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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Fellhauer nicks the ball off Neuer in six seconds: Freddy reviews his kick-off routine
On Saturday at the WWK Arena, Robin Fellhauer pounced on a heavy touch from Manuel Neuer, straight from Bayern’s kick-off, and scored after six seconds. Augsburg were still 1-0 up at half-time…
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Haaland gets a haircut and video-calls his friends: Louise studies the protocol
Erling Haaland, 26, Manchester City striker, cut his long blond hair at the end of August, then video-called his friends to collect their reactions. Zlatan Ibrahimovic asked him whether he had lost…
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Bayern shutters left open for a few minutes: Nadine sees a sign
On Monday, a few shutters on the new fences around Bayern Munich’s training ground stayed open for a few minutes, letting Bild see Luis Díaz, Joshua Kimmich, Manuel Neuer and Alphonso Davies.…
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Bochum ban fans from jumping in the stand until 2028: Freddy revises his pressing
VfL Bochum, in the German second division, announced on Wednesday a “springverbod” (jumping ban) for its home supporters, valid from the following weekend until 2028 at least. A firm of engineers found…
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Auxerre invite their critic to Will Still’s training: Marcel preferred the letters page
AJ Auxerre invited RMC Sport pundit Maxime Chanot to put his views to Will Still, whom he had criticised. The result of the exchange is due to be published soon on RMC…
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Leipzig win every home game and fumble the Currywurst: Nadine has two temperatures
Hundreds of RB Leipzig supporters have criticised the catering at the Red Bull Arena, now run by the Levy group. The club admits some products fall short of its expectations and promises…
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Adrie Koster, 71, takes over an amateur side: Marcel salutes a man his age
Adrie Koster, a 71-year-old Dutchman who has coached Club Brugge and Ajax, now manages the Schouws elftal, an amateur side that plays professional clubs in pre-season. In 1977 he was spotted playing…
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Bochum ban synchronised jumping in the East Stand: Louise looks for the trampoline rule
VfL Bochum, a club in the 2. Bundesliga (Germany’s second tier), bans all synchronised movement in the standing area of the Ruhrstadion’s East Stand from 11 October. An engineers’ report describes a…
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Eden Hazard finishes a cycling race with bib 378, Marcel approves of the silence
Eden Hazard, 35, rode the whole Marcha Herrada in Cuenca, a Spanish amateur cycling race, wearing bib 378. According to Voetbalkrant, he went almost unnoticed until the organisers shared a photo of…
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Pocognoli didn’t hear fans sing his name, and Freddy knows that silence
Scotland beat North Macedonia 2-0 in Skopje in the Nations League, Sébastien Pocognoli’s first win as a national team manager. He didn’t hear the fans sing his name: Andy Robertson told him…
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Fred rates Ten Hag tactically but says he fell out with everyone: Freddy feels targeted
On the Charla Podcast, former Manchester United Brazilian midfielder Fred described Erik ten Hag as one of the best tacticians he has known, while saying he had rows with the whole squad,…
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Thirteen coaches in eight years for Verschaeren: Louise tries to rate them all
Now a starter at Sampdoria in Serie B, Yari Verschaeren says he went through thirteen coaches in eight years at Anderlecht, where Hein Vanhaezebrouck gave him his debut in 2018.