Новости за 16.02.2018

Legendary Juventus and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has revealed he cries often as it "makes him feel human". The 40-year-old made the confession during filming of 'First Team: Juventus', a three-part documentary from Netflix that follows the fortunes of the famous Italian club on and off the field. Buffon has won the Serie A title eight times in his illustrious career, while he was also a key member of the Italy team that lifted the World Cup in 2006. But, despite suffering a few disappointments... Читать дальше...

Learning of Ryan Mason's premature retirement on Tuesday due to a head injury suffered in January 2017 was "heart-breaking" for Chelsea defender Gary Cahill. Mason clashed heads with Cahill in a match at Stamford Bridge early last year and fractured his skull in the incident. The midfielder was initially expected to return to football, but recent scans showed the injury to be even more significant than originally feared. As a result, Mason announced his retirement on Tuesday at the age of 26 to... Читать дальше...

Jonny Evans, Gareth Barry, Jake Livermore and Boaz Myhill have come forward as the four West Brom players involved in a "curfew breach" during a warm-weather training camp. West Brom are bottom of the Premier League, seven points adrift of safety, but were taken to Spain this week by head coach Alan Pardew in a bid to revive the club's flagging fortunes. According to a report in The Sun newspaper, a group of West Brom players allegedly drove off in a taxi from a McDonald's drive-through without... Читать дальше...

Riyad Mahrez will make his first start for Leicester City since January 20 in Friday's FA Cup tie against Sheffield United. The Algeria international spent 10 days away from the club after a potential switch to Manchester City failed to materialise on transfer deadline day. Mahrez - who handed in a transfer request in an attempt to secure a move - missed the league games against Everton and Swansea City during his brief absence. However, manager Claude Puel sprang a surprise when naming the player... Читать дальше...

Former Bayern Munich star Lothar Matthaus is hopeful of Jupp Heynckes continuing as the club's manager beyond the current campaign before being replaced by Germany coach Joachim Low in 2019. Heynckes returned to Bayern for his third spell in charge of the club in September, replacing Carlo Ancelotti after previously retiring in 2013. Bayern's improvement since Heynckes' return has been remarkable, with the club 18 points clear of second-placed RB Leipzig heading into Saturday's trip to Wolfsburg. Читать дальше...

Illustration: Alexander Wells. Photography: Jon ShardI can still remember the tiny, two-bedroom council flat back in Bath that I used to call home. My brother and I shared one room and my mum was in the other.She would often wake us up at 4am and tell us to put on our school uniform, as she knew she wouldn’t always be able to function in the morning. About three or four hours later we’d wake up again, have our cereal and head out the front door. We didn’t realise it at the time, but she was suffering... Читать дальше...

The 32-year-old full-back, who used to play for the likes ofRiver Plate and Metalist Kharkiv and has been capped for Argentina, is making thenoble sacrifice for his sibling who has cancer.Villegra is expected to be away from training until early March."I am the only compatible family member," the defender told regional Argentine radio station El Deportivo 12."I've been doing research for three-four months and I'm compatible with my brother, you never think you wouldgo through one of these situations."I... Читать дальше...

Bellerin was invited to an intellectualQA night where he was asked by one audience memberwhat his thoughts were on the fan-created YouTube channel which has over 670,000 subscribers.The 22-year-old wondersif those who run it are genuinefans of the Gunners."I don't think there are [Arsenal] players that actually go on the internet to watch ArsenalFanTV," Bellerin told the listenerslast week."It's so wrong for someone who claims to be a fan and their success is fed off a failure. How can that be a fan? Читать дальше...

Pep Guardiola suggested he is ready to name a strong Manchester City team against League One Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup after scheduling landed favourably for the Premier League leaders. City cruised to a 4-0 victory over Basel in the Champions League on Tuesday and their fifth-round tie against League One Wigan does not come around until Monday, having been moved for television coverage. Guardiola has used domestic cup competitions to field experimental line-ups from time to time during his City tenure but... Читать дальше...

Jose Mourinho says a "big injury" earlier in the season is not the reason for a dramatic loss of form suffered by Manchester United's star midfielder Paul Pogba. The France international, United's record signing, was substituted in the second half of a 1-0 Premier League loss at Newcastle United on Sunday. Pogba had been dropped for United's previous game, a 2-0 win at home to Huddersfield, having been off-the-pace and again substituted in a defeat at Tottenham at the end of February. Mourinho... Читать дальше...

Ivan Perisic has joined Mauro Icardi on the sidelines for Inter ahead of their Serie A meeting with Genoa on Saturday. Perisic has featured in every minute of Inter's league campaign but will sit out the trip to Stadio Luigi Ferraris due to a reported shoulder injury. Icardi has missed Inter's last two matches due to a muscular issue and the Nerazzurri will again be without the striker, who has scored 18 goals in 22 league appearances. "Icardi and Perisic are players we always want to have in... Читать дальше...

Jose Mourinho has hit out at reports Paul Pogba could seek to leave Manchester United, slamming the speculation as "lies" in a fiery press conference. Pogba was dropped for a 2-0 win at home to Huddersfield Town in the Premier League earlier in the month and the France international struggled on his return to the team in a 1-0 loss at Newcastle United on Sunday. A lacklustre Pogba was substituted in the second half, with various media reports claiming after the match that Mourinho's relationship with the midfielder had broken down. Читать дальше...

Jupp Heynckes slept through the start of Bayern Munich's Bundesliga win over Schalke last weekend as he recuperated from a bout of the flu. The veteran head coach left the first team in the hands of Peter Hermann and Hermann Gerland and goals from Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Muller secured a 2-1 victory for the runaway league leaders. Speaking at a news conference ahead of Saturday's trip to struggling Wolfsburg, Heynckes revealed he missed Lewandowski's early opener. Asked whether the unplanned... Читать дальше...

