Melbourne City easily beat the Central Coast Mariners 5-0 with Shayon Harrison at the AAMI Park. Perth Glory have defeated Wellington Phoenix 5-0 at HBF Park in the final round of the regular season. Melbourne Victory have claimed a tough 1-0 win over the Western Sydney Wanderers to spoil the party for retiring club legend
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Paris Saint-Germain’s Dani Alves has urged teammate Neymar to display more self-control after his altercation with a fan following last weekend’s Coupe de France final penalty loss to Rennes. Alves and Neymar both featured as PSG lost again on Tuesday, this time 3-2 away to Montpellier in Ligue 1, and the former admitted that he was unable to
Barcelona employee Francesc Satorra achieved global fame after witnessing the ugly incident. The name of Barcelona club suit Francesc Satorra may not be familiar to you, but you’ll almost certainly recognise him. Satorra, better known as “The Observer,” has retired after 41 years at Barcelona, finally freeing him up to talk about the incident which helped
Julien Laurens explains what sort of punishment Neymar faces for an alleged swipe at a spectator and whether it affects how PSG fans perceive him. Frank Leboeuf explains why PSG need to do everything they can to keep Kylian Mbappe around and why they’d be better off letting Neymar go. The mother and agent of
Craig Burley has been unimpressed by Maurizio Sarri’s first season at Chelsea but explains why he deserves another season at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger is in Rome to undergo surgery on his injured knee and is unlikely to play again this season, sources have told ESPN FC. Germany international Rudiger returned ahead of
Gab Marcotti shares his thoughts on where David De Gea might end up if he decides to leave Manchester United this summer. Manchester United must win their final two games and rely on other results to have any hope of making the top four after a 1-1 draw with Chelsea. Adri Embarba’s penalty in the
An ESPN FC viewer asks the crew if they think Manchester City and Liverpool would swap Premier League and Champions League positions if they could. ESPN FC’s Craig Burley says that despite the tight scoreline, Manchester City were in complete control even if their attack wasn’t firing on all cylinders. Pep Guardiola says Man City’s
A small weekend loss for the column even though our banker bet landed again. The Champions League has reached the semifinal stage with two cracking games this week, including Barcelona against Liverpool. Running total: -£56.25 The Banker Barcelona have secured another La Liga title with three matches to spare and can now focus entirely on
Napoli cruised to a 2-0 victory at Frosinone to leave the Serie A strugglers 10 points from safety. Napoli midfielder Adam Ounas suffered a cut knee during an attempted mugging following his side’s 2-0 victory away at Frosinone. Ounas was reportedly approached by a group of Frosinone supporters outside the Benito Stirpe stadium, who unsuccessfully
Melbourne Victory have claimed a tough 1-0 win over the Western Sydney Wanderers to spoil the party for retiring club legend Mark Bridge. Wollongong Wolves defender Nikola Djordjevic pulled off an acrobatic scorpion kick against the Sutherland Sharks in the NPL. Perth Glory have defeated Wellington Phoenix 5-0 at HBF Park in the final round