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At the end of last season, many were quick to switch Manchester City into a supposed "reset" mode. It seemed Pep's machine had faltered, rivals had closed in, and the resource of dominance was exhausted. But the Citizens are picking up speed again: tempo, compactness, and the quality of decision-mak...
In the new season, Real has turned positional attacks into a series of well-rehearsed automatisms — and at the center of this structure stands a stable tandem: Kylian Mbappé and Arda Güler. More than half of Madrid’s goals come from them: of 34 goals in 14 official matches, 55.9% involved the French...
When a man wins almost everything imaginable, he is often viewed as ironclad. Pep Guardiola shatters that myth with cold-blooded honesty: in a wide-ranging interview he admits his fatigue, worries about his health, outlines plans for life away from the touchline and even jokes about his new moustach...
In elite football, scandals flare up almost as frequently as spectacular goals light up the game’s grandest stages. The latest sensational incident involves rape accusations brought against Paris Saint-Germain right-back Achraf Hakimi. The key witness is his close friend and former PSG captain Kylia...
Cole Palmer landed on the tiny Caribbean islands immediately after Chelsea defeated PSG in the FIFA Club World Cup final. For the Blues and England national team midfielder, this journey is not a resort getaway but a return to his roots: it was here, on Saint Kitts, that his grandfather was born. Pa...
Continuing its active summer transfer campaign, Galatasaray intends to sign one of the three goalkeepers on its shortlist within the current week. The Yellow-Reds do not want to delay filling the most sensitive position on the pitch and are simultaneously negotiating with a number of alternative c...
Diplomacy Before the Opening Whistle A few hours before the Club World Cup semi-final, in which the Turin side routed Emirati club Al Ain 5–0, part of the Juventus delegation found itself not on the training ground but in the White House. The guests were accompanied by FIFA president Gianni Infant...
Truly turbulent days have come to Istanbul’s Fenerbahçe: the club is drawing up its plan for the next season, and the main question for supporters was the future of José Mourinho. The answer is now clear, and the fans’ eyes have turned to the English Premier League, where the board has already reach...
While Barcelona are navigating a congested schedule, young winger Lamine Yamal has carved out time for a short emotional reset: together with Argentine singer Niki Nicole, he went on a helicopter ride over the Croatian islands. The brief getaway coincided with the player’s recovery phase after groin...
Historic Debut of the Innovation On the pitch in Jeddah, it was not only the showdown between South Korea’s Ulsan HD and South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns that went into the history books; French referee Clément Turpin did as well. It was in this match that the official first applied the new...
