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Torino are set to play host to Lazio in the second round of the 2022/23 Serie A campaign on Saturday afternoon at the Olimico di Torino. It should be an interesting meeting of teams that started the season in a good way.

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Always in the shadow of their great neighbours and city rivals Juventus, Torino finished in 10th place with 50 points last season, meaning they were comfortably distant from any relegation issues, but also on the other hand, from the battles for the places in the three European competitions. They will surely be aiming to do somewhat better this time around, and they got off to a fine start by beating Monza away by 1-2, courtesy of goals from Aleksei Miranchuk (43 ) and Antonio Sanabria (66 ). Lazio will surel…

Thomas Tuchel says Chelsea were clearly the better team in their 3-0 loss to Leeds, as the Blues suffered a first Premier League defeat of the season.

A howler from goalkeeper Edouard Mendy gifted Brenden Aaronson the opener for the Whites, with Rodrigo and Jack Harrison both adding further goals for a remarkable victory at Elland Road.

Chelsea struggled to exert sustained pressure upon their hosts, and a late second yellow card for Kalidou Koulibaly ensured they finished the game with 10 men.

Despite that, Tuchel believed his team to be superior across the match, instead suggesting their defeat came down to individual errors rather than a failed game-plan.

We lost the game in the first 20 minutes where we were clearly better and had huge chances, he …

Luis Enrique thanked Spain s squad, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the media after deciding to step down as La Roja coach.

It was confirmed on Wednesday that the former Barcelona boss would not be continuing with the national team, while Robert Moreno has taken over until the end of Euro 2020.

Moreno had been in charge for Spain s previous three matches, with Luis Enrique absent since March due to personal reasons.

And, in an emotional statement, the outgoing coach paid tribute to Spain s players, staff and the RFEF, as well as the Spanish press, with whom he has endured a difficult relationship in the past, for respecting his privacy and their understanding of his decision.

Sending you all of our love and respect, Luis

— FC…

Gennaro Gattuso has backed Torino forward Andrea Belotti to bounce back from a difficult season with club and country.

Belotti was one of the most highly sought after forwards in Europe after starring in Serie A with 26 goals last season, but he has struggled to repeat that form, netting only nine league goals this term and failing to fire Italy to the World Cup.

But ahead of going up against Belotti as AC Milan boss, Gattuso who briefly coached the forward at Palermo has highlighted his desire to improve as key in the years to come.

Two or three years ago, I said that he had impressed me the most since [AC Milan great Andriy] Shevchenko, but now he is going through a difficult time, Gattuso told a pre-match news conference.

When he is well, he has gre…

Former England captain Steven Gerrard is confident the Football Association will get it right when choosing a successor to Roy Hodgson.

Hodgson resigned in the immediate aftermath of England s dismal Euro 2016 exit at the hands of Iceland last month with Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce the early favourite to succeed him having been interviewed for the post on Tuesday.

Gerrard, who retired from international football following the 2014 World Cup and now plays for Los Angeles Galaxy, also thinks the team s experience in France will galvanise them for future tournaments.

Speaking exclusively to Virtual Reality company Laduma, he said: There’s a huge fear in amongst the group at the moment.

The expectations are very, very high. It’s a very pressured situat…

Dele Alli has signed a new contract with Tottenham Hotspur, .

The twenty year old has emerged as one of the brightest prospects in the Premier League with his performances last season earning him the PFA Young Player of the Year award.

He has racked up fifty-two appearances for the North London club in all competitions, scoring eleven goals the last of which came in the 4-0 win over Stoke City earlier this month.

Prior to his switch to White Hart Lane, the midfielder played eighty-eight times for Milton Keynes Dons, helping them to promotion to the Championship as runners up in 2015.

He has been capped for England thirteen times, with four of those appearances coming at this summer’s European Championships while his one and only international goal …

Erbil held off late pressure from Kitchee to ensure a 2-1 win in Hong Kong on Tuesday and book their place in the AFC Cup final.

Following a 1-1 draw in the first leg, two early goals for the visitors at the Mong Kok Stadium eventually proved enough to see Ayob Od Barcham s men into the final, where they will take on Al Qadsia.

Erbil made an ideal start to Tuesday s second leg as they moved two goals up in the opening 10 minutes.

Ali Faez put the 2012 finalists ahead just three minutes in before Amjad Radhi doubled their advantage soon after.

With Barcham s side firmly on course for a meeting with the Kuwaiti champions, the Iraqi club were made to sweat when Gao Wen pulled one back for the hosts.

However, Erbil held on to make the final for only…

Arkadiusz Milik and Sebastian Mila grabbed the goals as Poland won 2-0 in Warsaw to hand Germany s Euro 2016 qualifying campaign a blow.

A lacklustre showing from the world champions, who had laboured to a narrow 2-1 win over Scotland in their Group D opener, allowed Poland to clinch the points, as Joachim Low s men were beaten in competitive action for the first time in 19 outings.

Having failed to threaten with any regularity during Saturday s first half, Germany fell behind to Poland s first effort on target early in the second period when Milik headed home from inside the area.

The Ajax man, on loan from Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, was later withdrawn to a rapturous ovation from the home crowd and, despite some tense moments for the hosts at the Stadion…

Diego Milito has hailed Wesley Sneijder s legacy at Inter Milan but accepts the player must now choose his own path.

Sneijder has been locked in a struggle with the club for several months over a new contract, leaving him to play a bit-part in the 2012/13 campaign as his relationship.

But Milito has stressed the players continue to get on well with the man who inspired the team to an historic treble in 2010.

He told Sky Italia: (Sneijder) helped write the history of this club and the players get on great with him. We have left him free to decide which path he wants to take.

Andrea Stramaccioni has come in for criticism from some quarters over his handling of the Sneijder affair, but Milito has insisted the coach commands the respect of the entire squad.…

Laurent Blanc will launch Paris Saint-Germain s title defence with a tough encounter against the 2011-12 champions Montpellier on Friday.

The new PSG boss faces a tricky-looking trip to the Stade de la Mosson to take on Jean Fernandez s charges in the first game of the new Ligue 1 season.

However, they look set to be without two of their three big-name signings, with Marquinhos and Edinson Cavani struggling for fitness.

Blanc will be hoping to better the 1-1 result achieved there in 2012 when Carlo Ancelotti was in charge.

A strong start is also imperative for the champions as their main competitors Marseille face a decidedly easier contest against the newly promoted Guingamp on Sunday.

Jocelyn Gourvennec has seen his team earn a place back in the top fligh…