Despite their territorial dominance, Hyderabad FC were at the wrong end of a 1-0 scoreline in their opening 2021/22 Indian Super League match. A day earlier, FC Goa were beaten 3-0 by Mumbai City FC. Hyderabad were left to rue missed chances as they were beaten 1-0 by Chennaiyin FC in their Super League opener. HFC were unable to force the ball into the net and allowed Chennaiyin to steal the points with a 66th-minute spot-kick. Edu Garcia enjoyed a fine first half, during which he forced Vishal Kaith into making a couple of superb stops. However, the Hyderabad forwards were largely missing their shooting…
Author: Akshat Mehrish
Akshat Mehrish
Akshat Mehrish is a football expert who has a keen interest in tactics and player recruitment aspects of the sport.
Chelsea and Manchester United booked their place in the RO16 of the Champions League by beating Juventus and Villarreal, respectively. While the Blues were dominant in their display, the Red Devils stumbled to a win thanks to some individual brilliance. Thomas Tuchel’s side came flying out of the blocks against Juve, knowing that a win by a margin greater than one would send them to the top of the group ahead of the final matchday. It seemed only a matter of time before the Blues took the lead, and that proved to be the case in the 25th minute when Trevoh Chalobah swept the…
Michael Carrick will take over the responsibilities of the Manchester United first team from the recently sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The ex-player, however, stated that his approach would not be too dissimilar to his predecessor’s. Carrick, a key member of Ole Solskjaer’s coaching team at Manchester United, will take over the first-team duties while the club conducts a search for a new manager. Himself an ex-Man Utd player, the 40-year-old and his colleagues came under extreme scrutiny during the last few weeks of the Norwegian’s doomed spell, with their coaching pedigree called into question. https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/1462854164321648643 The Englishman will lead the…
Two days after sacking Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the Manchester United board have started a search for a new manager. PSG’s Mauricio Pochettino is believed to be interested in returning to England, while the Red Devils are also admirers of Brendan Rodgers. The Manchester United hierarchy dropped curtains on Solskjaer’s near-three-year stint as the first team head coach following a string of poor results. A 4-1 embarrassment at the hands of newly-promoted Watford proved to be the tipping point for the United board, who had refused to relieve the Norwegian of his duties after reverses against rivals Liverpool (5-0) and Manchester City (2-0). Mauricio Pochettino, formerly of…
Football’s leading authority, FIFA, has announced the nominees for its flagship award ceremony – The Best Footballer of the Year – which will take place in January 2022. Ballon d’Or favorites Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski are the leading candidates. FIFA has announced the nominees for ‘The Best’ awards for a period ranging from October 8, 2020, to August 7, 2021. The award ceremony will take place in Zurich on January 17, 2022, where awards in seven categories will be handed out: Men’s Footballer of the Year, Women’s Footballer of the Year, Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year, Women’s Goalkeeper of…
Los Blancos defeated Granada 4-1 in their latest LaLiga fixture and climbed to the top of the league table as a result. Carlo Ancelotti’s men were helped by Valencia, as they held previous league leaders Real Sociedad to a goalless draw. Marco Asensio put Real ahead at the Los Carmenes after just 19 minutes. The Spaniard was sent through on goal through the middle by Toni Kroos with a perfectly weighted pass. He took the ball in his stride and finished past Luis Maximiano with confidence. Six minutes later, Kroos again turned provider, this time for Nacho Fernandes. The German played a short corner to Luka Modric,…
Napoli missed an opportunity to extend their lead at the top of the table as they were beaten 3-2 by Inter Milan. Elsewhere, 18-year-old Felix Afena-Gyan scored twice – late on – to help Jose Mourinho’s Roma beat Andriy Shevchenko’s Genoa. AC Milan’s defeat to Fiorentina on Saturday night presented a rare opportunity to Napoli. The two had been neck-and-neck since the start of the season, but a win against Inter Milan would’ve taken the Partenopei three points clear on top. Napoli started the game positively, too, and took the lead in the 17th minute through Piotr Zielinski, who smashed a first-time shot past Samir Handanovic from the edge of the…
A dominant Manchester City deservedly came away with all three points from their latest Premier League fixture at home against Everton. Meanwhile, Antonio Conte got his first league win in charge of Spurs – a 2-1 comeback success against Leeds United. City kept pace with league leaders Chelsea as they beat Everton 3-0 at Etihad on November 21. The Toffees kept the Citizens at bay for much of the first half – thanks, largely, to an impressive Jordan Pickford performance – but had their resolve broken just before the interval. The ball, only half cleared from a corner, fell to Joao Cancelo deep inside the Everton half. The…
Hakim Ziyech’s arrival to Stamford Bridge transfer hasn’t panned out as expected so far. The Moroccan is being linked with an exit already, but he continues to have the backing of manager Thomas Tuchel regardless. Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel has shut down rumors linking Hakim Ziyech to an exit. The Moroccan joined the Blues in July 2020 but hasn’t hit the heights he did at Ajax so far, leading to him becoming an incredibly polarising figure within the fanbase. Nonetheless, the attacker continues to have the backing of his manager, who believes that injuries, rather than poor performances, have hampered Ziyech’s…
Jesse Lingard took to social media to tease a potential transfer to West Ham United. The England international could leave Manchester United in the coming weeks after talks with the club over a potential contract extension broke down. The Manchester United midfielder teased a possible return to West Ham United via his Instagram, just hours after it came to light that talks between him and the club over a contract extension had broken down. Credit: Instagram / Jesse Lingard The 28-year-old is in the final six months of his contract and will be free to leave Manchester United in July…