French magazine France Football will reveal the full voting breakdown on December 4. Video - Van Dijk: 'Liverpool could have had more players on the Ballon d’Or shortlist'01:06 According to the Evening Standard, journalists from Europe and Asia deemed Van Dijk the world's best player, but Africa, Oceania and both North and South America favoured Messi.
Diarangen have just one point from their last two games but both were on the road. Back on home soil they are far better with five successive clean sheets. They host Ferretti, who are only a place below them in the table but six points behind. They have lost their last two away league games and a third looks likely here. The tip is for a home victory.
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Fortuna's admirable style of play leaves them susceptible to conceding goals at the other end. This is especially true away from home. They have failed to keep a single clean sheet in seven competitive away games this season.
Marseille will be stiff competition for Angers here as André Villas-Boas's team has been in flying form recently with four wins on the bounce carrying them up to 2nd. The former Chelsea and Tottenham man found it difficult to get going at the start but his team are now playing some great football and deservedly sit at the top end of the table.
Arsenal will be happy to return home to a game of this caliber after their extra time loss to Olimpiacos and looking at their home form, versus the away form carried by West Ham, we are confident the Gunners will prevail. West Ham are winless in five away league matches but have managed to sneak in some goals and looking at the shaky Arsenal defence, we may see a West Ham goal fly in. Back Arsenal for a 2-1 win here.
Juventus are enduring a tighter title race than they are used to and they are currently second in the table, kept off the top of the table by Inter Milan and their superior goal difference. Roma aren't really involved in the championship race this season but they're not too much further down the table.
Kane: This game was something of a non-event. West Ham are well short of the class they need a player who can excite their fans. It' just as well their fans are not in attendance to make their feelings known. What was worth watching was Harry Kane coming back into some form. He was a passenger in the previous fixture against Manchester United but the England captain looked considerably sharper the Hammers.
Lecce continue their fight for survival on Sunday, as they host Bologna this weekend. The visitors have had a mixed season which has included a few big scalps, but they are only four points clear of newly promoted Lecce ahead of this meeting.
Sometimes you get more than you deserve. Sometimes you get less. This was an occasion when we got nothing when we deserved something. This is the best team in the world against a team in a difficult moment, with injuries, in a difficult part of the season. The boys were fantastic when we tried to change and create problems.
We don’t have to panic. I am not personally worried as well. But we have to look at it seriously. We can't underestimate and say it’s nothing but we don’t have to overreact and panic. We have to follow the instructions given by the authorities," he added. The other big soccer tournament on the horizon is at the Olympic Games which is due to be held in Tokyo in July.
Read the full story Video - Barca keen to offload Braithwaite after three games with PL clubs prowling – Euro Papers01:27 Traore set for Spain call-up Luis Enrique has confirmed that Wolverhampton Wanderers winger Adama Traore is close to a call-up for the Spanish national team. The Mail on Sunday reports that the 24-year-old forward, who is eligible to play for either Spain or Mali, is interesting Enrique, who said: 'We have known him very well for many years.
Posted at 79' Foul by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton). Posted at 79' Max Meyer (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing. Posted at 76' Corner, Southampton. Conceded by James Tomkins. Posted at 76' Attempt blocked. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Walter Ferretti U20 is going to face Real Madriz U20. The hosts are favorite here to win but I don't think that they will be able to win this match. Ferretti won 3 of 5 matches at home and lost 1:4 against Esteli. Ferretti draws against Real Madrid 2:2 in the previous clash. The visitors won against Diriangen u20 in the previous match 3:0 on away and I think that after this good result they will be able to pick at least one point. If they will lose this match they shouldn't lose it by more than one goal. I pick handicap here
The Football Association began an investigation in October and subsequently charged Casilla with a breach of FA Rule E3. It was alleged his words "made reference to race and/or colour and/or ethnic origin", constituting an aggravated breach, and the FA granted Casilla extra time to respond to the charge. Leeds released a statement responding to the suspension, saying the club "do not tolerate any form of discrimination" but added it is "important to recognise" that Casilla "has always denied making any racist comment".
Diogo Jota had the ball in Bournemouth's net again five minutes after the restart, but the Portuguese' effort was disallowed for offside in the build-up. The hosts, to their credit, threw caution to the wind in the second half and pulled a goal back through Steve Cook's deflected header, but Wolves held on for all three points.
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Sticking to his original plan, he initially decided to keep his diagnosis private. Alex was touring in Plymouth so I packed a bag, picked up the dog and jumped in the car," he said. She called me on the journey to say she hadn't heard from me much, and I just said I was fine because I didn't want to ruin her weekend. The first person I told was one of my best friends. It was a very emotional phone call - I don't think I've ever cried to my friends before.
