Lyon Women won the second leg of their Champions League first round tie against Ryazan 7-0 to complete a 16-0 aggregate rout of the Russians. Le Sommer, Parris and Cascarino made it 3-0 at half time and Ada Hegerberg added a fourth from the penalty spot ten minutes into the second half. There were no […]
League One side Rochdale travelled across Manchester for a League Cup Third Round derby against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Wednesday night and nearly caused an upset against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men. It was a reasonably experienced United line-up, with the returning Paul Pogba in midfield and a couple of youngsters in the shape […]
Athletic Club failed to pick up their first away win of the season, but did manage to preserve their unbeaten record courtesy of a 1-1 draw away at bottom-of-the-table Leganes, who picked up only their second point of the campaign. Raul Garcia put Athletic ahead in the 59th minute with his fourth goal in his […]
Lyon twice relinquished the lead as they dropped two more points on their travels in this disappointing start to their Ligue 1 campaign. Houssem Aouar and Memphis Depay were left on the bench by Sylvinho, as he opted to field Terrier, Traore and Cornet behind Moussa Dembele in an attacking formation with just Tousart and […]
Athletic Club made it a near perfect start to the season with a convincing 2-0 home win against Real Sociedad in the derby at San Mames on Friday night. Inaki Williams gave Athletic the lead in the eleventh minute and Raul Garcia scored for the second successive game to make it 2-0 in the 28th […]
Olympique Lyonnais have been placed in Group G of this season’s UEFA Champions League, where they will face Zenit St Petersburg, Benfica, and RB Leipzig. It’s a tough draw, but one from which they will harbour hopes of progressing to the knock-out stages, or at least into the Europa League. It’s a fairly balanced group […]
Manchester United will be at home to near neighbours Rochdale in the third round of the League Cup. The tie is due to be played in the week beginning the 23rd of September. Here’s hoping that Ole Gunnar Solskjær puts out a decent team and has a proper go at winning the competition as it […]
England manager Gareth Southgate has announced his first squad of the new season ahead of the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Bulgaria (Wembley, 05/09/2019, 17:00) and Kosovo (St Mary’s 10/09/2019, 19:45). It’s a large (25 man) squad with first ever call ups for Manchester United right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Aston Villa defender Tyrone Mings. The full […]
The youth teams provided some solace for Manchester United fans on another weekend of disappointment for the first team. There’s hope for the future as they have started the season well at both U23 and U18 levels and both teams earned good wins this time out. The U23s won 4-0 at Newcastle in the Premier […]
Manchester United experienced their first defeat of the season and were again made to pay the price of a missed penalty as Crystal Palace left Old Trafford with three points in the bag. It was the first time the Eagles had ever beaten Manchester United in the Premier League. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had named an […]
