Both Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez made their long-awaited return to football last night, but their comeback got marred by a long-time familiar foe in Stevan Jovetic. It was a particularly long time out of action for the defensive duo, both of whom came off the bench after 70 minutes against Hertha Berlin at …
Liverpool’s latest pre-season friendly did not quite go to plan, as the Merseyside outfit lost 4-3 to Hertha Berlin. Despite the loss, there were still positives to take as two very familiar faces returned to action for Liverpool in yesterday’s pre-season friendly. Virgil van Dijk (285) and Joe Gomez (259) came back off an injury …
Memphis Depay is known for being one of the most skilful footballers in the world. Elasticos, roulettes and nutmegs – he has got it all, and his latest victim is none other than his international as well as his new club teammate Frenkie De Jong. Depay and de Jong recently shared a dressing room together …
Pre-season friendlies are played with the sole intention of brushing the rust off footballers’ legs ahead of the upcoming season. Hence they are not played with the same competitive edge one would expect from a regular match. While it might mean such for many footballers across the world, try convincing Pepe that. The Portuguese defender …
Andreas Pereira scored one of the goals of the pre-season so far when he connected with an excellent volley from all of thirty yards last night. Manchester United were up against newly-promoted Brentford in a pre-season friendly at Old Trafford. The Red Devils went ahead courtesy of an Anthony Elanga strike, but Brentford drew themselves …
Footballers are often starstruck when they meet their idols on the same pitch as themselves. Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s famous reaction upon playing against his idol Ronaldo Nazario in a Milan derby is a famous example. Kylian Mbappe’s self-confessed ‘idol’ moment with Cristiano Ronaldo is another. Idol 👑🐐… @Cristiano pic.twitter.com/uZGEXnhuUB — Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) October 11, 2020 …
If there is something that makes Erling Haaland even more of a generational talent than his incredible goalscoring numbers, it is his indefatigable urge to keep getting better all the time. Already a football superstar and one of the most sought-after players on the planet, the Norwegian forward is motivated by his hunger to brush …
Armando Broja continued his incredible run of form in pre-season for Chelsea with another goal against Bournemouth last night. After a couple of training ground matches – a 6-1 win against Peterborough, and a 1-1 intra-squad encounter – Chelsea officially kicked off their pre-season campaign with a friendly at the Vitality Stadium. Despite going behind …
The last couple of afternoons in football have seen two of the worst misses of the year so far. After Joshua Zirkzee of Bayern Munich missed the open net from a yard out a couple of days ago, Nicolas Reniero of Argentinos Juniors did one better last night with a horrendous miss against Newell’s Old …
There is hardly a more satisfying sight in football than to see a perfectly hit free-kick crash into the back of the net. But just as there are contrasts to everything, a badly executed free-kick is one of the worst possible sights in the game. Being awarded a shot at goal from a decent position …
Ryan Kent pulled off a humiliating piece of skill on Victor Chust when Rangers met Real Madrid in a pre-season friendly. The Scottish Premiership side prevailed over the La Liga outfit by two goals to one, as second-half goals from Fashion Sakala and Cedric Itten cancelled out Rodrygo’s first-half strike. Even though the headlines focused …
EA Sports are doing an incredible job every year with their annual releases of the world-famous FIFA game, as every new version of the game is more realistic than the previous one. Players’ faces, their characteristic abilities and their playing styles are all replicated more and more accurately with every edition of the game. And …
Tapping the ball home into an empty net is definitely not as easy as it looks. Bayern Munich’s Joshua Zirkzee will testify to that notion after the young talent missed one of the easiest chances one can ever get on a football pitch – rolling the ball into an unguarded goal from a yard out. …
Vivianne Miedema of the Netherlands went full Dennis Bergkamp with a brilliantly taken goal against Brazil in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Oranje and Arsenal forward pulled out a page straight from her legendary compatriot and club legend’s book as she performed a stunning turn and scored with a composed finish against Brazil in the …
Liverpool’s new signing Ibrahima Konaté has continued to impress in his first pre-season at the club. If glimpses of the French defender in training excited most Reds supporters for the coming season already, they would be even more thrilled to see their new man thrive in a type of system that Liverpool are already known …
Callum Hudson-Odoi has had an impressive pre-season so far. The young Englishman who was touted to become one of the best young players in the world has not lived up to expectations just yet, but that might soon be a thing of the past if he keeps up the rich vein of form that he …
Some of the most surprising paper talks from this summer featured Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard being linked with a move to Everton. The boyhood Liverpool fan and Rangers head coach was linked with a managerial move to Goodison Park to manage Liverpool’s city rivals – in what was one of the most unexpected rumours to …