La Liga will report the “deplorable racist chants” aimed at Vinicius Junior by Atletico Madrid fans to Spain’s legal authorities.
The Real Madrid forward was again the target for abuse by Atletico fans prior to their Champions League last-16 match against Inter Milan on Wednesday night.
The Brazil forward has called on UEFA, which runs the Champions League, to issue sanctions.
Espero que vocês já tenham pensado na punição deles. é uma triste realidade que passa até nos jogos que eu não estou presente!
— Vini Jr. (@vinijr)
European football’s governing body is understood to be reviewing the official match report before making any decision on disciplinary action, but La Liga has acted already even though the match was not under …
Former Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish believes Paul Lambert was never going to face an easy job in charge of the Midlands club.
McLeish moved to Villa Park from bitter rivals Birmingham City, but lasted just the 2011-12 season before being sacked upon Villa narrowly avoiding relegation from the Premier League.
Following his controversial switch from Birmingham, Villa s fans never took to McLeish.
Lambert s subsequent arrival was met with initial optimism, but he has since struggled to meet expectations, guiding the club to successive 15th-placed finishes.
I knew it was going to be a tough ask for Paul, McLeish told The Mirror.
I saw some of his early comments and I think he thought it [the fans displeasure] would turn overnight. But I knew the…
Paul Scholes believes England should adopt an approach similar to that of Liverpool, and go on the offensive at the upcoming FIFA World Cup.
Brendan Rodgers Liverpool lit up the Premier League this season with their attacking displays, scoring 101 goals with a breathtaking brand of football.
Their performances this season have been rewarded by five call-ups to Roy Hodgson s squad for the finals in Brazil, with Glen Johnson, Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson, Raheem Sterling and Daniel Sturridge all included in the party of 23.
And Scholes, who played 66 times for England, scoring 14 goals, urged Hodgson to copy Liverpool s expansive style of play when the World Cup campaign gets underway in just over two weeks time.
It would be refreshing for England to adopt Live…
Bundesliga outfit Schalke are set to offload French midfielder Benjamin Stambouli, according to L’Equipe.
The 26-year-old joined the club from Paris Saint-Germain last summer and went on to make 23 Bundesliga appearances.
However, Stambouli clearly failed to justify the €8.5 million invested in him and latest reports suggest that new head coach Domenico Tedesco does not have the midfielder in his plans for the new season.
As a result, Schalke are ready to listen to offers for the Frenchman, although they are holding out for €10 million.
Stambouli had made a name for himself at Montpellier, and he went on to join Tottenham in the summer of 2014.
However, the holding midfielder left Spurs after just one year, going on to do the same at PSG an…
Ahead of kick-off against Dynamo Kiev, Manchester City fans welcomed club great Colin Bell on to the Etihad Stadium turf.
Widely regarded as the finest player in City history, the gesture was to mark the 50th anniversary of former England midfielder Bell signing for the club, while giving a nod to the past on the night Manchester s blue half broke new ground by reaching the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time.
However, Bell s late career was ravaged by a serious knee problem and there was an uncomfortable parallel in the second leg of the last-16 tie as one of City s modern heroes was hit by his own injury curse once again.
Pursued by Kiev winger Oleg Gusev in the fifth minute, home captain Vincent Kompany grimaced, turned and put the ball out of p…