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England lose to Brazil but still win group

England’s Under-17 team suffered a 2-1 defeat to their Brazilian counterparts in their final first round match at the FIFA U17 World Cup in Indonesia. However, the result was sufficient to see them hold onto top spot in Group C and progress to the knockout stages as group winners. Brazil took the lead shortly before […]

England 2-0 Malta

England beat Malta 2-0 at Wembley Stadium to maintain their unbeaten record in UEFA Euro 2024 Qualification Group C and move onto nineteen points at the top of the table with one match remaining. Their qualification for the finals had already been secured courtesy of a 3-1 win against Italy in October, so this match […]

England lose to Italy in U20 Elite League

The England men’s Under-20 team suffered a third defeat in as many matches in their 2023-24 Elite League fixture against a strong Italy side at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster. The 0-3 defeat leaves them stuck at the bottom of the ten team table, whereas the Italians top the standings with ten points. Italy opened […]

Jake O’Brien – Player Profile

Born in Cork in 2001, Jake O’Brien is a centre-back who represents the Republic of Ireland national team at Under-21 level and currently plies his trade at Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1 in France. He is notable for being one of the first players to have his career trajectory significantly shaped by American businessman John […]

Dejan Lovren – Player Profile

Croatian centre-back Dejan Lovren is one of four players in the current Lyon squad to have recently returned to the club for a second spell. (The other three being Alexandre Lacazette, Corentin Tolisso and Rémy Riou). Lovren re-joined Lyon in January 2023 for a fee of €2 million from Zenit St Petersburg, having previously worn the […]

Skelly Alvero – Player Profile

Central midfielder Skelly Alvero joined Olympique Lyonnais from Sochaux for €4 million in the summer transfer window of 2023. Aged just twenty-one, and with only one full season of first team experience in Ligue 2 behind him, Alvero jumped at the chance to step up a division and sign a five year contract with Lyon. […]

Clinton Mata – Player Profile

Olympique Lyonnais signed the thirty-year-old Angolan defender Clinton Mata from Club Brugge for €5 million in the summer of 2023. It was a first move abroad for the right-back, who had been born and raised in Belgium and had spent the entirety of his career thus far playing in the Belgian league system. Mata will […]

Mama Baldé – Player Profile

Mama Samba Baldé was born in Bissau, the capital of the former Portuguese colony of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa, but he moved to Portugal aged six and played his junior football in the youth teams of Sintrense, from the historic town of Sintra, not far from Lisbon. He was picked up by Sporting Clube in […]