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Graham Hunter, Spain writerOct 29, 2023, 05:00 AM ET Close Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Open Extended Reactions Jude Bellingham, the man who won the Clasico for Real Madrid on Saturday, has got only one thing wrong since his transcendental €103

Oct 28, 2023, 06:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re heading towards the end of October and with that, the final weekend of matches for the month happening all across Europe. As always, there is drama and excitement within various storylines that go beyond the final scores of matches. On Friday, we saw Tottenham continue

Oct 28, 2023, 01:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BARCELONA, Spain — Real Madrid emerged as the comeback winners of Saturday’s Clasico against Barcelona thanks to the heroics of Jude Bellingham, whose two goals canceled out an early Barca goal at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys. With the result, Barcelona have lost their first match of

Open Extended Reactions Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said he is making a “conscious effort” to improve his touchline behaviour after admitting he had let the club down in previous matches. The 41-year-old is a constantly animated presence in games and has attracted criticism for aggressively remonstrating with officials on multiple occasions. – Stream on

Tottenham Hotspur opened a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace as their unbeaten start to the season continued on Friday. Ange Postecoglou’s side were matched by London rivals Palace throughout an even opening period but took charge once a Joel Ward own goal gave them

Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCOct 26, 2023, 03:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jude Bellingham has made playing for Real Madrid look easy. You’ve heard the headline number by now: eight goals in his first nine LaLiga games. Those goals — which have come from just 22 shots, 15 of them on target — have propelled

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 27, 2023, 04:00 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions That World Cup hangover hasn’t disappeared just yet for the United States women’s national team. The USWNT and Colombia played to a 0-0 draw Thursday in the first of

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 26, 2023, 04:04 PM ET André Onana has defended Manchester United teammate Alejandro Garnacho after the English FA launched an investigation into a social media post made by the Argentinian featuring two gorillas above a picture of the Cameroon goalkeeper. Garnacho made the post on X, formerly Twitter, after Onana saved a

Oct 26, 2023, 08:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona host Real Madrid on Saturday in the first Clasico of the 2023-24 LaLiga season. Who will win and get an early edge in the title race? Illustration by ESPN Saturday is a special day in LaLiga as we get our first Clasico of the 2023-24 season

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Oct 25, 2023, 04:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona have apologized to Vinícius Júnior after a club director posted on social media that the treatment he receives is “not racism” and that he deserves a “slap for being a clown.” Miquel Camps, who is on Barça’s board, made the comment

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 25, 2023, 05:48 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions PARIS — They’ve spent millions over the past couple of seasons, had superstars come and

Oct 24, 2023, 11:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Major League Soccer regular season? It’s over. Decision Day? Come and gone. That leaves the MLS Cup playoffs, which kick off Wednesday with the wild-card round. The wild card sees the eighth and ninth seeds in each of the Eastern and Western conferences square off

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 24, 2023, 08:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag branded Manchester United‘s 1-0 win over FC Copenhagen as a “narrow escape” after André Onana‘s stoppage time penalty save earned a first Champions League victory — and the team’s first points in Europe — of the season. United got off the

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 24, 2023, 06:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — On a night when Manchester United honoured one of their heroes, they found two unlikely ones in Harry Maguire and André Onana. The build-up to Tuesday’s Champions League clash with FC Copenhagen was dominated by tributes to Man United legend Sir

Oct 24, 2023, 09:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions There has never been a season like the 2023 campaign in the 28-year history of Major League Soccer. There’s been hype, sure, when the league began in 1996 and when David Beckham arrived little more than a decade later. But this? Lionel Messi signing for Inter

Tottenham Hotspur‘s best start to a top-flight season for more 60 years got even better as a 2-0 home win over Fulham sent them two points clear at the Premier League summit on Monday. Captain Son Heung-Min‘s seventh league goal of the campaign and James Maddison‘s first home strike for the club secured a seventh

Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCOct 23, 2023, 12:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sevilla and Real Madrid battled to an ill-tempered 1-1 draw in a game that had more controversial moments than brilliant ones. Fran Santiago/Getty Images The international break ended and club football returned across Europe with a packed slate of big results and

Open Extended Reactions Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend, we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. – How VAR