(GSM) Basel crushed Lausanne Sports 6-0 to win the 2009-2010 Swiss Cup trophy.
The hosts were always favored to win the game as they faced much weaker opponents. Lausanne Sports play their league football in the second tier.
Valentin Stocker broke the deadlock on 27 minutes and Xherdan Shaqiri doubled the lead three minutes later. Shortly before the interval, Jacques Zoua made it 3-0.
Basel continued their dominance in the second half with goals from Scott Chipperfield (52nd), Stocker (76th) and Benjamin Huggel (89th).
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(GSM) Patrice Evra, first choice at left back for Sir Alex Ferguson, has revealed that he is happy and proud for having played more games at Manchester United.
Evra was named in 51 of United s 56 match day squads this season, with only one omission (CSKA Moscow away) down to injury.
It s a source of obvious pride for the full-back, who was one of the Reds most consistent performers across the season. But for Wayne Rooney ss breathtaking form, Evra may well have picked up one or two individual awards.
I’m pleased and very proud [to have played 51 games] because you can easily have an injury, Frenchman told MUTV.
I was in good form and my team-mates, the gaffer and everyone have congratulated me for my season.
It was not only about playing th…
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The 2019/20 Premier League season is slowly coming to its closure, and though some things, like Liverpool winning the title and Norwich City s relegation, have already been decided, there are several important matters yet to untangle before the end. Fierce battles for the last two Champions League places, the places leading to Europa League, as well as to avoid the remaining two relegation spots, are still ongoing.
In the 37th round, Tottenham Hotspur will welcome Leicester City to north London and it is certainly a big game for both sides.
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It has been a rather turbulent season for last season s Champions League finalists. Despite such success in the previous campaign, Mauricio Pochettino spent just over fiv…
Getafe coach Luis Garcia admits he would have no complaints if he were to lose his job after 12 league games without a win.
Defeat to rock-bottom Real Betis on Saturday sees Getafe sit a point outside the relegation zone and with no Liga win since November pressure is beginning to build on Garcia.
As they continue to slip down the league table Garcia admitted he would understand if president Angel Torres decided to replace him.
If the president decides that s what is best (sacking him) then I won t have any problems with it, he said.
But if I stay I ll be back in work on Monday, with the same enthusiasm as always.
If he feels someone else is better to take the team forward then I ll be professional and accept it, without any problems or bad words.
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Shakhtar Donetsk and Manchester United will meet for the first time in Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League clash in Ukraine.
The two sides come into the game having won their opening Group A fixtures, with Shakhtar defeating Real Sociedad 2-0 in Spain while United ran out 4-2 victors over Bayer Leverkusen at Old Trafford.
Shakhtar have won all three of their previous home fixtures against English opposition in the Champions League, with successes over Arsenal in 2000-01 and 2010-11 before last season’s 2-1 victory over Chelsea, which helped eliminate the then-holders of the competition.
United’s last visit to Ukraine was a successful one though, ending in a 4-2 win over Dynamo Kiev in the 2007-08 group stage.
And Mircea Lucescu s men head into the fixture on…
Antoine Griezmann s integration at Barcelona has been difficult but the Frenchman will justify his signing if given time, according to team-mate Arturo Vidal.
Griezmann joined Barca from Atletico Madrid in pre-season, costing the Blaugrana €120million after a protracted transfer saga.
Barca had reportedly been chasing the France international for well over a year, and although they eventually got their man after being rebuffed in 2018, the start of their union has been unspectacular.
Griezmann s largely ineffective performances have been widely criticised, with many expecting more from him than the three goals and two assists in seven LaLiga outings.
Vidal accepts Griezmann s adaptation could have gone better, though he remains confident in the forward.…
Stoke City midfielder Giannelli Imbula will spend a second consecutive season out on loan after he joined LaLiga side Rayo Vallecano.
The 25-year-old made 28 appearances for Toulouse in Ligue 1 in 2017-18, scoring once as the club narrowly escaped relegation.
The former Marseille midfielder cost the Potters a club-record fee of £18.3 million when he joined from Porto on a five-and-a-half-year contract in 2016.
He made 26 Premier League appearances but fell out of favour with former Stoke boss Mark Hughes and has been deemed surplus to requirements at the bet365 Stadium this season under Gary Rowett.
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Argentina great Diego Maradona revealed he would tell superstar Lionel Messi not to return to the national team.
Messi, 31, last featured for Argentina at the World Cup, skipping friendlies in September and being ruled out of upcoming matches against Iraq and Brazil.
Maradona, a 1986 World Cup winner, feels Messi – Argentina s all-time leading goalscorer – should retire from international duty.
Asked what he would say to Messi, Maradona told Clarin: Don t come anymore.
He added: The under-15s lose and it s Messi s fault. The fixture in Argentina puts Racing against Boca and Messi is to blame. It s always his fault.
I would say, don t go anymore . Let s see if they can handle it.
Messi and Argentina, who scraped into Russia 2018, wer…
UEFA Europa League giant-killers Ludogorets will have to overcome Valencia if they are to continue their remarkable run in the competition.
The Bulgarian outfit stunned Lazio in the round of 32, to set up an intriguing last-16 clash against the Spaniards, who won Europe s secondary club competition under its former guise of the UEFA Cup in 2004.
Ludogorets also sprang a surprise in the group stage, beating PSV Eindhoven twice as they finished top of a pool also containing Chornomorets and Dinamo Zagreb by six points.
They won five of their six matches in Group B and possess an impressive home record, having lost just three of their 24 matches at the Ludogorets Arena in all competitions this season.
Stoycho Stoev s side were promoted to the Bulgarian top flight fo…
Barcelona have not ruled out the sale of Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the club s director general Joan Oliver said Monday following controversial comments made by the player s agent last week.
The agent, Mino Raiola, was quoted as saying by Spanish media that Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola should go to a psychiatric hospital if he did not make greater use of the 28-year-old in the upcoming season.
We didn t like Mr Mino Raiola s statements at all, especially the tone. The reference to the coach is in very bad taste, Oliver said in comments published on the club s website.
The club doesn t need money. We don t want to sell. But if things get too complicated, there will be no option but to sell the player. However, that s not the intention of the club at t…