BARCELONA, March 30 (Reuters) - Barcelona players will make an extra contribution on top of the 70% pay cut they have agreed to take during the enforced La Liga break so that the club's other employees can earn their full salaries during the coronavirus crisis, captain Lionel Messi said. The club's all-time top scorer was among many Barcelona players who released identical statements on social media on Monday to confirm the decision.
Players play where they want to play and James, at that moment, wanted to play at Real Madrid -that’s why he stayed. Now, contracts are made when they have to be done and if they aren’t it’s because they don’t want them. Jurgen Klopp unconcerned about angering players with rotation Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he has not discussed rotation policy with his players and revealed he “can’t help” a player if they are angry about a lack of game time.
The Uruguayan’s finish for the second goal was especially eye-catching, calmly guiding a finish past ter Stegen. Barca couldn’t handle Gomez. PLAYER RATINGS Valencia - Domenech 7, Wass 6, Paulista 8, Garay 6, Gaya 7, Soler 7, Coquelin 7, Kondogbia 8, Ferran 7, Gomez 8, Gameiro 6. Subs - Sobrino 5, Costa 5, Rodrigo 5.
Isloch have lost last three games. They will face Rukh brest who lost their last game in a derby against dinamo brest after a seven game unbeaten streak. On the road Rukh brest are unbeaten in five of their last six games only losing to BATE. Isloch had to players suspended in their last game against bate which added a tally of more than five first team players injured or suspended. This will be the first time both teams will face each other. Rukh Brest have acquired eleven of total fifteen points on the road. They are in good form and have fully fit players. My pick is away win.
European champions Liverpool overcame Brazil's Flamengo 1-0 in extra time on Saturday to capture their maiden Club World Cup crown at the Khalifa International stadium in Doha. Juergen Klopp's side also lifted the UEFA Super Cup trophy this year and Robertson hoped the momentum could propel the Premier League leaders towards more silverware.
Earlier this week, several clubs - including Arsenal, Chelsea, Leicester City, Bournemouth, Manchester City, Juventus and Real Madrid - revealed they have either all or some of their playing staff in self-isolation. Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said: "In this unprecedented situation, we are working closely with our clubs, government, the FA and EFL and can reassure everyone the health and welfare of players, staff and supporters are our priority.
Football match from the Brazilian Campeonato Paulista and we have Guarani playing host to Ponte preta. This is the 10th match of each teams and the visitors ponte are already out of the competition but I think they will want to go out on a good note. The host team had qualified in their own group and they may not play as well as they normally would play. I think for this match a draw would be a fair result, both team have absolutely nothing to lose or play for In this match, so I see an half hearted performance from both teams
Over 2.5 goals have been produced in 73% of Solihull’s home games and 60% of Rotherham’s away games this season, and both teams have scored in 64% of Solihull’s home games as well as in 60% of Rotherham’s away games. A majority of Rotherham’s wins have been obtained with a one-goal margin this season (5 wins), while a majority of Solihull Moors’s defeats have had a one-goal margin (5 defeats), which backs our prediction for a 2-1 win for the visitors.
There should be under 3 goals in this match Chelsea have not had a good time at home when playing Manchester United so they will look to try and win this match to nil. Chelsea would put more focus on defense and will look to score the goal to win the match later on in the match. Man United have caused them a lot of problems so this could be the plan for the team going in this match. Man U have been dangerous so they will hold them and will look to defend this match all the way to finish
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Lida won 4 of the last 5 home games in the league last season and so far they have also looked very strong at home this season. They had a 3-1-0 record in the 4 friendlies at home scoring 14 goals and in the league they started at home with a 3-0 win over Slonim.
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The Tynecastle side now have just eight games to save their top-flight status and could be further adrift by the time they visit Livingston on Sunday. Hearts 'maybe lost a little hope'St Mirren concern over 'serious injuries'Podcast: 'It's a big result for St Mirren'St Mirren set tone & earn crucial winBig goals in big games bring big results. This result is an almighty outcome for Jim Goodwin's side as the smiles on their fans' faces showed at full-time.
