Month: April 2017

Emirates Cup 2017 Participating teams announced- Sevilla, Benfica & Leipzig to join Arsenal

After taking a break in 2016, the Emirates Cup will return later this season, with Sevilla, Benfica and RB Leipzig joining Arsenal in the two day tournament at the Emirates Stadium on 29-30 July, 2017.

This will be the first time that Sevilla and Leipzig will be participating in the tournament, while Benfica return after a gap of three years (they participated in the 2014 tournament along with Valencia and Monaco)

Sevilla will be the fifth Spanish team to participate in the Emirates Cup after Valencia, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Villarreal.

Leipzig will be the third German team to play in the Emirates Cup after Hamburg (2008) and Wolfsburg (2015)

New York RB, who share the same owners as Leipzig (Red Bull), won the tournament in 2013.

July 29- Leipzig v Sevilla & Arsenal v Benfica
July 30- Leipzig v Benfica & Arsenal v Sevilla

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Seven Points Clear- Chelsea vs Southampton 4-2 Highlights 2017 Diego Costa Goals Hazard Video

Chelsea vs Southampton 2017 (Chelsea-Saints VIDEO BELOW)

Final score and result:- Chelsea vs Southampton 4-2 (Hazard, Cahill, Costa*2/Romeu, Bertrand)

Stamford Bridge, London- 25 April, 2017- Tuesday

Chelsea temporarily go seven points clear at the top of the league after Diego Costa’s brace steer them to a 4-2 victory over Southampton

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Osasuna to don orange jersey v Barca

Struggling Spanish club Osasuna have been forced to come up with a last minute jersey design for their clash against Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Wednesday evening after league bosses ruled that both their strips (red with blue shorts and green/blue away with white shorts) clashed with the Blaugrana’s famous colours.

The bottom of the table club, who have managed just three league wins all season, have therefore released a new orange shirt. Los Rojillos will be looking for an unlikely victory over Barca, who beat them 3-0 when the two sides met earlier this season. It’s an effective David v Goliath clash, with Luis Enrique’s side currently top of the table and a whopping 57 points over their opponents. Osasuna are nine points below 17th place Leganes, with five games left to play this season.

The new orange shirt carries the words “OsasunaNuncaSeRinde” which translates to Osasuna never surrenders

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