Europe

PSG coach says no bad blood between Messi-Mbappé, but Emi Martínez is another story

After sending 11 players to the World Cup, Paris Saint-Germain's season resumes Wednesday with the Ligue 1 leaders needing to find motivation for a home match against 19th-place Strasbourg.

PSG manager Christophe Galtier gave his pre-match press conference Tuesday and outlined how many of the club's World Cup stars would be available for selection — including France's Kylian Mbappé, Morocco's Achraf Hakimi and Brazil's Neymar — but Argentina's Lionel Messi had been given extended leave until early January.

Atlético de San Luis sorprende con el fichaje de un mediocampista de la Bundesliga

Mientras Cruz Azul continúa secándose las lágrimas que dejó la traición de Luis Suárez, el Atlético de San Luis sorprende a la Liga MX sumando un refuerzo traído directamente desde la Bundesliga.

El nombre en cuestión es Mateo Klimowicz, un prometedor mediocampista de 22 años que llega a préstamo por un año desde el VfB Stuttgart con una opción de compra.

Stunning Daniel Podence goal is straight from the training ground

Who doesn’t love a piece of technical genius? Drawing up a set piece that looks good in training and on the whiteboard is all well and good but seeing it come to fruition on matchday is one of the best feelings in the world. 

Wolves have struggled massively in 2022, going into the World Cup break dead last in the Premier League while playing some miserable soccer. The relegation candidates went down early in their first match back on Boxing Day but leveled the score with a stunning set-piece routine. 

American hero Tim Ream scores his first Premier League goal

It’s finally happened. Tim Ream scored his first-ever Premier League goal on Monday as Fulham ran riot over Crystal Palace. He is the man. He is the moment. God bless Tim Ream. 

It took the St. Louis native 63 Premier League appearances to find the back of the net, and boy, did he put everything behind it.

Ines Rau? Rose Bertram? Who is Kylian Mbappé's girlfriend?

Random morning weekday, The18 headquarters:

"Who is Kylian Mbappé's new girlfriend? We should write a story. Any volunteers?"

Well, here is your volunteer.

I know those who see the world in 4-3-3, 3-5-2 or 4-2-2 formations and spend the day analyzing the tactical wrinkles of Pep Guardiola in Manchester City or Jürgen Klopp in Liverpool don't give a cent about who is Kylian Mbappé's girlfriend.

But guess what? The world is not only yours. Some people may also want to know more about the glamorous life of soccer stars and this is for them.

Guillermo Ochoa is officially back in Europe after three-year hiatus

Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa has joined Serie A side Salernitana on a free transfer from Club América on a contract until June 2023, the Italian club announced on Friday.

Liga MX's América, where Ochoa had played since 2019, bid farewell to the 37-year-old Mexico captain on Tuesday in a statement on Twitter wishing him success in his next challenge in Europe.

Erling Haaland awakens from World Cup slumber and scores after just 10 minutes vs. Liverpool

Erling Haaland is back ladies and gentlemen. The 22-year-old Norwegian superstar has spent the last month patiently waiting for the club season to resume. His last game for Manchester City was on Nov. 12 in which he failed to score.

That wouldn’t be the case against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup on Thursday.

Death, taxes and FIFA’s rankings making no sense — USA ranked above Germany in latest edition

The almighty FIFA overlords who control the rankings that decide which countries are the best at soccer have spoken. The latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday say that the USA is better than Germany, Brazil is still the best in the world and a whole bunch of other nonsense.

The USA is officially the 13th best nation in the world according to FIFA.

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Ahora se acordó de hacer goles: Raúl Jiménez anota en la Carabao Cup

Raúl Jiménez volvió a hacer un gol. Veinte días demasiado tarde, pero volvió a hacer un gol.

Después de un Mundial para el olvido junto a la selección mexicana, y al cual quizás no debió haber ido al no estar físicamente al ciento por ciento, el delantero abrió los caminos de la victoria en el 2-0 del Wolverhampton sobre el Gillingham en la Carabao Cup.

Gol de Raúl Jiménez Carabao Cup

El aporte de Jiménez ante la portería rival vino al minuto 77 de partido y a través de uno de los métodos más comunes del delantero mexicano por estos días: el punto penal.

¡De regreso a Europa! Memo Ochoa no renueva con América y se va a la Serie A de Italia

Después de meses de incertidumbre en torno a la continuidad de Guillermo Ochoa en el América, hoy hubo noticias: el arquero NO sigue en la portería azulcrema.

Memo Ochoa al Salernitana de Italia

Cuando todo parecía que Ochoa terminaría renovando por dos años más con el equipo de Coapa, en Europa informaron que el portero mexicano tiene todo listo para marcharse a Italia.

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