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6 months ago

NED v FRA, Euro 2024: Why was the Xavi Simons goal disallowed in Netherlands vs France?

The first goal of the Netherlands against France in a Group D match of Euro 2024, hit by Xavi Simons, was overruled by the referee to the dismay of the Oranje, at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig in Germany on Friday. However, referee Anthony Taylor, after a long conversation with the Video Assistant Referee concluded that it was a …

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6 months ago

Netherlands vs France, Euro 2024: VAR disallows Simons’ goal, top talking points

The Hindu

READ MATCH REPORT | France and Netherlands play out first goalless draw of Euro 2024 Poland eliminated The goalless draw between France and Netherlands mean that Robert Lewandowski’s Poland becomes the first team to be eliminated from Euro 2024. The first goal of the Netherlands against France in a Group D match of Euro 2024, hit by Xavi Simons, was …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Radar – The Athletic’s Euro 2024 scouting guide

New York Times

Welcome to The Radar — the Euro 2024 edition. NATION Albania Austria Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England France Georgia Germany Hungary Italy Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Turkey Ukraine CLUB AC Milan Al Nassr Arsenal Aston Villa Atalanta Athletic Bilbao Atletico Madrid Barcelona Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Benfica Dinamo Zagreb Feyenoord Girona Inter Milan …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Barcelona show the kids are all right

Hindustan Times

Joao Cancelo stood on the LED boards with ears cupped, asking for a reaction louder than what he had heard at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium. Early in the second leg of the pre-quarter final against Napoli, which Barcelona won 3-1 and the tie 4-2 on aggregate to make the Champions League quarter-final for the first time in four seasons, …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Clubs should be queuing up to sign Luka Modric, Rafa Benitez could take Celta Vigo down and the stats show Xavi was right... THINGS WE LEARNED from LaLiga

Daily Mail

Girona closed the gap on Real Madrid when they beat Rayo Vallecano on Monday night. WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT BELOW Girona leapfrogged Barcelona back into second place after an emphatic victory against Rayo Sergio Ramos and Sevilla suffered defeat at the hands of his former club leaders Real Madrid Guadalupe Porras was running the line during Betis v Athletic Club …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Barcelona faces tricky game at Celta Vigo before focusing on Napoli trip

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Xavi Hernández will have one more chance to get his Barcelona playing well before its first Champions League knockout-round game in three years. Barcelona crosses northern Spain to Celta Vigo on Saturday, four days before it travels to Napoli in the Champions League round of 16. “We cannot have any more slips.” At first glance, the game …

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1 year ago

Xavi under pressure as Barcelona visits Valencia after two straight defeats

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Another poor performance by Barcelona in a defeat at modest Antwerp has increased the pressure on Xavi Hernández to turn things around. “No Forgiveness” was Mundo Deportivo’s headline, while Sport went with “Enough Is Enough!” “The defeat that really hurt was the one against Girona,” Xavi said this week after trying to find the bright side of …

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1 year ago

Last-place Antwerp bids farewell to the Champions League in style with a 3-2 win against Barcelona

Associated Press

ANTWERP, Belgium — Last-place Antwerp bid farewell to the Champions League in style with a 3-2 win over Barcelona on Wednesday after 17-year-old forward George Ilenikhena scored in second-half stoppage time. Ferran Torres leveled for the Spanish champions before Antwerp forward Vincent Janssen made it 2-1 in the second half. Marc Guiu silenced the home fans in added time from …

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1 year ago

Barcelona beats Porto 2-1 to return to knockout stage of Champions League

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Two former Benfica players teamed up against Porto to help put Barcelona back in the knockout stage of the Champions League. Portuguese duo João Félix and João Cancelo each scored a goal as Barcelona defeated Porto 2-1 on Tuesday to secure its return to the knockout rounds after two consecutive group-stage eliminations. “We needed to be back …

