However, Mourinho is looking to the future and is hoping a low in the season could prove to be a turning point. I think probably it’s good [going out]. Difficult moments can prepare the future in a better way," he told BT Sport. Several players underperformed in the game in Leipzig but Mourinho refused to single out any individuals from his injury-hit squad.
This revenge game should bring a lot of emotions, motivation, boosting the self-confidence at the next stages of the champions league competition. Two similar types of clubs, both super offensive one with big quality present in the squads, available to present an amazing match in Paris. With a 2-1 advantage, the German side will start the encounter. The result is open, the match should culminate up to the best.
Assisted by Moussa Djenepo. Posted at 77' Attempt blocked. Shane Long (Southampton) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Danny Ings. Posted at 76' Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 76' Foul by Ismaila Sarr (Watford). SubstitutionPosted at 76' Substitution, Southampton.
Following the second death in Italy from the virus, Prime minister Giuseppe Conte announced that games would play in the northern regions of Italy affected by outbreaks. Minister of Sport [Vincenzo] Spadafora intends to suspend all sporting events planned for Sunday in the Veneto and Lombardy regions," Conte said.
NSI lost at Vikingur last weekend but at home they have been good so far with 2 3-1 wins over TB Tvoroyri and Fuglafjordur. Against IF NSI have an excellent home record winning all of the last 8 meetings scoring 34 goals and conceding only 8.
Metz's away form isn't great ahead of this game with just the one win in their last eight outings. They are drawn with Dijon for the least goals scored on the road this season (3) and even though they drew their last two away games, they were rather lucky to do so with the Lille draw particularly fortunate.
Barcelona have denied hiring a firm to produce disparaging social media posts aimed at its own players such as Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique. A radio station claim Barcelona wanted to protect the reputation of president Josep Maria Bartomeu and damage the image of those who disagreed with him. SER Catalunya said the club worked with a company "that creates opinion" on social media accounts to achieve that.
Hawk-Eye - the operator of the goalline technology - subsequently apologised but said the system "remained functional throughout". The company added it was the first time such an error had occurred in more than 9,000 matches using the system. However, speaking to BBC Sport, Clattenburg, said it showed technology "can fail at any time". Clattenburg, who took charge of almost 300 Premier League games between 2004 and 2017, went on to apportion further blame for the failing to the video assistant referee system.
It’s a testament to how well Leicester have performed this season that, despite failing to win three matches on the trot, they remain comfortably inside the Premier League top four. With matches against the likes of Newcastle, Southampton, Burnley and West Ham coming up in the next month, this is the perfect chance for Leicester to strengthen their grip on Champions League qualification.
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MADRID, Feb 19 (Reuters) - There have been plenty of doubts aired this season about whether Atletico Madrid were capable of reproducing their past glories, but on Tuesday against an all-conquering Liverpool, Diego Simeone's side returned to their roots. Their 1-0 win in the Champions League last-16 first leg was akin to a greatest hits set, containing all the ingredients of what has made Atletico so compelling in the last eight years under Simeone.
Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern München)Getty Images "We wanted to impose our game, our philosophy, and we succeeded," said Bayern coach Hansi Flick. I wasn't interested in the Leipzig game. The decisive thing today was that we got the three points. We have a stability in the team and that's very important.
Harvey Elliott, 17, and 19-year-olds Neco Williams and Curtis Jones have all been in the matchday squad for both of Liverpool's last two games. We want to win football games and to win football games the best players have to be on the pitch," said Klopp. If the young boys are part of these best players then they will be on the pitch. They are so close, they are really good and they are our future - but they will not play now because I want to see them in a Premier League game.
I see good chances that this game shall end up in a 2-0 win for the guests, and I say this because Smolevichi played in the first league two seasons ago and back than when they hosted Soligorsk which is season after season one of the top clubs in this country they lost that time with 2-0. Also last season in the 2nd league level when Smolevichi finished inside the top 2 places and gained direct promotion to the first league they met Soligorsk also at home in the cup and also lost that game quite easy with 2-0 in the end.
Granada will host Villarreal for this fixture of the league. In my opinion, this will be a very interesting match. I think, the visitors will try to make a positive result. Villarreal are more ambitious team in this campaign. Villarreal are currently on the 7th place with 44 points. They probably want to stay in the race for higher range. However, the hosts have the potential to provide a strong resistance. Granada is very average team in this season. They are currently on the 9th place with 42 points. Hosts are in better shape in recent times. They are undefeated in their last 5 matches. Also, I believe, Granada is really better team at home. So, my pick - Granada to win.
Andre Gray replaces Roberto Pereyra. Posted at 81' Frederic Guilbert (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 81' Foul by Gerard Deulofeu (Watford). BookingPosted at 81' Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 80' Pepe Reina (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Zaha said it was "not the first time" he had received similar messages and said footballers are being racially abused "every day". On Monday, Sheffield United revealed striker David McGoldrick had also been sent racist messages on social media. Zaha added: "It's not enough to be disgusted by these messages I received and move on. It isn't enough to just say #notoracism. We need action, we need education, things need to change.
Bolton vs Shrewsbury predictions for Sunday’s League 1 fixture at Macron Stadium. After a good result last time out, the hosts search for all three points. Read on for our free League 1 predictions and betting tips.
Brighton & Hove Albion face Wolves in the Premier League. Premier League with 23 points in 15 games, Wolverhampton are having a very good season. A year ago, Wolverhampton Wanderers were 12 in the standings with 19 points. Now they are 5th with 23 points. Since the defeat conceded at home against Chelsea last September (2-5), Wolves have lined up 10 games without a setback in the league (5 wins and 5 draws), the current series.
