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Mourinho snubs the press on Saturday, then asks “Couldn’t they do it tomorrow morning?”
After Vinícius Júnior’s sending-off against Villarreal, José Mourinho refused to face the press. He spoke after Real’s 4-3 win in Rome on Wednesday, to condemn the timing of the four-match ban handed…
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Leko plays “his football” against Inter as in a friendly, a Sunday-league gaffer approves
Club Brugge won 3-4 at Inter. In his press conference, Ivan Leko called the match “50/50”, admitted to a bit of luck and said he has played his football since day one,…
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3-0 against Hungary, but “harder than Friday”: Louise measures the bar
Victorious 3-0 over Hungary in Tilburg on Tuesday, the Dutch women found the match harder than the 8-0 the Friday before. Arjan Veurink and Esmee Brugts expected more, according to NOS.
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Vanderbiest calls his hug with Raman “pure friendship”, Marcel compares
After KV Mechelen’s first win of the season, Fred Vanderbiest called his hug with Benito Raman, the match winner, “pure friendship”. The coach insists there has never been a problem between them.
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Leko wants 0-6 when Bruges are 0-3 up: Louise asks when a coach is allowed to be happy
Winners 1-4 at La Louvière on Saturday night, Club Brugge were pulled up by Ivan Leko, who told his players to aim for 0-5 or 0-6 when the team leads 0-3. Bruges…
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Kohnen played in front of 40 people: Freddy counts his own on the touchline
Charleroi travel to Standard on Sunday, at Sclessin, for a match behind closed doors. Their manager Mario Kohnen points out that he started out in amateur football, in front of around forty…
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Montella says “the result is not positive”, Marcel hails an old-school understatement
After Turkey’s 3-1 defeat in Bologna, their fourth in a row, Vincenzo Montella said the result was not positive. Booed by his own supporters, he asked people to trust him.
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Tuchel holds several meetings to find courage, Freddy holds one, standing up
Knocked out by Argentina in the World Cup semi-final after switching to five defenders at 1-0, England lost 2-3 to Spain, then beat Croatia 7-0 in the Nations League. Thomas Tuchel says…
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Zidane defends Dembélé after the 4-1, and Freddy still defends his captain
France beat Belgium 4-1 in the Nations League on Monday evening. Captain in the absence of Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé was replaced on 60 minutes by Michael Olise, who scored twice and…
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Xavi lost his voice within weeks in charge of the Netherlands, Marcel keeps his
Xavi Hernández told NOS he had lost his voice after his first weeks in charge of the Netherlands, following the 2-1 win over Serbia in Eindhoven. He said he wants to make…
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“Our best match so far,” says Jorge Jesus: Louise looks for where “so far” ends
Portugal beat Denmark 4-2 in Copenhagen. At the press conference, head coach Jorge Jesus refused to talk about Cristiano Ronaldo, who left the Portuguese camp on Wednesday evening, and spoke of the…
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Zidane says Van Bommel used to give him ‘little boxes’, Louise looks for the boxes
At a press conference at King Baudouin Stadium, Belgium’s national ground, on 27 September 2026, before Belgium-France in the Nations League, Zinédine Zidane was asked about Mark van Bommel, an old on-pitch…