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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Tricolor got an easy victory with goals coming from Pablo, Vitor Bueno, Arboleda, Brenner and Deza with Peruvian’s team only goal. São Paulo were the only team to lose and concede a goal against Binacional. In the first half, São Paulo were not convincing and were far from fulfilling the expectation of crushing Binacional, at Morumbi. Even after scoring seven minutes into the game with an outside effort from Vitor […]
Marcus Rashford was the star for Manchester United as they defeated PSG 2-1 against all odds at the Parc des Princes in Champions League Group H on Tuesday night. Brazilian duo Alex Telles and Fred were on the lineup for the Red Devils. Neymar was also on the lineup for PSG but was unable to inspire his side to a victory. Just as they did on that occasion, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men scored […]
The Catalan side were coming off the back of a 1-0 loss to Getafe at the weekend and looked shaky in the early stages. Ferencvaros were making their first appearance in the competition in over 20 years and started brightly but were initially undone by Barca’s quality. The Catalan giants started shaky but went on to dominate the game […]
Bahia and Atlético-MG entered the field in Pituaçu on Monday night with different goals. The home team was looking for victory to get away from the relegation zone and start thinking about moving further up the table. The Rooster aimed to recover the noblest position in the classification and move just one point below the top spot. The team from Minas Gerais had […]
Botafogo saw most of the ball for most of the game but failed to capitalize on their dominance on the ball. The home side more than 60% of the ball but lacked the clinical touch in the final third to go all the way. Botafogo created 23 chances in total with six being on target. On the other hand, Goiás created 12 chances with four of them being on […]
Even in the middle of a marathon of games (six in 14 days), Fla thrashed Corinthians 5-1 on Sunday afternoon at Neo Química Arena. The game was valid for the 17th round of the competition. It was a performance that showed Fla still have the character to go all out for another title. Rubro-Negro scored with Everton Ribeiro, Vitinho, Natan, Bruno Henrique and Diego, and […]
Colorado did not take much time to wrap up the game, with the two goals coming from Edenílson and Thiago Galhardo. The latter came from the penalty spot. The win was Inter’s fourth consecutive victory in the competition while Vasco remains winless in eight games. In the first half, Inter were all over their opponents, having possession of the ball and exchanging passes. They caused trouble […]
Without their starter available, Leão had two goals from striker David, and stretched their unbeaten game to ten, eight in the Brasileirão, one in the Copa do Brasil and one in the Ceará Championship. Verdão marked their fourth consecutive defeat as well. In the first half, The Lion’s first chance came just nine minutes into the game. Osvaldo received a good pass from Yuri […]
Sterling was ruled out of England’s games against Wales, Belgium and Denmark with a hamstring injury but was back in action to score decisively midway through the first half at the Etihad Stadium. Arsenal, led by Pep Guardiola’s former assistant Mikel Arteta, beat City in last season’s FA Cup semi-final and again asked plenty of questions of their hosts, for whom goalkeeper Ederson excelled. But Guardiola’s side held on for a timely […]
Brazilian duo Marcelo and Vinicius Jnr were all in the starting lineup for Los Blancos but failed to inspire. Promoted Cadiz set about running the party from the onset and took a deserved lead through Anthony Lozano’s 16th-minute effort. Thibaut Courtois denied Lozano a second before half-time, when Zinedine Zidane made four substitutions with an injured Sergio Ramos among the players to make way. Luka Jovic had a goal ruled out and Karim Benzema hit the crossbar, yet Madrid’s sluggish […]
Ronald Koeman suffered the first defeat of his reign as Barcelona failed to build on a shock loss for Real Madrid, slipping to a 1-0 defeat at Getafe. However, Barca missed the chance to move level on points with their rivals ahead of next Saturday’s clash at Camp Nou. Jaime Mata’s 56th-minute penalty was enough for Getafe to secure a first league win over […]
