Roberto De Zerbi has hailed Mason Greenwood s performance after the striker scored a brace on his Marseille debut on Saturday.
The Italian started life in Ligue 1 with an impressive 5-1 win over Brest, with Luis Henrique also scoring twice on either side of Mahdi Camara s goal, before Elye Wahi rounded off the win from the penalty spot.
Greenwood, who joined Marseille on a permanent transfer last month having spent last season on loan at Getafe, settled in quickly, netting his first goal within three minutes and slotting in his second from 12 yards just after the half-hour mark.
He is just the third player to score twice on his Ligue 1 debut for Marseille this century, after Dimitri Payet (2013) and Luis Suarez (2022).
De Zerbi was particularly impressed …
Alphonse Areola has signed a new Paris Saint-Germain contract running through to 2023, the Ligue 1 champions have announced.
Areola appears to have won the battle to be Thomas Tuchel s first choice goalkeeper, starting nine Ligue 1 matches this term despite the arrival of veteran Gianluigi Buffon.
Italy great Buffon, though, has started three Champions League matches and seven games in the league as Tuchel continues to juggle his options between the posts.
And Areola, part of the France squad that won the World Cup in Russia this year, has been rewarded with a new contract.
One-club man signs until 2023!
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English)
The 25-year-old has come through the ranks at PSG and the Paris-born goalkeeper is thr…
Stuttering Borussia Dortmund ended 2016 with an unbeaten home league record, but a 1-1 draw against Augsburg means they could be as many as 12 points adrift of the Bundesliga leaders heading into the mid-season break.
Thomas Tuchel s side s only loss at Signal Iduna Park in the calendar year came in the DFL-Supercup to Bayern Munich in August and, with Carlo Ancelotti s leaders facing second-placed RB Leipzig on Wednesday, Dortmund had the chance to crank up the pressure.
Mario Gotze fired an early warning by hitting the post, but the hosts defence has been suspect at times this season and so it proved again when Ji Dong-won who had a spell at Dortmund in 2014 finished a swift Augsburg counter-attack to put the visitors in front.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the …
England under-21 manager Stuart Pearce says he could take Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere to Israel for Euro 2013.
The 20-year-old was withdrawn from Pearce s squad for the last European Championship 18 months ago, when it was agreed that he deserved a break after a long season.
Injury has haunted the youngster ever since, but Pearce believes it could be a vital experience for Wilshere in preparation for tournaments with the senior team.
Look at Tom Cleverley for example, who s had an Olympic experience and international tournament experience, Pearce told The Daily Mail.
It s the same with Steven Caulker and one or two others – going to the major tournaments will stand them in great stead because as we stand at the moment we ve still got a scenario …
With all eyes falling on Istanbul on Saturday night, Manchester City and Inter Milan will meet at the Ataruk Olimpiyat with the 2023 Champions League up for grabs in Turkey.
Punching just their second ever European final ticket last month as they stormed their way to a famous 5-1 aggregate romp against Spanish icons Real Madrid, Pep Guardiola’s men are just 90 minutes away from making real history.
Officially defending their Premier League title last month and also claiming this year’s FA Cup at Wembley just seven days ago, the Sky Blues are on the verge of becoming the first English club since 1999 to be crowned treble champions.
However, while the likes of Erling Haaland and co might have continued on a remarkable purple patch in 2023, a high-flyi…
At the time of the decision, Everton had conceded 18 goals in nine games, with only Crystal Palace having a worse goal difference and with the team having collected just eight points.
A brief statement from the club read: “Chairman Bill Kenwright, the board of directors and major shareholder Farhad Moshiri would all like to express their gratitude to Ronald for the service he has given to the club over the past 16 months and for guiding the club to seventh place in last season’s Premier League campaign.”
Koeman took to social media following the announcement, saying: “I would like to place on record my thanks to the players and staff for all their work and commitment during my 16 months as Everton manager.
“I would like to thank (chairman) Bill Kenwrigh…
The Carolina Panthers nor the Minnesota Vikings walked away from last Sunday looking good, but at least the Vikes scrounged up a win while the Panthers let a victory slip away due to a late-game collapse.
Those fortunes have the NFL betting odds installing Carolina as a slim 1.5-point favorite for this Week 6 matchup, trying to avoid a three-game slide after starting the new season 3-0. Minnesota, on the other hand, is desperate for any momentum after a 2-3 start to the year.
Here are our NFL free picks and predictions for Vikings vs. Panthers on Sunday, October 17.
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The Tennessee Titans visit the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium, in the second of two games on Thursday to open Week 1 of the NFL preseason.
Baltimore is a behemoth when it comes to preseason football. The Ravens are riding a 20-game winning streak into their meeting with the Titans, while they’ve gone 12-1 against the spread in the last 13 preseason openers.
Even with Pro-Bowl quarterback Lamar Jackson, All-Pro cornerback Marlon Humphrey, and superstar tight end Mark Andrews guaranteed to rest on the sidelines Thursday, the Ravens are the NFL betting favorite against a Tennessee team shuffling its roster.
Check out our best free NFL picks and predictions for Titans vs. Ravens in Week 1 of the preseason.
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When the Carolina Panthers traded with the Chicago Bears to acquire the first overall pick in April’s NFL Draft, they shook up not just the draft board but the NFL odds for the first overall selection as well.
With the Panthers’ big move, the NFL combine in the rearview mirror, and free agency in full swing, it’s time for the real NFL mock drafts to begin.
In Version 2.0 of my 2023 NFL mock draft, the Panthers get their guy… but is that guy Bryce Young? The NFL Draft odds aren’t so sure — and neither am I.
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For Week 7 odds, I’m hitting a quarterback to hit 25 rushing yards, backing a tight end in the Vegas passing game, and expecting a rookie to take the lead rushing role in Chicago as a part of my latest NFL picks.
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