Day: April 29, 2023

Lamine Yamal becomes youngest player in Barcelona’s La Liga history

Lamine Yamal became the youngest player to represent Barcelona in La Liga when he came off the bench in Saturday’s win at home to Real Betis. The 15-year-old, who was born in July 2007, breaks the modern La Liga record previously held by Ansu Fati, who was also on the pitch when Yamal emerged from […]

Trouble in Paradise? Gift Orban lashes out at Gent manager for benching him

Gift Orban has scored 15 goals in all 17 games for Gent this season Nigerian attacker Gift Orban has expressed his displeasure for not starting in KAA Gent’s crucial matches, Soccernet.ng reports. The Nigerian has been restricted to playing the entire 90 minutes for Hein Vanhaezebrouck’s team ever since Buffalo’s 3-nil triumph against KAS Eupen. […]

Blown it? Four things Arsenal must do to stay in the title race | Arsenal

Tighten up at the back Arsenal’s defensive problems in the absence of William Saliba are little secret. They have conceded 2.17 goals a game without the centre-back; with him, that figure reads 0.93. Arguably they have missed Takehiro Tomiyasu in equal measure: he has been injured since mid-March, like Saliba, and could have slotted in […]

Player ratings as Barça march towards La Liga title

Barcelona moved 11 points clear at the top of La Liga with a thumping victory against Real Betis on Saturday. With only six games left to play, Barça are on the cusp of becoming Spanish champions for the first time since 2019 after easily dismissing the threat of ten-man Betis at Camp Nou. Manuel Pellegrini’s […]