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Cagliari, Italy (Reuters) – A late own goal by defender Alberto Dossena salvaged a 2-2 draw for Juventus at lowly Cagliari in Serie A on Friday after the hosts went two goals up in the first half thanks to penalties.

Midfielder Gianluca Gaetano put Cagliari in front in the 30th minute, sending Juve keeper Wojciech Szczesny the wrong way, before Yerry Mina converted from the spot again to double their lead six minutes later.

Dusan Vlahovic pulled one back for Juve in the second half, netting a free kick from just outside the box and Cagliari defender Dossena levelled for the visitors with an own goal three minutes from the end.

Juventus are third on 64 points, five points ahead of fourth-placed Bologna who visit AS Roma, in fifth, on Monday. Juve have five games left to play. Cagliari are 14th, five points above the relegation zone.

(Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2024/04/20/soccer-own-goal-helps-juventus-come-from-two-goals-down-to-draw-at-lowly-cagliari

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MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Jason Wilcox has been appointed as Manchester United technical director and is the latest addition to new co-owner Jim Ratcliffe’s the back-room staff, the Premier League club announced on Friday.

The 53-year-old Wilcox, who left his role as director of football at Championship side Southampton after just nine months, was previously Manchester City’s academy director.

The former England international also captured a Premier League title as a player with Blackburn Rovers in 1995.

“(Wilcox) will work with all technical areas of the football department to achieve the highest standards of performance,” United said in a release.

United are also expected to hire Newcastle United sporting director Dan Ashworth, who was placed on gardening leave after telling his club he wanted to move to Old Trafford.

(Reporting by Lori Ewing, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2024/04/20/soccer-man-united-hire-wilcox-as-technical-director-from-southampton

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(Reuters) – Chelsea players need to respect on-field discipline as they focus on Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against holders Manchester City, manager Mauricio Pochettino said.

Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueke had a row over who would take a penalty kick during Monday’s 6-0 win over Everton, with Madueke initially refusing to hand the ball over to Cole Palmer, who later scored from the spot.

“I explained my feelings and in the future it cannot happen like this,” Pochettino told reporters on Friday.

“The message was clear and now we need to move on. They are clever and understand the situation… in another way it’s good that a player wants to take responsibility for a penalty.

“But they need to respect discipline and the rules which are so important. The way they wanted to do things was in a very wrong way.”

City played 120 minutes in the Champions League on Wednesday before losing to Real Madrid on penalties and Pochettino said that could benefit his side.

“We know very well, when you play 120 minutes in the Champions League, the effort is massive. And the emotional thing, it’s always not easy to recover after you lose,” he said.

“Of course it will be tough for them, like it will be for us. But we need to remember they have an unbelievable squad… they are showing in the last six-seven years how consistent they are playing under Pep’s philosophy.

“They are, if not the best, one of the best teams in the world in the last five, six, seven years.”

Chelsea could have midfielder Enzo Fernandez available after the Argentine returned to training on Friday.

(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)

Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2024/04/20/soccer-chelsea039s-pochettino-urges-discipline-before-fa-cup-semi-final-with-man-city

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There’s a team in the Upper Left doing special things. Powered by a coach who has fully embraced his city, they are team lacking top tier stars putting up the best goal differential in the league – yes, ahead of Inter Messi.

That team? The Vancouver Whitecaps, who come to Seattle on Saturday night (7:30 p.m. PDT on MLS Season Pass). Now, the Sounders have a long history of success over Vancouver, having only two losses in their 19 meetings in all competitions. But past history is not an indicator of future success.

Vancouver amplified their squad not by signing DPs, but with steady additions from within the league. Their style is a ball-management 3-4-3 that attacks via through balls and set pieces. They aren’t pacey, but do put up good attacking numbers. They also have a solid defense.

Both sides are in the top quadrant of attack and defense for G+ in the early season. The primary difference is that the Whitecaps are a team of finishers and the Sounders are not.

Answering Three Questions for Soccer Talk Vancouver is Simon Fudge.

