Competition: La Liga
Market: Deportivo La Coruna to beat Levante
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La Liga is back this weekend with yet another interesting round of games as the competition continues to simmer away nicely. The table has remained incredibly tight which means that a single victory can quite often see a side rise a number of places in the league, and with this in mind, Deportivo La Coruna host Levante on Saturday.
Deportivo La Coruna have been struggling massively this season and they are in real danger of being relegated this campaign. After 20 games they have won four, drawn four and lost 12, while they have scored 22 goals and conceded 44 times. In their last five they have only managed to draw once, losing the other four. This has seen the side onto 16 …
Phil Jagielka wants his England team-mates to repeat the heroics on show against Spain in 2011 against Brazil on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old Everton centre-back was pivotal in shutting out the world and European champions in a friendly meeting in November 2011, and Jagielka is determined to claim another important result when the five-time World Cup winners Brazil travel to Wembley.
This is a high stakes game, he told reporters.
That Spain game wasn t make or break but because we won and kept a clean sheet it turned into a massive positive.
It s a similar situation now. Whether I get to play, or someone else, it is about gaining experience from a great test.
Both Ronaldinho and Neymar have been named in Luiz Felipe Scolari s first squad of his…
Norwich City midfielder Bradley Johnson has signed a new deal with the Premier League club, extending his contract to the middle of 2016.
Norwich City midfielder Bradley Johnson has signed a new deal with the Premier League club, extending his contract to the middle of 2016.
Johnson, 25, joined the Carrow Road outfit in July 2011 on a free transfer from Leeds United, where he had been for three years.
The Englishman has made 57 appearances for Norwich, scoring three goals, and has missed just one league game this season.
He told the club s official website: As soon as I heard that the club wanted to sit down and sort a new deal I just wanted to get it done and I m delighted that it has.
I think I m playing the best football of my career and I …
Freddie Ljungberg identified belief as the key to a turnaround that ended a seven-game Premier League winless run for Arsenal after they beat West Ham 3-1.
With Ljungberg having overseen a draw with Norwich City and a home defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion in his first two games since replacing Unai Emery on an interim basis, it looked as if he was set for further disappointment when Angelo Ogbonna put West Ham ahead in the 38th minute.
Arsenal lost Hector Bellerin in the warm-up on Monday and Kieran Tierney suffered a shoulder injury in the first half, but the Gunners bounced back from those setbacks and a lifeless first-half display to get back to winning ways against their London rivals.
Gabriel Martinelli s first Premier League goal levelled matters and Nico…
Lucien Favre saluted goalkeeper Roman Burki and the rest of his squad after Borussia Dortmund squeezed through to the Champions League s last 16.
A nerve-jangling 2-1 home win over Slavia Prague and Inter s late loss to Barcelona saw Dortmund finish second in Group F on Tuesday.
Tomas Soucek cancelled out Jadon Sancho s opener before Julian Brandt restored the Bundesliga side s lead just after the hour.
Julian Weigl s subsequent dismissal for two bookable offences led to a tense finale, but Burki brilliantly denied Milan Skoda and Abdulla Yusuf Helal to secure all three points.
Everyone, without a single exception, played a part in this win, Favre said.
It was a crazy match. Constant chances. We had to win this game – it s what we were aiming …
Owen Coyle and Houston Dynamo have agreed to part ways, with the 49-year-old old claiming he wants to be closer to his family back in England.
Coyle joined MLS outfit Houston in 2014 following spells with Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League and Wigan Athletic in the Championship.
The Scotsman guided Houston to 15th in the overall standings in his first season, winning 11 out of 34 games.
Dynamo are last in the Western Conference this term, having won just three times to claim 11 points from their opening 12 games.
Coyle said in a statement: I asked [Dynamo president] Chris [Canetti] if I could speak with him today and I explained to him the challenge of being away from my family and how we all want the best for Houston Dynamo.
I want t…
Cristiano Ronaldo s form is getting better , according to Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti argued on Tuesday that Cristiano Ronaldo s form is not as bad as reports have suggested.
The Portuguese attacker has scored 33 goals for Real in all competitions this season, including 28 in La Liga.
Since returning from a two-match ban incurred for his dismissal at Cordoba in January, Ronaldo is yet to find the back of the net in two domestic outings one of which was Real s 4-0 defeat at the hands of rivals Atletico Madrid.
Ancelotti claimed though, that Ronaldo impressed in their 2-0 win at home to Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday, despite not scoring.
Ronaldo is set to feature when the UEFA Champions League holders head …
The highest levels of the Spanish government Wednesday came out in support of Atletico Madrid, penalised by UEFA for crowd trouble and racist insults by their supporters in a match against Marseille.
The Spanish media also slammed the decision, blaming the Marseille supporters for the incidents and suggesting that France s UEFA president Michel Platini may not be impartial in the matter.
Marseille lodged an official complaint with European football s ruling body after several of their players were targeted by Atletico fans during their Champions League match in Madrid on October 1.
It alleged monkey chants were aimed at the French club s players, while the Marseille team bus was attacked after the match.
Atletico were also charged with a lack of orga…
Lazio and Roma will be playing for more than local bragging rights when they meet in the season s first Rome derby on Sunday evening.
Delio Rossi s Lazio have made a strong start to the season, winning seven of their 11 league matches, draing one and losing three to leave them two points behind leaders Inter Milan in fourth place with 22 points.
One of the main reasons behind Lazio s form is summer loan signing Mauro Zarate. The Argentine, who is on loan from Qatar s Al Saad, has hit seven goals so far and is expected to form part of a three man attack, alongside captain Tomasso Rocchi and Goran Pandev.
Rocchi has already declared what he expects, telling Sky Italia; I wouldn t settle for a draw. The derby is a truly great match and is important to play in. Y…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is not injured but being frozen out by Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, claims Adrian Mutu.
Ibrahimovic has been dogged by injuries this season, only recovering from the knee ligament damage that ended his 2016-17 campaign prematurely in November.
The former Sweden international, who will leave at the end of the season amid links to LA Galaxy, made seven appearances – the majority from the bench – before a recurrence of his previous problem.
He returned to training in February but has not featured for United since, and Mutu says that is because of a deteriorating relationship with Mourinho, rather than due to a lack of fitness.
Mourinho doesn t care about the performance, only the result, Mutu told Telekom Sport Romania.