Europe
The Champions League, the top leagues and Belgians abroad, watched from stand 2: we appreciate, we don’t get carried away.
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Rangers score 13 goals from nearly 20 expected: Marcel prefers the scored ones
Rangers drew 2-2 at Dundee, at Dens Park, in the Scottish Premiership, after a run of seven wins. In the league they have scored 13 goals from a cumulative xG just under…
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Gattuso warns Lazio of 15 to 20-minute blackouts, and an amateur gaffer sympathises
Before Lazio travel to Turin to face Juventus in round seven of Serie A, Gennaro Gattuso admitted the opponent was stronger. His main worry: the 15 to 20-minute blackouts that keep showing…
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Nicky Hayen’s Burnley blow another lead, and a Belgian Sunday gaffer opens his folder
Burnley, managed by Nicky Hayen, lost 1-2 to Wolverhampton on matchday 11 of the Championship after Jamie Vardy opened the scoring. It is the sixth time this season the club has dropped…
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Leipzig’s toilets have a traffic light, Louise is looking for the zebra crossing
In a video on his YouTube channel, Benjamin Henrichs showed influencer Bilal Kamarieh around the RB Leipzig training centre. He introduced him to connected toilets: a wall panel lights up green, yellow…
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Luis Enrique sums up football in two demands and an “easy”, an amateur gaffer takes note
Before PSG’s trip to Strasbourg, Luis Enrique told a press conference what he expects from his players: to “run like crazy” and “play football beautifully”. The Paris coach says it’s “easy”.
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Union academy graduate equalises against Real Sociedad, Marcel has no complaints
Union Saint-Gilloise snatched a 1-1 draw against Real Sociedad on Thursday in the Europa League thanks to Sekou Keita, 20, a product of the club’s academy, who scored in the 88th minute…
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Anderlecht punished for a handball in a tackle: a P3 gaffer seeks the armless tackle
Anderlecht lost 1-0 at Dinamo Zagreb on Thursday in the Europa League, on a penalty given in the final seconds after a VAR check for an Oleg Reabciuk handball. Anderlecht stay on…
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Anderlecht fall in the last minute, Vitor Bruno banks on six games, Marcel counts one
Anderlecht lost 1-0 at Dinamo Zagreb to a penalty in the last minute of added time and remain on zero points in the Europa League. Vitor Bruno points out that six games…
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Anderlecht lose on a 93rd-minute handball, Louise wonders where arms go in a slide
Anderlecht lost 1-0 at Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League, on a penalty awarded after a VAR check for an Oleg Reabciuk handball in the 93rd minute. The Purple and Whites are…
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Vitor Bruno talks of a “slap” and a “European mission”, Marcel keeps the word match
After the defeat to Dinamo on a goal conceded late in the game, Vitor Bruno said his side did not deserve “such a slap”. Despite the 0 from 6, he says the…
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Ligue 1 blurs player names on shirts, and a Sunday-league gaffer sees an equal at last
For World Sight Day, the LFP (France’s professional football league) is blurring the player names on shirts at every Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 ground this weekend. The campaign, run with Essilor,…
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Vitor Bruno wants his line left in context, Louise wants to know where context is kept
After Anderlecht’s narrow win at Cercle Brugge, a Vitor Bruno line about “playing badly and taking the three points” was analysed and criticised. Ahead of the trip to Dinamo Zagreb in the…