Transfer deadline day has become a biannual staple of the football calendar. It is a day when the high-octane drama of a football match can be recreated without the action, and the same emotional highs and lows achieved.
Things didn't go much better in the Republican Stadium. Vogts sat in the stands - watching the calamity unfold alongside the Scotland fans - as he served a suspension, with his influence diluted as the visitors stumbled to a disjointed draw.
Paulo Sousa, therefore, will be the man charged with leading the Mengao's quest to regain the Libertadores in 2022. And the ex-Portugal midfielder's arrival at the Estadio Maracana proved just as controversial and unpopular with his current employers, if not even more so.
It had to do with the players on the pitch such as Juan, Bruno [Fernandes] and Nemanja Matic. While players such as Matic have confirmed they will be leaving United this summer, Mata is yet to do so.
He was a top-quality striker and at the time of his contract renewal, I do not think Arsenal could have done anything else but to have given him that new deal.
That seems almost quaint now, but the Premier League was a relatively stable place to manage until quite recently.
We know a lot about him through our development teams as well - he's a junior World Cup winner - so there are some centre halves who are pushing and we're very close, but we've added Marc and Ben White this time and we think it's a good opportunity to see two slightly younger players and see how they cope being with us. There are six players in the 25-man squad - Nick Pope, Guehi, James Ward-Prowse, Conor Gallagher, Smith Rowe, and Abraham - who were not involved in the Euros.
Anthony dragged a shot wide after a misplaced pass from Jonny Howson, before Dominic Solanke planted a header wide and Ryan Christie scooped over the bar after a cross from Philip Billing.
The Spanish Super Cup was all that Barca had to show for their efforts in 2006-07, with the La Liga title claimed by arch-rivals Real Madrid on head-to-head superiority – after a thrilling tie on points – while Sevilla landed the Copa del Rey.
Take the last few minutes away and it's 4-2. You'd sit back and think what a great game it was and that it could've gone either way.
Borna Barisic had tormented Braga down that left side throughout. It didn't matter. Braga had one chance and one goal and we were all square again. Football's brutal justice.
Manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst has some doubts and those players will be assessed on Saturday morning but Kemar Roofe and Ryan Jack have both suffered injury setbacks and are unlikely to be available before the winter break while Leon Balogun (knock), Filip Helander (knee) and Nnamdi Ofoborh (heart issue) are still sidelined.
He would focus on the opposition and how they could set up, before presenting his findings to the manager and coaching staff ahead of the upcoming fixture.
The Gunners were beaten 1-0 by Southampton thanks to Yan Bednarek's first-half goal despite having 23 shots and knowing a victory would have taken them level on points with fourth-placed Spurs, who lost to Brighton on Saturday lunchtime.
Sturridge denies the allegations though, claiming others are 'trying to benefit for their own personal gain' and the reward has already been paid to the rightful recipient.
Gareth Bale made his first appearance of the season in the 0-0 draw with Villarreal on Saturday. - - -
What happened next will be spoken about for as long as football is played at Ibrox. Locked together at 2-2 on aggregate with 10 minutes to go, there was the real prospect of another 120-minute night for Rangers - it would have been their third in 22 days as part of a run during which they have played nine times in little over a month.
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Grealish blew the best chance of the first half when a heavy touch with just Kepa to beat gave the Chelsea goalkeeper the chance to close him down, spread his body and get a crucial touch to divert the Englishman's shot wide.
Alternatively, Solskjaer could give minutes to teenager Teden Mengi, who impressed last season on loan at Derby with Wayne Rooney, if Jones is not yet able to make a full return after almost two years on the sidelines.
It shows there has been a level of progress and an Irish side coming into this campaign you would have looked at the Portugal game and thought we need to get a point to try and qualify.
With the goal disallowed, Villa fell to a narrow defeat through Scott McTominay's early header, leaving them out of the FA Cup in Gerrard's first match in the competition as a manager.
