Germany have sacked manager Hansi Flick just nine months before the start of their home European Championships next summer. The former Bayern Munich boss saw his side suffer an embarrassing 4-1 friendly defeat at home to Japan on Saturday. Germany have lost four times in their last five games which comes on the back of a group-stage exit at last Read More
UEFA are set to change the name of their third European competition less than two years after the creation of the Europa Conference League. Established in 2021, Jose Mourinho’s Roma were the inaugural winners of the European tournament, which aims to give teams another route into Europa League qualification, as well as silverware and prestige. Mourinho placed so much value Read More
Jose Mourinho has been banned from four UEFA matches for directing abusive language at referee Anthony Taylor at the Europa League final. The Roma manager and his staff were verbally abusive towards the Premier League official numerous times during their loss to Sevilla in Budapest. After the game, footage on social media showed Mourinho directing a string of expletives towards Read More
Serial winner Dani Carvajal converted the decisive spotkick to hand Spain a first title in more than a decade as they edged Croatia 5-4 in a penalty shootout to win the Nations League in Rotterdam on Sunday. The 31-year-old, who has won five Champions League titles with Real Madrid, calmly chipped home Spain’s sixth kick of the shootout as they Read More
OGC Nice forward Terem Moffi has won the UEFA Europa Conference League Goal of the Season award. 10 players were nominated for the individual accolade with Moffi getting the nod of UEFA’s Technical Observer panel. The 24-year-old’s acrobatic effort for Nice at Basel in April earned him the award. “Goals of the 2022/23 UEFA Europa Conference League campaign have been Read More
Manager David Moyes handed his medal to his 87-year-old father after West Ham’s Europa Conference League triumph. The Hammers won their first European trophy in 47 years with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Fiorentina on Wednesday night. Jarrod Bowen struck in the 90th minute after Said Benrahma’s penalty was cancelled out by Giacomo Bonaventura. It sparked wild scenes of celebration Read More
Jarrod Bowen scored in the 90th minute as West Ham United secured a last-gasp 2-1 victory over Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League final on Wednesday to clinch a first major European trophy in over half a century. Specifically, the Premier League club have failed to win any UEFA European organised club competition in the past 58 years. The match Read More
Cristiano Biraghi was injured by an object thrown from the West Ham supporter section in the Europa Conference League final against Fiorentina. The 30-year-old full-back was preparing to take a corner after 33 minutes of play, with the score 0-0 at the Eden Arena in the Czech Republic. It then appeared that plastic cups were thrown in the direction of Read More
Sevilla beat AS Roma 4-1 on penalties Wednesday to win the Europa League for a record-extending seventh time, handing Jose Mourinho his first defeat in six European finals. Five months after scoring the winning penalty in the World Cup final for Argentina, Gonzalo Montiel converted the clinching spot kick to seal the shootout win after the match finished 1-1 following Read More
The 2022/23 UEFA Europa League will be on the line when Sevilla and AS Roma clash in the final at the Puskas Arena on Wednesday. 2022/23 has been a bizarre campaign for Sevilla, who might finish the season outside the top half of La Liga. But considering they were in the relegation zone for so long, they will be happy Read More
AS Roma grabbed a 1-0 home victory over Bayer Leverkusen in their Europa League semifinal first leg on Thursday thanks to 20-year-old Edoardo Bove’s second-half goal. Roma youth product Bove stabbed in the winner on the rebound in the 63rd minute after Tammy Abraham’s shot was saved by Leverkusen keeper Lukas Hradecky. The visitors came close to an equaliser towards Read More
Federico Gatti scored with a header seven minutes into added time to earn Juventus a 1-1 home draw against Sevilla in their Europa League semifinal first leg on Thursday. Europa League kings Sevilla ignored the heavy rain and the pressure of the Italian crowd at a packed Allianz Stadium to dominate the game and looked well on course to continue Read More
Juventus will face Man Utd’s conquerors Sevilla in the semi-finals of the Europa League, while West Ham must beat Dutch side AZ Alkmaar to reach the final of the Europa Conference League. Europa League semi-final draw First legs on May 11, second legs May 18 Europa Conference League semi-final draw in full First legs on May 11, second legs May Read More
