๐ณ Abdoulaye Toure needed to score a 99th-minute penalty to secure Le Havre's Ligue 1 place for next season.
He did this...
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Robin Bairner
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- Incredible business from Chelsea. Deivid Washington signed for โฌ16m last summer and they've turned a โฌ5m profit after a stellar season in which he played 25 minutes for the first team. All this achieved by selling to... themselves.๐จ Strasbourg should finalise the signing of Chelsea forward Deivid Washington today. โฌ21M fee! ๐ฐ (Source: @lequipe) #DeadlineDay
- If Turkey beat Netherlands tomorrow, they'll be without a player banned for an offensive celebration for the semi-finals. They could face England in the semi-finals, who have had a player banned for the same thing. Except he's not banned yet. Make it make sense! #EURO2024
- Man Utd have spent less on Sancho, Varane and Ronaldo than Arsenal have spent on White, Odegaard, Ramsdale, Sambi and Tavares. #MUFC
- Bordeaux are back! After being declared bankrupt and relegated to the fifth division in the summer, their first game ended with goalkeeper Lassana Diabate scoring a last-gasp equaliser against Poitiers.
- ๐ Lionel Messi's goal wasn't even the best in France yesterday. ๐ฅ Step forward Jeremy Livolant, who scored this winning goal in the Ligue 2 derby between Laval and Guingamp.
- Maccabi Tel Aviv, Beitar Jerusalem and Maccabi Haifa are all playing in UEFA competition tonight. 'The message is loud and clear.'From the UEFA Super Cup in Udine, the message is loud and clear. A banner. A call.
- The last time Cristiano Ronaldo faced a Ligue 1 team, his Juventus side were knocked out of the Champions League against Lyon.
๐จ Cristiano Ronaldo: โSaudi League is not worst than Ligue1โ. โSaudi Pro League is more competitive than Ligue1, I can say that after one year spent thereโ. ๐ซ๐ท โWe are better than French league already nowโ. - ๐จ Bordeaux have been relegated to National 1 due to financial problems. Had been expected to play Ligue 2 but now heading for the third tier. Champions League quarter-finalists barely 10 years ago.
- Cristiano Ronaldo is considering leaving Juventus. His agent, Jorge Mendes, will meet with #PSG sporting director Leonardo during the Champions League Final 8 in Lisbon. (Foot Mercato)
- Martin Keown just called Lens 'Lyon'. Michael Owen then claimed Arsenal should be winning in Lens, a team that won 17 of 19 home matches last season and finished only 1 point behind PSG. ๐คฆ
- Some impressive revisionism from Man City over Arsenal's gamesmanship given it took Rodri approximately 3 seconds to go down trying to get an opponent sent off.
