Marko Jesic has been recalled to the Newcastle Jets squad for their crucial A-League clash away to the Wellington Phoenix on Wednesday.
Marko Jesic has been recalled to the Newcastle Jets squad for their crucial A-League clash away to the Wellington Phoenix on Wednesday.
The 23-year-old Young Socceroo has been named in a 16-man squad in place of in-form forward Ryan Griffiths, who did not travel to New Zealand on Monday afternoon due to personal reasons.
Jesic has been with the Jets since 2008 and made a spectacular debut with the winning goal in a 1-0 win over the Melbourne Victory.
He also formed a very productive partnership with former English international Francis Jeffers for the Jets under the guidance of coach Branko Culina two seasons ago.
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Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said his team deserve to win all three trophies available to them this season after they qualified for the Europa League final by seeing off Roma on Thursday.
Leverkusen, who have already wrapped up the Bundesliga title and will contest the DFB-Pokal final on May 25, stretched their unbeaten run through all competitions this season to 49 matches, surpassing Benfica s long-standing European top-tier record set between 1963 and 1965.
Once again, they did it the hard way after two Leandro Paredes penalties wiped out their first-leg advantage, with a Gianluca Mancini own goal and a stoppage-time strike from Josip Stanisic completing a dramatic comeback.
Following their 4-2 aggregate victory, Roma will face Atalanta in the May 22 fin…
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini could yet face life bans from all football-related activity after the investigatory chamber of FIFA s ethics committee confirmed it was seeking to increase the eight-year suspensions handed out to the pair.
The original sanction, imposed due to a £1.3million payment made to UEFA president Platini and signed off by Blatter in 2011, was issued by the adjudicatory chamber of FIFA s ethics committee last month, although both men have appealed the verdicts.
Platini has withdrawn from the race to succeed Blatter as FIFA president in February s election in order to defend his name.
A spokesman for the investigatory chamber told Omnisport: The investigatory chamber intends to appeal against the decision against Mr Blatter and Mr Platin…
Roma coach Rudi Garcia believes he could remain with the club for the rest of his coaching career but refused to rule out leading the France national team in the future.
Garcia took charge at Roma in 2013 after leaving Lille, who he led to a Ligue 1 and Coupe de France double in 2010-11.
The Frenchman has been largely successful at the Stadio OIimpico, securing second-place finishes in his first two seasons.
Roma are just three points behind leaders Inter in the Serie A table and in an interview with L Equipe, Garcia said: Could I be here for 25 years? I ve thought about it, but it s complicated in football.
I work as if I m going to finish my career here, 24 hours a day. I m at Roma, I don t see myself at another club.
Asked about potentially b…
Real Madrid ended their Champions League Group A campaign with a routine 3-1 win over Club Brugge at the Jan Breydel Stadium.
Zinedine Zidane s side had already secured their last-16 berth before the clash in Belgium and can now turn their attention to the draw for the knockout stages, which takes place on Monday.
Hans Vanaken cancelled out Rodrygo Goes opener within the space of two second-half minutes, but a first Champions League goal for Vinicius Junior and a sublime strike from Luka Modric sealed all three points for the LaLiga giants.
Galatasaray s defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the French capital, meanwhile, means Brugge finish third in the group and will now compete in the knockout stages of the Europa League in 2020.
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Zenit have completed the signing of exciting Argentine forward Sebastian Driussi from River Plate on a four-year deal.
The Russian side are reported to have shelled out €15million to capture Driussi, who made his debut for River as a 17-year-old in 2013 and leaves the club following his most prolific season.
The attacker scored 17 goals in 29 appearances as Marcelo Gallardo s side finished as runners-up to arch-rivals Boca Juniors in the Primera Division.
Driussi won six major titles during his time at El Monumental, including the Torneo Final and Copa Sudamericana in 2014 and the Copa Libertadores the following year.
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Arsenal want to sell Matteo Guendouzi in the summer of 2021, according to . It has been reported by the British tabloid that the Gunners will part company with the French midfielder for £25 million. The 21-year-old is on loan at Hertha Berlin at the moment, having joined the German club in the summer of 2020.
The Gunners plan to sell some of their fringe players when the transfer window opens at the end of the season and bring money in, according to the report in the British tabloid. Guendouzi is among the players Arsenal plan to offload on a permanent basis and hope to get £25 million for him.
The 21-year-old joined Arsenal from Lorient in the summer of 2018. According to , Guendouzi has made 14 starts and two substitute appearances in the Bundesliga for Hertha so fa…
Sheffield United have started well on their return to the big time, gaining four points from their opening two Premier League games.
The Blades have been to League One and back since they were last in the Premier League in 2007, spending six seasons in the third tier before gaining promotion to the Championship in 2017 under Chris Wilder s stewardship.
Wilder, a Blades fan and former player, has ushered in a new style of play at Bramall Lane, which bore plentiful fruit as his side edged out Yorkshire rivals Leeds United to finish second in the Championship last term.
Over the course of last season, Wilder adopted a 3-5-2 system, encouraging his team to play out from the back and get forward in numbers.
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Juventus maintained their push for a Champions League qualification spot as goals from Paulo Dybala and Weston McKennie sealed a 2-0 win over Udinese at the Allianz Stadium.
Massimiliano Allegri s side produced a stirring fightback to beat Roma 4-3 last weekend, but they needed no such drama to record a 10th win in their last 13 top-flight games against Udinese on Saturday.
Dybala was comfortably Juve s brightest spark and he put them ahead in composed fashion, with McKennie adding a second late on.
The result lifted fifth-placed Juve onto the same points as Atalanta, who occupy the last Champions League qualification spot, although Gian Piero Gasperini s men do have two games in hand.
Juve were dominant in the early stages and deservedly went ahead…
Jack Grealish is finding life at Manchester City tougher than expected but is relishing the opportunity of playing in the Champions League.
Grealish left boyhood club Aston Villa for a British record £100 million fee ahead of the 2021-22 season as he joined Pep Guardiola s already impressive wealth of attacking riches.
The England international has since made his Champions League debut, scoring against RB Leipzig in September, while featuring regularly for City in the Premier League until suffering an injury on international duty with England earlier in November.
Grealish, who might be fit to face his former club on Wednesday, conceded the task of European football, and adapting to his new club, has been far more challenging than expected.
However, he in…