The game ended in a 2-2 score line and Brazilian forward Richarlison was on the wrong side of the headlines with a straight red card. On the five-year anniversary of Jurgen Klopp’s first game in charge of Liverpool, his men kept the tradition having a strong response after a setback. In the first half, three minutes into the […]
The Tricolor team opened up the scoring with Luiz Henrique in the 12th minute. In the 41st minute, Hudson deflected Charles’s header into his own net giving his opponents the equalizer. In the second half, the team from Ceará returned stronger than the first and got to turn the score line around with Vina, taking advantage of Digão’s mistake. In the 90th minute, Danilo Barcelos got a pass from Fred and scored to level the scoreline, ending the […]
Kaio Jorge and Soteldo scored from the penalty spot in the first half while Giovanni Augusto pulled on back in the final 45 minutes. Coxa remains in the relegation zone. Santos were dominant and took advantage of the space left in defense by Coritiba in the opening five minutes. Kaio Jorge anticipated a cross directed from the left and placed it into the back of […]
The clash between both teams for the 17th round was one of the most anticipated fixtures of the competition. A fixture that involved two teams with well assembled teams and with the well versatile players in the Serie A but they both failed to impress. Much was expected from Fernando Diniz and Renato Gaúcho but they didn’t justify the hype. São Paulo started with […]
PSG had a long list of absentees, including Neymar, Angel Di Maria and Mauro Icardi at Stade des Costieres on Friday, yet they eased to a fifth consecutive victory. Loick Landre gave the champions a helping hand when he was sent off against his former club for catching impressive debutant Rafinha with a high boot just 12 minutes in. Defender Landre may not have […]
It came after a Santos sponsor made reference to the player’s ongoing rape case and cut its ties with the club. Brazilian orthodontics franchise Orthopride ended their sponsorship ‘out of respect for women’ after the club announced Robinho’s signing. In 2017, the former Manchester City forward was sentenced by an Italian court to nine years in prison for his […]
The new coach has been in Rio since Thursday, and will stil not lead the team against Internacional on Sunday in Porto Alegre. That game will be taken charge of by the interim boss Alexandre Grasseli. The Portuguese was shown love and support right after landing at the airport and this Friday, met his players. He said he could see commitment in them so far. “This […]
Fábio made a wonderful save in the first half by keeping a penalty kick out, while in the second half Marcelo Carné stood up to save his side Juventude. Célio Lúcio made changes in Cruzeiro, as he had initially stated, but the changes had no effect in the first half. Juventude were the better side straight from the beginning. In the 7th minute, […]
Felipão, who had refused an initial invitation from Raposa, signed a contract until the end of 2022. The club will count on the help of a sponsor to pay the coach’s salaries. The negotiations took place in Rio Grande do Sul, where Felipão lives. Sérgio Santos Rodrigues and Deivid did not return from Atibaia with the Cruzeiro delegation this Thursday. José Carlos Brunoro, who worked […]
Just 48 hours after beating Goiás, Domènec Torrent saved parts, tried to breathe, but the team felt the wear and stumbled in front of a well-groomed opponent. Claudinho opened the scoring with a great goal and Lincoln equalized with a header. There were no goals in the first half and it was one lacking in quality in […]
Palmeiras even released the coach’s press conference after the game, with questions previously sent by reporters. Luxembourg said he could do more to get the team out of a bad time (three defeats in a row). In addition to Luxa, Palmeiras also have technical assistant Maurício Copertino and physical trainer Antonio Mello. The pressure to leave the coach […]
It was a debut to remember for new head coach Vagner Mancini. Timão defeated Athletico-PR even with a man down, scoring late into the game, at extra time. In the 95th minutes, Everaldo scored the winning goal at the Arena da Baixada for the 16th round of the Brasileirão. Bruno Méndez was sent off in the 76th minutes but Corinthians still went on to get the win. In […]
Botafogo leveled the scoring with Matheus Babi in the first half. In the second half, Diego Souza was sent off for a bad foul on Guilherme Santos. After the sending off, the team from Rio Grande do Sul still got their victory, with two goals coming from Pepê. At Central do Apito, the VAR Sandro Meira Ricci disagreed with referee Luiz Flavio de Oliveira on two occasions. […]
