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Looking to sign off their eye-catching March international break with another statement, the Czech Republic will travel to Montenegro on Tuesday evening.
Starting with the hosts, although Montenegro might have opened their EURO qualifying adventure with an impressive 1-0 victory away at Bulgaria on March 24th, it appears that might have just been a minor boost for the Falcons. Marking their return to international duties over the weekend as they had to settle for a 0-0 stalemate at home against Hungary, Miodrag Radulovic’s men have claimed just a single win from their previous seven appearances across all competitions. With that run highlighted by a 1-0 friendly defeat at the hands of Slovenia when signing off 2022, Monte…
Jose Mourinho hailed a win of huge importance after Tottenham overcame Brentford 2-0 to reach the EFL Cup final.
Moussa Sissoko and Son Heung-min were on target to see Spurs past their Championship opponents, who finished with 10 men after Josh Dasilva was dismissed for a challenge that left Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg with a gashed shin.
Tottenham have not won a piece of major silverware since lifting this trophy back in 2008 and it is a competition Mourinho has won four times.
The last of those came with Manchester United in 2017, with his former club taking on holders Manchester City in Wednesday s semi-final.
It s a game that takes us to a final. Probably, I hope not, but probably an empty Wembley final but a Wembley final, Mourinho told Sky Sports, castin…
Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne says the new approach to added time “doesn’t make any sense” and warns overworked players face up to 25 minutes being tagged on to some games.
Competitions around the world have been instructed to more accurately calculate time lost to stoppages this season, including goal celebrations and VAR checks.
Arsenal equalised in the 11th of 13 added minutes at the end of Sunday’s Community Shield against Manchester City and went on to win on penalties.
The change in approach follows a directive from the game’s lawmaking body, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which believes it will lead to a reduction in time-wasting and an increase in effective playing time.
The move was largely positively receiv…
Louis van Gaal insisted it will only get better for the Netherlands after turning on the style in Tuesday s 6-1 World Cup qualifying win over Turkey in Amsterdam.
Memphis Depay scored his first international hat-trick and was joined on the scoresheet by Davy Klaassen, Guus Til and Donyell Malen in a dominant display from the Dutch.
The Netherlands opened the scoring inside 54 seconds and were three up with 38 minutes played, the fastest they have led 3-0 in a competitive match in a decade.
Turkey lost Caglar Soyuncu to a red card before half-time but profited from a mix-up at the back to add a late consolation through Cengiz Under, though it was still their heaviest defeat since losing 8-0 to England in 1984.
Oranje have won two and drawn one of their t…
Sean Dyche has conceded Everton are in a tough situation when it comes to Dominic Calvert-Lewin s future.
The striker, who joined Everton from Sheffield United in 2016, has less than a year remaining on his contract.
While a new deal is on the table, Calvert-Lewin – who played in Everton s 3-0 defeat to Brighton last week – is yet to put pen to paper.
And with just a week remaining in the transfer window and the club s finances tight, Dyche acknowledged Everton may have to cash in should an offer present itself.
Any offer of a certain level would have to be looked at by the club, said Dyche, who hinted the budget for any more incoming players was tight.
We are in a better position because of player trading and how much we have lowered the wa…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored an emphatic free-kick for his 400th career league goal as Milan beat Jose Mourinho s Roma 2-1 to keep pace with Napoli at the top of Serie A.
It means Mourinho has lost a home game in Italy for the first time, while the visiting Rossoneri made it seven league wins in a row.
Roma made a bright start but Stefano Pioli s Milan soon took a stranglehold on the game, with Ibrahimovic at the centre of most of their good work and opening the scoring after 25 minutes.
Milan were too strong for their hosts, and a second-half penalty from Franck Kessie secured the points for the visitors, despite them going down to 10 men when Theo Hernandez was sent off. A late reply from Stephan El Shaarawy mattered for very little.
Ibrahimovic gave the…
It s a funny old game, but it might take gallows humour to raise much of a smile around north London this season.
Tottenham s season-opening streak of three straight 1-0 wins bought Nuno Espirito Santo substantial early goodwill as the Portuguese began his reign as head coach, yet there was plenty that did not sit right.
Spurs were riding their luck, out-shot 25-8 by Wolves at Molineux and beaten on the expected goals count there too. Similar applied to the fantasy start to the season when they edged out champions Manchester City.
But Wilfried Zaha and Crystal Palace were ruthless interlopers to Nuno s honeymoon in early September with their 3-0 Selhurst Park demolition, and now Chelsea have repeated the trick, scoring freely in the second half at the Tott…
Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing Alessandro Bastoni from Inter Milan in the summer of 2023, . The report has claimed that talks between Inter and Bastoni over a new contract are not going so well, and Premier League club Spurs are ready to bring the Italy international central defender to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at the end of the season.
Bastoni has been on the books of Inter since 2017 and worked with current Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte at San Siro. They won the Serie A title together in 2020-21. The 23-year-old has made 15 starts and two substitute appearances in Serie A for the Nerazzurri so far this season, providing two assists in the process. Bastoni has also given two assists in five UEFA Champions League matches for Inter so far this campaign.
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Tuchel focusing on a Premier League return
Now needing a miracle in their bid to stop Bayer Leverkusen and claim a history-making 12th consecutive Bundesliga crown, many were expecting to be hit with the Bayern Munich sack.
Although the former Chelsea boss might have only replaced Julian Nagelsmann at the Allianz 11 months ago, the German giants confirmed earlier in the week that Tuchel will be stepping down at the end of the season.
However, although Bayern might have made it clear that they want Xabi Alonso to take charge this summer, Tuchel himself is reportedly keen on securing an immediate Premier League return ahead of the 2024/25 campaign.
Leading Munich to more domestic success last season, the German tactician also still has plenty of admirers among E…
Werder Bremen have sacked coach Florian Kohfeldt and appointed Thomas Schaaf as they bid to avoid the Bundesliga relegation play-off for a second straight season.
Kohfeldt was relieved of his duties following Saturday s 2-0 defeat to Augsburg, Werder s eighth in nine league games.
Having taken one point from a possible 27, Werder are in the relegation play-off spot, a point adrift of Arminia Bielefeld and one ahead of Cologne, meaning they can still be automatically relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.
Kohfeldt helped Werder avoid the drop last season as they narrowly came through a play-off with Heidenheim.
But he will not have the chance to secure safety this time around, with Werder installing legendary coach Schaaf for the final game of the season against …