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🗞️ | ANALYSIS: Bonmatí continues to deliver
⚠️ | Bonmatí’s play style can be summed up in one word - sprezzatura, meaning the sheer nonchalance maintained whilst performing complex tasks.
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Eight years on from the 2015 Women’s World Cup, what’s changed within women’s football - and how have the Lionesses impacted the nation?
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Marc Skinner insists that Manchester United ‘perform very well in a lot of our games,’ and that ‘if you don’t like pressure, never come to Manchester United.'
The Red Devils face Chelsea this weekend.
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Randy Waldrum - the Head Coach of the Nigerian Women’s Football Team - offered his thoughts on the improvements in women’s goalkeeping in an interview with FromTheSpot.
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Carla Ward spoke to the media on Friday ahead of Aston Villa’s upcoming match against Brighton.
🚨| Club set to secure emergency loan 'today'
🩹| 'There are probably question marks’ over injuries
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Ahead of Manchester United’s upcoming Adobe Women’s FA Cup clash with Southampton, Marc Skinner addressed the media.
The Red Devils boss spoke of using last season’s defeat in the final as motivation throughout this campaign.
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Sonia Bompastor is set to be named as Emma Hayes’ replacement, according to
@TomJGarry
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🗞️ | 'The Stockport Iniesta is no more. It’s just Phil Foden now.'
🏆 | Our journalists voted to confirm Phil Foden as FromTheSpot’s Premier League Player of the Season
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Sjoeke Nüsken has fronted Chelsea’s attack, and she’s shored up their back line - but the German isn’t an out-and-out striker, nor is she a centre-back by trade.
As praise pours in for the 23-year-old, could the sky really be the limit?
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⚽ | Atalanta 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen
📝 | Bayer Leverkusen’s hopes of an unbeaten treble were shattered at the Dublin Arena, as Atalanta’s Ademola Lookman scored a hat-trick to secure the UEFA Europa League trophy.
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Patri Guijarro reflected on playing in front of almost 40,000 fans at Stamford Bridge and offered an insight into Barcelona’s mentality as they prepared for their semifinal second leg against Chelsea.
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Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan has tragically died after being caught in the aftermath of the earthquakes in
#T
ürkiye.
Our thoughts are with his teammates, family and friends at this incredibly difficult time. Rest in Peace, Ahmet.
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🏴 | EURO2024 England Team Preview
🗞️ | "England will make their fourth consecutive Euros appearance this summer, continuing their quest to end what is now more than 50 years of hurt."
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#England
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Spain 2-1 Sweden
La Roja will compete in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final for the first time in their history on Sunday, after late goals from Salma Paralluelo and Olga Carmona sealed a historic victory in Auckland.
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As the window slams shut on the WSL’s January transfer window, take a look at how your team performed!
⚖️ Aston Villa [C-]
❌ Manchester United [F]
🥇 Tottenham Hotspur [A+]
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📝 | Danke, Marco
🏆| Marco Reus could make millions of Dortmund dreams come true this weekend, in the very same breath as he makes his on the hallowed turf of Wembley
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⚽️| TÜRKIYE 3-1 GEORGIA
📝| The game of the tournament so far had wondergoals, end-to-end antics, and a near-comeback by the ultimate underdogs...
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🇫🇷 | EURO2024 France Team Preview
🗞️ | "Deschamps – arguably one of the best tacticians in world football - is hoping to continue his successful tenure as France manager by bringing home yet more silverware."
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Ahead of a Conti Cup clash against Reading on Wednesday, Arsenal’s Amanda Ilestedt spoke of the club’s ‘amazing’ fans and the desire to 'fight for the title’ in every competition.
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Speaking to the media ahead of Barcelona’s decisive semifinal second-leg against Chelsea, Aitana Bonmatí suggested that her side 'knew how to comeback in the Eindhoven final in 45 minutes, [so] why not now in 90?’
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🗞️ | The best finals in Champions League history
📊 | FromTheSpot ranks the best five UEFA Champions League finals in history, including that night in Istanbul and Manchester United’s treble-winning triumph
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Jonas Eidevall said Manuela Zinsberger’s contract renewal was 'so exciting' as he previewed Arsenal’s clash with Everton this weekend. The match will come ‘a little bit too soon’ for Leah Williamson, though.
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🇪🇸 | EURO2024 Spain Team Preview
🗞️ | "The almost deified team of that era is no more and unsurprisingly, the squads that attempted to follow that golden generation have, at best, fallen flat."
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#Spain
#EURO2024
The Comprehensive Women’s World Cup Guide
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Keira Walsh piled on the praise for Leah Williamson after England’s EURO2025 qualifying win over the Republic of Ireland, expressing that ‘you can see the calmness’ in the Arsenal defender.
