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4:53 PM ET Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 2-1 to leap their Clasico rivals into second place in the La Liga table, behind leaders Atletico Madrid. Karim Benzema and Toni Kroos gave Real two first-half goals, with Barca pulling one back in the 60th minute thanks to Oscar Mingueza. Real finished the waning minutes of the

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5:30 AM ET Graham Hunter Close Spain writer Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Sid Lowe Saturday marks the second and final clash between longtime Spanish rivals, Real Madrid and Barcelona, for the 2020-21 season. Real hold the edge having won convincingly

10:26 AM ET The 26th season of Major League Soccer kicks off on Friday, April 16 (catch MLS all season long on ABC/ESPN/ESPN+). With fresh faces, returning stars and a new team in Austin, there will plenty of talking points throughout the season. ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura, Jeff Carlisle, Gus Elvin, and Danny Guerra bring you

Apr 8, 2021 Agent Mino Raiola’s attempt to create a buzz around Erling Haaland is no surprise to Manchester United. ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. Jump to: Haaland would skyrocket City’s record wage bill | U.S. youngster Konrad can leave Barcelona | Torres battle heats up | Arsenal want £15m for wantaway Torreira |

6:23 PM ET LONDON — The days of Arsenal leaving out their highest-paid player in the biggest matches were supposed to be over. Mikel Arteta could only rue his team’s naivety in conceding a stoppage-time equaliser to hand Slavia Prague a 1-1 draw and the advantage at the halfway point of this Europa League quarterfinal

4:55 PM ET Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes scored as Manchester United defeated in the first leg of their Europa League quarterfinal tie. Rashford connected on a lovely long ball from Eric Lindelof in the 31st minute, bringing down the ball with apt first touch to glide it past Granada keeper Rui Silva. Fernandes secured

12:05 PM ET The Erling Haaland roadshow is in full swing, just as it was nearly 18 months ago, pre-pandemic. Back then, he was a man-child of a center-forward who was banging in goals for Jesse Marsch’s RB Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga (16 in 14 games) and the Champions League (eight in six) and

10:02 AM ET Christian Pulisic‘s debut season with Chelsea went about as well as could reasonably be expected. Following his 58 million move in Jan. 2019, the United States winger racked up nine goals and six assists in the Premier League, emerging as one of Frank Lampard’s leading lights when league play resumed after a

4:46 PM ET Mason Mount celebrates after scoring a goal for Chelsea against Porto in the Champions League. Getty Chelsea scored two away goals in a win over Porto to take a decisive upper hand in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Wednesday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Stream

4:00 AM ET As one door started to close at Tottenham Hotspur, another opened. On the morning of April 7, 2014, as Spurs prepared for the visit of the Premier League‘s bottom side Sunderland, reports emerged that manager Tim Sherwood was going to be relieved of his duties at the end of the season. Though

Football fans and pundits seem to like to turn everything into a punchline these days but please feel free to sneer at those who quickly joke: “Well Liverpool got a taste for thrashing La Liga teams at Anfield judging by that Barcelona time in the 2019 semifinal so… no big deal here!” Let’s be crystal

4:53 PM ET Manchester City players celebrate after scoring a goal against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. Getty Manchester City secured a last-gasp victory against Borussia Dortmund in their Champions League quarterfinal first leg at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night with a late goal from Phil Foden. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+

8:21 AM ET Real Madrid have major problems in defence ahead of their Champions League quarterfinal tie with Liverpool — and their El Clasico clash with Barcelona in La Liga — after Raphael Varane tested positive for the coronavirus. “Real Madrid C. F. informs that our player Raphael Varane tested positive in the COVID-19 test

3:00 PM ET We’re down to the final eight teams vying for UEFA Champions League glory; can Liverpool get revenge on Real Madrid for defeating them in the 2018 final? How will Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain fare in a rematch of last year’s decider? Are Man City facing an easy road, or will Erling

1:09 PM ET A fine weekend of football saw Bayern take control of the German Bundesliga title race with a win over rivals RB Leipzig, while Atletico Madrid’s defeat to Sevilla saw La Liga’s blown wide open. In England, Liverpool destroyed Arsenal as Manchester City continued their march to the title and, in Italy, Inter

6:09 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona will continue to pursue the signing of Erling Haaland after meeting with his representatives last week but several sources at the club have told ESPN it will be “very difficult” to do a deal for the Borussia Dortmund striker. New Barca president Joan Laporta met with Haaland’s

5:44 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Mason Greenwood has found scoring goals a little harder this season but he popped up with a big one in a 2-1 win at Old Trafford on Sunday night. Heading for a 1-1 draw against relegation-threatened Brighton with seven minutes to go, the teenager was in the