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Full time: Wolves 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League: Palhinha got the goal as Tottenham Hotspur secured their first league victory of the year against already relegated Wolves and their players are celebrating like they’ve just won the Champions League. They remain in the drop zone, two points behind West Ham.
Full time: West Ham 2-1 Everton
Premier League: Callum Wilson came off the bench to score the decisive goal for West Ham in the second minute of added time at the London Stadium. The gap between West Ham and Tottenham remains at two points
Full time: Liverpool 3-1 Crystal Palace
Premier League: Mo Salah limped out of what could be his last appearance in a Liverpool shirt with a hamstring injury, while Alexander Isak, Andy Robertson and Florian Wirtz scored the goals that did for Palace.
GOAL! Liverpool 3-1 Crystal Palace (Wirtz 90+6)
Liverpool extend their lead: Liverpool goalkeeper Freddie Woodman didn’t have to make way despite suffering what looked a serious knee injury and is on the field to see Florian Wirtz put this match beyond Palace in the knockings with a half-volley that went in off the woodwork.
West Ham 2-1 Everton: That goal: El Hadji Malick Diouf sent a cross into the Everton penalty area and Jarrod Bowen headed the ball back across the face of goal to tee up WIlson, who made no mistake from close range.
GOAL! West Ham 2-1 Everton (Wilson 90+2)
West Ham restore their lead! On as a substitute, Callum Wilson plunges Spurs back into the relegation zone with a goal in the third minute of added time.
Championship: Jaydon Banel scores in the 88th minute to send Derby County 3-2 ahead against QPR in a ding-dong battle at Lofts Road. At Carrow Road, Kenny McLean has equalised for Norwich against Swansea City.
GOAL! West Ham 1-1 Everton (Dewsbury-Hall 88)
Everton equalise! Not long after Everton had an excellent penalty shout turned down, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall restores parity for them at the London Stadium. As things stand, Tottenham Hotspur are out of the relegation zone, above West Ham on goal difference.
GOAL! Wolves 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur (Palhinha 82)
Spurs take the lead! Pedro Porro takes another corner, Richarlison sends a shot goalwards and Palhinha sticks out a toe to steer the ball past Jose Sa. The goal stands despite a long VAR check for offside.
Championship: Portsmouth go 3-1 ahead against Stoke as Adrian Segecic completes his hat-trick on 82 minutes. Patrick Bamford makes it Sheffield 2-3 Preston at Bramall Lane and Tomi Horvat scores a penalty to halve Bristol City’s deficit against Birmingham at St Andrew’s, where it’s 2-1.
Championship: Lewis Dobbin sends Preston 3-1 up against Sheffield United at Bramall Lane, while Sondre Langas equalises for Derby against QPR at Loftus Road, where it’s 2-2.
GOAL! Liverpool 2-1 Crystal Palace (Munoz 71)
Premier League: Freddie Woodman saves from Ismaila Sarr and injures his knee in the process. He tries to return to his feet but can’t, allowing Daniel Munoz to score into the unguarded net from 20 yards. Liverpool’s third choice goalkeeper looks to have suffered a bad knee injury but hasn’t come off yet.
Championship: Oxford United are leading Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 at the Kassam Stadium. Wednesday pulled a goal back through Will Grainger, only for Myles Peart-Harris to score at the other end for Oxford a minute later.
Wolves 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs win a corner and Jose Sa gets down to save Rodrigo Bentancur’s strong header after the Uruguayan had got on the end of Pedro Porro’s inswinger.
Wolves 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur: A mistake by Kevin Danso goes unpunished and he owes Antonin Kinski a couple of pints for sparing his blushes. The Tottenham goalkeeper rushed off his line to bravely deny Adam Armstrong after Danso made a dog’s breakfast of his effort to deal with a long ball from deep.
Xavi Simons forced off with a knee injury
Wolves 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur: Simons can’t continue and looks very upset as he makes way for Lucas Bergvall. I suspect that may be the last we see of Simons this season and he may be a non-starter as far as the Netherlands’ World Cup campaign is concerned. This afternoon is turning into the stuff of Tottenham’s worst nightmares.
