West Brom vs Manchester City Premier League 10-08-2015

West Brom vs Manchester City - Competition: English Premier League

WBA finished last season very impressively after Tony Pulis succeeded David Irvine in the dug-out on New Year’s Day. The former Stoke and Crystal Palace boss led the side to 7 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats in their final 18 league matches of the season, finishing comfortably in 13th. The Baggies, who lost only 1 of their last 6 league games of the season, have spent £12.5m on three summer signings including James Chester, Rickie Lambert, James McClean and Callum McManaman. Plus, they have signed Serge Gnabry, on loan from Arsenal.
Ben Foster misses out for the hosts and Myhill is expected to start in between the sticks. Gareth McAuley and Joleon Lescott are doubts in defense while Claudio Yacob and James Morrison could be battling for a place alongside Fletcher in midfield. Rickie Lambert and Saido Berahino are likely to lead the line.

Man City have been in Australia where they drew 2-2 with Roma and lost 4-1 to Real Madrid in the ICC Cup. Their most recent friendly saw them thrashed 4-2 at Stuttgart where they were 4-0 down in 37 minutes despite fielding a number of regular players. The Citizen have welcome Fabian Delph, Patrick Roberts and club record signing Raheem Sterling this summer.
David Silva has recovered from illness, whilst Samir Nasri is expected to be available. Yaya Toure, Sergio Aguero and Gael Clichy are doubts while South Americans players as Zabaleta, Fernandinho and Martin Demichelis are not 100% fit to start the season. Raheem Sterling looks set to be handed his City debut with Wilfried Bony ready to replace Aguero should El Kun miss the match.
Manchester City have won their last 4 English Premier League openers in a row and both EPL meetings against WBA last season. The Citizen have scored at least 3 goals in their last 4 matches against West Brom in all competitions.

Match date: 10 August 2015
Kick Off Time: 20:00 BST
Venue: The Hawthorns, West Bromwich 

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

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Barcelona vs AS Roma Gamper Trophy - 05-08-2015

FC Barcelona vs AS Roma
Competition: Joan Gamper Trophy 
Match date: Wednesday, 5th Aug. 2015 - 20:15 GMT 
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona

FC Barcelona has not enjoyed a particularly profitable pre-season as they only managed to beat LA Galaxy before recording a loss on penalties to Chelsea and clear defeats against Man United and Fiorentina. Despite the throwaway nature of preseason fixtures, conceding an average of two goals a game never bodes well for a side that conceded only nineteen goals in the league last season. 

Messi and Neymar return to the squad after having received an extended break following the Copa America but Luis Enrique will not have access to new signings Aleix Vidal or Arda Turan until January owing to a transfer embargo. Douglas worked with the physios and will miss the match, whilst Adriano worked with the group, though he is yet to receive the medical okay to play.
AS Roma team opened the 2015/16 pre-season with a penalty-shootout win over Real Madrid in Melbourne (0:0 after 90 minutes) but lost on penalties against Man City and recently suffered a 2-0 defeat to Sporting Lisbon.
The Giallorossi have secured the services of Wojciech Szczesny on loan and look on the verge of signing Edin Dzeko from Manchester City. The former Arsenal goalkeeper is likely to start while there could also be space in the match squad for former Barcelona youth teamers, Iago Falque and Antonio Sanabria during the 2nd half. Doumbia, Totti and Gervinho wil probably lead the line.

Probable lineups:

FC Barcelona (4-3-3): Bravo; Dani Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Jordi Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta; Messi, Suarez, Neymar.
AS Roma (4-3-3): Szczesny; Maicon, Leandro Castan, Yanga-Mbiwa, Cole; De Rossi, Nainggolan, Ucan; Doumbia, Totti, Gervinho.

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

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Real Madrid vs AC Milan 30-07-2015 Highlights 10-09 Penalties ICC

Real Madrid vs AC Milan
Competition: International Champions Cup
Match date: 30 July 2015
Kick Off Time: 13:00 BST
Venue: Shanghai Stadium

Real Madrid 0-0 (Pen 10-9) AC Milan (Friendly)

Real Madrid picked up another preseason trophy as they won the ICC China region after defeating Milan in penalty shoot out.

Both teams won their first game in that China Tour, so their meeting is decisive in determining which team receiving the title. AC Milan looking sharper in the first 45 minutes as they created better goal scoring opportunities compared to Madrid.

Real picked it up after the break as they're much dangerous going forward and creating chances, but couldn't score. Same goes for AC Milan that could have also won it if not for couple of brilliant saves from Madrid keeper, Kiko Casilla.

Eventually that match had to be determined by penalty shoot out and eventually it was Real Madrid that came out victorious. It was a quite long shoot out though as the score went up to 10-9 with AC Milan final kick from young goal keeper, Gianluigi Donnaruma was saved by Casilla.

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New York RB vs Chelsea International Champions Cup - July 23, 2015

New York RB vs Chelsea
Competition: International Champions Cup
Match date: 23 July 2015
Kick Off Time: 01:00 BST

Venue: Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

New York RB had an MLS game in the sapping humidity of Florida on Sunday, before a US Open Cup quarter-final tie against the Philadelphia Union on Tuesday. So, they wil be more than tired for this clash. They are in decent form with five wins in their last six games but, of course, they can't to compete with the English Champions. Anyway they hope that their mid-season fitness will prove crucial at times.
The Red Bulls have suffered for the loss of talismanic forward Thierry Henry in attack last January, but his replacement Bradley Wright-Phillips has netted an impressive 8 goals so far.  We expect a 4-3-3 formation with Grella as central forward, Zizzo and Sam on his flanks.