SaH: Vancouver’s offseason additions were mostly free agent veterans from within the league. Who has made the biggest contribution to the hot start?

STV: I would say Fafa Picault has had the most impact so far, though a back issue will likely rule him out of Saturday’s game. Picault was a good fit to the way the Whitecaps like to attack on the counter and from wide areas.

Good news for Sounders fans, Picault is likely out for the match. The Whitecaps will still have a front three of Ryan Gauld, Brian White, and Damir Kreilach. That’s a lot of attacking strength. Though slightly less defense.

SaH: Are the Whitecaps a system defense? It doesn’t seem like a single player can be credited with their strength there.

STV: Their head coach, Vanni Sartini, has them set up in a zonal marking system, with three centre backs in a flexible 3-4-3 formation. The focus is defending space more than man marking. The idea is the whole team contributes to the defensive side of the game.

Let’s head to WhoScored for interesting notes on the Vancouver defense.

That means that they are below league average in those situations. Seattle can take advantage of those weaknesses via Jordan Morris (Léo Chú) and Albert Rusnák (João Paulo).

SaH: How should Seattle attack Sartini’s team?

STV: I would suggest to take a page from the LA Galaxy game plan last weekend and attack down the flanks. Being away from home, the Whitecaps will likely be more defensively structured and play on the counter, so drawing them out their shape will be key for the Sounders, I would think.

Joseph Paintsil and Riqui Puig had strong performances against Vancouver. As did the Galaxy fullback. Yes, that was their whole left side. If the Whitecaps are weak wide and on their own right, this may be a better match to see Cody Baker than the last two – including against CF Montreal. It is certainly a good idea to flood the left a bit via the three central mids, especially if Nouhou starts.

There’s no reverse this week. Check out Soccer Talk Vancouver and The Third Sub for more Sounders v. Whitecaps previews.

Source: https://www.sounderatheart.com/2024/04/three-questions-soccer-talk-vancouver/

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Source: https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2024/04/frankenmuth-comes-from-behind-to-top-hemlock-in-soccer-showdown.html

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Oakland A’s fans will have another opportunity to give owner John Fisher a piece of their minds next month.

But instead of protesting on the baseball diamond, the Oakland faithful will have to take their “sell” chants to a soccer pitch in San Jose.

The Fisher-owned San Jose Earthquakes will host the Oakland Roots of USLC at PayPal Park in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup’s Round of 32 on May 7.

The Bay Area teams were put in the Lopez Division with fellow Northern California USLC squads Sacramento Republic FC and Monterey Bay FC.

“John Fisher’s Earthquakes vs. Oakland. This has reverse boycott vibes written all over it,” ABC7 producer and anchor Casey Pratt wrote on X/Twitter.

“I have a feeling Quakes and Roots fans will both be united when it comes to one particular cause.”

Supporters of both teams seem to be united in their fervor for Fisher on social media with early plans of a boycott mentioned by fan groups such as the Oakland 68s.

“Time for proper action against John Fisher,” the Californian Soccer Project, an X/Twitter account that advocates for soccer around the state, posted. “Fans must unite in chants!”

The newly formed Pioneer League baseball team Oakland Ballers had fun with the announcement, sarcastically writing on Twitter/X, “But, how will we possibly decide who to support?”

The Quakes and Roots have faced off once before, in 2021. The squads played each other in a preseason match in which the Quakes won 3-2 on a Cade Cowell 84th-minute goal.

Fisher, who recently announced the A’s will play in Sacramento next season, has been a majority owner of the Earthquakes since 2007. The Quakes have made the MLS playoffs five times in the past 17 years.

San Jose has fallen off fast since the team’s playoff appearance last season. The Quakes (1-7) are currently the worst team in the MLS with a league-low three points through eight games. A 3-2 win over the Seattle Sounders on March 23 is the Quakes’ lone win this season.

The Roots are in eighth place in their conference with a record of 2-1-3 and have seven points this season.

Source: https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/04/19/soccer-quakes-oakland-roots-set-to-face-off-in-u-s-open-cup/

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