Wolves 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur: Already a Dominic Solanke down after their centre-forward was forced off in the first half with a hammy, the Spurs bench look on in despair as Xavi Simons goes down with a knee injury. He’s soldiering on for now but it doesn’t look great for the Dutchman. If it wasn’t for bad luck, Spurs wouldn’t have any luck at all.
Mo Salah pulls his hamstring
Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace: Mo Salah pulls up lame and limps out of what looks like being his final appearance in a Liverpool shirt. It’s a sad way for his time at the club to end, presuming it is his last hurrah.
Championship: Richard Kone has given QPR a 2-1 lead over Derby County at Loftus Road.
Championship: It’s all square between Stoke and Portsmouth in the Potteries, where unbeknownst to me until a few moments ago, Lamine Cisse equalised for the hosts shortly after half-time.
Championship: Zan Vipotnik scores from the spot to give Swansea City a one-goal lead over Norwich.
GOAL! West Ham 1-0 Everton (Soucek 52)
Premier League: West Ham take the lead through Tomas Soucek, who steers a header past Jordan Pickford at a corner moments after his side had a penalty shout turned down.
West Ham 0-0 Everton: West Ham appeal for a penalty as Taty Castellanos is brought down by Jordan Pickford, whose momentum led to him catching the West Ham striker as he came out to dive at his feet. It’s no penalty but there’s a goal at the London Stadium and if you’re a Spurs fan, look away now …
Tottenham Hotspur: Those who celebrate expected goals might be interested to hear that Roberto de Zerbi’s side had an xG of 0.12 in the first half of their match against Wolves. Mathys Tel is on for Randal Kolo Muani at half-time in a bid to take the bare look off that dismal stat.
Premier League half-times
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Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa (R)
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West Ham 0-0 Everton
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Wolves 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
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Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace
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Arsenal v Newcastle (5.30pm)
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Championship half-times
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Charlton Athletic 2-1 Hull City (R)
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Middlesbrough 5-1 Watford (R)
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West Brom 0-0 Ipswich Town (R)
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Birmingham City 2-0 Bristol City
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Norwich City 0-0 Swansea City
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Oxford United 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
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QPR 1-1 Derby County
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Sheffield United 0-2 Preston
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Stoke City 0-1 Portsmouth
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Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace: Palace have a mountain to climb if they are to beat Liverpool for the fourth time this season. Alexander Isak and Andy Robertson got the goals, as Liverpool secured a 2-0 first-half lead.
West Ham 0-0 Everton: The deadlock remains resolutely unbroken between West Ham and Everton at the London Stadium in a state of affairs that will suit West Ham more than the hal stalemate at Molineux …
Wolves 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur: Wolves midfielder Andre has been booked for a crunching tackle on Yves Bissouma that perhaps deserved a red card. Tottenham’s players certainly thought so and even Rob Edwards feared the worst as Anthony Taylor pondered his decision. It’s half-time at Molineux.
Wolves 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur: We’re still waiting for a shot on target from either team at Molineux. Tottenham have just lost Dominic Solanke to injury and are offering little or nothing in attack.
GOAL! Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace (Robertson 40)
Premier League: Freddie Woodman pulls off a superb save from JP Mateta at one end, before Liverpool break forward and score through Andy Robertson at the other. The Scot was played in behind by Curtis Jones before firing a low shot past Dean Henderson.
Wolves 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs striker Dominic Solanke has gone down with a hamstring injury and it looks like his afternoon, if not his season is over. Richarlison is ready to take his place.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Crystal Palace (Isak 35)
Premier League: Alexander Isak puts Liverpool ahead against their 2025-26 bogey team, intercepting an Alexis Mac Allister shot that was going wide and sending the ball past Dean Henderosn. It’s the Swede’s first goal since breaking his leg in December.
Championship: Adrien Segecic has given Portsmouth a one-goal lead at Stoke City in a match between two sides separated by just one point and playing for little more than pride.
Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa
Premier League match report: Ryan Sessegnon scored the only goal of the game as Ollie Watkins and Tammy Abraham missed chances for the visitors in front of the watching England head coach Thomas Tuchel. Ben Bloom reports from Craven Cottage …
Championship: Jhon Solis doubles Birmingham’s lead over Bristol City at St Andrew’s, as the hosts capitalise on a horrific error from Sam Morsy.
Championship: Relegated before they’d even got to kick a ball this afternoon because of early results elsewhere, Oxford United are 2-0 ahead against Sheffield Wednesday courtesy of Will Lankshear’s second goal of the game. Both sides will be playing League One football next season.
Championship: Oscar Fraulo has restored parity for Derby County against QPR at Loftus Road, where it’s all square at one goal apiece after 28 minutes.
No penalty for Liverpool
Premier League: As expected, the decision is overturned. There was no foul but it almost certainly wasn’t a dive either. Salah simply lost his balance and fell over as Johnson chased him down.
Penalty for Liverpool!
Premier League: Crystal Palace’s Brennan Johnson is penalised for a trip on Mo Salah, who goes to ground on the edge of the penalty area and gets straight back up without appealing for a spot-kick. There didn’t look to be any contact and this decision will probably be overturned on the advice of VAR.
Championship: Liam Lindsey scores his second goal of the afternoon, sending a glancing header at a corner past Adam Davies to put Preston two goals up.
League Two: Take a bow Callum Stead. The Barnet striker has scored a hat-trickinside 17 minutes against Gillingham to keep his side’s playoff hopes alive and kicking.
Premier League: We’re still waiting for a goal, or even a chance of note in any of the three top flight matches being played at the moment. West Ham are looking nervous against Everton, while Tottenham are dominating Wolves early doors but have yet to trouble Jose Sa.
Championship: Harvey Vale gives QPR a 1-0 lead over Derby County at Loftus Road, sending a low drive past Jacob Zetterström into the bottom corner after 13 minutes.
Championship: Birmingham City are one up against Bristol City at St Andrew’s, where Phil Neumann has put the home side’s noses in front.
Championship: In the relegation wake between Oxford United and Sheffield Wednesday at the Kassam Stadium, Will Lankshear has given the home side the lead, firing through the legs of Wednesday goalkeeper Pierce Charles. At Bramall Lane, Liam Lindsay has put Preston a goal up against Sheffield United.
Scottish Premiership: Aremu Afeez has given Aberdeen an early lead against Kilmarnock. Celtic host Falkirk at 5.30pm and will leapfrog Hearts and Rangers to take an overnight lead at the top of the table if they win.
The family of Shaun Burton, say they are “devastated” by the loss.
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In the opening half an hour against Cape Verde, Mikel Oyarzabal, the centre-forward, did not get a single touch.
Kyle Green gets in touch: “Your highlighting of Lalas and his absurdity is something that has prevented me from wanting to watch the coverage on Fox. While every channel has its pros and cons I just can’t.
“I’m 45 and probably the youngest of anyone who remembers him as a player instead of an opinionated insert insult here. As for the match this could be more competitive than it looks on paper Spain need a win the pressure is on them. Saudi Arabia could hold out for a draw and see what happens in their last match. “
News from the England camp, and it seems to be good news on Declan Rice.
“I’m ready and fit, raring to go. I was feeling a little bit of neural pain in my hamstring, which I was managing from after Christmas with Arsenal for a very long time. Obviously, not a lot of people would have known that. It was all behind-the-scenes stuff but it was a smart decision.
“In the end, that last 20 minutes is probably where you pick up the most, and it’s where you play a 70-minute match. But that last 20 is where you really feel your body going for it. And I think it was a smart decision because the last few days I felt really, really good.”
Alex Reid has penned today’s weekend special Football Daily.
Portugal v Uzbekistan on Tuesday enticingly pits the incredibly nice, incredibly 41-year-old-superstar-tolerant Roberto Martínez against Fabio Cannavaro, who’s won a Ballon d’Or as a player and the Chinese Super League as a coach. While the fixture following that game really does see the dream of Thomas Tuchel – in his first international job with England – taking on Queiroz, who is in charge of his ninth national side with Ghana.
The expected formations are 4-2-3-1 for Spain, and 5-3-2 for the Saudi Arabians.
