Premier League: Heightened security likely for grudge match between Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest
Crystal Palace's home debut against Nottingham Forest in the Premier League is likely to be a tense grudge match with possible security issues.
Crystal Palace's home debut against Nottingham Forest in the Premier League is likely to be a tense grudge match with possible security issues.
Tottenham Hotspur have sacked Ange Postecoglou from his position as head coach 16 days after their famous triumph over Manchester United in the Europa League final, which was their first European trophy in 41 years.
There's no place like home, but Athletic Club Bilbao travel to play Fenerbahce in Istanbul in the Europa League on Wednesday, knowing they might not play in their San Mames Stadium for a month and a half.
Tottenham Hotspur’s flawless start in the Europa League came to an end on Thursday, as they fell 3-2 to a resilient Galatasaray side.
In a quiet first half, the Eagles controlled possession but struggled to create clear scoring opportunities. Riga remained well-organized defensively, keeping Frankfurt away from their goal.
Athletic Club goalkeeper Julen Agirrezabala made a series of excellent saves to help his side to a hard-fought 1-0 win at home to Slavia Prague in the Europa League.
Olympique Marseille qualified for the quarterfinal of the Europa League despite suffering a 3-1 defeat away to Villarreal on Thursday evening as the Spanish side went close to a historic European fightback.
The Werkself had a fairy tale start in front of the home crowd and opened the scoring after just six minutes when Florian Wirtz benefited from Grimaldo's deflected cross to slot home.
Despite Eintracht being allotted only 5,000 tickets for the matchday on Thursday, it was observed that a lot more supporters travelled to Barcelona and were able to buy tickets later on, resulting in the German fans dominating the total attendance on the night which was 79,400
FC Barcelona are out of the UEFA Europa League after a shocking 3-2 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt at home. The Spanish giants had settled for a 1-1 draw in Germany in the first leg which meant they are out from the competition losing 4-3 on aggregate.
