Record goalscorer Alan Shearer led the tributes to Newcastle’s latest European generation after witnessing their Champions League demolition of Paris St Germain.
The former Magpies skipper, who scored 206 goals during a glittering 10-year stay with his hometown club, was in the crowd at St James’ Park on Wednesday evening as they took the French champions apart to go top of Group F.
Shearer, the last man to score for the Magpies in the competition in 2003 before Miguel Almiron set them on their way against PSG, said on X, formerly known as Twitter: “As days and nights go that’s a f——— Belta. Hangover coming!!! What a performance man.”
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Another international break is upon us as clubs from across the land stop their domestic competitions in the name of letting nations shine on the world stage. The majority of the games in question will be qualifiers for upcoming editions of tournaments, but in this instance, we ll be taking a look at what should prove to be a great evening in Buenos Aires as Argentina play for the first time since their heroics in Qatar when they host Panama.
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For those of you who have been living under a rock, Argentina are world champions once again. They beat France in the greatest World Cup final of all time a few months back, with Lionel Messi finally getting the chance to lift the trophy that has always…
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Orlando City SC and DC United will lock horns with each other in Major League Soccer this coming weekend. The match between Óscar Pareja’s side and Troy Lesesne’s team will be held at the Inter Co Stadium Orlando in Florida and is scheduled to kick off at 12:30 am UK time on Sunday.
Orlando City SC
Orlando City SC are a major and well-known club in the USA. They started playing in Major League Soccer in 2014 as the 21st franchise and have done relatively well since then. The Lions finished second in the Major League Soccer Eastern Conference table last season. Orlando City SC finished second overall in MLS and reached the semi-finals of the playoffs.
Orlando City SC are 11th in …
Manchester United got their Europa League campaign off to an underwhelming start as FC Twente fought back to draw 1-1 at Old Trafford.
Christian Eriksen opened the scoring on Wednesday with a fine finish beyond Lars Unnerstall, before giving the ball away cheaply to allow Sam Lammers to ensure a share the spoils at Old Trafford.
The hosts almost found themselves a goal behind early on when Lammers failed to turn home Bart van Rooij s inviting delivery with Andre Onana well beaten.
But Erik ten Hag s side took control and got the goal their dominance merited, with Eriksen rifling a fierce strike into the roof of the net for only his sixth United goal.
However, against the run of play, the visitors drew level when Eriksen turned into trouble, with…
Phil Neville says the Portland Timbers are in it to win it against the Colorado Rapids, though he expects a tough test versus a Coach of the Year candidate in Chris Armas.
Portland sit eighth in the Western Conference standings, occupying a wild-card spot but sitting one point adrift of the Houston Dynamo in the final automatic playoff place.
They have taken four points from two games since the Leagues Cup break, drawing 4-4 with St. Louis City then beating their local rivals, the Seattle Sounders, 1-0 last time out.
Neville knows a visit to Colorado, who are four points and four places above them in the standings, will prove a tough assignment, but he has confidence in his side.
We re coming up against a coach who is probably one of the Coach of the Ye…
Ashley Barnes has signed a new Burnley contract that will run until the end of the 2021-22 season, with the option of a further year.
The 30-year-old is into his seventh season at Turf Moor and has made a club-record 146 Premier League appearances for the Clarets.
Former Brighton and Hove Albion striker Barnes had just over 18 months to run on his existing deal but has now agreed fresh terms.
Burnley confirmed the news on their official website and Barnes said: I d like to see out my playing days here.
At this moment in time I don t see anything else for me and I just want to continue playing at the highest level possible, and hopefully that is with Burnley.
Barnes scored 12 goals in the Premier League last season and has four in 10 appear…
Portugal attacker Cristiano Ronaldo is confident that his side can qualify for the knockout stages of Euro 2012, despite having to face the likes of Germany, Holland and Denmark in the Group of Death .
We know we are in the most difficult group of the Euros, but it is not anything to regret, because you cannot change it, and we have known it for months, he told Uefa.com.
So we have to be prepared, we have no other option. These will be extremely difficult matches, but I think Portugal will do a good job and we will progress to the next phase.
The Real Madrid talisman went on to reveal that Portugal are eyeing a win against Germany in their first fixture in Group B.
Three points against Germany would be absolutely golden for the Portuguese, b…
In an exclusive interview, Zlatan Ibrahimović talks about the upcoming 2008 European Championships in Austria/Switzerland. He discusses the strong and weak points of the Swedish team, the favorites to win the tournament, their opponents in the group stages and his favorite players.
SoccerNews.com is proud to present this exclusive interview for our readers. Coming later this week: David Villa (Spain) and Gianluigi Buffon (Italy). English and Spanish transcripts of the interview can be found below. Enjoy!
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Zlatan Ibrahimović (Suecia/Sweden) Interview:
Zlatan….cuáles son tus expectativas sobre la EURO 2008?
Zlatan What are your expectations about the Euro2008?
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Luka Modric s wonderful goal helped seal Club World Cup history as Real Madrid beat Al Ain 4-1 to become the first team to win the tournament three years in a row.
Santiago Solari s first silverware since being appointed as Julen Lopetegui s successor was set up by Modric s first-half strike as Madrid comfortably triumphed in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, moving past rivals Barcelona with their fourth title in the competition.
The Croatia midfielder, who added the Ballon d Or crown to his World Cup Golden Ball this month, bent the opener into the bottom-left corner from 25 yards, with Marcos Llorente also drilling home from outside the box before a Sergio Ramos header extended Madrid s lead.
Al Ain had a goal from Caio Fernandes ruled out for offside when they only tr…
While punters from all four corners of the globe are eagerly awaiting the start of the new football season, one exciting event is set to take place at Blackpool s Winter Gardens between 18 July and 26 July, and we are obviously taking about the 2015 World Matchplay Darts.
The exciting 2015 Premier League Darts ended with Gary Anderson claiming his second title by defeating Michael van Gerwen in the final, but it is the latter that has been made 15/8 favourite to win the Blackpool event, with Phil Taylor coming in second at 3/1.
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