Sunday, May 20, 2018

Saturday, May 19, 2018

Manchester City seek to salvage season with Champions League place

Football | The Guardian
Manchester City seek to salvage season with Champions League place
In April Nick Cushing’s charges were on course for the treble of WSL, FA Cup and Champions League. A few weeks later and securing second place is all that remains open to them

When Manchester City announced that their women’s team would be embarking on a ground-breaking tour of the United States this summer a glorious treble remained within the grasp of Nick Cushing’s side.

It was April and optimism at the Etihad Campus, where Cushing’s players share many facilities with Pep Guardiola’s Premier League champions, was high. Then the setbacks began. First, City lost an FA Cup semi-final to Emma Hayes’s Chelsea and then Lyon knocked them out at the same stage of the Champions League, before Hayes’s team clinched the Women’s Super League title.

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Friday, May 18, 2018

​Liverpool fans fume over Champions League parade plans

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​Liverpool fans fume over Champions League parade plans
​Liverpool fans fume over Champions League parade plans

Liverpool fans are in a rage after the plans for a potential Champions League victory celebration have been revealed.

Should the Reds be crowned European champions on May 26, the victory parade in Liverpool will be organised one day later on May 27, which means the supporters that will travel to Kiev will have no time to get back for it.

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Thursday, May 17, 2018

Ronaldo and Messi could have played together at Arsenal, says Wenger

Football | The Guardian
Ronaldo and Messi could have played together at Arsenal, says Wenger
• Arsène Wenger reflects on how he tried to sign both in 2003
• ‘Ronaldo was very close. Messi didn’t work because of agents’

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi could have played together at Arsenal had things worked out differently.

Arsène Wenger, who took charge of the final game of his 22-year reign last weekend, has revealed how he tried to sign both in 2003. Instead Ronaldo went to Manchester United before joining Real Madrid, and Wenger was unable to prise Messi from Barcelona.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Real Madrid youth coach Guti in Leganes negotiations

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Real Madrid youth coach Guti in Leganes negotiations
Real Madrid youth coach Guti in Leganes negotiations

Real Madrid youth coach Guti is set to be offered a Primera Division job.

Guti has declared he intends to leave his Juvenil A post this summer for a first team position.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Time's up for Antonio Conte even if Chelsea beat Man United in FA Cup final

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Time's up for Antonio Conte even if Chelsea beat Man United in FA Cup final
Antonio Conte gives a damning assessment of Chelsea after their humiliating defeat at Newcastle, and takes full responsibility for the club's recent failures. Chelsea completely capitulate against Newcastle and are faced with numerous questions heading into the summer. Chelsea completely capitulate against Newcastle and are faced with numerous questions heading into the summer. Chelsea completely capitulate against Newcastle and are faced with numerous questions heading into the summer. If ever a week encapsulated a team's season, it was the one that contained Chelsea's last three fixtures. An imperfect but hard-fought and deserved win against a high-flying side in Liverpool under the blazing spring sunshine was immediately followed by a frustrating draw with Huddersfield and a staggering non-performance in the hammering at Newcastle. With two goals scored and four conceded across the three games, that familiar sight of a blunt attack combined with a porous defence was in evidence...