Thomas Tuchel insists Chelsea will not sit back on their away-goal advantage against Real Madrid as it is in the club s DNA to try to win every match.
Christian Pulisic scored a crucial goal for Chelsea in last week s Champions League semi-final first leg before Karim Benzema levelled up the tie at 1-1 through Madrid s only shot on target.
The onus is on Madrid to score an away goal of their own in Wednesday s return match at Stamford Bridge, but Tuchel does not intend to set his side out to protect their narrow lead.
For me, the challenge is to forget the result in two-legged games and go on and start anew at 0-0, he said at Tuesday s pre-match news conference.
We will prepare to win the match, nothing else. I don t know any other way to prepare othe…
Kevin De Bruyne ranks his sixth Premier League title triumph as one of his most special, having fought back from injury to help Manchester City make history.
City became the first team to win four English top-flight titles in a row on Sunday, with Phil Foden scoring twice and Rodri also on target in a 3-1 final-day win over West Ham.
That result ensured they edged out Arsenal by two points at the summit, despite the Gunners fighting back from 1-0 down to beat Everton 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium.
De Bruyne finished with four goals and 10 assists in just 18 Premier League appearances in 2023-24, having suffered a hamstring injury against Burnley on the opening matchday that kept him out until January.
Speaking to Sky Sports in the aftermath of City s trophy…
Luis Figo has called on everyone in football to oppose a potential European Premier League, saying the competition would destroy football as we know it .
A Sky News report on Tuesday claimed Liverpool and Manchester United were among clubs in England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain to hold talks over a breakaway competition.
Wall Street bank JP Morgan is said to have prepared a $6billion (£4.6bn/€5.1bn) funding package, while FIFA was reported to have given its support to the proposals.
The alleged plan follows failed attempts from the same two elite Premier League clubs to push through Project Big Picture, which would have secured increased voting rights on matters in England for big six clubs.
As with Project Big Picture, though, the mooted Europea…
Liverpool will not see many differences between Jurgen Klopp and incoming manager Arne Slot, though the Dutchman must learn to cope with the added pressure at Anfield.
That was the message from Australia coach and former Manchester United assistant Rene Meulensteen, who expects fellow countryman Slot to succeed on Merseyside.
Slot leaves the Netherlands after three highly successful seasons with Feyenoord, during which he led them to the league title in 2023 and was named Eredivisie Manager of the Year on two occasions.
That record has Meulensteen expecting further success for the former Feyenoord boss.
Meulensteen, speaking on behalf of William Hill Vegas, told Stats Perform: There was a lot of speculation about different names being touted with [Xabi] A…
Barcelona are interested in signing Adrien Rabiot in the summer transfer window, according to . Rabiot is out of contract at Juventus at the end of the season, and defending La Liga champions Barcelona are keen on securing his services on a loan deal. The report has added that Barca want to sign the 28-year-old France international when he was at Paris Saint-Germain.
Rabiot has been on the books of Juventus since 2019 when he joined them on a free transfer. The 28-year-old has won the Serie A title, the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana once each with the Bianconeri so far in his career. When he was at PSG, the Frenchman won the Ligue 1 title five times among other major trophies.
Barcelona are third in the La Liga table at the moment with 17 points from seven ma…
I think I would ve been the best batsman in the world if I played cricket.
Christian Vieri is regarded as one of the greatest strikers to have played football.
Once the most expensive player in the world, the former Italy international won titles with Juventus, Inter, Lazio and Torino, while he claimed numerous individual honours – the Pichichi Trophy and Serie A Footballer of the Year to go with his FIFA 100 selection and other awards.
But it could have been a lot different for the cricket-mad 47-year-old after growing up in Australia – a far cry from his birthplace in Bologna.
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— Christian Vieri (@vieri_bobo)
My whole family is a soccer-team family, Vieri, who also played for Milan, recalled to Stats Perform Ne…
For the first time since 2005, neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo will be involved in the Champions League quarter-finals.
While Barcelona s exit to last season s runners-up Paris Saint-Germain was perhaps not too much of a surprise, few saw Juventus coming out on the wrong end of an upset against Porto in the last 16.
So, could we be witnessing a changing of the guard in the competition? Is it a case of out with the old, in with the new?
While Messi and Ronaldo have dominated in Europe through the years, a collection of some of the most promising talents in the world game have the chance to take centre stage now.
Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)
Even by his own prolific standards, Haaland has been in…
World Cup winners Argentina have returned to the top of the FIFA World Rankings for the first time in six years.
Lionel Scaloni s side – who captured their third world title with a thrilling final win against France in Qatar last year – won friendlies against Panama and Curacao in the March international break.
Captain Lionel Messi brought up two milestones in those fixtures, netting his 800th career goal in a 2-0 victory over Panama before reaching 100 international goals as he scored a hat-trick in a 7-0 rout of Curacao.
Argentina last topped the rankings in 2017, but the Albiceleste dropped as low as 12th the following year after an underwhelming campaign at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Argentina replace rivals Brazil at the summit after the Selec…
Gareth Bale s late header took Wales to within one win of UEFA Euro 2016 qualification as Chris Coleman s side saw off Cyprus 1-0 in Nicosia.
Wales were frustrated throughout by resolute defending but Bale was on hand to head home the 82nd-minute winner on Thursday moving Chris Colemen s men closer to their first major tournament since 1958.
Bale s header a sublime effort from Jazz Richards superb delivery was the Real Madrid star s sixth goal in seven matches in qualifying as Wales stayed three points clear of Belgium in Group B.
Manchester City s latest big-money signing Kevin De Bruyne impressed for Belgium, who came from behind to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-1.
After Marouane Fellaini had cancelled out Edin Dzeko s early opener, De Bruyne gave Belgium t…
Pep Guardiola does not believe Wednesday s clash with Arsenal will decide the outcome of the Premier League title race but wants Manchester City to take destiny into their own hands.
City, who have booked their place in the last four of the Champions League and the FA Cup final, will move within two points of Arsenal, with two games in hand, should they beat the Gunners at the Etihad Stadium.
Arsenal have drawn their last three league games, while City have won 11 of their previous 12 outings across all competitions.
Asked if there was a reason behind City s menacing form, Guardiola told reporters: When, early in the season, we lost games, people said it was physicality, that it was not good – that is, bulls***.
Many things are involved in a game. We k…