Bologna vs Sassuolo in Serie A. The fixture is part of the Regular Season - 3 stage in the 2026 season. Kickoff is scheduled for 2026-09-06T16:00:00Z. The match will be played at venue:unlinked:4d76605112eecff9 in Bologna. This match centre covers lineups, live events, player ratings, team statistics, xG, head-to-head history, and related news for Bologna and Sassuolo. On Sportra you can view xG, lineups, match statistics, events, player ratings, predictions, head-to-head history, and related news for this fixture.
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Bologna BOL
Sassuolo SASRecorded meetings: 14 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
Bologna vs Sassuolo in Serie A. The fixture is part of the Regular Season - 3 stage in the 2026 season. Kickoff is scheduled for 2026-09-06T16:00:00Z. The match will be played at venue:unlinked:4d76605112eecff9 in Bologna. This match centre covers lineups, live events, player ratings, team statistics, xG, head-to-head history, and related news for Bologna and Sassuolo. On Sportra you can view xG, lineups, match statistics, events, player ratings, predictions, head-to-head history, and related news for this fixture.
Serie ABologna BOLSassuolo SASRecorded meetings: 14 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
Newcastle have agreed a deal for Gençlerbirliği midfielder Ousmane Diabate as confirmed by journalist Resat Can Ozbudak. Providing details on the exclusive news, Turkish journalist Resat Can Ozbudak revealed that the 18- year-old midfielder has secured a 4+1 year agreement with Newcastle United. Under the terms of the transfer, Diabate will stay on loan at […] The post Newcastle agree deal to sign midfielder after losing Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes appeared first on CaughtOffside.
Atletico Madrid fans chanted against Julian Alvarez, and coach Diego Simeone didn't defend the player amid the situation. Atletico Madrid kicked off their 2026-27 LaLiga campaign with a 2-0 win over Malaga, though Julian Alvarez‘s situation still found its way into the conversation at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano Stadium. The Argentine forward, whose future at the club has been thrown into doubt amid persistent links to Barcelona, didn’t feature in the match as he continues working toward full match fitness, and a section of Atletico supporters didn’t hold back their frustration with him, with chants targeting the striker ringing out from the stands. Asked directly about the chants after the match, Diego Simeone chose not to come to his player’s defense. “I respect our fans very much,” the Argentine coach responded shortly during the press conference, declining to elaborate further or address Alvarez’s situation at the club. The brief, pointed response did little to calm the situation. Rather than distancing himself from the supporters’ behavior or backing his forward publicly, Simeone’s answer was widely read as tacit approval of the fans’ anger, deepening the sense that the relationship between Alvarez and the Atletico faithful may have reached a breaking point. 🗣️ “There were some isolated chants from a very specific section of the fans insulting Julián Alvarez…”.🔴⚪️ Diego Simeone: “I’m very respectful toward our people”. pic.twitter.com/BjxVcEI8hX— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 19, 2026 Alvarez appears set to stay at Atletico this season Despite the tension and noise surrounding him, Julian Alvarez appears increasingly likely to remain at Atletico Madrid through the rest of the transfer window. The Argentine was back on the training pitch on Thursday as part of his individual fitness program, and Diego Simeone could hand him a place in the squad for the club’s next match, against Villarreal on Sunday, August 23. Adding to the sense that his Barcelona move may no longer be on the table, reports indicate the Catalan club have shifted their attention toward Lautaro Martinez as a fallback striker option, a move that would effectively close the door on any imminent deal for Alvarez.
CRAIG HOPE: There will be a moment when Arsenal fans wonder what, exactly, they have signed in Bruno Guimaraes. He's as unique a footballer as you will find.
Officially getting the 2026/27 Premier League campaign underway on Saturday lunchtime, Manchester United will travel to Yorkshire when they meet Hull City. With a stacked schedule from across England’s elite this weekend, there are plenty of eye-catching betting promotions available. Verdict: Bruno Fernandes over 0.5 shots on target Best Odds: 4/6 Bookmaker: 1xBet Hull City Starting […] The post Prediction: Hull City vs Manchester United appeared first on SoccerNews.
Arsenal are planning to compete in multiple competitions this coming season and will need to utilise their squad. Yes, Konsa will find regular game time hard when Saliba and Timber are fit but he could also push to start if one of those two players suffer a drop in form. Arsenal are doing the same in midfield with the signing of Bruno Guimaraes.
