Lyon qualified for the Quarter-Finals of the UEFA Champions League courtesy of a tense Friday night 2-1 defeat away to Juventus in Italy. The loan goal of the first leg scored over four months earlier by the now departed Lucas Tousart, combined with the clean sheet at home gave Lyon the platform for a defensive, […]
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Lyon 7-0 Ryazan
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 […]
United see off Rochdale on penalties
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 […]
Bilbao still unbeaten after draw at Leganes
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 limp to draw at Brest
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 2-0 Real Sociedad
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 […]
Manchester United 1-2 Crystal Palace
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 […]
Real Sociedad 3-0 Athletic Club
Athletic Club Femenino succumbed to their great rivals in the final of the Euskal Herria Kopa, the summer tournament for women’s teams in the Basque Country. The defeat at the Estadio de Garmendipe brings to an end Athletic’s series of six straight titles in the competition and puts Real’s named back on the trophy for […]
Haro 1-4 Bilbao Athletic
Bilbao got their season off to a dream start with a 4-1 win away at the Estadio de El Mazo to sweep aside Haro and go joint top of the Segunda Division B Group 2 table on the opening day of the season. They had to come from behind too, having conceded in only the […]
Getafe 1-1 Athletic Club
Athletic Club followed up their sensational opening day win over Barcelona with a useful point at Getafe to maintain their unbeaten start to the 2019-20 La Liga season. They enjoyed a great start to this match too, with Raul Garcia giving them the lead in only the fifth minute at the Estadio Alfonso Perez, but […]