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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The Portuguese giants, who won the old European Cup twice in the 1960s, were knocked out by goals from Dimitrios Giannoulis and Andrija Zivkovic. Benfica finished second in the Portuguese top division but had a tough draw at PAOK, who finished second in the Greek Super League. Having seen the domestic league and cup double go to Porto last term. Benfica missed a string […]
The Istanbul giant announced their new transfer with a video on social media. The welcome video was accompanied with a relating statement on their website. “Our club has signed a contract with Brazilian midfielder Josef de Souza as part of the transfer work for the 2020-21 season.” “We welcome Josef de Souza, who we believe […]
The statement was made in a brief text posted on the club’s website late on Monday. “Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense informs that it has signed a consensual termination agreement in the employment contract of the athlete Thiago Neves with the Club.” “Grêmio is grateful for the services provided during his stay at the institution, wishing […]
Palmeiras started the match on top of Sport. In the first five minutes, Verdão had chances with Mayke, Willian and Lucas Lima. However, it was their opponents who opened the scoring. Sport drew first blood and broke the deadlock early on thanks to a goal from Iago Maidana. Palmeiras then secured a quick comeback via goals from Willian and Zé Rafael. Both goals were scored in the space of only 13 […]
Vasco da Gama moved into fourth place in Brazil’s Serie A on Sunday with a 3-2 win over city rivals Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro. Ribamar put Vasco ahead after 35 minutes but although Matheus equalized for the home side five minutes into the second half, a quick double from German Cano and Ygor in the 71st and 73rd minutes respectively put Vasco 3-1 ahead and in the driving seat. Matheus pulled […]
The Brazilian star accused Marseille’s Alvaro Gonzalez of racism as he exited the pitch after his red card, which was earned when he slapped the defender on the back of the head in a game-ending brawl. Pitch side microphones caught Neymar making the accusation to the fourth official, and the PSG forward then repeated his assertion to a nearby camera […]
Doménec Torrent’s team had much of the game with a lot of possession in the first half in Castelão, but at the start of the second half Guto Ferreira ended the game early and put the three points in the account. Ceará’s aerials ball was an advantage in the victory against Flamengo at Castelão. At four minutes into the second half, Luiz Otávio stood […]
It was a good reaction after two consecutive defeats (São Paulo and Flamengo) and saw Tricolor Flu Fluzão further climb up the table of the Brazilian Championship. Flu’s top scorer in the season, Nene, with 17 goals, scored one goal each time. His latest brace came against a Timão who debuted coach Dyego Coelho (took over after Tiago Nunes’s dismissal). The first 15 minutes mostly dominated by Fluminense, who came to have 80% possession of the […]
Newcomer Gabriel Sara opened the scoring for Tricolor in the first half before Madson grabbed one back soon enough. Eight minutes later, Gabriel once again put his side in the lead going into the first half. It seemed as if São Paulo were going to claim a big win until Marinho struck late in extra time. Another big talking point of the game was the fact […]
It did not take long for Mikel Arteta’s men to start imposing themselves on their newly promoted opposition. Alexandre Lacazatte put his side on the front foot just eight minutes into the match after the opposition defense failed to clear their lines. Willian got his first assist for Arsenal just after eight minutes. Gabriel Magalhaes […]
A well-taken goal by Régis, in the debut of coach Ney Franco was enough to seal all three points for Raposa. The result was important to keep Cruzeiro away from the relegation zone. For Rubro-Negro, the result came as a hard blow with the team missing a good chance to break into the top four. With the need to take points off the game, Cruzeiro started better, […]
The decision looked like it was coming a long time given Timão’s recent poor performances on the pitch. Their most recent game was perhaps the final nail in the coffin for the 40-year-old. The announcement came a day after a 2-0 home loss to Palmeiras, a result that left Corinthians 13th in the 20-team standings with just two wins from eight matches. […]
The forward who played for Ceará last year, scored the two goals of the match, one in each half, and sees his tally up to eight league goals already. He is currently the competition’s top scorer by at least two goals more than Cano and Marinho tied in second place. Ceará started better off and Inter looked nervy in the opening stages of the game. In fact, it was […]
For the first time in a while, in the 9th round of the Brasileirão, Grêmio were the more dominant side in most part of the game. The team from Rio Grande do Sul got their goals from Alisson and Darlan to get all the three points, which is their first in a long period. Before the game, Mano Menezes was presented at the stadium as the new coach of […]
After Cano opened up the scoring for Vasco in the 62nd minute, Renato Kayzer scored twice within the space of 10 minutes to give Atletico a comeback victory on the evening. In the closing stages of the game, the Argentina striker’s last minute goal was overtuned after a review from VAR. Bruno Gomes was sent off before the final whistle for assaulting Matheus Vargas in the additional minutes. Cano saw his goal tally reach six in the defeat […]
Luiz Adriano, from the penalty spot, and Gabriel Veron scored Verdão goals. It was a night to forget for Timao as they finished the game with only nine men. Fagner was sent off in the first half while Danilo Avelar was shown his marching orders five minutes from time. Palmeiras started as the better side and got two early chances within the first ten minutes. The […]
The match was in doubt after Champions League finalists PSG had seven players, including star duo of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, test positive for coronavirus. Lens took full advantage on their return to the top flight as Ignatius Ganago punished goalkeeper Marcin Bulka’s error to net the winning goal. The match was played in front of 5,000 fans at Lens’ Stade Bollaert-Delelis. PSG have won seven of […]
The rumors of his appointment already made the rounds all through the week and has now finally come to an end Mano comes with a good reputation as an ex-coach of the Brazilian national team and three-time champion of the Brazil Cup. He signed a contract with Bahia until the end of 2021. Mano will follow Bahia’s next outing against Grêmio, at the Pituaçu stadium on Thursday and will start work officially on Friday at Evaristo […]
The night could have been even worse for the Tricolors. The home team took the lead, lost a penalty to extend, gave their opponent the opportunity to equalize with the mistake of goalkeeper Cleiton and lost another penalty at the end of the game. Luciano, in the top scorer race scored for São Paulo, while Raul scored for Bragantino. São Paulo started […]
Filipe Luis opened the scoring early in the first half as early as the eight minute. The full-back, after header from Arrascaeta and Muriel’s rebound was at the right place to slot in for a finish. The game started lively and the goal only made it even more so. Both sides continued to push for goals still with lots of great chances […]
Peixe opened the scoring with Arthur Gomes, with Marinho later adding a double to put his team three up and also becoming the top scorer of the Brasileirão with six goals alongside Internacional forward Thiago Galhardo, who later plays this Thursday. Galo started the game with high intensity and had five great chances in the first seven minutes of the game. Santos responded immediately with a great chance of their own, with a […]
The victory sees the South China tigers maintain their lead at the top in the Chinese Super League. Fans were once again allowed into the stadium and it continues the recent trend of few fans in stadiums since it was allowed last week. A few fans at both ends were allowed at the Tianhe Stadium. Guangzhou Evergrande started the […]
Menezes has been without a coaching job since the end of 2019 when he left Palmeiras towards the final stages of the Brazilian championship. The coach agreed with the Bahians and will now sign until the end of 2021. The 58-year-old also accumulates passages for major players in the country, such as Grêmio, Corinthians, and Cruzeiro, in addition to experience at the head of the Brazil national team before his […]
He joins the Turkish giants on an initial two-year deal with an option to extend further for another year. The deal was initially announced by Lyon before Istanbul Basaksehir also did the same on social media. Rafael departed Olympique Lyonnais on a free transfer after the club agreed to mutually terminate his contract which had just 12 months remaining to run. The 30-year-old travelled to […]
