Новости за 18.09.2018

Lionel Messi broke a tie with Cristiano Ronaldo as his eighth Champions League treble made him the most prolific hat-trick scorer in the competition's history, and Ernesto Valverde hailed him for "making the extraordinary routine" after Barcelona's 4-0 win over PSV. The Argentina superstar had been level with Ronaldo, but lit up Camp Nou with an incredible performance in Tuesday's Group B encounter. Barca had struggled for the opening half hour, but a vintage Messi free-kick broke the deadlock and... Читать дальше...

After a difficult start to 2018-19, Luciano Spalletti believes Inter's stunning comeback against Tottenham will give his side huge self-belief. The Nerazzurri came into Tuesday's Champions League Group B opener with just one win from their first four Serie A outings of the campaign. And it looked as though their toils would continue at San Siro as, with five minutes remaining, they trailed 1-0 to Christian Eriksen's deflected effort. But Mauro Icardi's sensational first-time volley from 20 yards levelled matters... Читать дальше...

Iker Casillas made Champions League history after starting for Porto in their Group D clash with Schalke on Tuesday. Casillas - who already holds the record for number of Champions League appearances - made his debut in the tournament against Olympiacos on 15 September 1999, becoming the youngest goalkeeper ever to feature in the competition at the time, aged 18 years and 177 days. In May 2000, Casillas became the youngest keeper to win a Champions League final when Real Madrid beat Valencia 3–0... Читать дальше...

Massimiliano Allegri and Giorgio Chiellini defended Douglas Costa after the Juventus winger was banned for four Serie A games after spitting at an opponent. Costa will serve a suspension for spitting in the face of Sassuolo's Federico Di Francesco on Sunday, also headbutting and elbowing the attacker during the clash. Allegri previously suggested Costa was provoked, while Di Francesco furiously denied reports he racially abused the Brazil international. And Allegri indicated he wants to move on from the incident... Читать дальше...

Roberto Firmino will start Liverpool's Champions League tie against Paris Saint-Germain on the bench after sustaining an eye injury at the weekend. The Brazil striker was poked in the eye by Jan Vertonghen during Saturday's 2-1 win over Tottenham and, despite Jurgen Klopp hinting he would be fit, has been named among the substitutes. Daniel Sturridge starts in the competition for the first time since March 2012 as he gets the chance to impress alongside Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, while Jordan Henderson is included in place of Naby Keita. Читать дальше...

Niko Kovac applauded Renato Sanches for making "great strides" psychologically since returning to Bayern Munich from his Swansea City loan spell and suggested he could face his former side Benfica on Wednesday. After emerging as a highly rated prospect at Benfica and helping Portugal to Euro 2016 success, Sanches joined Bayern to great fanfare ahead of the 2016-17 season. But he struggled to adapt and rarely impressed in his 17 Bundesliga appearances, getting shipped out in a temporary deal to the Premier League last term as a result... Читать дальше...

Jose Mourinho has told Manchester United to be inspired by Roger Federer and ignore concerns over the pitch in their Champions League meeting with Young Boys. Mourinho will not risk Antonio Valencia due to concerns over the Swiss side's artificial surface, with the right-back having missed the start of the Premier League season with a knee injury. He will sit out United's Group H opener at the Stade de Suisse on Wednesday, which could hand right-back Diogo Dalot his debut for the club. And Mourinho... Читать дальше...

Douglas Costa has been banned for four matches after spitting at Federico Di Francesco in a match between Juventus and Sassuolo, Lega Serie A confirmed.

David de Gea does not listen to "stupid things" critics say about his performances for Manchester United and Spain. The goalkeeper came under fire during the World Cup, making just one save for his country at Russia 2018 while a bad mistake allowed Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo to score in a 3-3 draw. De Gea has rediscovered his form since returning to United for the 2018-19 campaign, although he has only kept one clean sheet in five Premier League matches so far. And the 27-year-old, regarded as one of the finest keepers in the world... Читать дальше...

Benjamin Mendy remains a doubt for Manchester City's Champions League Group F opener against Lyon on Wednesday but Sergio Aguero returned to training with his team-mates. Mendy sat out Saturday's 3-0 Premier League win over Fulham due to a knee complaint and missed Tuesday's session at the City Football Academy. The France left-back missed the majority of last season after undergoing cruciate knee ligament surgery. Aguero was substituted shortly after setting up Raheem Sterling's goal early in... Читать дальше...

Words: Andrew Murray, Nick Moore, James Maw25. Dinamo Zagreb 1-7 LyonGroup stage, 2011/12Hands up if you can tell us who scored the Champions League’s fastest hat-trick. Hands up if you were at a freezing cold Maksimir Stadium that December night to watch Lyon frontman Bafetimbi Gomis put hosts Dinamo Zagreb to the sword 7-1? Er, we suspected not.Needing a second-placed Ajax to lose against Real Madrid and a seven-goal swing to reach the knockout stage, Lyon trailed to Mateo Kovacic’s rebound before all hell broke loose. Читать дальше...

Frank Lampard has been fined £2,000 after the Derby County manager was hit with an improper conduct charge from the Football Association (FA). Lampard was sent off during Derby's Championship defeat to Rotherham United on Saturday, the first time the former England midfielder has been dismissed since taking his maiden managerial job. The former England international accepted the charge and the FA confirmed a "standard penalty" had been handed out to Lampard, who left his technical area during the game. Читать дальше...

