Новости за 29.03.2019

This year’s Premier League Golden Boot race is a belter. After Mohamed Salah sauntered to the top last season – sure, Harry Kane’s superb 30-goal haul meant he finished only two behind, but he was never truly in the running after March – the 2018/19 campaign has half a dozen players with a real shot (pun intended).But we know that you, discerning reader, want a little more than that. You care about goals and assists. And not only that – you care who provides them most regularly.Who are the Premier League’s most productive player this season? Читать дальше...

Craig Curran insists Dundee have to start winning as they enter the business end of the season with a basement battle against St Mirren.The losers of Saturdays Paisley clash will be bottom of the Ladbrokes Premiership table with seven games left.Dundee have lost four games in succession and Curran is determined to halt that run in Saturdays relegation battle as time is running out.Curran said: Its massive. All eight games are massive now. This is the business end.We have to start putting results together and turn performances into results. Читать дальше...

Duckens Nazon has labelled St Mirrens Ladbrokes Premiership basement battle with Dundee a must-win encounter.The Scottish top-flights bottom two clubs meet in Paisley on Saturday, with a win for St Mirren allowing them to move off the foot of the table and leapfrog Dundee with just seven games remaining.Haiti international Nazon knows it is vital the Saints secure maximum points to boost their survival hopes.Nazon said: Its a massive game and we have to take the three points, there is no other choice.If... Читать дальше...

Midfielder Peter Haring only has thoughts for Hearts as he enters a crucial stage of the season and continues contract talks.The Austrian has become a firm favourite of manager Craig Levein and the Hearts fans in his first season at the club and looks set to extend his deal beyond 2020.I talked to the gaffer a few weeks ago, the 25-year-old said. He talked to my agent as well. Now we had a little break. I think we will talk to each other soon and then we will see.I told him that Im feeling very good here... Читать дальше...

Hearts manager Craig Levein has been handed a misconduct charge by the Scottish Football Association in relation to an under-18s Edinburgh derby.Levein faces a hearing on April 17 following an incident at a Club Academy Scotland Elite Under-18s League game between Hearts and Hibernian earlier this month.The charge relates to Leveins role as Hearts director of football.Hearts won the game 3-2 at Oriam, Scotlands national sports performance centre which doubles as the clubs training centre.Levein received... Читать дальше...

St Johnstone boss Tommy Wright highlighted the benefits of a welcome midweek victory as he prepared for Saturdays Ladbrokes Premiership clash with Motherwell at Fir Park.A narrow 1-0 win over bottom side St Mirren at McDiarmid Park on Wednesday night was the home sides first triumph in 10 matches in all competitions.The result took the Perth men one point above the Steelmen with three games remaining before the split and the Northern Irishman believes his players will be buoyed for the trip to Lanarkshire.It... Читать дальше...

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola have both backed the call for teams to be taken off the pitch if players are subjected to racist abuse.England players Danny Rose and Callum Hudson-Odoi had racist chants directed at them during the 5-1 Euro 2020 qualifying victory over Montenegro on Monday night.Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling reacted to scoring Englands final goal by pulling his ears in front of home fans as a sign of defiance, later also taking to social media to address the issues head on. Читать дальше...

Niall McGinn is looking to continue his momentum for Aberdeen after netting his first home international goal for Northern Ireland.The wide player struck in the 2-0 Euro 2020 qualifying win over Estonia last week after scoring in his previous two matches for Aberdeen.Ahead of Saturdays trip to face Hearts, McGinn said: To get my first goal at Windsor Park was very special. It is something that has always been at the back of my mind. I have played a lot of football for Northern Ireland and I have scored some important goals for Northern Ireland... Читать дальше...

My hero growing up was... Peter Schmeichel. He was the first one I looked up to as a goalkeeper. I've always been a Burnley fan and the first goalkeeper I remember there was Chris Pearce – the 1988 Sherpa Van Trophy final was the first ever game I went to, and he was in goal. I got to meet him a few years ago!The one thing I would change about football is... Players rolling around. Being involved has always been so exciting, but that’s the only thing I don't like, simulation. Boring, get over it... Читать дальше...

It truly is the business end of the season, which also means confusing times ahead for fantasy managers. To illustrate the point, here’s a brief summary:GW32: 10 teams on a double gameweekGW33: 8 teams without a gameGW34: 2 teams on a double gameweekGW35: 8 teams on a double gameweekKeep in mind that if you’re bringing a player in for the DGW32, it’s entirely possible that they have no fixture in GW33. Take stock of your chips/wildcard and look to plan out the weeks ahead.It’s also worth noting that... Читать дальше...

On paper, Sunday’s EFL Trophy Final between Portsmouth and Sunderland looks set to be a fine affair. Pitting League One’s third-placed side against the team one spot below them, thisfinale will feature two teams competing to bring smiles back to the faces of long-suffering fans wearied by the events of recent years.It will likely be the highest attendance for a final in the tournament’s 35-year history. Pompey and the Black Cats have each sold in the region of 40,000 tickets, and the chances of this... Читать дальше...

Despite Liverpool going six years without winning anything, last lifting a trophy when they beat Championship side Cardiff on penalties to claim the League Cup in 2012, there’s plenty to begrudgingly admire about the club these days.They play good football, they’ve brought through a few players from the academy, and they’re performing well in the league and on the continent.In Jurgen Klopp they have a manager who has shown he can win a title with the underdog, back in his days with Borussia Dortmundwhen... Читать дальше...

Ander Herrera is seriously considering moving to PSG this summer, according toESPN.The Manchester United midfielder is out of contract in June and has been free to speak to foreign clubs since the start of the year.PSG have reportedly offered the Spaniard a three-year deal as they seek to persuade him to swap Old Trafford for the Parc des Princes.United had been confident of retaining Herrera's services, but the 29-year-old may havehad his head turned due to the lucrative nature of PSG's offer.PSG... Читать дальше...

