However, Italian football players' representative Damiano Tommasi was at the heart of a campaign to have football suspended entirely. That came as the country moved into lockdown, and with increasing reports of players contracting the virus themselves. Now that Mikel Arteta and Callum Hudson-Odoi have tested positive, the quarantine of three Leicester City players, and the likelihood of other as yet undetected infections across the Premier League, playing without fans would only offer some protection.
Last season they became the only team to go into the new year seven points clear and not win the title. Liverpool's dynamic front three of Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah have been at the heart of their success over the past year, with no other player scoring more than six goals. The Reds, who have scored in their past 29 Premier League games, have registered 89 goals in total in this year-long run, with only Mane (25), Salah (19) and Firmino (10) making it into double figures.
Roda and Volendam will face each other in the upcoming match in the Eerste Divisie. Roda this season have the following results: 4W, 9D and 9L. Meanwhile Volendam have 13W, 4D and 5L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
McConaughey, pictured here with his wife Camila Alves, is a part-owner of Austin FC. His favourite Premier League team is Liverpool because "that is where the McConaughey clan rested on their way through"He went to see Chelsea play Lille in the Champions League while he was in London in December and says he makes regular scouting trips while he is on his travels. McConaughey said: "Since starting with the club, anywhere in the world I can see a match I go to see how the stadium and team is run, and talk to people to pick up some tips.
But it's too early to say something concrete," he said. The league season starts on Sunday, let's see what will happen. The networks broadcasting Tajikistan matches are Varzish TV, a state-owned sports channel, and TFF Futbol, owned by the domestic federation. The 10-team league kicks off on Sunday with three games, which will also be played behind closed doors.
It wasn't all us, but the only thing missing was a better quality finish at the end. Brentford head coach Thomas Frank told BBC Radio London his side came to take on the league leaders looking to "go for the win". I am so proud of the boys, coming here with a big personality, wanting to dominate the game on our terms," added. That frustrated West Brom and I think for 43 minutes they didn't have a shot on target.
City dispatched United last night with 3-1 even on Old Trafford and so is awaiting their opponent coming from this encounter in the final that is going to be played at Wembley. And at first sight the opponent they will face is an obvious one, nobody really believes that Aston Villa missing also some key players like first choice keeper Heaton or top striker Wesley after losing 4-1 at home to same Leicester side in the league some weeks ago can come here at Leicester and win the game.
The Reds battered away at Simeone's selfless, organised team throughout, forcing goalkeeper Jan Oblak into nine saves and raining down 34 efforts in total. But Simeone - who took Atletico to Champions League finals in 2014 and 2016 - still found a way to win against the odds, scoring three times in 23 extra-time minutes to stun Klopp and co. We never changed our plan, the players followed the guidelines perfectly," Simeone said.
For me, this is probably the best match for betting on goals from all from Premier league from 16:00. So, home team was in big problems from the start of season, but they are start to play better and better. Firstly, they are beat direct rivals in fight for survive in league, and later, they are beat even Chelsea as a guests, 2-0, what was impressive, really. Spurs, on the other side are coming in this match after 2-2 in last round against Norwich City. In every match, this team is playing offensive, so I belive in same story and this time.
Hoffenheim and Eintracht start the new year with a fierce match with no determined favorite. It is the first match after the break and many things are unclear. But, Hoffenheim had some decent results with wins over Union and Dortmund so they should be feeling the confidence. Hoffenheim is ranked 7th and just outside the European spots but their home form is a big hit or miss. They have 4-1-4 here but it is still better than what Eintracht does away. Eintracht is the worst away side with 1-0-7 and they seem to give more focus on the Europa this season. They lost some key players and they are sorely missed I would say. Hoffenheim to win today.
Daniil Medvedev has the better form of these two players in recent months. Stan Wawrinka has only reached two quarter finals in his last nine Grand Slam tournaments. Daniil Medvedev won the last meeting between these two players. Daniil Medvedev finished 2019 strongly and has made a good start to the new year.
Spain's returning manager Luis Enrique says his predecessor Robert Moreno was "disloyal" and will not be part of his coaching team. Enrique resigned from the role in June to spend more time with his nine-year-old daughter Xana, who died from bone cancer in August. Moreno succeeded him but told Enrique he wanted to be in charge at Euro 2020 before returning to assistant manager. Moreno left the role after Spain's 5-0 win over Romania on 18 November.
