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Smelling a real chance to make a return to winning ways in midweek, Atletico Madrid will make the trip to the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez on Tuesday evening.
Starting with the hosts, while Getafe might have managed to hang onto their La Liga status with time to spare last season, Azulones find themselves in the midst of a real nightmare this time around. Already firmly at the heart of a relegation scrap, the Blues are now one of just two top-flight sides who are yet to get a single point on the board. With the mood in their camp at a real low, Head Coach Míchel will be more than aware that his side face another overwhelming test in midweek. Last seen over the weekend putting in another woeful display, Getafe were blown away …
In normal circumstances, Pep Guardiola s landmark achievement might have been the focus ahead of Manchester City s clash with Aston Villa.
Yet the build-up to Sunday s fixture at the Etihad Stadium was overshadowed by City having been accused of over 100 breaches of the Premier League s financial regulations.
While City will defend themselves off the pitch, their players stepped up by beating Villa 3-1 to ensure Guardiola s 250th Premier League game in charge was marked in style.
Stats Perform has looked at the numbers from Guardiola s time in England s top tier.
FULL-TIME | All three points!
3-1
— Manchester City (@ManCity)
The numbers
1 – Guardiola has the highest win rate of any manager to have coached in 100 or m…
Antonio Conte believes Tottenham have taken a step forward this season, despite their final chance of silverware being ended by Milan on Wednesday.
Spurs were unable to overturn a 1-0 deficit from last month s Champions League last-16 first leg as they played out a 0-0 draw in the return fixture at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Despite knowing they needed a goal to stay in the tie, Spurs failed to muster a single attempt on target in the first half and only seriously troubled Mike Maignan once all game.
The Milan goalkeeper produced a fine save to keep out Harry Kane s late header, which came after Cristian Romero was sent off for two bookable offences.
It means Tottenham s wait for a trophy of any sort will stretch into a 16th year, with a top-four battle i…
After the final matchday of Euro 2016 qualification on Tuesday, we take a look at who has made it to next year s tournament in France.
Group A
Czech Republic confirmed their status as group winners and completed a humiliating campaign for Netherlands with a 3-2 win in Amsterdam. The Dutch limped to fourth place on 13 points five behind Turkey, who secured automatic qualification as the best third-placed team thanks to Selcuk Inan s Beckham moment . His 89th-minute free-kick saw off runners-up Iceland 1-0, providing high drama in the final round of fixtures.
Group B
Belgium s 3-1 victory at home to Israel secured top spot and elevated Marc Wilmots side to number one in the FIFA rankings, while Gareth Bale s seventh goal of the campaign helped seco…
Inter head coach Antonio Conte welcomed the news of Jose Mourinho s Roma appointment and deflected questions about his own future.
Former Chelsea boss Conte clashed publicly with Mourinho during the pair s time in England, when the latter led Premier League rivals Manchester United.
At one stage Mourinho referred to Conte as a clown , while the latter called the Portuguese a little man .
However, Conte insisted he fully respected ex-Inter coach Mourinho, who will replace Paulo Fonseca at Serie A rivals Roma from next season.
It s great news for everybody, I wish him the best, except when he plays against Inter, Conte told Le Iene.
For sure, there is great respect between us.
Conte s own future has been the subject of speculation, despit…
Massimiliano Allegri insists Juventus will be ready if defender Matthijs de Ligt leaves for Bayern Munich, as he revealed talks were ongoing regarding a transfer for the Netherlands international.
De Ligt has been strongly linked with the Bundesliga champions throughout the transfer window, with Juventus chief executive Maurizio Arrivabene revealing last month that the former Ajax man wants to leave the Bianconeri.
The 22-year-old has made 87 Serie A appearances since joining Juventus for a reported €85million in 2019 but has struggled for consistency in Italy.
Having won eight consecutive league titles prior to De Ligt s arrival, Juventus have only lifted one Scudetto in three seasons with the Dutchman.
Meanwhile, Juventus never conceded more than 30 l…
Rio Ferdinand revealed he rang Cristiano Ronaldo straight away in an attempt to persuade the Juventus star not to sign for Manchester City.
Reports this week suggested former Manchester United great Ronaldo had been offered to rivals City by his agent Jorge Mendes.
City were in the hunt for a forward after missing out on Harry Kane, who is staying at Tottenham.
As late as Friday morning – when Ronaldo left Juve training – it appeared the Portugal captain was all set to sign for the Premier League champions.
Speculation only mounted when Juve coach Massimilano Allegri confirmed Ronaldo was leaving Turin, yet in a remarkable turnaround, it is United who are instead set to re-sign the 36-year-old, who they sold to Real Madrid in 2009.
The Red D…
Academy graduates Dean Campbell and Connor McLennan are among the players leaving Aberdeen this summer, while Liam Fox is also departing after a short-term coaching role.
Marley Watkins and Matty Kennedy are also among the first-team players who are being released.
Both McLennan and Campbell spent the final season of their Dons careers out on loan.
McLennan, who joined the club aged eight, made more than 100 appearances and scored eight goals before spending last term with St Johnstone.
Campbell became Aberdeen’s youngest player when he made his debut against Celtic back in 2017 at the age of 16 years, one month and 23 days. The midfielder made 75 appearances in all before joining Stevenage on loan, winning promotion from Sky Bet League Two and hitting …
Arsenal are interested in signing Rodrygo from Real Madrid in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Arsenal are looking for a new striker and think that the 23-year-old would be a good fit. Madrid, who are aiming to win La Liga and the UEFA Champions League are willing to sell the Brazil international for €120 million.
Rodrygo has been on the books of Madrid since 2019 when he joined from Santos. The 23-year-old is a very versatile player who can play across the front-line and has established himself as an important player for Los Blancos. He has scored 13 goals and given eight assists in 41 matches in all competitions for Madrid this season.
Madrid are at the top of the La Liga table at the moment with 72 points from 29 matches. Carlo…
Tommy Conway netted a first-half brace as Bristol City increased Blackburn’s relegation fears with a thumping 5-0 Championship win at Ashton Gate.
The striker capitalised on a bad error by Dominic Hyam to race clear and shoot low past Aynsley Pears for his 10th goal of the season in the 24th minute.
Seven minutes later Conway sent Pears the wrong way from the penalty spot after a mistake by Callum Brittain had led to Hyam bringing down Mark Sykes inside the box.
Substitute Anis Mehmeti capitalised on yet more weak defending by Hyam to fire in the third in the 73rd minute and another replacement, Nahki Wells, drilled home a 78th-minute penalty after Blackburn substitute Kyle McFadzean had handled.
Wells completed the rout with a stoppage time tap-in from…