Richarlison who departed the tournament with three goals to his name, including a sensational overhead kick against Serbia in the group stage emotionally reflected on a missed opportunity.
Writing this is definitely the hardest thing I ve ever done in my life, he penned. This is a wound that will stay open forever, because we all know the chances we had to get that title.
My friends and I are going to have to live with it. Some (or many) won t even get another chance. Now it s time to lick our wounds, apologise to all of you and get our head straight.
Brazil s exit represents their fifth successive shortfall in the World Cup, with the Selecao having only reached the semi-finals once since they last won the tournament in 2002.
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Retiring striker Fernando Torres hailed former Liverpool team-mate Steven Gerrard as the best player he played with during his career.
Torres announced on Friday he is to bring down the curtain on his 18 years in professional football, which has seen him take in spells with Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea, AC Milan and current club Sagan Tosu.
He will be well remembered for his incredible three-and-a-half-season spell at Anfield, where he struck up an instant rapport with Gerrard following his £20million arrival from Atletico.
And Torres, who scored a combined 41 goals with Gerrard in the 2008-09 campaign, singled out the iconic Reds captain when asked to name his favourite team-mate.
My last professional match will be on August 23rd against . It wi…
AS Roma are interested in signing Angelino from RB Leipzig in the final days of the January transfer window, according to . Angelino is on loan at Turkish Super Lig giants Galatasaray from Bundesliga outfit Leipzig at the moment, and Serie A club Roma want to bring him to the Stadium Olimpico for the second half of the season.
Sky Italia has reported that AS Roma have moved quickly to beat Italian rivals Torino to the signing of Angelino and have already reached an agreement with the full-back. I Giallorossi, who recently parted company with Jose Mourinho as their head coach, want to sign the 27-year-old left-back on an initial loan deal with the option to make it permanent in the summer of 2024.
Angelino joined Galatasaray from RB Leipzig on a season-long loan deal in …
Manchester City are interested in signing Alexis Mac Allister from Premier League rivals Brighton and Hove Albion in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that the Seagulls are willing to sell the Argentina international midfielder and want as much as €75 million in transfer fees.
Mac Allister has been on the books of Brighton since 2019 and has really burst onto the scene this season. The 24-year-old played a big role for Argentina in their 2022 Qatar World Cup success. The midfielder has made 18 starts and one substitute appearance in the Premier League for Brighton so far this season, scoring five goals in the process.
Defending champions Manchester City are second in the Premier League table at the moment with 55 points from 25 matches,…
Barcelona earned head coach Ernesto Valverde a much-needed 2-1 LaLiga victory over Villarreal but Lionel Messi was substituted at half-time, cutting short his first start of the season.
After a modest start to the campaign Valverde s position had come under increasing scrutiny, yet goals from Antoine Griezmann and Arthur secured three welcome points on Tuesday.
Villarreal midfielder Santi Cazorla pulled a goal back before the break, but Barcelona s defence stood firm in the second half.
Finally able to make his 400th LaLiga start following a calf problem, Messi pulled up with a muscle injury just before the half-hour mark and despite returning to the field following treatment, he was replaced by Ousmane Dembele at the interval.
The Argentina forward…
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Olympiacos Piraeus and Ferencvaros will lock horns with each other in the UEFA Europa Conference League this week. The first leg of the playoff round tie between the Greek club and the Hungarian side will be held at the Karaiskakis Stadium and is scheduled to kick off at 5:45 pm UK time on Thursday.
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Olympiacos are one of the biggest clubs in Greece and are used to playing in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. They tend to win the Super League Greece or at least challenge for the title on a regular basis.
José Luis Mendilibar’s side finished third in the UEFA Europa League Group A with seven points from six matches. Olympiacos dropped to th…
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Looking to extend on their Champions League charge this weekend, Manchester United will welcome Everton to Old Trafford on Saturday lunchtime.
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Starting with the hosts, managing to make an immediate return to winning ways earlier in the week thanks to a rugged 1-0 victory against Brentford, Manchester United will be desperate to avoid a potential banana skin here. While Erik ten Hag’s men might have continued to show some recent inconsistencies away from Old Trafford this season, the former Ajax boss finds his side sat in pole position to claim a crucial top-four return in 2023. Punching their Europa League quarter-final ticket last month as they cruised their way to a 5-1 aggregate romp against Spanish outfit Real…
Kevin De Bruyne produced a masterclass as Manchester City breezed to a 3-0 win over a listless Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Sunday
The Belgium midfielder scored two high-quality goals and provided an assist for Raheem Sterling in a one-sided victory for City.
Defending champions City are 14 points behind leaders Liverpool and four behind second-place Leicester City.
Arsenal remain in ninth – seven points off Chelsea in fourth spot – in a defeat that will have done little to enhance interim boss Freddie Ljungberg s prospects of landing the job on a permanent basis.
Gunners forward Gabriel Martinelli brought an early save out of City goalkeeper Ederson but Pep Guardiola s side began the rout in the second minute.
An intelligent pass from F…
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Once again turning our attention to this weekend s Belarusian Premier League fixtures, Slavia Mozyr will look to extend on their eye-catching record at the Stadyen Junatsva when they host a struggling FC Minsk on Saturday afternoon.
Starting with the hosts, while Slavia Mozyr may have been disappointed to have left Isloch empty-handed last weekend, the mood in their camp should still be at a high. Picking up a 1-0 win against Europa League outfit BATE Borisov and within touching distance of booking their spot in the final of this year s Belarusian Cup, Mihail Martsinovich s men have lost just one of their last five matchups across all formats and also hold an eye-catching record in front of their own supporters. Shipping just a si…
Mikel Arteta praised the influence of Granit Xhaka in helping Arsenal carve out their surprise title challenge this season but would not be drawn on whether the midfielder will still be at the club next season.
Xhaka has been a key figure alongside Thomas Partey in Arteta’s midfield this campaign, becoming a respected leadership presence and redeeming himself in the eyes of supporters after a public spat in 2019 threatened his place in the squad.
Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen have been heavily linked with a move for the 30-year-old, whose contract is due to expire at the end of next season.
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