Conceded by Jannik Vestergaard. Watford are set to sack manager Nigel Pearson with two games of the Premier League season remaining and the side three points above the relegation zone. Pearson will become the third manager sacked by the club this season following the exits of Javi Gracia and Quique Sanchez Flores. The ex-Leicester boss was appointed in December until the end of the season. He won seven matches in the Premier League - including beating runaway champions Liverpool.
Real Madrid v Real Sociedad as it happened"He is integrated into the group and wants to play, just like everyone else," said Zidane. The public has the right to do what they want, but I ask that they applaud everyone. I'm happy with the game and the victory and Bale came into the game well. Attention now turns to the Champions League for Zidane's side, who host Paris St-Germain on Tuesday (20:00 GMT).
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Ibiza had taken a ninth-minute lead through Javi PerezAwarded a bye through to the last 32 in this season's revamped structure, which comprises single-leg matches apart from the semi-finals, Barca needed the fourth minute of added time to secure victory in new coach Quique Setien's second match at the helm. In heavy rain, his team broke swiftly and Griezmann escaped again to dispatch another clinical left-footed finish.
By now, you've probably seen the video of England midfielder Eric Dier confronting a fan after Tottenham were knocked out of the FA Cup at home by Norwich. He climbed over seats to get to the fan, who Jose Mourinho said had "insulted" him. But this is not the first time a player has confronted fans head on like this. Granit Xhaka, Oct 2019 Xhaka reacted badly to jeers from his own fansBack in October 2019, then-Arsenal captain Granit Xhaka caused major upset after swearing at his own fans as he left the pitch.
The guests won most of their away games so far this season in the league, they even won in the Europa League with 4-0 away at Gladbach just to show how dangerous they can be away from home and also won their last two league away games won with 4-1 and one with 4-0 as they often look to score a bunch of goals and win games by many goals difference even away from home.
Stade Brestois 89 v RC Strasbourg predictions for this Ligue 1 match. Strasbourg have been one of Ligue 1’s most in-form sides recently and it could get messy as they travel to face one of the league’s most out-of-form teams. Read on for our free Ligue 1 predictions and betting tips.
Ultimately, we're expecting Saturday's game to be a very exciting one packed full of attacking action. Both sides are very open in nature and with a big title on the line, we expect both to approach the game with a desire to get forward and to play at high intensity.
Asian Youth Championship. Team Thailand U 23 will play at home with team Iraq U23. Hosts takes the second place in the group with 3 points. They did 2 - 1- 1 at last 4 matches played. Their shape is not bad. Thailand didn't miss any goals at last their home matches. Iraq U 23 takes the 3 Rd place ib group. But their last results are not so good. They did 0 - 2 - 1 at last 3 matches played. Most of them were under 3 goals. Today is important match for both clubs. And I think we will see a result with only one goal.
We can finish Premier League by June It may be seen in the future as something of a 'done by Christmas' moment, but Martin Semmens has told the BBC the Premier League are planning to finish the season by June if possible. More here. How the league could be extended by two more months The Telegraph newspaper reports that there is a way in which the Premier League could buy more time to complete the season.
The now-17-year-old set up the equaliser for Aaron Wilbraham at Spotland on 4 January to earn the replay for Brian Barry-Murphy's side. BBC Sport went to speak to the teenager to find out just how much life has changed - personally and professionally - since that memorable night at Old Trafford. The morning after - back to schoolAfter getting a flurry of A*s and As in his GCSEs, Matheson started studying for his A-Levels in September.
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Teenager Ansu Fati, who started in a front three with Messi and Griezmann, had two early efforts, one of which resulted in a superb save from Rui Silva. And in the second half Messi's low strike struck the side-netting. Granada spent most of the match defending, but a brief spell after the break saw them go close to scoring when Yan Eteki's firm low strike came off the post. Barcelona's next match is a Copa del Rey quarter-final match at Ibiza on Wednesday.
