Rio Mavuba has demanded a response from Lille in the Coupe de la Ligue semi-final against Bordeaux after they were surprisingly beaten 3-1 by Troyes on Saturday.
Frederic Antonetti s men appeared to be on their way to a 1-0 victory, but conceded three goals in the final 15 minutes to hand Troyes their first Ligue 1 win of the season.
Mavuba was not impressed with his side s outing, but sees Tuesday s semi-final encounter as the perfect opportunity to get back on track.
We have to show something else. We are waiting for a response from the team, Mavuba told Lille s official website.
We understand the fans frustration. It has not been an easy season so far. Tuesday is the chance to lift up our heads again, even if the league remains our top priority.
that Arsenal are set to sell Kieran Gibbs at the end of the season.
Aside from a brief loan spell with Norwich City in 2008, the twenty-six year old has spent his entire career with the Gunners, racking up over two hundred appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring six goals.
He was part of the squads that won back to back FA Cups over the past two seasons, while internationally he has won ten senior caps for England.
The full-back has made just three league appearances in 2016 and has just started twice this season with Nacho Monreal ahead of him in the pecking order.
Newcastle United are among the clubs interested in making a move for the defender and could be set to lodge a bid when the transfer window reopens.
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Germany goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler has announced his intention to leave Hannover after the club s relegation from the Bundesliga.
Eintracht Frankfurt s victory over Mainz on Sunday consigned bottom side Hannover to the second tier.
And the shot-stopper has revealed he believes his future lies away from HDI-Arena.
Zieler is under contract until the end of next season but his deal reportedly includes a €3.5million relegation release clause.
Anyone who knows me knows how much this relegation hurts, he posted on Facebook.
I feel closely connected to Hannover, with the people and the club.
And I just think that a club like 96 belongs in the Bundesliga, no ifs or buts. So I really hope that the second division is only a stopover.
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Ronald Koeman will get his first taste of El Clasico from a dugout when Barcelona host Real Madrid on Saturday.
The LaLiga champions head to Camp Nou after a pretty rotten week in which back-to-back home defeats to Cadiz and Shakhtar Donetsk have left fans and pundits alike thoroughly disillusioned with Zinedine Zidane s current approach.
Barca also lost 1-0 in their previous league game, away to Getafe, but a 5-1 thumping of Ferencvaros in the Champions League was a tonic and, in truth, that defeat at Coliseum Alfonso Perez felt more like an aberration during what has mostly been an encouraging start under Koeman.
The Clasico is always the acid test, though – and Barca, barring a dramatic change in system, will line up for this one in a 4-2-3-1 formation, so…
Casemiro is set to miss a key stretch of Manchester United’s season after Erik ten Hag revealed the midfielder will be sidelined with a hamstring injury until after Christmas.
The 31-year-old midfielder has struggled for form and fitness in his second season since his eye-catching switch to Old Trafford from Real Madrid.
Casemiro sustained an ankle injury on Brazil duty last month and returned against Newcastle last Wednesday, only to be taken off at half-time of the 3-0 Carabao Cup defeat.
United confirmed the Brazil international had sustained a hamstring that would keep him out for “several weeks”, but Ten Hag has now suggested the midfielder may struggle to play again this year.
Left-backs Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia may return in the coming we…
Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire were both dropped by Erik ten Hag for Manchester United s crucial Premier League derby with Liverpool on Monday.
Veteran forward Ronaldo and club captain Maguire started on the bench against Jurgen Klopp s Reds at Old Trafford, as the Dutchman looked to stimulate his side following a pair of dismal performances to start the campaign.
Ronaldo, arguably United s brightest spark during a turgid 2021-22 campaign, has failed to find the net this term in the wake of a disrupted pre-season that saw him sit out the club s tour of Asia and Australia.
The Portugal international has reportedly been seeking an exit from the club to play Champions League football, though with just over a week until the transfer window shuts, it appears li…
Jose Mourinho has played down his personal rivalry with Pep Guardiola ahead of Saturday s eagerly-awaited Premier League derby between Manchester United and Manchester City.
Mourinho and Guardiola have a long-running feud after the latter was given the Barcelona job over the former in 2008, but the scent of a truce has been in the air in the build-up to the game at Old Trafford.
The Portuguese insisted previous meetings with Guardiola s teams are not relevant and will have no impact on what happens in Saturday s match, with both sides defending 100 per cent records in the Premier League.
They are completely different situations, Mourinho told Sky Sports.
Barcelona is Barcelona, it s not Manchester City. Inter Milan and Real Madrid are not Manchester U…
Jude Bellingham has conceded he did not expect to become as influential for Borussia Dortmund as quickly as he has, crediting the club s coaches for helping his development.
The 19-year-old England international has become an integral part of Edin Terzic s side, starting 52 matches since the start of the 2020-21 campaign.
Moving to the Bundesliga two years ago from Championship outfit Birmingham City, Bellingham s rise has been meteoric – boasting 15 caps for England alongside his vast experience at club level.
While Bellingham has long been touted to become a star, he himself has admitted that things have moved far quicker than he ever anticipated.
All of it has been a bit of a surprise I didn t think I d come here and have the impact that I ve had…
Kylian Mbappe regretted only getting a chance to click with Neymar and Lionel Messi late in Paris Saint-Germain s season and was guarded on how it would affect his future.
Mbappe and Neymar scored hat-tricks as PSG claimed a 6-1 victory over Clermont on Saturday, sending Mauricio Pochettino s men 15 points clear at the Ligue 1 summit.
It was the first time two team-mates have scored trebles in the same top-flight game since Mbappe and Edinson Cavani did so for PSG against Guingamp in January 2019. The most recent occasion prior to that was Albert Gemmrich and Gerard Soler for Bordeaux against Valenciennes in August 1979.
Neymar and Mbappe set one another up once each, while Messi had a trio of assists to become the first player to achieve that on three occasio…
Phil Foden hailed Manchester City s courage after they inflicted a 4-1 defeat on champions Liverpool to take a significant step towards regaining the Premier League title.
Foden played a starring role as City extended their winning run to 14 matches in all competitions – a joint-record for top-flight clubs in England.
City had to stay patient after Ilkay Gundogan missed a first-half penalty, but their opener arrived when Alisson pushed Foden s shot to the feet of the Germany midfielder.
Mohamed Salah equalised from the penalty spot, Liverpool s first home league goal in 410 minutes, before glaring Alisson errors took the game away from Jurgen Klopp s side again.
Foden superbly set up Gundogan when Alisson gifted him the ball, then the goalkeeper playe…