It allowed time to relax in Rome, time to recover properly on the training pitch before ramping up the work later in the week.
Right now, we have to be realistic. The difference between us and the top three is big, but let's see.
If the players we have brought in this season have had success, that is why. It is because they have felt the love and the support of the people around them.
The coach has travelled widely in the past decade, taking jobs in Qatar, Brazil and Argentina, but a handful of trophies in the Middle East with Al-Rayyan and one Gaucho State Championship for Internacional hardly represents an overwhelming title haul in return.
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We were pretty much the earliest club to focus on that in Germany. When signings do need to be made, the team of Streich, Saier and sporting director Klemens Hartenbach understand what is required because they know their club.
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Scottish football is not immune to the impact of the pandemic and we must be extra vigilant during this especially busy period prior to the winter break.
Hutter started life at Borussia-Park with an impressive opening-day draw against perennial champions Bayern Munich, but worrying signs began to emerge over the following month as Gladbach lost three of their next four Bundesliga games.
Tottenham head into the tie looking to bounce back from their 2-0 Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg defeat at Chelsea on Wednesday.
They need to put more of an emphasis on creativity. There's no creativity and there needs to be more spirit there.
Xhaka set the record straight in a revealing piece for the He said: I would not like to go into detail of (about) what happened there.
When you look at all the games we played, today we showed maturity as a team and we take one step forward. Wolves boss Bruno Lage: I think VAR is very important for modern football and it can help the referees to be better.
Now fit again but with no real test of how the injury may have affected him, Coutinho has realised he has no future under Koeman's successor, Xavi.
The hosts’ last two eliminations from this competition have come after regular time following deadlocked 90 minutes, and you can get odds of 10/1 (11.0) on them being forced into extra-time following another draw.
What City have done over the past 10 years is they've created a team and they've thought about signings.
Cristiano Ronaldo produced another underwhelming performance up front on his return to the starting line-up.
There is no greater honour than representing your country. The coverage is completely tinged with racism.
Roma made a lasting impression on me that night against Barcelona (in April 2018), and so being a part of this amazing club now is definitely a dream come true.
By being a Champion for Alzheimer's Society's Sport United Against Dementia campaign, I'm able to use my voice for those who can't, helping to make sure people affected by dementia aren't forgotten.
Starfelt was there to head the ball clear before Celtic 'keeper Joe Hart gathered Aribo's rebound. Celtic finally broke the deadlock in the 64th minute and Taylor was the unlikely source.
Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa has been one of the signings of the Premier League season – the best of the lot, according to Gary Neville when doing his end-of-year awards on Monday Night Football.
We've worked on the pitch, on everything that needs to be sorted for a footballer, that is strategy, game plan, tactics.
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My game used to be about seeing a pass, I was quite intelligent on a football pitch, not brave tackling wise, but brave in trying to put the ball through.
There are clearly some benefits to having Cristiano Ronaldo in your team. Primarily the mountains of goals he is guaranteed to score as one of the greatest players to ever walk the planet. But there are some drawbacks too. One of which being that when you lose a game he (a) won’t be happy about it and (b) won’t be shy to let everyone know about it.
Sky Sports reported last week that Pogba was hurt by the reaction of United supporters who booed him when he was substituted during their 3-2 win over Norwich earlier this month.
Serbia have qualified for the 2022 World Cup after Aleksandar Mitrovic comes off the bench to score a dramatic injury-time winner to stun complacent Portugal.
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The best way to think of this is that the 4-2-2-2, being mostly either 4-4-2 or 4-2-4 in reality, creates squares all over the pitch, instead of the triangle links we expect from fluid possession-based formations.
But maybe that shows there's a different side to them now. Watford boss Ranieri, who had stern words for Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta at full-time, was critical of Arsenal afterwards but also said the challenge on Sarr merited a foul.
They definitely don't come to Austria for the wonderful landscape or money, jokes Freund, reflecting on the past acquisitions of Haaland, Upamecano and Dominik Szoboszlai, who left for RB Leipzig in January.
This fixture is also one in which the USMNT have been utterly dominant, with El Salvador never winning on US soil, meaning backing the hosts to claim a win makes plenty of sense.
While Unai Emery’s men were unable to get a shot on target over the 90 minutes, there is no longer an away goal rule in the tournament, so the advantage gained is relatively small compared to previous years.
From there it was a matter of squeezing the game and the clock. They brought on the energy of Eduardo Camavinga who hustled in midfield and quelled any threat Barcelona could pose.
The 11 OFC teams are yet to begin their qualification campaign due to ongoing delays related to the coronavirus pandemic.
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There's ways you have to deal with it professionally. I've read a lot of things now about abuse of power and I think that's dead right. It's a position for a manager and a coach which puts your decision-making and everything else into jeopardy.
Barcelona controlled possession and capitalised on Arsenal's defensive mistakes, with Aitana Bonmati striking the opener before Jennifer Hermoso doubled her side's lead in the 29th minute.
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The decision to let Aubameyang go in that context left onlookers scratching their heads and left Arteta with two senior strikers in Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah who had only scored three Premier League goals between them all season.
They have offered him a short-term contract that would make him the best-paid player in a squad that also contains Neymar and Lionel Messi.
This decision has not been taken lightly and is being done to ensure we can work through the current situation with the level of sensitivity, time and respect that everyone affected deserves, particularly those who are most impacted by current governance on trans and non-binary players' participation in amateur football.
