The Columbus Crew came from two goals down to put an end to Inter Miami s Leagues Cup defence, winning 3-2 at the Lower.com Field on Wednesday.
Matias Rojas and Diego Gomez had given the visitors a comfortable lead just beyond the hour-mark, only for Christian Ramirez s strike to spark an unlikely turnaround.
Diego Rossi netted twice in 11 second half minutes to confirm the win as Wilfried Nancy s side advanced to the quarter-finals where they will face New York City FC.
Despite still being without Lionel Messi, Miami started brightly and were rewarded for their fast start when Rojas headed past Nicholas Hagen in the 10th minute.
Columbus finished the opening 45 the better side, but found themselves two goals down after the break as Gomez curled home …
Manchester United star Marcus Rashford admitted former manager Jose Mourinho s style of play prevented him from playing his best football.
Mourinho spent two and a half years in charge of United, where he worked with Rashford before being sacked by the Premier League giants in 2018.
Rashford scored five league goals during Mourinho s first season in 2016-17 and followed that up with another seven in 2017-18 as the Portuguese often preferred either Zlatan Ibrahimovic or Romelu Lukaku at the time.
The 23-year-old Rashford, who won the Europa League, EFL Cup and Community Shield during Mourinho s tenure, finished with just 15 Premier League goals under the former Chelsea and Real Madrid boss prior to his sacking midway through the 2018-19 season.
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Philippe Coutinho s move from Liverpool to Barcelona sees him become the latest in a long line of Brazilians to ply their trade at Camp Nou.
From Romario to Neymar, some of the South American nation s biggest stars have enjoyed great success in Catalonia through the years.
Coutinho arrives with big expectations following his exploits with Liverpool over the past five years and will be keen to justify his reported €160million price tag.
Here we take a look at six of Barca s best Brazilians.
COUTINHO
Another brilliant Brazilian joins Barça!
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague)
ROMARIO (1993-1995)
Romario spent a year and a half at Barcelona and his 30 goals in 33 appearances fired the club to the LaLig…
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Hoping to extend on their eye-catching start to the 2023/24 La Liga campaign, Valencia will welcome Osasuna to the Mestalla on Sunday evening.
Starting with the hosts, while Valencia might have found themselves at the heart of an infamous relegation scrap and dealing with a string of financial issues, the Bats have come roaring back since returning from the summer break. Opening up the 2023/24 campaign in the midst of a real flurry, Ruben Baraja’s men have clinched back-to-back La Liga victories from their opening two appearances. Getting proceedings underway with an eye-catching 2-1 victory away at reigning Europa League champions Sevilla, Los Ches were last seen putting in another rugged performance. Landing a 1-0 win at …
England and the United States are set to pack out Wembley in a tantalising October clash between the Euro 2022 and Women s World Cup winners, hailed by Sarina Wiegman as the perfect game .
News of the planned October 7 fixture arrived two days after England completed their European triumph in front of 87,192 spectators at the national stadium in London, beating Germany 2-1 in a final that went to extra time.
It was a record crowd for a European Championship game, men s or women s, and the feverish support for the women s in England looks set to guarantee another full house.
The US women s side beat England 2-1 in the 2019 World Cup semi-finals, and the two teams are expected to be among the trophy challengers at next year s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand…
Spain s triumph at Euro 2008, which started their greatest ever period on the international stage, was built using a real mix of club components.
They won the final 1-0 against Germany, courtesy of a goal from Liverpool striker Fernando Torres, set up by Barcelona midfielder Xavi. Players from Real Madrid, Valencia, Villarreal and even Real Mallorca all appeared in that match in Vienna.
Two years later, when they won the World Cup by the same scoreline, the influence of Pep Guardiola s Barcelona was clear. Seven of the starting XI played their club football at Camp Nou, although one, David Villa, was a new signing and yet to play a game; the rest were from Madrid, and one, Joan Capdevila, from Villarreal.
By the time of their successful European Championship def…
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Hoping to make it three Bundesliga victories on the bounce this weekend, Borussia Dortmund will travel to a high-flying Hoffenheim on Friday night.
Hoffenheim
Starting with the hosts, while Hoffenheim might have been left disappointed last season as they had to settle for a bottom-half finish, the Blues have come flying out of the traps this time around. Putting in another hugely impressive performance last weekend as they claimed a 2-0 victory away at Champions League outfit Union Berlin, Pellegrino Matarazzo’s side have continued to gain a string of recent plaudits. Marking their return from September’s international break with a 3-1 romp away at Koln, the Sinsheim-based outfit now have their sights firmly set on mounting a gen…
Gareth Southgate saw no need to lift Harry Kane after the striker s penalty miss sent England out of the World Cup.
Kane missed a spot-kick late on against France in the quarter-finals, having previously beaten his Tottenham team-mate Hugo Lloris from 12 yards in a thrilling clash that Les Bleus won 2-1.
Yet that failure has not seemed to disrupt Kane s fine season with Tottenham. The 29-year-old has scored 10 goals since the season resumed, with his latest coming against Southampton on Saturday.
And Southgate never felt he had to pick up the phone to his captain, who matched Wayne Rooney as England s record goalscorer with his successful penalty against France.
I don t think it s a big hurdle really, Southgate said of Kane, who has been named in England…
The Ballon d Or will be handed out on Thursday and, as has become tradition, the football world waits with bated breath to see which of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo will win it.
The Barcelona and Real Madrid stars have won every edition of the prize since 2008, both as France Football s standalone award and during its merger with FIFA s prize, and it seems inconceivable that the duopoly will not continue in 2017.
Plenty of debate has raged over which of them has deserved to get their hands on the glittering gold sphere every year, but not quite so much air time has been given to assessing those who deserved it just as much – perhaps even more so.
Well, in the spirit of Ballon d Or decency, we re going to do just that. Here are the players we think fully de…
Allow me to quote former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand straight from the off here but Juventus surely need to file an appeal over Cristiano Ronaldo’s red card against Valencia.
Bianconeri superstar striker ended up having a torrid night in his favourite competition as he got sent off just before the half hour-mark after what appeared as if he slightly pulled Valencia centre-back Jeison Murillo’s hair.
after being shown the red card and I’m on the bandwagon with Rio Ferdinand, believing that decision to send him off was a harsh one.
Surely got to appeal this ??
— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5)
Never before the Wednesday night’s clash against Valencia has Cristiano Ronaldo been shown a red card in the Champions League…