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🗞️ | Italian town left with a decision to make ahead of EURO2024
⚠️ | Gli Azzurri’s opening match of EURO2024 presents a tricky dilemma for a Sicilian town of 6,000 inhabitants - but why?
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Brian Sorensen spoke to the media on Friday ahead of Everton’s match against Tottenham.
🤝 | 'Players have taken ownership'
⚽ | 'The goals we gave away were soft'
📈 | 'We will try to be more ruthless on Sunday'
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⚽️ | ITALY 2-1 ALBANIA
📝 | Holders Italy survive an early Albanian scare to kick-start their title defence in Dortmund
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Have
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#Wijnaldum
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#PremierLeague
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⚽ | Borussia Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid
📝 | Carvajal and Vini Jr strike to seal another UEFA Champions League crown for los Blancos
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⚽ | England 3-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
📝 | A strong second-half showing in Newcastle atoned for a drab opening 45 minutes that left many questioning England’s status as EURO2024 favourites
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🇩🇪 | EURO2024 Germany Team Preview
📝 | "Maybe Gary Lineker was wrong. Maybe football is a tricky game, where 22 men chase after a ball and, after 90 minutes, Germany are knocked out."
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@harveyhodgson_
#Germany
#DieMannschaft
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🤯 | The incredible story of Georgia at the EUROs
⚽️ | Last night, the 74th ranked country in the world did the unthinkable. They beat Portugal, qualified for the round of 16 and wrote themselves into footballing legend.
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@harveyhodgson_
🇵🇹| EURO2024 Portugal Team Preview
🗞️|"Roberto Martínez is hoping to follow up on a perfect qualification campaign by guiding his Portugal side to EURO2024 glory."
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#EURO2024
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🏴 | England WU19s prepare for European Championships
🗞️ | John Griffiths spoke to FromTheSpot on Tuesday ahead of the Young Lionesses' opening match against Lithuania on Sunday.
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🗞️ | Arsenal Women to play 11 matches at Emirates Stadium in 2024/25
🏟️ | A minimum of eight WSL fixtures will be played in N5, but it's not a complete goodbye to Meadow Park just yet
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⚽️ | Manchester City 1-1 [7-6 pens] Manchester United
📝 | Pep Guardiola and Manchester City avenged last season's FA Cup final defeat to win their first Community Shield in five years.
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#MCIMUN
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66 years on from the Munich Air Disaster that claimed the lives of eight members of Manchester United’s best-ever squad, the footballing community comes together once again to pay tribute to those lost on February 6, 1958.
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'It’s been a lot of hard work and only my family and people close to me see that,’ said Tottenham’s Grace Clinton, speaking to FromTheSpot about her career so far.
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Lauren Smith spoke to the media on Thursday ahead of Bristol City’s match against West Ham.
🤝 | ‘We’ve probably been a bit hard on ourselves’
📈 | ‘We know how quickly things can change’
🩹 | Abi Harrison ‘could feature’
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⚽ | SPAIN 3-0 CROATIA
📝 | Croatia were stunned in Berlin as la Roja established themselves as serious silverware contenders.
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#EURO2024
#ESPCRO
Aston Villa have failed to meet pre-season expectations so far this term, picking up just nine points from their opening 10 games. Has Carla Ward done enough to prove her doubters wrong?
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#AVWFC
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Carla Ward spoke to the media on Friday ahead of Aston Villa's trip to Liverpool.
🫂 | ’This is a tight-knit group'
🔝 | Matt Beard is a ’top coach'
🤝| ‘It’s going to be a tough game'
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🇳🇱 | Vivianne Miedema signs for Manchester City
🗞️ | The former Arsenal forward signs a three-year deal, keeping her at the Joie Stadium until 2027. She will wear the number 6 shirt.
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🗣️ | Rodri ahead of Croatia clash
🎙️| "We know that we’re here as one of the countries with the most European Championships, and we are here to go after our fourth."
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@kjacobsbryant
#ESPCRO
#EURO2024
⚽️ | Arsenal 2-0 Wolves
📝 | Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka shared the goal contributions as Arsenal earned a relatively comfortable victory against Wolves at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon
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@emilyclogg
#ARSWOL
⚽ | Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United
📝 | Young stars put spanner in the works of Erik ten Hag’s exit talks as City stunned at Wembley
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@jamiespangher
#MCIMUN
#FACup
World Cup glory could kill women’s football in Spain
With Spain sitting on the brink of Women’s World Cup glory, victory on Sunday could prove to be the downfall of women’s football in the country - as problems surrounding Jorge Vilda remain unsolved.
