Unai Emery is usually one for politeness and hearty greetings, as known from his time managing Arsenal in England where he was most known for his “good ebening” wishes while addressing the media before games. But Emery went against his characteristic morals when he left Marcelo Bielsa hanging before a pre-season outing. Emery’s Villarreal were…
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Watch: Emery tells Sampaoli to ‘eat sh*t’ during heated touchline exchange
Former PSG manager Unai Emery’s return to Marseille got seriously ugly as the Spaniard was shown a red card and almost came to blows with opposition manager Jorge Sampaoli. The Villarreal boss received a hostile reception at the Velodrome as expected and seemingly lost the plot after Juan Foyth was handed his second yellow card…
Newly promoted Huesca score a team goal of the season contender in draw against Villarreal
Newly promoted La Liga side Huesca carved open Villarreal with some quick off the ball movement and slick passing, as they earned a 1-1 draw in this weekend’s opening league fixture at the Estadio de la Cerámica. Pablo Maffeo added the finishing touch to an extraordinary end-to-end routine consisting of seven deadly passes, as Villarreal…
The bizarre pre-match ritual being employed at Arsenal currently
If you ask footballers if they’ve got any pre-match rituals or any superstitions that they heed to, it’s a good chance that a fair share of them will answer yes. Most of these are born out of habit, some out of chance, and the rest have more of a personal reason behind it. Be it…