Julien Laurens, CorrespondentMay 8, 2023, 06:14 PM ET Camavinga never imagined moving from midfield to defense, but his versatility has quietly made him Real Madrid’s most important player down the stretch. Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto via Getty Images Let’s start this article with a quiz question: the answer might have been given away by the headline, but
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Gab Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMay 8, 2023, 11:56 AM ET It’s been another brilliant weekend in European soccer, so let’s review. We had a gritty Arsenal win at Newcastle that keeps the Premier League title race alive another week, while Real Madrid claimed the Copa del Rey for the first time since 2013-14. There
May 7, 2023, 08:24 PM ET Bellingham and Dortmund had a surprisingly easy outing against Wolfsburg to keep pace in the Bundesliga title race. Lars Baron/Getty Images There was no LaLiga action this weekend thanks to Saturday’s Copa del Rey final, but the European weekend delivered plenty to talk about across the major leagues, with Manchester
Mikel Arteta said Arsenal were motivated by revenge in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Newcastle United after watching a video of last season’s painful defeat in the same fixture. Martin Odegaard’s 14th-minute strike and Fabian Schar‘s 75th-minute own goal were enough to give the visitors a priceless win which cuts Manchester City‘s lead at the top
May 7, 2023, 01:31 PM ET Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli scored for Arsenal in the win over Newcastle. LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images Arsenal showed no sign of raising the white flag in the Premier League title race with a 2-0 victory at Newcastle United on Sunday to close the gap on leaders Manchester City
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez May 6, 2023, 07:50 PM ET Carlo Ancelotti praised Vinicius Junior as “unstoppable” and Rodrygo Goes as “spectacular” after the two Brazilian forwards combined to give Real Madrid a 2-1 Copa del Rey final win over Osasuna on Saturday. Rodrygo scored after just two minutes at the La Cartuja stadium in
Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCMay 6, 2023, 06:30 PM ET A brace from Rodrygo Goes lifted Real Madrid to a 2-1 win over Osasuna in the Copa del Rey final on Saturday, securing Real Madrid’s third trophy of the season. Rodrygo put Madrid ahead in the second minute after Vinicius Junior had opened up the Osasuna
Sid Lowe, Spain writerMay 5, 2023, 02:23 PM ET Turns out Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti was right again when discussing the LaLiga race. “The difference between us and Barcelona isn’t 11 points,” Ancelotti said on Monday. By Thursday that was true: it’s 14. The European champions are not the biggest team in Spain right
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentMay 5, 2023, 02:06 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. MLS commissioner Don Garber is in his 13th term on the U.S. Soccer Federation board of directors. Omar Vega/Getty Images MLS commissioner Don Garber criticized the state of the U.S. Open Cup on
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 5, 2023, 05:30 PM ET Pep Guardiola says Manchester City will decide Kalvin Phillips‘ future at the end of the season following the England midfielder’s disastrous first campaign at the Etihad Stadium. Phillips joined City in a £42 million deal from Leeds United last summer but is yet to start a Premier
May 5, 2023, 11:31 AM ET Lionel Messi has released a video on his Instagram account to apologise to Paris Saint-Germain and his teammates for missing training to travel to Saudi Arabia. Sources told ESPN on Tuesday that Messi was given a two-week suspension without pay after missing Monday’s training session to fly to Saudi.
May 5, 2023, 05:00 AM ET Europe’s summer transfer window is fast approaching and, with domestic leagues ending within a month, teams are starting to think hard about which players they want to bring in. With most of the top leagues able to start doing business from July 1 — England‘s Premier League opened the
May 4, 2023, 04:37 PM ET Victor Osimhen scored his 22nd Serie A goal of the season to clinch the title for Napoli. Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images Napoli have won their first Italian Serie A title in 33 years, clinching the Scudetto on Thursday with a 1-1 draw at Udinese. Needing only a draw to take an
Chris Wright, Toe Poke writerMay 4, 2023, 07:00 AM ET It was only a matter of time until Erling Haaland set a new record for the most goals in a single Premier League season, and the Manchester City striker did just that by chipping home his 35th strike of the campaign in Wednesday’s 3-0 win
May 3, 2023, 04:29 PM ET Erling Haaland has broken the Premier League‘s single-season scoring record after the Manchester City striker netted his 35th goal of an incredible campaign against West Ham on Wednesday. The 22-year-old scored in a win over Fulham on Sunday to equal the previous best mark of 34 held jointly by
MANCHESTER, England — Erling Haaland set a new Premier League scoring record as Manchester City beat West Ham United 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium. City went back to the top of the table above Arsenal thanks to goals from Nathan Ake, Haaland and Phil Foden. Haaland’s goal was his 35th in the Premier League, setting
Julien Laurens, CorrespondentMay 3, 2023, 01:05 PM ET Lionel Messi will leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season when his contract expires, sources have told ESPN. Last month, ESPN reported that Messi was unlikely to sign a new contract with the club and sources have now said that both parties have agreed not
12:22 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain are considering handing Lionel Messi a fine for missing training on Monday to travel to Saudi Arabia, sources have told ESPN. First reported by French newspaper L’Equipe, PSG manager Christophe Galtier told his players that they would have two days off, Monday and Tuesday, if they beat Lorient on Sunday,