An eventful match, inside the AT and T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in the United States sees Barcelona emerge winners with three beautiful goals, against their Clasico rivals, Real Madrid.Despite having the better opportunities, Real Madrid were unable to beat Marc Andre Ter Stegen in the Barcelona goal as the German, and the woodwork ensure there’s nothing for Los Blancos in the match.Moreso, Barcelona made it three consecutive Clasico wins for those played in the US having won the previous two held in Miami in 2017 and Las Vegas last summer.This time, the margin is bigger and to add to…
Author: Kehinde-Hassan Afolabi
UEFA has on Thursday officially granted Football Club Barcelona the provisional clearance to participate in the 2023-24 Champions League edition amidst refereeing controversy in Spain.Was it ever in doubt that the Catalan giants will compete in Europe’s most prestigious club competition next season after qualifying, even as so as winners of the LaLiga ? Well, maybe YES.The club had been under investigation since March following a complaint filed by Spanish Prosecutors over alleged payments Barcelona made from 2001 to 2018 totalling 7.3 million euros ($8.02 million) to firms owned by former refereeing official Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira.Barcelona, who was crashed…
Nigeria’s Super Falcons come from a goal down to record an emphatic 3-2 win over co host, Australia to boost their chances of reaching the round of 16 in the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup.On the back of a resilient showing to earn a point against Canada in their opening game, Randy Waldrum side took a lot of time before finally get going against their Oceanian opponent and were made to earn their win coming from a goal down.Australia controlled much of the proceedings until scoring the opener in the first minute of added time of the first half when…
Toni Kroos may be one of the greatest midfielders of his time but surely the German has not made too many friends with word from his mouth.The German is a controversial figure off the pitch and one of his latest comment of the like came this summer, when Real Madrid signed Jude Bellingham in a big money move from Borussia Dotmund.In one of the episodes of his Einfach Mal Luppen podcast, Kroos had said; “[Bellingham] is a top player who a lot of teams wanted, with the mixture of his quality and his age.””I have a lot of faith in…
Lionel Messi has already started tearing it apart in the United States even before his Major League Soccer debut for his new club, Inter Miami.The Argentine had spent all his years tormenting football players in Europe and the time is here for those in the United States to have a taste of how it feels to compete against one regarded as the greatest of all time.Messi made the move to the United States to join David Beckham’s Inter Miami. It first occurred as a shock to all and sundry, who had hoped he was on his way back to Barcelona…
Following the club’s 2-0 loss to Manchester United in a preseason friendly in New York, Mikel Arteta has reply to comments of the team lacking physicality in midfield with Kai Havertz being a part of the three.Havertz, who made his first Arsenal start alongside Declan Rice and captain, Martin Ødegaard in the middle of the park was the center of criticism, with many fans not even convinced of what he offers from the start.“We’re going to have to find the right balance as well, but a year ago Granit could never play that as an attacking midfielder. So let’s try…
The main of every competition is for fans to enjoy the best of it and even if the timing of the games there in Oceania is not so friendly with the scheduled here in the West of Africa, the FIFA Women’s World Cup has so far treated enthusiasts to priceless and plentiful moments of delight albeit in the early days.From co-host, New Zealand picking up their first ever win in the tournament history by ousting Norway in the curtain raiser, despite the latter parading superstars from some of the best clubs in the world.Eight new countries making their debut in…
Newly appointed captain at Manchester United, Bruno Fernandes will reportedly not entertain the chance of being interviewed by the club’s former player, Gary Neville in the next season.The Portuguese will not acknowledge the former United full-back during pitch-side interviews in the coming campaign, according to reports.Fernandes still bear grudges of the harsh criticism he received from Neville, who had branded him ’embarrassing – a shambles” and called his behaviour a “disgrace” in the wake of United’s 7-0 humbling in the hands of Liverpool back in March.Now tasked with fielding more pitch-side interviews having been named full time captain, taking over…
Liverpool has had a bid worth £37 million to sign Belgian midfielder, Romeo Lavia turned down by Southampton.The Saints will not entertain any proposal less than their £50 million valuation of the Manchester City Academy graduate.Just last summer, Southampton paid an initial £10m, for the 20-year old midfielder with further add-ons structured into the deal, which also contains a buyback clause in the region of £40m for City.However, after an impressive first season and Southampton’s unfortunate relegation, it has become inevitable that Lavia leaves the Saint Mary’s this summer and City not willing to exercise the buyback clause, he has…
Chelsea are still in talks with Brighton for the signing of Ecuadorian midfielder, Moises Caicedo in a big money move but the London giants may soon find themselves in no man’s land in the window.Having oversee the departure of their main midfield players in the last six months, the Blues are now left with just January signing Enzo Fernandez as the only main midfielder.Despite still having the likes of Conor Gallagher, Carney Chukwuemeka, Cesare Casadei and Andrey Santos on the book, they are not up to the standard to count on heading into a 38-game Premier League season.The consequences of…