The 2014 World Cup winners struggled to find their pace in a goalless stalemate against Poland last time out and Die Mannschaft will be eager to get back to winning ways as they prepare to go head to head against Northern Ireland in Group C.
Michael O’Neill’s men are guaranteed a third-placed finish as they have managed to beat Ukraine and should they manage a win against one of the tournament’s favourites a place in the knockouts would be secured much to the amazement of the world football.
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Germany coach Joachim Loew is to crack the whip as he bids to get his men shipshape for the resumption of his team s World Cup qualifying campaign.
Die Mannschaft are currently looking strong in European qualifying Group Four with ten points from their opening four fixtures to open up a four-point gap over Russia and Wales.
But Loew indicated Tuesday he would be putting his squad, who face Norway in a friendly international on Wednesday, through their paces to glean up-to-date data on their sprint and endurance capacity.
Loew wants to have the information available ahead of upcoming qualifiers against Liechtenstein in Leipzig on March 28 and Wales on April 1 in Cardiff.
In the meantime, he explained he had picked Norway as Wednesday s opponents seeing th…
Rafael Benitez enjoyed an unforgettable Madrid homecoming as a late Youssi Benayoun header helped Liverpool defeat Real Madrid 1-0 in the first leg of their last 16 Champions League duel at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday.
Benayoun headed in a Fabio Aurelio cross in the 82nd minute for a vital away goal and Liverpool now hold the advantage ahead of the return leg at Anfield on March 10.
Deprived of their inspirational captain Steven Gerrard scorer of five goals in this season s Champions League Liverpool lacked punch with former Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres lacking service but a set-piece undid Real in the closing stages.
The build-up to the match had surrounded Benitez s return to Real Madrid where he coached the youth team and the former Valencia…
It has been a year like no other, but football eventually managed to continue amid the coronavirus pandemic and give fans across the world something positive to focus on.
Ligue 1 was curtailed and a streamlined version of the Champions League knockout rounds took place in Lisbon in August, before a new season got under way.
There have still been plenty of performances to savour, though, and Stats Perform News has used Opta data to calculate a Team of the Year from the top five European leagues.
Six-time Ballon d Or winner Lionel Messi made the grade in 2020 but the same could not be said of Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, while Kylian Mbappe earned a spot that his Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Neymar could not.
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Lionel Messi has been encouraged by Ronald Koeman s impact since becoming Barcelona coach but feels the club is so financially crippled that it will be difficult to get back where it was .
Messi was speaking to La Sexta in one of his first interviews since telling the club of his desire to leave in August.
Barca stood firm back then, refusing to allow him to depart despite Messi insisting the get-out clause in his contract was still valid – the Argentinian ultimately opted against pursuing the matter any further.
Although he stayed put, Messi s future and mindset have been constant sources of debate in the four months since.
The highly publicised interview, which aired in full on Sunday, saw Messi vow not to decide on his future until the …
Arsene Wenger’s final visit to Old Trafford ended in disappointment, with Manchester United tightening their grip on second place to the tune of a 2-1 victory.
Before kick-off, the outgoing Arsenal manager was celebrated on the pitch with former Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho presenting him with a silver vase while the whole entire stadium rose to applaud.
Paul Pogba gave the hosts the lead sixteen minutes in before ex-United midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan drew the visitors level soon after the restart.
Late drama
Then, fittingly in ‘Fergie-time’ Marouane Fellaini clinched the points for his side, who extend their lead over second place Liverpool to five points after Jurgen Klopp’s side only managed to draw with Stoke Cit…
I m not surprised [by Neville s success]. In terms of managing a team, I think the team has made strides, you can see they re playing hard, brought into what he wants them to do, I think he s done a really good job.
I haven t seen Phil on the inside so I can t speak to what he s like in front of his team. My interactions have been purely professional, he conducts himself in a great way. I enjoyed our sideline conversations he seems like a really genuine person.
As it relates to Sir Alex, I grew up a Man United fan so I can t speak enough about him as a manager, [he] brought the best out of his players, was ruthless at times.
In that regard, having probably been around Sir Alex at an internal level… everybody affects us, everybody influences us, you take a l…
Henrikh Mkhitaryan says he does not expect to be a certain starter at Manchester United despite the significant fee paid to sign him from Borussia Dortmund.
The Armenia international moved to Old Trafford for a reported sum of £26.3million, even though he had just a year left on his contract with last season s Bundesliga runners-up.
Mkhitaryan saw former Dortmund team-mate Shinji Kagawa fail to settle at United, with the Japan playmaker lasting two years before moving back to Signal Iduna Park in 2014.
And the 27-year-old is determined to take his own opportunity to make his mark in the Premier League, even though he does not expect to be given assurances over first-team football.
Of course, said Mkhitaryan, when asked if Kagawa s difficulties show the …
Enrique Cerezo has dismissed suggestions Atletico Madrid are keen to re-sign Chelsea striker Diego Costa ahead of the 2016-17 campaign.
The Spain international, 27, departed the Vicente Calderon in 2014 and helped Chelsea to a Premier League and League Cup double in his first season.
Costa struggled for form and fitness as Chelsea s title defence fell apart last season, though, and he has been heavily linked with an Atleti return throughout the close season.
However, president Cerezo says Atleti who reinforced their forward options with the signing of Kevin Gameiro from Sevilla in this window are not planning a move for Costa.
There was never a Diego Costa transfer saga, Cerezo told Marca.
Diego has a contract with Chelsea and is part of manager…
Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Gervinho is poised to leave Arsenal amid speculation he will join Roma.
The Ivory Coast international striker has failed to find the net on a regular basis since arriving from Lille in 2011, scoring nine Premier League goals in 46 appearances.
Marseille revealed an interest in signing Gervinho in June, with Roma also reportedly keen to hand the 26-year-old a chance to get his career back on track.
While Wenger did not name the club in pole position for Gervinho’s signature, he did stress that the forward is set to depart the Emirates Stadium.
We are at the moment close to an agreement with a club where he should go, Wenger told the club’s official website following Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Napoli at the Emirates Cup.
W…