As football around the globe remains suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic, BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty takes a look at his top 10 favourite football matches. From World Cup finals, to Premier League finales, to Champions League epics, he revisits the matches that he has been at and reported on that have really stuck in the memory. You will get the chance to have your say on your own top footballing matches and moments in a live text on the BBC Sport website from 11.
Read the full story 12:15 - Hearn hopes to stage World Championship behind closed doors If you missed this late on Sunday, snooker may well be ploughing ahead later this summer. Barry Hearn has revealed he is hoping to stage the rescheduled World Championship behind closed doors with a July 25 start date.
LKS Lodz will host Zaglebie Lubin for this fixture of the league. Both teams are not very good teams in this season. Zaglebie is very average team. They are currently on the 11th place with 32 points. However, the visitors have better team than their opponent. In previous game Zaglebie is won 3-1 against Slask Wroclaw. Also, we have LKS Lodz who's is worst team in this league. They are currently on the 16th place with 17 points. Hosts have less potential. Also, they have a vulnerable defense. I believe, the visitors have a more offensive team. I expect, they tend to score a goal. I think, Zaglebie will closer to victory.
Mourinho, indirectly, called it "a bad performance". Mkhitaryan did not start another league game for nearly three months. After he left United, the Armenian said trust with his manager had been broken. Jose Mourinho took Eric Dier off during the first half of his first home game as Tottenham managerThe contrast with how Mourinho has handled Eric Dier over the past seven days could not be more marked.
Today at Europe will be played few club friendly games which are part of the preparation of the teams for restarting of the season after Coronavirus break. Rivals at this match will be two teams of Israel - Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Beer Sheva.
Mitrovic is the joint-top scorer in the Championship this season with 23 goals. Fulham have lost both of their matches since the Championship's resumption on 20 June, leaving Scott Parker's side fifth in the table and seven points below the automatic promotion places. Mitrovic will miss Tuesday's west London derby at Queens Park Rangers, as well as Fulham's home game with Birmingham City and their trip to fellow promotion contenders Nottingham Forest.
Liverpool has been simply incredible this season in the league I do no really remember any Premier League side having 19 wins and just one draw after 20 games played in the league, and of course they have way more than 10 points lead at the top of the league table at this moment just that they do not seem to be losing form at all, even won in the FA Cup with many youth players against a complete side of Everton in also a local derby.
He's got two goals and two assists in the league and another strike in Europe since his January move from Sporting Lisbon. The midfielder may become one of those players that you just have to add to your team to come up with others. Bring in the Wolves? Diogo Jota has scored 15 goals and assisted six in all competitions this seasonDespite having five games in the next 16 days Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo rarely makes any significant changes to his side.
Nottingham Forest is in great form and victory over Leeds in last round at home surely give to them huge confidence boost so now I must expect from them to beat Charlton,Charlton is in relegation zone and on the road they are very weak with 2-4-9 record this season, in last round they losted from stoke 3-1 and I really don't see how they are going to avoid defeat in this game, and also it is not realistic they could hold Nottingham from scoring more than one goal so it is very realistic difference at the end will be at least two goals!
Shakhtyor Soligorsk were impressive in offense in the latest games played. They have scored twice in the latest league match against Brest, they have also recorded a 4-2 win against Brest in the Cup game.
Dortmund are unbeaten in their last 14 home games. Slavia have one win their last four away games. Slavia have only scored in one of their last four away matches. Dortmund have scored 14 goals in their last four home games. Borussia Dortmund go into this final Champions League group game in danger of being knocked out.
With Everton currently 16th in the league, the former Real Madrid, Chelsea, PSG, AC Milan, Juventus, Bayern Munich and Napoli manager will have his work cut out on Merseyside. Video - Lampard: Ancelotti can manage anywhere in the world00:17 The English media think Ancelotti does not have much experience of building a team, more improving already successful ones.
Darmstadt and Stuttgart will face each other in the upcoming match in the Second Bundesliga. Darmstadt this season have the following results: 4W, 7D and 5L. Meanwhile Stuttgart have 9W, 2D and 5L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
I had just played for England, I was black, I had an Audi and a Range Rover. There were a couple of stories circulating about me and I got labelled the 'bling king'. But every week there was a story about me saying I wasn't concentrating on football and it took me six or seven years to shake that tag off. I remember my agent saying a team were interested in me but they weren't sure about your private life and I'm thinking 'hold on, you are judging me, you don't know me'.
BookingPosted at 75' Tarek Salman (Al Sadd) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 75' Foul by Tarek Salman (Al Sadd). Posted at 75' Maximiliano Meza (Monterrey) wins a free kick in the attacking half. SubstitutionPosted at 73' Substitution, Monterrey. Maximiliano Meza replaces Dorlan Pabón. SubstitutionPosted at 71' Substitution, Al Sadd. Jung Woo-Young replaces Salem Al Hajri. Posted at 70' Attempt missed.
