just finished an exciting batch of midweek games, the Premier League returns with the potential for more drama, goals, and perhaps some fantasy points to boot.
Everton boss Rafael Benitez will be hoping to arrest his team s downturn in form when Arsenal come to Merseyside, but despite defeat at Manchester United on Thursday, the Gunners have a couple of form players to keep an eye on.
Antonio Conte will be looking to continue a promising start at Tottenham as they host Norwich City, and it will be no surprise to anyone if one of his wing-backs ends up having a decisive impact again.
Another electric wing-back has returned for Brighton and Hove Albion in recent weeks; Manchester City boast one of the form players in Europe; and the bottom, two teams l…
Freddy Adu was once a teenage prodigy tipped to become the next big thing in world football now he has a new home in the Swedish third tier with Osterlen.
The former United States international is back in the game after a two-year break and looking to make an impact at a modest level.
Adu, now 31, rose to prominence when making his debut as a 14-year-old with DC United way back in 2004 and scored his first professional goal at the same age in April of that year.
Such was his potential, Adu had a trial with Premier League giants Manchester United, but despite that early promise he never scaled the dizzying heights he was once tipped to reach.
Benfica and Monaco are among the plethora of clubs Adu can count on his footballing resume and the latest venture …
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Desperate to make an immediate return to winning ways on Monday night, Ferrol will welcome Mirandes to La Coruna.
Starting with the hosts, while Ferrol might have only made their Segunda return this season, the Green Devils have continued on a shock second-tier romp. Although Cristobal Parralo’s men might have been last seen slumping to a 1-0 loss at the hands of Villarreal B, the Galicia-based outfit have their sights firmly set on securing a famous play-off ticket over the next month. Despite showing some extended inconsistencies since opening the New Year, Ferrol will certainly be excited to make a return to home soil here. Smelling a golden opportunity on Monday night, the former Racing Santander boss has seen his squad gai…
Tite is confident Neymar will continue playing at the World Cup for Brazil despite the ankle injury he sustained in a bruising opening contest with Serbia.
The Paris Saint-Germain forward limped off in the latter stages of the Selecao s 2-0 victory, which was sealed by Richarlison s second-half brace, having been repeatedly fouled at Lusail Stadium.
Neymar looked close to tears as he received treatment on the bench, before being pictured with a swollen ankle as he made his way to the dressing room.
Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar confirmed the 30-year-old will undergo further assessment in the next 24 to 48 hours but Tite, who revealed Neymar continued playing a further 11 minutes after sustaining the injury, is adamant he will return.
Brazil takes the …
Paris Saint-Germain boss Carlo Ancelotti has moved to confirm reports linking the French club with a move for Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo.
The club owner Nasser al-Khelaifi admitted last month the Saints could make a move on the Portuguese superstar as they aimed to continue reinforcing the squad.
Paris Saint-Germain boss Carlo Ancelotti admits that he would like to see Ronaldo at Parc des Princes, even if he is not sure the transfer is feasible.
I do not know if it is a transfer that the club can do, the Italian said to L’Equipe.
Ronaldo is a symbol of Real Madrid. But could any coach say he does not want Cristiano Ronaldo?
Ancelotti believes the Portuguese would have no problems playing alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
I think…
Sunderland will be out to put their Capital One Cup failure behind them in Saturday s clash with Aston Villa at the Stadium of Light.
Martin O Neill s men were humbled 1-0 by Championship side Middlesbrough on Tuesday in their first loss at home this season.
We have to pick ourselves up, which is easy to say, but we didn t play well enough and we didn t give our supporters enough to get enthused about, O Neill said.
We need to get a grip of the situation and prepare ourselves for Saturday. It s a different competition and it s a big game for us.
A further defeat at the hands of Villa could see Sunderland fall as low as 17th on the English Premier League table, just one place above the relegation zone.
Sunderland have made a sluggish start to t…