The 25-year-old Nabbout hit the headlines in 2014 for producing one of the worst attempted finishesin A-League history.So, if you're the kind of person who likes to base your opinion on how a player is developing from short YouTube clips, then his strike against the Wanderers on Friday isfor you.Straight after Oriol Riera puts the hosts ahead from the spot in the 67th minute, Newcastle surged up the pitch before Nabbout rifled in a fantastic bending shot into the top corner.Unstoppable. Now, here's... Читать дальше...

Jose BosingwaChampions League,Primeira Liga (4), Taca de Portugal, FA Cup (2)Only a handful of players have won the Champions League with two different clubs. One of them is full-back Jose Bosingwa, who also collected four Portuguese league titles with Porto, two FA Cups with Chelsea, and 17 consecutive Premier League Eyebrows of the Month Awards.After hoggingthe Champions League celebration images with Chelsea in 2012, he departed in the summer to join QPR, who were quickly relegated.Martin MontoyaChampions League,La Liga (3)... Читать дальше...

The 28-year-old binman calls himself "Chubby Harry Kane" on Twitter and takes the compliments and abuse that comes with having virtually the same face in his stride.Foden told the Evening Gazette: "People would say ‘you don’t half look like...’ and I’d finish it for them with ‘yes, I know, Harry Kane!’"And the more famous he got, the more it happened. But it’s just a bit of a laugh. I’m not impersonating him. I just look like his fatter, older brother."Just like the Tottenham striker's rapid rise to stardom... Читать дальше...

Newcastle Jets missed a chance to further consolidate second place in the A-League despite Andrew Nabbout scoring a stunner in a 2-2 draw against Western Sydney Wanderers that included multiple key VAR uses. Nabbout's fine finish into the top-left corner earned the Jets a share of the spoils against the Wanderers – who were awarded a second penalty of the match following a controversial handball decision – but only extended their advantage over third-placed Melbourne City to five points, while leaders Sydney FC now hold an 11-point advantage. Читать дальше...

Scotland have appointed Alex McLeish as their new head coach for the second time, the 59-year-old reportedly signing a deal until 2020. McLeish returns to a role that he previously held for 10 months in 2007, overseeing nine matches and claiming six wins. He left his role with the national team to join Birmingham City, where he went on to lift the EFL Cup with victory over Arsenal in 2011. Following a 168-game spell at St Andrew's, McLeish's career has been rather nomadic, enduring difficult tenures with Aston Villa... Читать дальше...

Bayern Munich head coach Jupp Heynckes is confident Manuel Neuer will feature for Germany at the World Cup but has refused to place a timescale on his return. Neuer is undertaking the latest stage of his injury rehabilitation in Thailand after Heynckes advised a change of scenery in his gruelling fitness slog. The Germany and Bayern captain has broken his foot three times in the past 12 months and the last of his three Bundesliga appearances this season preceded surgery in September. "We are not pressuring him. Читать дальше...

“Oh what a goal!Radford the scorer.Ronnie Radford!And the crowd are on the pitch.What a tremendous shot by Ronnie Radford”John Motson, Match of the Day, 5 February1972Up until recently, before their financial meltdown, Hereford United would run out to the theme from Rocky. It was perfect. Sylvester Stallone’s pugilist is, after all, the patron saint of fictional underdogs, so to hear it ring around a venue like Edgar Street was particularly apt.Memories of the day there that Hereford United of the... Читать дальше...

The former Manchester United winger has been in impressive goalscoringform for Lyon this season, even though he beenon the fringes of the squad. The Netherlands international hasscored 12goals in 31 appearances for the Ligue 1 outfit in the 2017/18 campaign so far.Depay drew plenty of praise last month after coming off the bench to fire in a thunderbolt against PSG to hand Lyon a last-gasp victory over the league leaders.And on Thursday night, he showed off his fabulous technique once again by smacking... Читать дальше...

As the all-singing, all-dancing Premier League relaunch occurred way back in 1992/93, it’s no surprise that plenty who’ve played over the last 20+ years have also shown up again in the dugout. In fact, some of these Roy of the Rovers-type heroes actually played and managed at the same time.The vast majority, however, went away and came back a bit older and (hopefully) wiser to take up management. Not that it went brilliantly for all of them. Just by reaching the Premier League, a player has achieved at a high level ... Читать дальше...

Sporting beat the Kazakhstani champions3-1 in the Europa League last 32 first-leg tie on Thursday night. Marin Tomasov handed the hosts a 7th-minute lead before Bruno Fernandes levelled the tie shortly after half-time.Then came the moment Acuna stole the show.In the 50th minute, Acuna casually backheeled the ball around Abzal Beysebekov before sending Igor Shitov the wrong way. After regaining full control,the former Racing Club striker looped a cross in for Martins to apply the simple finish.Some... Читать дальше...

Former Brazil international Walter Casagrande slammed Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar, saying a "monster" was being created. Neymar was unable to inspire PSG on Wednesday as the Ligue 1 giants suffered a 3-1 loss at Real Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 Champions League tie. Casagrande, who made 19 appearances for Brazil, slammed the 26-year-old, while dismissing comparisons to Barcelona great Lionel Messi and Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo. "It bothers me that most fans and media are still tapping Neymar on the back," he told SporTV.

Liverpool attacker Sadio Mane insisted he never doubted himself despite a "tough" run of form after helping his side close in on the Champions League quarter-finals. Mane recaptured some of his best form with a hat-trick in his team's 5-0 thrashing of Porto in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Wednesday. The Senegal international has been questioned for some of his displays this season, but the 25-year-old said he always retained belief. "Honestly, I am very happy to score three goals. It... Читать дальше...