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Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel was impressed by his side’s 1-0 win over Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday. His team reached the final of the competition courtesy of a Hakim Ziyech goal, and after the match Tuchel told the BBC: "I’m very happy and proud of the team. We played against one of the strongest teams in Europe. There’s a big gap between us in the Premier League but the target was to close the gap for 90 minutes here. We played an excellent 35 minutes in the first half and an excellent half an hour…

Four goals in 12 minutes from Antoine Griezmann, Frenkie de Jong and Lionel Messi gave a rampant Barcelona a 4-0 win over Athletic Club in the final of the Copa del Rey on Saturday night. https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona/status/1383534231301677057 The Basque side faced their second cup final this month after defeat to Real Sociedad in the final of the 2019/20 edition of the competition two weeks ago and Barca made sure it would be another disappointing night for Marcelino and his players. Gerard Pique returned to the…

Antonio Conte has urged his critics to talk more about him than Inter Milan. He maintained that Inter criticism is ‘all about’ him as the target. Inter are billed to face Victor Osimhen's Napoli this weekend. “This is going to be a tough game and, as you all know, I have always put Napoli among the two three teams who could challenge for the Scudetto to the end. Gennaro Gattuso is an excellent coach and this is going to be a difficult test for us,” said Conte in his press conference. read also:Tottenham interested…

Napoli are ready to activate a clause in the Dries Mertens contract extending the deal to June 2023. There had been suggestions in Belgium over the last few days that Mertens could be looking to the exit after eight years at the club. However, Tuttosport claim that Napoli will activate the option in his contract that extends it for another year. That would take it from the current June 2022 expiry to the summer of 2023 instead. read also:Mertens: Brighton ace Trossard important for Belgium’s future Mertens…

Chelsea head coach, Thomas Tuchel, hailed the willingness of his players to fight for each other after ending Manchester City's quest for an unprecedented quadruple at Wembley. Hakim Ziyech fired the Blues to a fourth FA Cup final in five years, converting Timo Werner's cross 10 minutes into the second half and Chelsea absorbed the late City onslaught. Speaking ahead of Saturday's encounter, Tuchel revealed that "85 per cent" of his training sessions are focused on attacking movement, ball possession and the creation…

Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp,has said that the chance of finishing in the top four is diminishing. The Reds meet Leeds United on Monday. "We just go for it, go and go and go and play our best football," he said."'We are of course under pressure as we want to finish in the top four but we don't know in the moment if we will. We have seven games to prove that and we will try." read also:EPL: Klopp warns Liverpool to prepare for ‘special’ Leeds test Liverpool and Leeds will be bidding for a fourth straight league…

Leeds United boss, Marcelo Bielsa, has said he lets the players choose their captain. While some managers will deliberate over who is handed the armband and chop and change over the course of a season, Bielsa does not play a part in the decision-making process, instead leaving it to his players. "The captains in the case of the teams I manage, the players chose the captain because the captain is a leader, he is the one who conducts his team-mates," Bielsa explained. "There's nothing better than for the players…

Simeon Nwankwo continued his rich vein of form in front of goal when he smashed home his 16th goal in the Italian Serie A. https://twitter.com/SSE_NGA/status/1383440404960350209 ‘Simy’ tucked away a penalty in the 68th minute for Crotone to draw level with visitors Udinese. read also:Scorecard: Iheanacho, Onuachu, Osimhen, and Nwankwo continue to paint Europe with goals It was his seventh penalty goal of the season. However, Crotone again lost 2-1 and they remain rooted to the basement of the Italian top…

Sheffield United chairman, Prince Musaad Bin Khalid Al Saud, has resigned from his position. Prince Musaad became the Premier League's youngest chairman in September 2019 when appointed by his father-in-law and club owner Prince Abdullah at the age of 26. read also:Peter Utaka hits Hattrick; Nwakali, Oparanozie on fire He leaves his post with the Blades bottom of the Premier League table having collected only 14 points from 31 matches this season. They are 18 points adrift of safety. In a club statement released…

Peter Utaka continued to defy age as the 37-year-old smashed home a hat-trick to lead Kyoto Sanga to a comprehensive 6-1 victory over Giravanz Kitakyushu in a Japanese League 2 clash on Saturday. Utaka scored the game’s first two goals before the half-hour mark and added a third early in the second half as Kyoto completely outclassed the visitors at the Sanga Stadium by Kyocera in Kameoka. The former Odense man is on course to enjoy another productive season with Kyoto, having now registered seven goals in eight games…