Scott Parker has told Fulham he wants the chance to reboot the Craven Cottage clubs DNA.Caretaker manager Parker will delay talks on his long-term future until Fulhams Premier League relegation battle is resolved, for good or bad.The Cottagers could see their top-flight relegation confirmed even as early as Tuesday night, should they lose to Manchester City and Watford, and results elsewhere go against them.Parker has lost all three matches of his temporary spell and must now lead Fulham in hosting... Читать дальше...

Brian Rices ability to raise Hamiltons spirits as well as their standards will be key to Accies winning their fight for survival, according to striker George Oakley.The former AFC Wimbledon and Inverness frontman beat the January transfer deadline to sign on the same day as Rice was appointed.Martin Cannings successor inherited a team just two points off the bottom but with three wins and a draw from his first eight games, Rice has already stretched that lead over basement boys St Mirren to seven.And... Читать дальше...

Burnley defender Ben Mee is confident the Clarets will avoid relegation as they prepare to face Wolves on Saturday.Sean Dyches men are currently 17th in the Premier League with seven matches left to play, two points above 18th-placed Cardiff, who have a game in hand and visit Turf Moor in a fortnight.Burnley slumped to a fourth successive defeat last time out as they were beaten 2-1 at home by 10-man Leicester.Regarding the edginess there was around the ground at that game, Mee was quoted on Burnleys official website as saying... Читать дальше...

Only one half of the Glasgow divide have warm recollections of the 1990s. Celtic claimed one league title against nine for a fiscally-supercharged Rangers (although Celtic’s win in 1997/98 did end the Gers’ bid for a record 10 championships in a row).Yet for football fans with no allegiance to either, the 1990s conjure different memories. It’s a time when watching a Glasgow derby meant not just rubbernecking the white-hot intensity of those games, but also seeing some of Europe’s top talents face... Читать дальше...

Ralph Hasenhuttl believes James Ward-Prowses England recall is a big signal for Southampton and says the player has returned to the south coast full of confidence.Midfielder Ward-Prowse was rewarded for his impressive club form by ending a two-year wait for his second international cap.The 24-year-old, who came on as a substitute in his countrys 5-1 Euro 2020 qualifying win in Montenegro on Monday, has hit six Premier League goals in 10 top-flight games in 2019 to push Saints closer to safety.I spoke with him... Читать дальше...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaers remarkable work as caretaker manager has seen him rewarded with the Manchester United job on a permanent basis.The 1999 treble-winner is starting a new chapter at Old Trafford and here Press Association Sport look at how he sealed the job.Returning United to their rootsLegends. #MUFC pic.twitter.com/l7x74snTs6 Manchester United (@ManUtd) March 6, 2019From Sir Matt Busby to Sir Alex Ferguson, United have been built on three key pillars: winning, attacking football and promoting youth. Читать дальше...

Real Madrid are set to beat Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal to the signature of PSG midfielder Adrien Rabiot, according to the Daily Mirror.Rabiot has not played for the Ligue 1 club in 2019 after revealing his intention to depart the Parc des Princes when his contract expires this summer.Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal have all been linked with a move for the wantaway Frenchman, who has won four league titles during his time in the French capital.Barcelona looked to be in pole position to sign the 23-year-old... Читать дальше...

Huddersfield could begin to say their goodbyes this weekend, after an unexpected two-year stay in the Premier League.Should results go the wrong way, we could be seeing Match of the Day pictures of players crouching forlornlyon the pitch (football’s inexplicable indicator of sadness) while Terriersfans use blue-and-white scarves to mop up their tears. The great big EFL in the sky beckons.Should it come to pass (and it will), this will be Huddersfield’s first relegation from the Premier League since... Читать дальше...

Richard Tait has questioned whether Gordon Strachan has seen Motherwells young contingent this season after the former Scotland manager claimed clubs were deluding themselves about the talent coming through.Strachan offered his perspective amid the fall-out from Scotlands 3-0 defeat in Kazakhstan and claimed clubs were more to blame for the national teams struggles than the manager or Scottish Football Association.But Tait is adamant Motherwell are doing their bit to help the future of Scottish football.Motherwell... Читать дальше...

Antoine Griezmann is willing to reduce his salary in order to force through a move to Barcelona, report El Mundo Deportivo.The French World Cup winner is determined to leave Atletico Madrid this summer despite signing a new contract last June.Griezmann has grown frustrated by Atleti’s transfer policy, with Lucas Hernandez set to join Bayern Munich ahead of next season and Diego Godin, Filipe Luis and Saul Niguez also linked with moves away.And the former Real Sociedad forward is so determined to... Читать дальше...

“I suppose Marty wasn’t your average election candidate,” says Mark Dewing, the founder of one of British politics’ most short-lived parties. “In fact, I’m not too sure he would have recognised Maggie Thatcher if you’d shoved a picture of her in his face.”In the South Portsmouth constituency in summer 1987, though, that didn’t matter. He might have been short on intellect and general knowledge but, with the backing of Portsmouth’s infamous 6.57 Crew (a name apparently derived from the time of the first train up to London on a Saturday)... Читать дальше...

Scott Brown says Celtic will not rush Leigh Griffiths back from his self-imposed exile.It was confirmed on Wednesday that the Scotland striker will this week begin a phased return to his first-team Hoops duties as he continues to deal with a number of personal issues.The 28-year-old has been out since December but is due to return to work at the clubs Lennoxtown training complex, in conjunction with the clubs medical and sports science staff, as he eyes up an eventual return to action.Boss Neil Lennon... Читать дальше...