Sevilla sent Manchester United crashing out of the Europa League thanks to an emphatic 3-0 win in Thursday’s quarterfinal second leg at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan to seal a 5-2 aggregate win. Sevilla, who had been 2-0 down before a late fight back to level last week’s first leg, stunned the Premier League giants, who were again masters of their own downfall in an error-strewn performance. Read More
A co-founder of Paystack, Mr Shola Akinlade, has expanded his imprint in football club ownership by acquiring a majority stake of up to 55 per cent in a Danish second-tier football club, Aarhus Fremad. This is coming after he established the club, Sporting Lagos, in his hometown, Lagos in 2022, which plays in the second tier of the Nigerian league, Read More
First-half goals from Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka helped England seal a dominant 2-0 victory over Ukraine in Group C of their Euro 2024 qualifying at Wembley on Sunday. Gareth Southgate’s side have now won back-to-back games to begin their bid to qualify for the next European Championships following Thursday’s win over Italy. The pair of matches were also their Read More
Manchester United will face a third Spanish opponent in a row after drawing Europa League specialists Sevilla in the quarter-finals. Erik ten Hag’s side have already beaten Barcelona and Real Betis in the Europa League knockout stages, but they will now return to Seville next month for the last-eight tie. Should United beat Sevilla in the next round, they will Read More
Sporting CP beat Arsenal in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw at the Emirates on Thursday in the second leg of their Europa League round-of-16 tie to advance to the quarterfinals. The tie was level on aggregate after last Thursday’s 2-2 draw in Lisbon and Granit Xhaka struck in the first half, before Pedro Goncalves scored an unbelievable goal Read More
Manchester United eased into the Europa League quarterfinals after a Marcus Rashford goal secured a 1-0 win at Real Betis on Thursday to complete a 5-1 aggregate win in the round of 16. Trailing by three goals after the first leg at Old Trafford a week ago, Betis needed an improbable result back in Seville to reach the last eight. Read More
Gent star Gift Orban scored a special second goal from long-range in a three-minute hat-trick on Wednesday in a 4-1 win over Istanbul Basaksehir. His goals comfortably sent Gent to the quarter-final of the Europa Conference League. Orban scored in the 31st, 32nd and 34th minutes in the Conference League victory, with his second strike the best of the bunch. Read More
Arsenal fought back to earn a 2-2 draw in an action-packed and error-filled Europa League last-16 first leg at Sporting. The Gunners, who were still without Gabriel Jesus despite his recent return to training, initially took the lead when William Saliba headed home from a corner in the 22nd minute. But Sporting hit back with a header of their own, Read More
Manchester United totally outclassed a quality Real Betis side in a 4-1 Europa League round-of-16, first-leg win on Thursday night. With the snow falling at Old Trafford, Marcus Rashford and Ayoze Perez traded first-half tallies before United hit top gear in the second stanza with goals from Antony, Bruno Fernandes and Wout Weghorst staking them to a comfortable lead ahead Read More
Paul Pogba has been dropped by Juventus for disciplinary reasons just two games into his comeback from injury, GOAL has learned. The World Cup-winning France international has been left of Massimiliano Allegri’s plans for the first leg of a Europa League last-16 showdown with Freiburg. He will play no part against Bundesliga opponents as the Bianconeri prepare to favour alternative Read More
Manchester United will face more Spanish opposition in the form of Real Betis in the Europa League last-16, while Arsenal have been paired with Sporting Lisbon. Erik ten Hag’s side overcame Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate in a thrilling play-off round tie and now encounter another team from LaLiga next month. Arsenal, who topped their Europa League group to advance directly to this stage, will face Read More
Antony scored his sixth goal for Manchester United to send his side through to the last 16 of the Europa League after a 2-1 victory against Barcelona (4-3 on aggregate) at Old Trafford. Bruno Fernandes had an early chance in the opening minutes after a pinpoint ball from Casemiro evaded Barcelona’s defence. The Portuguese midfielder got a shot off, but Read More
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