European Football Thread

[GoN_]

I know that so far Lopetegui did well for the Spanish NT, but hell, talk of failling upwards. The man has failed in all clubs he has been (Rayo, Castilla and Porto). In Porto he failed in spectacular fashion, as Porto was spending much more than usual from losing the league the previous year.

[Lineker]

They probably want him to fail so that they can try again for Poch in 2-3 years time.

[Lineker]

Sporting have appointed Sinisa Mihajlovic as their new head coach.

[FLiam]

Hoffenheim have announced that Julian Nagelsmann will leave the club at the end of the 2018/19 season. 

[Gazz]

And become manager of RB Leipzig.

[FLiam]

Is that the likely destination? 

[FestiveJack]

6 minutes ago, Liam Mk2 said:

Is that the likely destination? 

Already confirmed. Good move for him tbh.

[FLiam]

That's an interesting thing to announce before the season has even started.

[MDK]

On 18/06/2018 at 21:17, Switzerlineker said:

Sporting have appointed Sinisa Mihajlovic as their new head coach.

Sporting have de-appointed Sinisa Mihajlovic as their new head coach.

[Malenko]

39 minutes ago, PolaMDK said:

Sporting have de-appointed Sinisa Mihajlovic as their new head coach.

To be fair, he was doing terrible this season. Not a single win under his belt.

[MDK]

Just now, Malenko said:

To be fair, he was doing terrible this season. Not a single win under his belt.

Unbeaten though!

[Lineker]

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Parma forward Emanuele Calaiò has been banned for two years for attempted match-fixing while the club have been docked five points but will retain their Serie A status for the 2018-19 season.

Calaiò was also fined €20,000 (£17,800) on Monday after sending suspect text messages to opposing players before the final match of the Serie B season in May, with Parma needing to beat Spezia to secure automatic promotion.

Italy’s National Federal Court imposed the sanction after Calaiò sent four “suspicious messages” on WhatsApp to Spezia defender Filippo De Col, encouraging him not to try too hard and said the same to his teammate Claudio Terzi. The last message said he was joking and Calaiò insists that was all it was.

Parma won 2-0 to finish in second place and return to the top flight just three years after being declared bankrupt.

It became the first Italian club to earn three successive promotions, in what was seen as a fairytale rise back to the top.

The club have denied any wrongdoing, saying the messages “don’t contain any sort of irregularity or malice” and have said they will appeal against the verdict.

[Baddar]

Eleven Sports will show one La Liga and one Serie A game for free per week via their Facebook page. I've attached the schedule for the first few weeks. I'm probably going to subscribe despite paying far too much for Sky and BT anyway.

[TCO]

Any word on if there's a PS4 app? I hate watching things on my laptop and realistically the only way I'll watch is through the PS4!

[Twist]

I’ll be subscribing and cancelled my Sky Sports. 6 quid a month for La Liga and Serie A? That’s all I need!

Also Newcastle are going to shot the bed again so I’ve no interest in watching us fall apart all year.

[Baddar]

2 hours ago, TCO said:

Any word on if there's a PS4 app? I hate watching things on my laptop and realistically the only way I'll watch is through the PS4!

It seems they're working behind the scenes on an app for various devices, and a potential TV channel.

[FLiam]

So, in 2018, if you want to catch football from all around the different leagues, you'll need Sky Sports, BT, Eleven Sports and an Amazon Prime account. Fucking bullshit if you ask me.

[DavidMarrio]

1 hour ago, Liam Mk2 said:

So, in 2018, if you want to catch football from all around the different leagues, you'll need Sky Sports, BT, Eleven Sports and an Amazon Prime account. Fucking bullshit if you ask me.

Or by "alternative means"

[Matt]

2 hours ago, Liam Mk2 said:

So, in 2018, if you want to catch football from all around the different leagues, you'll need Sky Sports, BT, Eleven Sports and an Amazon Prime account. Fucking bullshit if you ask me.

I mean, there's a lot more football available then there used to be.

[Baddar]

There's been a bloke replying to each and every Eleven Sports tweet with simply "any jobs going?" for about a week now to no response.

Earlier, they announced that Kevin Keatings will be covering La Liga matches after doing so with Sky for 17 years, and the same bloke has replied with "so there were jobs going" and it's just hilarious to me.