STOCKHOLM, Mar 18 (Reuters) - AC Milan's Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has started a GoFundMe campaign to support Italy's fight against the spread of coronavirus. The 38-year-old, who has played for Juventus and Inter as well as AC Milan and won a slew of titles in Italy, took to Instagram to call on fans and players to contribute cash that will go to the Humanitas Hospitals in northern Italy, a region among the hardest hit by the spread of the virus.
Hugill blazed over when clean through after just four minutes, then Osayi-Samuel was twice denied by goalkeeper Freddie Woodman after Swansea had been opened up. There was plenty of work for the home side's Wales defenders, Connor Roberts and Joe Rodon, to do in front of national boss Ryan Giggs, who was watching from the directors' box.
And, while Chelsea seem to be better away from home at the moment, they should see off Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge. Media playback is not supported on this device Arsenal 2-0 Man Utd: Mikel Arteta reflects on 'perfect' first win I love watching Leeds play and they are good enough to give Arsenal a test too (live on BBC One and the BBC Sport website at 19:56 GMT on Monday). But they have seen previous promotion challenges fade in the second half of the season and I don't think Marcelo Bielsa will want a cup run.
Sadly, it's the latest in a string of high-profile incidents that make footballers, and the rest of the game, look a bit naff. Jack Grealish crashed his car. Kyle Walker hosted a sex party. Liverpool, Tottenham, Newcastle, Bournemouth and Norwich furloughed their staff, although the former tried to win credit for backtracking.
Brazilian Ronaldo was that good that he was slightly overweight and still banging in 30 goals for Real Madrid. I’m going to take you back to the Barcelona and PSV days, the early Real Madrid days, Inter Milan. I used to tape 90 minutes of football and watch every single minute and every touch Ronaldo had and watch him so closely. I used to love everything he did, the skills, the pace, what he did with a goalkeeper one-on-one - no-one has come close to that with two or three stepovers and to go around him at such pace and produce the goals he scored.
This is a chance for Daniel Farke’s men to improve, having arguably underperformed given their fixtures. So far, 10 of Norwich's 14 Premier League games this season have been against teams starting the day in the bottom half – they've lost eight of those. Things have to get better, or else they’ll be making a quick Championship return.
Brandon Williams replaces Aaron Wan-Bissaka. SubstitutionPosted at 66' Substitution, Manchester United. Scott McTominay replaces Nemanja Matic. Posted at 66' Attempt missed. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Conor Hourihane. Posted at 61' Foul by Mason Greenwood (Manchester United).
Full TimePosted at 90'+5' Second Half ends, Manchester United 1, Everton 1. Posted at 90'+2' Harry Maguire (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing. Posted at 90'+2' Foul by Oumar Niasse (Everton). Posted at 90'+1' Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Mata.
The defence continues to leak goals and there is little fluidity going forward, despite boasting the world's most deadly attack on paper. MAN OF THE MATCH - Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Far from a vintage performance from the magician, Messi still played a central role in Barca's victory in a game of low quality.
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That is if he gets that far. Opponents recognise his danger - he was the most-fouled player in the Championship last season (161 fouls), and that record has continued this campaign in the top flight with 53 so far. It doesn't put him off, however. Of English players that have attempted 20 or more dribbles this season, only Declan Rice (76%) and Andros Townsend (68%) have a higher success rate than Grealish's 65%.
Manchester United eased into the fifth round of the FA Cup with an impressive 6-0 win over Tranmere Rovers at a muddy Prenton Park. See alsoTranmere Rovers - Manchester United: As it happened Transfer window live updates Roma push United to complete Smalling deal - Paper Round Barca make audacious €80m bid for French forward - Euro Papers Harry Maguire opened the scoring with a rocket from distance and Tranmere were shell-shocked when two minutes later Diogo Dalot doubled the visitor’s lead with a fine finish of his own.
Penarol started the group stage of the Copa Libertadores with a 0-1 defeat at Atletico Paranaense, one of the favorites in this group, but I expect them to recover at home. At home Penarol have an excellent record in this competition with a 8-1-1 record in the last 10 games, keeping a clean sheet in the last 5.
Elsewhere, England managers Gareth Southgate and Phil Neville are taking a 30% pay cuts, joining managers like Eddie Howe, Graham Potter and David Moyes in sacrificing portions of their wage. Raddy Antic: 1948-2020 Raddy Antic, who passed away on Monday, was of course best known as a manager, the man who won the league in one of his three spells at Atletico Madrid in 1996, and who also was one of just two men to manage both Barcelona and Real Madrid, helping to bring through Victor Valdes and Andres Iniesta at the former, and Fernando Hierro and Luis Enrique at the latter.
