Ah, the glory of international tournaments. Instead of a crushing start to the week, Monday gave us the simple pleasure of coffee and watching Senegal — one of the clear favorites in Cameroon — begin its Africa Cup of Nations campaign against underdog Zimbabwe.
ROME - Juventus scored three goals in seven second-half minutes to complete an astonishing comeback and beat AS Roma 4-3 on Sunday after goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny saved a late penalty to keep them in front at the Stadio Olimpico.
Tammy Abraham put José Mourinho's side in front and Paulo Dybala made it 1-1 going into the break, but goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Lorenzo Pellegrini put Roma in charge early in the second half.
VENICE - AC Milan went top of Serie A with a 3-0 win over struggling Venezia on Sunday, as defender Theo Hernández struck twice in the second half to help his side clinch their third consecutive league victory.
Zlatan Ibrahimović tapped in after two minutes, making the Venetians the 80th team the Swede has scored against in Europe’s top five leagues, a record only Cristiano Ronaldo has matched since 2000.
Carlos Rodríguez tiene un don para el fútbol. Lo sabemos. Hasta ahora, sin embargo, lo que nadie sabía era que el mediocampista además tenía una habilidad secreta: predecir el futuro.
Dicho talento quedó en evidencia en su debut como jugador del Cruz Azul y él mismo lo confesó tras la victoria 2-0 sobre Xolos, donde anotó uno de los goles. “Venía en el autobús con Sebas Jurado y le dije imagínate, cómo te caería ganar y que meta un gol", afirmó Charly entre risas frente a las cámaras de TUDN. "Por eso lo festejé con él y le digo, te lo dije”, agregó.
Barcelona shared the points with Granada on Saturday with a 1-1 draw that saw a peach of an assist from Dani Alves. This truly felt like a blast from the past to see the 38-year-old doing what he does best in a Barcelona kit.
We at The18 recently looked at some of Alves’ best assists to Lionel Messi. Luuk de Jong was on the end of Alves’ ball against Granada, but we’re sure Messi would have been proud.
Newcastle United suffered a humiliating 1-0 home defeat by third-tier Cambridge United. Premier League strugglers Newcastle flexed their new financial muscle by signing England full back Kieran Trippier from Atletico Madrid on Friday and he made his debut.
But humble Cambridge were undaunted as Joe Ironside fired in a second-half goal and keeper Dimitar Mitov made a series of saves to seal a famous victory and send their fans into delirium.
América enfrentó a Puebla en el inicio del Clausura 2022 y le bastaron apenas diez segundos para anotar un increíble récord en sus libros. Sin embargo, el momento histórico no fue suficiente para derrotar al equipo camotero, en un partido que volvió a frustrar a sus aficionados y que terminó con su técnico, Santiago Solari, expulsado por una inexplicable e histérica rabieta.
I’ll be honest, I tuned into Manchester City’s third-round FA Cup match against fourth-tier Swindon Town mostly to see how American Zack Steffen performed in goal. I came away impressed with 19-year-old Cole Palmer, who scored a banger of a goal to go with an assist in City’s 4-1 win on Friday.
La Ley del Ex en el fútbol es aquella que dice que cada vez que un jugador enfrenta a su ex club, anota. Obviamente, la frase estira groseramente la realidad, pero cada vez que ocurre no falta aquel que la invoca.
Y si hablamos de la ley es porque esta hizo su aparición en el duelo inaugural del Clausura 2022, en el cual Pachuca venció 2-0 a Atlético de San Luis con un doblete de Nicolás Ibáñez, ex goleador del... Atlético de San Luis.
A ridiculous Tottenham own goal helped Chelsea to a 2-0 victory in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semifinal. Ben Davies is the unlucky fellow credited for the own goal. There wasn’t much he could do after his fellow defender Japhet Tanganga headed the ball directly into Davies before nestling into the Tottenham net.
A crazy own goal.
Tottenham fans, look away now ♂️ pic.twitter.com/Ix6I7wqfxj