Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus said his side can sleep in peace after they sealed a quarter-final spot at Rio 2016 with a 4-0 victory over Denmark.
The Palmeiras star, who will join Manchester City in January, scored the second goal as the host nation dispatched the visitors in Salvador to finish top of Group A.
Having received heavy criticism following 0-0 draws with South Africa and Iraq, Brazil turned on the style on Thursday, with Gabriel Barbosa and Luan also on the scoresheet in a stylish display at the packed Fonte Nova Arena.
And Gabriel, who was delighted with their performance, conceded that keeping their medal hopes alive was a huge weight off their shoulders.
I feel more than relief, he said, as quoted by Globoesporte. In all the interviews I v…
Prediction: Panathinaikos to win by a three-goal margin
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Panathinaikos and Botev Plovdiv will lock horns with each other in the UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round this week. The first leg of the tie between the Super League Greece club and the Bulgarian First Professional Football League side will be held at the Olympic Stadium in Athens and is scheduled to kick off at 7 pm UK time on Thursday.
Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos are one of the biggest clubs in Greece and one of the most successful as well. The Greens have won the Greek Super League as many as 20 times, although they last clinched the title back in 2009-10. They also have won the Green Super Cup on three occasions and reached the final of the European Cup in 1971.…
Most of the European seasons have already ended and the ones that haven’t – France and Italy, for instance – only have one match left on their respective schedules. This means it’s time for balance.
Now we will look at teams that impressed throughout the season. Either due to their play or their finishing position on the standings, here are three sides that turned heads during the 2018-19 European campaign.
Atalanta
Undoubtedly, Atalanta have been the most surprising side during the 2018-19 Serie A season. They had been flirting with a top status in past season, but they’ve made the jump this season. And being honest, they’re not going to leave that status any time soon. If we look at things closely, we can see Atalanta have built a team to compete for a lo…
Fabio Capello has described the manner of England s World Cup exit in 2010 as the biggest disappointment of his distinguished managerial career.
The Italian was the man in charge of the Three Lions as they were dumped out of the second round of the tournament in South Africa following a 4-1 defeat to Germany.
However, it could have been a different story for England as officials failed to award a goal to Frank Lampard with the score at 2-1 despite the ball clearly crossing the line.
The incident is one of the factors that led to the introduction of goalline technology, but it is a decision that still rankles with Capello.
As a coach, the biggest disappointment was with England in 2010, when Frank Lampard s goal wasn’t given, the 69-year-old told La Gaz…
Sunday night is capped off with a classic NFC South battle between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New Orleans Saints. The Saints (6-7) are clinging to their playoff hopes and will be thin on the O-line while the Bucs (10-3) are hunting for the no. 1 spot and a first-round bye.
Can Taysom Hill and Alvin Kamara generate any offense against Tampa Bay? Can the Buccaneers pick up their first regular-season win vs. NOLA in seven attempts? Find out in our free player props and predictions for Saints vs. Buccaneers.
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NFL Week 10 throws a little bit of everything at teams, including an early morning game in Germany. Football bettors need to be conscious of not just which clubs are clashing on that schedule but how the sked itself could impact the outcome.
Situational handicapping — AKA spot bets — is a great layer of analysis to add to your process of picking the best NFL bets each week, going beyond the metrics and matchups, and finding some underlying edges and booby traps hiding in the schedule.
Here are my NFL spot bets to watch for in Week 10.
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The Minnesota Vikings have lost two of their last three, with their lone win coming in last week’s disgusting 3-0 victory. Josh Dobbs, who originally lit up the scoreboard for the Vikings following their trade for him after Kirk Cousin’s season-ending injury, has been benched and backup Nick Mullens will get the start as an underdog in the NFL odds.
They will take on the Cincinnati Bengals, who have won two straight with backup Jake Browning under center. He’s averaged 315 passing yards during that time.
Which backup quarterback will rise to the occasion and help make their team make an improbable playoff push?
Continue reading for free NFL prop picks and predictions for the Vikings and Bengals Week 15 matchup on Saturday, December 16. And don’t forget …
The Minnesota Vikings have had a hellacious week on the injury front. J.J. McCarthy opted for a full meniscus repair that will sideline him for all of 2024 and Jordan Addison was spotted in a boot following Wednesday’s practice.
My Vikings vs. Browns prediction has us backing a deep Browns roster against the undermanned Vikings. Find out more in my NFL picks for today’s preseason action!
Vikings vs Browns prediction
My best betBrowns -4.5 (-110 at FanDuel)
My analysisThe preseason is all about picking up moral victories and after the Minnesota Vikings secured their first preseason win since 2019 last week, they had exactly that. But just as things were looking up, Minnesota experienced a week from hell.
J.J. McCarthy w…
Like a bird seeking shelter in the hours before a storm, Sinisa Mihajlovic knew trouble was coming and yet was powerless to stop it. “Let’s talk about something else,” he said, cursing freely, after being asked on Friday about Bologna’s success in keeping back-to-back clean sheets.
“Now we’re just inviting bad luck … if we concede a goal tomorrow, I’m going to get mad with you guys,’ he said. “What even is this? When we don’t concede for 20 games in a row, then we can talk about this stuff. Not after two games.”
A day later, Bologna were blown away by Hurricane Inter: conceding not one goal, but six. Denzel Dumfries arrived at gale force – or about as close to them as we can expect a person…
Beer thrown from the crowd caused a 15-minute stoppage to PSV Eindhoven’s 3-0 home win over Ajax on Sunday – the second such incident of the weekend in the Dutch Eredivisie.
A cup of beer was hurled towards the pitch by a spectator, causing an immediate halt to the game in line with new policies aimed at stamping out bad behaviour in the stands. A similar incident on Saturday caused the abandonment of the league match between second-from-bottom Groningen and NEC Nijmegen, when a plastic cup of beer struck the assistant referee.
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The Groningen v NEC match is expected to be completed behind closed doors. Sunday’s match was only halted tempor…