However, while City were fourth at this stage in his first season (2016-17) at the club, they were only seven points behind the leaders and eventual champions Chelsea, who ended up 15 points better off than Guardiola's side. And, since then, close to £470m has been spent on new players to equip his team to compete on the domestic and European stage - with the club winning an unprecedented domestic treble last term.
He, Scholes and the injured Henning Berg – whose two goal-line clearances in the quarter-final against Internazionale probably kept United in the competition – could watch but not take part on what should have been the biggest night of their careers. Keane later described the kick-off in Barcelona as his worst moment in football.
Coronavirus got to football. In general, the request of the Italian Football Federation to conduct matches without fans is half advisory. But the players and the leadership of the clubs are well aware that it’s not worth the risk and this match the Roman “Lazio” will hold at home without fans. As for football itself, the Roman club is only one point behind the leading Juventus, which began to lose points more often than last season. The leader of the home team, Ciro Immobile, is leading the scorers, ahead of Ronaldo by six goals, and in the last round against the SPAL, the Italian distinguished himself again. This “Lazio" in this season may swing at the championship. “Bologna” confidently holds in the middle of the tournament table and regularly scores points, sometimes beating powerful teams. It is interesting whether “Lazio” will extend its unbeaten run in the championship, which is already more than twenty matches? No doubt, the lack of fans will affect the game, especially the game “Lazio”, which in its last matches spares neither itself nor the opponent. Of all their few points losses, the Romans committed it against the “Bologna” in the first round match, tied. But that was a completely different “Lazio”. Now the team of Simone Inzaghi has become stronger at times and, most likely, in this match the situation will turn out differently. Perhaps the heat in this game is not worth the wait, then the stands are empty.
Milan have only won four home league games this season. Roma have won seven away league fixtures. Roma have won their last three league games, scoring ten goals. Milan are eighth in Serie A and still in with a good chance of qualifying for the Europa League. They host fifth-placed AS Roma who are battling hard to secure the final Champions League spot.
So, the resilience they will need was definitely there. If I am being honest, there was not an awful lot of quality from Villa for most of the game, but they fought tooth and nail to stay in it right until the end. Even with my Villa hat on, I have to admit they were outplayed at times and City deserved to win, but it was a very good sign that they were only beaten by a single goal.
Their main target has to be ensuring they qualify for the Europa League. That's looking more likely with a ten-point lead over eigth placed Sassuolo. Roma are in top form at present with each of their last three league games won. Seven goals have been scored in those wins but none have been against sides higher than them in the table.
Chelsea coach Lampard, who won two of his Premier League titles in Mourinho's first reign at Stamford Bridge, conjured a game plan that allowed his side to dominate from start to finish, aided by a shoddy home performance. Willian punished some slack defending to open the scoring after 12 minutes and a labouring Tottenham barely created a decent chance in response.
Utah find themselves in a tight battle in their division, one win behind Oklahoma City Thunders and four adrift of the Denver Nuggets. Overall, Utah are sixth in the Western Conference and should make it into the play-offs. Their home record is impressive with 20 wins out of 29 but their last four have all been lost.
He will become the first France boss to complete a decade in charge. Paulo Sousa emerges as shock contender for Arsenal job Bordeaux boss Paulo Sousa is the latest man linked with the Arsenal job, with his representatives claiming to have held talks with the club about the vacant manager's position. They like his profile, not just as a coach but also as a person.
Millwall have been impressive under Rowett, but they have only lost twice across their last 10 matches. Their improving form has been building for a while, which gives them a great chance here. With Birmingham scoring just twice in their last three, failing to win in four, we expect the visitors to take something out of this game. Millwall Double Chance is our pick for this one.
The result lifted Jagoba Arrasate's charges up to 9th in the standings and overall it's been an excellent campaign thus far for last season's Segunda winners. They have lost just three of their 15 matches and look sure to avoid any potential relegation scuffles in their first year back in the top flight.
