Paris Saint-Germain leapfrogged RB Leipzig into second place in Champions League Group H after Neymar s first-half penalty secured a scarcely deserved 1-0 win over the Bundesliga side on Tuesday.
Thomas Tuchel s side suffered a 2-1 defeat in Germany three weeks ago but they got their campaign back on track at Parc des Princes despite an underwhelming display.
Neymar sealed all three points from the spot after 11 minutes, with the Ligue 1 champions then failing to have another shot on target until the closing stages of the match.
The result means the two sides are level on six points after four games, with PSG ahead courtesy of a better goal difference.
FULL-TIME: 1-0
A very important three points in the secured!
— Paris Sain…
Antoine Griezmann said he knows where he will be playing next season amid links to LaLiga champions Barcelona.
Griezmann will leave Atletico Madrid after five years and the French World Cup winner is reportedly destined for Barca.
While Griezmann, Atletico and Barcelona have remained tight-lipped, the 28-year-old star forward seems to have his mind made up.
I know where I ll be playing next season, Griezmann, who has also been linked to Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United told Telematin.
I can only say that it will not be Miami.
Fier d’être français
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— Antoine Griezmann (@AntoGriezmann)
Griezmann – on international duty with France – joined Atletico from Spanish side Real S…
Arthur has swapped Juventus for Liverpool in a surprising season-long loan deal on transfer deadline day as Jurgen Klopp bolstered his midfield options.
Reports suggested the deal for the 26-year-old did not include an option to buy, but Juve confirmed that there is indeed a possibility for Liverpool to make the move permanent for a fee of €37.5million (£32.3m).
Arthur spent two years at Barcelona before moving to Serie A in 2020 in a €72m deal, but he made just 11 league starts in Italy last season and has not yet featured this term.
The Brazilian had previously been linked with Everton but instead joins the Toffees city rivals for the rest of the season.
The deal follows Juventus signing Leandro Paredes on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, and means…
Antonio Conte hailed Harry Kane s amazing performance after the England captain played his part in Tottenham s 5-1 thrashing of Newcastle United.
The Spurs boss labelled Kane, who recorded an assist during an influential display, an example to his team-mates as Tottenham went fourth in the Premier League.
Spurs scored four goals between the 43rd minute and the 63rd minute on Sunday, responding strongly after going behind to Fabian Schar s first-half free kick.
Kane turned provider for the hosts second goal of the contest when he teed up Matt Doherty, recording his 40th Premier League assist in the process.
Half of those assists have come in the 64 games he has played since the start of last season, with his first 20 coming in 210 appearances.
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Radja Nainggolan wants to prove Inter wrong after returning to former club Cagliari.
Nainggolan re-joined Cagliari on a season-long loan deal on Monday, having been deemed surplus to requirements by new Inter head coach Antonio Conte.
The 31-year-old, who only signed for the Nerazzurri from Serie A rivals Roma in a €38million transfer last season, spent four years at Cagliari before moving to the Italian capital in 2014.
After struggling to make much of an impact at Inter due to injuries and inconsistent form, Nainggolan said: I want to thank the president [of Cagliari Tommaso Giulini] because he was immediately clear with me and he did something almost impossible.
Sopra ogni cosa.
— Cagliari Calcio (@CagliariCalcio)
He convinced m…
France manager Didier Deschamps has denied advising Kylian Mbappe to leave Paris Saint-Germain and Ligue 1 at the end of the season.
Mbappe has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid at the end of the current campaign when his contract at PSG expires, with little sign of the 22-year-old sensation signing an extension at the Parc des Princes.
In an interview with RMC Sport, Deschamps was adamant that he did not suggest that Mbappe should leave the French top flight for another country.
It s bull***t to say that I said [Mbappe] had to leave France, he exclaimed. I never said that, neither for him nor for anyone else.
This is not to denigrate Ligue 1. Compared to the requirements of the France team, which is the top international level, the …
Five former football officials have been indicted by the Office of the General Attorney of Switzerland (OAG) on charges of fraudulently misleading the organising committee for the 2006 World Cup.
Ex-German Football Association (DFB) officials Wolfgang Niersbach, Theo Zwanziger and Horst Rudolf Schmidt, along with former FIFA secretary general Urs Linsi, are alleged by Swiss prosecutors to have fraudulently misled the members of a supervisory body of the DFB organising committee for the 2006 World Cup in Germany (OC WC 2006) in April 2005 about the true purpose of a payment of around €6.7million .
Zwanziger, Schmidt and Linsi are accused of committing fraud, in which Niersbach is alleged to have been complicit. All four have denied the claims.
Fraud proceedings …
Japanese club Vissel Kobe have confirmed that Andres Iniesta has already arrived in the country in order to begin training with his new club. The 34-year-old Spaniard s surprise switch to the other side of the world caught a lot of people off guard, with many believing that he d play out the rest of his days at the Nou Camp. Alas, that wasn t meant to be, and now he s preparing for what will likely be the final chapter of his legendary career.
Iniesta had a legendary career in European football where he picked up many trophies, although the finest moment of his career came internationally in the 2010 World Cup final when he scored the winning goal for Spain in injury time against The Netherlands to ensure that they won their first world championship.
The J1 League is cu…
Ciro Immobile has surpassed Silvio Piola as Lazio’s all-time top scorer in Serie A after netting a 144th league goal for the club.
Piola set the record in a nine-year stretch between 1934-1943, scoring 143 goals in 227 appearances.
After spending time with Juventus, Genoa, Torino, Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla, Immobile found a long-term home at Lazio in 2016.
Immobile scored his record-setting 144th goal in his 201st appearance, converting a match-winning penalty in Lazio s 1-0 win over Venezia to move up to fifth on the Serie A table.
The side against whom he has scored the most Serie A goals against for Lazio are Sampdoria, having netted 12 times in just 10 league meetings with I Blucerchiati.
Seventy-seven of his goals have come in the Stadi…
England s so-called golden generation never quite delivered on the pitch, but there might still be hope for success in the coaching arena.
Sven-Goran Eriksson s side were beaten in the quarter-finals of three consecutive major tournaments from 2002 to 2006 despite being considered among the favourites.
However, with many of these involved now long since retired, management beckons.
And Wayne Rooney will join a number of former team-mates in taking on a coaching role after agreeing to move to Derby County as player-coach in January.
We take a look at other members of that England team who have taken to the touchline.
Delighted to announce I’ll be joining as player coach in January
— Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney)
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