Market: Guimaraes win
Odds: 4/5 @
Hoping to find a route into the European spots this weekend, Guimaraes will travel to the Estadio Municipal when they meet Chaves on Sunday afternoon.
Starting with the hosts, while Chaves might have sprung a Primera Liga upset last season as they secured a top-half finish, Moreno’s men have come crashing back down to earth this time around. Opening March with a nightmare performance at home against Arouca as they suffered a 5-1 drumming, the ex-Guimaraes boss faces another stern examination when his former employers arrive at the Estadio Municipal this weekend. In fact, aside from a 2-1 victory against Boavista last month, Sunday’s hosts have failed to muster a single win from any of their previous 12 straight Primera Liga …
Steve Clarke admits Scotland’s 2024 Euro qualifier against Georgia should have been stopped before Callum McGregor scored the opening goal in the rain-interrupted 2-0 win at Hampden Park.
A heavy rainstorm in the lead-up to the Group A fixture had rendered the match farcical in the opening stages and Clarke and opposition boss Willy Sagnol had flagged up concerns before midfielder McGregor scored in the sixth minute with a drive.
Hungarian referee Istvan Vad immediately halted the game with an announcement confirming an initial 20-minute delay for the pitch to be cleared of water before a pitch inspection.
When play eventually resumed it was over 90 minutes after it had been halted.
The crowd were absolutely magnificent.
Steve Clarke spoke pos…
Veteran Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is determined to finish his career on a high with a win in the Champions League final.
The 40-year old Dutchman already has two Champions League wins to his name, with Ajax and United.
But a third winners medal would be the best possible way to round-off his 21-year professional career, which will come to an end against Barcelona at Wembley on Saturday.
If it s a winning game then it will be the perfect one, van der Saar
To be fair I m not really thinking about that. It s an accumulation of things over the season. It starts in July with pre-season.
You hope to do well in the league, in the Champions League and the FA Cup and certain things fall off during the season and luckily we won th…
Germany manager Joachim Loew has confirmed Michael Ballack s international career is over, with a potential farewell appearance in August.
The 34-year-old Bayer Leverkusen midfielder a former captain of his country was informed he did not feature in Loew s plans after talks between the two in March.
Loew has overseen the emergence of a new generation of young stars for Germany a direction galvanised by the nation s third-placed finish at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Ballack missed the tournament in South Africa after breaking a bone in his foot in the 2010 FA Cup final while with English Premier League outfit Chelsea, and the veteran has been unable to force his way back into the Loew s thinking since.
The past months have shown that many young players are …