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1 year ago

Xavi calls on Barcelona fans for vital Champions League tie with Porto

The Hindu

Barcelona has another chance to secure qualification for the knockout rounds of the Champions League when it hosts Porto, and Xavi Hernandez’s side needs the fans’ support for this vital game, the manager said on Monday. It’s important that they are with the team.” Barca also failed to win its most recent La Liga game, drawing 1-1 at Rayo Vallecano …

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1 year ago

Barcelona looks to regain best form and secure return to knockout stage of Champions League

Associated Press

MADRID — A win against Porto will be enough to put Barcelona back in the knockout rounds of the Champions League after two consecutive group-stage eliminations. Barcelona is coming off a stretch that includes a 1-0 loss to Shakhtar Donetsk in its last Champions League game, and a 1-1 draw at Rayo Vallecano in its previous Spanish league match. “We …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Injuries and Clasico no excuse for Barca, says Xavi

The Hindu

Barcelona cannot use its injury crisis and its upcoming league game against Real Madrid as excuses for a poor performance in a midweek Champions League clash against Shakhtar Donetsk, coach Xavi Hernandez warned on Tuesday. Barcelona tops Champions League Group H with six points after winning its first two games without conceding a goal. Despite its more comfortable position in …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Porto chance for Barca to prove progress in Xavi’s 100th game

The Hindu

After consecutive premature and humiliating Champions League exits, Barcelona visits Porto on Wednesday aiming to make a statement in its trickiest group stage fixture. “We have the capacity, the confidence, but in the next game we have what I would say is the hardest game.” The clash at the Estadio Do Dragao against Porto, who did make it through the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

UEFA Champions League: Man City begins title defence, Barcelona looks for winning start

The Hindu

A look at what’s happening in European football on Tuesday: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Lazio vs. Atletico Madrid Diego Simeone brings his Atletico to the Stadio Olimpico and Lazio, the club he won four trophies with as a player, including Serie A in 2000. Young Boys vs. Leipzig Leipzig is coming into form just in time for the Champions League, where it …

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1 year, 5 months ago

RB Leipzig sign Dutch midfielder Simons on one-year loan from PSG

The Hindu

Germany’s RB Leipzig has signed Netherlands midfielder Xavi Simons on a one-year loan from French champion Paris St Germain, both clubs said on Wednesday. “We have been able to sign an exceptional young talent in Xavi Simons,” Leipzig’s Board Member for Sport Max Eberl told the club website. “He is one of the top attacking midfielders in his age group …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Gundogan ready to be a mentor for Barcelona’s young midfielders

The Hindu

Barcelona’s new midfielder Ilkay Gundogan said it was an easy decision to join the Spanish giant mainly because of the role he expects to take as a mentor for the team’s young squad. He captained the English club to the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League treble last season, ending a successful seven-year stint in England where he won …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Clash of Barcelona and Manchester United Underlines Soaring Revivals

News 18

Barcelona host Manchester United Thursday in a match-up which has twice graced the Champions League final but this week has the relative ignominy of taking place in the Europa League play-off round. Barcelona and Manchester United are both building under exciting coaches in Erik ten Hag and Xavi Hernandez and aiming to return to Europe’s elite imminently. We have a …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Ansu Fati, Barcelona’s brilliant record breaker, and the injury that changed everything

New York Times

“Mum, I’m going to the first team,” Ansu Fati exclaimed over the phone when he heard the news. “Ansu Fati has something special — it’s not normal for anybody to score so many goals so soon,” Valverde said after the game against Valencia. “This is what the scientific criteria and that’s OK.” Fati was due to return to the field …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Eniola Aluko joins fans in praising Gavi for becoming Spain's youngest ever World Cup goalscorer

Daily Mail

Gavi made history on Wednesday evening by becoming the youngest Spain player to have scored in a World Cup after finding the back of the net against Costa Rica. Gavi scored Spain's fifth goal of the evening by firing the ball past goalkeeper Keylor Navas from outside the box during their Group E fixture at the Al Thumama stadium. Gavi …

