Montpellier boss Jean Fernandez has insisted his team do not fear reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain ahead of the new Ligue 1 season.
Montpellier were shock winners of the French top-flight title in 2011-12, but mustered a meek defence of their crown last season as they could only finish in ninth place.
However, ahead of his first season in charge at Stade de la Mosson, Fernandez has claimed his squad are not scared of going toe-to-toe with the big-spending Parisians.
We are not afraid of PSG. They are certainly the best team in the league, he said.
But as I said before, the league is already won for them. What they want is to win the Champions League. Leonardo said and I agree with him, they certainly have the best attack in the world.
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Venezuela take on Bolivia on Wednesday with both sides looking to rediscover their form ahead of crucial FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Bolivia have slim hopes of reaching next year s tournament in Brazil after just one win in their last four competitive games, and need to beat Paraguay and Ecuador to have any chance of making it through.
Venezuela s prospects are somewhat brighter, Cesar Farias men have taken eight points from their previous six qualifiers and sit level on points with Uruguay who occupy the intercontinental play-off spot with three games still to play.
Still, after falling to defeat to Uruguay in their last outing, and with crunch games against Chile and Peru to come in September, Farias will be aware of the need to find some momentum against Xabier Azkar…
Lazio will not stop Sergej Milinkovic-Savic from moving on to fulfil his ambitions at one of Europe s biggest clubs but the Serie A side have not received a concrete offer, according to president Claudio Lotito.
Milinkovic-Savic, 24, has been linked to Premier League giants Manchester United and Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain.
Lazio are reportedly refusing to consider bids under €80million for star midfielder Milinkovic-Savic, who was the subject of strong interest prior to the 2018-19 season.
Amid ongoing speculation over Serbia international Milinkovic-Savic, Lotito told Sky Sport Italia: The important thing is that we have today built a club that is no longer just a stepping stone to bigger things, but many players dream of coming here.
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LaLiga has insisted it will not change the dates of fixtures in the opening three rounds of the 2019-20 season, despite a demand to do so from the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).
The RFEF released a statement on Friday confirming the competition judge had ruled football was only to be played on Saturday or Sunday in August and September.
As such, it demanded LaLiga alter its calendar as it had not sought permission to play matches on Fridays and Mondays, with defending champions Barcelona initially scheduled to begin their campaign against Athletic Bilbao on August 16.
But LaLiga refutes the decision, instead claiming to be the only organisation able to set the schedule for league fixtures.
LaLiga confirms that there is a judicial hearing indic…
The Fortnite deploy aquatic communication relays challenge near Logjam Lumberyard is a two-part quest in Chapter 2, Season 3 that rewards you with a significant amount of XP for relatively little effort. As with any challenge that takes you to the edges of the map, make sure to knock this one out shortly after you land. In most cases, the storm’s first shrinkage will cut you off from the Lumberyard and the quest.
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Unsurprisingly, establishing a device uplink in Logjam Lumberyard means actually reaching Logjam Lumberyard first. It’s in the map’s northwest portion, west of Shifty Shafts and right on the northeastern shore of the large lake. Your first task is just activa…
Former colleagues Carlos Alberto Parreira and Pitso Mosimane are ready to accept the challenge of transforming struggling 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa into a formidable force.
The national football association is scheduled to reveal Friday who will succeed Brazilian coach Joel Santana, fired this week after a run of eight losses from nine outings.
Santana last year replaced compatriot Parreira, who left Bafana Bafana (The Boys) after 16 months in charge to return home and aid his ill wife who has made a full recovery.
Parreira and Santana had the same assistants, Brazilian Jairo Leal and former South Africa striker and SuperSport United coach Mosimane, while in charge of a team that has slumped to a 16-year low of 85 in the world ratings.
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Looking to claim back-to-back Bundesliga victories on Friday night, Werder Bremen will welcome Augsburg to the Weserstadion.
Starting with the hosts, while Werder Bremen might have been frustrated by an action-packed 4-3 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt last month, the River Islanders managed to prove that was just a minor blip. Last seen picking up a deserved 2-0 victory away at Bochum, Ole Werner s men should find the mood in their camp at a real high. Mounting that iconic last-gasp comeback away at German giants Borussia Dortmund on August 20th as they snatched a famous 3-2 win, the former Holstein Kiel boss has seen his side lose just one of their opening five Bundesliga outings. Looking to claim back-to-back top-flight …
Barcelona will be looking to retain their 100 per cent start in Gerardo Martino s first season in charge when they head to Rayo Vallecano.
The champions travel to Madrid on Saturday with 12 points from their four La Liga matches this season plus a 4-0 win over Ajax in their UEFA Champions League opener and will face a side that has conceded 12 goals in their previous three games.
Barcelona have scored a dozen goals in their last two visits to the Estadio de Vallecas Teresa Rivero winning 5-0 last term and 7-0 in 2011-12 and have not lost to Paco Jemez s men since December 2002.
Real Madrid go into their fixture at home to Getafe on Sunday two points adrift of their rivals after being held to an entertaining 2-2 draw at Villarreal last time out.
However, they will…
Turkish Super Lig champions Galatasaray have confirmed they are in talks with Roberto Mancini to become their new manager.
The Italian has been looking for a club after parting company with Premier League outfit Manchester City in May, while Galatasaray have moved quickly in their search for Fatih Terim s successor.
Terim, who recently took up the post of Turkey national team boss, was dismissed by Gala earlier in the week after a five-game winless streak.
And now Mancini, who began his managerial career at Serie A outfit Fiorentina before a highly successful spell with Inter, is the most likely to take over having flown out to Turkey to undergo talks.
The 48-year-old most recently spent four years with City, and his tenure was widely regarded as a success among …
Mauricio Pochettino said Erik Lamela is facing a make-or-break season, with the Tottenham manager calling on his fellow Argentinean to prove his quality.
Lamela has failed to live up to the hype since joining Tottenham for a club record £25.7million in 2013, scoring just two Premier League goals.
The Argentina international was close to leaving White Hart Lane during the transfer window, with Porto and Inter among the reported suitors.
Lamela, however, remains a Tottenham player and the pressure is now on to justify his price tag, according to Pochettino.
We believe we can develop his game and I think we need to be patient with him, Pochettino said of Lamela, who provided the assist for Ryan Mason s match-winning goal against Sunderland last week.
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