Thomas Tuchel insists the opportunity to cut the gap to Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich to two points with a win in Saturday s Klassiker will not lead to a change in approach from Borussia Dortmund.
Dortmund are five points behind their arch-rivals following a routine 2-0 win at Darmstadt and Bayern s shock 2-1 home loss to Mainz on Wednesday.
Those results have given Dortmund the chance to pull within striking distance of Bayern at Signal Iduna Park this weekend.
Despite the favour Tuchel s old club Mainz did for Dortmund in midweek, the 42-year-old says his preparation for Bayern s visit will not alter.
He told Dortmund s website: The gap at the top has been reduced, but this result does not give Saturday s match a different meaning. We would have awa…
Wolves have completed the loan signing of Mexico international Raul Jimenez from Benfica.
The 27-year-old, who will feature for his country at the World Cup, has joined the newly promoted Premier League side on a temporary deal for the 2018-19 campaign.
Jimenez started only six of his 33 league appearances for Benfica last season, scoring six times, and will now seal his move subject to international clearance and a work permit.
The forward arrived in Europe with Atletico Madrid in 2014 but, as at Benfica, struggled for regular starts in his sole season in Spain.
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Wolves signing of Jimenez has allowed the club to move another s…
Mustafa Dogru, Caglar Soyuncu s former agent who oversaw the defender s move from Freiburg to Leicester City last summer, has revealed that Barcelona were interested in the player s services in 2016, when he left Altinordu and moved to the Bundesliga side.
Leicester signed Soyuncu for a reported fee of just over €21 million to replace Harry Maguire, who went to Manchester United as the world s most expensive defender. It s fair to say that the Foxes haven t felt the absence of the current United captain at all due to Soyuncu exceeding all expectations since his arrival to the King Power Stadium.
Speaking to AS, Dogru said negotiations with Barcelona took place and a project was presented to them, but they chose to accept Freiburg s proposal, feeling that it was impera…
It took them three years, but Real Madrid are finally in the Champions League semifinals again for the first time since winning the competition in 2018. They beat Liverpool in the final that year by 3-1, the same scoreline that they earned in the first leg of this tie against the same opponent, which eventually proved enough to see them through.
Too little, too late from Liverpool
In all fairness, Liverpool looked like the better team in this game, but an appalling performance in the first half of the first leg in Madrid, along with chances squandered in the rematch, cost them all they had to give in the Champions League this term. On that day, things took an upturn after manager Jurgen Klopp brought on Thiago Alcantara in the place of Naby Keita just before halftime, and from…
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Nantes appear to have taken a big step towards Ligue 1 survival after they triumphed in the first leg of the relegations play-offs, 1-2 away to Toulouse. All three goals came in the opening quarter of the match as Ludovic Blas broke the deadlock in the 10th minute, Devier Machado equalized for Toulouse in the 18th, and Randal Kolo Muani set the final score in the 22nd.
The two teams will face each other again on Sunday, this time at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes.
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Antoine Kombouare s team faced Montpellier at home in the final round of the league campaign, and a win in that match would have secured their survival then and there. However, they failed to earn a single point, losing 1-2, and finished in 18th place wi…
Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo believes his healthy rivalry with Barcelona counterpart Lionel Messi during his time in LaLiga made him a better player.
Both men have won the coveted Ballon d Or five times and are considered to be two of the greatest players of all time.
Ronaldo spent nine years with Real Madrid prior to joining Juventus in 2018 and Messi recently acknowledged the pair spurred each other on in their quest for individual honours.
The former Manchester United star has echoed those views, telling France Football: A lot of people said that we fed each other, that being together in Spain made us better.
That s certainly true. I felt his presence more in Madrid than in Manchester. It was a healthy rivalry. We were the symbols of our clubs.<…
Getafe have agreed a loan deal with Valencia for Michel that could see the 25-year-old remain at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez for two seasons.
The attacking midfielder embarks on the third loan spell of his career having been limited to only 13 La Liga appearances for Valencia last season.
Valencia have reached an agreement with Getafe for the loan transfer of footballer Michel until June 30, 2015, with option to extend another season, Valencia confirmed on their official website.
The club wishes to thank Michel [for his] professionalism and behavior in his stay at Valencia.
Having made his Valencia debut in 2008, Michel has spent time with Deportivo La Coruna and Hercules, while permanently leaving the Mestalla for one season to play for Levante.
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The 2022 World Cup is over. It obviously brought a lot of interesting moments with it, not least Lionel Messi finally crowning his incredible career with the biggest trophy the game has to offer, but also many things regarding the organization of the tournament itself.
The talking points in that aspect mostly revolved around Qatar as the country chosen to host it, it s rather strict laws and questionable human rights record, as well as the deaths of a large number of workers while the modern stadiums in and around Doha were built.
The one thing which didn t cause much talk was the competition format. It was the same as for a number of previous editions 32 teams split into eight groups of four, with two teams from each group progressing to the round of 16 and so on. The …
Arsenal have joined Manchester United in the race to sign Mats Hummels, .
The centre back, who scored two goals for Germany in their triumphant World Cup campaign in Brazil in the summer, has long been linked with a move to England with United seemingly the front runners.
However, Arsene Wenger is desperate to strengthen his depleted back line and has identified the Borussia Dortmund star as his top target.
Hummels joined Dortmund from rivals Bayern Munich in January 2008, and has since notched up two hundred and twenty-seven appearances in all competitions, scoring twenty goals, and was part of the squads that won back to back Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012.
He won his thirty-seventh international cap as the World Champions lost to Poland in th…
FC Dallas interim head coach Peter Luccin has urged his players to show their passion on the pitch when they welcome St. Louis City to the Toyota Stadium.
Dallas announced they had parted company with Nico Estevez on June 9 after a run of five matches without a win left them second from bottom in the Western Conference.
Peter Luccin was brought in as his interim replacement, with the Frenchman aiming to make a positive mark for his first game in charge.
I think it s very important to understand that not everything was bad in the past. I think that we build some foundation, Luccin said.
I can see the passion in their eyes. They see passion in my eyes, too. So, the passion for that game is a key factor, too. This is what I saw. This is what they see from …