Domenico Tedesco felt Belgium were the victims of bad luck after they exited Euro 2024 following defeat by France in the round of 16.
The Red Devils, who crashed out of the 2022 World Cup group stages, suffered another early departure, as Jan Vertonghen s own-goal five minutes from time was enough to settle the tie in Dusseldorf.
Aged 37 years and 68 days, Vertonghen became the oldest player to put through his own net at the European Championship, and the first Belgium player to do so.
The 1980 finalists subsequently exited the tournament having failed to score in three of their four matches, excluding their 2-0 win over Romania, with Romelu Lukaku unable to open his account while seeing three goals ruled out following VAR reviews.
Tedesco empathised with…
Portugal must forget their Euro 2016 triumph if they are to have a successful qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup, says Fernando Santos.
Portugal won their maiden major international trophy by defeating France 1-0 after extra-time in the European Championship final in July, but their first competitive outing since that triumph on Tuesday ended in a 2-0 defeat to Switzerland.
Goals from Breel Embolo and Admir Mehmedi secured the three points for Switzerland at St Jakob-Park, ending Santos run of 14 competitive matches without defeat since taking charge in September 2014.
With his team trailing their main rivals for top spot in Group B, Santos wants Portugal to put their historic triumph in Paris firmly in the past.
We started the game well, we domi…
Day nine of Euro 2008 provided us with everything you could want from two football matches. Great goals, shocks, wonderful come backs, sendings off and totally absorbing, entertaining and thrilling football.
I never thought I would write the above phrase about games between the Czech Republic and Turkey and another between Portugal reserves and Switzerland, but those four teams did produce another marvelous exhibition of European football at its best.
Portugal, who had already won the group, rested eight of their normal starting eleven. There was no Ronaldo, Deco, Nuno Gomez, Carvalho etc, but they still had a reasonably strong side on the field. Switzerland, already out, persisted with the players who had been unlucky to lose 1-0 to the Czechs and 2-1 to Turkey.
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Alan Shearer believes England have gone through all the things winning teams go through at Euro 2024, as they target glory in Sunday s final.
England face Spain in the European Championship showpiece in Berlin, aiming to claim a first major international honour since the 1966 World Cup.
But the Three Lions journey until this point has been far from straightforward.
Having taken five points from their three Group C games, Gareth Southgate s side were moments away from being eliminated from the tournament until Jude Bellingham s spectacular injury-time equaliser against Slovakia in the last 16.
After winning that match in extra time, the drama continued in the quarter-finals as they beat Switzerland on penalties following a 1-1 draw, having trailed with …
Another exciting season in Germany is over.
Bundesliga has generated plenty of interest this past campaign as Bayern Munich emerged victorious again and Eintracht Frankfurt beating the champions to DFB Pokal glory.
Among all the excitement there were some rather funny moments this season as well and Bundesliga picked the top 10 that will leave you in stitches.
Enjoy.
It s been a pleasure as always
The funniest moments from 2017/18
— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN)
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The past 10 years has seen a number of extraordinary footballers hang up their boots.
In fact, so many have ended their playing careers between the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2020 that you could quite feasibly create an entire league of teams and have them compete for the crown of the greatest ever. Now there s an idea, Mr Infantino
While we wait for FIFA to cotton onto that concept, we ll have to make do with a single XI plus a manager of those who have stepped away from football this decade
Have a look to see who made the cut for a most difficult selection
GOALKEEPER: EDWIN VAN DER SAR
A winner of eight league titles with Manchester United and Ajax, twice a Champions League winner and the second-most-capped Netherlands intern…
The Kansas City Chiefs are trying to get their groove back, and what better place than Sin City to find it. The Chiefs are slight road favorites visiting the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday Night Football in Week 10.
Kansas City has won two straight and three of its last four but hasn’t done so in impressive fashion – and not nearly with enough oomph to get bettors over the hump, failing to cover the NFL betting spread in each of their last three outings.
Dive into our free NFL picks and predictions for Chiefs at Raiders on November 14.
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With more information at our fingertips, Week 2 always gives bettors a great shot at beating prop markets.
This week, I’m targeting a Commanders receiver to pick up where he left off and Davante Adams to continue making magic with Derek Carr.
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You won’t find sack props as easily as the markets for skill position players, but several bigger books are starting to put out sack odds on the top pass rushers in the NFL.
That’s who I’m targetting with my favorite sack picks for this week as I bet on several All-Pro edge rushers while also backing young and hungry Aidan Hutchinson against a hurting Seahawks offensive line. Here are my favorite sack prop bets for Week 2 of the NFL season.
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In a Super Bowl rematch, the Kansas City Chiefs have the Philadelphia Eagles coming to Arrowhead Stadium to close out the Week 11 odds in what could be one of the best games of the year between the current favorite in their respective conferences.
While Taylor Swift may be the biggest star mentioned throughout the broadcast, the Eagles taking flight under the Nick Sirianni regiment has everything to do with their star under center shaking off early career criticism and blossoming into one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL.
Jalen Hurts is poised to take the “Brotherly Shove” platinum under the Monday night lights and exploit one of the few weaknesses on Kansas City’s defense.
You can see how I’m betting the Jalen Hurts odds as w…