Diego Souza will replace injured striker Gabriel Jesus and Philippe Coutinho is line to lead Brazil in Tuesday’s friendly with Australia in Melbourne. A replacement had to be found for Manchester City’s Jesus, who has returned home after suffering a fractured eye socket in Brazil’s 1-0 Superclasico loss to Argentina at the MCG on Friday. … Read more
New manager Jorge Sampaoli says he is looking to superstar Lionel Messi to revive Argentina’s World Cup fortunes starting with Friday’s friendly with Brazil in Melbourne Sampaoli has been installed to kick-start the two-time world champions’ ailing South American campaign where they lag outside the automatic qualifying positions in fifth spot with four games left. … Read more
The high-profile trio have failed to make the team of the year set to be revealed at The Best FIFA Football Awards gala in Zurich on Monday night EXCLUSIVE Paul Pogba, Neymar and Gianluigi Buffon are all absent from the 2016 FIFA FIFPro World 11, Goal can confirm. Manchester United star Pogba became the most … Read more
Nice reclaimed top spot in Ligue 1 with a thrilling 2-2 draw at champions Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday as the title race remained wide open almost halfway through the season. Lucien Favre’s Nice were 2-0 up at halftime with goals by Wylan Cyprien and Alassane Plea but Edinson Cavani struck twice as PSG narrowly avoided … Read more
Tunisian side Club Africain will host French giants Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in a friendly match next month. The game will take place at the Olympic Stadium in Rades on 4 January, according to the French side. The 1991 African champions and the six-time French Ligue 1 winners will contest the Trophée Ooredoo des Champions at … Read more
Paris Saint-Germain’s teething problems under Unai Emery continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Saint-Etienne – and a similar performance when they meet Arsenal on Tuesday will surely only result in a defeat. Lucas Moura’s penalty seemed to have the Ligue 1 champions – so utterly dominant domestically last season – on … Read more
Edinson Cavani and Thiago Silva will miss Paris Saint-Germain’s Trophee des Champions clash with Lyon on Saturday due to injury. Uruguay striker Cavani, who continues to be linked with a move away from the Parc des Princes despite the departure of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, has a hamstring problem while Thiago Silva continues to struggle with the … Read more
Even though Louis van Gaal’, the Netherlands head coach was uber dismissive towards the third-place play-off fixture this week, fans could have been forgiven for expecting Brazil to triumph over a side whose mind was already elsewhere. However it took just three minutes for any such thoughts to be thrown out the window as Thiago … Read more