FC Barcelona’s Samuel Eto’o and Gonzalo Higuaín of Real Madrid CF were responsible for eight of the 34 goals scored in the Liga over the weekend, with Monday headlines greeting the latter as ‘The New Idol’ in Spain.
FC Internazionale Milano took the outright Serie A lead by two points in spectacular style with a 4-0 victory at AS Roma after Udinese Calcio drew 2-2 with US Lecce and S.S. Lazio lost 3-1 at Bologna FC to lose ground.
SSC Napoli’s 2-1 win against Juventus on Saturday had taken them a point above Inter, [...]
It was a mixed night for German sides in the opening leg of their UEFA Cup first round ties as VfB Stuttgart and VfL Wolfsburg both opened with victories, while Hamburger SV could only draw at home to AFC Unirea Urziceni and BV Borussia Dortmund lost against Udinese Calcio at the Westfalenstadion.
Striker Dimitar Berbatov has vowed to repay the faith of Manchester United FC manager Sir Alex Ferguson after his protracted €38m transfer from Tottenham Hotspur FC was completed just before Monday’s deadline. “I understand that he and the fans have great expectations of me and I will do my best to prove them right,” he [...]
Three-time FIFA World Player of the Year Zinédine Zidane gave 20 children a day to remember on Sunday when he joined in a small-sided game at one of Vienna’s UEFA EURO 2008™ Fan Zones.
Zidane, who turns 36 tomorrow, was at the adidas football park on the Heldenplatz in the centre of the Austrian capital, where [...]
Much more positive against Italy, Romania should adopt a similar game plan tonight, knowing victory will book a place in the quarter-finals. As part of the plan, Adrian Mutu, vowing to make up for his penalty miss, will probably start from the left again, endeavouring to support Ciprian Marica.
Already qualified, the Dutch, meanwhile, can let [...]
Italy coach Roberto Donadoni insists his bags are not packed ahead of the Euro 2008 crunch game against France.In a repeat of the 2006 World Cup final, Italy and France meet in Zurich on Tuesday night with one team guaranteed to be exiting the tournament. The world champions must beat France, and hope Romania fail [...]
Poland brought the curtain down on their Euro 2008 preparations with an uninspiring 1-1 draw against Denmark.Martin Vingaard opened the scoring for the Danes midway through the first half while Maciej Zurawski missed from the penalty spot soon after.
Jacek Krzynowek found the back of the net for the Poles shortly before the interval, but the [...]
Germany coach Joachim Low has hinted that Bayern Munich striker Lukas Podolski could be handed a midfield role at Euro 2008.Podolski, who faces tough competition for a place in attack, played the second half of Germany’s 2-1 win over Serbia on the left side of midfield and obviously impressed Low with his performance.
“It is an [...]
Udinese striker Antonio Di Natale insists he has silenced the critics who feel he does not deserve a place in the Italy team.Two goals against Belgium on Friday night justified not only his inclusion in the squad, but his place in the starting XI in Italy’s final warm-up fixture before Euro 2008.And he is now [...]
