Italian giant Juventus have sacked Massimiliano Allegri two days after he led the club to the Italian Cup. The Turin side beat Atalanta 1-0 in Rome, but Allegri was sent off late on for ranting at match officials and waving away sporting director during the celebrations. The Italian Football Federation’s disciplinary tribunal has launched an investigation into Allegri. And on Friday, Juventus confirmed he was no longer their boss. “The dismissal follows certain behaviors during and after the Italian Cup final which the club deemed incompatible with the values of Juventus and with the behavior that those who represent it…
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Southampton will lock horns with Leeds United in the Championship play-off final after beating West Bromwich Albion 3-1 at the Saint Mary’s Stadium on Friday. After a goalless first leg, Saints midfielder Will Smallbone opened the scoring four minutes after the break, striking from an angle into the top right corner from just inside the box. Adam Armstrong doubled Saints’ lead in the 78th minute, and scored his second form the spot in the 86th minute to trigger a party atmosphere inside the ground. Cedric Kipre then scored an injury time header for the visitors, which was a mere consolation.…
Manchester City remain on course for a fourth consecutive Premier League (PL) title after a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur, ending a run of four consecutive top-flight away H2H defeats in the process. Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou was riled by suggestions that Spurs supporters would want their side to lose this match and prevent arch-rivals Arsenal from winning the title. His team still had a UEFA Champions League place to fight for, and Rodrigo Bentancur provided an early statement of intent when the Uruguyan’s dipping effort was parried over by Ederson in the opening exchanges. Spurs were playing some…
Super Eagles head coach, Finidi George will be assisted by his former Super Eagles teammate Daniel Amokachi and two foreign expatriates. Finidi named Amokachi and his other backroom staff at his unveiling as the new Eagles coach by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) on Monday morning. Amokachi is returning to familiar terrain having worked as an assistant to late coaches, Shaibu Amodu and Stephen Keshi in the past. Finidi has also retained Olatunji Baruwa, the goalkeeper’s trainer under the previous head coach, Jose Peseiro. Benjamin James who will serve as the second assistant has been working at German Bundesliga club…
In Germany, Super Eagles striker Victor Boniface was on target for Bayer Leverkusen in their 5-0 win away to Bochum in the Bundesliga on Sunday. Boniface scored from the penalty spot in the added minutes of the first half to make it 2-0. He has scored 20 goals with nine assists in 32 games in all competitions for the Bundlesliga champions this season. His Nigerian teammate Nathan Tella also featured for 80 minutes for Leverkusen.l in the game. In another venue, Kevin Akpoguma put up a fine display as Hoffenheim thrashed Darmstadt 6-0 in their Bundesliga clash on Sunday. The…
Leandro Trossard’s first-half goal proved enough to earn Arsenal a 1-0 win against Manchester United and keep the Gunners’ Premier League (PL) title hopes alive, in addition to tasting victory just the second time in their last 17 away H2Hs. Long gone are the days when Old Trafford brimmed with excitement for a title showdown against Arsenal, with conversations now revolving around whether the Red Devils would do the blue side of Manchester a favour. Rasmus Højlund wasted a big opportunity after Scott McTominay had pickpocketed Thomas Partey and, despite the miss, that moment helped the hosts to settle after…
Fourteen-time winners Real Madrid snatched an incredible semi-final victory over Bayern Munich and set up a Champions League final with Borussia Dortmund. Joselu was the hero for Real Madrid on Wednesday as his stunning late double completed a 2-1 comeback win to reach the Champions League final 4-3 on aggregate. Bayern looked to be heading to the final when Alphonso Davies cut in and blasted past Andriy Lunin, after Harry Kane had found him with a superb pass. After Kane had been taken off by Thomas Tuchel, with the score at 1-0 to Bayern – Joselu then grabbed an 88th-minute…
Borussia Dortmund have qualified for the Champions League final after beating Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 at the Parc des Princes to secure a 2-0 aggregate win over the French side. PSG had the task of overturning a slim first-leg deficit, but were constantly denied by the woodwork, striking the post and crossbar a combination of four times in total. 35-year-old centre-back Mats Hummels scored the decisive goal to make Dortmund the first team in the final as the Bundesliga side stunned to set-up a Champions League title decider against either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid. Bayern and Real are in the…
Thiago Silva will return to Fluminese once he leaves Chelsea later in the month. The 39-year-old was announced as a Fluminense player on social media with the tagline “The monster is back” on Tuesday. Chelsea revealed that Silva will link up with the team early and leave after the final game of the season on 19 May. The defender once played for the Brazilian club between 2006- 2009 before moving to AC Milan. A statement read: “Chelsea have agreed with Thiago that he can join up early with his new teammates after signing a two-year contract with the Brazilian club.…
In Germany, Victor Boniface was on target for Bayer Leverkusen who continued their unbeaten run with a 5-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on Sunday. The Super Eagles striker came on in the 61st minute, and converted a penalty a minute before full time to put Leverkusen 5-1 ahead.The 23-year-old has now scored 12 goals in 21 league appearances for the newly crowned Bundesliga champions, and has been included in the Bundesliga Team of the Season. Also in action for Leverkusen was his compatriot Nathan Tella, who was in action for 72 minutes. Nigerian defender Kevin Akpoguma put in a…