As for Chelsea, this is their first real test of pre-season after pedestrian affairs against Sydney FC and Thailand All Stars. Mourinho has off-set the loss of veteran goalkeeper, Petr Cech, and striker, Didier Drogba, with the signings of Stoke stopper Asmir Begovic as well as former Porto and Atletico Madrid forward Radamel Falcao.
Falcao, Cuadrado, Ramires and Willian are expected to join up after this match. Mourinho is likely to field a team with a lot of youngsters: Aina, Chalobah, Loftus-Cheek and Traorè could all start the match. Other new signings such as Nathan and Kenedy will play in the 2nd half. Remy will probably lead the line while Oscar, Azpilicueta and Terry are the other senior players that will be probably included in the starting XI.

New York RB last 5 matches:

24/05/15 New York RB 0 – 2 Philadelphia Union
31/05/15 Seattle Sounders 2 – 1 New York RB
06/06/15 Houston Dynamo 4 – 2 New York RB
17/06/15 New York RB 3 – 0 Atlanta Silverbacks
21/06/15 New York RB 1 – 2 Whitecaps

Chelsea last 5 matches:

10/05/15 Chelsea 1 – 1 Liverpool
18/05/15 West Brom 3 – 0 Chelsea
24/05/15 Chelsea 3 – 1 Sunderland
30/05/15 Thailand All-Stars 0 – 1 Chelsea
02/06/15 Sydney 0 – 1 Chelsea

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

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AS Roma vs Manchester City International Champions Cup 21-07-2015

AS Roma vs Manchester City
Competition: International Champions Cup
Match date: 21 July 2015
Kick Off Time: 11:00 BST
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

AS Roma have already played a game in the International Champions Cup as the overcame Real Madrid on penalties after a 90 minutes goalless draw. Once again, the Giallorossi have shown their solid defense.
Rudi Garcia's men want to sign Dzeko for the upcoming campaign. In the meanwhile, they have already signed Iago Falque. The former Genoa player shoudl start the match up front, with Gervinho and Totti. Ucan, De Rossi and Nainggolan will start in midfield while Leandro Castan will return on the pitch after a long absence. 

Manchester City team warmed up for the clash with victories over A-League opposition on the Gold Coast, beating Adelaide United 2-0 behind closed doors and seeing off Melbourne City 1-0. Two unimpressive performances from the Citizen, despite Pellegrini boasted a vastly superior playing-squad compared to the two Australian teams.
New signing Raheem Sterling looks set to make his debut for Man City while youngsters Brandon Barker and Manuel Garcia will cover the absences of Aguero and David Silva. Fabian Delph is likely to not take part in this match while Yaya Toure and Kompany will start. Dzeko or Jovetic will lead the line.
These two teams met in the group stage of last season's Champions League, playing out a 1-1 draw in Manchester before City registered a 2-0 victory in the return fixture at the Stadio Olimpico.

Probable lineups:

AS Roma (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Maicon, Yanga-Mbiwa, Castan, Cole; Ucan, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Falque, Totti, Gervinho.

Manchester City (4-4-1-1): Hart; Maffeo, Kompany, Humphreys, Clichy; Fernando, Toure, Barker, Navas; Nasri; Dzeko.

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]
 

    

 

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Arsenal vs Singapore XI 4-0 Highlights 15-07-2015 Friendly

Singapore All-Stars vs Arsenal
Competition: International Friendly
Match date: 15 July 2015
Venue: The National Stadium, Singapore

Chuba Akpom’s hat trick guides Arsenal team to a 4-0 win over Singapore Selection. Singapore All-Stars vs Arsenal match ended with 0-4 scoreline in International Friendly.

Goals:  

Arsenal – 30' Chuba Akpom 1-0 // 60' Jack Wilshere (pen.) 2-0 // 76' Chuba Akpom (pen.) 3-0 // 79' Chuba Akpom 4-0

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Chile vs Argentina 04-07-2015 Copa America Final Penalties Highlights 4-1

Chile vs Argentina
Competition: Copa America Final
Match date: 04 July 2015
Kick Off Time: 21:00 BST
Venue: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos 

Chile 0-0 (Pen 4-1) Argentina (Copa America - Final)

Chile vs Argentina Penalty Shootout 2015

Chile vs Argentina 1-0 Fernandez scores
Chile Argentina 1-1 Messi scores
Chile vs Argentina 2-1 Vidal scores
Chile Argentina 2-1 Higuain misses
Chile vs Argentina 3-1 Aranguiz scores
Chile Argentina 2-1 Banega misses
Chile vs Argentina 4-1 Alexis Sanchez scores

Higuain and Ever Banega both miss their kicks in the shootout as Chile team win Copa America 2015 on home soil.

Chile starting lineup vs Argentina 2015 Copa America Final:- Bravo; Isla, Medel, Silva, Beausejour, Aranguiz, Diaz, Valdivia, Vidal, Vargas, Alexis.

Argentina starting XI vs Chile Final Copa America 2015:- Romero, Zabaleta, Demichelis, Otamendi, Rojo; Biglia, Mascherano, Pastore, Messi, Aguero, Di Maria.

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