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With Mbappé and Neymar out injured Messi gets the job done himself with 24-yard blast to save PSG

Paris Saint-Germain defeated Toulouse 2-1 on Saturday thanks to Lionel Messi’s game-winning goal from distance in the 58th minute.

PSG's squad is dealing with several key injuries including Kylian Mbappé, Neymar and Sergio Ramos. With Messi’s usual strike partners out injured he took matters into his own hands with a beautiful left-footed shot.

Lionel Messi goal vs Toulouse

Gio Reyna scores his third goal in his last three games to further silence any doubters

Gio Reyna can’t stop scoring.

The USMNT youngster came off the bench and scored for Borussia Dortmund for the third time in his last three Bundesliga games on Saturday. This time he netted Dortmund’s fifth goal in a 5-1 destruction of SC Freiburg.

Gio Reyna Goal vs Freiburg

Everton's win over Arsenal is just the start says new manager Sean Dyche

New Everton manager Sean Dyche declared his side's battling 1-0 win over Premier League leaders Arsenal was just the start as he made his debut in the Goodison Park dugout on Saturday.

The former Burnley boss's Everton side subjected Arsenal to their second league defeat of the season after a second-half goal from James Tarkowski who headed home a corner from Dwight McNeil, two players who were part of Dyche's team at Burnley.

Gabriel Paulista only given two-game ban for sending Vini Jr. airborne with ferocious kick

LaLiga has given Valencia center back Gabriel Paulista a two-game suspension after he kicked out at Vinícius Jr. on Thursday.

In the 72nd minute of Real Madrid’s league clash with Valencia Paulista decided enough was enough and brutally swiped at Vini Jr.

A fight broke out and Paulista was given a straight red card.

Kylian Mbappé out for 3 weeks with hamstring injury and will miss several huge games

Paris Saint-Germain’s star boy and top scorer Kylian Mbappé will miss the next three weeks with a hamstring injury. The Mbappé injury means he’ll miss PSG’s first leg Round of 16 Champions League game vs. Bayern Munich on Feb. 14.

World Cup winner Raphaël Varane retires from France team at age 29

France defender Raphaël Varane is retiring from international football, ending a 10-year career with Les Bleus in which he won the World Cup in 2018 and was a runner-up four years later.

The 29-year-old, who has 93 caps after making his debut in 2013, and also helped Didier Deschamps's side win the UEFA Nations League in the 2020-21 season.

Messi saves PSG after Mbappé misses two penalties and goes off injured

Lionel Messi was on the scoresheet as PSG beat Montpellier 3-1 away on Wednesday to open up a five-point lead at the top of Ligue 1. However, it wasn't all good for the Parisians with Kylian Mbappé going off injured in the 21st minute while Sergio Ramos joined him in the 32nd.

PSG's all-important Champions League Round of 16 first leg against Bayern Munich at the Parc des Princes is just 13 days away, and the team was already playing without Neymar because of "muscle fatigue" although the Brazilian should be back this weekend.

¿Se va o no se va? ¿Qué pasó con el traspaso de Julián Araujo al Barcelona?

Julián Araujo dio el OK, LA Galaxy dio el OK y la MLS dio el OK. Sin embargo, el traspaso del lateral mexicoamericano al Barcelona es muy probable que quede en nada, luego de que los papeles del acuerdo llegaran a las oficinas correspondientes 18 segundos después del cierre del mercado de pases invernal.

Sí, 18 segundos.

The legend keeps growing: Perennial Japanese star King Kazu joins second-tier Oliveirense at age 55

Kazuyoshi Miura will continue his professional career in Portugal at the age of 55 after the former Japan striker joined second-tier Oliveirense on loan from Yokohama FC, the Portuguese club said on Wednesday.

Chelsea agree to most expensive transfer in Premier League history to sign Enzo Fernández from Benfica

LONDON — Premier League club Chelsea have reached an agreement with Benfica to sign Argentina World Cup winner Enzo Fernandez for a British record 105 million pounds ($129 million), according to Sky Sports on Tuesday.

With the clock ticking on the transfer window, the clubs have been in negotiation about the structure of payments to meet the release fee in the player's contract.

According to media reports an agreement had been reached, with Chelsea now racing to register the paperwork ahead of the closing of the transfer window.

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