Rodrigo de Paul says Argentina were born to suffer after celebrating his side s remarkable World Cup victory over France in Qatar.
Lionel Scaloni s side held a two-goal lead at the interval against the defending champions, but a second-half brace from Kylian Mbappe turned the tie on it s head, with further drama to follow.
Lionel Messi scored his second of the game to hand Argentina the lead again in extra time, but a second Mbappe penalty clinched the forward his hat-trick, sending the game to penalties – where Gonzalo Montiel tucked home the deciding effort.
Having fallen at the final hurdle in 1990 and 2014, the win handed Argentina their first World Cup crown since 1986 and will result in a third star on their shirt – only Brazil (five), Germany and Italy…
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FC Barcelona and Manchester United are the two best sides of Europe, according to this year s edition of the Champions League. How did these two giants get to the final though? A quick overview.
FC Barcelona
Third preliminary round
Aug 13 Home 4-0 Wisla Krakow (Pol)
Aug 26 Away 0-1 Wisla Krakow (Pol)
Group Phase
Sep 16 Home 3-1 Sporting Lisbon (Por)
Oct 01 Away 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr)
Oct 22 Away 5-0 FC Basel (Sui)
Nov 04 Home 1-1 FC Basel (Sui)
Nov 26 Away 5-2 Sporting Lisbon (Por)
Dec 09 Home 2-3 Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr)
Position: 1 (13 points)
Second round
Feb 24 Away 1-1 Olympique Lyon (Fra)
Mar 11 Home 5-2 Olympique Lyon (Fra)
Quarter finals
Apr 08 Home 4-0 Ba…
The Miami Dolphins and Denver Broncos have had dramatically different starts to their respective seasons with the Dolphins shooting up the Super Bowl odds board, while the Broncos have already dropped two games as a home favorite. The teams will face off in South Florida on Sunday with the Dolphins favored by 6.5 points with a total of 47.5, according to the latest NFL odds.
Each team’s quarterback will be under the microscope for different reasons as Tua Tagovailoa has skyrocketed to being the league favorite in NFL MVP odds, while Russell Wilson will be desperate to show he can return to his old self.
Let’s dig into what we’ve seen out of the teams this season and how they match up against each other. Here are my NFL picks and predictions f…
Frank de Boer has a clear image of what success at Euro 2020 will entail for the Netherlands. “There is only one thing we want to achieve and that is to swim in the canals of Amsterdam having won the final,” the head coach said on Saturday, putting cruise boat companies on early notice. “You don’t become a European champion easily but I think we have the quality to do it if everything fits into place.”
High confidence, and party planning for July, does not mean De Boer and the Dutch are getting ahead of themselves before Sunday’s last-16 tie with the Czech Republic. He accepts there is work to do before the Netherlands’ re-emergence has title-winning substance, but belief is growing for good reason. “I look at how the team is…
I’ve been a professional footballer for more than a decade. In nearly all of my 500 appearances, I’ve had an online casino advert either on my shirt or surrounding me on the pitch.
It’s no surprise. It’s impossible to watch a match in the top five men’s divisions in England without seeing adverts for gambling. My career has not taken me to the Premier League (yet) but these ads can appear more than 700 times a match on television in our top flight, where nearly half the teams have a betting sponsor on the front of their shirts.
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Glenn Hoddle has urged Ange Postecoglou to drop one his key Tottenham tactics as they lack the X-factor player to make it viable.
Spurs have now lost seven of their last 11 games under the Australian boss after .
Gabriel Magalhaes scored the only goal of the game from a corner and while Postecoglou s side huffed and puffed they were ineffective in the final third against stubborn Arsenal defence.
For the first time it seems Postecoglou is under pressure and Spurs legend Hoddle has told the former Celtic boss to reconsider his tactics going forward.
Explaining what went wrong against the Gunners, he said on talkSPORT: “The inverted fullbacks worked last season to a certain degree, but I look at Tottenham now and they’ve got some very good players, but…