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2 years, 1 month ago

‘Uruguay and Barcelona will decide on Araujo’s fitness for World Cup’: Xavi

The Hindu

Barcelona and Uruguay will take a joint decision on Ronald Araujo’s fitness as the defender looks to recover in time for the World Cup later this month, the LaLiga club’s manager Xavi Hernandez said on Monday. If he tells you he is well, it is because his body feels that way.” Catch the latest updates and news from the FIFA …

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2 years, 1 month ago

World Cup 2022: Qatar has little enthusiasm for its own domestic leagues

Daily Mail

Best of luck to anyone among Qatar's 2.8million population seeking to avoid the World Cup being held in their country this month. Enormous banners featuring stars such as Brazil's Neymar adorn skyscrapers in Doha as Qatar prepares to host the World Cup later on this month England's Harry Kane and Holland's Virgil van Dijk look out from towers in downtown …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Xavi insists Barcelona are Europa League 'favourites'

Daily Mail

Xavi has insisted that Barcelona are now favourites to win the Europa League after their disappointing early Champions League exit. The Catalan giants finished third in Group C of Europe's elite competition behind Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, meaning they failed to reach the last-16, and will now drop into the Europa League. Xavi insists Barcelona are favourites to win …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Barcelona faces reality after 2nd straight CL flop

Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain — Different players, same results, but even more embarrassing. For the second year in a row, Barcelona’s Champions League campaign ended in the group stage on Wednesday, and this year’s flop is much harder to deal with. The mortgaging of Barcelona’s future in exchange for 866 million euros in hand allowed club president Joan Laporta to spend big …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Barcelona are staring at a 'miracle or hell' with their Champions League fate in Inter's hands

Daily Mail

Barcelona could be eliminated from the Champions League later this evening Former Spain goalkeeper Santi Canizares summed up Barca's plight on Spanish radio on Tuesday night when he said: ‘If I’m sat at home and my neighbour appears at my window and tells me to look out for a flying donkey I dismiss him as an idiot and don’t take …

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NED v FRA, Euro 2024: Why was the Xavi Simons goal disallowed in Netherlands vs France?

Netherlands vs France, Euro 2024: VAR disallows Simons’ goal, top talking points

The Radar – The Athletic’s Euro 2024 scouting guide

Barcelona show the kids are all right

Clubs should be queuing up to sign Luka Modric, Rafa Benitez could take Celta Vigo down and the stats show Xavi was right... THINGS WE LEARNED from LaLiga

Barcelona faces tricky game at Celta Vigo before focusing on Napoli trip

Xavi under pressure as Barcelona visits Valencia after two straight defeats

Last-place Antwerp bids farewell to the Champions League in style with a 3-2 win against Barcelona

Barcelona beats Porto 2-1 to return to knockout stage of Champions League

Xavi calls on Barcelona fans for vital Champions League tie with Porto

Barcelona looks to regain best form and secure return to knockout stage of Champions League

Injuries and Clasico no excuse for Barca, says Xavi

Porto chance for Barca to prove progress in Xavi’s 100th game

UEFA Champions League: Man City begins title defence, Barcelona looks for winning start

RB Leipzig sign Dutch midfielder Simons on one-year loan from PSG

Gundogan ready to be a mentor for Barcelona’s young midfielders

Clash of Barcelona and Manchester United Underlines Soaring Revivals

Ansu Fati, Barcelona’s brilliant record breaker, and the injury that changed everything

Eniola Aluko joins fans in praising Gavi for becoming Spain's youngest ever World Cup goalscorer

‘Uruguay and Barcelona will decide on Araujo’s fitness for World Cup’: Xavi

World Cup 2022: Qatar has little enthusiasm for its own domestic leagues

Xavi insists Barcelona are Europa League 'favourites'

Barcelona faces reality after 2nd straight CL flop

Barcelona are staring at a 'miracle or hell' with their Champions League fate in Inter's hands