Новости за 10.05.2019

There was a pause. A stunned silence. And then a roar – the kind only Spanish fans make. ‘Aaaaahhhh!!!!’ I looked at my dad and then at my best mate. Neither of them said a word, but both of their faces said it: “What the f*ck just happened?”A swarm of white shirts rushed towards the Real Zaragoza bench. David Seaman was laying in the back of the net, looking around for a friend. “Don’t worry Dave, you haven’t really been lobbed in the Cup Winners’ Cup final.”But he had. By a former Tottenham player. Читать дальше...

A memorable Premier League campaign comes to a conclusion on Sunday afternoon.Here, Press Association Sport takes a look at five of the main talking points heading into the final weekend of a thrilling season.Who will win the title?Two daysFeeling the nerves?#PL pic.twitter.com/Omc3fOLBaP Premier League (@premierleague) May 10, 2019After the most intense title battle for many a year, it comes down to the final weekend. Just one point separates reigning champions Manchester City and second-placed... Читать дальше...

Stephen Robinson will not take any departures personally as he braces himself for another big rebuilding job at Motherwell.The Northern Irishman knows he will start next season without 20-year-old winger Jake Hastie who has signed a pre-contract with Rangers.Doncaster have been linked with 22-year-old midfielder Chris Cadden with Aberdeen reportedly lining up move for striker Curtis Main, who is also out of contract at the end of the season.Ahead of the Ladbrokes Premiership clash with St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park on Saturday... Читать дальше...

Liverpools squad are pushing themselves to their physical limits as their Premier League title bid reaches its conclusion.Captain Jordan Henderson required a half-time pain-killing injection to make it through the 90 minutes of their famous 4-0 Champions League win over Barcelona, and while left-back Andy Robertson was forced off at the interval he too has already returned to training.The famous three words of this week in the dressing room is Its only pain. Very important for all the young lads to learn... Читать дальше...

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe insists he has not fallen out with goalkeeper Asmir Begovic.The Bosnia-Herzegovina goalkeeper was a surprise omission from the squad for last weekends impressive 1-0 home win over Tottenham, with 19-year-old Irishman Mark Travers making his debut.Howe revealed Begovic will not feature in Sundays final Premier League game of the season at Crystal Palace, but insisted he had merely handed the 31-year-old an extra week off.The Cherries boss refused to deny Begovic could leave Bournemouth this summer... Читать дальше...

Reegan Mimnaugh is one of the young Hamilton players who will be trying to ensure Ladbrokes Premiership survival in Paisley on Monday night.The 17-year-old midfielder has broken into the Accies first team squad this season from a club academy noted for developing players.With just two Premiership fixtures remaining and Dundee already relegated Brian Rices side are four points ahead of second-bottom St Mirren.Mimnaugh, delighted to be enjoying the great experience of first-team football earlier than expected... Читать дальше...

Charlie Trafford believes Inverness have got the bottle for the play-offs after watching team-mate Jordan White nail Tuesdays pressure penalty.Caley Thistle were looking good after Whites opening strike helped put John Robertsons team 2-0 up away to Ayr in the opening leg of their Ladbrokes Premiership play-off quarter-final.But their nerves were tested as the Honest Men came roaring back, netting through Michael Rose before bombarding Mark Ridgers goal as they chased a leveller.Ayrs fight-back was curtailed... Читать дальше...

Alexandre Lacazette believes Arsenal head coach Unai Emery has taken the club to the next step even if they fail to beat rivals Chelsea in the Europa League final.The Gunners secured safe passage into the final in Baku on May 29 as they won 4-2 at Valencia on Thursday night to seal a 7-3 aggregate success.A Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hat-trick was the highlight of the evening at the Mestalla as Lacazette also struck in what turned out to be a comfortable evening for Emerys side.Lets go to the Final... Читать дальше...

Neil Warnock ends his Premier League career on Sunday determined to get the financial promises he believes are essential for Cardiff to mount a serious promotion challenge next season.Relegated Cardiff conclude their season at Manchester United on Sunday, with Warnock having received the backing of owner Vincent Tan ahead of boardroom talks on the way forward for the club.The Malaysian businessman said this week that he wants Warnock to stay and for the 70-year-old to attempt to extend his own record... Читать дальше...

6. Swindon 0-5 Leeds, 1994If it wasn’t the most meaningful of routs, it still had a statistical significance. Relegation had already been ratified and the best-case scenario for Swindon’s hapless adventurers was that they would finish 10 points from safety.Yet they had beaten QPR in their penultimate game. Perhaps they could go out on a high.Then again, perhaps not. They completed a hat-trick of 5-0 defeats in the season, to accompany 5-1, 6-2 and 7-1 reverses. And when Chris Fairclough completed the scoring with Leeds’s last-minute fifth goal... Читать дальше...

Don't tell Mauricio Pochettino, but Tottenham's season was destined for failure from the start. "Tottenham make transfer history for all the wrong reasons" pronouncedone broadsheet headlineback in August, the morning after Spurs made themselves the first club in Premier League history to sign precisely zero players in the summer transfer window.In the wake of the club’s finest moment of the modern era on Wednesday night, it would be tempting to say that last summer feels like a long time ago now ... Читать дальше...

Premier League final day? Don’t insult with FFT with such thin footballing gruel.We live for drama, and nowhere* does it better than the Championship play-offs; the incredible highs and the crushing, crushing, no-seriously-this-is-crushing-I-really-thought-we-were-going-up lows.The semi-finals kick off this weekend and, well: we can’t wait.Although the Football League play-offs were only introduced in the 1980s, they have now firmly established themselves as part of the end-of-season furniture.So... Читать дальше...

