Ken Early: Worst night of Mbappé’s club career as Barca steal the show
French striker endured a nightmare outing, caught offside eight times, as Barcelona ended Real’s 42-game unbeaten league run in spectacular style
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French striker endured a nightmare outing, caught offside eight times, as Barcelona ended Real’s 42-game unbeaten league run in spectacular style
Arne Slot says he has only changed a few small details since taking over from Jürgen Klopp - so why does it already feel like a different club?
Bodies on the line defending can only take this team so far as Ireland offer more gifts to grateful Greeks
Heimir Halgrímsson’s side showed plenty of character to bounce back from half-time deficit to claim first competitive win of 2024
Let us dream of a place beyond desire, beyond hope, where nothing that happens to our team can hurt us any more
Ken Early: The club’s denial of reality has been repaid by its worst ever start to a Premier League season
Tottenham getting about €117 for Harry Kane seemed like a lot of money until they spent more than half that on Dominic Solanke
Nil-all at half-time was already a big improvement on the last time Greece were here in October 2023. Then Ireland lost whatever semblance of control they had in midfield
England dismissed Ireland while producing one of the most one-sided periods of play ever seen at the Aviva Stadium
The new manager signals a return to a pragmatic first principles
Three games and two defeats into the new Premier League season and the choice to keep ten Hag already looks unwise
Clearlake Capital are presiding over an extravagant mess at Stamford Bridge
Owners, lawyers, referees and other once-extraneous things have now dominate conversation as much as on-field action
Company’s cash pile increases sharply
There was plenty of fun and the best team won, but the tournament also laid bare the impact of social media on the game and its increasingly burnt-out players
England have ranged between dull and bad, in contrast to Spain who always look clever, lively and inventive
Euro 2024: Aston Villa striker finds the net in the 90th minute to knock out the Netherlands
The Germany midfielder found himself in the centre of a storm because of controversial comments he didn’t make
Three Lions likely to adopt Switzerland’s 3-4-2-1 formation for Euro quarter-final after Swiss eased past four-man-defence Italy
Portugal goalkeeper saves all three penalties to break Slovenian hearts
Murat Yakin’s talented and hard-working side beat Italy almost at walking pace
‘Serbian, Romanian and Albanian fans have all displayed flags showing maps of the “Greater” versions of their countries’
Spain shine as England labour to progress, with Austria and Switzerland making the most of their limited squads
Letter from Plattform Eins: At least nobody can deny there is a lot of amusement to be had from reading people vent online about Germany’s rail service
Bellingham’s goal the difference between the sides as England hold on to beat Serbia
Euro 2024 is a chance to get a break from the endless legal and financial drama of club football – it’s like watching a purer version of the game
Ken Early: Football authorities and players on a collision course as burnout becomes a real issue due to incessant schedule
The contentment of Germany’s 2014 World Cup was shattered by external shocks - the European migration crisis, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Hamas attack
The German arms industry giant Rheinmetall is now paying to bask in the reflected glory of Dortmund
Real Madrid manager has talked openly about his lack of philosophy and the adaptability which has allowed him to flourish
The awkward questions being thrown at the Dutch manager after the FA Cup final actually managed to unite the club’s fans behind him
Maybe it’s good for football that magnificent Atalanta denied Leverkusen a perfect season
Triumphant City boss doesn’t need to wait around for things to turn sour and could be best to take a leaf out of Jurgen Klopp’s book
United will need four points from their last two matches just to equal their worst-ever points total in the Premier League era
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