Former Brazil international striker Adriano has revealed he would like to return to competitive football in the Italian Serie A.
Adriano, 32, has been out of football since leaving Brazilian giants Corinthians in 2012 but is ready to resume his career in Europe.
The infamously inconsistent centre-forward started his career at Flamengo before moving to Inter Milan in 2001 and returning to the San Siro in a deal worth €23.4 million in 2004.
“Coming back to Italy? I would like that, Adriano told .
“When I left I told myself that maybe it wouldn’t happen again.
“I’d like to play for a club that allows me to get my head together.
“It depends on the environment, the group. I hope to find a club.
“I will acc…
Paris Saint-Germain cruised into the semi-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue after Mauro Icardi scored a hat-trick in a 6-1 victory over 10-man Saint-Etienne.
The 2017-18 champions were in control of a one-sided contest before Wesley Fofana received his marching orders, leaving his team-mates to face an onslaught from PSG s four-pronged attack.
Icardi opened the scoring early in the first half and, after Neymar dinked in the second and goalkeeper Jessy Moulin bundled a third into his own net, the former Inter striker fired a second-half brace.
Not to be left out of the goal glut, Kylian Mbappe scored a sixth before Yohan Cabaye s late strike proved little consolation for Claude Puel s men, who bowed out with their tails between their legs.
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Jordan Pickford was in fine form as Chelsea were held to a frustrating goalless draw at home to Everton on Sunday.
The England goalkeeper was the Toffees star performer with a string of excellent stops as Chelsea missed the chance to go top of the Premier League above Liverpool, with Manchester City able to reclaim top spot with at least a point against Manchester United.
It was a frustrating afternoon for Maurizio Sarri, who has now set a new managerial record for the best unbeaten run from the start of a Premier League career with 12, with Marcos Alonso hitting the post before Alvaro Morata had a goal disallowed for offside as Everton held firm to halt Chelsea s five-match winning run in all competitions.
Everton s winless run in the top flight at Chelsea str…
Matteo Politano s free-kick and Domenico Berardi s wonder strike left Inter s Champions League aspirations hanging by a thread after they fell to a 2-1 home defeat against Sassuolo.
Luciano Spalletti s men were left to rue their profligacy in front of goal as Giuseppe Iachini s side secured a domestic double over the Nerazzurri, whose top-four hopes in Serie A may have taken a potentially fatal blow.
Politano s 25th-minute free-kick left the hosts stunned and Berardi s brilliant top-corner finish looked to have put the game to bed in the second half.
Rafinha s well-taken strike 11 minutes from time set up a frantic finish from the hosts as they desperately tried to salvage an equaliser at San Siro, but Sassuolo held out for the win.
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Olivier Giroud was dropped by France boss Didier Deschamps on Thursday in a move that casts early doubt on the striker s World Cup prospects.
The decision to omit France s second highest goalscorer of all time was taken by Deschamps ahead of the three World Cup qualifiers that await Les Bleus in early September.
Giroud, who turns 35 at the end of next month, has scored seven times for his country in the past 12 months but did not find the net at Euro 2020.
Pre-tournament comments, which were interpreted as Giroud criticising Kylian Mbappe, saw the veteran forward complain of a lack of service.
Mbappe was disappointed with those remarks, particularly with Giroud making them in public rather than in the dressing room, and it remains to be seen whether …
Nemanja Matic wants his Manchester United team-mates to accept their share of the blame for the club s failings under Jose Mourinho.
Mourinho was sacked by the Old Trafford hierarchy last week after a humbling 3-1 loss to Premier League leaders Liverpool compounded a dispiriting start to the season.
Former crowd favourite Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was appointed as caretaker manager until the end of the season and United s players responded with a resounding 5-1 victory over Cardiff City in his first game in charge.
But concluding the latter result was simply down to the squad being liberated from Mourinho s rule is overly simplistic according to Matic, who was also signed by the Portuguese at Chelsea in 2014.
Asked whether his team-mates should take respon…
A second-string Mexico team battled to a 1-0 win over Ghana in an international friendly in Houston.
With Mexico s stars Javier Hernandez, Carlos Vela, Hirving Lozano, Giovani dos Santos and Andres Guardado away in Russia preparing for Thursday s Confederations Cup semi-final against Germany, Wednesday s fixture was a chance for the CONCACAF Gold Cup squad to impress.
And the Mexicans emerged triumphant thanks to Elias Hernandez s 32nd-minute penalty at NRG Stadium in the United States.
Luis Pompilio Paez – Juan Carlos Osorio s assistant – oversaw proceedings in Houston. The team – made up of players based in Mexico – only had six men with 10 caps or more as Hugo Ayala, Jesus Molina, Moises Munoz, Jesus Duenas and Hernandez were named in the starting XI.<…
Former Manchester United and England midfielder Paul Scholes has been charged by the Football Association (FA) over alleged betting breaches.
Scholes, who left League Two side Oldham Athletic a month into his first managerial post earlier this year, allegedly placed 140 bets on football matches.
The FA stated on Tuesday the bets were placed between August 17, 2015 and January 12, 2019 prior to Scholes appointment at Oldham.
He has until April 26 to respond to the misconduct charge.
Scholes, considered among the best midfielders of his generation, has previously taken temporary charge of non-league outfit Salford City, where he is involved in the ownership, in January 2015.
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Making their first home appearance since being crowned World Champions this past summer, France will welcome Holland to the Stade de France for their inaugural UEFA Nations League home match.
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Starting with Didier Deschamps World Champions, while France could only play out a 0-0 draw with Germany on Thursday, the mood around Les Bleus camp could not be higher. Picking up their first piece of silverware on 20 years, Deschamps the hosts have now not lost a competitive matchup since June 2017. Now winning nine of their last 12 matches in all competitions, aside from a 3-2 loss to Columbia in an international friendly earlier in the year, they have now lost a match on home soil in t…
Lucas Leiva is set to end a decade-long stay at Liverpool by joining Serie A side Lazio.
Former Brazil midfielder Lucas arrived in Rome on Sunday to conclude a move to the Stadio Olimpico.
He was greeted by a group of Lazio fans at the airport and the club posted a picture of the 30-year-old holding a club scarf on their official Twitter page.
After moving to Anfield from Gremio in his homeland in 2007, Lucas made 346 appearances for Liverpool in all competitions, scoring seven times and winning the 2011-12 League Cup.
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