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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
Liverpool fans have not quite seen the best of Naby Keita since the Guinean made his move to Merseyside in the summer of 2018. Injury issues and inconsistency have troubled the ex-Leipzig midfielder for the past three seasons, but recent glimpses of him from this summer’s pre-season have filled the Reds supporters with a new …
Maurizio Sarri is back in Serie A, and so is the signature style of play that he is known to mould for his team. The Neapolitan head coach has returned to his native country to take over SS Lazio after a year-long hiatus, and one can well imagine the signature ‘Sarrismo’ – the term used …
Liverpool’s pre-season training camp in Austria has had all its supporters’ eyes on it, as fans keep track of their superstars preparing for the upcoming season. Every training session in Salzburg features some member of the squad catching the attention of Reds supporters online, the latest of which is central defender Joel Matip – who …
It is one of the best times to be a Paris Saint-Germain supporter as the club has brought in immense reinforcement this summer to try and mount a proper challenge for their elusive first UEFA Champions League title. Big names like Sergio Ramos, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Gini Wijnaldum and Achraf Hakimi have lit up the French …
Facundo Pellistri is one of the most highly-rated youngsters in the Manchester United squad at the moment, and he did his fast-rising reputation no harm with his goal in the club’s pre-season outing against Derby County. The young Uruguayan scored the eventual match-winner as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United side came out on top against former …
There are very few footballers in the world who can stand next to Virgil van Dijk. Not only is the Liverpool centre back one of the very best defenders in the game, but he is also an absolute colossus of a footballer who is amongst one of the most physically dominant players in the world. …
Arsenal new boy Nuno Tavares has seemingly hit the ground running for the north London outfit. The Portuguese full-back scored on his first start for Arsenal against Scottish Premiership side Rangers at the Ibrox yesterday as Gunners fans across the world got a glimpse of their new acquisition’s raw talent. Mikel Arteta’s side were trailing …
Liverpool’s new defender Ibrahima Konaté has not featured in a club jersey on the pitch yet but has already caught the fans’ eyes in training due to his sheer size. The French central defender stands at a mammoth 1.94 metres (6 ft 4 inch), and physically stands out from each and every one of his …
Paris Saint-Germain’s indomitable ambition to win the Champions League has caused an influx of some of the best players in the world in their respective positions. One of the many talented players whose services that they have acquired this summer is Achraf Hakimi. Hakimi was signed from Inter Milan for a fee of around €70m …