Frosinone coach Eusebio Di Francesco feels his side will have to play beyond their limits when they face the “most complete” team Inter Milan at the San Siro on Sunday.
The Nerazzurri secured a place in the Champions League knockout stages with a 1-0 win away at RB Salzburg on Wednesday night, which was a fifth-straight victory through all competitions.
Simone Inzaghi’s side, though, were knocked off the top of Serie A after Juventus beat Cagliari on Saturday.
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Frosinone, who were promoted to the top flight this season, got themselves back on track last weekend with victory over Empoli, having lost back-to-back league games.
Canaries coach Di Francesco, though, is all too aware of…
Lionel Messi’s two-year spell at Paris St Germain ended in a 3-2 home defeat to Clermont Foot at the weekend.
An option to extend his stay with the Ligue 1 champions has not been activated with the Argentina World Cup winner heavily linked with a return to Barcelona, although he does have other alternatives.
Here, the PA news agency looks at where the 35-year-old seven-time Ballon d’Or winner might go next.
Barcelona
Considering Messi never really wanted to leave and was effectively forced out as the club’s financial problems meant they could not afford to renew his contract, due to wage cap issues, a return to his spiritual home in Catalonia, the Nou Camp seems the obvious choice. Even last summer, club president Joan Laporta said it was the club’s resp…
West Bromwich Albion are interested in signing Robert Snodgrass from Premier League rivals West Ham United in the January transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that the Hammers are willing to listen to offers for the former Leeds United winger, who is out of contract at the end of the season.
Snodgrass has been on the books of West Ham since 2017, but the Scotland international has never really been able to make himself a regular in the first team and also had a loan spell at Aston Villa in 2017-18. According to , the 33-year-old has played just four minutes in the Premier League for the London club so far this season.
West Brom are struggling in the Premier League at the moment and are in real danger of going back down to the Championship at the end of…
Antony says Manchester United must impose our game when they face in-form Everton at Goodison Park on Sunday.
United hit back from a humiliating 6-3 defeat to rivals Manchester City last weekend with a 3-2 victory at Omonia Nicosia in the Europa League on Thursday.
The Red Devils face another tricky test when they visit an Everton side looking to win three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since March 2021, when Carlo Ancelotti was in charge.
Antony is prepared for a battle on Merseyside at a stadium where they were beaten 1-0 last season.
The told Premier League Productions: We know it s going to be a difficult, tough game.
My team-mates have already spoken to me about this fixture. They said it will be difficult. We have to im…
Diogo Jota fired Liverpool into the EFL Cup final with his double securing a 2-0 victory over Arsenal, who finished the semi-final second leg with 10 men.
Liverpool will take on Chelsea at Wembley in their 13th EFL Cup final, though it will be their first appearance in the showpiece since 2016.
Jota squeezed in the opening goal in the 19th minute, bringing an end to a bright Arsenal start that saw Alexandre Lacazette hit the crossbar.
Liverpool had the tie wrapped up when VAR overturned an offside decision after Jota lifted in his second, with the Gunners frustrations compounded by a 90th-minute dismissal for Thomas Partey.
Arsenal went close to taking the lead when Lacazette s free-kick was tipped onto the bar by Caoimhin Kelleher during an impressiv…
Paul Put has warned his Guinea side against complacency ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations opener with Madagascar.
Guinea failed to qualify for the 2017 edition of the tournament but managed to reach the quarter-final stage in 2015.
Tournament debutants Madagascar are first up in Group B, which also includes Burundi and Nigeria.
And Put, who also confirmed Liverpool midfielder and Guinea captain Naby Keita should be fit to feature in Alexandria, is wary of Madagascar s threat.
The first match is always very important because it will give us confidence to head into the rest of the tournament, he told a news conference.
But, it is also dangerous because we are playing against a side that is regarded as an underdog and most of the time they are d…
Raphael Varane pledged Manchester United will improve on their disappointing season in a new era under Erik ten Hag.
Varane scored his first Red Devils goal in a 3-0 Premier League win over Brentford on Monday, but has endured a largely frustrating first season in England following his move from Real Madrid.
The 29-year-old has made 28 appearances in all competitions this season, 25 of them starts, but has been involved in just six clean sheets with United looking certain to miss out on Champions League qualification ahead of the imminent arrival of new boss Ten Hag
United have gone five years without winning a major trophy, but Varane, who featured as Madrid were humbled 4-1 by Ten Hag s Ajax team in the Champions League at the Bernabeu in March 2019, is expec…
Manchester United s record goalscorer Wayne Rooney hopes Marcus Rashford can rediscover his form and break his Red Devils record.
Rooney, who is attempting to guide Derby County to safety in the Championship against the odds, scored 253 times during a hugely successful 13-year spell at Old Trafford, putting him four goals clear of Bobby Charlton as the most prolific forward in the club s history.
Rashford, who has hit 93 goals since making his United debut in 2016, has struggled throughout an underwhelming campaign, scoring just four times in 19 Premier League appearances.
The 24-year-old s dip in form saw him left out of Gareth Southgate s England squad for this month s friendlies against Switzerland and Ivory Coast, while speculation has mounted as to wheth…
Leicester City s fairytale Premier League title triumph was recognised in the voting for France Football s 2016 Ballon d Or, with Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy both named in the top 10, as Cristiano Ronaldo won the award.
Algeria forward Mahrez and England striker Vardy came seventh and eighth respectively in the final rankings for the prestigious individual accolade, ahead of stellar names such as Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robert Lewandowski.
The Foxes pair found themselves behind Ronaldo s Real Madrid team-mate Gareth Bale, who came sixth after winning the Champions League and helping Wales to an unexpected semi-final appearance at their maiden European Championship.
Veterans Pepe and Gianluigi Buffon shared ninth thanks in no small part to some excel…
Paco Alcacer came off the bench to score a wonderful winner as Borussia Dortmund completed a stunning comeback to down Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich 3-2 in a brilliant Klassiker.
Marco Reus twice cancelled out Robert Lewandowski goals, but it was Alcacer who struck the decisive blow in the 73rd minute at Signal Iduna Park on Saturday.
Dortmund had a four-point cushion to the Bundesliga champions heading into the clash and their seven-point gap will now give them real hope of a title challenge, although they were spared a last-gasp Lewandowski leveller by a correct offside call.
Bayern coach Niko Kovac insisted pre-match he was not feeling the pressure, but questions may again be asked about his future at the club after their six-game unbeaten run in all competi…