Juventus wasted a two-goal lead in the Serie A fixture against Udinese, whereas Jose Mourinho’s AS Roma won their first league game of the new season, thanks, in part, to a brilliant performance from debutant Tammy Abraham. Returning Massimiliano Allegri left Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench for Juventus’ league opener. Instead, the Italian chose to start with Paulo Dybala and Alvaro Morata upfront while new signings Kaio Jorge and Manuel Locatelli were reserved as substitutes. Italy’s Euro-winning captain Georgio Chiellini was snubbed in favor of Leonardo Bonucci and Matthijs De Ligt. Juventus took the lead within the first three minutes, courtesy of Dybala. The Argentinian got on the end of a Rodrigo Bentancur pass inside the box before turning…
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Romelu Lukaku made the perfect start to life in his second stint at Stamford Bridge, by scoring in a 2-0 victory over Arsenal. Earlier on Sunday, Manchester United drew with Southampton. Lukaku took just fifteen minutes to open his account for the season, while Reece James – who supplied the assist for the first goal – scored before the break to condemn the Gunners to their second straight defeat. Chelsea went ahead after just 15 minutes, despite flashes of early Arsenal brilliance. Lukaku dropped deep to lay the ball off for Mateo Kovacic, who found James advancing on the wing. https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC/status/1429548936004608000 The wing-back’s cross was calmly…
As the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan worsens, football government bodies have called for the evacuation of female athletes from the country. FIFA has requested several governments, asking them to help in the evacuation process, reports BBC. FIFPro – a worldwide organisation representing football players – echoed the same via their social channels, confirming that they are working with governments to establish an evacuation plan for the at-risk athletes. https://twitter.com/FIFPRO/status/1428628076557127683 Several Afghanistani women players have reportedly gone into hiding since the Taliban took over the country. Ex-Afghanistan women’s team assistant coach and US Marines veteran Haley Carter, who remains in contact with…
There seems to be no end to the transfer expenditure debate, which Liverpool manager sparked in August. Recently in a press conference, the German coach explained why Liverpool are not as active in the transfer market as three of England’s other elite teams. Klopp talked about the Manchester clubs and Chelsea, all of whom have spent heavily this season. Chelsea have signed Romelu Lukaku for £97.5 million, while City have inked English star Jack Grealish for £100 million. https://twitter.com/Squawka/status/1423369969274916864 United, in turn, have spent £107 million on Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane. Credit: Transfermarkt Speaking on Liverpool’s relatively lukewarm transfer activities, Klopp said: “What United are doing, I don’t know how they…
Tottenham are closing in on the signing of Ligue 1 side Metz’s midfielder Pape Matar Sarr, The Athletic reports. Spurs, however, are yet to reach an agreement with the club over the transfer. Meanwhile, Chelsea are contemplating a move late in the window for Saul Niguez of Atletico Madrid. The 18-year-old midfielder broke into the Metz first team during the 2020/21 season and subsequently made 24 appearances for the club while scoring three goals. Sarr is of interest to several European sides, as such, Metz are negotiating with several other clubs on the side. Credit: Panoramic Metz are reported to be considering…
Paris Saint-Germain survived a late onslaught by Brest to win 4-2. Meanwhile, Dominik Szoboszlai scored two stunning goals as RB Leipzig beat VfB Stuttgart in the battle of the American tacticians. In Ligue 1, PSG took on Stade Brestois in the Friday night fixture. Gianluigi Donnarumma – one of the four free arrivals this summer, only made the bench – while Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos missed out completely. The Parisiens, nonetheless, raced out of the blocks and took the lead with them into the break, after a dominant first half during which Ander Herrera and Kylian Mbappe scored for the visitors. Frank Honorat, however, managed to make it 2-1 just…
Chelsea are prepared to fend off any loan interest for Trevoh Chalobah and are instead planning to offer him a new deal and keep him in and around the first team for the season. Trevoh Chalobah stood out as the unlikely beneficiary of Thomas Tuchel’s first pre-season at Chelsea. The German, impressed by the performances of the centre-back on loan at Lorient, gave the youngster regular minutes during friendly matches and surprised everyone by playing him from the start in the UEFA Super Cup. Chalobah impressed in the 120-minute-long competition against Villarreal (1-1 AET; 6-5 pen). Three days later, he was back in the starting XI…
Zaki Anwari, 17 at the time of his death, was confirmed to be among those who died after attempting to board Boeing C-17 as it took off from Kabul airport. A disturbing video surfaced on the internet days before that showed people falling from planes mid-air, in the midst of mass evacuations that are currently taking place in Afghanistan. https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1427252725851561987 Arif Peyman, head of media relations for the sports federation and Olympics Committee, confirmed his death in an interview to the New York Times. He lamented that the Taliban’s arrival diminished Anwari’s hopes and that the youngster had wanted a better life.…
The Norwegian has put an end to his Real Madrid spell and joined Arsenal on a permanent deal after spending the latter half of the previous season on loan at the Emirates. The North London club have confirmed the permanent signing of Real Madrid midfielder, who spent the last six months of the 2020/21 season on loan with the Gunner and he scored two goals in 20 appearances. Martin Odegaard returned to the Spanish capital at the end of his loan spell – along with fellow Real Madrid-owned player Dani Ceballos – but decided to leave his parent club permanently earlier this month, despite the arrival of…
Spurs were at the wrong end of a 1-0 reverse in their first match of the newly-minted UEFA Europa Conference League. Nuno Espirito’s side lost to Portuguese outfit Paços de Ferreira, while at the same time, their former boss Jose Mourinho beat Trabzonspor with AS Roma. Santo suffered his first competitive defeat as the head coach of Tottenham, his side beaten by Portuguese outfit Paços de Ferreira in the newly-formed UEFA Conference League. Spurs, as a result, are 1-0 down to Pacos in the play-off round and must overturn the deficit next week if they hope to qualify for the group stage. …