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Paris Saint-Germain are set to continue their bid to reclaim the Ligue 1 title on Saturday at the Parc des Princes, where they ll be welcoming Strasbourg in the second round of the 2021-22 season in the French top flight.
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Paris Saint-Germain are one of the most talked-about clubs in the world at the moment. The reason they ve just completed the signing of Lionel Messi from Barcelona. The Argentine superstar s contract with Barcelona expired at the end of June, and they were unable to get him to sign a new one due to a most unfortunate (from their point of view) combination of financial problems and La Liga regulations relating to the limit of the amount clubs are allowed to spend on wages. PSG pounced at once and h…
Cristiano Ronaldo revealed his delight at his 100th and 101st Portugal goals on social media on Tuesday.
Ronaldo scored a brace against Sweden in a 2-0 away Nations League win.
At the same Stockholm stadium where the forward scored a hat-trick in 2014 World Cup qualifying, his first was a stunning free-kick to bring up a century in international football.
Ronaldo was not done there, though, and curled in a fine second, with Ali Daei s record tally of 109 goals for Iran within his sights.
The Portugal captain posted on Instagram: Huge pride in this historical goal for our national team!
When they tell me I can reach 100, I say it s not enough 101 goals for Portugal.
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Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti claimed Vinicius Junior is the best in the world after helping Los Blancos into the Champions League quarter-finals in Wednesday s 1-0 win over Liverpool.
The Brazilian provided the assist for Karim Benzema s 78th-minute winner in the last-16 second leg, having netted twice while setting up another in the 5-2 first-leg victory at Anfield three weeks ago.
Ancelotti stated Vinicius was one of the best players in the world prior to their Copa del Rey clash with Barcelona earlier this month, and he now cannot see anyone better.
For me, he s the best in the world, Ancelotti told reporters. Today he didn t score, but he played very well and provided a goal.
The Brazil international has scored 19 goals this season, along …
Massimiliano Allegri was grateful after Alex Sandro s cynical red card helped Juventus to a 1-0 win over bottom-placed Hellas Verona on Thursday.
Moise Kean s strike with half an hour to play looked to be enough for Juve to make it five victories and five clean sheets in a row, but in injury time, a Thomas Henry throughball put Kevin Lasagna in on goal.
However, Sandro barged Lasagna over before the Verona forward reached the box and though the full-back was sent off, the resulting free-kick was skied over and Juve saw the game out to secure the three points.
Allegri was delighted after the match with his side s dogged performance and Sandro s unselfish decision to take Lasagna down, telling Sky Sport: Alex Sandro s red card is worth a goal.
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Steve Bruce feels the Republic of Ireland job “would suit me” as he considers a return to management.
The Football Association of Ireland made a swift announcement it would not be extending Stephen Kenny’s three-and-a-half-year stay following the end what was a disappointing Euro 2024 qualifying campaign, winning just two of eight matches.
The recruitment process for a new head coach has already started, with a review of the coaching staff set to take place once an appointment has been made ahead of friendly matches taking place in March and June 2024.
Bruce, 62, has been out of the game since leaving West Brom in October 2022.
The former Newcastle, Sheffield Wednesday and Aston Villa boss, though, believes the time is right to consider a return.
Carlos Corberan expressed his pride at turning around West Brom’s season despite a 3-2 final-day loss at Swansea as they fell short of the Sky Bet Championship play-offs.
West Brom had started the final day of the regular season as play-off outsiders, needing to beat Swansea and hope for favourable results elsewhere.
The Baggies ultimately finished ninth, as Sunderland and Coventry claimed the final two play-off places, after Corberan took over in October with the club second bottom of the Championship.
“The target we had was difficult, to change the momentum of the season,” said Corberan, whose side won only three of their final 10 games.
“It was very uncomfortable. We moved fast, we focused on the possibilities and I feel very proud.
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Aston Villa are considering a move for former West Ham United defender James Collins, according to the Telegraph.
The 35-year-old has been a free agent since his contract with the Hammers expired at the end of last season and was close to joining Ipswich Town last month.
However, he has been invited to train with Villa in a move that could see him earn a contract with the Midlands club – where he spent three years before returning to East London.
In that second spell at West Ham, Collins played just shy of one hundred and fifty games over six seasons, to add to the sixty-five appearances he made for the club between 2005 and 2009.
Internationally the centre-back was capped fifty-one times for his country, with two of those outings coming at Euro …
Former Rangers full-back Alan Hutton believes Josh Doig would be an ideal solution to the Ibrox club’s impending decisions at left-back.
Borna Barisic is out of contract in the summer and has been linked with a return to Croatia with Dinamo Zagreb.
Ridvan Yilmaz has struggled for game time since arriving in the summer of 2022 but has impressed in recent weeks amid the absence of the injured Barisic.
However, the Turkey international has been linked with a switch to Hellas Verona, where Doig has plied his trade since moving from Hibernian to Italy.
Doig is also the subject of reported interest from Torino and Udinese and Hutton believes the 21-year-old would be a good fit at Ibrox.
“I thought that he was a player that both teams in Glasgow woul…
England interim manager Lee Carsley believes he is capable of taking the job on a full-time basis, but conceded he had his doubts.
Carsley oversaw a 2-0 victory over the Republic of Ireland in his first match in charge since stepping in to replace Gareth Southgate on a temporary basis.
An extended audition continues on Tuesday when England take on Finland in their second Nations League match.
And Carsley acknowledged the performance and result against Ireland, who he represented as a player, has provided a much-needed confidence boost.
He said: In the back of your mind you always think you know, it s easy to be the England manager, isn t it, when you re sat in the house.
There have been times when I ve thought I m not sure if I could do it.
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Ross County have secured the return of left-back Josh Reid on a three-year contract.
Reid left County for Coventry in January 2021 after playing 24 times for the Dingwall side’s first team.
But the 21-year-old only made two appearances in England, one for the Sky Blues in the League Cup and one on loan with Stevenage.
Manager Malky Mackay told County’s website: “I am delighted to see Josh return to the club, he knows the club and area very well and is a player who has had recent international experience with the Scotland Under-21s.”
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