Verdict: Both teams to score
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Two sides who are looking to bounce back from their defeats over the weekend, Everton will host Claude Puel s Foxes on Tuesday afternoon.
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Starting with the hosts, while Everton s 5-1 win away at Burnley on Boxing Day may have had fans around Goodison Park believing they had got their season back on track, the Blues have ended 2018 in very sluggish style. Epitomized by their 1-0 defeat against Brighton last weekend, Marco Silva s side have now lost four of their last five and have now picked up just one league win since the 6th of October. With only their goal difference keeping them in the top half of the table, the former Watford boss will also be growing more concerned by Everton s recent …
Paris Saint-Germain are still missing something intangible and played like a collection of individualists as they exited the Champions League at the hands of Real Madrid, according to Willy Sagnol.
PSG gave up the lead to lose the first leg of their round-of-16 tie 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu last month.
And they went down 2-1 at home in the return fixture on Tuesday, bowing out in the first knockout stage for the second season in succession.
Real presented themselves as a team in the second leg, Paris did not, former France international Sagnol told Kicker.
PSG was just a collection of individualists, while Real acted as an absolutely disciplined team.
The Ligue 1 leaders were missing the injured Neymar at Parc des Princes, the Brazil intern…
Former Bayern Munich skipper Mark van Bommel has revealed he was in tears after the bust-up with Louis van Gaal that eventually saw him leave the Allianz Arena.
Van Bommel developed into a key figure at Bayern after joining the club from Barcelona in 2006, but left the Bavarians for AC Milan somewhat surprisingly in January 2011.
I was Bayern captain, I was Van Gaal s captain as he puts it but I also protected the dressing room, Van Bommel told Fox Sports.
So if he attacked someone who did not deserve that during a team talk, I would open my mouth and protect that player. Louis can deal with a lot of things, but you should not oppose him.
Things got out of hand in December 2010. I had a difficult and nasty discussion with him. I told him about a…
Prediction: Excelsior to win 2-1
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Excelsior and Den Haag will face each other in the first leg of the Eredivisie Relegation/Promotion Play Offs this week. The match will be held at the Van Donge De Roo Stadion in Rotterdam and is scheduled to kick off at 6pm UK time on Tuesday.
Excelsior
Excelsior finished sixth in the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie table this season with 66 points from 38 matches. Marinus Dijkhuizen’s side beat Roda JC Kerkrade over two les in the first round of the playoffs and then got the better of Heracles Almelo in the semi-finals.
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ADO Den Haag finished fourth in the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie table this season with 67 points from 38 matches. …
Napoli have bolstered their midfield options with the reported €24million signing of Stanislav Lobotka from Celta Vigo.
The length of the 25-year-old s contract is yet to be confirmed by the club, but he is said to have signed until 2024 and becomes Napoli s second signing of the month following Diego Demme s switch from RB Leipzig.
Napoli are reported to have paid an initial €20m, with another €4m in variables and clauses.
Lobotka joined Celta in 2017 from Danish side Nordsjaelland and the Slovakia international quickly established himself in Juan Carlos Unzue s team, playing every match in the 2017-18 campaign and starting 34 of them.
He remained a key player until his departure, often earning rave reviews with his enterprising blend of technical…
Schalke head coach Domenico Tedesco is keen to manage expectations around Rabbi Matondo ahead of the teenager s highly anticipated reunion with Manchester City in the Champions League.
Matondo joined Schalke from City last month for a fee reported to be in the region of £11million despite never featuring for Pep Guardiola s first-team.
The 18-year-old followed the trail blazed by England international Jadon Sancho from the City academy to the Bundesliga and told iNews the promise of greater opportunities was key to his decision.
I was at the club for two and a half years, I didn t break into the first team. I was inspiring myself to try and break into that first team but it didn t happen, Matondo said.
Of course, Manchester City s a great football club…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang wants to leave Chelsea in the January transfer window, with Barcelona interested in bringing the former Arsenal striker back to Camp Nou, according to . The report in the Spanish publication has claimed that Barcelona head coach Xavi wants to bring back the striker should Memphis Depay leave in the middle of the season.
Aubameyang himself wants to leave Chelsea in January. The former Arsenal striker is struggling for playing time at the Blues under new head coach Graham Potter. When Aubameyang joined Chelsea, Thomas Tuchel was in charge of the former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners. The striker worked with Tuchel at Borussia Dortmund. The German coach was sacked just days later.
However, Barcelona will be unable to sign Aubamey…
Neymar is Lionel Messi s natural replacement and would love to return to Barcelona, according to Brazil World Cup winner Mazinho.
Brazil superstar Neymar departed Camp Nou for a world-record move to Paris Saint-Germain ahead of the 2017-18 season but has consistently been linked with a move back to Barca.
Despite regular speculation ahead of the 2019-20 campaign, Neymar remained in the French capital and has scored 18 goals in 22 appearances across all competitions this term.
Neymar is once again being tipped to join Barca, though it was said at the time he left the club in part to try and escape the shadow of superstar team-mate and now six-time Ballon d Or winner Messi.
But Mazinho feels the 28-year-old is ready to come back and is capable of taking o…
Riyad Mahrez admits Pep Guardiola s presence was a key factor in his decision to sign for Manchester City and he hopes to win trophies every season with his new club.
The 27-year-old joined the Premier League champions from Leicester City for a reported fee of £60million, making him the club s record signing.
Mahrez helped his former club win promotion from the Championship in 2013-14 and then became a Premier League winner under Claudio Ranieri two season later, but that was to be his last taste of silverware at the King Power Stadium.
While preparing for friendly matches against Liverpool and Bayern Munich in the International Champions Cup, the Algeria international revealed Guardiola s winning habit drew him to City.
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Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes said he always believed the Red Devils could win after Cristiano Ronaldo s stoppage-time winner completed a stunning 2-1 Champions League comeback against Villarreal.
United were staring at back-to-back defeats to start their Group F campaign when Paco Alcacer gave visiting Villarreal a 1-0 lead in a repeat of last season s Europa League final at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
Villarreal upstaged United in the Europa League decider, but they were unable to shock Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s underperforming side again as Alex Telles equalised with a spectacular volley on the hour before Ronaldo sparked wild celebrations via his 95th-minute strike.
It was a largely frustrating night for United in Manchester, where the Premier League gia…