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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Lukaku scores after the 6-0 at Villa, an amateur gaffer writes down his reaction method
Starting on Saturday, Romelu Lukaku scored his first goal for Fenerbahçe, who won 3-0 three days after a 6-0 defeat at Aston Villa. The striker says his adaptation is over.
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Fernando Roig starts his 30th year at Villarreal, Marcel salutes a president who stays
Fernando Roig took over Villarreal in May 1997, when the club had never played in the top flight, had about 1,500 members and a debt close to €80 million. At 79, he…
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Napoli rest De Bruyne and Højlund, then lose in Venice: Freddy rethinks his rotation
Napoli lost 1-0 on Saturday at Venezia, bottom of Serie A, in round 7. Massimiliano Allegri had rested Kevin De Bruyne and Rasmus Højlund after the Champions League defeat to Villarreal; both…
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Rangers score 13 goals from nearly 20 expected: Marcel prefers the scored ones
Rangers drew 2-2 at Dundee, at Dens Park, in the Scottish Premiership, after a run of seven wins. In the league they have scored 13 goals from a cumulative xG just under…
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PSG miss three penalties in a row but win shootouts: Louise looks for the difference
PSG won 1-3 at Strasbourg on Saturday in Ligue 1, but Ousmane Dembélé missed a penalty there, after Désiré Doué against Le Mans and Ferran Torres against Manchester City. Luis Enrique admitted…
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Gattuso warns Lazio of 15 to 20-minute blackouts, and an amateur gaffer sympathises
Before Lazio travel to Turin to face Juventus in round seven of Serie A, Gennaro Gattuso admitted the opponent was stronger. His main worry: the 15 to 20-minute blackouts that keep showing…
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A “lunar” run-up in CONCACAF, Marcel remembers the three steps
Club Sando and Mount Pleasant Football Academy drew 1-1 on Thursday in the first leg of the CONCACAF Caribbean club championship semi-final. According to RMC Sport, the visitors could have won but…
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Nicky Hayen’s Burnley blow another lead, and a Belgian Sunday gaffer opens his folder
Burnley, managed by Nicky Hayen, lost 1-2 to Wolverhampton on matchday 11 of the Championship after Jamie Vardy opened the scoring. It is the sixth time this season the club has dropped…
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No VAR in the Belgian Cup for Standard, and Marcel finds a match from his day
Standard reached the last 16 of the Belgian Cup by beating Dender 2-0. Early on, Casper Nielsen had his foot stamped on as he shot in the box, and referee Anthony Letellier…
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Leipzig’s toilets have a traffic light, Louise is looking for the zebra crossing
In a video on his YouTube channel, Benjamin Henrichs showed influencer Bilal Kamarieh around the RB Leipzig training centre. He introduced him to connected toilets: a wall panel lights up green, yellow…
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Luis Enrique sums up football in two demands and an “easy”, an amateur gaffer takes note
Before PSG’s trip to Strasbourg, Luis Enrique told a press conference what he expects from his players: to “run like crazy” and “play football beautifully”. The Paris coach says it’s “easy”.
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Union academy graduate equalises against Real Sociedad, Marcel has no complaints
Union Saint-Gilloise snatched a 1-1 draw against Real Sociedad on Thursday in the Europa League thanks to Sekou Keita, 20, a product of the club’s academy, who scored in the 88th minute…