He's 30 years old, he'll be 31 next year. I don't know how long Gareth will play for. It's what his lifestyle wants. He loves Madrid. His children have been there since they were babies, they speak Spanish, believe it or not. The whole lifestyle is fantastic. I was there two days ago in Madrid, it was 15 degrees, beautiful.
I regret taking the video, I regret sending that video and, whilst it was a dark-humoured joke, it was just that. A joke. It was not intended to shame anyone," he added. Whilst I absolutely understand the importance of an employer taking discrimination seriously, as they did, the decision to this day still stuns me.
The Kazakh hosts have scored just one goal in the Europa League group stages. United just need a point to qualify for the Europa League. Astana have recently lost 11-0 over two matches against AZ. Astana come in to matchday five of the Europa League group stages already playing for pride alone. They have collected no points from their four group stage games, with their demolition at the hands of AZ earlier this month ending all hopes of them making it to the knockout stages.
The two sides, along with City, are locked together at the top of the Super League. But while we all wait for that, let’s enjoy Arsenal breaking new ground in the goal reaction video game: RETRO CORNER You know a player’s been around for a while when they’re both technically retro and still playing now.
We have to take every measure possible to ensure that doesn't happen. But if it does, the party is over. With 11 matches still to be played, Barcelona lead Real Madrid by two points at the top of the standings, while the battle to avoid relegation is also finely balanced. La Liga's organising body has put the estimated cost of the season not finishing at 700 million euros ($772 million) and has vowed to finish the season, as has the national soccer federation.
That is how it is explained from the club, who keep pointing to the painful Champions League surrenders of the past two seasons - against Roma and Liverpool - as proof Valverde could not take the team to the next level. There is of course another side to the story. Valverde had to start his time at the Nou Camp by managing the departure of Neymar. The Brazilian is about to leave," star player Lionel Messi told him during his first pre-season, the first news he had heard of what was going to be confirmed weeks later.
Last November, a children's football club made the headlines when the mother of one player subjected a child in the rival team to racist slurs. The club issued a strongly worded statement against "the disgusting event", and said that, in support of the child, all players from both teams would attend the next game with their faces painted black.
Tottenham gained a hard-fought victory over Championship side Middlesbrough in their FA Cup third-round replay. Spurs were gifted a second-minute lead when Boro goalkeeper Tomas Mejias passed the ball to Giovani lo Celso, who cut inside a challenge and scored. Lamela doubled the hosts' advantage after 15 minutes when he flicked the ball past Mejias after a fine run. George Saville pulled one back late on for Boro with a low strike from 20 yards out, but it was not enough.
Video - Diego Simeone ready to tempt Chelsea star to Atletico – Euro Papers01:29 Atlanta went ahead when Lecce's Donati headed a corner into his own net in the 17th minute and Zapata headed the second goal from another corner five minutes later. Riccardo Saponara pulled one back with a curling effort in the 29th minute and Donati equalised five minutes before the break, making amends for his earlier blunder.
Raheem Sterling became the first player to score a goal in the month of June in the English top-flight since Walter Rickett, for Sheffield United against Stoke on 14 June, 1947. Sterling also scored in his 50th home club game in all competitions - he's never been on the losing side in those fixtures for Liverpool and Manchester City (W47 D3). David Luiz became the first player to be sent off, concede a penalty and commit an error leading to an opposition goal in a Premier League match since Carl Jenkinson for West Ham against Bournemouth in August 2015.
Football's future is uncertainOne thing that seems certain is that this has changed the whole landscape of football, in terms of salaries and future transfer fees. I hope that does not mean we will see some clubs going to the wall. The advance from the Premier League will, I hope, help the lower leagues survive this unprecedented period - but at the moment no-one knows when we will get back to playing again.
Leipzig finished the first half of the season with an outstanding goalscoring streak. They have scored over 2.5 goals in each of their last eight Bundesliga games. Furthermore, Leipzig have won each of their last four Bundesliga home games by a margin of more than one goal.
Video - Messi: ‘I am the only one with six Ballon d’Ors… that makes me proud’00:55 22:00 - A comeback story That's nearly it from us tonight, but I just want to leave you with news of non-league Solihull Moors, who were 3-0 up after an hour of their second-round FA Cup tie tonight. Managed by former England goalkeeper Tim Flowers, they lost 4-3.
PSV certainly weren’t at their best in the first half of the season but did end the year with a 4-1 home win over Zwolle, while VVV suffered a 3-0 defeat away at the hands of Vitesse. The visitors haven’t lost any of their last eighteen matches against VVV and have scored three or more team goals in five of the pairs’ last six encounters, so you can see why we are expecting goals from Sunday’s clash.
