Hope Powell's squad in 2012 was largely represented by English players - only two from Scotland featured and none from Wales or Northern Ireland. But other home nations are on the up now. Scotland competed in their first World Cup last year, while Wales narrowly missed out on a play-off spot and FAW chief Jonathan Ford has vowed to increase funding for women's football. Eleven of the players in last summer's Scotland squad currently play in the WSL, as well as former Manchester City forward Claire Emslie, who is on loan at Melbourne City from Orlando Pride.
In the final 16 minutes, it was end-to-end stuff, with both sides creating chances to win this remarkable tie. Despite their efforts, the game went into extra time, which was understandably played at a less frantic pace as tiredness and nerves sapped the energy. It was St Mirren who perhaps had the best chance to seal the tie - Obika's effort floating over the bar - as Motherwell finished with 10 men thanks to an injury to Jake Carroll.
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A miserable end of the game for Real was complete when Sergio Ramos was sent off for denying Jesus a clear goalscoring opportunity. Ramos will miss the second leg at the Etihad. Real, who were inferior for most of this match on their home patch, will need a minor miracle to reach the quarter-finals. Sergio Ramos - Real MadridGetty Images TALKING POINT Pep's tactics pay off Pep Guardiola has been criticised for being too clever in Champions League knockout ties – he left out Kevin De Bruyne at Spurs last year – and he took a big risk by leaving Sterling, Aguero and David Silva on the bench at the Bernabeu.
Reigning champions, top of the league, Champions League group winners, captained by the Ballon d'Or winner. That might not sound like a very normal situation, but Barcelona are not a normal club. At the Nou Camp, style is demanded as much as substance and a series of unconvincing displays has left manager Ernesto Valverde fighting for his job, despite steering his team to the top of La Liga. The delicate situation was further complicated on Sunday with the shock news that striker Luis Suarez has been ruled out for four months, potentially forcing a desperate plunge into the transfer market.
The Foxes - who had not scored in the previous four games - fully deserved their first victory in six matches. James Maddison had earlier gone close to breaking the deadlock when his 25-yard shot hit the crossbar. The Foxes will play Chelsea at home in the quarter-finals on the weekend of 21 March. FA Cup quarter-final drawLive: TV, radio and text coverage of Wednesday's FA Cup fifth-round actionForm counts for nothing in this oneBirmingham came into the game unbeaten in 13 matches, a run going back to New Year's Day, as they have climbed from relegation trouble in the Championship to mid-table safety.
Barca, for example, had reached the semi-finals for the last nine seasons and monopolised the trophy between 2015 and 2018. There were occasional upsets, like Real's 2009 exit to Alcorcon, the season after losing to Real Union, but these proved increasingly rare. Ties are now settled in one match, leading to dramatic scenes such as third-tier Cultural Leonesa knocking out 10-times winners Atletico and Mirandes dumping out Celta Vigo, Sevilla and Villarreal.
Cost of living in Poland compared to Spain - Expatistan Cost of living in Poland compared to Spain ; Food, - 40% ; Housing, - 17% ; Clothes, - 24% ; Transportation, - 26% ; Personal Care, - 31%.
He scored a record 59 goals for Spain, helping his country win Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. Throughout his career Villa was linked with a number of Premier League teams including Chelsea and Liverpool. So why did he not play in England?"I love the Premier League. In my career I always watched a lot of games in the Premier League," he said. I always thought about going there one time, but in the moment that all these offers arrived to me or to my agent, I made another decision.
Now he is at the best college he could be. Listen to the Football Daily podcastSolskjaer worked with Haaland for two years at Molde, giving the striker his debut at 16, and flew to Austria to talk with the teenager in December. His career is being guided by agent Mino Raiola, who also looks after Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba, and his father Alf-Inge, who played for Leeds United and Manchester City.
The Premier League season has been suspended until at least April 30 due to the pandemic and clubs across the country have been hit by significant losses in match-day revenue. Newcastle United put non-playing staff on leave and instructed employees to apply for the government's newly-created coronavirus job retention scheme and Bournemouth said they had to take similar drastic measures to protect the club's future.
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With last week being a bye week for City, they lost top spot with Sydney FC claiming a win against Western United and moving to the summit of the A-League for the first time this season. Melbourne have the chance to leapfrog their rivals again here, albeit potentially only for 24 hours. The hosts have been in good form this season, dropping just five points so far and having the top scorer in the league in their ranks, with Maclaren scoring his eighth and ninth goals last time out against Western Sydney.
Despite the moans and grumbles from fans at the Emirates, Arsenal are unbeaten in all competitions at home this season, winning six and drawing the other three of the nine matches they have contested there since August.
Akhmat Grozny has not won a restart of the league (0-1-2) and of course has not won an official match in 2020. He went to Moscow last Sunday ta face Lokomotiv and lost 1-0. Ishmael is penalized (21/0), not playing Switz (14/0).