Prijovic, who plays his club football for Saudi Arabian side Al Ittihad, became the second Serbian player to breach the country's coronavirus measures after Real Madrid striker Luka Jovic was caught dodging quarantine. Criminal charges were pressed against Jovic on March 19 after he left his apartment in a Belgrade suburb, where he was ordered to stay in a mandatory 28-day long self-isolation after returning to the country from Spain.
Pochettino, who was sacked by Spurs on Tuesday and replaced by former United manager Jose Mourinho, was linked with the Old Trafford job by British media following the Portuguese's departure last season. Football news LIVE - Premier League build-up and reaction to Jose Mourinho at Spurs No one better than Solskjaer for Manchester United job, says Rashford Solskjaer, however, was eventually given the job on a permanent basis in March after impressing in an interim role.
The fact that they've done a good job of restricting teams when winning at home, conceding zero goals, should mean that Rangers come into this final game feeling confident, even if they are playing the only team to beat them.
TALKING POINT Should Harry Maguire have been sent off? The two goals that VAR ruled out for Chelsea were correct decisions, but the home side will not be happy about its failure to pick up a potential game-changing moment in the first half. Manchester United’s captain did appear to kick out at Batshuayi and definitely connected, yet Anthony Taylor was advised there should be no further action.
Benfica sit 4pts clear at the top of the table ahead of Porto while Friday’s hosts Sporting occupy 4th spot, 16pts behind their local rivals. The hosts lost their last home game against Porto 2-1 and will be expecting another tough ninety minutes against a Benfica side that are unbeaten in their last 12 matches in all competitions.
Wigan u23 are in excellent form with a 8-0-1 record in the last 9 matches and especially at home they have been excellent with 6 wins in all of the 6 matches in 2020 scoring 16 goals and conceding only 4 goals.
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Posted at 90'+1' Foul by Simon Deli (Club Brugge). Posted at 90'+1' Marcão (Galatasaray) wins a free kick in the defensive half. BookingPosted at 90' Emre Mor (Galatasaray) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 89' Clinton Mata (Club Brugge) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 89' Foul by Emre Mor (Galatasaray). SubstitutionPosted at 87' Substitution, Galatasaray. Emre Mor replaces Younès Belhanda.
So how about Wilfried Zaha, who has three goals in his past five games and will play for Crystal Palace at Newcastle on Saturday? Or Diogo Jota, who has five goals in his past three games in all competitions and is at Norwich with Wolves? Another option is Jack Grealish, who has looked very useful since returning from injury and will fancy his chances of producing something for Aston Villa against Southampton.
Guadalajara have started the season okay with 1 win and 1 draw from the first two league matches. They have managed to score 2 goals and conceded none in those 2 games with the 2 goals scored at home. At home they have won the last 4 games scoring at least 2 goals
Now the Cottagers are hoping that form will sustain in this meeting with a Bristol City side who are only two points behind them in the table. Who will edge this meeting between two promotion chasers?
Copenhagen should be really able to win this game here by at least 2 goals in the end because Hobro is really weak in defense and cannot match Copenhagen in any department with Copenhagen despite being a couple of points away from the league leaders from Midtjylland right now they for sure have a better coach and better players than Hobro has and they have beaten better teams than Hobro by 3 goals difference at home lately so I see no problem for them to win this fixture by at least 2 goals or even by more here in this one.
In that same interview, Guardiola added that "with his knowledge about the game and his work ethic, he's ready, absolutely", adding that it was not beyond the realms of possibility that Arteta might be his successor as City boss. Guardiola will inevitably be a major influence on Guardiola. As will another of the leading Premier League managers of recent years, Mauricio Pochettino. When Arteta moved to Paris St-German on loan in 2001, he found there a kindred spirit in the Argentine, who was one of the first players he tried to emulate.
Everyone in football, at home and abroad, is coming together to support one another through the Covid-19 pandemic. I am convinced this spirit of togetherness will help the game we cherish, and the Premier League, endure long into the future. Hoffman has held positions with Northern Rock, NBNK Investments, Barclays and Visa and is chairman of the Coventry Building Society and Monzo Bank. Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck, who is also chair of the Premier League nominations committee, said: "Gary was the outstanding candidate in an extensive and highly competitive search process.
The great thing about it is it's the one sports team you'll never get in an argument with anyone about. That is, unless you get too deep into the fake backstories of the teams. People fell in love with a fake soccer club to the point where they were writing their own history, saying things like, 'Hey, my grandpa was there for the championship in 1962 when we won the cup in stoppage time,'" said Andy Munoz, a Utah native who launched Saltair FC this year and has seen the local community latch on to the idea.
Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Pasalic. Posted at 76' Attempt blocked. Marco Calderoni (Lecce) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Posted at 75' Attempt blocked. Riccardo Saponara (Lecce) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Evgen Shakhov. Posted at 74' Foul by Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta).
