Members of the European Club Association, an organisation which includes 10 Premier League sides, are to lobby Uefa to allow two teams to qualify for Europe's ...
Last year’s plans for a Super League were led by the then-chairman of the ECA, Andrea Agnelli, who subsequently resigned from his role. Allowing clubs to qualify for the Champions League via club coefficient were part of original plans to expand the competition approved by Uefa last year. Any reversion to using a coefficient as basis for qualification, however, is likely to benefit clubs from bigger European Leagues, where there are more qualifying spots to start with and where teams tend to dominate the latter stages of tournaments.
Melbourne Victory's Tony Popovic wants more consistency from the VAR, believing a missed offside call allowed Western Sydney to snare a late 1-1 draw.
5 Apr 2022 We get the free-kick, game's over." 5 Apr 2022 "They check for the handball. We use it to check a handball, fine, but we don't use it to check an offside. He's offside and challenges the ball," Popovic said.
Jellybeans. That was what won Melbourne Victory the 2021-22 A-League Women championship. Well, sort of. It was what goalkeeper Casey Dumont turned to at ...
I took Jeff's wife's wristband to run onto the field and give him a hug. Yes, at the end of the season, we were like, 'It wasn't the best', but we knew the minute we'd qualified for finals that we'd have to step it up. Having suffered the slings and arrows of the opening stanza, they knew exactly what they needed to do. It was a real tough game for us — it ebbed and flowed, we were under some unbelievable pressure at times — but the girls managed to do, like they've done all season, and come through it. The game was probably a little bit like that. Sydney FC had the ball in the back of the net, but it was called back for offside. "But not only that, last season [while injured] I was actually in this stand watching the girls. And now we've done it again today'," Dumont said, placing her hand on her chest. By the end, they dragged their bruised, battered bodies into fourth spot by a whisker of goal difference. In 2013, it was a lacerated liver. "It's about rolling up our sleeves, digging deep, and finding a way to win." "I was never going to be subbed off.
A-League Women grand final coaches Jeff Hopkins and Ante Juric want clarity over the competition's future ahead of a busy 15-month period for the game.
"The hard thing is we don't know when the season will start and what it'll look like. "We've spoken to most of the players about next year. There was a sense of frustration for both Victory coach Jeff Hopkins and Sydney counterpart Ante Juric that they don't know when the next season would start ahead of a critical period for the women's game in Australia and New Zealand.
Melbourne Victory went back-to-back in the Liberty A-League, beating Sydney FC 2-1 in an enthralling Grand Final on Sunday.
But Victory held firm defensively to win the title in Sydney again. But Victory made a dream start to the second half through Jackson. Sydney made the faster start and Dumont was needed to punch a corner away before Zimmerman’s important clearance in the opening minutes.
Melbourne Victory have stunned Sydney FC to seal a 2-1 win in the A-League Women grand final with their goalkeeper Casey Dumont named player of the match.
5 Apr 2022 5 Apr 2022 Against adversity, she got smashed in the second half (at a corner) and I wasn't worried because I knew she'd get up." 5 Apr 2022 4 Apr 2022 The win means Victory are just the second team to win back-to-back grand finals in the history of the competition.
Both Nairn County and Keith have launched internal investigations into the alleged incidents reported at their venues and are working with the police to ...
The Highland League have blasted alleged incidents of racial abuse during matches and said people who are found guilty of such behaviour are not welcome at any ground in the division. The statement comes after incidents of racial abuse were reported at matches involving Nairn County and Huntly at Station Park on Wednesday night as well as Keith against Huntly at Kynoch Park on Saturday. Highland League says racists are not welcome at matches after worrying trend of alleged incidents during games at Nairn and Keith involving Huntly players
The controversial plan would see two clubs qualify for the Champions League based on their historical performance - not league position - from the 2024-25 ...
There is a real possibility Manchester City, United, Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea would all qualify for the Champions League if the proposal is approved by UEFA. European football's governing body have previously confirmed two clubs would qualify for the Champions League based on their coefficient from the 2024-25 season onwards as part of their 2021 reforms. The ESL plan saw 12 clubs - including six Premier League sides - try to create a closed shop of elite European clubs, guaranteeing their qualification into the lucrative tournament.
The European Leagues organisation is against qualification by coefficient, as are a number of fan organisations.
Last year’s plans for a Super League were led by the then-chairman of the ECA, Andrea Agnelli, who subsequently resigned from his role. Allowing clubs to qualify for the Champions League via club coefficient were part of original plans to expand the competition approved by Uefa last year. Any reversion to using a coefficient as basis for qualification, however, is likely to benefit clubs from bigger European Leagues, where there are more qualifying spots to start with and where teams tend to dominate the latter stages of tournaments.
It's believed members of the ECA – which includes 10 English clubs – want to see two teams qualify for the Champions League based on their UEFA coefficient.
Sport is a social good that belongs to everyone – not just the rich and elite. The report states “the proposals would see clubs who finish outside Champions League places in their domestic leagues, but qualify for the Europa League or win a domestic cup, compete for two places which would then be decided by coefficient ranking.” According to the Guardian, plans are set to be discussed that will enable two clubs each season that fail to qualify in the traditional way will have a second opportunity as long as they qualify for the Europa League or win a domestic cup.