From 8 June, La Liga will be back. Spanish football has a huge following but it will not be the only recreational activity that will return. The Spanish second division is also set to resume at the same time as the top flight, with reports in Spain suggesting the derby between Sevilla and Real Betis will be the first La Liga game to take place. We are very pleased with the decision," said Tebas. It is the result of the great work of clubs, players, coaches, CSD (National Sports Council) and agents.
Full TimeSecond Half ends, Watford 0, Manchester City 4. Post updateOffside, Manchester City. João Cancelo tries a through ball, but Gabriel Jesus is caught offside. Post updateAttempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko. BookingWill Hughes (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Post updatePhil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
This is my natural habitat. Was I extra emotional? No. Was I nervous before the game? No. But I just love it. To confess, the most difficult moments for me in this 11 months was the part of the summer when, for the first time, I didn't have a pre-season. I was looking at other managers and clubs doing things. It was a weird feeling. Reaction from Saturday's Premier League gamesJose's still box office "I want to do my things and I have started doing my things," Mourinho said at full-timeThat Mourinho was making his remarks in a packed room full of football journalists told its own story.
Not a sentence we imagined writing at the beginning of the season, that. Pay cuts in the Bundesliga Over in the Bundesliga, desperate times are calling for desperate measures. Footballers are actually taking pay cuts. So are club directors. What a strange world we keep waking up in. Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have both announced that their players and directors will be taking a 20% pay cut, in order that the club can assist other employees during the coronavirus lockdown.
Left back Taylor, 26, sustained the injury before halftime in Burnley's 2-0 home defeat by Crystal Palace on Saturday. The initial reaction is it's not a serious one," Dyche told a news conference. We got him off as quick as we could so hopefully that's prevented too much damage. I'll wait and see what the physio tells me.
Michel Der Zakarian's Montpellier side have been putting together a great run of form recently with them now unbeaten in their last seven games in all competitions with three wins along the way. They've scored 14 goals and conceded eight in this time making it a great viewing for the neutral but despite the leaky defence, fans are ecstatic that their team currently sit 6th. They have been brilliant to watch recently with goals coming from all corners of the pitch but primarily from their front three of Andy Delort, Gu00e4etan Laborde and Florent Mollet. The trio have been on fire recently and have had a direct hand in nine of Montpellier's last 14 goals and will be looking to keep that up against the champions.
Forward Gabriel Martinelli and full-back Hector Bellerin have been nursing hamstring problems and will both be assessed before Monday's game at Emirates Stadium. Media playback is not supported on this device FA Cup: What makes Leeds' Marcelo Bielsa 'the greatest coach in the world'? Leeds, who are top of the Championship, are without forward Eddie Nketiah, who was on loan from Arsenal but who has now been recalled.
Adams wants league to be finished Arsenal legen Tony Adams says the current season should be finished in full and says it would be unfair to automatically hand the league title to Liverpool at this stage. The Premier League season has been suspended until at least April 3 due to the coronavirus outbreak and Adams has hit back at claims the season should be declared as void.
The Partenopei have won twice in their last 14 games across all competitions. They are coming into this match with only two clean sheets across their last 15 matches in all competitions, despite improving their defence in the summer. With Gattuso expected to ring the changes before a weekend meeting with Fiorentina, Napoli’s backline could be exposed once again here.
Hammarby is one of the most historic clubs in Swedish football and we believe that adding Zlatan Ibrahimovic, one of the world's most respected and experienced players, will create additional opportunities for the club," said AEG's president and chief executive Dan Beckerman. AEG will continue to hold our remaining ownership shares in Hammarby and support the club's operations and development, but now it will be in collaboration with one of the most knowledgeable and iconic players of all time.
Overall at home, Oxford are a sturdy side. They've conceded in just one of their last nine at Kassam, while they're also League 1's third-best team in terms of shots on target conceded, shipping an average of just 2.6. What may worry manager Karl Robinson is that his side has slowed up in terms of goals scored at home of late, scoring just three in their last four.
It was left to 18-year-old Curtis Jones to score a remarkable winner for Liverpool, finding the very top corner of the net with a beautiful curling effort from outside the box, leaving Jurgen Klopp babbling platitudes after the match. Unbelievable player, Scouser, very confident, can't wait to play in the first team, good, rightly so, he is [on] a very good way," said Klopp.
Dinamo Minsk three of their last four league games have gone under 2.5 goals. They will face a Neman Grodno who have kept clean sheet in games against Vitebsk and soligorsk and only conceded one goal against belshina and Isloch Minsk. On the road Neman Grodno have gone under 2.5 goals in six of their last seven games. In their previous match encounters both teams have gone under 2.5 goals in their last four games. Neman Grodno have also gone under 2.5 goals in their last four league games.
