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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Fortaleza and Atlético-MG gave lot of excitement on and off the field. Sampaoli and Ceni put well-modified teams on the field and provided a great duel at Arena Castelão. The Lion opened the scoring with David and Sasha left everything level at the end of the first half. Bruno Melo headed for the goal and secured the victory by 2 to 1. The dispute remained a tight encounter until the end but Tricolor held on […]
The deal does not have to be completed in an hurry on transfer deadline day in the UK as the Portuguese League window is still ongoing and does not close in another three weeks. Two years ago in 2018, the Hammers broke their transfer record for the acquisition of Felipe Anderson for £42m from Lazio, where he scored a total of 34 goals […]
The Brazilian outfit made details of the move known to the public via a statement on their website on Tuesday. He will sign with Glorioso until the end of the Brazilian Championship, with an option to extend for the next two years. The 27 year old made an agreement over his salary with the club […]
The Uruguay international joins on a one-year contract with the option to extend for a further year. Cavani is a serial goalscorer who has scored 341 goals at club level since moving to Europe 13 years ago. The 33-year-old is PSG’s all-time leading goalscorer who won six Ligue 1 titles with the French Champions. Soon after signing on […]
The 23-year-old Brazilian has signed a four-year deal, having flown to England on Sunday after he earlier scored in Rennes’ 2-2 draw with Reims. He is Leeds’ 13th summer arrival; with previous transfers including record signing Rodrigo and defenders Robin Koch and Diego Llorente. Raphinha had a tally of eight goals and made seven assists in 36 appearances for Rennes. He will wear the number 18 shirt at Leeds and […]
“Paris Saint-Germain is delighted to announce the arrival of Rafinha. The Brazilian midfielder, who joins from FC Barcelona, has signed a deal through to 30 June, 2023,” the Ligue 1 side said on late Monday. Rafinha started his career at Barcelona and scored 12 goals in 90 games for the La Liga club. The 27-year-old midfielder lifted a Champions League trophy in 2015 and three La Liga titles […]
Alex Telles is the latest new name at Manchester United. The left-back has been on the radar of a host of clubs but the Red Devils appear to have won the race for his signature. Given United’s recent struggles in defence, the need for defensive additions couldn’t have been overemphasized. In the Premier League, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men […]
The Brazilian made the decision to play for Bayern Munich once again, he returns on a loan capacity for the next year. During his first spell with the Bavarian giants, Costa won two Bundesliga titles and a DFB-Pokal while playing as second-fiddle to Franck Ribery. After growing tired of not having enough minutes, the Brazilian player decided to leave in order […]
The game was valid for the 13th round of the Brasileirão. VAR had a lot of work in the match, being decisive to score a penalty for Santos, the red card given to striker Arthur Gomes and also ruling out a goal by the home team in the second half. Peixe also complained about an unmarked penalty by referee Marielson Alves Silva in the first half, […]
A defensive disaster class saw Manchester United record their biggest home defeat since 2011 at the hands of a free-scoring Tottenham. Manchester United drew first blood as they opened the scoring in only the second minute of the match, but their good fortune started taking a drastic turn shortly after. Tanguy Ndombele leveled the scoreline two minutes after Bruno Fernandes had put […]
Liverpool conceded seven goals in a game for the first time in 57 years as Aston Villa stunned the champions with a heavy defeat. Jurgen Klopp suffered his heaviest defeat as a manager as he watched his side fall to a humiliating 7-2 defeat at the hands of Aston Villa. The result ended the Reds’ 100 percent start to their title defense in […]
It did not take too long for a goal to arrive when FC Barcelona played host to Sevilla on Sunday evening. Just eight minutes after the referee had whistled for kick-off, the home team took the lead through Luuk de Jong. A corner was played into the box which the Barca defense failed to clear resulting in them conceding for the […]
