There has been a divergence in approach. For a start, when they played their last match before the final within 45 minutes of each other on Friday, the respective managers opted for very different strategies. Postecoglou played a completely different team at Aston Villa compared with the one that beat Bodo/Glimt in the second leg...
“She’s a total footballer. She’s got everything,” Arsenal manager Renee Slegers said of Caldentey earlier this season. Her impact was instant and transformative. Arsenal went from a struggling side at the start of the season to a team marching up the table, sealing second spot in the WSL and competing with Europe’s elite. Caldentey’s role...
We build up to the Scottish Cup final with comedians Marc Jennings and Chris Forbes. Read full article at source...
BBC Sport senior football correspondent Sami Mokbel and chief football news reporter Simon Stone, who will both be at San Mames for the final, have had their say on whose season has been worse. Mokbel on Spurs: “Underperformed, underachieved, unacceptable. Domestically, at least. “While Tottenham will cling on to hope of somehow turning a catastrophic...
It was Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes who stepped in to tell Ruben Amorim he was under pressure heading into the Europa League final. The reality is different – even if Amorim can’t explain why. But he does feel his team may be looked at “in a different way” if they can beat Tottenham in...
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim jokes that captain Bruno Fernandes wants his job, in a media conference before their Europa League final against Tottenham. Read full article at source...
An emotional Ange Postecoglou angrily dismissed the suggestion he is a “clown” in a combative news conference on the eve of Tottenham’s Europa League final against Manchester United. Referencing a report in the Standard, external which said he was “teetering between hero and clown” depending on the result in Bilbao, Spurs boss Postecoglou defended his...
BBC Sport speak to Manchester United and Tottenham fans who have taken a 33-hour ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao to watch the Europa League final. Read full article at source...
The Europa League final with Tottenham will be followed by the final Premier League game of the campaign against Champions League-chasing Aston Villa, with United nowhere near that race this season. But there will be no immediate rest for United’s players, who have more work ahead of them. As soon as the Villa game is...
Speaking to BBC Sport’s Jo Currie, Arsenal’s Katie McCabe says their Champions League final against Barcelona “means everything”. It is the first time in 18 years that Arsenal have made the final of the competition and McCabe says it is the biggest game of her career. Read full article at source...
The winner of Wednesday’s Europa League final between Tottenham and Manchester United could receive up to £54.4m. That figure is a combination of prize money for winning the competition and for reaching the league phase for the 2025-26 Champions League. Spurs or United would be guaranteed about £21m, with additional prize money awarded based on...
When Crystal Palace supporters unveiled a giant tifo during the club’s historic FA Cup final win against Manchester City on Saturday, two fans inside Wembley froze on the spot. Seeing themselves displayed on the banner were brothers Nathan and Dominic Wealleans, who were pictured celebrating in disbelief with their father in 2011. The family were...
Match of the Day 2 celebrates a perfect final game in a Leicester shirt for the “inspirational” Jamie Vardy as he scores his 200th goal for the club in his 500th appearance as the Foxes beat Ipswich 2-0 in the Premier League. READ MORE: Vardy says goodbye to the ‘club I love’ Available to UK...
Yet is it realistic to fight with Chelsea? There was a lot of talk about the Champions League but United’s path to the lucrative main draw is fraught with hazards for Skinner’s side. Firstly, they must come through a semi-final and final just to make it through the second qualifying round. Inter Milan and Roma...
Two goals from Sandy Baltimore helped Chelsea cruise to a 3-0 win over Manchester United in the Women’s FA Cup final and secure a domestic treble for Sonia Bompastor’s side in her first season in charge. MATCH REPORT: Women’s FA Cup final – Chelsea v Manchester United Available to UK users only. Read full article...