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2010 World Cup winners Spain lock horns with Tunisia as both sides polish their form ahead of the 2018 showpiece tournament which is less than a week away. The game will be played at Krasnodar Stadium in Russia where both sides are hoping to feel the ground and atmosphere before the big event.
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La Roja are determined to get back on the pedestal of international football after some rather disappointing performances at the global stage of late. The 2010 World Cup winners seem to have recovered from the Euro 2016 elimination going unbeaten in 19 consecutive matches since losing to Italy in the Last 16 stage in France.
Julen Lopetegui’s men were still given a wake-up call by Switzerland who held…
Santi Cazorla is keen to sign a new contract with Arsenal, .
The Spain international’s current deal with the club is set to expire at the end of this season, but he has no intentions of moving on as he is very happy at the club.
Since signing from Malaga in the summer of 2012 the thirty-one year old has racked up one hundred and seventy-five appearances in all competitions, scoring twenty-nine goals and was part of the squad that won back-to-back FA Cups in 2014 and 2015.
Internationally, he has been capped seventy-seven times for his country, scoring fourteen times and with them won the European Championships in both 2008 and 2012.
Arsenal moved to within two points of league leaders Manchester City with a narrow victory at Burnley on Sunday after…
Egypt goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary became the oldest player in Africa Cup of Nations history when he featured in his country s Group D opener against Mali on Tuesday.
The four-time winner of the competition began the match on the bench, but was summoned when first-choice Ahmed El-Shenawy was unable to continue do to an apparent shoulder injury – winning his 148th cap at the age of 44 years and two days.
FIFA tweeted its congratulations to El-Hadary, who is currently enjoying a second spell with Egyptian Premier League side Wadi Degla.
El-Hadary won his first African title in 1998 and was named as the best goalkeeper in the tournament when Egypt won on home soil in 2006 and defended their crown successfully in both 2008 and 2010.
He is older than Colombia …
Shrewsbury have confirmed the appointment of Matt Taylor as head coach in place of Steve Cotterill, who left the club earlier this month.
The 41-year-old Taylor made over 300 appearances in the Premier League during spells with Portsmouth, Bolton, West Ham and Burnley.
He began his coaching career at junior levels with Luton and Tottenham before a brief stint in charge of Walsall, whom he left early in 2022.
Taylor told Shrewsbury’s official website: “I’m very aware the football club has a successful playing style – something that has worked when you look at the finish last season.
“I hope to allow the players to really express themselves. There are some exceptional footballers here and part of my role is to give them a platform and a structure …
Cyriel Dessers salvaged a last-gasp draw for Rangers in a 1-1 draw with Dynamo Kyiv in their Champions League third-round qualifier first leg on Tuesday.
It looked like Andriy Yarmolenko s strike would give the Ukrainian side the advantage heading into the second leg next week, but the visitors dug deep to level the score.
Rangers made a decent start to the game but were punished for Ridvan Yilmaz s loose pass, as Vladyslav Vanat capitalised by flashing it into the box for Yarmolenko to turn home.
The visitors pushed for an equaliser, with Ross McCausland hitting the post before Heorhiy Bushchan made a fine save to keep out Dessers pacey shot.
And it was the Nigerian that eventually found the breakthrough for Rangers as he darted in to poke Vaclav Cerny s…
Jurgen Klopp sees no need to call Steven Gerrard as a means to provide the Liverpool legend with extra motivation when his Aston Villa side attempt to deny Manchester City the Premier League title this weekend.
Liverpool s quest for what would be a remarkable quadruple is reliant upon the Reds beating Wolves at Anfield, while hoping Villa can deny Pep Guardiola s side three points at the Etihad Stadium in a mouth-watering final day.
Fans of football romanticism will revel in the fact Gerrard, a man who famously failed to win the Premier League in his distinguished Liverpool career, can help his former club in their bid for history.
Klopp acknowledged the fact internally Gerrard may want to help Liverpool secure the third of four trophies they can still win, but t…
Kepa Arrizabalaga says he will head into discussions with Thomas Tuchel over his Chelsea future with the clear message that I want to play more .
Chelsea splashed a world-record fee for a goalkeeper when they signed Kepa from Athletic Bilbao for £71.6m on a seven-year contract in 2018 as a replacement for the outbound Thibaut Courtois.
Edouard Mendy arrived at Stamford Bridge two years later, joining on a five-year deal from Rennes to provide competition to Kepa, who played more than 30 Premier League games in each of his first two seasons.
Mendy then emerged as Tuchel s first-choice goalkeeper, with Kepa limited to just seven Premier League appearances in the 2020-21 season and only four the following league campaign.
The Spain international was utilise…
According to Kicker, Bayern Munich defender Rafinha is set to leave the German club at the end of the season. The 33 year old has been with Bayern Munich since way back in 2011, when he made a big money move over from Genoa. Since then he’s been a fairly regular member of the first team setup, but now, it appears as if his time with Bayern is coming to an end.
Don’t expect him to just retire, though, with reports suggesting that there is interest overseas in China. It wouldn’t exactly be the worst idea in the world for him to make the jump over, and financially speaking, it makes a lot of sense.
More and more players appear to be interested in picking up one big final payday either in China, Japan or the United States, and while many don’t agree with that, it’…
Manchester United scored five times in the first half of a competitive match for the first time in 19 years against Tranmere Rovers on Sunday.
With two wins from seven games in all competitions and just six goals scored in 2020, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had been feeling the pressure ahead of the visit to Prenton Park.
United made light of a wretched playing surface, though, with a ruthless first 45 minutes putting them 5-0 ahead.
Harry Maguire scored his first goal for the club with a thumping strike from 25 yards, before Diogo Dalot and Jesse Lingard made it 3-0 after 16 minutes.
Phil Jones towering header – his first United goal since March 2014 – made it 4-0 and Anthony Martial added a fifth shortly before the break.
The last time United score…
According to a recent report from L’Equipe, Paris Saint-Germain star Julian Draxler is not planning on leaving the club during the January transfer window – and is ready and willing to fight for his place in the starting XI. Draxler has been linked with a switch over to the Premier League in recent weeks, but it wasn’t quite known whether or not the links were serious.
Now, it has become clear that he isn’t going to entertain the idea of a move away even if it’s a serious offer.
PSG may have different plans in that regard, but either way, it should make for an interesting back and forth across January. The French champions are starting to put together a squad capable of really challenging within the top table of European football, but their continued succ…