A legendary midfield duo for Brazil in their day, with their displays at the 1982 FIFA World Cup Spain™ particularly memorable, Paulo Roberto Falcao and Toninho Cerezo also enjoyed glory days as a double-act with Italian side Roma. Now, some 30 years later, the pair are set to meet up again this Sunday in the [...]

Coach Massimiliano Allegri laughed off suggestions AC Milan are in crisis after a run of three games without a win. The Italian champions lost 2-1 at home to league leaders Juventus in the Italian Cup semi-final, first leg on Wednesday. That followed hot on the heels of league games in which they lost 2-0 at [...]

Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta said today he is confident that coach Pep Guardiola will prolong his contract with the Spanish and European champions beyond the end of the current season. Guardiola prefers to renew his deal with the club on an annual basis and as the season has progressed without him committing his future [...]

Trabzonspor thrashed Gaziantepspor 4-1 tonight to move up to fourth place in the Turkish Super Lig. The hosts were gifted an early lead through Ivelin Popov’s sixth-minute own-goal, and strengthened their hand after half-time with a Burak Yilmaz penalty in the 56th minute and a Mustafa Yumlu strike soon after. Marek Sapara gave the relegation-battling [...]

Wolfsburg moved up to their highest position of the season tonight thanks to a 3-2 win over Freiburg at the VW-Arena. Petr Jiracek was on target twice for the Wolves with Marcel Schafer also on target. However, Freiburg came from behind twice with goals from Johannes Flum and Daniel Caligiuri before Jiracek’s second goal sealed [...]

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has predicted a “beautiful” Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao after the Catalan club advanced last night at the expense of Valencia. There was all to play for with the tie finely balanced at 1-1 heading into last night’s second leg at the Camp Nou, but the hosts needed only [...]

A doyen of coaching, albeit unintentionally so, Juan Manuel Lillo is regularly cited as an influential figure in the careers of many a player and coach, among them Paulo Bento, Domingos Paciencia, Jose del Solar and Sebastian Abreu. Formerly in charge at Real Sociedad, Tenerife and Almeria, to name just some of the clubs on [...]

Borussia Dortmund will be looking to continue their push towards a maiden league and cup double this season when they host Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday. A 4-0 win over Holstein Kiel in the German Cup on Tuesday night means Jurgen Klopp’s side are now just one step away from the final, while their fourth straight [...]

Levante midfielder Vicente Iborra believes his high-flying side are capable of upsetting Primera Division leaders Real Madrid for a second time this season when the teams meet at the Bernabeu on Sunday night. Arouna Kone’s second-half strike earned Levante a 1-0 win at the Ciutat de Valencia in September, one of only two defeats suffered [...]

Udinese coach Francesco Guidolin has said that he expects a strong AC Milan despite I Rossoneri having to do without the team’s leading scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic when the two sides meet on Saturday. The Swedish striker was handed a three-match ban for violent conduct by the Italian league after being sent off for slapping Salvatore [...]