Imagine your team being 7-0 up with just a few minutes remaining, thanks to a four-goal blitz in only six minutes making the score 5-0 before the half time whistle blows. And even taking the foot off the gas in the second period, your team adds two more goals and look good to set an unprecedented record in the World
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Twenty-four years ago the world’s pre-eminent soccer tournament finally came to the United States. The tournament lives on to this day as one of the most ambitious projects in sports history. While the tournament was initially intended as a means of galvanizing interest in the game in America it did so much more for the world. Nearly quarter of a
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Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos has taken a shot at some of Europe’s heaviest spenders by saying ‘’you can’t buy the Champions League’’. Holders Madrid take on Bayern Munich in the semi-final first leg on Wednesday, in the third last-four encounter between the teams since the 2011-12 season. ‘’You can’t buy a Champions League trophy. If that was the case,
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Speaking in his Europa League press conference ahead of Arsenal’s massive semi-final clash with Atletico Madrid , Arsene Wenger has admitted that the timing of his Emirates exit was beyond his control. After 22 years at Arsenal, Arsene Wenger shocked the footballing world last week when he suddenly announced that he would be parting company with the Gunners. Despite having
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Marcus Rashford has thanked Cristiano Ronaldo for sending him a signed Real Madrid shirt. Rashford made his third domestic final with Manchester United this weekend after coming off the bench in the 2-1 win over Tottenham, and received a shirt from Ronaldo with the message: ‘To Marcus, keep up the good work’. The gift from Ronaldo clearly delighted the 20-year-old, who
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Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool are not assured of a place in the Champions League final despite leading 5-0 against Roma in the first leg of the semi-final before conceding two away goals. ‘’I learned tonight we can still win in Rome, they need to score against us,’’ Klopp told a post-match news conference. ‘’We are not Barcelona, they are one
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Liverpool and England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s hopes of heading to the World Cup are in doubt after he suffered a what appeared to be a serious injury in the 5-2 win over AS Roma in their Champions League semi-final, first leg on Tuesday. The 24-year-old, who joined Liverpool from Arsenal in August, was carried off on a stretcher in the
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Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has told Liverpool not to follow in Barcelona’s footsteps and allow Roma to complete a second-leg comeback in their Champions League tie. Jurgen Klopp’s side looked to be cruising into the semi-finals after racing into a 5-0 lead at Anfield inside 68 minutes, with Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino netting twice and Sadio Mane also on
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“I think this team can make history, it is just a matter of believing in themselves.” The words of Thierry Henry, the current assistant coach for the Belgium national team. Neither he, nor many other observers of Les Diables Rouges doubt the existence of stellar playing talent within their ranks, but to him, the failure to deliver success on the
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Everybody knows the end scene. More than 95m people trembling in front of their screens, a fully packed stadium and the most popular footballer in the country about to take a last minute penalty to determine whether Egypt will make it to their first World Cup in 28 years or if it will be Déjà vu all over again. The
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