Friday, November 15, 2024

Football

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Gattuso encourages Napoli to learn to win ugly

SSC Napoli head coach, Gennaro Gattuso has insisted that Napoli must learn to win games ugly sometimes as they cannot always be beautiful like Hollywood actor Brad Pitt.Gattuso added that there is nothing wrong in winning a "bit ugly"...

Oliver admits Pickford should have been punished

Premier League referee Michael Oliver has admitted that Jordan Pickford should have been punished for injuring Virgil van Dijk. Van Dijk has been out of action since suffering cruciate knee ligament damage during Liverpool's 2-2 draw with Everton at Goodison...

Pochettino gets first win with PSG but Lyon stay top of Ligue 1

Mauricio Pochettino celebrated his first victory as Paris Saint-Germain coach on his home debut on Saturday as Moise Kean set the reigning champions on their way to a 3-0 win over Brest, but Lyon remain top of Ligue 1...

Akwa United want NPFL title says Boboye

Akwa United head coach, Kennedy Boboye insists his side have turned the corner following a slow start to this season's Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) campaign.A disappoint 0-0 draw against city rivals, Dakkada FC was followed by a 0-1...

Solskjaer hails ‘monster’ McTominay

​Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is full of praise for midfielder Scott McTominay, after his match winning performance in Saturday's FA Cup game against Championship club, Watford.Solskjaer says the Scot is a "monster of a human being" as...

Zidane upset Real Madrid’s game versus Osasuna wasn’t postponed

Zinedine Zidane has expressed his frustrations over the decision to allow Saturday's La Liga Santander clash between Osasuna and Real Madrid to go ahead despite the impact of Storm Filomena.Los Blancos played out a forgettable goalless draw at El...

Pioli pleased with Milan response after Juve defeat

AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli is impressed with his charges in the manner they reacted to their first league defeat of the season in midweek.The Rossonerri were beaten 3-1 by Juventus on the penultimate match day but reacted ...

Haaland gets Nagelsmann praise

Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland has received words of praise from RB Leipzig head coachJulian Nagelsmann following his classy performance in Saturday's high profile Bundesliga clash.Haaland scored twice and had a hand in Jadon Sancho's opener as Dortnund easily...

Barca thump Grana 4-0 in La Liga

FC Barcelona continued their rich vein of form as they thumped Granada 4-0 in the La Liga Santander on Saturday.Antoine Griezmann and Lionel Messi were the match winners for the Blaugrana as they combined to devastating effect in the...

Golden Eaglets held by Ghana at WAFU B Tournament

Nigeria's U-17 national team, the Golden Eaglets were held to a 1-1 draw by the Black Starlets of Ghana in the WAFU Zone B competition on Saturday and are on the brink of possible elimination from the tournament.The result...
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