Andrea Lai traveled from Italy to Northern Ireland to see Coleraine FC play after playing as the team on the video game Football Manager. Source link

Available for 29 days Who has been the best player in the Scottish Premiership this season? And what say will Motherwell have on the title? Hearts forwards Claudio Braga and Lawrence Shankland, and Motherwell duo Elijah Just and Tawanda Maswanhise are the four nominees for PFA Scotland’s Premiership player of the year award. Should anyone […]

A clear trend in world football has been the increase in man-to-man defending, something Premier League coaches Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta have stressed all season. With Luis Enrique’s team constantly moving around the pitch, opponents tasked with following their man eventually lose their player, either unintentionally or purposefully deciding to retreat when being pulled […]

3. Julian Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) Atletico Madrid’s trip to Arsenal in the league phase feels a long time ago, but it will stick in their mind not just for the four goals they shipped, but for their struggles in attack. Atletico produced only 0.32 xG from open play in that defeat and managed only one […]

Manchester United hold their nerve as first-half goals from Casemiro and Benjamin Sesko are enough for them to win an entertaining encounter with Brentford. Source link

Manchester United interim boss Michael Carrick says that his side’s goal is “to finish as high up the league as possible” following their 2-1 win against Brentford at Old Trafford. Source link

Which Scottish councils are taking the day off in June – and will it mean closing schools? Source link

Newcastle will explore selling Yoane Wissa in the summer, Liam Delap wants to stay and fight for his Chelsea career and Barcelona contact Atletico Madrid over a possible transfer for Julian Alvarez. Newcastle will explore selling DR Congo forward Yoane Wissa in the summer, less than a year after signing the 29-year-old for a fee […]

Before all that though, there needs to be a decision about Carrick. Many feel delivering a return to the Champions League – it was predicted after his first two games against Manchester City and Chelsea that his side would be in the bottom half of the table – should be enough to secure him a […]

Piero Hincapie (Arsenal): I thought he had a tough time against Manchester City last week and Antoine Semenyo gave him a bit of bother when he kept going directly at him. I thought Newcastle would use the same blueprint, but he just shut everybody down. Great defensively, big moments with headers and blocks. Really, really […]