Uruguay face Bolivia in the Copa America on Thursday and need Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez to start producing in attack.
After losing their opening match to Argentina, Oscar Tabarez s men drew 1-1 with Chile on matchday two to breathe a bit of life into their campaign.
The goal was their first since November 2020, yet it came via Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal, who turned into his own net under pressure from Suarez.
Uruguay s problems in attack are clear: they have the lowest shooting accuracy at the Copa America (20 per cent), and the worst shot conversion rate (five per cent).
That is in spite of the fact they boast a strike partnership in Suarez and Cavani who have plundered 114 international goals between them. They have only managed a combined sev…
Cesc Fabregas left Barcelona s youth setup to join Arsenal at the age of 16. He went on to play 304 times for the Gunners, helped them win the 2004/05 FA Cup and became their captain, before returning to Barcelona in 2011. Three years later he arrived to London once more, but this time to wear the blue shirt of Chelsea 198 times and win the Premier League twice, the League Cup in 2014/15 and the FA Cup in 2017/18.
He finally left Stamford Bridge in January 2019, and now, at the age of 33, he plays for AS Monaco in France, but the time he spent in England obviously produced a lot of nice memories for the Spanish midfielder.
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Leander Dendoncker s goal 15 minutes from time gave Wolves a 1-0 win over Fulham at Molineux, taking the hosts to the brink of securing a seventh-place finish in the Premier League.
Nuno Espirito Santo s men knew victory in their final home game of the season would leave Leicester City as the only side able to catch them in the battle for seventh, and they got the job done with a late strike.
Relegated Fulham were on course for a fourth clean sheet on the spin, but Dendoncker guided Matt Doherty s cross past Sergio Rico with a first-time finish to earn Wolves a third successive win.
Wolves are now six points better off than Leicester, who have two games in hand, the first of those away to Manchester City on Monday.
Seventh position in the Premier Leag…
Brazil preserved their perfect record in 2022 CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying after edging Chile 1-0 on Thursday.
Everton Ribeiro came off the bench and scored the winning goal in the 64th minute as Brazil made it seven wins from seven games on the road to Qatar 2022.
Brazil – back in action for the first time since their Copa America final loss to La Albiceleste in July – are six points clear of Argentina atop the standings ahead of Sunday s mouth-watering showdown in Sao Paulo.
Chile, meanwhile, are seventh in the 10-team qualifying section in South America, three points adrift of the play-off position.
A refusal by Premier League clubs to release players for international matches in COVID-19 red-listed countries meant Brazil were without the likes of…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer backed Anthony Martial to find form after Manchester United were stunned by Sheffield United in the Premier League.
Martial has scored just twice in 16 league appearances this season and was unable to have an impact as his side suffered a shock 2-1 loss at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
Solskjaer is confident the forward will recapture his best form, but understood questions over the 25-year-old and his team as a whole.
The whole team will probably get criticism and myself as well. I don t think Anthony s exempt from that, the United manager told a news conference.
I think we all should be criticised because we didn t perform. I know Anto, he s working really hard in training, working on his finishing, working on his movement. I ve got …
Thiago Alcantara is excited at the prospect of playing in the FA Cup final against Chelsea, having narrowly missed out on appearing in Liverpool s previous showpiece game this season.
The Spain international was named in the starting line-up for the EFL Cup final in February, also against Chelsea, but had to pull out after injuring his hamstring in the warm-up.
Thiago could be seen in tears on the substitutes bench, though was in a better mood later on as he watched his team-mates triumph 11-10 on penalties at Wembley.
Speaking to Liverpool s official website ahead of Saturday s clash, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich playmaker explained why he got so emotional that day, and what it meant to the players to lift a trophy after a difficult previous season.…
With many of Europe’s elite wrapping up their respective 2022/23 campaign this weekend, we look set for another stacked schedule from across the continent. So, for those of you who are looking to place a Sunday accumulator, we have found a trio of helpful tips that offer a great return for your weekend flutter.
Sunday May 28th
BST 14:00 Bologna vs Napoli
Storming their way to a first Serie A crown since 1980 earlier in the month, Napoli have certainly enjoyed what has been a stunning campaign at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. Making an immediate return to winning ways last weekend thanks to another rampant display on home soil, the Blues have their sights now set on signing off the 2022/23 campaign with a flurry. Last seen storming their way to a 3-1 romp again…
Jurgen Klopp declared his Liverpool side are ready for the new season after their 3-1 victory over Manchester City in the Community Shield.
Trent Alexander-Arnold s opener was cancelled out by City debutant Julian Alvarez in the second half, but the Reds responded as Mohamed Salah converted a penalty before Darwin Nunez marked his debut with a goal.
Coming off the bench, Nunez made a key difference to Liverpool as they fought to prevent the tie from going to a penalty shoot-out. He showed that the early signs are promising in the club s bid to ease the loss of Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich.
The win means Klopp has won every trophy available to him in English football, having previously fallen short in the Community Shield, and he declared his side were primed to…
Liverpool-linked midfielder Ruben Neves is 99 per cent likely to stay at Wolves beyond the end of the transfer window, according to head coach Bruno Lage.
Neves, who has emerged as a key figure since arriving at Wolves in 2017, had reportedly been targeted by the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United earlier in the transfer window after entering the final two years of his contract.
More recently, Liverpool have been touted as suitors for the Portugal international after Jurgen Klopp acknowledged the Reds may have to recruit a midfielder to ease their injury crisis.
Neves assumed the captain s armband at Wolves after Conor Coady was loaned to Everton, and scored a stunning long-range goal in their 1-1 draw with Newcastle United on Sunday.
The 25-year-old…
Kylian Mbappe is likely to miss this weekend s Madrid derby after picking up an injury in Real Madrid s 3-2 win over Deportivo Alaves on Tuesday.
Mbappe, who scored Los Blancos second goal of the night, was replaced by Arda Guler in the 80th minute and was seen gesturing to his thigh as he left the pitch.
The Frenchman s sensational start to life in the Spanish capital has seen him score seven goals in his first nine appearances in all competitions.
Mbappe has also produced more shots on target (19) than anyone in LaLiga so far, netting five of the 10 big chances he has been presented with.
But head coach Carlo Ancelotti could be without his star striker against Atletico Madrid this weekend.
Following tests carried out today by Real Madrid s …