Palmeiras revalidó su corona como rey de Sudamérica, luego de vencer a Flamengo en la final de la Copa Libertadores.
Sin embargo, si nos centramos en las cosas que son realmente importantes, el verdadero campeón de la final 2021 fue el amor, simbolizado en una peculiar propuesta de matrimonio.
Deyverson, a 30-year-old forward who has played in Portugal, Germany, Spain and Brazil, may have scored the biggest goal of his career on Saturday in Montevideo, Uruguay. Deyverson pounced on a horrible miscue from the Flamengo defense to help Palmeiras lift the 2021 Copa Libertadores trophy after a 2-1 win in extra time.
WOLFSBURG, Germany — Borussia Dortmund top striker Erling Haaland scored on his comeback with a second-half volley as his team came from a goal down to beat VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 on Saturday and go provisionally top of the Bundesliga.
It's like Erling Haaland has never been away.
He's been back on the pitch seven minutes and has a goal! pic.twitter.com/YyDHzHAAs0
The USWNT’s friendly against Australia on Saturday (well, Friday in certain parts of the States), was in many ways a changing of the guard. Lindsey Horan took over the vaunted No. 10 jersey from Carli Lloyd. Alana Cook and Tierna Davidson started together at center back. And Casey Murphy looked like a star in the making between the sticks.
Murphy made eight saves in her first career U.S. start, helping the USWNT blank the Matildas 3-0 on Saturday afternoon in Sydney, Australia.
Tigres no tuvo una visita grata a Torreón. Santos Laguna metió al equipo felino en una licuadora, hizo ver muy mal a Carlos Salcedo y terminó dando el primer golpe en los cuartos de final del Apertura 2021.
Afortunadamente para el club regio, la derrota por 2-1 no fue un golpe de nocáut. Y mucho de eso se lo debe a André-Pierre Gignac, quien en un momento de sublime inspiración sacó lustre a su apodo de Mister Liguilla y con el TNT que carga en sus botas marcó un golazo que deja la clasificación a semifinales como una opción sobre la mesa.
El Clásico Capitalino entre Pumas y América vivió su primer round en los cuartos de final del Apertura 2021.
La previa prometía, sobre todo después de que el mediocampista de la UNAM, Eric Lira, vociferara ante su afición un "¡nos chingamos al América!", apenas supo que Las Águilas serían su rival en la liguilla. Sin embargo, lejos de ser un thriller, el partido acabó en un soso 0-0. Tan insípido que el principal debate durante el partido giró en torno a las marcas de fútbol americano que lucía el Estadio Olímpico Universitario.
I’ll admit, I love a good team goal. But there’s just something about a sweetly struck volley that cannot be beat. I mean, just look at this Thiago goal vs Porto on Wednesday.
When these teams met in Paris a couple of months ago, Manchester City bossed the game but PSG still won by two. In Manchester, the Citizens didn’t quite dominate as much, but they came away with what matters most: more goals.
You can’t win without scoring. I heard that a few times from Fox announcers on Tuesday night, both in the early match in which Nashville remained unbeaten at home by topping Orlando City and in the later match in which one of the favorites to win the MLS Cup, the Seattle Sounders, hosted Real Salt Lake.
The adage is certainly true in normal contexts, but this is playoff soccer now. Real Salt Lake showed you can survive and advance without even bothering to attempt a shot all game.