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Everton win a game they did not control Four big chances created, four big chances missed. That was Crystal Palace’s night in a nutshell at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Everton won 2-0 without having the ball for long, on Saturday, in their Premier League opener. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall put them ahead in the 42nd minute, set up…

Ipswich strike at the death Jack Clarke decided it at Portman Road in the 90th minute. Sasa Lukic slid the ball into his path inside the box and the winger did the rest. Ipswich Town beat Sunderland 2-1 in their Premier League opener on Saturday afternoon. Emersonn had put Ipswich ahead in the 24th minute…

Fifteen million on a teenager with one Serie A appearance That is the option Ajax negotiated. Not a rounding error, not squad-filler money, and it tells you what Amsterdam think they have found. Ajax confirmed on Saturday that Abdoulaye Camara has joined from Udinese. The French midfielder is 17. The loan runs for the season,…

Thirty million on the table, and Bologna say no A year ago nobody in Marseille would have wagered a euro on this. Jonathan Rowe left OM through the back door after a messy last chapter. Bologna took him. It looked like a move to stop the bleeding, not a statement of intent. Twelve months later…

Sixty minutes on the bench told the story Enzo Maresca picked Phil Foden at No. 10 for the Community Shield against Arsenal. Rayan Cherki sat and watched until the hour mark. Manchester City lost 3-0, and the result was almost beside the point. One game does not settle a season. A team sheet does set…

Four goals on the pitch, a blunt message off it Four-nil against Strasbourg at the CEPAC Velodrome. On paper, the perfect way for Olympique de Marseille to open their Ligue 1 season. The week that led up to it was nothing like that. A few hours before kickoff, the heads of the supporters groups sat…

One minute on Friday, the armband on Saturday Sixty seconds. That was the entire shift Neal Maupay got on Friday night against Strasbourg, in OM’s opening league fixture of the season at the Velodrome. A 4-0 win, a token cameo, nothing else. Twenty-four hours later the French striker was out at Stade Francis-Turcan. In the…

Two shutouts in eight days have exposed something at LAFC. Portland turn up on Saturday with a new coach, a first win and a striker in rhythm.

San Jose started the season 11-1-0. They have won once in ten since. Minnesota have not won a league game in nine. Something has to give at PayPal Park.