Gus Poyet is hopeful of helping AEK Athens return to their previous heights after being appointed the club s head coach.
The Uruguayan has spent seven months out of the game following his sacking at Sunderland before his return to coaching with the Greek side was announced on Thursday.
AEK the country s third most successful club with 11 Greek Super League titles to their name suffered financial difficulties that led to relegation for the first time in their history in 2012-13 and played the following campaign as an amateur side in the third tier.
Poyet still believes AEK are a club of great stature that should be challenging at the top of the table, despite only returning to the top flight in 2015-16.
I know that I have come to a huge club and …
Portugal, Croatia, Republic of Ireland and Czech Republic are the four seeded teams in Thursday s Euro 2012 play-off draw in Krakow.
Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia and Montenegro are the four unseeded teams.
Portugal, captained by Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, missed out on automatic qualification after losing 2-1 to Denmark in their final match of Group H on Tuesday.
The Republic of Ireland secured a play-off berth courtesy of a 2-1 home win over Armenia.
Both teams could be drawn against 2008 semi-finalists Turkey.
Of the other unseeded teams, Bosnia and Herzegovina are not to be taken lightly after finishing a point behind France in Group D.
Prior to that, they were second only to eventual winners Spain in qualifying fo…
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Tuesday 30th April
BST 18:00 Montpellier vs PSG
Starting with Tuesday s visitors, while PSG s 3-1 win over Monaco last week may have seen Les Parisiens successfully defend their Ligue 1 crown this season, Thomas Tuchel s side have rather drastically started to stall at the back end of the campaign. Suffering a penalties defeat against Rennes in the final of the Coupe de France over the weekend, the former Borussia Dortmund coach has seen his side win just one of their last five matches across all competitions. A huge part of PSG s struggles at the end of the year has come down to their form away from the Parc des Princes. T…
Inter held on to top spot in Serie A after coming from behind to claim a 1-1 draw at second-placed Napoli on Saturday.
Lorenzo Insigne gave the hosts the lead from the penalty spot after just seven minutes at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
But the reigning champions equalised inside a minute in the second half as Edin Dzeko fired in only his third league goal since October.
Although Napoli looked the more likely to find a winner, they missed the opportunity to displace their opponents at the summit.
Inter had kept a clean sheet in each of their previous four away games in Serie A, but they were breached early on when Insigne confidently swept home from 12 yards after the VAR ruled Stefan de Vrij had fouled Victor Osimhen.
Although forced into…
According to a recent report from AS, Inter Milan forward Mauro Icardi will make the switch over to Atletico Madrid in the summer transfer window. The 25 year old is considered to be one of the most exciting forwards currently playing in the top European leagues, and it’s no surprise that a series of elite clubs are interested in his services. The Argentine international was initially linked with a move to reigning European champions Real Madrid, but now, it would appear as if Atletico have moved into pole position.
Icardi has had to deal with rumours regarding his future for years now, but even if the face of that, he’s been able to stay focused on the goal of getting Inter as high up the table as he can.
He made his long awaited move to the San Siro back in 2013 f…
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The international break is over and the season in leagues around Europe enters the final stretch. The upcoming week in the Premier League could hardly be more interesting, particularly for Liverpool, who face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday and Arsenal on following Sunday at Anfield, but first, they must take a trip to the Etihad this Saturday, where they ll be hosted by Manchester City.
Neither of these teams is where their supporters want them to be this season, but make no mistake, this is still a proper Premier League blockbuster.
Manchester City
City may not be where they want to be at this point, but unlike Liverpool, they re not too far either, and with a game in hand on league leaders Arsenal, they trail by seven…
Lionel Messi remains a doubt for Barcelona s trip to Sevilla in LaLiga on Saturday, coach Ernesto Valverde has confirmed.
A hamstring injury kept Messi out of both Argentina matches during the international break, including a 6-1 thumping in Madrid at the hands of Spain.
Messi took part in some of Thursday s session, but with a Champions League quarter-final against Roma coming next week Valverde is prepared to give the forward time to prove his fitness.
We have to wait, we are taking care of him, like Argentina did, Valverde told a media conference on Friday. Football players are used to having these little niggles during parts of the season, they re used to putting up with it.
Players can control it but you have to try not to go over the limit. We d l…
Diego Simeone insisted Atletico Madrid are merely focused on game by game during a tense press conference, following his side s mixed start to the LaLiga season.
Los Rojiblancos head coach, who was speaking ahead of their trip to face Athletic Bilbao, offered short, vague answers to only a handful of questions as he addressed reporters for just four-and-a-half minutes.
Simeone has come under scrutiny after Atletico drew two of their opening three matches, with a drab goalless stalemate against promoted Espanyol already leaving them four points adrift of leaders Barcelona.
During the latter, the Argentine substituted Julian Alvarez and Samuel Lino at half-time, while he replaced striker Alexander Sorloth for defender Reinildo later on with his side still seeking t…