3:54 AM ET For all intents and purposes, the Bundesliga race ended with a chip shot. On May 26, Joshua Kimmich popped the ball over both the Borussia Dortmund defense and their goalkeeper, Roman Burki, and that was pretty much that. Bayern Munich beat Dortmund 1-0 and extended its league lead to seven points with
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11:38 AM ET When Mikel Arteta walked into the Football Analysis room at Arsenal‘s London Colney training base on his first day as head coach, he delivered a message to the staff waiting in anticipation: “You’re going to have a lot of work to do — you know that, right?” A smile spread across his
10:41 AM ET And then there were two. With Liga MX and the Premier League falling by the wayside at the semifinal stage, the final is now set: the Bundesliga and Gab Marcotti will take on Julien Laurens and Ligue 1 for the crown of ESPN’s Battle of the Soccer Leagues. – Stream ESPN FC
4:14 AM ET Are you ready for a football marathon of unprecedented length and difficulty? The next year promises a run of fixtures and the longest period of competitive action that the game has ever seen after the Premier League returns from its coronavirus shutdown on Wednesday. It also promises to challenge elite players, both
1:16 PM ET Another week has come and gone, with one high-profile transfer nearing its conclusion, the Bundesliga title fight looking all but over, the Black Lives Matter movement receiving more support and much more. It’s Monday, and Gab Marcotti reacts to the biggest moments in the sport of football from the past week. Jump
11:00 AM ET There was a moment in December when Jay Sugarman became convinced that Kevin Durant was precisely the man he wanted to join the Philadelphia Union’s ownership group. Durant was paying a visit to the Union’s campus in Chester, Pennsylvania, and naturally, the NBA superstar’s presence created a stir in the team’s offices.
4:00 AM ET Leicester City‘s 2015-16 Premier League title win is arguably the most remarkable in history. Claudio Ranieri’s men began the season as 5,000/1 outsiders, and according to bookmakers at the time there was more chance of Elvis Presley being alive than there was of the Foxes bringing home the trophy. 2 Related In
Toni Kroos, Sergio Ramos and Marcelo scored as Real Madrid beat Eibar 3-1 to end La Liga’s first weekend back after a three-month break just two points behind leaders Barcelona. Kroos had the ball in the net with just four minutes gone at the Alfredo Di Stefano stadium, where Madrid will play while the Bernabeu
7:05 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester United midfielders Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes played together for the first time as the club played two friendlies against West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford on Friday. Both players started in the opening match against the Championship side which United lost 2-1. Fernandes
4:00 AM ET Football might be slowly returning amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the transfer window is likely to feel the financial impact for a while to come. As a result, clubs will turn to swap deals in a bid to move players on and bring in others for a cheaper fee. Here are some
6:26 PM ET Barcelona made light work of Mallorca on Saturday as they marked their return to La Liga action following a three-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic with a 4-0 win. It took Arturo Vidal just over a minute to open the scoring and February signing Martin Braithwaite added the second before the
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Jun 11, 2020 Nicky Bandini Lautaro Martinez did not leave much of an impression during his first visit to the Camp Nou. The Argentinian forward had played only a handful of games for Inter in the fall of 2018 before being thrown into a Champions League group-stage clash with Barcelona as a second-half substitute. His
2:17 PM ET The Premier League has sanctioned the wearing of the Black Lives Matter logo on the back of shirts in place of individual players’ names and also voiced its support to players who want to take a knee following the resumption of fixtures next week. England‘s top flight is due to restart on
10:21 AM ET I was supposed to be in Rome on Friday for the Euro 2020 opener, watching Italy take on Turkey. Maybe you were going to be there too, or perhaps in Baku, Azerbaijan, for Switzerland vs. Wales, or Copenhagen for Denmark vs. Finland. Or maybe, like most, you were going to be in
9:59 AM ET Arsenal are set to hold talks with striker Alexandre Lacazette over his future in the coming weeks amid interest from Atletico Madrid, sources have told ESPN. The 29-year-old is not agitating to leave but is believed to be seeking assurances on his role under manager Mikel Arteta next season, given the ongoing
5:10 PM ET Major League Soccer’s plan for getting back on the field is now official, almost three months after the 2020 season shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The return will come in the form of a World-Cup style competition to be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex at Walt
3:49 PM ET Rayo Vallecano beat Albacete 1-0 on Wednesday as Spanish football returned in bizarre circumstances from its COVID-19 hiatus with the second half of a match that first kicked off six months ago but was suspended due to offensive chanting. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The second division encounter,