Rob Page says that Wales are ready to go “toe-to-toe” with Poland in their Euro 2024 play-off final at Cardiff City Stadium.
Wales are 90 minutes from reaching this summer’s showpiece event in Germany after posting an emphatic 4-1 victory over Finland.
First-half goals from David Brooks and Neco Williams put the hosts in cruise control and raised hopes of a stress-free evening for the vast majority of a sell-out crowd in Cardiff.
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Celtic have announced the signing of Australia international Marco Tilio from Melbourne City.
The 21-year-old winger has agreed a five-year deal at Celtic Park and becomes the second signing of Brendan Rodgers’ second spell at the club.
Tilio, who follows a host of Australians to pull on the green and white hoops, told Celtic TV: “I’m ecstatic that I’m coming over to Europe, coming to such a big club and team, and I’m super-excited.
“I hope to bring all my qualities, take on players in and around the box, help the team contribute to goals with assists and hopefully put a few in the back of the net as well.
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Paul Pogba expects no halt in momentum following France s underwhelming goalless draw with Ecuador at the FIFA World Cup on Wednesday.
The Juventus youngster returned to the French midfield for their final Group E clash, which ended in stalemate.
A much-changed XI were far from their fluent best against an Ecuador side reduced to 10 men when Antonio Valencia was dismissed early in the second half.
However, despite failing to break down Ecuador, Pogba does not expect the result to slow France down ahead of their last-16 clash against Nigeria.
We played well and put in the performance that was expected of us, but we didn t get the result we deserved, he told FIFA.com.
All we lacked was a bit of a break in front of goal, that’s all.
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that Sevilla are considering a summer bid for Atalanta midfielder Carlos Carmona.
Los Rojiblancos are in desperate need of midfield reinforcements having stayed without Ivan Rakitic and Stephane M Bia, and they appear to be hot on the trail of the Chile international.
Sevilla officials are set to step up their interest in the player as they hope to wrap up the deal for his services in the coming weeks.
Carlos Carmona joined Atalanta from Reggina in the summer of 2010 and immediately developed into an important player for Orobici.
He has since made a total of 112 Serie A appearances for the club, scoring 5 goals, but it looks as though the 27-year-old could be leaving this summer.
While he was named in Jorge Sampaoli s World Cup squad, Carmona d…
Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel has praised Mario Gotze s courage after the Germany forward secured a return to Signal Iduna Park from Bayern Munich.
Gotze courted controversy in 2013 when, as the jewel in a Dortmund attack that won back-to-back Bundesliga titles under Tuchel s predecessor Jurgen Klopp, he agreed a switch to Bayern during the closing weeks of the season.
Bayern beat Dortmund in that season s Champions League final, with Gotze an injury absentee, but the man who went on to score the winning goal in the 2014 World Cup final was unable to make a telling impression over three subsequent seasons at the Allianz Arena.
The 24-year-old s return was confirmed on Thursday and, speaking ahead of the International Champions Cup match against Mancheste…
Walter Zenga has been announced as the next head coach of Wolves, the Championship club have confirmed.
The former Italy international will succeed Kenny Jackett, who was dismissed on Friday following a takeover by Chinese conglomerate Fosun International.
Zenga, who will officially assume the role on Monday after Saturday s friendly with Swansea City, has managed the likes Sampdoria, Steaua Bucharest and Red Star Belgrade, while he was most recently at Al-Shaab in the United Arab Emirates.
We are delighted to announce that Walter Zenga will become Wolves new Head Coach.
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The 56-year-old, a former goalkeeper who spent most of his playing career with Inter, won 58 caps for his country.
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Schalke will be aiming to rescue their floundering Bundesliga season on Sunday as they travel to the capital to take on Union Berlin.
Both sides have been really off form since the league returned to action, with a victory at the weekend representing a fantastic opportunity to get back to winning ways.
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Despite their debut season in the top-flight of German football having been very impressive, Urs Fischer s troops have really struggled recently. They have lost three out of their last four matches since returning, only managing to score two goals; one in their most recent 4-1 defeat to Borussia Monchengladbach and one in the 1-1 stalemate against Mainz. The recent loss against Gladbach n…
Jurgen Klopp is not feeling the pressure as he stands on the brink of leading Liverpool back into the Champions League an achievement the German feels would send out a significant message.
The five-time European champions have not featured in the competition since the 2014-15 campaign under Brendan Rodgers, when they finished third in their group and dropped into the Europa League.
Klopp led the club to a fourth-place Premier League finish last season his first full term in charge and they are favourites to qualify for the group stages after a 2-1 win at Hoffenheim in the first leg of their play-off last week.
And the charismatic German says fear of failure will not hold his players back from completing the job at Anfield on Wednesday.
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Mikel Arteta acknowledges Nicolas Pepe must be more consistent, but the Arsenal manager does not question the winger s attitude and is keen to help.
Pepe was a club-record £72million signing from Lille in August 2019 yet struggled to translate his dominant Ligue 1 form to the Premier League last term.
The Ivory Coast international s first campaign in England brought just five league goals, having netted 22 times in his final year in France.
Pepe showed a flash of his talent on Thursday, netting a fine strike in the 3-0 Europa League win over Dundalk, his second of the new season in all competitions.
But that was the only one of his five shots to hit the target, while the 25-year-old created just a single chance and completed none of his three dribbles. P…
Diego Maradona is recovering well from brain surgery and already feels in a position to be discharged from hospital, according to his personal doctor Leopoldo Luque.
The Argentina great underwent an operation for a subdural haematoma on Tuesday, a day after being admitted to hospital due to concerns over anemia and dehydration.
Luque has previously revealed the routine emergency procedure was successful and he has now provided a further update on the 60-year-old s condition.
The recovery continues to go very well, he said outside the Olivos Clinic in Buenos Aires, where Maradona is staying.
He is very keen to leave. He feels like he is ready to be discharged. He can walk, he is speaking to me, he is much more lucid.
Maradona, who won the Wor…