Nopetegui, Serie A’s insularity and the difficulty a club like #Milan faces in choosing a new coach theathletic.com/5455342/2024/0…

1-1... Y el Betis, Real Betis Balompié 🌴💚, depende de sí mismo para ir a Europa, pese a tropezar de nuevo con el Sevilla; Sevilla Fútbol Club.
Por Alejandro Delmás
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Manuel Pellegrini's record as Real Betis head coach is clearly very, very good. That's what makes 1 league win in 31 matches against the 'big 4' in that time so starling. Consistently have been a team who don't look capable of winning key games when the pressure is on.

It’s #ElGranDerbi tonight between Betis and Sevilla

Have you read Colin Millar’s book about their rivalry?

He joined me on the podcast to discuss it…

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88 años de 'Oselito en Rusia' (mayo de 1936), 89 de la Liga del Betis en 1935 y hoy... Betis-Sevilla.
Por Alejandro Delmás Infante
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Compare and contrast fan culture.

Bayer Leverkusen's price for all Roma's away tickets for Europa League SF: €15 asroma.com/it/notizie/710…

Real Madrid's highest price for their own fans for Champions League SF: €445
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Just 30x the price difference.

🎧 Get yourself in the mood for #ElGranDerbi with the return of the 'We are Sevilla' podcast featuring special guest Colin Millar.

On this day 87 years ago, German and Italian planes bombed the northern Spanish town of Gernika at the behest of General Franco.

This is the story of the Picasso painting it inspired, the town’s football team and the painful process of memory since then.

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Hitting the shelves like a Jean-Pierre Papin volley hitting the net, Va-Va-Voom goes on sale TODAY!

A comprehensive account of French football’s modern era, it’s published by Bloomsbury Sport and is available in hardback, ebook and audiobook #vavavoombook amazon.co.uk/Va-Va-Voom-Mod…

Sheffield United (92) have now conceded the most goals in a 38-game Premier League season. Previous record held by 07-08 Derby County (89). With 4 games left, Sheff Utd could break all-time PL goals against record (Swindon Town, 100 against {42 games}, 1993-94).

𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘: The majority of Premier League clubs want to introduce a hard spending cap — and the motion will be voted on Monday.

The cap would allow clubs to only spend five times the commercial and broadcast revenue of the lowest team in the division.

⬇️ Matt Slater

Protecting it from what? Clubs have been happily sold off to whatever oil-rich state, oligarch, hedge fund or vulture capitalist venture has rocked up. There is plenty about UK football that actually does need protected (price caps, the pyramid) but this is vacuous PR speak.

West Ham won 2023 FA Youth Cup emphatically. Big hopes on their futures. They have had a combined 87 minutes of PL football this season, just 1 start in all comps (a UEL dead rubber), despite small squad. Big opportunity for a coach who'll trust them and look beyond short-term.

🚨 EXCL: West Ham in talks over ambitious move for Ruben Amorim if David Moyes goes. Julen Lopetegui also assessed but Amorim current top target. #WHUFC said to appeal but unclear where they sit among 39yo’s options. Liverpool looks unlikely The Athletic | Football theathletic.com/5435225/2024/0…

Jude Bellingham netting a stoppage time winner in each of his first two El Clasicos. Future editions of the Oxford English dictionary should have his picture alongside the definition
of a 'clutch player'.