Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty for Portugal vs. Ukraine is his 700th career goal for club and country.

Craig Burley says that Fernando Santos seems to be struggling to balance Portugal’s stars into the side.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 700th goal of his senior career as Portugal fell to a 2-1 defeat to Ukraine in Monday’s Euro 2020 qualifier in Kiev, putting him in a very exclusive club that includes some of the game’s greats..
Ronaldo had the chance to pass the milestone in Friday’s match against Luxembourg, but he was only able to find…

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The ESPN FC crew analyse Barcelona’s performance sans Antoine Griezmann in their 4-0 win over Sevilla.

Steve Nicol weighs in on the rumours Barcelona may try to swap Antoine Griezmann for PSG’s Neymar.

Frank Leboeuf explains why Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann’s on-field relationship won’t improve any time soon.

The FC crew choose which of Luis Suarez’s two goals vs. Inter Milan was more world class.

Craig Burley feels the UCL favourites all have one thing in common — their lack of defensive structure.
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has said he misses his rivalry with Cristiano Ronaldo and would have liked his fellow five-time Ballon d’Or winner to have continued in La Liga.
Ronaldo left Real Madrid as the club’s all-time top scorer to join Juventus in a €100 million transfer in the summer of 2018. Since his departure to Turin, the two superstars have not faced each other.
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“Yes, I would have liked for Cristiano…

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Trent Alexander-Arnold is taking things one game at a time for both England and Liverpool.

Fiyako Tomori says he wasn’t expecting to make the England squad at the start of the season. The Euro 2020 trail takes England to Czech Republic next on a busy weekend of international action, and our in-form column has all the best betting angles covered.
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After a perfect five-game start to England’s qualifying campaign, Gareth Southgate may elect to shuffle his pack when England take on Czech Republic on Friday evening. Their opponents have scored nine goals in their five qualifying matches so should not be underestimated on home soil, despite the…

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Gab Marcotti praises Maurizio Sarri for his tactics in Juventus’ 2-1 win over Inter.

Gonzalo Higuain scores the winner for Juventus, handing Inter their first loss. Watch Serie A on ESPN+.
A fast and furious Derby d’Italia ended with a late Gonzalo Higuain goal as Juventus beat Inter 2-1 (Stream a replay in full on ESPN+) to retake their usual spot at the top of the table. The result, thoroughly deserved on the balance of play, will come as great satisfaction to Maurizio Sarri. The performance greater still.
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Juventus continue to get better and better and after beating Napoli 4-3 in August they reminded another title rival of the scale of the task facing them if another team is to…

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Juventus bought Cristiano Ronaldo to improve their chances of winning the Champions League, so when they were knocked out by Ajax, many considered his first season with the Bianconeri to be a failure. However, since joining Juventus, his general performances have been far better than those in his final couple of years at Real Madrid, even if his goals-to-games ratio hasn’t been as prolific.

During his final years at the Bernabeu, he completely changed his game. He featured less in…

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi each have five Ballons d’Or, but does the Portugal star have an argument to deserving more?
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Being in fairly decent shape himself, Cristiano Ronaldo has shared a few of the secrets to attaining and maintaining his elite level of physical fitness.
The good news for the rest of us is that honing your body to near-perfection does entail scoffing the occasional pizza.
The bad news is that it also involves countless hours of focused…

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