He's very much an iconic figure at Celtic Park and that might not be sufficient for Neil, but the fans would be absolutely ecstatic about it. Celtic won last season's League Cup after their 10 men withstood a barrage of Rangers pressureO'Neill believes Celtic's fortunate 1-0 Scottish League Cup final win over Rangers in early December was "the turning point" last season. They then raced clear in the title race in the new year to open up a 13-point lead at the top over the Ibrox side before the season was curtailed.
I see the hosts likely to score at least 3 goals here quite likely 4 or more goals as the guests are quite poor travelers in this second league but with 14 points so far won by them this start of the season most of them of course from home games as away from home they last for example lately 4-1 away at Brno or 8-0 loss in the cup at Slavia Prague, but the hosts are also quite decent side and won 4-1 the last time they hosted Vysehrad so will back the hosts to win this game by a couple of goals difference but also the over bet.
The hosts haven’t just forced themselves into Italy’s top level in recent months. The Sardinians are putting together a home run which is the envy of most of the continent. Cagliari have earned 13 points in their last five home games in the top-flight: only four sides have done better in their five most recent home encounters in the top-5 European Leagues (15 points for Leicester, Juventus, Barcelona and Liverpool).
For black, Asian and mixed ethnicities, they're four times more likely to get the illness, they're twice as likely to have long lasting illnesses - is there anything extra, additional screening, heart stuff to see if people have got problems with that? No. OK, well I feel that should be addressed. I can't get a haircut until mid-July but I can go and get in a box with 19 people and go and jump for a header and nobody could answer the questions, not because they didn't want to, just because they don't know the information.
Union Berlin go to this game on a run of five winless matches, four of these being losses. They have no clean sheet in the last five matches and have conceded two or more goals in each of them while failing to score in the last two matches. Four of their last five matches have produced over 2. Their form at home doesn’t hold much promise either; they lost 2-0 to Bayern Munich as the league resumed and will be hoping to stop the run that has seen them winless in the last three home matches.
Paper Round's view: Inter are gunning for glory this season. They are looking like the best Inter Milan side since their treble-winning season back in 2010 and Antonio Conte is deserving all the plaudits he gets. His 352 system features the exceptional partnership of attacking duo Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez, but imagine how lethal the side could be with Christian Eriksen involved too.
Some 60 million Italians have been told to stay at home in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. Serie A, along with all sport in Italy, is currently suspended until 3 April, but this does not include Italian clubs or national teams participating in international competitions. In Spain, La Liga games are to be played without fans present until 15 April. Meanwhile, Spanish side Getafe are reportedly refusing to travel to Italy to face Inter Milan in their Europa League match on Thursday.
Indian Super league, we have a match between Goa Fc and NorthEast United. In this game hosts are favorites but however I do not expect easy task for them and for me is better option to bet on goals, in my opinion this should to be efficient match, Goal is a team who plays the most efficient football in the league on their matches there is 3.4 goals in average, on the other side North East is solid team they have Gyan in attack and I expect open game here with many chances and my bet will be over 3.5 goals. Good luck!
Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has backed Alfredo Morelos to keep his cool when he faces Celtic on Sunday. The striker has scored 28 goals this season but has yet to score against their Old Firm rivals and missed a penalty in the League Cup final. He also picked up his fifth red card of last season during his most recent visit to Celtic Park. I have got no doubt he will be ready to face this challenge at the weekend," Gerrard said.
People are dying, people are going to die, and the game was played behind closed doors to try and stop that from happening. Turning up at the ground anyway is not evidence of loyalty but of idiocy, and indulging it is disgusting. PSG fansGetty Images MAN OF THE MATCH Neymar (PSG) Scored one, helped create another, and worked his arse off.
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But everything was going through Fernandes on Sunday and he was very comfortable with that. He was telling his team-mates what he wanted and he looks like a leader as well, so that is another thing he brings to the table that United needed. For his goal, I liked the fact that straight after he was fouled he was saying, 'Give me the ball, I want the penalty'. And the way he took a little skip before casually stroking home the penalty was more proof that he has got a bit of arrogance about him.
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Eindhoven FC and Helmond will face each other in the upcoming match in the Eerste Divisie in Holland. Eindhoven FC this season have the following results: 6W, 4D and 11L. Meanwhile Helmond have 3W, 6D and 12L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Before the game, Farke said his side "remained favourites for position 20" and, although they remain 19th in the table, are now four points behind 17th-placed Southampton. Norwich had twice led against Arsenal in their previous match but did not threaten Alex McCarthy's goal at St Mary's Stadium in the first half, with a wayward McLean effort from 20 yards their only shot in the opening 45 minutes.