Serie B has been suspended as a row following the financial collapse of three teams continues. The Italian second tier got under way with 19 teams after financial issues at Bari, Avellino and Cesena prevented the teams from taking their place. Siena, Novara, Catania, Ternana and Pro Vercelli protested against the decision not to replace those clubs with sides from the third division, leading to the start of Serie C being delayed. Fixtures took place in both Serie B and Serie C over the weekend... Читать дальше...

Federico Di Francesco has denied provoking Douglas Costa into spitting at him and rejected suggestions he racially abused the Juventus star. Costa was dismissed at the end of Sassuolo's Serie A loss to Juventus, in which Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice, after clashing with Di Francesco in shocking fashion. The Brazil international elbowed and headbutted his opponent before spitting in the face of Di Francesco and Costa was sent off following a VAR review. Costa apologised for the incident on social... Читать дальше...

Kashima Antlers cruised into the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League as a 3-0 win at Tianjin Quanjian secured a 5-0 aggregate thumping. The J.League side prevailed 2-0 on home soil late last month and when Serginho, who netted the second in that victory, scored the opener in Tuesday's return leg in the 13th minute, the tie was as good as over. The Brazilian met captain Yasushi Endo's right-wing corner inside the six-yard box, beating Tianjin goalkeeper Zhang Lu's weak attempted punch to nod into the unguarded goal. Читать дальше...

Real Madrid cannot live off the memory of Cristiano Ronaldo's exploits as they begin their latest bid for Champions League glory, according to captain Sergio Ramos. Madrid face Roma in their opening group-stage match on Wednesday, having lifted Europe's premier competition in each of the past three seasons and four of the last five. Ronaldo was a key component in all of those triumphs but the five-time Ballon d'Or winner's decision to join Juventus has left Ramos leading a new-look Madrid under head coach Julen Lopetegui. Читать дальше...

On Wednesday, Memphis Depay will take to the pitch in Manchester once more –a place he fled 18 months ago as a beleaguered, belittled novice who had been brought hurtling down to earth. The 24-year-old returns as nothing of the sort.Depay has now spent the same amount of time at Lyon – a season-and-a-half – as he did at Manchester United...but that’s where the similarities between those two portions of his career end. Since arriving in France, he has clocked up twice as many minutes on the pitch... Читать дальше...

Manchester City first team coach Mikel Arteta has rejected the notion that his club are favourites for Champions League glory this season, insisting that holders Real Madrid remain the team to beat. Arteta will take over the managerial reins for City's Group F opener against Lyon on Wednesday as Pep Guardiola serves a ban following his sending off during last April's quarter-final second-leg defeat to Liverpool. Madrid have won the tournament in four of the past five years, including each of the last three... Читать дальше...

Sergio Ramos urged Atletico Madrid head coach Diego Simeone to teach Antoine Griezmann some "values" after the France star talked up his Ballon d'Or ambitions. Griezmann hit a brace in Atleti's 3-0 Europa League final win over Marseille in May before starring in France's march to World Cup glory. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have shared world football's most celebrated individual prize for the past decade, although Griezmann answered in the affirmative when asked by AS whether he now sat at the "top table" alongside the esteemed duo. Читать дальше...

Having been overlooked for the vacant Arsenal position before the season, Mikel Arteta will get the chance to stand in for Pep Guardiola in Manchester City's Champions League opener. City face Lyon at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday but they will do so without their talismanic manager, who is serving a suspension following his sending off in the quarter-final second-leg defeat at the hands of Liverpool last April. Arteta faced the media on Tuesday and fielded questions on his own managerial ambitions... Читать дальше...

Mesut Ozil's agent has hit back at Manuel Neuer, Thomas Muller and Toni Kroos for their reaction to his client's retirement from international duty with Germany. Ozil stepped down following Die Mannschaft's shock group-stage elimination at the World Cup, issuing a statement that claimed he has suffered "racism and disrespect". The Arsenal playmaker, who is of Turkish descent, was criticised for his decision to meet with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan alongside team-mate Ilkay Gundogan prior to the tournament. Читать дальше...

Had you asked a hundred Santos fans to identify the club’s brightest star at the start of 2010, you wouldn't have received anything close to a unanimous response.A good chunk of the vote would likely have gone to Paulo Henrique Ganso, the elegant playmaker with a topographer’s mastery of space. Robinho, back at the Vila Belmiro on loan from Manchester City, would also have been a popular choice. A few contrary types might even have chosen Arouca or Wesley, the side’s midfield dynamos, or arch goalhanger... Читать дальше...

Bolton Wanderers defender Stephen Darby has been forced to retire aged 29 after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. The former Liverpool youth academy product joined Bolton from Bradford City ahead of 2017-18, making three Championship appearances last season. Darby, who married Manchester City and England defender Steph Houghton in June, announced the news of his retirement on Tuesday, after being diagnosed with the illness by a specialist. "It is with great sadness that I announce my... Читать дальше...

We’re going to go out on a limb and say that most of you will get the top two players on this list. Frankly, nobody comes close to the Portuguese flexer and his diminutive Argentinepal when it comes to banging home goals in the Champions League since its 1992 rebrand.As you go down the listit gets trickier, of course. But it’s a sign of the modern diversity of the competition that so many countries are represented here (and this isn't even every nationality to score!).Take the Brazilian, English... Читать дальше...

Newcastle 3-2 Barcelona, 1997/98In 1997, Europe’s top competition broke with 40 years of tradition and ceased to be exclusively the fare of champions. Eight league runners-up from Europe’s strongest leagues were admitted to pit themselves against the continent’s best, and the ‘Champions’ League became a nominal homage to a simpler time.Newacstle were pipped to the post by Sporting CP as the first non-champions to score in the competition, but more remarkable was the Faustino Asprilla hat-trick inside... Читать дальше...