Sunderland boss Jack Ross is refusing to let the pressure of the League One play-offs get to him as looks to make the most of a second chance.The Black Cats saw their hopes of automatic promotion back to the Sky Bet Championship go up in smoke after their final seven games yielded just one win and only six points.As a result, the first leg of their play-off semi-final clash with Portsmouth on Saturday evening has proved a hard sell with disappointed fans and left Ross and his players facing a degree of criticism... Читать дальше...

Virgin Media have agreed a new three-year partnership with Southampton, but they will no longer be the main shirt sponsors.The broadband, TV and mobile provider has been front and centre of the Premier League sides shirts since 2016 and from next season will be sleeve sponsors for the first team, Under-23s and Under-18s.Virgin Media will no longer be Southamptons main shirt sponsor, although thenew agreement does see them become the first ever main shirt sponsor of Southamptons Womens team.Southamptons commercial director David Thomas said... Читать дальше...

Relegated Walsall have named Darrell Clarke as their new manager on a three-year contract.The Saddlers 12-year stay in League One was ended last weekend after a poor run of form which saw them win just five league games since the end of October.Clarke, who has previously managed Salisbury and Bristol Rovers, now faces the task of building for an immediate return to the third tier.I cant wait to get started, Clarke told the clubs official website.I am excited by the challenge that lies ahead. This... Читать дальше...

Mike Phelan has been appointed Manchester Uniteds permanent assistant manager on a three-year contract, the club have announced.Phelan, who served as Sir Alex Fergusons number two at United before departing shortly after the Scot in 2013, returned to the club alongside Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in December last year.The pair came in on a deal until the end of the season, but Solskjaer was named the permanent successor to Jose Mourinho in March, and now Phelan has followed the Norwegian in committing to... Читать дальше...

What the papers sayDanny Rose, who helped Tottenham secure a spot in the Champions League final, is being eyed up by Paris Saint-Germain according to the Daily Mirror. The paper says that Rose, who has 26 England caps, could leave Spurs if clubs offer the right price.Manchester City have dialled back their interest in signing Portuguese forward Bruno Fernandes, according to the Sun. There was speculation earlier this week that the Sporting man could move for £47 million, but Pep Guardiola has cooled... Читать дальше...

Football fans face a scramble for tickets for the Champions and Europa League finals after English teams completed a clean sweep of the continents top two competitions.Arsenal and Chelsea booked their places in the Europa League final on Thursday night following the thrilling progress of Liverpool and Tottenham into the Champions League showpiece.But the battle for their supporters for the chance to be there is only just beginning.Champions League final Liverpool v Tottenham Europa League final... Читать дальше...

What the papers sayDanny Rose, who helped his Tottenham side secure a spot in the Champions League final, is being eyed up by Paris St Germain according to the Daily Mirror. The paper says that Rose, who has 26 England caps, could leave Spurs if clubs offer the right price.Manchester City have dialled back their interest in signing Portuguese forward Bruno Fernandes, according to the Sun. There was speculation earlier this week that the Sporting Lisbon man could move for 47million, but Guardiola... Читать дальше...

Raheem Sterling insists he is preparing for the biggest game of his life after receiving the Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year award.A stunning season with Manchester City and England has been backed up by impressive work off the pitch fighting racism in football and society.Sterlings form this season has earned him the PFA Young Player of the Year gong and FWA Footballer of the Year trophy, which he collected in London on Thursday.Manchester City head to their final game of the... Читать дальше...

Steven Gerrard has told his Rangers squad they will end up empty handed again next season if they do not clean up their act.The Light Blues picked up their 12th red card of the season when Allan McGregor was dismissed for kicking out at Hibernian striker Marc McNulty last Sunday.The veteran goalkeepers moment of madness left Gerrard who has already seen striker Alfredo Morelos sent off five times this term exasperated once again.The former England midfielder admits his sides indiscipline has hampered... Читать дальше...

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Arsenal strike partner Alexandre Lacazette were hailed as amazing by head coach Unai Emery after their goals steered the Gunners to a Europa League final date with rivals Chelsea.Having led 3-1 from the first-leg, Emerys side were favourites to advance and Aubameyangs hat-trick eased them into the final as they won 4-2 on the night and secured a 7-3 aggregate success.Lacazette also got his name on the scoresheet to ensure the pair have scored all of Arsenals last eight... Читать дальше...

Willian insists Chelsea have refused to give up hope that talisman Eden Hazard can stay at Stamford Bridge next season.Hazard fired the winning spot-kick as Chelsea edged out Eintracht Frankfurt 4-3 on penalties to book an all-English Europa League final against Arsenal, in what could prove his last act at Stamford Bridge.The Belgium forward is still expected to join Real Madrid in a big-money move this summer, but his Brazilian team-mate Willian continues to hope otherwise.Luka Jovic cancelled out... Читать дальше...

Arsenal head coach Unai Emery hailed his amazing strikeforce as a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hat-trick and an Alexandre Lacazette goal set up a Europa League final against Premier League rivals Chelsea.Having led Valencia 3-1 from the first leg, the Gunners were favourites to advance and Aubameyangs treble eased them into the showpiece, securing a 4-2 win on the night and a 7-3 aggregate success.Lacazette also got his name on the scoresheet to ensure the pair have scored all of Arsenals last eight... Читать дальше...

Mansfield manager David Flitcroft described his sides controversial Sky Bet League Two play-off semi-final draw at Newport as a travesty.Referee Charles Breakspear was at the centre of controversy in the 1-1 Rodney Parade draw, CJ Hamiltons early opener for Mansfield cancelled out by Padraig Amond seven minutes from time.The Irishman scored from the rebound after his spot-kick had been saved by Conrad Logan, with Mansfield unhappy over the penalty award as the goalkeeper fell at the feet of County... Читать дальше...