Fantasy Football Rankings 2023 – PPR Defense (D/ST)

The New England Revolution widened their lead in the MLS Eastern Conference table as Orlando City suffered their first defeat of the season. 

Adam Buksa s goal after 70 minutes kept New England atop the east with a 1-0 win over FC Cincinnati.

The Revolution are now five points clear of second-placed Orlando City after the Lions 2-1 defeat to New York Red Bulls. 

Ten-man New York City FC stunned Los Angeles FC 2-1 on Ismael Tajouri-Shradi s 90th minute goal after Jesus Medina had equalised 20 minutes earlier. 

This reaction to going down a man

— New York City FC (@NYCFC)

Trailing 2-0 heading into the final 10 minutes, Nashville saw Hany Mukhtar score in the 80th and 83rd minutes to lift the visitors to a 2-2 draw with Atlanta United…

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri believes it would be foolish to rule Napoli out of contention for the Serie A title.

Juve have dominated domestically in Italy in recent years, winning three straight top-flight titles under the stewardship of former coach Antonio Conte.

This season s fight for the Scudetto has been largely considered a straight fight between Allegri s side and 2013-14 runners-up Roma, who are just three points adrift of Juve in second after 11 matches.

Napoli, who finished third last term, are starting to find form after a sluggish start and a 1-0 win at Fiorentina last Sunday followed the superb 2-0 victory over Roma.

And Allegri, who replaced now Italy coach Conte in the close-season, is keen to ensure Juve realise the threat posed b…

Competition: La Liga

Market: Eibar to beat Las Palmas

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Spain s top league continues this weekend with a number of hugely important games to come as the competition continues to gather pace. Every side will want to pick up maximum points this game-week as the league table remains incredibly tight, with a single win often able to see a side rise a number of places. With this in mind, Las Palmas host Eibar on Saturday evening.

Las Palmas have been awful this season and they are in real danger of getting relegated to the second division. After 17 games they have just three wins, while they have drawn twice and lost 12 times, scoring just 13 goals and conceding 38 times, the highest in the league. In their last five games they have just one win…

Emanuele Giaccherini insists he is ready for a FIFA World Cup call-up despite a difficult season with Sunderland.

The former Juventus midfielder has fallen short of expectations since moving to the Premier League, though he did help the Stadium of Light outfit stay up against the odds.

He has been a regular fixture for Italy under Cesare Prandelli since making his debut in June 2012 and insists he is raring to go in Brazil if he gets the call.

Prandelli knows me like few others, he knows the player that I am, the 29-year-old told Corriere dello Sport.

He called me to the national team against criticism from all, he gave me every confidence and even in making my debut against Spain in Euro 2012.

I chose England and have had some difficulties, I do not hide …

Atletico Madrid are only depending on themselves as they look to challenge Liga leaders Barcelona for the title, says Diego Simeone.

Atletico moved level with Barca at the summit on 76 points as their 3-0 victory over Granada preceded Luis Enrique s side suffering a 2-1 defeat – their third successive top-flight loss – at home to Valencia.

Simeone takes his team to San Mames to face Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday and insists they will look to win and not hope for another slip-up from the leaders.

The only thing we are interested in is the match against Athletic. Like I always say, the important match is that of tomorrow, said the coach.

It is key, as all matches have been. We are going to face a very strong rival in all departments – the presence of…

Fiorentina president Andrea Della Valle insisted on Wednesday that star Romania forward Adrian Mutu will be staying at the club despite interest from AS Roma.

Roma had confirmed earlier in the day that they have made an offer for the Romania captain, believed to be around 18-20 million euros.

But Della Valle said he won t be selling.

With reference to Roma s offer the Fiorentina president Andrea Della Valle states that Adrian Mutu is and will remain a Fiorentina player, said Della Valle s brief statement.

Roma had earlier confirmed the growing speculation about their interest in the former Chelsea Juventus and Inter Milan forward.

Roma confirms they have made an offer to Fiorentina for the acquisition of Adrian Mutu for the 2008/09 season, s…

Netherlands striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has announced that he will retire from international football to concentrate on playing for Real Madrid, the Dutch football association KNVB said on Tuesday.

Having studied in detail the programmes of Real Madrid and the Dutch eleven, I realised that, given the physical effort required to perform at my maximum, I was going to have to make a choice, van Nistelrooy said in a message to national coach Bert van Marwijk.

The combination of the competition, cup and Champions League games of Real Madrid and the programme of the Dutch team is too heavy a burden.

I have no other choice.

The 32-year-old said he had not taken the decision lightly.

Obviously such a decision is not something one takes in a night. …

Paulo Dybala s brother and agent revealed there is a good chance the Juventus star will leave the Serie A champions amid links with Manchester United.

Dybala has struggled in the shadow of Cristiano Ronaldo since the five-time Ballon d Or winner s arrival from Real Madrid at the start of the season, only managing five goals in 28 league appearances.

The Argentina international attacker – who netted 22 Serie A goals last term – has scored just 10 goals across all competitions for Juve in 2018-19.

Dybala has emerged as a reported target for Premier League giants United and his brother Gustavo said the 25-year-old is not happy in Turin.

Winning team! 

— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano)

There is a good chance he ll leave Juventus, Gusta…

BUFFON ON… CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Losing on penalties in 2003 was very painful, but since I was only 25, I was fairly calm because I was convinced I d win many more. That s the exuberance of youth. I was so close to winning it on that occasion; they missed three penalties in that final I saved two of them. Strange things happen. It wasn t meant to be and we weren t good enough. In sport and life, those who deserve it more probably end up getting their rewards.

BUFFON ON… MANAGEMENT

The pitch is the most beautiful part of the game; it gives you emotions which bring meaning to life. So I wouldn t like a role as [a club] coach, with the day-to-day nature of it. I wouldn t rule out a role as national coach; you d still get the emotion of the pitch but with the time …

Referee Cuneyt Cakir claims he has no regrets over sending off Nani in Machester United s Champions League defeat to Real Madrid.

The Turkish official has been under fire following his decision to show a red card to the Portugal international in the second leg of the crucial European encounter, for what seemed like an honest attempt to bring down the ball.

United, leading 1-0 when Nani was sent off, went on to lose the second leg 2-1, bowing out of the round of 16 3-2 on aggregate.

Despite the controversy surrounding his influence on the outcome, Cakir has stood by his interpretation of the situation.

I feel well and I don t doubt about my decisions. The red card to Nani was right. People will realise about it, he told Spanish newspaper AS.

Cakir…