This weekend’s El Clasico might be Jose Mourinho’s most important game since his arrival at Real Madrid. Barcelona already have an eight point lead in La Liga, and a win on Sunday over their bitter rivals will give then an unassailable 11 point lead and end Real Madrid’s title aspirations. So what will José Mourinho’s […]
When Tito Vilanova took over from the successful Pep Guardiola this summer, a lot of Barcelona fans were a little worried about the move and whether Tito could be as successful as Pep was. Will if the opening couple of months of the season are any indication, it appears to have been a seamless transition […]
Jose Luis Mendilibar doesn’t like derbies and doesn’t think that Osasuna should be labelled as favourites heading into the weekend’s derby with Athletic Bilbao. The Pamplona outfit meet their Basque rivals this weekend off the back of a resounding first win of the season last weekend. At the same time, their 4-0 win over Levante […]
Massimiliano Allegri has hinted at transforming Milan to a three-man defence to mirror Inter in tomorrow’s Derby della Madonnina. “I think the derby is a different game from all the others, where there isn’t really a favourite, or if so then it is turned around on the night,” said the Coach. The Rossoneri turned a […]
Andrea Stramaccioni laughed off comparisons with Jose Mourinho ahead of the Derby della Madonnina. “The pitch will prove who is stronger.” The young Inter Coach won his only encounter with Milan so far, a 4-2 result handing the Scudetto to Juventus at the end of last season. “Milan have changed a great deal too, albeit […]
Surprisingly good news for Juventus and Antonio Conte today after an Italian sports tribunal cut the Juventus coach’s ban for involvement in a match-fixing scandal from 10 months to four. Conte was banned on 10 August for failing to report two incidents of match-fixing in the 2010-11 season when he was coach of then Serie […]
Surprisingly good news for Juventus and Antonio Conte today after an Italian sports tribunal cut the Juventus coach’s ban for involvement in a match-fixing scandal from 10 months to four. Conte was banned on 10 August for failing to report two incidents of match-fixing in the 2010-11 season when he was coach of then Serie […]
John Terry’s defence against claims he racially abused Anton Ferdinand was “improbable, implausible, contrived”, according to the Football Association panel which found him guilty. The FA’s 63-page report explaining why Terry was banned for four games and fined £220,000 was published on Friday. The panel says the Chelsea captain, 31, “is not a racist” but it […]
Roy Hodgson surprised quite a few people today when he named his squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Poland. Hodgson gave first call-ups to Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster and Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross while also recalling Arsenal left-back Kieran Gibbs and Spurs winger Aaron Lennon for the The call-ups of […]