On what next for Zimbabwe after the Afcon exit, Musona explained: “We need to develop our grassroots football, to develop from the U17’s, U20’s and U23’s to prepare our national team for our next assignments.
Losing Wood. With Chris Wood gone, Burnley have lost a player who has scored 28 per cent of their Premier League goals since his arrival in 2017.
Derby County boss Wayne Rooney is ready to work with whoever emerges as the preferred bidder to take over the club.
Conte rarely deviated from a 3-5-2 formation and Lukaku formed a formidable strike partnership with Lautaro Martinez.
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At the start of the season, the international windows in September, October, November all come really fast, he said.
Blanco's time in Germany, however, did not go to plan. Soon after he arrived, Eintracht had a mass changeover of staff, hiring a new chairman, sporting director and manager, none of who were involved in the decision to sign Blanco.
Bundesliga: Lewandowski leads Bayern to victory Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Bayern Munich came from behind to beat last-place Greuther Furth 4-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
The American, who is a major donor to the university, referenced Ronaldo’s work ethic in a bid to inspire the players.
It was a statement, said a smiling Arteta afterwards. A statement, perhaps, that Aubameyang is no longer the crucial figure he once was.
Injuries have been a factor in Rashford’s staggered start to the season with the England international only making his first appearance of the campaign in the 4-2 defeat to Leicester City in mid-October. By choosing to have shoulder surgery after Euro 2020, Rashford sacrificed his pre-season and might now be paying for that.
Premier League this season, while only Chelsea and Manchester City (7 each) have scored more such goals than Crystal Palace (6).Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha scored his 12th Premier League goal of the season last time out against Southampton, making this his best ever goalscoring campaign in the top-flight.
Hampden will be limited to a capacity of 12,000 for the Czech Republic game and Scotland's final group-stage encounter against Croatia on June 22, but even that will offer a significant boost to Steve Clarke's players, according to Robertson.
Hibernian have lost both of their last two home league games, while they haven't suffered three straight home defeats in Scotland's top-flight since December 2012 under Pat Fenlon.
It's as if these players pick and choose their moments when they are up for it. If you want to play for Manchester United and compete for titles, you do that week in, week out.
Some of the futures of those younger players have already been shaped. Amad Diallo will go out on loan after missing out on selection for Ivory Coast at the Africa Cup of Nations. In contrast, the plan is for Anthony Elanga to stay and try to build on the three senior appearances he has already made this term.
In the final minute of the half, Kristian Pedersen's close-range header flew narrowly over from Riley McGree's corner, but the midfielder did not have to wait too long to claim his second assist of the game, centring for Sunjic to convert past Smithies from close range.
We were fortunate to be so much better that we had the privilege of being able to have one or two spots in the team specifically to develop young players because you cannot play five teenagers in the same team and win the league no matter how talented they are.
19’ GOAL - MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 NEWCASTLE (Sterling). It had been coming; City were beginning to turn the screw. Cancelo heads Gundogan's ball back across goal and picks out Sterling, who nods home from close range.
Having seen off Brentford in the quarter-final with a 2-0 win three days before Christmas, they beat Tottenham over two legs to reach next month's final at Wembley.
Together, along with the rest of Vieira's coaching staff, they set about resolving the many issues at Palace, not least 12 out-of-contract players.
And by then, Derby's relegation to League One will almost certainly have been confirmed (Reading's win on Wednesday night adding that to that sense of inevitability).
The PSG boss told reporters after seeing a World Cup-winning Spain international make it through a 3-1 victory for his side unscathed: I am very happy for Sergio, we are all happy that he is here after a few months without having been able to play since his signing at Paris Saint-Germain.
It's hard for me to remember a performance away from home this dominant without getting a result. So the result hurts, but the performance doesn't hurt.
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“Phil, if he wanted to change direction, he’d sidestep first and then turn his body. But if you do that, you’re not using your quads, hamstrings, glutes. You’re not generating any power or momentum.