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Lawro's prediction: 1-1Samuel's prediction: I started doing some research into these games and I realised the more work I do, the further away from the actual scoreline I am going to get. Sheff Utd v Everton (18:00 BST)Everton have been ordinary of late, while Sheffield United are on a roll at home - they have won their past three games at Bramall Lane. I am at this game for Radio 5 Live and I am expecting another Blades victory.
Their dominance was such that they really should have been celebrating far earlier than most title-winners do but, because of the coronavirus pandemic and the three-month break in the season, the moment was not confirmed until 25 June. On that day, Liverpool players and fans watched as Manchester City took on Chelsea, knowing if Pep Guardiola's side failed to win then the Reds' 30-year wait for a top-flight title would finally be over.
It had been scheduled for May 18. Italian coaches union slam Serie A wage cut plans The head of the Italian coaches union has hit out at Serie A plans to cut wages by a sixth if the league can be resumed, or a third if it cannot pick up from its March 9 suspension. The declaration of the Serie A League seems improvised to us because we still don't know what will happen to the championships," Renzo Ulivieri said in a statement.
They are however still unbeaten in 19 home matches and have won each of their last five, three with clean sheets and have scored two or more goals in four of the five. In seven of their last eight home matches in the league, Dortmund have scored three or more goals. They however go to this game winless in two straight matches against Schalke; they drew 0-0 in the first leg meetings.
Chelsea punished them with two late goals at Emirates Stadium a few weeks ago and I am expecting a similar story this time too. Frank Lampard's side have struggled at home against less glamorous opposition, but they are going to be up for this one. Lawro's prediction: 2-0Steve's prediction: Can both teams lose? I think Chelsea have had their blip, and they will be too good for Arsenal, especially with Gunners striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang suspended.
West Brom have only lost one of their last five home league games. Hull City had gone 12 league games without a win before beating Middlesbrough at home. Hull City have only two points from their last six away league fixtures. Midweek had good news for both of these sides as they bid for promotion and try to avoid relegation.
Tottenham, who are looking to overturn a 1-0 defeat in the first leg, will be without defender Ben Davies for the clash due to a hamstring issue while winger Steven Bergwijn faces a long spell out after sustaining an ankle injury. Spurs are also without skipper Harry Kane who is stepping up his comeback from a hamstring operation while fellow forward Son Heung-min is nursing a broken arm, but Alli said the team cannot feel sorry for themselves.
Rangers are currently second in the standings, 13 points behind Celtic with a game in hand. Exclusive: Coman on the future, Pep's impact and a race with Alphonso Davies Zenit use drone to deliver award during lockdown Arsenal to provide free meals to aid coronavirus fight "We have been presented with evidence via a whistleblower that raises serious concerns surrounding the SPFL's processes relating to its stewardship of the voting on the resolution presented to member clubs," Rangers said in a statement .
Manchester United have already beaten Manchester City in two of their three meetings this season - so will Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side win again on Sunday?City will be hoping for a repeat of their victory at Old Trafford in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final in January but BBC Sport football expert Mark Lawrenson thinks United are a different proposition these days. I was impressed by United when I saw them at Goodison Park against Everton last weekend," Lawrenson said.
Atlanta holds 4th place in the Italian Championship and exit to the Champions League, dominating at home to the Roma derby 2-1 and six points away from the Romans. He has placed in Group C of the Champions League and qualified as 2nd behind Manchester city.
Three of the last five matches between these teams have ended in draws. Leicester have lost their last two Premier League matches. West Ham have only lost one of their last three Premier League matches. Leicester are back in Premier League action in midweek when they host West Ham at the King Power Stadium.
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Assisted by Richarlison following a fast break. Posted at 88' Lucas Digne (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 88' Foul by Ignacio Pussetto (Watford). BookingPosted at 86' Mason Holgate (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 86' Foul by Mason Holgate (Everton).
Match reactionExeter boss Matt Taylor: "We just didn't have it quite in our legs and to concede that set-piece was disappointing. I was actually pleased with our structure and our attitude, we have to improve in possession, we got in some really good positions. It was probably a game a little bit short of quality in attacking areas, but two honest teams and two very well-organised teams defensively.
They will be looking to impose this run on Roma, who in the last 12 matches, have managed just one clean sheet. Roma have conceded two or more goals in four of their last five matches though they have scored in each of their last eight matches. They have no win in the last four home matches, having lost three and drawn one.