As happened in two other matches in this Brasileirão, Atlético-MG came out on the scoreboard, but showed great mentality and reaction power. Sampaoli’s team saw Benitez open the scoring for Vasco at the start of the match. Benitez scored a great goal that was worthy of praise but you never know what to expect when you play the leaders. In […]
In the sixth classic of 2020, Grêmio and Inter left all the action and talking points for the second half. There were expulsions, penalties, VAR and goals as well. One for each side, in the 1-1 draw in the rain. Tricolor came out ahead, with Pepê’s great goal, but Colorado drew with Thiago Galhardo from a penalty. Equal on the scoreboard, equal to expulsions. Musto and Bruno Cortez received red […]
Raphael Veiga opened the scoring, Eduardo Brock equalized, and Willian gave the home team victory in the second half. A talking point of the game was the reunion of goalkeeper Fernando Prass with his former club, where he is an idol. Palmeiras continues to follow closely behind leader Atlético-MG. Palmeiras started the game the much better side and it was no surprise they opened the scoring early. With two […]
In a game that was technically weak and of little action, the teams drew without goals and, thus, remained among the last placed in the Brasileirão. The team from the interior of São Paulo even started better and created the best opportunities, but failed to score. Coelho’s team got to their third match without a win and without scoring goals. […]
It was mostly a dull game. Few chances created for goals, lack of creativity in attack, and excessive heat and quite counter attacking football marked the victory for the game played at the Arena Pantanal. The only goal of the game came in the final minutes of the match, after the counter attack by Dourado. Cuiabá and Cruzeiro had a full 45 minutes without […]
The 25-year-old will cost Tottenham just £2.7million in loan fees, with an option to make the deal permanent for £38.2million next summer. Vinicius becomes Tottenham’s sixth high-profile signing of the transfer window and, importantly, finally ends Jose Mourinho’s search for an alternative to Harry Kane. He will wear the no.45 shirt at the club. Benfica already announced that a deal had been reached late on Thursday […]
A suspension and a calf issue hindered Neymar’s start to the campaign, but he was in fine form with a goal in either half as Thomas Tuchel’s men ran riot at the Parc des Princes. Alessandro Florenzi opened the scoring in the seventh minute with a beautiful first goal for the club before the brace from PSG’s Brazil […]
The Brazilian playmaker was a sensation and a constant menace to Celta, causing all sorts of problems as he drifted into space and pulled the strings. Coutinho assisted Ansu Fati and somewhat helped Barcelona secure another La Liga win against Celta, making it their second consecutive victory under Koeman management. His quick and precise pass gave Fati the chance to open the scoring and Coutinho came very close in […]
Liverpool failed to capitalize on their dominating performance in the 90 minutes period; having had more shot in the game against their rivals 16 to 6. Divock Origi and Harry Wilson both saw efforts saved by Bernd Leno and with only Mohamed Elneny failing to score for Arsenal. It was left to Willock to secure a 5-4 victory with the decisive kick, which got pass Adrian despite getting a hand […]
Carlos Sánchez, Marinho and Kaio Jorge scored for Peixe while Jorge Recalde did both for Olimpia. Santos took the lead, took the turn, but recovered to win it thanks to the goals and also the great performance (once more) of goalkeeper João Paulo. The victory also guaranteed coach Cuca’s team the leadership of Group G of the tournament. The first half alone saw four […]
José Mourinho has not hidden his thoughts about securing a back-up option/partner for Harry Kane since he was appointed Spurs boss. The Spurs’ boss might have gotten his wish after Spurs and Benfica agreed a deal on Wednesday for Vinicius. Reliable journalist Fabrizio Romano mentioned the deal is in the latter stages of being a done […]
One point against Bolívar on Wednesday was enough, but the fans of Verdão could not stand to see the team draw and was presented with a 5-0 victory at Allianz Parque, with goals from Willian, Wesley, Matías Viña, Raphael Veiga and Ron (finally!). Verdão wins again after three straight draws, two for the Brasileirão and one for the South American competition. The victory took Palmeiras to 13 points in the […]
