Suffering a 3-0 drumming at the hands of Cristiano Ronaldo s in their final Group G appearance in this year s Champions League on Tuesday night, Barcelona have the feel of a club really in crisis.

Suffering their first European defeat at the Nou Camp since that embarrassing 8-2 loss at the hands of Bayern Munich over the summer, it is no surprise that many around Catalonia are calling for Ronald Koeman to be given his marching orders.

Despite their former defender only taking over back in August after leaving his role with the Dutch national side, the one-time Everton boss finds his new squad sat all the way down in ninth in the La Liga table.

With their shock 2-1 defeat against Cadiz last weekend highlighting a string of issues, we have taken a look at three r…

Paris Saint-Germain have sacked head coach Thomas Tuchel a day after they hammered Strasbourg 4-0, according to widespread reports.

Tuchel has come under increasing pressure this season, with champions PSG third in Ligue 1 after losing four of their 17 matches.

A rout of struggling Strasbourg on Wednesday came too late for the German boss, who was reportedly relieved of his duties on Christmas Eve.

Former Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino, who spent over two years with PSG in his playing days, looks poised to replace the 47-year-old.

Tuchel masterminded back-to-back Ligue 1 title triumphs after he was appointed in May 2018, also winning the Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and claiming the Trophee des Champions twice.

PSG missed o…

Benfica s home form could get them across the line in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League semi-final versus Fenerbahce.

Although Fenerbahce enter Thursday s match at the Estadio da Luz with a 1-0 lead, following their triumph in Istanbul last week, Benfica will have plenty of confidence at their home stadium as they have lost there just once all season.

Barcelona defeated Benfica in the UEFA Champions League s group stage in October, but the leaders of Portugal s Liga Sagres have only missed out on victory on three other occasions, with draws against Sporting Braga, Porto and Pacos de Ferreira.

Benfica s impressive home record extends even further in the Europa League as the Lisbon-based club have not lost in 14 matches, with their last defeat coming at th…

Milan snapped a six-match winless run in all competitions with a crushing 5-1 victory over relegation-threatened Cagliari in Saturday s Serie A clash at San Siro.

The win moves Stefano Pioli s side closer to securing second place, sitting on 74 points and seven ahead of third-placed Bologna and eight clear of Juventus, who host Salernitana on Sunday.

Ismael Bennacer opened the scoring after 35 minutes, pouncing on a loose ball in the centre of the box before Christian Pulisic extended their advantage after a fast break in the 59th minute.

Tijjani Reijnders scored a third for Milan with a superb long-range effort in the 74th minute and Rafael Leao got on the scoresheet seven minutes from time before Pulisic sealed the rout three minutes later with his second of th…

Paris Saint-Germain can equal a Ligue 1 record that has remained unbroken for over 20 years when they travel to play Saint-Etienne on Sunday.

Laurent Blanc s champions are unbeaten in their last 31 Ligue 1 matches dating back to last season and are now one away from making it 32, equalling Nantes longstanding record which was set between July 1994 and April 1995.

PSG have won 19 of their 22 league games this season and go into the weekend an astonishing 21 points clear of nearest rivals Monaco, who have picked up just 10 victories.

They have picked up 60 points from 22 games, which is the best tally ever recorded in the French top flight at this stage of a season.

Saint-Etienne, meanwhile have won only five of their last 15 league contests, losing eight o…

Olivier Giroud believes spending time playing in the lower divisions in France helped mould him into a tougher player.

The Arsenal striker featured in the second and third tiers in his native country for Grenoble, Istres and Tours, finally moving into the top-flight with a transfer to Montpellier in 2010.

Giroud was the highest-scoring player in Ligue 1 with 21 goals as the Herault club claimed the domestic title in 2011-12.

The 29-year-old thinks having to work his way up to the top level of European football, rather than graduating from France s famed Clairefontaine academy like many of his international team-mates, has made him more resilient.

I definitely feel tougher because the beginning of my career was different to than if I played for Marseill…

Cristiano Ronaldo fired a broadside at the media after Real Madrid clinched their 33rd La Liga title, saying: People talk about me and do not know a damn thing.

Ronaldo was responding to questions about gestures he was alleged to have made towards Celta Vigo s players during Madrid s 4-1 victory on Wednesday, in which he was said to have suggested the home side had been incentivised by third parties to raise their game and derail the capital club s title charge.

The four-time Ballon d Or winner said the media s portrayal of him was wide of the mark, but stopped short of denying the accusations thrown at him following Madrid s 2-0 win at Malaga on Sunday, which officially dethroned titleholders Barcelona.

He told Marca: People talk about me like I m a delinquent.…

Jesus Navas has secured a return to Sevilla on a free transfer having been released by Manchester City at the end of last season.

The Spain winger joined City from Sevilla in 2013 and won the Premier League and two EFL Cups during his four years at the Etihad Stadium.

But he is now back at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan after agreeing a four-year deal, with Sevilla confirming his return in unusual fashion.

The club posted a video on Twitter of Navas becoming the victim of a faked kidnap , bundled into the back of a car with a bag over his head before being driven to the stadium.

He s ours!!!

— Sevilla FC (@SevillaFC_ENG)

Navas first joined Sevilla as a 15-year-old, making his debut in November 2003 the first of 393 appearances.

He w…

According to Bild, AS Roma are interested in signing Emil Forsberg after the Malcom deal failed to go through courtesy of Barcelona s last-minute involvement. The Italian side, who reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League last season, are eager to make a realistic push for the Serie A title in the next few years although given their current stature, and the fact that Juventus have just signed Cristiano Ronaldo, it may be harder than they initially thought.

Despite the Malcom setback they re still choosing to dust themselves down and pick themselves up again, with Forsberg, who made a series of impressive cameos at the World Cup this past summer, being their new primary target.

The 26-year-old has bee with RB Leipzig since 2015, but as is usually the case wit…

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With this potentially being Lionel Messi s last appearance at a World Cup, the 2014 runners-ups will be desperate to go one step further this time around and The Blue and Whites open Group D against Iceland at the Otkrytiye Arena on Saturday afternoon.

For Jorge Sampaoli s Argentina side, despite being overshadowed by bitter rivals Brazil during qualifying, The Blue and Whites still enter the tournament as one to watch. Coming off the back of scoring a hat-trick in a 4-0 win over Haiti, Lionel Messi has carried one another tremendous season that saw him scoring 34 La Liga goals for champions Barcelona. Along with Messi, Sampaoli s also has the likes of Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Aguero and Paulo Dybala to call upon and the famous Blu…