Verdict: Both teams to score – yes
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Cup action continues in France with Ligue 1 heavyweights OGC Nice and AS Monaco locking horns in the Coupe de la Ligue just days following their contrasting fortunes in the Coupe de France.
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Les Aiglons have seen their stock go through a significant rise over the past couple of seasons. With the general increase in popularity of the French football – mostly due to high-profile investments being conducted at PSG – several other clubs such as this week’s Coupe de la Ligue quarter-final rivals OGC Nice and AS Monaco have also got their share of the limelight.
OGC Nice raised their profile by bringing in bad boy of the Italian football Mario Balotelli who helped one of the fou…
Verdict: Under 3.5 goals scored yes
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Real Madrid can t win league title anymore, so their best bet will be to clinch a UEFA Champions League spot as soon as possible. With that in mind, Los Merengues will visit a Getafe side that have been the biggest surprise in the Liga this season. This tilt between potential Champions League sides for the 2019-20 season will meet this Thursday. Kick-off is slated at 21:30 hrs BST.
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There s no question this season has been an absolute success for Getafe. The Spanish side has been impressive all over the campaign and with only five games left in the schedule, they remain very much alive on the race for a Champions League berth. This is extremely surprising since Getafe were expected to f…
Manchester United is more than a club , according to Thomas Zilliacus, who bid to take over the Premier League giants in March.
Zilliacus failed in his bid for the club, which would have included the consortium he led to creating a vehicle for fans to purchase up to half of the shares.
The 69-year-old, who is the founder and chairman of novaM Group, suggested that failure was down to some members of the Glazer family being unwilling to sell.
Jim Ratcliffe and Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani are the bidders left in the race.
Speaking to Stats Perform, Zilliacus said: Manchester United is more than a club. It s an institution that is known all over the world.
I ve lived in Asia for a long time and Manchester United is as famous as Big …
Diego Simeone will know if the time is right to walk away from Atletico Madrid, according to the club s former head coach Quique Sanchez Flores.
A 3-0 defeat to Villarreal on Monday saw the 2014 champions drop to sixth in LaLiga, 12 points behind leaders Real Madrid after 15 matches.
A run of just one win in five league games and further comments about his interest in taking charge at Inter in future has led to speculation that Simeone could step down as coach before the beginning of next season.
And when asked if Simeone s tenure was nearing an end, Flores, who won the Europa League and UEFA Super Cup in a two-year spell at the Vicente Calderon, told Omnisport: I don t know. I believe he has the right to choose when to finish his time at Atletico.
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West Ham United are in talks with Sassuolo over the signing of Gianluca Scamacca in the summer transfer window, according to . The Hammers have been interested in the Italy international striker for a while, and now the Premier League club are pressing ahead and are in advanced talks with Italian club Sassuolo.
Scamacca has been on the books of Sassuolo since 2017, but the 23-year-old has had loan spells at a number of clubs, including Ascoli and Genoa. The Italy international striker made 25 starts and 11 substitute appearances in Serie A last season, scoring 16 goals in the process.
West Ham will be looking to challenge for the Premier League top four again next season, and a striker of Scamacca would help David Moyes’s side in that quest. It remains to be seen if t…