Ousmane Dembele's fierce shot was the winning goal for Barcelona as the Catalan club came from behind to defeat Sevilla 2-1 win in the Spanish Super Cup.Playing against a team they walloped 5-0 to win the Copa Del Rey trophy last season, the Spanish champions had to work hard for the win against a sturdy Sevilla side.In the first [...]
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Barcelona star players showed up to be counted on the night as the Catalans dismantled an abject Sevilla 5-0 to win the Copa Del Rey Cup at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium. A brilliant team display was inspired by Messi and Iniesta to blow away Vicenzo Montella's men and all but seal a domestic double of League and Cup win for [...]
Manchester United suffered an embarrassing 2-1 loss at Old Trafford to Sevilla and crashed out of the UEFA Champions League. Jose Mourinho's men were looking to qualify after a goalless first leg in Spain two weeks ago but were dominated by a spirited and attack-minded Sevilla side.On the heels of his two-goal showing against Liverpool on Saturday, Mourinho handed Marcus [...]
Barcelona want-away forward, Pedro, scored an extra-time winner as the Catalan club won the UEFA Super Cup for a record-equalling fifth time after a nine-goal thriller against Sevilla in Tbilisi.Pedro, who has been linked with Manchester United, came off the bench to grab the winner.The Europa League winners surprised the Champions League holders when Ever Banega converted a well-taken free-kick.But [...]
Former Cote d’Ivoire midfielder, Didier Zokora, has completed a move to Indian Super League side FC Pune City.The 34-year-old midfielder confirmed the deal on his Twitter account – @dzokora5.“I signed contract with Indian Super League team Pune FC. Thanks for everything.”Zokora is the most capped Ivorian international, having made 123 appearances scoring just one goal before his retirement in September [...]
Sevilla fought back twice to beat Dnipro 3-2 and retain the Europa League on Wednesday.Colombian striker Carlos Bacca scored twice for the Spanish side in addition to Grzegorz Krychowiak's goal.Dnipro had taken the lead through Nikola Kalinic before Sevilla struck twice.Ruslan Rotan equalised just before half-time for the Ukrainians, but Bacca struck in the second-half to win the trophy [...]
A Stevan Jovetic double and a third to Sergio Aguero helped Manchester City beat Liverpool 3-1 in the first heavyweight clash of the new season on Monday.With new signing Mario Balotelli watching from the stands, last season’s runners-up Liverpool looked lively at Etihad Stadium, but an error from debutant Alberto Moreno allowed Jovetic to smash the ball home after 41 [...]
Thiago Silva and David Luiz scored as Brazil set up a World Cup semi-final meeting with Germany, after beating Colombia 2-1.Silva netted in the early stages of a breathless encounter, scoring from a corner that evaded everyone and the Paris Saint-Germain centre-back’s knee knocked the ball over the line.But the captain was booked in the second half and will miss [...]
The curse of Bela Guttman returned to haunt Benfica as Sevilla won a penalty shoot-out to beat the Portuguese giants in the Europa League final in Turin.The Hungarian coach declared Benfica would never win another European final when he was denied a pay-rise and left the club in anger having delivered back-to-back European Cups in 1961 and 1962.Over the intervening [...]
When the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) split into independent nations at the end 1991, the nation of Russia had already a stable government to take over affairs of the nation.However, one thing they could not transfer from the USSR was their strong football record on the World Cup stage.Russia emerged from the USSR rubbles in 1994 for [...]
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