There's the scoreline and then there's reality.
After Liverpool's 2-0 first leg victory at the San Siro back on Feb. 16, the refrain you constantly heard in the buildup and throughout the opening hour at Anfield on Tuesday was that Inter was still precariously alive in this one — just get the first goal and Anfield would be theirs for the taking!
Robert Lewandowski is the most clinical striker in men’s football right now. Give him half a chance and he’ll bury it. Give him three of the easiest chances in the world and he’ll have an 11-minute hat trick. He’ll even score one with his crotch, because why not?
Bayern Munich scored four first-half goals — three by Lewandowski — on the way to a 7-1 win over RB Salzburg to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals 8-2 on aggregate on Tuesday in Munich.
Por días se habló que el Club Querétaro podía ser desafiliado de la Liga MX luego de los brutales y barbáricos actos de violencia protagonizados por sus aficionados, en el duelo frente a Atlas el pasado sábado 5 de marzo.
Amidst the coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a group of South American journalists had a tense and scary encounter with local authorities, but after some interrogation and anxiety, a Diego Maradona tattoo helped to deescalate the situation.
Daniel Matamala, a news anchor for CNN Chile, was one of the journalists detained. Once released, he told the story through his Instagram account.
Tomás Boy, uno de los jugadores más talentosos en la historia de la Liga MX, debió ser internado de emergencia en un hospital de Acapulco, luego de sufrir una tromboembolia pulmonar.
El entrenador y también comentarista de TV requirió atención médica el día lunes, en medio de sus vacaciones, y se encuentra en terapia intensiva y en estado bastante delicado, de acuerdo a la cadena TVC Deportes.
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Juventus eked out a 1-0 win over Spezia on Sunday, maintaining its grip on a top-four place in Serie A. After the match, Bianconeri coach Massimiliano Allegri broke some bad news to Juve and USMNT fans with a Weston McKennie injury update: The Texan is done for the season.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Pelé’s son Edinho took over as coach of minor club Londrina on Sunday and led the team to a 1-0 win before reassuring fans his soccer legend father is “a fighter” and giving his all in the battle against cancer.
Pelé, 81, had a tumour removed from his colon in September 2021 and has been in and out of hospital for chemotherapy on a regular basis ever since.
En medio de la barbarie que obligó a suspender el partido entre Querétaro y Atlas -y toda la Jornada 9 de la Liga MX- también hubo momentos profundamente humanos, gestos que hacen pensar que en esta vida no todo está perdido.
Uno de los protagonistas de esos instantes, por cierto, fue nada menos que Hernán Cristante, entrenador de los Gallos Blancos. El DT hoy se lleva elogios y hasta el calificativo de "héroe" por las acciones que hizo para proteger a varias familias de Atlas de los violentos incidentes que se producían en el Estadio La Corregidora.
La pena continúa en México luego de los perturbadores actos de violencia vividos durante el partido entre el Querétaro y el Atlas en la Liga MX.
Manchester City maintained control of the Premier League title race with a hugely impressive 4-1 victory over Manchester United at the Etihad on Sunday.