Football
Football news that overlaps a little, as horsjeu.be tells it: Pro League, Red Devils, Europe and transfers, by four fictional columnists. Every dispatch is read on horsjeu.be.
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Montella wants good football over results, Marcel remembers wanting both
Turkey coach Vincenzo Montella wants his side to concentrate on the quality of play rather than the result, ahead of facing Belgium in the Nations League. He also took on himself the…
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Courtois looks back on his 2018 “anti-football”, Louise asks what a mixed zone is
Speaking to the Spanish outlet Onda Cero, Thibaut Courtois looked back on the 2018 World Cup semi-final lost 1-0 to France, to a Samuel Umtiti header in the 51st minute. He admits…
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De Laurentiis wants a shorter half-time, Marcel keeps his fifteen minutes
At the TEHA Club summit in Rome, Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis proposed shortening half-time, or scrapping it altogether. He says there are no sacred rules just because they have existed for…
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Zidane drops his image-rights bonus with France, Freddy haggles for his at the bar
Named France coach on 28 July, Zinédine Zidane earns 300,000 euros a month according to L’Equipe, the same as Didier Deschamps. He has given up the image-rights bonus, around 44,000 euros a…
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Defour tired after 45 minutes just watching De Bruyne run, Louise investigates
Steven Defour says he was tired after 45 minutes against Italy just from watching Kevin De Bruyne run. De Bruyne himself was substituted after about an hour in Mark van Bommel’s first…
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Van Bommel wants pressing and verticality, Freddy already runs it on Tuesdays
Mark van Bommel asks the Red Devils for forward pressing, intensity and a very vertical game as soon as they win the ball back. After a win in Rome and a defeat…
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The BBC is looking for ten ways to improve VAR, Louise is still on number one
Erling Haaland’s winning goal in the recent Manchester derby is controversial and has reopened the debate on VAR. An episode of the BBC podcast “More than the Score” asks whether video refereeing…
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Oman qualified by a draw in a Jeddah hotel, Marcel notes
Oman beat Kuwait 3-1 on Tuesday while Iraq lost 2-0 in Saudi Arabia, and nothing could separate the two sides: head-to-head, goals, yellow cards. The Gulf Cup federation drew lots in a…
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Belgium U21 win 1-0 twice with no style, and Freddy signs on the spot
Winners over Belarus and then Wales by the same 1-0 scoreline, Belgium’s U21s have six points out of six on the road to Euro 2027. Coach Gill Swerts regrets the lack of…
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Ceferin says football needs no emperors, Louise goes looking for them
On 29 September 2026 in Copenhagen, in front of the EFC general assembly, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin targeted the way Gianni Infantino runs Fifa without ever naming him, according to RMC Sport.…
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Degryse sees Seys as a starter left and right, Freddy has one full-back for both
After Belgium’s 0-1 defeat to France, Marc Degryse reckons Joaquin Seys is knocking harder and harder on the door of a starting spot, at left-back as well as right-back.
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Belgium-France delayed by socks, Louise hunts for the stock room
The Belgium-France match kicked off around 8:50pm instead of 8:45pm at the King Baudouin Stadium. The reason: the French players’ socks, which wouldn’t stay up and were causing discomfort.