Angel Di Maria revealed that Lionel Messi told him the Copa America final would be his moment to shine as they helped Argentina seal the win over Brazil. Di Maria scored the game-winning goal in the 1-0 victory over the Selecao, helping Messi to finally get his hands on the […]
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Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes has withdrawn from Brazil’s team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics campaign after sustaining a knee injury. Gabriel was given the nod as Andre Jardine named his 18-man team last month, along with players like Dani Alves, Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz and Sevilla defender Diego Carlos. But the Arsenal centre-back complained […]
Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo has slammed Gary Lineker for thinking that Lionel Messi is better. Ferdinand and Lineker were previewing Portugal’s Euro 2020 match with France on Wednesday when the conversation arose. Ferdinand was Ronaldo’s teammate at Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson, and they dominated English football for the second half of the […]
Louis Saha insists N’Golo Kante should win this year’s Ballon d’Or – adamant the midfielder accomplished something Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo never managed last campaign. Kante put in a superb midfield display for France in their opening match of Euro 2020 against Germany last week, continuing his good form […]
Peter Schmeichel says Denmark’s players were warned that they would forfeit their match against Finland if they decided to not restart the game after Christian Eriksen’s collapse. Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest in the first half on Saturday and needed CPR from emergency medical staff on the pitch. Denmark’s players, who […]
Kylian Mbappe has played down his spat with Olivier Giroud ahead of France’s opening Euro 2020 match though admits he was not happy with the Chelsea player’s public criticism. The Chelsea striker moved to within five goals of Thierry Henry’s record for Les Bleus last week when he netted two […]
Kylian Mbappe has rejected an apology from Olivier Giroud after the comments he made after France’s 3-0 victory over Bulgaria on Tuesday. The current internal rift in the team threatens to hamper French hopes as they target Euro success in the coming weeks. Giroud came off the bench to score […]
Paul Pogba has played down talk of a rift between Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappe and says there is a ‘great atmosphere’ in the French camp ahead of their Euro campaign. France eased to a 3-0 win over Bulgaria in Tuesday’s warm-up game, with Giroud’s late double putting the game to bed […]
Didier Deschamps has hit back at Jose Mourinho for his comments on France being favourites at this summer’s European Championship, claiming “I thought the same thing about his Tottenham team”. France are being tipped to go all the way at the Euros, having reached the final in 2016 before becoming […]
Gareth Southgate has provided an update on Trent Alexander-Arnold after he suffered an injury during the friendly win over Austria, just days before Euro 2020. On Tuesday, Liverpool player Alexander-Arnold was selected in England’s 26-man squad for this summer’s European Championship. The defender was hoping to stake his claim for […]