Goal!Posted at 64' Goal! Manchester United 2, Aston Villa 1. Victor Lindelöf (Manchester United) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner following a corner. Posted at 64' Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Tom Heaton. Posted at 63' Attempt saved. Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fred.
Assisted by Granit Xhaka. Posted at 82' Foul by Davy Pröpper (Brighton and Hove Albion). Posted at 82' Lucas Torreira (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Goal!Posted at 80' Goal! Arsenal 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Neal Maupay (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aaron Mooy with a cross. SubstitutionPosted at 80' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion.
Meanwhile, Wolves skipper Conor Coady says footballers "want to make as much difference as possible" during this "horrible time". Footballers are good people," defender Coady, 27, said. We want to try and help the right people at the right times, to make sure that people are getting the best possible care. It's a horrible, horrible time we're in. It's about everybody coming together, not trying to point fingers at certain people within the world and trying to say they're not doing enough.
But you could understand the referee not giving it: he was 30-odd yards away and Batshuayi was probably shielding the worst of the offence, but then the VAR had chance to review the footage, looked carefully at Maguire’s studs disappear into Batshuayi’s ‘personal space’ and decided “nah, that’s fine.
They are by no means over the line, with Bielsa’s side enjoying a similarly strong run of results back in December last year, which seemed to be the perfect blend of tactical familiarity and match fitness. Now Leeds are peaking once again, so we expect them to hurt a Hull side who have had their problems this term.
But obviously the year when we won the Premier League is hard to top. That whole season is my favourite memory. Leicester are flying high in the table again and winning plenty of plaudits but Serge is not convinced by claims that their current side is a better team than the title-winners. He explained: "Is this team better? It is close. You know what? Talent-wise, it probably is a little better but what we had in 2016 was spirit and whatever that magic combination was.
It would be terrible' - Liverpool fans on lifting Premier League trophy in empty stadium Ferdinand recalls Berbatov row at Manchester United training before Champions League final Barcelona's Champions League decider with Napoli to be played without spectators The European champions trail the Spanish side 1-0 from the first leg, where Klopp was forced to withdraw Sadio Mane as the Atleti players attempted to get him a second yellow card.
FIFA said that 80% of the total -- which was already 19. Italy, England, Germany, Portugal, Spain and France combined. It added that Portuguese clubs stood out as they have spent almost half as much on commissions -- $78. FIFA is planning to place a cap on agents' fees as part of a wide-ranging reform to the transfer system.
Aris lost 3-1 at Olympiacos but also won 3-1 at home with OFI Crete after the restart and their 3rd league game away at AEK Athens also had 4 goals scored in it as they drew 2-2 and in the cup after losing before the break the first leg at same AEK with 2-1 they won 2-1 in 90 minutes at home some days ago but in extra-time conceded a goal and exited the cup competition. But in the league against 2nd placed PAOK at home they scored no less than 4 goals as they won 4-2 so I do not see an easy time for PAOK in this encounter.
Bastia-Borgo would have liked to go into this match against a massive team in slightly better form than they are currently in but they will have to make do either way. The third-tier minnows are currently on an extremely barren run of matches with no wins in their last eight league games. They have only had some wins over amateur clubs in the Coupe de France to celebrate recently but apart from that it has been a soggy patch for the club.
Reigning champions City have already lost four league matches this season and have been held to two draws from their five Champions League group games so far – after being knocked out of the competition at the quarter-final stage in consecutive years. Speaking after the clash at the Etihad, Guardiola said: “United have the quality to defend and the quality to attack on the counter-attack and you have to accept that.
I had seen too many poor passes, too many balls being kicked off the pitch and not enough good play. We had to attempt to get through or at least get a draw but we were not quite able to get there. I think we had a lot of opportunities to have an attempt on target. We were in good positions to make it happen and we didn't, but they were better.