The Saudi team features two Donis changes: Ali Lajami, a defender, and Nasser Al Dawsari, a midfielder, are preferred to Mohammed Abu Al Shamat and Mohamed Kanno. You may recall Salem Al Dawsari, the Saudi captain, as the man who scored the winner against Argentina.
An entertaining read, even for those of us who have just seen the clips.
In a conversation where his co-panelist is casually reminiscing about his days playing alongside Messi or exchanging shirts with Ronaldo Nazário at the World Cup, what exactly is Lalas going to talk about – coming on as a second-half substitute for Earnie Stewart in a friendly against Scotland in 1998? Helping the Kansas City Wizards finish last in the 1999 MLS Western Conference? Did Lalas enjoy an elite playing career? No. But does he do the background reading that could compensate for his relative lack of standing in a conversation with titans like Henry and Zlatan? Also no. But is he charming or funny or charismatic or otherwise magnetic on screen? Eh, no.
For the record, I once interviewed Alexi Lalas on the challenge of playing against Romario in the 1994 World Cup. He had this to say:
“He could kill you in so many different ways. If you remember from that World Cup, he scored so many types of goals. That ranged from solo adventures to an outside-of-the-right-foot half-volley off a corner kick. Romario was both the most difficult to play against and the best that I have faced.
“Roberto Baggio was doing his thing, but in terms of consistency and living up to the hype, he [Romario] was the best. As with all stars, there was a moment when the fans sit up in their seats, and that was a feeling I got with Romario. When it got close to him and the potential for his involvement in a play was there, everybody sat up in their seat. They knew that something spectacular would be happening.”
Saturday’s match reports here.
The Saudi Arabia coach, and Blackburn legend, Georgios Donis, spoke about the challenges facing his team: “Spain is not the same team when Yamal or Williams are on the bench.
“While they still have plenty of possession, they lack the individual one-on-one penetration when these two are missing. I’m not saying it’s a problem for Spain, but when those players are missing, they play in a different way. We saw this very clearly against Cape Verde.
“We are playing against one of the best teams in the world, and it’s very important that when you play against these kinds of teams, you should enjoy the experience and respect the opponent, but not too much.
“It is very hard for any team playing against Spain to have any time in possession. So what we must do is to be more in control of our movement and compact, and when the ball goes through the lines, be able to defend dynamically.
“It’s nice to see miracles in football, and we’ve seen favourites losing against underdogs. Of course, it’s great for Saudi football to have a great memory of the result against Argentina, but we aren’t drawing anything from that.
“I think we’ll feel more pressure in that [Cape Verde] game than we will against Spain.”
The Spain coach, Luis De La Fuente had this to say in his Saturday press conference: “This generation of footballers is highly competitive and really fired up… It’s going to be a completely different story,” he said at his pre-match press conference on Saturday. There is no drama or crisis. The bottom line is simply that we need to win tomorrow.”
Four changes for Spain: Lamine Yamal, Pedro Porro, Dani Olmo and Alex Baena also come into the side with Marcos Llorente, Fabian Ruiz, Ferran Torres and Gavi dropping out.
The teams – Lamine Yamal starts
Spain: Simon, Porro, Cubarsi, Laporte, Cucurella, Gonzalez, Rodri, Yamal, Olmo, Baena, Oyarzabal. Subs: Raya, Joan Garcia, Pubill, Grimaldo, Eric Garcia, Llorente, Merino, Torres, Fabian, Gavi, Pino, Williams, Zubimendi, Munoz, Iglesias.
Saudi Arabia: Al Owais, Abdulhamid, Tambakti, Lajami, Al Amri, Al Harbi, Nasser Al Dawsari, Al Khaibari, Al Juwayr, Al Buraikan, Salem Al Dawsari. Subs: Al Aqidi, Al Kassar, Majrashi, Yahya, Al Shehri, Al Boushal, Kadesh, Al Johani, Al Ghannam, Al Hajji, Al Hamdan, Mandash, Kanno, Thakri, Abu Al Shamat.
Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)
Perhaps one of the Saudi -players can write themselves into this high-grade selection?
