ROME, March 17 (Reuters) - Tuesday is decision day on soccer's European Championship but if the coronavirus epidemic forces it to be postponed until next year, as is widely expected, it will be only the first of many such calls to be made on the sport's ravaged calendar. European soccer's governing body UEFA is holding a teleconference call with all 55 member associations on Tuesday and, amid pressure to find time to complete the major domestic leagues that are all currently suspended, shifting the Euros back a year looks the most obvious first step.
Cagliari to restart training despite advice Serie A side Calgiari have confirmed that first-team training will resume in small groups, despite advice from the Italian players' union that it is still not safe due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Cagliari Calcio announces that the resumption of the first team's athletic activities has been scheduled for Monday, March 23rd," said a statement.
But Guardiola assured fans the club will not be taking the threat of Aston Villa lightly. You can never think you are going to win," Guardiola added. That's a lack of respect for our opponent. Our mentally tough game was against Madrid in the week, so we know we are going to suffer with that for the next few days, which is normal. You have to prepare for weeks for games like that, so there is a drop of adrenaline afterwards but now we'll start to prepare for the final to try to win it.
Oakland have a slim chance of making it into the play-offs but should get a win this weekend. They have had a tough fixture list of late but now take on the Jaguars who have lost five matches in a row. Home form isn't too bad for the Raiders and with the Jaguars not so hot on the road, a home win is the tip here.
Viborg looking at their last game they have meet with this away team they are very defensive when it comes to home game and so this game we can say that they will not give the away team any chance in this game and this will result to low scoring and this has made us to give this game an under of 4.5 total goals
Blau-Weiss Linz will host FC Juniors for this fixture of the league. I think, the hosts have a very difficult task. Linz is one of the worst teams in this campaign. Linz are in danger of getting relegated. Also, the hosts have fallen into a poor show. They have three consecutive losses. Also, we have FC Juniors who's is very average team in this season. In my opinion, the visitors are in solid shape. They are undefeated in their last 5 matches. In last game FC Juniors is won 1-0 against Grazer. I think, the visitors have the potential to pick up the victory.
Speculation over a possible link between coronavirus cases in Liverpool and the club's Champions League match with Atletico Madrid last month is an "interesting hypothesis", a scientific adviser to the UK government has said. Some coronavirus deaths in Liverpool have been blamed on the 11 March match at Anfield, which was attended by more than 52,000 people, including 3,000 from Madrid, where a partial lockdown was already in force.
Fortunately, in terms of points, their travelling efforts have been slightly better than Nimes' home exploits, so the visitors ought to fancy themselves on Friday. Last time out on the road, Garcia's men got the better of Strasbourg, giving little away in the process. A repeat performance might be enough to see off Friday's low-scoring hosts. That said, the visitors have made a habit of conceding goals on their travels, surrendering at least one in each of their last seven away games. They've also not been prolific winners on the road, winning three out of seven.
Valladolid's two home victories this term have come on their last two starts at Jose Zorrilla, with comprehensive successes gained against Eibar (2-0) and Mallorca (3-0). Those are evidently solid results against teams just below them in the league table, but it's Pucela's prior 0-0 stalemate against 3rd placed Atletico Madrid that mainly leads us to believe that they can grind something out of this encounter with Sevilla.
Linking up with Solskjaer would probably help him settle back into England a little quicker, but he must have plenty of options when RB Salzburg finally decide the time is right to sell him. Read the full story Chelsea consider Ake move The Telegraph report that Chelsea are considering a move for Bournemouth defender Nathan Ake now that they have had their transfer ban lifted.
However Liverpool were then grateful to poor finishing from Jose Mourinho's side - who were without the injured Harry Kane - to record another victory on their seemingly relentless march to a first title in 30 years. Son Heung-Min and substitute Giovani lo Celso missed glorious second-half chances to give Spurs some reward for a performance that improved as the game went on. But Liverpool, their position strengthened further by Leicester City's shock home loss to Southampton, held on to increase the sense of formality about the destination of this season's Premier League trophy.
Gray had an early penalty saved by West Ham's returning keeper Lukasz Fabianski but Iheanacho headed Leicester into a deserved lead in the 40th minute. West Ham's one flowing move of the first half saw them level with Pablo Fornals slotting home. Leicester regained the lead in the 56th minute with a superb counter-attack finished off by Gray and the visitors could have won by a bigger margin as West Ham's relegation worries grew.