United haggle over Smalling deal Despite the end of the transfer window fast approaching, there are few big stories hinting that anything shocking will get done in the market in the next few days. The Sun leads their coverage with talks between Manchester United and Roma for Chris Smalling, with the Italian side wanting to part with £13 million plus add-ons, while United want £25 million.
Maupay (Brighton and Hove Albion) Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) M. Mount (Chelsea) L. Mousset (Sheffield Utd) C. Pulisic (Chelsea) C. Two goals from Dominic Calvert-Lewin after Richarlison's early opener justified Ferguson's decision to shake up the side with an aggressive 4-4-2 formation as the former Everton striker replaced the sacked Marco Silva in the dugout.
RACISM DOMINATES THE NEWS YET AGAIN Players in the top two divisions of Dutch football will stand still for the first minute of matches this weekend as a protest against racism, the top flight Eredivisie has said. An anti-racism message will be also displayed on scoreboards during the opening minute at Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie games and an extra minute will be added to first half injury time.
Shakhtyor have won their last four league games by an aggregate score of 12-0. Shakhtyor have only conceded three goals in ten league games. Shakhtyor are yet to concede an away league goal this season. Dinamo Minsk have already lost five league fixtures this season. Dinamo Minsk have earned four points from their last two league games but face a tough game here.
Come on. Brendan?! Arsenal are a shambles. Video - Rodgers: There will be 10 names for Arsenal job, but I'm happy at Leicester00:46 9:25 - Latest Ballon d'Or odds Raheem Sterling at 100-1 is GREAT value*. Lionel Messi: 1/12 Virgil van Dijk: 6/1 Cristiano Ronaldo: 33/1 Sadio Mane: 100/1 Alisson Becker: 100/1 Robert Lewandoswki: 100/1 Raheem Sterling: 100/1 Please don't lump a fiver on Raheem Sterling, then bill Eurosport when it all goes wrong.
I think Chelsea will fall short. But it all depends on the January transfer window. Now their transfer ban has been lifted, Chelsea can bring players in. Manager Frank Lampard always refers to "taking your chances" in his post-match interviews so they probably want to bring in attacking players, but they are leaking too many goals too. I think he needs to look at an experienced centre-back and a full-back as they need to defend the wide areas better in order to keep more clean sheets.
That's the type of calibre of manager I'm sure the club are looking for. Italian Ancelotti, 60, has won three Champions League trophies and league titles at Chelsea, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Paris St. Germain and Bayern Munich as a manager. Ferguson, who said he wants to be part of the incoming manager's plans, added: "Hopefully we will get a top top guy coming in. We are really ambitious as a club, and we want to attract the best guys, it's a massive club, Everton.
It had been announced earlier in the day that 38-year-old Ibrahimovic, Sweden's record international goalscorer with 62 in 116 games, had acquired almost 25 percent of the shares in Hammarby, who came third in this year's Swedish league championship. Announcing the deal, Ibrahimovic said he intended to make Hammarby the biggest club in Scandinavia, angering many of his former fans at Malmo FF, where he first made his name before a trophy-laden career in Netherlands, Italy, Spain, England, France and the U.
Duncan Ferguson will remain as interim manager for Everton's Premier League game at home to Arsenal on Saturday. Ferguson, 47, has been in temporary charge of the Toffees for the past three matches after they sacked Marco Silva earlier this month. Ex-Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti, 60, is Everton's top target to succeed Silva with talks held earlier this week. Everton are 16th in the Premier League and face an Arsenal side in 10th who also do not have a permanent manager.
Motherwell's brilliant start to the season took a turn for the worse just before the international break, as they were defeated 2-0 by Celtic in Glasgow- only their second defeat on the road as they also fell to Rangers at the end of October.
I am going to be repetitive," he said "I would love to be at July 1. I would love to be in pre-season, working with Harry Kane, (Moussa) Sissoko and Sonny. That's not possible. We have three long months to go in three competitions where we are still (in). It's going to be three long months. Asked why Alli had not started, Mourinho said: "We have strange game-plans but we need to have them because there's not another way.