Sheffield are unbeaten in their last seven home matches, winning four and keeping clean sheets in four. They have one loss and six wins in 11 Championship matches at home and they failed to score in just one of 11 Championship matches at home, and this was against Leeds United. They are unbeaten in their last eight meetings with Cardiff, but have won just two.
OFF THE POST! A gorgeous effort from Bruno Fernandes, who almost catches Caballero out with a whipped shot at the near post that rockets back out into play. GOAL! Chelsea 0 Manchester United 2 (Maguire 66) It's two for United! After a couple of quick corners in succession, Fernandes bullets the second one perfectly to the back post.
Reading captain Liam Moore laid a wreath in the centre circle before kick-off, as the club paid tribute to the three people who died after being stabbed in the town earlier this month. Royals players wore special 'Together' shirts during the warm-up, before both teams joined for a minute's silence'BMW' parts back together as Brentford purr through gearsMbeumo's bout of coronavirus meant Thomas Frank had been unable to start with his preferred 'BMW' front three - Said Benrahma, Mbeumo and 23-goal leading scorer Ollie Watkins - since football's restart.
I don't understand the criticism, I know how he is as a coach, he is one of the best," said Zidane. I said recently that Pep Guardiola is the best coach around and Simeone is among the best. Atletico's recent results have not changed my opinion of him. Atletico are without a win in their last four games in all competitions and last week the club's CEO Miguel Angel Gil Marin felt the need to show his support for Simeone after the embarrassing Copa del Rey exit to Cultural Leonesa.
I can’t believe it I can’t believe it" In the last 20 years, million of words have been spoken and written in an attempt to contextualise the miracle of Barcelona. None have done it as much justice as the three that came out of Alex Ferguson’s mouth when he spoke to ITV’s Garry Newbon less than two minutes after the final whistle.
Bruno Fernandes made his debut as Manchester United and Wolves played out a goalless draw at Old Trafford. See alsoMatchcast: Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers Both teams were looking to make up ground on Chelsea, who drew 2-2 with Leicester in the day’s early kick-off. Fernandes went close with a couple of long-range shots in the first half, while Adama Traore threatened for the away side and blazed into the crowd when he had the measure of Luke Shaw.
Slimani is currently on loan at Monaco, but that spell could be cut short if Spurs come in for the Algerian, who is also attracting interest from Aston Villa. Spurs have also been linked with Krzysztof Piatek, Edinson Cavani and Fernando Llorente this month. Paper Round’s view: Plenty of names being banded around for Spurs, but it’s never easy in the January transfer window, and less so now Manchester United are set to start looking now.
The confidence is so low at the minute. Since Sean Dyche's departure in 2012 when the Pozzo family took over ownership of the club, 10 managers have come and gone -- including Flores twice -- none of whom were English. Under-23 coach Hayden Mullins was in the dugout for Watford's 2-0 defeat by Leicester City on Wednesday and Foster said the 40-year-old's methods were a breath of fresh air.
Team newsDerby teenagers Louie Sibley and Morgan Whittaker are in the squad but the Rams remain without midfielder Tom Huddlestone who is sidelined with a calf injury. United could be without winger Daniel James, who missed Sunday's 1-1 draw at Everton with a knock, and full-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who has a back problem. Midfielder Paul Pogba and forward Marcus Rashford remain on the sidelines. MATCH FACTSHead-to-headDerby have lost their past eight FA Cup ties against Manchester United, most recently in the third round in 2018.
Real Esteli have a goal lead from the first leg and will be tough to beat here. They had a good end to the regular season and continue to be tough to score against. Their opponents away form is nowhere near as good as that on home soil. Diriangen look to have missed the boat by not getting a win in the first leg. Go for a home win in this match.
Austria Klagenfurt will play against Lafnitz in the Erste Liga of Austria on Sunday. Austria Klagenfurt coming from two wins over Kapfenberg and Linz but they also conceded in both matches. Both the teams scored in all the last nine matches of Austria Klagenfurt. While Lafnitz coming from Goalless Draw against Austria Vienna II and lost last away game to Ride by 1-3. Both the teams scored in 8 of the last 12 matches of Lafnitz and total 34 goals produced in the 10 away Matches of Lafnitz. Also both the teams scored in four of the last five matches at this venue .