Atletico Madrid took a huge step towards a place in the Europa League quarter-finals with a comfortable 3-1 first-leg win over Besiktas. The hosts had already missed two great chances to take the lead through Eduardo Salvio and Radamel Falcao before Salvio made amends with a lovely piece of skill to skip past Veli Kavlak [...]
Roberto Mancini has declared that Manchester City will not underestimate Europa League opponents Sporting Lisbon tonight. Sporting are currently fourth in the Portuguese league, 14 points behind Porto, and suffered a shock loss to struggling Setubal at the weekend. However the Italian tactician said: “I played here five years ago with Inter in the Champions [...]
Michael Carrick has admitted that Manchester United is determined to win the Europa League even if it does happen to be Europe’s second tier competition. Ahead of the Round of 16 first leg against Atheltic Bilbao at Old Trafford tomorrow night, Carrick says it is certainly a goal of the Red Devils to take out [...]
Rafik Djebbour headed the only goal of the game as Olympiacos moved into the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League with a 1-0 win over Rubin Kazan giving them a 2-0 aggregate victory. The Algerian striker’s 14th-minute goal gave Ernesto Valverde’s side their sixth straight win in all competitions and built on last week’s [...]
Atletico Madrid cruised through to the last-16 of the Europa League with a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory over Lazio thanks to Diego Godin’s second-half header. Eduardo Salvio had the best efforts of a uneventful first-half, the Argentinian forcing Albano Bizzarri into a smart save before striking the post with a rasping drive from a narrow [...]
Manchester United limped into a Europa League last-16 meeting with Athletic Bilbao after a 2-1 defeat by Ajax at Old Trafford left them clinging on to a 3-2 aggregate success. Two goals ahead of the Dutch giants at kick-off after an excellent performance in Amsterdam seven days ago, the Red Devils got off to the [...]
Iker Muniain struck as ten-man Athletic Bilbao claimed a 1-0 win over Lokomotiv Moscow to advance to the last 16 of the Europa League by virtue of the away goals rule. Lokomotiv were 2-1 winners in the first leg and seemed content to sit on that result in Spain – a mission that seemed to [...]
Manchester City produced a strong finish to power into the last 16 of the Europa League with a 4-0 win at the expense of ten-man holders Porto. Sergio Aguero set up victory by extending City’s 2-1 first-leg lead after just 18 seconds at the rainswept Etihad Stadium before hitting the bar later in the first [...]
Brazilian striker Taison opened the scoring after just 33 seconds as Metalist Kharkiv all but guaranteed their place in the last 16 of the Europa League with a 4-0 first-leg win in Salzburg. Taison seized upon a defensive error to round home goalkeeper Alexander Walke and give his side a dream start, and two further [...]
Lokomotiv Moscow mounted a second-half fightback to snatch victory in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 tie with Athletic Bilbao at the Luzhniki Stadium. The Spaniards had defied sub-zero conditions to take a deserved half-time lead thanks to a 25th-minute strike from their star teenage winger Iker Muniain. But Lokomotiv roared back after [...]
Falcao inspired Atletico Madrid to a come-from-behind victory over Lazio tonight in Rome to see the Spaniards take command of their Europa League last 32 tie. Miroslav Klose put the home side ahead in the 19th minute before Falcao set up Adrian Lopez for the equaliser before the half-hour mark. The Colombian forward then put [...]
Ashley Young’s first Manchester United goal since September set the Red Devils on their way to a comfortable win over over Ajax in Amsterdam tonight. The last time Young found the net was a last-gasp face-saver against Basel at Old Trafford, in a match which Sir Alex Ferguson still looks back on as the draw [...]
Stoke will have to win in the Mestalla next week if their European adventure is to continue after Valencia shaded the first leg of their Europa League last-32 clash at the Britannia Stadium tonight. Mehmet Topal netted the only goal of the game in the 36th minute with a 30-yard screamer that gave Asmir Begovic [...]
Sergio Aguero came off the bench to hand Manchester City a 2-1 advantage in their Europa League tie against Porto. The Argentinian struck from close range with six minutes remaining as City came from behind to condemn the Portuguese champions to a rare defeat at the Estadio do Dragao. The hosts took a 27th-minute lead [...]
Javier Hernandez has admitted that he is hoping to start in the Europa League against Ajax. With Sir Alex already confirming he’ll field his strongest team at the Amsterdam ArenA, United are out to secure a commanding position ahead of next week’s Old Trafford return. The Mexican international told MUTV : “Playing at home in [...]
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WAGS – Vanessa Lorenzo Girlfriend of Carles Puyol
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WAGS – Iria Otero Wife of Diego Lopez
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David Beckham goes on a 4 day tour of China
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Edgar Davids to Celebrate 40th Birthday by playing for Barnet
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Patrick Kluivert Predictions for UEFA Europa League Semi-Finals 2013
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Viktor Fischer Scores a beautiful chip goal
Ajax’s Viktor Fischer scored a goal similar to that of Cantona against Sunderland all those years ago. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
Germany 4-1 Kazakhstan World Cup Qualifier 2014 Highlights
Germany, again playing without a recognised striker, hit three goals in eight minutes on the way to a 4-1 defeat of Kazakhstan that kept them in control of World Cup Group C. The Borussia Dortmund trio of Marco Reus, Mario Götze and Ilkay Gündogan scored in the first half and Reus added a fourth goal [...]
Netherlands 4-0 Romania World Cup Qualifier 2014 Highlights
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Malta 0-2 Italy World Cup Qualifier 2014 Highlights
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Video: Athletes who quit Twitter
In this week’s TRACE Sports have a look to these champions who left Twitter. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
Djimi Traore Fantastic Strike for Seattle Sounders
Djimi Traore with the fantastic strike off the cross bar and into the back of the net to draw the net to put the Sounders up 2-1 in the second leg of the CONCACAF quarterfinals. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
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