AFA president Claudio Tapia issued a strong statement addressing the conspiracy theories surrounding the 2026 World Cup final between Argentina and Spain. A month after Argentina fell 1-0 to Spain in overtime at the 2026 World Cup final, Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Claudio Tapia broke his silence with a lengthy, pointed statement on social media, taking direct aim at what he called a “miserable campaign” to paint the national team as having thrown the match. The backlash stems from a wave of conspiracy theories that spread in Argentina in the weeks following the loss, some of them tied to a leaked video showing Lionel Messi delivering an unusually calm pre-match speech in the locker room, in which he told his teammates to “forget about everything”. That clip was seized on by some to suggest the players had mentally checked out before kickoff, and it wasn’t long before speculation grew into open accusations, with some in Argentina even floating the idea that the squad had deliberately “given away” the final. Tapia didn’t hold back in responding to those claims, noting that a month had passed without a single apology from anyone who spread the theories. “None of them apologized. None of them came out and said, ‘We were wrong’,” he wrote, adding that while making a mistake is human, lying and fueling a false narrative for days before quietly disappearing once it’s debunked is not. pic.twitter.com/5oHuoFF6AF— Chiqui Tapia (@tapiachiqui) August 19, 2026 He was especially forceful in defending the players themselves, arguing that once someone accuses the national team of being traitors, there’s no walking it back. Claudio Tapia’s full statement “A month has passed. A month since that final. A month since the lie, the operation, and a miserable campaign to paint this national team as having given up. And the most striking thing is that, after a month, none of them apologized. None of them came out and said, ‘We were wrong.’ None of them had the honesty, the dignity, or simply the guts to take responsibility. Because making a mistake can happen. What can’t happen is lying, building a false story, feeding a suspicion for days, and then, when time proves it was all smoke, hiding and acting like nothing ever happened. While our players left everything on the field, some outside were doing exactly the opposite: sowing hatred, dividing, tarnishing, and trying to destroy the image of a national team that earned the respect of millions. To all of them: take responsibility. Staying quiet isn’t enough. Waiting for time to pass isn’t enough. Changing the subject and acting like you never said anything isn’t enough.And even if you now want to avoid the comments, the complaints, or the criticism from people over all the lies you told, you won’t be able to erase what you did. Because words have consequences, and accusations leave marks. You don’t come back from calling the national team’s players traitors. You don’t come back from putting those who defended this jersey under suspicion. You don’t come back from accusing them of giving up. And you certainly don’t come back from doing it without a single piece of proof, only to choose silence once the lie is exposed. You demanded explanations when you didn’t have a shred of proof. You pointed fingers at players who were giving their lives for this. You fed a lie and passed it off as truth. Now it’s your turn to explain yourselves. Because greatness also means owning up to a mistake. And when you accuse, lie, and publicly hurt people who gave everything for this jersey, apologizing isn’t a favor. It’s an obligation. And there’s something else: how do you go back home after doing all this? How do you look your kids in the eye and talk to them about honesty, respect, dignity? How do you teach them that there are values worth defending, when you had the chance to do exactly that and chose to lie, point fingers, and hide instead? Values aren’t negotiable. A month has passed and we still
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Newcastle have agreed a deal for Gençlerbirliği midfielder Ousmane Diabate as confirmed by journalist Resat Can Ozbudak. Providing details on the exclusive news, Turkish journalist Resat Can Ozbudak revealed that the 18- year-old midfielder has secured a 4+1 year agreement with Newcastle United. Under the terms of the transfer, Diabate will stay on loan at […] The post Newcastle agree deal to sign midfielder after losing Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes appeared first on CaughtOffside.
Atletico Madrid fans chanted against Julian Alvarez, and coach Diego Simeone didn't defend the player amid the situation. Atletico Madrid kicked off their 2026-27 LaLiga campaign with a 2-0 win over Malaga, though Julian Alvarez‘s situation still found its way into the conversation at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano Stadium. The Argentine forward, whose future at the club has been thrown into doubt amid persistent links to Barcelona, didn’t feature in the match as he continues working toward full match fitness, and a section of Atletico supporters didn’t hold back their frustration with him, with chants targeting the striker ringing out from the stands. Asked directly about the chants after the match, Diego Simeone chose not to come to his player’s defense. “I respect our fans very much,” the Argentine coach responded shortly during the press conference, declining to elaborate further or address Alvarez’s situation at the club. The brief, pointed response did little to calm the situation. Rather than distancing himself from the supporters’ behavior or backing his forward publicly, Simeone’s answer was widely read as tacit approval of the fans’ anger, deepening the sense that the relationship between Alvarez and the Atletico faithful may have reached a breaking point. 🗣️ “There were some isolated chants from a very specific section of the fans insulting Julián Alvarez…”.🔴⚪️ Diego Simeone: “I’m very respectful toward our people”. pic.twitter.com/BjxVcEI8hX— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 19, 2026 Alvarez appears set to stay at Atletico this season Despite the tension and noise surrounding him, Julian Alvarez appears increasingly likely to remain at Atletico Madrid through the rest of the transfer window. The Argentine was back on the training pitch on Thursday as part of his individual fitness program, and Diego Simeone could hand him a place in the squad for the club’s next match, against Villarreal on Sunday, August 23. Adding to the sense that his Barcelona move may no longer be on the table, reports indicate the Catalan club have shifted their attention toward Lautaro Martinez as a fallback striker option, a move that would effectively close the door on any imminent deal for Alvarez.