Perhaps it can be their goalkeeper.
Madrid screening of Spain v Saudi Arabia cancelled due to heat
The public screening of Spain’s World Cup match against Saudi Arabia in Madrid on Sunday has been cancelled because of extreme heat forecast for the Spanish capital, officials said.
The match, due to kick off at 6pm local time on Sunday, had been scheduled to be shown on a giant screen installed by the Spanish football federation (RFEF) at a fan zone in Plaza de Colón in central Madrid.
Madrid city council and the federation decided to cancel the screening after national weather agency AEMET issued an orange heat warning – the second-highest level – for the Madrid region, with temperatures forecast to reach 40C.
“The decision has been taken with the aim of protecting the health of attendees, event staff and support services involved in the event,” Madrid city hall said in a statement, apologising for any inconvenience.
Officials urged supporters to watch the match indoors in air-conditioned spaces and avoid prolonged exposure to the heat.
Large parts of Spain are experiencing unusually high temperatures for June as a mass of hot air from North Africa moves across the Iberian Peninsula.
A total of 13 of Spain’s 17 regions are on orange alert for heat on Sunday, while the northern Basque Country bordering France is on red alert, the highest level.
Authorities advised residents and visitors to take precautions during the heatwave, including drinking water regularly, staying in cool environments, limiting outdoor physical activity during the hottest hours of the day and taking extra care of vulnerable people. AFP
Can Saudi Arabia repeat the magic of 2022?
Argentina arrived in Qatar on a 36-game unbeaten run. When Lionel Messi opened the scoring from the penalty spot after 10 minutes, a comfortable afternoon seemed in the offing. Saleh al-Shehri and Salem al-Dawsari had other ideas, Argentina had three goals disallowed for offside in the space of 13 minutes and the greatest comeback in Saudi Arabia football history was made. Argentina went on to lift the trophy, while defeats to Poland and Mexico meant the Saudis did not reach the knock-out stage.
Unai Simon over David Raya is a controversial choice for De la Fuentes. The Arsenal keeper could lay claim to being Europe’s best this season.
“Those at the Champions League final had a few more days, so I got there on the Wednesday night,” Raya says. “I arrived a bit before Fabián [Ruiz]. I was saying hello to some of the others in reception when he arrived. I went to say congratulations; that was almost the first thing I did. I couldn’t really talk [to him] after the final; I just didn’t have it in me. The next day we talked about the game properly. Just two mates chatting … I was happy for him that he could lift the trophy for a second time.”
A high pressure game for the European champions, as Sid Lowe reports.
“If we had scored one, the game would have changed,” Martín Zubimendi said. Immediately after the game, De la Fuente had offered a simple analysis: when the ball doesn’t want to go in it doesn’t want to go in, he insisted. Spain had racked up 27 shots, after all. Ferran Torres had hit the bar and seen another clear opportunity saved. Vozinha, the 40-year-old goalkeeper who stopped that, saved six more and was named the man of the match. “There’s nothing to reproach the team for,” Rodri said. “We generated chances but couldn’t put it away; the good thing is they created almost nothing.”
We wait to see what role Lamine Yamal will play today. His coach would surely like to be able to use him.
The worst mistake we could make would be to compare him to anyone. He is the midst of a process. He has exceptional footballing maturity and lives it all with total naturalness. He has great serenity and strength. We have to let him follow his path but those players who have something different are ready for that. They’re geniuses, like Dalí [who] can paint a picture, or Michelangelo. They’re different. What is exceptional to us, isn’t to them. In those extremes, they feel comfortable. Why? Because they are different. What we think is exceptional, they consider normal.
Preamble
Spain’s campaign did not get off to a flying start, and Luis de la Fuentes may wake up in the night to visions of Cape Verde’s Vozinha. He will have Georgia on his mind ever since Monday. Saudi Arabia are no pushovers and gave Uruguay a scare in their opening match. Memories of downing Argentina four years ago still abound, and so Spain might beware. They can ill afford to go into the final game with Uruguay at a disadvantage. All eyes on Lamine Yamal, whose fitness situation remains opaque, though Spain need their other forwards to come to the party.
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