📊 | Scotland 1-1 Switzerland: Player Ratings
⚽ | Scott McTominay starred again for Scotland, but a handful of Switzerland players had quietly excellent displays
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@Samlowenjourno
#SCOSUI
#EURO2024
🗣️ | Jeremie Frimpong after Europa League final
🎙️| Bayer Leverkusen 'didn’t play our game’ against Atalanta... but 'everyone knows that we’ve got another final, we can’t be sulking.'
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@Manzi_Bobby
#UEL
#UELFinal
🇪🇸 | Everton sign versatile Spaniard
🗞️ | Inma Gabarro becomes Brian Sorensen's sixth signing of the summer transfer window following the expiration of her Sevilla contract
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@RhysWebbFTS
#Everton
#WSL
LIVE TEXT COVERAGE: AC Milan v Tottenham Hotspur!
Join us for live text coverage as Spurs head to Milan this evening in the Champions League Round of Sixteen. We’ll be bringing you the latest updates throughout the game.
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Jonas Eidevall spoke to the media on Thursday.
👹 | Previewing Manchester United
✍️ | Signing a contract extension
🩹 | Beth Mead’s availability
🏟️ | ‘Wasted an opportunity’ to impress
#Arsenal
#WSL
#BarclaysWSL
#AWFC
#MUNARS
🚨 | Major club considering academy closure
📄 | French outlet suggests that Olympique Lyonnais Féminin are exploring options to significantly reduce number of academy teams, implementing American pay-to-play model
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@libertysimons
#olfeminin
Barcelona’s Jonatan Giráldez expressed that his side must play at their best if they’re to overcome the first-leg deficit when they meet Chelsea at a sold-out Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
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@jamiespangher
#Chelsea
#UWCL
#BarcaFemeni
#Bar
çaFemení
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🗞️ | Southgate speaks on finalised England squad
⚠️ | Seven players will watch EURO2024 from home after being axed from England’s provisional squad
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@RhysWebbFTS
#England
#EURO2024
🇸🇮| EURO2024 Slovenia Team Preview
🗞️| "With no shortage of poetic storylines, sought-after talent, and one of Europe's finest between the sticks, could Matjaž Kek's Slovenia be the dark horses of EURO2024?"
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@emilyclogg
#Slovenia
#EURO2024
🇳🇱 | Will Vivianne Miedema be the signing of the summer?
🗞️ | The Dutch international has penned a three-year deal with Manchester City, but what will she bring to the Cityzens?
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@reallycerys
#ManCity
#ManchesterCity
#WSL
Ahead of Arsenal’s trip to Brighton on Saturday, Mikel Arteta expressed that Chelsea’s win over Manchester United serves to highlight the ‘unbelievable’ nature of the Premier League.
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#BHAARS
#Arsenal
#PremierLeague
Marc Skinner spoke to the media on Friday ahead of Manchester United's trip to Brighton.
🤝 | 'We have to perform'
⏰ | Late kickoff 'probably deters some of the younger fans'
📈 | The WSL is 'a lot closer this year'
#ManUtd
#MUWFC
#Brighton
#BHAMUN
#BarclaysWSL
#WSL
🗣️ | Luis de la Fuente reacts to straightforward win
🎙️| “We must control what happens internally here at the training camp. We have to stay wary, calm and proud, as well as motivated."
✍️ |
@kjacobsbryant
#ESPCRO
#EURO2024
With the second international break of 2024 just around the corner, take a look at the five WSL players to watch out for this weekend.
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@RhysWebbFTS
#WSL
#BarclaysWSL
🇷🇸| EURO2024 Serbia Team Preview
🗞️| "Serbia can certainly be the underdog of Group C and they’ll look to live up to that billing."
✍️|
@Samlowenjourno
#Serbia
#euro2024
In her pre-match press conference, Carla Ward revealed that ‘two players that started at the weekend are major doubts’ for Aston Villa’s Conti Cup tie against Arsenal on Wednesday evening.
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@reallycerys
#AstonVilla
#ARSAVL
#ContiCup
🚨 | Follow live coverage of England v Slovenia
📄 | Don't miss a minute of the action with live updates throughout the match, including score updates of the concurrent Denmark v Serbia clash.
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@Manzi_Bobby
📝 | Five things we learnt from France 1-2 England
⚠️| Alessia Russo is best utilised as a 'nine-and-a-half’ but lack of rotation is proving costly for the Lionesses
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@RhysWebbFTS
#Lionesses
#FRAENG
🗞️ | PREVIEW: Manchester City vs Manchester United
⚠️ | City and United will face off at Wembley Stadium in Saturday's Community Shield, but with star players absent, it could be a very different Manchester Derby.
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@harveyhodgson_
#MCIMUN
#CommunityShield
🗣️ | de la Fuente and Navas preview Albania match
🎙️| "We'll approach this game as we have all the others, as if it's the last."
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@kjacobsbryant
#ALBESP
#EURO2024