Ajax travel to APOEL for the Champions League Group F fixture hoping to end a run of seven games without an away victory in the competition.
Frank de Boer s side recovered from a goal down in their opening game in the competition against Paris Saint-Germain at the Amsterdam Arena to grab a point but their away form is cause for concern in what is a difficult group.
If the four-time winners are to progress, they will surely have to change their fortunes on their travels, where they have not tasted victory since beating Dinamo Zagreb in December 2011.
But the Dutch champions travel to Cyprus in high spirits after hammering NAC Breda 5-2 away on Saturday which saw Icelandic striker Kolbeinn Sigthorsson net a hat-trick.
It is the first meeting between the t…
Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid are out to maintain their exhilarating form at Levante ahead of big clashes with Liverpool and Barcelona.
Real have won four successive league matches scoring a staggering 20 goals in the process to climb fourth, four points behind leaders Barcelona.
Eleven of those have come from Ronaldo, who has more milestones in sight on Saturday against a team has scored against 10 times in nine contests.
The 29-year-old Portuguese requires one goal to become the third player – and first since 1948 – to score 14 times in the opening eight rounds of a Spanish top-flight campaign, while three goals in Valencia would see him eclipse Alfredo Di Stefano and Telmo Zarra and become the competition s outright record scorer of hat-tricks.
We could not have asked for a better start to the new Premier League season.
Arsenal and Leicester City gave the Emirates crowd a complete show with all of the elements of classic drama. We had joy, disappointment, turnovers and tears of joy in a game which produced no less than seven goals and a remarkable display from both sides.
In the end, it s Arsenal who open the new campaign with three points in the bag courtesy of the remarkable 4-3 win. The full match report of this highly-eventful match can be read below:
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Both Arsenal and Leicester City had a mixed preseason with a couple of games won and lost, which in all honesty played little part in the opening match of the new Premier League season.
Truth be told, Arsenal were one ste…
Denis Suarez is over the moon with his return to Barcelona and has vowed to give his all to succeed at Camp Nou.
The Spain international, 22, joined Barca from Manchester City in 2013, but spent 2014-15 on loan at Sevilla before he was sold to Villarreal last year.
However, the Liga champions announced on Monday that they have exercised their option to buy back the attacking midfielder for €3.25 million and he is ready to prove his worth in Catalunya.
I am very happy to return to the best team in the world, Suarez told the official Barcelona website.
Ever since I left, I have been wanting to return, and now my dream has come true.
My time at Sevilla and Villarreal has helped me mature as a player and as a person. Now I am ready to make t…
Bayern Munich s next three home games, including their Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid, will be played behind closed doors due to coronavirus.
Cases of COVID-19 have spiked in Munich recently, with 4,058 recorded on October 8 up from 2,503 a week earlier.
Bayern confirmed on Friday that, as per a ruling from the city s authorities, no fans will be able to attend games at the Allianz Arena until October 25.
The DFB-Pokal match against Duren Merzenich, the Champions League clash with Atletico and the Bundesliga game at home to Eintracht Frankfurt will all be affected.
Bayern expect that the next home match fans can attend will be against Werder Bremen on November 21.
The 2020-21 Bundesliga season started with home fans allowed to be at m…
Liverpool have made it absolutely clear that they have no intention of re-signing Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona, according to David Maddock of the .
After an intense, long-drawn saga, the Brazilian playmaker finally managed to force a €160 million move from Anfield to Camp Nou in January 2018. In the end, it turned out to have a negative impact on the player himself and Barcelona. Liverpool re-consolidated their ranks and went on to play two consecutive Champions League finals, winning the second one. On the other hand, Coutinho miserably failed to produce any kind of contribution for the Blaugrana in the 18 months that he spent there, before moving on a season-long loan to Bayern Munich last summer. The Bavarians have indicated that they have no plans to make the deal per…
AC Milan defender Thiago Silva been crowned the 2011 Samba d Or winner for the best Brazilian player in Europe.
The 27-year-old was voted the best by the Sambafoot Association, following his excellent campaign in Italy where he played a significant role in helping his Milan team to the Serie A title last season.
Barcelona right-back Dani Alves came in second place, while Porto striker Hulk finished third in the final standings.
The Samba d Or has become an annual occurrence since its inception in 2008.
The previous winners of the award are Real Madrid midfielder Kaka, Sao Paulo hitman Luis Fabiano and Inter Milan defender Maicon.
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Everton are interested in signing former Celtic striker Moussa Dembele in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that the Toffees are on the hunt for a new striker and have identified Dembele as a potential target.
Dembele is available as a free agent this summer. The French striker’s contract with Lyon ran out at the end of last season. The 27-year-old made eight starts and 15 substitute appearances in Ligue 1 last season, scoring three goals in the process.
Everton struggled last season and almost got relegated to the Championship. Dembele has not always had the best times at Lyon, but he is a very good and experienced striker who would not be a bad signing at all for Everton on a free transfer.
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Borussia Moenchengladbach s Marco Reus says the winter break is coming at precisely the wrong time for him.
The 22-year-old midfielder netted twice in Wednesday s DFB-Pokal win over Schalke, taking his tally for the season to 13 goals in 18 games in all competitions.
And Reus is rather put out by the fact that Gladbach do not play again for just under a month.
I would prefer to keep playing if we could, Reus said. If you re in such a good spell, you don t want to stop playing football.
But I think, because due to the relegation play-off we had no big summer break, a little rest and relaxation could do us well.
Reus also revealed that he probably should not have featured against Schalke because of a minor injury, but that he was determined to …
Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas has refused to speculate on the future of coach Jose Mourinho.
Mourinho is reportedly considering a move away from the Santiago Bernabeu at the end of the season, and the 49-year-old Portuguese was spotted in London this week, reportedly looking at property.
Real goalkeeper and club skipper Casillas, who exchanged heated words with Mourinho during a training ground argument earlier this season, is paying little head to the rumours.
I have no idea, Casillas told Onda Cero when asked about whether he thinks Mourinho will stay or go.
I do not know what he will or will not do.
The same thing can happen to me. Perhaps tomorrow I will want to leave. No one knows what can happen.
Former Chelsea manager Mou…