“It is the worst solution. We are going to stop in November after 13 or 14 games and start again in January. In the meantime, players will not play, the clubs will not make any money, the fans will bedeprived of national competitions and television companies will be furious.” — French Ligue 1 president Frederic […]
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What They're Saying: Agent Bjoern Gerke
“Ashton feels very honored and is very interested. … Ashton has nearly determined to grab this chance. The position of right back in the U.S. team is vacant.” — BjoernGerke, the agent of 21-year-old Hamburg SV right back Ashton Goetz, who has reportedly been courted by Jurgen Klinsmann to join the U.S. national team.Goetz, who […]
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What They're Saying: Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins
“If any of our directors behave in an inappropriate and unprofessional manner not befitting this football club then they will be dealt with internally and appropriately.” — A statement fromSwansea City chairman Huw Jenkins on club director John van Zwenden reportedly calling Manchester United coach Louis van Gaal “an arrogant bastard.”Last weekend, Swansea beat Man […]
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Video Pick: Best fans award goes to VfB Stuttgart
Their team fell, 3-2, to Borussia Dortmund and dropped into last place of the Bundesliga, but VfB Stuttgart’s fans were a class act, consoling their men, especially 18-year-old defender TimoBaumgartl, whose glaring gaffe set up Marco Reus on the third goal.
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Video Pick: A fantastic chip golazo from Argentina
Boca Juniors’ 21-year-old striker Jonathan Calleri has no problem coping with Temperley goalkeeper Federico Crivelli cutting down the angle on this breakaway.
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The Good, the Bad and — Musing on Mourinho
Europe in a nutshell: Golazos from Nani and Andrea Pirlo; Barcelona stumbles before its UCL trip to Man City; Bas Dost snags eight goals in one week;notes from the Champions League. Plus, debating the merits of Jose Mourinho’s us against the world approach to coaching … THE GOOD.Bayern Munich rebounded from perhaps the most surprising […]
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Video Pick: Keeper scores crucial Bundesliga goal
Augsburg’s Marwin Hitz became the third Bundesliga goalkeeper in history to score in the run of play when his close-range stoppage-time earned his team a 2-2 tie with BayerLeverkusen. The 27-year-old Swiss keeper, who pounced during a goalmouth scramble, follows Schalke’s Jens Lehmann (1997) and Werder Bremen’s FrankRost (2002) into the Bundesliga trivia annals. Hitz’s […]
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Video Pick: A fine long-range own goal
Getting the ball near the center circle usually doesn’t put you in own-goal danger, but Josh Rose of Australia’s Central Coast Mariners managed to put one past his keeper in a 3-1loss to China’s Guangzhou in Asian Champions League.
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Three takeaways from Schalke 04-Real Madrid
By Mike Woitalla (@MikeWoitalla) Real Madrid’s Champions League title defense remained on course witha 2-0 away win against Schalke in a first-leg clash in the round of 16. For the German club, the loss most likely means the end of its long-shot hopes, but it was a marked improvement from the lasttime these teams met. […]
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What They're Saying: Scott Laird
“Every time we scored as kids, she used to give me and my brothers a pound. … She was the first person I rang last night and I said ‘I want that pound.’ … I tried saying I wanted a bit morebecause it was against Manchester United, but she says that wasn’t in the contract.” […]