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At halftime, it’s 1-1 between France and Argentina in the first last 16 clash at this year’s World Cup.  France were dominant in the opening quarter and they took a deserved lead after just 13 minutes when Antoine Griezmann scored from the penalty spot after Kylian Mbappe was brought down by Marcus Rojo in the box. France dropped a gear …

Argentina were looking to bounce back from a disappointing result against Iceland on Thursday night, while Croatia knew that a win would see them into the knockout stages with a game to spare. Lionel Messi and co had yet to get going at this tournament so far, while Croatia put in a thoroughly professional performance to defeat Nigeria 2-0 last weekend. …

​​Paris Saint-Germain defender Dani Alves had an unexpected finish to Tuesday night's French Cup clash against Sochaux.

Paris Saint Germain are closing in on their second £100M+ deal of the summer – as they look to secure the signature of Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe. The French club, who signed Neymar from Barcelona in a record-breaking deal just weeks ago, are now set to add the 18-year old France international to their ranks in their second sensational coup of the …

The Philippe Coutinho saga could have taken its final twist, according to Sky Sports’ Guillem Balague. Barcelona have seen three bids for the Brazilian playmaker rejected out of hand by Liverpool as the Premier League side insist that their star asset is not for sale. Things took a rather bizarre turn following the rejection of the third bid, when it …

Angel Di Maria is the latest football star to be investigated by Spanish authorities regarding unpaid taxes.  The PSG star has admitted to two counts of tax fraud during his four-year stint at Real Madrid. Di Maria is believed to have defrauded the Spanish authorities of £1.14 million and has been ordered to pay a fine of £1.76 million. Due to …

Judging by his recent Twitter activity, Javier ‘Chicharito‘ Hernandez was keen to let it be known that current Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho’s latest revelations concerning his sale to Bayer Leverkusen were heard loud and clear.  Mourinho sat down with Gary Lineker for an interview on the BBC’s Premier League show. The three-time Premier League winning manager somewhat surprisingly admitted …

The fallout from Paris Saint-Germain’s spectacular exit from the Champions League continues as it has emerged that the French side have sent a formal complaint to UEFA. PSG let a 4-0 aggregate lead slip at Camp Nou last week as three goals in the last seven minutes allowed Barcelona to pull a 6-5 aggregate win out of the bag and …

Last night’s historic Champions League game in Barcelona will live long in the memory as the La Liga Champions made history in turning over a 4-0 deficit to knock out a shell-shocked Paris Saint Germain. Speaking on ITV as reported in the Irish Independent former Manchester United captain Roy Keane too was astounded at the history created in the Nou …

Last night, football pundits around the world joined together for a big old Barcelona love-in after the side that are apparently, ‘more than a club’, pulled off an unprecedented comeback. But how exactly did they do it? Barcelona were without question the better side in the Nou Camp on Wednesday evening but, why are we ignoring the multiple conspicuous decisions …

“Manchester United was a club with great traditions, traditions where they tended to pick British managers. That tradition has now gone. They were a football club who enjoy traditions with the way they spent.” David Moyes’s words in his interview with the Telegraph recently meant to cause a stir, and they certainly did among United fans. The Scot was speaking ahead …

Unlike previous seasons, Arsenal find themselves in the position of having already qualified from their Champions League group. In addition, tonight’s fixture against Paris Saint-Germain not only provides the Gunners with the opportunity to qualify with a game to spare, but do so as a group winner, handing Arsene Wenger’s side the chance to secure an easier draw in the last 16, …

What can one say about PSG’s flying full-back, Serge Aurier? He constantly defies explanation. In his latest newsworthy act, the Ivory Coast international saved the life of Mali forward Moussa Doumbia in a World Cup qualifier. Aurier acted quickly and decisively to prevent Doumbia swallowing his tongue after being knocked unconscious in a collision with Lamine Kone. Recognising the danger, …

2014 World Cup finalists they may have been, but Argentina’s campaign to reach the next one in Russia is not going to plan at all. They currently sit in fifth place in the CONMEBOL qualification table, which, if they were to remain there, would not be enough for automatic qualification and would leave them in a playoff against the winners …

A year in football can be a very long time. The career of Memphis Depay is a prime example of this as this time last year the highly-rated winger was being hailed as the new focal point of Louis van Gaal’s United side. This was back when United fans still spoke glowingly of Van Gaal’s ‘philosophy’ and before it became …

After signing for Manchester United in the summer of 2014 for what was at the time an English transfer record fee, Angel Di Maria packed his bags and headed to France less than 12 months later. The Argentine’s time at Old Trafford was an unprecedented flop. No one had ever spent that much money on a player only to cash …

Serge Aurier, the PSG and Ivory Coast right-back must be a nightmare to manage. Only last season he had a major fall out with former coach of the Parisians Laurent Blanc, with the club suspending him on the grounds of making homophobic remarks towards the boss and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in an online Q&A. Arsenal will target Toulouse right-back Serge Aurier if they …

In a move that will surprise absolutely nobody, Lionel Messi has confirmed that he is to return to international football with Argentina. The Barcelona forward announced his retirement from the international game last month having lost the Copa América Centenario final to Chile on penalties, his third international final defeat in as many years. However, he has now reversed that …