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In what could prove to be a cagey affair on Saturday night, Guarani will welcome Operario to the Estadio Brinco de Ouro.

Starting with the hosts, while some in Guarani’s camp might have opened up the 2024 campaign with their sights set on mounting a genuine promotion charge, the Bugre have continued to show a string of extended issues. Last seen earlier in the week putting in another worrying performance as they slumped to a routine 3-0 drumming away at Mirassol, Umberto Louzer’s men sit rock-bottom of the table and are desperately seeking some kind of boost. Although the Greens might have secured a much-welcomed 2-0 victory against Botofago SP on May 11th, that is the only Serie B win that Guarani have claimed fro…

Ronald Koeman has called on former club Barcelona to show Xavi more support than he received in the Camp Nou dugout and defended his own record with the Blaugrana.

Koeman spent just over a year in the Camp Nou dugout before being sacked in October 2021, winning the Copa del Ray last season but overseeing a third-place finish in LaLiga and the departure of legendary attacker Lionel Messi.

Barca sat ninth in the top flight when the Dutchman departed, but are now favourites to secure Champions League qualification after Xavi oversaw an upturn in results. 

However, the Catalan giants recently lost three successive home games for just the second time in their illustrious history, and Koeman says club president Joan Laporta must show Xavi more support than he was gran…

AC Milan great Alessandro Nesta believes the club are benefiting from their emphasis in youth as the Serie A giants look to emerge from Juventus shadow.

Milan suffered a steady downward spiral after winning the Scudetto in 2010-11, taking a back seat to five-time defending champions Juventus, but with Vincenzo Montella at the helm and a strong core of home-grown talent, the 18-time Serie A winners are dreaming again.

Spearheaded by teenage sensation goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, seen as the heir to Gianluigi Buffon in the Italian national team, 18-year-old midfielder Manuel Locatelli and Chelsea target Alessio Romagnoli, renewed optimism abounds among the Rossoneri.

And Nesta a pillar of Milan s two-time Champions League winning vintage coached by Carlo Ancelo…

Former FA Cup winners Coventry City were dumped out of the competition after losing 2-1 to Conference North side Worcester City on Sunday.

League One Coventry sit 64 places above Worcester in the English football pyramid, but they were undone by their non-league opposition, who made the most of having a numerical advantage for 51 minutes.

Coventry goalkeeper Lee Burge was dismissed six minutes before the break following an altercation with Daniel Nti and Sean Geddes converted the resulting spot-kick to give the visitors the lead.

The hosts were given a lifeline when James Maddison won a debatable penalty, but Reda Johnson saw his effort saved by Nathan Vaughan and Worcester capitalised just after the break.

Geddes found the net for a second time with a fi…

Jude Bellingham became the second player to score at the World Cup and European Championship before turning 21, with the opening goal against Serbia at Euro 2024.

The Real Madrid midfielder opened the Three Lions account in Germany, heading home Bukayo Saka s cross in the 13th minute of the Group C clash.

Bellingham followed in the footsteps of compatriot Michael Owen, who found the net at the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship before turning 21.

The first European player to make an appearance at three major international tournaments before turning 21, the 20-year-old is also the first Three Lions player to score at both tournaments while playing his club football outside England.

His strike, timed at 12 minutes and 11 seconds, was also the qui…

Tottenham Hotspur are set to offer Erik Lamela a new contract, according to the Independent.

A number of clubs across Europe have been linked with a move for the Argentina international, who has impressed for the North London club this season after coming back from injury.

The twenty-six year old has played twenty-one times in the league this season though he is yet to complete ninety minutes and hasn’t registered a goal nevertheless he looks set to be offered a one-year extension to his current deal after a clause in his contract was triggered.

In total Lamela has played one hundred and forty-four times in all competitions since signing from Roma in the summer of 2013, scoring twenty-one goals.

Internationally he has been capped twenty-three times…

Manchester City could be set to make a sensational move for Jack Wilshere,.

The England international is currently on a season-long loan with Bournemouth after falling out of favor with parent club Arsenal.

City boss Pep Guardiola has been an admirer of the England international since his days as Barcelona manager, after the midfielder dominated in a clash between the Spanish giants and the Gunners in 2011.

Since arriving on the South Coast, Wilshere has racked up twenty-one appearances in all competitions while he has played one hundred and fifty-nine times for his parent club, scoring twelve goals.

Internationally, he has been capped thirty-four times for his country, scoring twice and was part of the squads that attended the 2014 World Cup final…

Juventus are destined to win the Champions League and Barcelona will not be able to prevent the Serie A champions march to Cardiff.

That is the conviction of former Juve star Gianluca Vialli, who skippered Juve to European glory in 1996 and believes Massimiliano Allegri s side are the strongest team on the continent.

Juve defeated Barca 3-0 in the first leg of their quarter-final tie and head to Camp Nou as strong favourites to progress on Wednesday, despite the hosts well-known powers of recovery.

Allegri has the strongest team in Europe, ex-Chelsea boss Vialli told La Gazzetta dello Sport.

If Juventus eliminate Barcelona, the self-esteem will grow. After such a step, you feel like a dragon.

in the zone for .

— JuventusFC (@juventu…

La Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting that Champions League holders Real Madrid are keeping close tabs on Napoli midfielder Piotr Zielinski.

The Polish footballer has enjoyed an excellent start to his career at Stadio San Paolo, producing 6 goals and 7 assists in 45 competitive outings.

His very good showings did not go unnoticed and to show their interest in his services.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Real Madrid are also casting admiring glances towards Zielinski, but head coach Maurizio Sarri has no intention of selling his prized asset.

Piotr Zielinski, 22, moved to Italy back in 2011, joining Udinese from Zaglebie Lubin, while he also enjoyed a successful loan stint with Empoli.

His suitors Real Madrid will contest a Champions League…

With the likes of Ibrahim Afellay already on the books and Xherdan Shaqiri expected to sign soon, Stoke City can make a genuine bid for European qualification, according to Charlie Adam.

After losing 1-0 at home to Liverpool on Sunday described by Adam as only one game the gloss may have been taken off Stoke s close-season recruitment, which saw Afellay, Marco van Ginkel, Joselu and Glen Johnson arrive at the Britannia Stadium.

But Adam remains excited about the potential of Mark Hughes Stoke squad, with the latter having confirmed on Monday that talks have resumed to sign Switzerland international Shaqiri from Inter.

Shaqiri would be Hughes 10th signing since last season, and Adam said Stoke have built a squad that can challenge for the UEFA Europa League at lea…