Moyes has been justifiably accused of conservatism throughout his career - in 11 seasons at Everton he never won a league game at Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool or, until he managed them, Manchester United. It has long been his Achilles heel and a rich source of material for his critics. He has never quite been able to let his teams off the leash. David Moyes has yet to win a league match at AnfieldMoyes could not be accused of this here.
Toni came to me and said he was listening in the crowd monkey noises," the Spaniard said. I reported it to the referee. We have to work together to eradicate the problem. It is an issue in life and football. It is made very clear to us all that if we have heard any racist incident to report it. Altogether we need to make it stop.
You can’t dismiss it too much because of the game at the weekend. CHELSEA AND UNITED FACE STIFF COMPETITION IN TOP-FOUR BATTLE Who out of Chelsea and United will get top four? That is the most horrible question that there’s been for a long time! I still don’t want to be disrespectful and write off Wolves and Sheffield United.
The SFA employs about 170 people, with BBC Scotland learning between 50-60 have been furloughed. The SPFL, employing about 20 staff, has had a quarter of its workforce placed on the scheme. Coronavirus - what are your club saying?Celtic wage cuts possible - LennonFinishing season now seeming unlikely as SPFL take legal advice"The impact of the virus on Scottish football is significant," said Petrie.
Ajax have won twenty of their last twenty-eight matches against Heracles and have kept two clean sheets in the pairs’ last three encounters. Under 2.5 goals were produced in four of the duos’ last six meetings, of which Ajax have won two, drawn one, and lost one.
It is very interesting to see how this team, so strong, of course, I mean on MSV Duisburg is playing so bad in last few weeks. This team is have some fear or something like that, because they are have big problems in last two months, if we count and last period before Corona, or Covid 19 situation. Still, they are huge favorites today, because they are playing against the last team on the table and team who are they beat in last official match 2-1, as a guests. I see similar situation here and home team will win surely here.
Phil Foden's growing influence in the starting line-up is clear to see, buzzing around in the final third, but the young Englishman will be disappointed by missing a hat-trick of chances, all dragged wide from promising positions. The man Foden is tipped to replace next season, David Silva, showed why he will depart as one of the finest players the Premier League has seen, completing 106 of his 112 passes, contributing two assists as well as scoring a glorious free-kick.
With qualification games included, Wolves were bested just once in the 11 Europa League fixtures they've contested since mid-July, and Wanderers will expect to enhance that fine record even further this week.
| Team | Events |
Wins | Draws |
Losses | Goal difference |
Points |
1 | Bayern Munich |
19 | 15 |
1 | 3 |
43 | 46 |
2 | Borussia Dortmund |
19 | 13 |
1 | 5 |
20 | 40 |
3 | Union Berlin |
19 | 8 |
7 | 4 |
3 | 31 |
4 | Hoffenheim |
19 | 9 |
4 | 6 |
10 | 31 |
5 | Freiburg |
19 | 8 |
6 | 5 |
8 | 30 |
6 | Bayer Leverkusen |
18 | 8 |
5 | 5 |
12 | 29 |
7 | FC Koeln |
19 | 7 |
7 | 5 |
-2 | 28 |
8 | RB Leipzig |
19 | 8 |
4 | 7 |
13 | 28 |
9 | Mainz 05 |
19 | 8 |
3 | 8 |
6 | 27 |
10 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
18 | 7 |
6 | 5 |
2 | 27 |
11 | Bochum |
19 | 7 |
2 | 10 |
-10 | 23 |
12 | Borussia Moenchengladbach |
18 | 6 |
4 | 8 |
-9 | 22 |
13 | Hertha Berlin |
19 | 6 |
4 | 9 |
-17 | 22 |
14 | Wolfsburg |
19 | 6 |
3 | 10 |
-13 | 21 |
15 | Augsburg |
18 | 4 |
6 | 8 |
-11 | 18 |
16 | VfB Stuttgart |
19 | 4 |
6 | 9 |
-11 | 18 |
17 | Arminia Bielefeld |
18 | 3 |
8 | 7 |
-8 | 17 |
18 | Greuther Fuerth |
18 | 1 |
3 | 14 |
-36 | 6 |