The dust has settled on the biggest transfer of the 2021 summer window, when Lionel Messi — the six-time world men’s player of the year — finally left Barcelona and joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer. Despite being 34, the Messi PSG contract money speaks to his continued standing as world’s best footballer.
Mauricio Pochettino is in the headlines after he made the bold decision to substitute Lionel Messi during Paris Saint-Germain’s tight 2-1 victory against Lyon on Sunday. How many times has Messi been subbed you might ask? Almost never.
With the scored tied at 1-1 Pochettino felt that taking Messi out of the game would help his side.
Messi after being subbed off pic.twitter.com/AxIE7EmhC4
"Life goes on" was the message from coach Massimiliano Allegri after learning of Cristiano Ronaldo's desire to leave last month, but four Serie A games into a future without their former talisman, Juventus continue to go from one disaster to the next
The reaction in Turin to the Portuguese forward's departure for English Premier League side Manchester United was mixed.
La medida de un buen arbitraje es pasar inadvertido durante los 90 minutos de juego. Fernando Hernández Gomez, silbante del Monterrey vs Tigres, de seguro pretendía cumplir con el objetivo, pero su nombre inevitablemente será parte de la conversación en torno al partido. No por un mal desempeño, per se, sino que por su innegable y accidental colaboración en uno de los goles con que Rayados se quedó con la victoria.
Víctor Manuel Vucetich no es más el entrenador de las Chivas de Guadalajara. La noticia cayó el mediodía de hoy después del triunfo del Rebaño Sagrado sobre Pachuca, en la Jornada 9 del Apertura 2021, y a una semana del clásico ante América.
Sí, leíste bien: el técnico fue cesado después de ganar.
DORTMUND, Germany - Borussia Dortmund's Erling Haaland scored twice, including a spectacular lob, to guide his side to a 4-2 home win over Union Berlin on Sunday which lifted them to within a point of leaders Bayern Munich and Vfl Wolfsburg.
Norwegian Haaland has now scored seven times in the league this season while taking his total tally to an impressive 68 goals in 67 games in all competitions for Dortmund.
Erling. Braut. Haaland.
That is all.
La ley del ex, en el fútbol, hace referencia a aquellas ocasiones en que un futbolista convierte un gol a un ex equipo. Obviamente, la palabra “ley” es una exageración, porque no siempre un jugador le convierte a su ex equipo. Pero cuando pasa, pasa la ley del ex.
Todo este cantinfleo es a propósito de Haret Ortega, defensor que anotó un doblete en la victoria del Toluca por 3-1 sobre el América, su ex club. O sea, la ley del ex.
What the hell was that?! Manchester United and West Ham produced a ludicrous script on Sunday, featuring a West Ham opener, a Cristiano Ronaldo response, an 89th-minute winner and a 90+4’ penalty save off a 90+3’ substitute.
Let’s do the late dramatics first, beginning in the 89th minute with Jesse Lingard curling home United’s go-ahead goal after jinking inside.
Inter Milan broke in its beautiful third kit with a 6-1 rout of Bologna on Saturday. Edin Džeko came off the bench to score twice, including a wonderfully cheeky nutmeg goal, allowing us to forgive his awful whiff on a cross that was later put away by Matías Vecino as Inter ran riot at the San Siro.
Raúl Jiménez intenta e intenta, pero tras cinco jornadas en la Premier League 2021/22 sigue sin anotar goles. La sequía del Lobo incluso comienza a manifestarse en gestos de frustración y hasta desafiando las recomendaciones médicas que recibió tras la fractura de cráneo sufrida en noviembre de 2020.