Month: April 2022

Which of these Chelsea greats would make our Super Eagles-Black Stars combined XI? Goal/GettyGhana-Nigeria Combined XI Ahead of this week’s World Cup qualifying double header between Nigeria and Ghana, GOAL Africa are picking our dream combined XI between these two West African heavyweights. Both the Super Eagles and the Black Stars have storied histories in continental and global competition, and our shortlist for this combined Dream Team was overflowing with elite African talent. However, only…

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The Argentina icon was not among the seven Barcelona figures included in the shot-stopper's list Marc-Andre ter Stegen has named his dream XI of current and former team-mates, and there is no place for Lionel Messi in the side. The goalkeeper’s time with Borussia Monchengladbach, Barcelona and Germany has seen him play alongside many top stars. With a wide range of big names to choose from, Ter Stegen has listed a solid XI, but omitted…

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The 27-year-old vented his frustration online after a narrow defeat to the west London outfit earlier in March Newcastle midfielder Isaac Hayden has been charged by the FA after comments he made on social media suggesting that Chelsea had the referee on their side in their 1-0 win over the Magpies at Stamford Bridge. in a fiercely competitive contest in west London on March 13, bringing a nine-match unbeaten run for Newcastle to an end.…

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The two nations will be battling for a ticket to represent Africa in Qatar in a two-legged encounter  Ghana interim coach Otto Addo has named his 27-man squad for the 2022 Fifa World Cup playoff against Nigeria. The two West Africa heavyweights are scheduled to meet in the first leg at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Friday, March 25. The second leg is scheduled in Nigeria on March 29. Among the players included in…

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It will be a make-or-break summer at Old Trafford with the contenders for the coaching job representing two current predominant schools of thought If at the beginning of last week Ralf Rangnick held a flicker of hope he would be Manchester United manager next season, then defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League second round has surely extinguished it. Man Utd enter the international break on a run of one win in five matches…

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The Manchester United superstar is away on international duty as his country prepares to take part in the play-offs for Qatar 2022 Cristiano Ronaldo has vowed to “fight” for Portugal’s right to grace the 2022 World Cup, with the Manchester United superstar determined to figure at what could be his last major global showpiece. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is now 37 years of age and, despite stating on a regular basis that he into…

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The striker tells GOAL about her return from an ACL injury, battling with Lea Schuller to start and why the Frauen-Bundesliga champions are so good Jovana Damnjanovic wasn’t on the pitch when Bayern Munich were last in the knockout rounds of the Women’s Champions League, but she remembers it well. It was last season’s semi-finals and the German giants travelled to London with a 2-1 advantage over Chelsea from the first leg. At full-time, that…

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The former Chelsea and Juventus midfielder also stressed the importance of winning both their upcoming friendly games France head coach Didier Deschamps has insisted that their upcoming friendly matches against South Africa and Ivory Coast have value. The world champions are set to take on Ivory Coast’s Elephants at Stade Orange Velodrome in Marseille on Friday, before facing Bafana Bafana at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille next week Tuesday. Nicknamed Le Bleus, France have included high profile players such…

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The Bafana Bafana striker is set to miss forthcoming international friendlies owing to an injury sustained in recent club engagement South Africa head coach Hugo Broos believes a six-month break would help Percy Tau fully recover from his consistent injury problems. His latest setback was in Al Ahly’s recent Caf Champions League assignment away to Al Merrikh, where his team won 3-1 with the 27-year-old scoring the first goal. Taher Mohamed replaced Tau in the…

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The Reds moved quickly to land the Colombian forward during the winter window and have seen him make an immediate impact at Anfield Jurgen Klopp admits that Luis Diaz is producing “miracles” at Liverpool, with the Reds seeing during the January transfer window deliver immediate returns. Those at Anfield acted quickly over the winter once it became apparent that a player they had been monitoring for some time. A big-money offer was presented to Porto…

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