Soccer

2:32 PM ET One day back in 2019, Atlanta United FC play-by-play broadcaster Kevin Egan ran into forward Josef Martinez in the parking lot of the team’s training facility. Egan asked Martinez how he was doing, and the Venezuela international responded, “Good. All I want to do is score goals.” Back then, Martinez was in

2:00 AM ET As Manchester City‘s Sergio Aguero has recently learned to his cost, the “Panenka” penalty is a curious discipline, with the heavily unstable ratio between risk, reward and ridicule barely making them worth anybody’s while. 2 Related If you’re thinking, what is it? Then the man himself can explain. Antonin Panenka, the Czechoslovakia

3:50 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — For the second time in a month, Chelsea beat Manchester City and, while this 2-1 Premier League win might have offered few clues about whether they can make it a hat trick in the Champions League final on May 29, Thomas Tuchel’s side have made sure they

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May 6, 2021 ESPN’s lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae looks ahead to an intriguing Dortmund vs. RB Leipzig “doubleheader” over the next week, a pair of games that will play a huge part in the story of this German football season. Saturday, May 8 and Thursday, May 13: Circle these days on your football calendar.

12:18 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Eden Hazard has friends at Chelsea, the monster. By the end of Wednesday night, it was hard to avoid the conclusion that what most hurt wasn’t that Real Madrid had been knocked out of the Champions League, or even that they had been defeated so completely, the fact that

3:51 AM ET Robert Lewandowski could decide he wants one final challenge in the Premier League. ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. Jump to: Oblak in Premier League move? | Nagelsmann wants Barca assistant coach | Donnarumma left in tears by Milan fans | Marcelo’s saviour awaits reward | Arsenal chief’s in-tray Lewandowski a target

6:44 PM ET LONDON — Arsenal sacked Unai Emery because they feared he was sending them into the wilderness. As it turns out, it didn’t stop him. Emery’s Villarreal side advanced to the Europa League final with a 0-0 draw at Emirates Stadium, earning a 2-1 aggregate win they deserved for being the better organised,

5:52 PM ET Liam Wheeler Manchester United booked a Europa League final place for the second time in five years despite slipping to a 3-2 defeat against Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. The hosts started brightly and should have taken the lead as Gianluca Mancini, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Henrikh Mkhitaryan all squandered chances, only for

6:00 AM ET With the Champions League semifinals complete, Manchester City and Chelsea move on to the May 29 final, while Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid wonder where it all went wrong. We asked Gab Marcotti, Mark Ogden and Julien Laurens to answer some big questions. Who will win the final and why? Marcotti: Manchester

4:54 PM ET Chelsea reached their first Champions League final since 2012 as goals from Timo Werner and Mason Mount secured a 2-0 victory Real Madrid in their semifinal second leg at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday to win the tie 3-1 on aggregate. Their away goal in Madrid had given Chelsea a narrow advantage heading

6:44 PM ET LONDON — Chelsea‘s ruthlessness has consumed many managers but Thomas Tuchel embraced it from day one, and that attitude has taken them to a Champions League final following a 2-0 win over Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. He replaced Frank Lampard 99 days ago ostensibly to mould the expensively acquired

4:00 AM ET When Barcelona host Atletico Madrid on Saturday, and Sevilla travel to reigning champions Real Madrid the following day, each club will be within four games of potentially becoming Spain’s champions. This is the tightest (six points separate first from fourth), most open (four teams) La Liga title race in living memory. Still

12:50 PM ET You always knew there was going to be a next chapter; you just didn’t expect it was going to come two weeks and one day after being relieved of duty at Tottenham Hotspur. And, obviously, you wouldn’t have expected Roma. Not this Roma. The sheer speed of Jose Mourinho’s appointment at Roma

6:34 PM ET It was the moment that Pep Guardiola knew it was mission (almost) accomplished. As Riyad Mahrez celebrated his and Manchester City‘s second goal of their Champions League semifinal second-leg victory against Paris Saint-Germain, Guardiola turned away from the pitch, sought out Ferran Soriano in the directors’ box and, with his fist clenched,

9:13 AM ET Jose Mourinho will take charge at Roma next season. Getty Jose Mourinho has made a surprise return to football after being announced as the new Roma manager for next season. Mourinho was sacked as manager of Tottenham on April 19 but has made a quick return, the Serie A club confirmed on Tuesday.

2:49 PM ET Associated Press A potential takeover of Arsenal by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek will be protracted and might not happen, according to club great Thierry Henry, who has been consulted by the Swedish billionaire. Ek recently spoke of his interest in buying Arsenal but has launched no official bid and current owner Stan

12:33 PM ET Another big soccer weekend has come and gone, with most attention paid to the one game that did NOT take place as scheduled, when hundreds of Man United fans protesting the Glazer family led to Sunday’s home game vs. Liverpool to be postponed. Elsewhere, Sergio Aguero turned on the style to help