Antoine Griezmann scored a crucial away goal to send Atletico Madrid into the Champions League final despite a 2-1 semi-final second-leg defeat to Bayern Munich at Allianz Arena on Tuesday.
Atletico held a 1-0 aggregate advantage from the first leg at Vicente Calderon, but Xabi Alonso
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cancelled it out when his free-kick found the back of the net following a deflection off Jose Maria Gimenez.
Bayern had been relentless in their pressing and were offered the chance to lead the tie for the first time when referee Cuneyt Cakir awarded them a penalty following Gimenez s foul on Javi Martinez.
However, Thomas Muller, back in the line-up after being benched for the meeting in Madrid, was denied from the spot by Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak.
Muller s …
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique cannot guarantee Neymar will be representing Brazil at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro later this year.
Neymar, who was part of the squad that lost the final of the 2012 London Games to Mexico, has stated his intentions to be one of Brazil s three permitted over-age players at the Olympics on home soil in August.
However, with a special centennial edition of the Copa America set to take place in the United States in June, Luis Enrique does not want one of his stars to be burned out for the 2016-17 season.
The Olympic Games in your own country is something special for any sportsperson, no matter what the sport, said Luis Enrique, who won a gold medal with Spain at the 1992 Barcelona Games.
[Neymar] already has a prio…
“Of course Lozano and Bergwijn are interesting players, but €30m for Hirving and €20m for Steven, we will not pay that. We have indeed paid a lot of money for Richarlison, but he is 21 years old and has already shown it in the Premier League.”
Those are the words of Everton club director Marcel Brands, who has spoken about the possibility of bringing Hirving Lozano to Goodison Park. Lozano made the switch over to Dutch football with PSV Eindhoven from Pachuca back in 2017, but it seems as if a possible move over to English football still has a few bumps in the road.
Everton fans have expressed their desire to see the club add a few more reinforcements during the January transfer window, but it doesn’t appear as if there’s anything concrete just yet. With the…
Leeds United have signed Poland international Mateusz Klich from Twente and handed the midfielder a three-year contract.
Klich is the first signing for new head coach Thomas Christiansen, who took charge at Elland Road last week.
Reports suggest Leeds have paid around £1.5million to bring in the 27-year-old from the Eredivisie side.
I am very happy to have signed for such a huge club and I m looking forward to playing in the famous white shirt, Klich told Leeds website after the move was completed on Friday.
I am excited to come to England and test myself in the Championship. I can t wait to get going.
The team came close to promotion last season so hopefully we can go one better. I m looking forward to meeting my new team-mates next week a…