Defeat by Cardiff and a draw with lowly Luton showed chinks in Leeds' armour since the restart of the season following the coronavirus pandemic, but doubts about their character were shrugged off in a performance of patience to obtain the lead and then ruthlessness to build on it. Stoke set up to contain with a solid back five but Leeds' relentless forward thrusts still opened up chances; Bamford had his clipped effort cleared off the line and Tyler Roberts' follow-up was bravely blocked by Danny Batth.
The visitors managed to put an end to five successive league defeats last time out as they saw off Rotherham with a 1-0 win, but that goal was just the third time they have managed to find the back of the net in their last six outings. While their offensive record is not as bad as their hosts, they know that they need to find the back of the net on a more regular occurrence if they are to pull themselves to safety.
But he is not after a career, he just wants to see if he can get his approach, so familiar to the club, to work. But it isn't in the passing aspect of the game where he could potentially be let down but rather in the work rate of the players without the ball, which is precisely where Valverde was hung out to dry by some of his team. This side has the look and feel of the dressing room at the end of the Frank Rijkaard era, when I remember the likes of Xavi and Andres Iniesta telling me they were losing their love for the game.
WADA confirmed: "Periods of ineligibility imposed under the World Anti-Doping Code are for specific lengths of time and include all competitions which take place during that period. There is no provision in the Code for Anti-Doping Organisations (ADOs) to cherry-pick periods of time in which the athlete would have more or fewer events to compete in.
Mourinho also refused to speculate further on reports Gedson Fernandes is close to joining Spurs on an initial 18-month loan. I'm waiting for news, but when I say I am waiting the news could come or not," he said. I'm more worried about Middlesbrough than the market. Of course, with the rules even if you get the player you cannot play him in a replay.
Ozil's petulant reaction to his substitution against Manchester City, strolling slowly off before kicking away his gloves, did not go unnoticed and brought a brutal response from Ljungberg. Ozil had a foot injury but Ljungberg was in no mood to spare him, saying: "He walked off the game against Manchester City and kicked his things away. For me, that is not how an Arsenal player behaves. Mikel Arteta was team-mates with Mesut Ozil between 2013 and 2016.
It felt like the first day at school - for me, it was 46 years ago, but it must have been similar. I dressed myself in my uniform again - and for the right reason, for going to training. View more on twitterThe easing of government restrictions have allowed players to train in small groups in staggered sessions, with all 20 clubs unanimously agreeing to stage one of the return-to-training protocols at Monday's "Project Restart" meeting.
German 2nd Bundesliga 15th day, Dynamo Dresden are in the worst season that never befall them, 12 points from 14 matches in the league so far, just 3 wins in all league, 3 draws and 8 lost games, they don't know more how to fight to get out of relegation zone because they have given all they can in every game, but at the end it's always not enough, winning against SV Wehen Wiesbaden at home 1-0 was all the can since many weeks.
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Serie D matches and a number of amateur and youth games in the Lombardy and Veneto regions are also called off. The Cremonese squad had already travelled to Ascoli's Cino e Lillo Del Duca Stadium in the central Marche region of the country before being informed that the game had been postponed. Several towns in the Lombardy region have been placed on lockdown, with schools and offices closed and residents urged to stay away from accident and emergency departments.
The biggest thing is the Fabinho injury, that's massive," Klopp told BT Sport after the game. It's early and we all hope it's not too serious but it's pretty painful and in an area you don't want to have pain, around the ankle. Emery under pressure Good morning! Welcome to live coverage of Thursday's football stories.
Hibs go into this game on the back of a managerial change, with Jack Ross taking over at the helm of the club last week. Hibs sacked Paul Heckingbottom after losing to Celtic in the Scottish League Cup and hope that Ross can restart their season.
Red Star Belgrade have carved themselves a reputation as one of the harder to beat sides in the past couple of years but they haven't been able to bring this into their Champions League campaign this season with resounding defeats to both Bayern Munich and Tottenham in Group A. Indeed, they've conceded 13 goals, the most of any team in the competition this season.
PSG moved to 58 points from 23 games and lead second-placed Olympique de Marseille, who play their game in hand at St Etienne on Wednesday, by 15 points. Nantes slipped down to 10th on 32 points. An early Loic Remy goal earned fourth-placed Lille, now on 37 points, a 1-0 home victory against third-placed Stade Rennais as they narrowed the gap with the Brittany side to three points.
Norwegian forward King, who has been involved in five league goals this season -- the highest alongside Callum Wilson --returned from international duty with a hamstring injury and sat out the home loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend. Joshua is still out," Howe told reporters. We haven't seen (midfielder) David Brooks on the training ground just yet either and the long-termers are still unavailable.
Paris St-Germain completed an unbeaten record in the Champions League group stage with a 5-0 win over Galatasaray. Mauro Icardi gave them the lead before Pablo Sarabia doubled the advantage. Neymar scored his first Champions League goal this season as he combined with Kylian Mbappe to make it 3-0 before he turned provider for Mbappe. Edinson Cavani made it five with a penalty as Thomas Tuchel's side finished five points clear of Real Madrid at the top of Group A.
Assisted by Sergio Canales with a cross. Former Women's Super League side Sunderland reached the FA Women's Cup third round with a thrilling 4-3 win over neighbours Middlesbrough. Sunderland, who made the 2016 semi-final and the last eight the following two years, will next visit Fylde after edging the all-Northern Premier tie.
The global soccer body also said it would encourage clubs and players "to work together to find agreements and solutions during the period when football is suspended" and the sport has to deal with an unprecedented loss of revenue. The guidelines, reported by Reuters on Sunday, were endorsed by the FIFA Bureau -- a reduced version of its decision-making Council -- on Tuesday.
