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, before Matias Vecino nodded in from a corner in the second minute of stoppage time as Inter celebrated their first outing in the competition since 2011-12 with a dramatic turnaround in front of a raucous home following.
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Aleksandar Mitrovic is back training with Serbia and out of pain after his foot injury, as his country hope he will be fit to feature against Brazil on Thursday.
Mitrovic scored the goal to send Serbia to the World Cup, heading home in the 90th minute against Portugal in November 2021 to clinch top spot in their qualifying group and an automatic place in Qatar.
But Mitrovic, who has scored 50 goals in 76 games for his country, missed Fulham s final game before joining up with Serbia due to a foot issue.
Serbia head coach Dragan Stojkovic previously joked Mitrovic would go to the World Cup without a leg , and he had a positive update on the striker s fitness ahead of their opener with pre-tournament favourites Brazil in Group G.
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Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has paid tribute to dear brother Antonio Puerta, who died 10 years ago on Monday at the age of 22.
The 31-year-old posted a series of messages on his social media accounts in recognition of his former Sevilla team-mate.
Puerta suffered heart failure during a LaLiga match against Getafe at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on August 25. He died in hospital three days later as a result of multiple organ failure brought on by the cardiac arrests, which were attributed to a hereditary heart condition called arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.
Writing on Twitter and Instagram, Ramos said: 10 years, dear brother. 10 years since you left us.
10 years of a vacuum that we can never understand.10 years of a penalty that will alwa…
Bayern Munich are weighing up whether the obvious solution of bringing back Alexander Nubel from his loan at Monaco would be the most prudent move, after Manuel Neuer s shock injury blow.
Hasan Salihamidzic, the club s sporting director, has acknowledged Nubel is an option Bayern could turn to after Neuer was ruled out for the rest of the season with a broken leg.
Neuer s regular understudy Sven Ulreich may have the chance to stake a claim, but it would be no surprise if Bayern brought in another goalkeeper in January.
Whether they bring back Nubel from Monaco appears to hinge on the Ligue 1 club accepting a request to cut short his loan and on whether Bayern consider him the smart choice.
Nubel has been a regular for Monaco since joining the team in June…
Barcelona have had a terrible start to the 2020 from all points of view. Their results were not great and led to Ernesto Valverde getting sacked, there were clashes between Lionel Messi and Eric Abidal and the club president Josep Maria Bartomeu was linked with a scandal that he was working against his colleagues at the club. Also, Martin Braithwaite transfer was a truly odd one.
But now there are reports that Barcelona could go after a goalkeeper this summer, as Sport are reporting they are plotting a move for Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana. Chelsea are reportedly already considering a summer bid for the Cameroon international, but now Barca are also interested in bringing him back to Camp Nou.
The 23-year-old spent five years with the Catalan side before moving to Ajax i…
Sarina Wiegman was left almost speechless with disappointment after England’s 6-0 win over Scotland was still not enough to make the Nations League knockout stages as Team GB’s hopes of reaching next summer’s Olympic Games also ended.
Pedro Martinez Losa’s side, already relegated from League A1, were swept aside at Hampden Park but the Netherlands’ 4-0 win over Belgium saw them top the group.
Defender Alex Greenwood headed the opener after 12 minutes and two goals in a minute by Lauren James and another by Beth Mead just before the break had the game over by half-time.
It ends 6-0 in Glasgow, but we narrowly miss out on first place in Group 1A on goal difference.
A performance to be proud of.
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Xavi is confident Barcelona s talented new generation can enjoy a trophy-laden period after landing their first silverware in the post-Lionel Messi era.
The Catalan giants defeated fierce rivals Real Madrid 3-1 at King Fahd International Stadium in a one-sided Supercopa de Espana final in Riyadh on Sunday.
Barcelona, who required penalties to defeat Real Betis in the semi-finals, have now won the domestic cup competition a record-extending 14 times, twice more than Madrid.
However, it arguably marked the start of a new dawn as it was the first trophy Xavi has lifted in his 14 months as head coach, and a first for Barca since Messi left in August 2021.
With the likes of Gavi and Pedri shining in Saudi Arabia, Xavi is hopeful it is the first of many major h…
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D.C. United are set to welcome Toronto FC at the Audi Field in Washington D.C. on Saturday in what will be the 12th MLS match of the season for the hosts and 11th for the visitors.
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D.C. United were one of the charter clubs of the American top flight and have been competing in the MLS since 1996. They won the league title in the first two seasons, then again in 1999, and in for the last time so far in 2004. In 2020, however, they finished 14th in the Eastern Conference and 24th overall.
At the moment, United are eighth in the Conference with 13 points, the same as New York Red Bulls in seventh and Montreal in ninth.
Their last-six match record stands at two wins, both over David Beckham s franchise Inter Mi…
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Two sides scrapping it out to secure a Europa Conference League ticket for the New Year, Ajax will welcome AEK Athens to Amsterdam on Thursday night.
Starting with the hosts, while Ajax might have opened the 2023/24 campaign in the midst of an infamous rut, the Dutch giants have come roaring back in an eye-catching fashion. Making plenty of improvements since returning from November’s international break, John van’t Schip’s men have now won four of their previous five appearances across all competitions. Picking up some perfect momentum over the weekend as they secured a 2-1 victory against Sparta Rotterdam, the former Greece boss will be most excited by his side’s clinical performances in the final third. Marking their return…
Cardiff City have lost their appeal against a FIFA ruling to pay the first instalment of Emiliano Sala s £15million transfer from Nantes.
The Argentine striker died in a plane crash in January 2019 while travelling across the English channel to the Welsh side and a legal battle has ensued over the outstanding transfer fees owed.
Cardiff have argued that they were not liable for the fee because the 28-year-old was not officially their player and refused to make any interim payments as they stated the deal was not legally binding.
FIFA disagreed, however, and the appeal was heard by a three-man Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel earlier this year, who rejected the appeal.
In a statement, Cardiff expressed disappointment in the ruling and confirme…