The podders reflect on United winning a thrilling EFL Cup final against Southampton, and Leicester’s decision to sack Claudio Ranieri nine months after leading them to the Premier League titleSubscribe and review: iTunes, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast & Stitcher. And join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter.On today’s Football Weekly, AC Jimbo is joined by Barry Glendenning, Iain Macintosh and Gregg Bakowski to look back on the cut-throat world of game we so love. Continue reading...
A crunch win at Betis means the question now being asked is if Sevilla could win a first league title since 1946. Why not?Ramón Rodríguez, ‘Monchi’, walked out the door and refused to look back. Sevilla’s sporting director left the Sánchez Pizjuán after their 2-1 victory over Leicester City on Wednesday night with “mixed emotions”, insisting as he went: “All I’m thinking about now is the derby.” Now? That was all most of them were thinking about already, even before the game – or so it felt. Witness the scene that same afternoon. In the hotel where the squad meets before matches, there were a little under four hours to kick-off on a potentially historic night: the chance to reach...
There was something about the win over Leganés, the performance, the whole night, that was deeper than a single game. Barça need something to believe inIt was the 89th minute and it could have been the end; 63,378 people watched, minus those who’d already departed depressed – and there were plenty of them – as he stood alone before them. Standing before him, meanwhile, was Iago Herrerín; Iago Herrerín and disaster. But there were no nerves, just annoyance, and there would be no joy, not even much sign of relief. Leo Messi took the penalty that might just have rescued Barcelona’s season, pulling them from an even darker place and keeping them alive for another week at least, as if...
For the first time in weeks, it feels like there will be a relegation battle in Spain after all. And Leganés will be in itSporting Gijón haven’t got a prayer, but they might just have a little hope at last. The miracle arrived in the week they stopped asking for it – and the week they needed it most. The week Granada and Osasuna needed it, too. “Resurrection Sunday”, one headline called it, and it was huge: a match that felt like all their fates hung on it, even with 17 weeks still to go. “We have to win, come what may; we can’t afford another defeat,” the Sporting coach Joan Ferrer, ‘Rubi’, said. “Salvation will depend largely on what...
The cancellation means the same tedious, unpleasant war: accusations, paranoia and shots fired by the usual suspects. Expect the worst, expect a messA storm tore through Spanish football this weekend – and for once that’s is not some mangled metaphor. Late on Thursday night it started, hitting Galicia hard. An average of 80 litres of water fell per square metre, 126 in the worst hit areas, and winds reached 120kph. The facade of a sports centre collapsed, an airport tower was damaged, rivers overflowed, dozens of trees were pulled up, two people died, and there were 640 calls to ‘999’ – which is ‘112’ here. A total of 49,378 people were left without electricity and the first division was left...