France international Bacary Sagna has revealed he is still very upset about losing the Euro 2016 final 1-0 to Portugal.
Eder s extra-time goal handed the title to Portugal after the hosts struggled to break Cristiano Ronaldo s side down at the Stade de France.
Sagna, who is still on holiday after the European Championship, said he still thinks about the final regularly.
I m very upset, Sagna was quoted by the Sun as telling reporters in Romania.
I m thinking about it every day. But that s football. You have to accept losing. I cried after the final because it was a big chance for me to win the competition with my country.
Portugal won despite their captain and talisman Ronaldo limping off in the first half and Sagna said he felt bad for the R…
Rodri has suggested Arsenal s mentality cost them the Premier League title, after Manchester City became the first team to win four straight English top-flight crowns.
City edged out Arsenal by two points on the final day of the season, their 3-1 win over West Ham ensuring the Gunners comeback victory over Everton was immaterial.
Rodri scored the crucial third goal just before the hour mark to settle nerves at the Etihad Stadium, after Mohammed Kudus had drawn West Ham within one goal.
City finished the season with nine straight wins after playing out a 0-0 draw with Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium in late March, while the Gunners dropped three points in a 2-0 home defeat to Aston Villa in April.
Reflecting on that goalless draw, Rodri accused Arsenal of se…
Juventus forward Paulo Dybala and Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski are among the big names to have missed out on the 2018 Ballon d Or after the announcement of the 30-strong list of nominees.
Both players were in contention for the 2017 award after title-winning seasons with their respective clubs, but, despite retaining those crowns and enjoying fine campaigns, they were overlooked by the journalists and national team coaches and captains who took part in France Football s 2018 vote.
While the likes of Karim Benzema, who scored just five league goals in 32 appearances for Real Madrid last season, are in the running for this year s award, some of Europe s finest talents know that they will not be named the world s best player in December.
Here are 10 of t…
Can ANYONE stop Bayern from making it an unprecedented fifth straight Bundesliga titles this May? (Photo: Eurosport)
With a six week hiatus, the Bundesliga arguably takes the longest break out of any of Europe s Big 5 leagues. As such, German football fans are left without football featuring their favorite stars and teams for well over a month. Hopefully, those supporters fancy a Premier League outfit, as the English top tier never stops, but in any case, there were plenty of talking points in the Bundesliga to consider as we count down the last 72 hours of 2016.
Let s take a look at five of them.
Age really ain t nothing but a number especially if you re Julian Naglesmann
Last season, Julian Naglesmann made history as the youngest ever manager to take charge o…
Erik ten Hag insists Manchester United are going to make a success of the season , despite their difficult start to the 2024-25 campaign.
United are 12th in the Premier League, having collected just seven points; their joint-fewest after the first six games in a single season (matching their total from 2013-14 and 2020-21).
Sunday s 3-0 defeat by Tottenham at Old Trafford provided their latest setback, while increasing the pressure on Ten Hag, whose side face Porto in the Europa League on Thursday before returning to Premier League action against Aston Villa three days later.
Against Spurs, United conceded in the first three minutes of both halves in a single Premier League game for only the second time, while allowing their third-highest xG (4.59) by an opponent…
Tottenham have found a back-up for Harry Kane as Carlos Vinicius gets another chance in a top-five European league.
Benfica announced on Thursday they had reached an agreement to loan the forward to Spurs until the end of the season.
Tottenham also have a purchase option of £41million (€45m), minus the loan amount of £2.7million (€3m) should they decide to use it.
Jose Mourinho has his back-up for one of the Premier League s best forwards in Kane.
Using Opta data, we take a look at how Carlos Vinicius fared in 2019-20.
A prolific Primeira Liga campaign
Carlos Vinicius enjoyed the most prolific season of his career in 2019-20, scoring 18 Primeira Liga goals and 22 in all competitions.
The forward was the equal top-s…
NFL underdogs are 30-18 ATS entering Week 4 of the 2021 season – a 62.5 percent cover clip for those point spread pups. That’s the best three-week start for NFL underdogs since 2002, when dogs finished 29-16-1 ATS (64 percent).
But excuse me if I’m not doing cartwheels.
As a guy who prides himself on making his best NFL picks from only teams getting the points (and a guy who couldn’t do a cartwheel to save his life), I’ve seen this song and dance before. You see, underdogs always have an early-season edge.
In the opening month of the schedule, point spreads are made from public perception and offseason projections formulated from last year’s results. The so-called good teams are rarely as good as we think and ba…
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are on a mission to make the Super Bowl for the third year in a row but first, they’ll have to get by the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship on Sunday afternoon.
Despite losing to the Bengals at the start of the month, oddsmakers expect Kansas City to win comfortably in the rematch with NFL betting lines opening with the Chiefs as 7-point home favorites.
Here are our best free NFL picks and predictions for Bengals vs. Chiefs on Sunday, January 30, with kickoff at 3 p.m. ET.
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And then there were four.
The NFL odds is down to a pair of conference championship games with a ticket to Arizona on the line. The pressure on the field matches the pressure at the sportsbooks, with bookies and bettors going head-to-head in the NFL odds just three more times this season. It’s enough to make you cry.
If you’re out to be the “champ” this Championship Sunday, you need to get the best of the number to back up your bets. I help you do just that, sizing up the best spreads and totals to bet now and which lines you’ll want to bet later.
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Ladies and gentlemen, it is teaser time! I improved my teaser record to 3-2 last week — shoutout to the Eagles for not scoring on their final possession. We’ve got a little bit of momentum going with two straight wins, but I’m hungry for more and we’ve got some great options to choose from in Week 6 odds.
This week’s NFL odds board has a few very obvious candidates who we can tease down inside of a field goal, while there are also a few sneaky underdogs who we can tease up that are worth consideration.
Make sure you’re getting the most bang for your buck with your NFL teaser bets. You’re paying for every half point, so don’t let those them go to waste by teasing through zero. You should also look to follow a basi…