CRAIG HOPE: There will be a moment when Arsenal fans wonder what, exactly, they have signed in Bruno Guimaraes. He's as unique a footballer as you will find.
Officially getting the 2026/27 Premier League campaign underway on Saturday lunchtime, Manchester United will travel to Yorkshire when they meet Hull City. With a stacked schedule from across England’s elite this weekend, there are plenty of eye-catching betting promotions available. Verdict: Bruno Fernandes over 0.5 shots on target Best Odds: 4/6 Bookmaker: 1xBet Hull City Starting […] The post Prediction: Hull City vs Manchester United appeared first on SoccerNews.
Arsenal are planning to compete in multiple competitions this coming season and will need to utilise their squad. Yes, Konsa will find regular game time hard when Saliba and Timber are fit but he could also push to start if one of those two players suffer a drop in form. Arsenal are doing the same in midfield with the signing of Bruno Guimaraes.
AFA president Claudio Tapia issued a strong statement addressing the conspiracy theories surrounding the 2026 World Cup final between Argentina and Spain. A month after Argentina fell 1-0 to Spain in overtime at the 2026 World Cup final, Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Claudio Tapia broke his silence with a lengthy, pointed statement on social media, taking direct aim at what he called a “miserable campaign” to paint the national team as having thrown the match. The backlash stems from a wave of conspiracy theories that spread in Argentina in the weeks following the loss, some of them tied to a leaked video showing Lionel Messi delivering an unusually calm pre-match speech in the locker room, in which he told his teammates to “forget about everything”. That clip was seized on by some to suggest the players had mentally checked out before kickoff, and it wasn’t long before speculation grew into open accusations, with some in Argentina even floating the idea that the squad had deliberately “given away” the final. Tapia didn’t hold back in responding to those claims, noting that a month had passed without a single apology from anyone who spread the theories. “None of them apologized. None of them came out and said, ‘We were wrong’,” he wrote, adding that while making a mistake is human, lying and fueling a false narrative for days before quietly disappearing once it’s debunked is not. pic.twitter.com/5oHuoFF6AF— Chiqui Tapia (@tapiachiqui) August 19, 2026 He was especially forceful in defending the players themselves, arguing that once someone accuses the national team of being traitors, there’s no walking it back. Claudio Tapia’s full statement “A month has passed. A month since that final. A month since the lie, the operation, and a miserable campaign to paint this national team as having given up. And the most striking thing is that, after a month, none of them apologized. None of them came out and said, ‘We were wrong.’ None of them had the honesty, the dignity, or simply the guts to take responsibility. Because making a mistake can happen. What can’t happen is lying, building a false story, feeding a suspicion for days, and then, when time proves it was all smoke, hiding and acting like nothing ever happened. While our players left everything on the field, some outside were doing exactly the opposite: sowing hatred, dividing, tarnishing, and trying to destroy the image of a national team that earned the respect of millions. To all of them: take responsibility. Staying quiet isn’t enough. Waiting for time to pass isn’t enough. Changing the subject and acting like you never said anything isn’t enough.And even if you now want to avoid the comments, the complaints, or the criticism from people over all the lies you told, you won’t be able to erase what you did. Because words have consequences, and accusations leave marks. You don’t come back from calling the national team’s players traitors. You don’t come back from putting those who defended this jersey under suspicion. You don’t come back from accusing them of giving up. And you certainly don’t come back from doing it without a single piece of proof, only to choose silence once the lie is exposed. You demanded explanations when you didn’t have a shred of proof. You pointed fingers at players who were giving their lives for this. You fed a lie and passed it off as truth. Now it’s your turn to explain yourselves. Because greatness also means owning up to a mistake. And when you accuse, lie, and publicly hurt people who gave everything for this jersey, apologizing isn’t a favor. It’s an obligation. And there’s something else: how do you go back home after doing all this? How do you look your kids in the eye and talk to them about honesty, respect, dignity? How do you teach them that there are values worth defending, when you had the chance to do exactly that and chose to lie, point fingers, and hide instead? Values aren’t negotiable. A month has passed and we still
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