England coach Phil Neville has announced his latest squad for the upcoming friendlies away to Belgium (29th August) and Norway (3rd September). Nineteen players are retained from his squad that finished fourth in the Women’s World Cup in France earlier this summer and there are places for four first-time call ups in Bethany England, Aoife […]
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Wolves 1-1 Manchester United
Manchester United return from Molineux with a point after a 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers. That’s a decent result given last season’s form against the same opposition, and probably something I would have taken if offered before kick off, but given how the game unfolded, United will feel a little disappointed on the way home. […]
Athletic Club 1-0 Barcelona
Athletic Club kicked off their La Liga campaign in sensational fashion by beating the reigning champions Barcelona 1-0 at San Mamés in the season curtain raiser on Friday night. Starting XI:Unai Simón – Capa, Núñez, Yeray, Yuri Berchiche – Dani García, Unai López, De Marcos, Raúl García – Muniain, Williams.Subs: Sancet (De Marcos 65′), Beñat […]
Olympique Lyonnais 6-0 Angers
Lyon turned in a vintage performance at the Groupama Stadium to crush hapless Angers 6-0 and consolidate their good start to the season under new manager Sylvinho. The home fans got their first look at the new signings and witnessed some exciting attacking football capped by some stunning goals. Back to back clean sheets suggest […]
Manchester United 4-0 Chelsea
Manchester United confirmed their good pre-season form with an eye-catching 4-0 demolition of Frank Lampard’s Chelsea in their opening match of the 2019-20 Premier League campaign. However, the emphatic scoreline doesn’t tell the full story as Chelsea put up a strong fight and had more possession, more corners and more shots. Indeed, they hit the […]
AS Monaco 0-3 Olympique Lyonnais
Lyon began the new Ligue 1 season in the best possible way, with a thumping 3-0 away win at erstwhile heavyweights Monaco. This clash was an early test of how these two giants have recovered from disappointing campaigns last time around and Lyon demonstrated that new manager Sylvinho has got them back on the right […]
Mirandés 1-2 Athletic Club
Athletic Club finished their preparations for the new season with a win against newly promoted Segunda Division side Mirandés at the Estadio Anduva. Aritz Aduritz and Unai Núñez were on the scoresheet for Athletic in the 18th and 51st minutes respectively and Brazilian striker Matheus Aias, who is on loan from Watford, pulled one back […]
AS Roma 2-2 Athletic Club
Coach Gaizka Garitano sent out a strong line-up for the heavyweight friendly match against Italian outfit AS Roma as Athletic Club made their final overseas voyage of this pre-season programme. The starting XI of Unai Simón, Capa, Yeray, Iñigo Martínez, Yuri Berchiche, Dani García, Unai López, Muniain, Raúl García, Córdoba, Williams could give a strong […]
Racing 2-1 Athletic Club
Athletic Club suffered a first defeat of their pre-season schedule with a 2-1 reversal to Racing of Santander at El Sardinero. None of the outfield players who had started the previous day’s match against West Ham featured in this encounter, although goalkeeper Herrerin and some of the substitutes did double up with this one. Athletic […]
Manchester United 2-2 AC Milan
Manchester United failed to win for the first time this pre-season, but they did maintain their unbeaten record with a 2-2 draw against AC Milan in the International Champions Cup in Cardiff and even managed to round things off with a penalty shoot-out win in their final match before the new campaign gets underway at […]