Impressive Haiti could still qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-finals and should take plenty of confidence into their final group game against Honduras.
Despite sitting last in Group A heading into the final round of group fixtures, Haiti could still finish second and qualify automatically for the last eight and, based on their form, that outcome deserves to be rated at least a 50-50 prospect.
Haiti fought back to draw 1-1 with 2013 Gold Cup finalists Panama in their opening match and they were perhaps unlucky to lose 1-0 to hosts and reigning champions United States on Friday.
Marc Collat s Haiti dominated the highly fancied home side, finishing the game with 15 shots to five, although USA skipper Clint Dempsey secured victory with a second-half strike.<…
Thomas Tuchel suggested Borussia Dortmund deserved better than a goalless draw with rivals Schalke on Saturday.
Tuchel s men are now four league games without victory, representing their worst run since the 43-year-old took charge in June 2015.
The failure of Mario Gotze and Christian Pulisic to convert late chances means Dortmund find themselves eight points behind league leaders Bayern Munich after just nine games.
But Tuchel was encouraged by the performance and said Dortmund deserved more from the game.
We were closer to winning the game than Schalke. We made a lot of unforced errors in the 1st half and struggled to find a rhythm, he told DW Sports.
But in the second half, we were more structured and clearly the better team.
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Market: Celta Vigo win
Odds: 5/6 @
Smelling the chance to extend on their unbeaten La Liga run on Monday night, Celta Vigo will welcome a struggling Mallorca to Balaidos.
Starting with the hosts, mounting a stunning last-gasp comeback away at Sevilla as they eventually snatched a 2-2 draw last week, Celta Vigo have continued to impress many on either side of March s international break. Heading into the fortnight interval with a stellar 3-1 romp away at relegation scrappers Espanyol, Carlos Carvalhal s men now have their sights firmly set on clinching a top-half finish in 2023. Suffering just a single defeat in any of their previous 10 straight domestic appearances, the former Sheffield Wednesday boss should be smelling the chance for his side to make another La…
Real Madrid are interested in signing Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that if defending La Liga and UEFA Champions League winners Madrid are unable to bring Mount to the Santiago Bernabeu at the end of the season, then they will try to secure the services of the England international midfielder on a free transfer in the summer of 2024.
Mount has made 20 starts and four substitute appearances in the Premier League for Chelsea so far this season, scoring three goals and providing two assists in the process. The 24-year-old has also made five starts and three substitute appearances in the IEFA Champions League for the Blues so far this campaign, providing one assist in the process.
Madrid are second in the…
Asmir Begovic insisted his only concern at this point is success with current club Stoke, despite reported interest from Manchester United.
The Bosnian international moved to the Britannia Stadium in January 2010 from Portsmouth in a deal worth 3.25 million pounds, and has since displaced Thomas Sorensen as the club s first-choice custodian.
But his impressive performances have reportedly attracted admiring glances from the Premier League leaders, while the January signing of Jack Butland suggests boss Tony Pulis is planning for life after him.
Despite the speculation, however, the 25-year-old insisted he is focused solely on performing at the highest level for his present employers.
I have no time to think about this. My only concern is Stoke City as I …
Arsenal v Sunderland
Three clean sheets in a row, no defeat in twelve, still in three competitions, Eduardo back, could things just be looking up for Arsene Wenger and the Gunners? It certainly doesn’t sound like a poor season by any stretch of the imagination but they will be keen to re-establish themselves back in that top four.
Sunderland are a little more up and down although they too are unbeaten in five. Despite that, it is difficult to see them getting anything at the Emirates.
SoccerNews prediction: 2-0
Aston Villa v Chelsea
Certainly a tough test for Guus Hiddink in his first game officially in charge. With Villa sitting two points ahead of Chelsea in third place, this game is hugely significant.
Chelsea have only won three of …
Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe says he will not rush Jack Wilshere into the starting line-up despite the daunting prospect of facing Manchester City on Saturday.
The on-loan Arsenal midfielder came on as a substitute last weekend to help his side to a 1-0 victory over West Brom at the Vitality Stadium, having made two brief appearances against Leicester City and Watford for the Gunners.
A leg fracture kept the 24-year-old sidelined for almost all of last season, and he has not managed a full 90 minutes in the Premier League since September 2014 due to a succession of injury problems.
Howe has been delighted with Wilshere s start to life on the south coast but remains wary of placing too many demands on him too quickly, even with Pep Guardiola s table-topping City ne…
Inter s run of three straight Serie A wins came to a halt in a 1-1 draw against a stubborn Bologna at San Siro on Sunday.
The Nerazzurri had recovered from a slow start to Frank de Boer s tenure by recording victories over Pescara, Juventus and Empoli, but were unable to overcome a stubborn Bologna side on their home turf.
Hunting for a first away win of the season, Bologna made the most of a sloppy Inter start when Simone Verdi robbed Geoffrey Kondogbia of possession and played in Mattia Destro to score the opener.
De Boer is still impressing his brand of attacking football on his Inter squad and it took the home side half an hour to settle into the match, but when they did the impressive Ivan Perisic volleyed home a superb equaliser.
The script appeared…
According to reports in Spain, Bayern Munich have held preliminary talks with Barcelona over the possibility of signing Philippe Coutinho before this summer s transfer window closes.
The Brazilian arrived to the Camp Nou in January 2018 for €160 million from Liverpool, but he doesn t appear to have justified the high price-tag in the year and a half he has spent there so far.
With Ousmane Dembele, who has had a number of injury issues since his arrival from Borussia Dortmund, now fully fit and Antoine Griezmann having joined from Atletico Madrid last month, Coutinho is facing the prospect of falling down the pecking order further. He has been linked with a potential temporary return to the Premier League this summer, but that possibility doesn t exist anymore as the w…
Paul Pogba has urged France not to let an opportunity to win the World Cup pass as Les Bleus booked their place in Sunday s showpiece with a 1-0 win over Belgium.
Pogba, 25, was instrumental in the semi-final win in St Petersburg, as Samuel Umtiti s goal in the 51st minute put the 1998 champions in the World Cup final against the winner of Croatia and England.
The Manchester United midfielder was part of the France squad that lost 1-0 in extra time to Portugal in the Euro 2016 final, and Pogba hopes they can now go one better on Sunday.
It s beautiful, it s good, but there s still a step, he told L Equipe.
Today I m happy but it s not like the Euros. We had the chance to win the final of the Euros, but we missed a wonderful thing and we must not let thi…