Meanwhile, English Premier League club West Ham United's New Zealand defender Winston Reid has joined MLS side Sporting Kansas City on loan. Englishman Wright-Phillips, a two-time MLS Golden Boot winner, has 108 goals in 195 regular season MLS appearances but, now aged 34, scored only two goals with four assists in 23 games with the Red Bulls last season.
Arteta is also keen to sign Rodriguez this month, and with Arsenal short on funds, they would be looking to secure a loan deal. Video - Barca make audacious €80m bid for French forward - Euro Papers01:34 Paper Round’s view: Not beyond the realms of possibility and it adds a new transfer battle to the mix going into Friday’s deadline.
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However, he must have thought his side were guaranteed a top-four finish - perhaps this run of results makes it less certain. Vardy had scored 11 goals in eight matches before Christmas, but he has only managed one in the past seven in all competitions and missed a golden chance to end that run at Turf Moor. James Maddison, touted to make England's Euro 2020 squad, was poor by his standards and wasted a couple of opportunities to shoot.
Posted at 54' Attempt saved. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mark Noble with a through ball. Posted at 54' Attempt blocked. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Stiepermann. Posted at 53' Attempt missed. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) header from very close range is too high.
We have football left just in Singapore and Belarus and Australia. I think we will have pause here as well. But it is just matter of time. Still while they are playing let's bet on something. These two meet each other last year back I July in League Cup and Tanning Pogar won 4-1. For me that is enough to image that this team can make another surprise. Visitors Albirex Niigata S in not eligible for AFC competitions so they don't have any motive to be in top of the table at all. I found these odds like value one.
Even with a full complement of players available, goals have been thin on the ground for Bournemouth. The Cherries hit the net just six times in their last 10 Premier League fixtures overall since early October, and on Saturday, Bournemouth host a Burnley team that has also been struggling for final third fluency of late.
By way of contrast, Sheffield United were expected to struggle fruitlessly against the demands of the top flight following their second relegation in three years. However, Chris Wilder has done a phenomenal job with the limited budget at his disposal, and The Blades find themselves up in 9th position with a five point cushion over the drop zone.
Two matches, two wins, two clean sheets and six points suggest United are building from the back. I still think they need another top-class defender to play alongside Maguire if they intend to be taken seriously as a top-four team. With an in-form Martial - and Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford waiting to return - United have the firepower. What they need is a Virgil van Dijk-type figure alongside Maguire in defence.
This can be considered a bet against Brest as they have played 3 games at home in this start of the season, drawing two of them first with Isloch Minsk in the cup where both legs ended 0-0 and they only got past Isloch on penalty kicks, in the league they hosted weak Smolevichi and got behind in that encounter 1-0 but found the 1-1 goal, still Smolevichi lost their next two games in the league quite easy and are really not that strong, while last round at home Brest even lost 2-1 to Slavia Mozyr who on opening round lost 3-1 away at Slutsk, so Brest does not seem to be for me the same strong side which easy won the title last season in Belarus.
Wolves are on an unbeaten run of seven league games. Wolves have kept six clean sheets in their last seven league matches. Aston Villa have played three games since the Premier League season resumed and haven't won any of them. They are still 19th in the table and host a confident Wolverhampton Wanderers side who are sixth.
He was a world-beater for Arsenal but struggled at United and hasn’t rediscovered his best form in Serie A. Could he have a future at Old Trafford? It seems unlikely right now given the type of team Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is trying to build. Everton confident of Magalhaes signing Everton are in contention to sign Lille defender Gabriel Magalhaes.
Marseille's last two games before the international break were great successes as they beat Lille and Lyon 2-1. In the latter match they had to play almost half an hour with ten men but they still managed to hold strong and get three massive points. Les Olympiens go into matchday 14 sitting 2nd but have seven teams within three points of them so another win is crucial.
Pordenone are having an excellent season so far and are currently on the second place in the league. At home Pordenone are undefeated this season conceding only 3 goals so far. They have won the last 4 games at home scoring 8 goals.
However, Premier League sources are equally adamant nothing will be agreed that places any unnecessary strain on medical resources at a time of national crisis. Even in a sterile environment it is acknowledged how bad it would look for the game if a player needed hospital treatment for a broken leg at a time when significant numbers of the general population were dying of coronavirus. So, alternative options are being discussed, in England and across Europe.
The Gunners emerged for the second with renewed vigour, but found themselves behind when James Ward-Prowse scored the rebound from his own saved penalty. Southampton could, and should, have secured all three points, but spurned a number of golden opportunities late on. Southampton celebrate James Ward-Prowse's winner against ArsenalReuters They were made to pay when Lacazette grabbed a second late into stoppage time, stabbing home from a Gabriel Martinelli cross.
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