London and the Emirates stadium were ready for a European night of football, and Arsenal and Valencia did not want to disappoint the fans. Both teams offered a great show, with direct and vibrant football during the 90 plus minutes. The game started really well for Valencia. Valencia’s coach Marcelino surprised everybody with the 6 defenders he put on the field at the beginning of the game. ...
This 2019, the Europa League semi-finals look more exciting and competitive than ever before. Tonight, four of the best teams in Europe will be fighting for a spot in the final. Who will be able to make the difference tonight? The semi-finals of the Europa league are here already. The new UEFA tournament is always under the shade of the Champions league, until the last stages of the competition. ...
Dutch duo Virgil van Dijk and Vivianne Miedema have won the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year awards for 2018-19. The centre-back becomes the second Liverpool player in as many years to take the award, beating out a host of Manchester City stars. Liverpool defender Van Dijk, 27, beat Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva, Sergio Aguero, Sadio Mane and Eden Hazard in the vote...
Juventus and PSG crowned themselves as champions. Neymar returns after injury and Ronaldo makes his legend bigger. After some weeks of unexpected results, Juventus and PSG won their games respectively this weekend. These wins make both teams season champions in Italy and France. Even the critics started to put some pressure during the last few weeks, it was inevitable that PSG and Juventus ended u...
It is possible that people have first noticed the scars of Messi’s battle: the slightly swollen nose, or the faint trace of a bruise, that blooms around his left eye. Or he could have realized that the rest of the characteristics of the Argentine were much more worrying: Messi’s forehead was puckered. His face frowned. His offense was one scuffed pass, a deflating climax to a wonderful...
The U.S. Open Cup will have more exposure than ever starting in 2019, with ESPN+ and U.S. Soccer agreeing to terms on a deal that will feature every match of the tournament on the streaming platform. The Lamar Hunt U.S. open cup will be running its 106th edition this year. The deal, which runs through 2022–the same year U.S. Soccer and MLS’s current TV rights deal expires–will begin the fir...
Unfortunately for the Cameroon international, it mainly revolves around whether he’s guilty of arguably the worst miss to ever grace the beautiful game. With Kylian Mbappe rested for the visit of Strasbourg, Choupo-Moting started for PSG in a game that would have seen the Ligue 1 leaders crowned champions had they won. The 30-year-old made a great start too, scoring the opening goal at the Parc de...
Las asistencias a los juegos de la selección de Estados Unidos han caído un 11% entre el ciclo mundialista de 201/2014 y el ciclo de 2014-2018. Hay una gran crisis para la USMNT. En los últimos cuatro años la selección de Estados Unidos entró en una caída deportiva, misma que los llevó a quedar fuera de la Copa del Mundo de Rusia 2018, pero lo más importante es que esta caída se reflejó en la desi...
The countdown to the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup is well underway, and things are shaping up nicely for the 15th confederation championship this summer. The 15th edition of the Concacaf Gold Cup runs from June 15-July 7, with 15 cities across the United States hosting a vast majority of the games. As the seeded team in Group D, the USA already knows the locations and dates for its first-round schedule,...
Sara Serrat (Huelva, 1995) trabaja como monitora de deportes en la cárcel de Huelva. Es la portera del Sporting de Huelva de la Liga Iberdrola, equipo con el que entrena cuatro veces a la semana. Tiene una escuela de porteros en la ciudad andaluza y acaba de presentar, además, un libro de relatos titulado Parando Letras. Un ajetreo considerable para una mujer de 23 años que vive del deporte y ha e...