Francesco Totti, who won the 2006 World Cup with Italy, said that he had turned down roles to rebuild Italy' national team — which missed the last three World Cups —to become an adviser to Maxima, Rome's new basketball team. Maxima is run by California lawyer Paul Matiasic. The post ITALY: Totti turns down Azzurri and Roma to join basketball club appeared first on Soccer America.
Sometimes football is silly and sometimes it is more fun for it. On a night when there were 37 shots and the goalkeepers shared thirteen saves between them, some of them absurd, José Mourinho’s Real Madrid found a way to beat his former team Inter in his first Champions League night of his second spell. Just don’t ask exactly how. Except perhaps to cite Thibaut Courtois, whose astonishing save in the 89th minute saw them hold on to a 2-0 first-half lead given then by goals from Kylian Mbappé and Fede Valverde themselves. You would say that they had shot themselves in the foot, only if they tried, Courtois would probably save that too. This wasn’t always good, in fact at times it was terrible, but they had got through somehow.You would say that they had shot themselves in the foot, only if they tried, Courtois would probably save that too. This wasn’t always good, in fact at times it was terrible, but they had got through somehow. When Madrid scored the first, this grand arena cheered but they might as well have laughed too. That Madrid led really didn’t make much sense; not when it came to the goal and not when it came to the game either. It had taken Madrid four minutes to get a meaningful hold of the ball, and by then Courtois had already made a superb save from Marcus Thuram. But now, somehow, they led. Ninety minutes later, they still did. Continue reading...
Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing the Como midfielder Nico Paz. They are keeping tabs on the talented young playmaker for 2027, and it remains to be seen whether they come forward with an offer to sign him in the near future. Nico Paz attracts Arsenal interest Nico Paz in action for Como (Photo by […] The post Arsenal face battle with Real Madrid for highly-rated €80 million playmaker appeared first on CaughtOffside.
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