Andrea Pirlo will work to make sure Juventus do not think the job is already done ahead of their Coppa Italia semi-final second leg against Inter, a tie he says they must negotiate at all costs .
The Bianconeri returned to Turin with a 2-1 lead after Cristiano Ronaldo s brace at San Siro last week turned the first leg on its head following Lautaro Martinez s opener.
Juve are going for a 10th successive Serie A title this season, but the Coppa has not treated Italy s dominant club quite so well of late.
They lost last season s final under Maurizio Sarri and have won the competition just four times in 26 years, those triumphs coming in four straight campaigns from 2014-15.
Pirlo is making no secret of his desire to deliver success and wants Juve to maintain…
It looks like Napoli are going to lose one of their main stars this summer. Dries Mertens is, according to reports, unlikely to sign a new deal at Napoli before his contract ends. His current deal with the club is set to end on 30 June or, in fact, a bit later, due to this whole chaos created by the coronavirus that has stopped football and he could be leaving as a free agent.
This could be really good news for clubs interested in the Belgian, especially those in the Premier League. According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, there are after all three Premier League clubs interested in his services. Their reports suggests that Mertens entourage could enter into talks with Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea.
The Belgium international, now 32, joined Napoli in 2013 and has…
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Looking to extend on their 100% start, Huesca will welcome Burgos to the Estadio El Alcoraz on Saturday evening.
Starting with the hosts, while Huesca might have only just about dragged themselves over the finishing line last season as they managed to keep hold of their Segunda status, Antonio Hidalgo’s men have made a string of improvements since returning from the summer interval. Flying out of the traps since opening up the 2024/25 campaign, the Aragon-based outfit have continued to receive a string of plaudits from across Spain’s second-tier. Opening proceedings with a rugged 1-0 victory away at Elche on August 18th, the former Sevilla coach finds the mood around the Estadio El Alcoraz at a red-hot high. Last seen putting i…
The main thing to remember after the full-time whistle sounds at the end of the Community Shield is that no one knows anything.
As a form guide, English football s traditional season curtain-raiser is often completely lousy – just in case there was any danger of unbridled optimism at Arsenal following their 1-1 draw against Liverpool and subsequent penalty shoot-out triumph.
Who could forget Manchester United sweeping aside Wigan Athletic in 2013 to promise prolonged glory under continuity candidate David Moyes?
Or even last season s meeting between Liverpool and Manchester City, a knife-edge tussle concluding in a penalty shoot-out that indicated there was nothing between the top two teams in the country.
Liverpool were back at Wembley on Sunday, havin…
Hakan Calhanoglu scored a double off the bench to take Milan from the brink of Coppa Italia elimination and into the semi-finals with a thrilling 4-2 victory after extra time against Torino.
Milan took the lead when Giacomo Bonaventura converted in the 12th minute, but a brace from defender Bremer looked set to be enough to send Torino into the semi-finals for the first time since 1993-94.
However, Calhanoglu replaced Rade Krunic in the 82nd minute and his stoppage-time strike from the edge of the box forced an additional half an hour.
A stunning drive from the same player just 29 seconds into the second half of extra time was followed two minutes later by Zlatan Ibrahimovic s second goal since returning to the club, sending the Rossoneri through to face Juventus…
According to Football Insider, West Ham are preparing for a late attempt from Galatasaray to sign Emerson Palmieri.
The Turkish Super Lig club tried first to land Aston Villa s Lucas Digne to strengthen their left defensive flank but failed, and they ve therefore turned their attention to Emerson, contracted to the London side until 2026. They re expected to test the Hammers resolve before the transfer window in Turkey closes on September 13th, but as reported by Fabrizio Romano, the 30-year-old Italy international is set to reject their advances in order to remain at his current club, where he s very happy at the moment.
Emerson was a part of Julen Lopetegui s starting XI in all three Premier League games so far this season. He joined West Ham from Chelsea two years ag…
Friday marks the 34th anniversary of Alex Ferguson s appointment at Manchester United, as another Old Trafford manager struggles to match up to the standards set by the club s greatest ever boss.
Ferguson oversaw 1,500 games and won 38 trophies in almost 27 years at the helm, establishing United at the forefront of world football.
David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have each since failed to deliver the same success, but even the Scot found the going tough at times as Red Devils manager.
Indeed, as Solskjaer languishes 15th in the Premier League, reeling from back-to-back defeats, his early record still stacks up against how Ferguson fared at the same stage in his tenure.
We look at the Opta data and study how Ferguson r…
Ivan Perisic scored in the 92nd minute as Inter recovered from Gervinho s double to draw 2-2 at home to Parma in Saturday s Serie A clash.
Gervinho found a way through 19 seconds into the second half the third straight game he has scored against Inter and added a second shortly after the hour mark.
That had Inter facing the real prospect of back-to-back home league defeats, though substitute Marcelo Brozovic pulled one back 137 seconds later to give his side some hope.
Inter had a strong penalty shout rejected but Perisic glanced in a last-gasp equaliser to deny Parma, who can still hold claim to being unbeaten in five away games with Inter at San Siro.
45:19 Gervinho scored after just 19 seconds from the start of the second half: it is the ea…
Arsenal made the decision to sack Unai Emery over the past several weeks because they felt it was necessary if they wanted to salvage their season, according to director Josh Kroenke.
Following weeks of speculation, Arsenal finally relieved Emery of his duties on Friday in the wake of a 2-1 home defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League.
That was a seventh successive match across all competitions that the Gunners failed to win, a run that has seen them slip to ninth in the Premier League following Saturday s matches.
Freddie Ljungberg was installed as interim head coach until Arsenal make a full-time appointment.
Whoever takes up the vacancy should not expect the club s ambitions for the season to be more grounded because of their difficult start…
Mesut Ozil insists he has no regrets over his decision to join Arsenal despite his time at the club fizzling out in underwhelming circumstances.
Ozil was omitted from Mikel Arteta s Premier League and Europa League squads in October and has been tipped to move to MLS franchise DC United or Turkish side Fenerbahce during the January transfer window.
The former Real Madrid midfielder, a club-record signing when he joined for a reported £42million in 2013, featured in 12 of Arteta s first 16 games in charge of the Gunners, but he has not made an appearance since the suspension of football amid the coronavirus pandemic in March.
Ozil s influence has waned since providing 19 assists and creating 28 big chances in 35 Premier League outings during the 2015-16 sea…