Sevilla boss Jose Luis Mendilibar wants his team to remove the ropes that bind us and rise to the occasion of the Europa League rematch with Manchester United on Thursday.
A 2-0 win at Valencia in LaLiga on Sunday came despite Mendilibar feeling something was missing from the performance.
He considers it a huge boon that his team can still win while not at their best, and hopes they hit their peak at the right moment.
A fightback in Manchester by Sevilla means the quarter-final tie is locked at 2-2 heading into the second leg.
Speaking after his team s victory at Mestalla, Mendilibar said: We have to gain confidence. Sometimes you don t play well and the result is with you. That makes you think that when you play well, you re going to do even better.
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Paris Saint-Germain duo Marco Verratti and Ander Herrera both accused referee Bjorn Kuipers of insulting them as the club crashed out of the Champions League in the semi-finals.
PSG s bid to reach back-to-back Champions League finals came to an end at the hands of Manchester City, who won 2-0 on Tuesday to progress to the tournament decider for the first time in their history 4-1 on aggregate.
Riyad Mahrez scored twice for City as PSG ended the second leg with 10 men after Angel Di Maria was red carded for kicking out at Fernandinho in the 69th minute.
Verratti and Herrera reacted angrily to the decision to send off Di Maria in Manchester, where PSG became just the third team to receive a red card in both legs of a Champions League semi-final after Deportivo La C…
Former Arsenal and England star Jack Wilshere has announced his retirement from football at the age of 30.
Wilshere said this week he was considering his options after he and Danish Superliga side AGF mutually parted ways, having spent less than five months with the club.
The midfielder spent 10 seasons with Arsenal after coming through the Premier League side s youth system and is reportedly set to re-join them as a youth coach.
He won the FA Cup twice with the Gunners and was named PFA Young Player of the Year as well as taking the club s player of the season award after a superb 2010-11 campaign.
After leaving Arsenal in 2018, Wilshere went on to represent West Ham and Bournemouth, with whom he had previously had a loan spell.
He also earned…
Wayne Rooney does not believe Cristiano Ronaldo will risk damaging his Manchester United legendary status by joining Manchester City.
Juventus forward Ronaldo is reportedly close to joining Premier League champions City on a two-year deal before the transfer window closes next Tuesday,
The Portugal captain established himself as one of the best players in the world during a six-year spell with United before joining Real Madrid in a deal worth £80million (€94m) in July 2009.
Ronaldo scored 118 goals in 292 games under Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford, with three Premier League titles and a Champions League triumph among the list of honours he claimed.
The 36-year-old s former team-mate Rooney believes a move to Paris Saint-Germain is more likely for Ronald…
Ivan Toney claims the Football Association “was a bit spiteful” in its handling of the Brentford striker’s eight-month ban for breaking betting rules.
Toney was charged with 262 breaches in November last year, but had to wait until May before the FA announced his ban and £50,000 fine after he had admitted to 232 of the counts.
The 27-year-old missed out on his World Cup “dream” after being omitted from Gareth Southgate’s Qatar 2022 squad and while he accepts his punishment, feels the timing of his charges being made public was harsh.
The independent Regulatory Commission’s written reasons regarding Ivan Toney’s recent sanctions have now been published here:
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Toney told Kick Game: “It came o…
“I spent seven years, the best memories of my football career,” he said.
“I met great players, not just inside the team but also outside the club, it was seven years of pure happiness.
“When you leave you always feel a bit sad but this club is always in my head, so just good memories.”
Hazard, who has kept in shape because he doesn’t want to look like “Peppa Pig”, is enjoying life away from football.
He does not see a future in professional coaching or management, but would love to help his five children follow him into the game.
“I am enjoying it a lot, I miss being with the lads in the dressing room a bit but I have the freedom to do what I want now,” he told the PA news agency.
“I have kids, I have family, I can go…
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has not ruled out Diogo Jota, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Alisson Becker being involved in Liverpool’s Europa League quarter-final against Atalanta on Thursday.
All three have been sidelined by injury since February but have returned to training and look set to contribute to Liverpool’s push for silverware over the closing weeks of the season.
Teenage midfielder Stefan Bajcetic, who has been out since September, is also back in training but is likely to have to wait a little longer for a first-team return.
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“Obviously we didn’t rush it with the boys,” said Klopp. “That means they did a lot of training by themselves. Diogo and Trent worked as a group since two, three weeks…
Dani Olmo lauded a resilient Spain showing as his strike against France moved La Roja one step away from Euro 2024 glory.
Didier Deschamps side snatched an early lead through Randal Kolo Muani in Tuesday s first semi-final, only for record-breaking Lamine Yamal to equalise soon after before Olmo found the net just four minutes later.
Olmo became the first Spanish player to score in three successive games at the European Championship finals, while his five goal involvements at Euro 2024 (three goals, two assists) are the most by a Spaniard at a major tournament since David Silva at Euro 2012 (two goals, three assists).
His neat first-half finish helped Spain to a 2-1 victory, setting up Sunday s showpiece against the Netherlands or England, where Olmo hopes to wri…
Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho has accepted a UEFA doping charge, likely ruling him out for the rest of the season.
UEFA revealed Sakho tested positive for a banned substance after Liverpool s 1-1 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford last month.
The 26-year-old is not formally suspended by club or governing body yet, but he did not request a B sample be tested ahead of Tuesday s deadline.
Omnisport understands that Sakho could apply to be provisionally suspended once disciplinary proceedings are opened, which could happen before the weekend.
As a result, any ban that Sakho picks up would be backdated, potentially offering him a crumb of hope of returning in time to be included in France s Euro 2016 squad.
A fat burner is reported t…
Paris Saint-Germain ended their Ligue 1 campaign with a comfortable 2-0 win at Metz on Sunday, courtesy of early goals from Carlos Soler and Lee Kang-in.
The Ligue 1 champions, who rested several key players, ended the season with 76 points, nine ahead of Monaco in second place.
Luis Enrique s team also became the first side in Ligue 1 history to go unbeaten on the road through the entirety of a campaign.
PSG rested several key players, including Kylian Mbappe, ahead of the Coupe de France final on Saturday against Lyon.
The visitors made an excellent start with Soler, who was teed up by Lee, breaking the deadlock with a shot from outside the box seven minutes in.
Lee subsequently doubled the lead five minutes later, becoming the first South Korea…