Kolade Daniel
Football Lover. All-round junkie of the beautiful game. Could be found watching football most of the time, if not he's writing about them. A certain bias for Arsenal and Santos FC.
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With a goal from Pepê, the game concluded with the away side leaving as winners. Gremio leaves Porto Alegre celebrating their third consecutive victory in the competition and they will be looking to build on that. The game on Sunday night was summed up to the effectiveness of Grêmio going forward against the low productivity of Flu who did not come into the […]
Gustavo Henrique scored an own goal to put his rivals in the lead early on before Keno doubled the teams’ advantage before the break. In the second half, Eduardo Sasha and Zaracho found the net rounding the game off with a resounding win. The game started with full swing, fast tempo and high intensity. Two minutes into the game, Everton Ribeiro hit the crossbar from a […]
Carlos Soler scored three penalties as Valencia thrashed Real Madrid in an extraordinary La Liga match on Sunday. Karim Benzema put visitors Real ahead from long range before Soler equalized from a penalty that was retaken following an encroachment. Raphael Varane’s own goal made it 2-1 and Soler increased the lead from the spot after Marcelo fouled Maxi Gomez. Valencia were awarded another spot-kick when Sergio Ramos handled, Soler completing his hat-trick. Reigning […]
The home side managed to get on the score sheet with a controversial penalty awarded and scored by Rodriguinho. The spot kick was awarded late into the game even after being reviewed by VAR. The only dangerous play that warranted to a goal came in the first half in favour of Bahia which was cancelled after the review from VAR. Replays indicated […]
Jorge Jesus made four changes in the red eleven compared to the last match, against Rangers, last Thursday, with the entry of Gilberto, Darwin, Waldschmidt and Samaris, the Greek who had not been a starter in the Eagles since June 2020. On the other side, the highlight was the absence of Gaitan, who failed to return to Luz due to a last minute injury. […]
He will replace Casemiro who will now miss out on the upcoming fixtures after recently testing positive for coronavirus. This was the fifth drop in the selection of games valid for the third and fourth rounds of the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup. The matches will take place at Morumbi and at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo respectively. Prior to Casemiro, Tite had […]
The match was played in Goiânia for the 20th round of the Brazilian Championship. Dragão opened the scoring late in the first half with Oliveira’s goal, but Timão drew level twelve minutes into the second half, with the goal scored by Fábio Santos in a controversial penalty conceded by Fagner. The first half balanced at both ends. The goal didn’t […]
Brenner, in a controversial move and Igor Gomes scored for Tricolor after Fernandão opened up the scoring for the emeralds. Goalkeeper Tadeu, with his great abilities was the highlight of the match with a dominant performance on the evening. The match started with great intensity between both teams. São Paulo dominated play and created series of chances but failed to capitalize. After just seven minutes, Igor Gomes almost drew first […]
Hurricane came back in the second half with a completely different drive and turned the match around. Carlos Eduardo drew level in the 62nd minute and Renato Kayzer who assisted the first put his side in the lead in stoppage time. Fortaleza started the first half with aggression right from the very onset. Three minutes into the game, Bergson almost scored but failed to find the […]
As per the schedule, the first of the two-legged matches will take place on Wednesday, the 11th of November. The second leg will take place one week later on the 18th of November. Of course, some interesting ties lie in wait and at this stage, one can’t exactly predict what will become of the competition or who would go on to […]
The negotiation was a pretty swift one and didn’t drag out slowly at all. The Argentine turned the ball around after frustrated deals with Venezuelan César Farías who was not released by the Bolivian national team. Díaz, on the other hand, has been without a club since he left Libertad of Paraguay in September. At 61, the Argentine will have his first […]
The Bahian team needed to win by at least two goals to continue in the competition but they did more than that. The home team scored all four goals in the first half and dominated the action throughout needing to only manage the match. Bahia scored just 12 minutes into the first half to round off the pressing from the very […]
Reports reveal that the club paid less than 2 million dollars for the player’s release. In addition, the arrival of the Chilean ends the negotiations that have gone on for the past two weeks. Eduardo Vargas is expected in Belo Horizonte this Saturday for his medicals before the official signing of the final documents with Atlético. Facing the […]
Verdão continued with their impressive run from the first leg where they ran out victorious on away soil. Gabriel Veron showed why he should be a regular for new coach Abel Ferreira as he replaced the injured Wesley in the first half. Palmeiras can into the game with a comfortable lead after running out 3-1 win in the first leg. Right from the first minutes […]
The victory was the fourth in a row and the only goal was scored by Thaciano before the half hour mark in the second half. The home side dominated a great section of the match but not the score line. The visiting team didn’t play a great game but had a guaranteed qualification. The draw of the next phase […]
“Corinthians has a huge structure, I think it is one of the largest in the world. I didn’t think twice about coming – said the defender during his presentation. “To hire Jemerson, Corinthians will pay about R $ 4.5 million to Monaco, from France. The European club will also retain 20% of the athlete’s economic […]
RB Leipzig gained a measure of revenge for their 2019-20 Champions League semi-final loss to Paris Saint-Germain, coming from behind to claim a potentially crucial 2-1 win in Group H. In the absence of Neymar and Mbappe, PSG started brightly at Red Bull Arena and took an early lead through Angel Di Maria. However, the game turned on a tale of two penalties, with Di […]
Vasco didn’t play much in the game but had a consistent defence to stop the opposing team from taking the lead. In the round of 16, Vasco faces Defensa y Justicia from Argentina. Even with sitting back, Vasco had the best chance to score in the game, but did not take advantage twice with Carlinhos, once in both halves, and Ribamar, who missed a chance in […]
After the goalless draw in the first leg in Vila Belmiro, the team led by Guto Ferreira created more chances and tested the opposing goal more often before reaching their goal in a beautiful manner. A volley by Vina sealed the victory. Peixe, now eliminated, will focus all their attention on the Brazilian Championship and Copa Libertadores. At the start of the first half, Ceará pressed Santos high up the pitch […]
The victory was not enough to make the home side to advance to the round of 16 of the South American Cup. Lanús advanced by the criterion of away goals after winning 3-2 in Buenos Aires. This is the third elimination of Tricolor in the season. They have already been eliminated in Paulistão’s quarterfinals to Mirassol and were eliminated in the group stage of the Libertadores […]
Pedro shines as Flamengo wins Athletico-PR and qualifies for the quarterfinals of the Taça do Brasil
Flamengo advances to the quarterfinals of the Brazil Cup with the win against the Hurricane. The red-black team from Rio de Janeiro had already beaten the away side in the first leg 1-0 at the Arena da Baixada. Cariocas return to the field against Atlético-MG on Sunday while Athletico takes on Fortaleza on Saturday. There are only two matches left for the draw of the quarterfinals of the […]
Jota scored twice in the first half and rounded off his treble in the 54th minute as the Reds put last season’s quarter-finalists to the sword in Bergamo. The win was Liverpool’s third in a row in the Champions League group stages and was also the biggest ever win by an English club away to Italian […]
City had an early advantage through Ferran Torres’ cool finish and could have been a straight forward night against the Greek champions but had to work. They needed Jesus, who had not played since 21st of September because of a knee injury, to come off the bench and score the teams’ second goal with nine minutes remaining, blasting the top […]
Real looked comfortable and in control when Karim Benzema rounded Samir Handanovic to put his side in the lead and Sergio Ramos scored his 100th goal for the club to further extend their lead. But the lead was short-lived as Lautaro Martinez scored from Nicolo Barella’s back heel pass and Ivan Perisic levelled with a composed finish from a Martinez header in the second half. Rodrygo came off the bench in the 64th minute and proved […]
