Portugal's thrilling, stomach-turning, come-from-behind victory against Czechia felt more like a loss for Roberto Martinez and Portugal. Sure, Portugal took home all three points against one of the tournament's trickier teams. And yes, they did show incredible resolve to claw back from a one-goal deficit against a frustrating low block. They bombarded Czechia with several […]

Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal's star player, is writhing on the ground, gripping his left knee. A French crowd of 76,000 looks stunned as he limps off the field, returns with his knee wrapped, but signals for a sub. Ronaldo, arguably the best soccer player of all time, will have to leave the biggest game of his […]

After weeks of suspense, Portugal manager Roberto Martinez announced the Portugal squad for the upcoming European Championship. They enter the Germany-hosted tournament looking for their first trophy since 2019 and first European Championship since 2016. At the 2022 World Cup, Portugal bounced out early. Roberto Martinez has seen success since then. Under the ex-Belgium gaffer, […]

Domenico Tedesco has been named the new head coach of the Belgium national team. The 37-year-old coach replaces Roberto Martinez after the Spaniard spent six years at the helm with the Red Devils. "It is a great honor to be the new head coach of Belgium," said Tedesco. "I'm really looking forward to the task […]

Rumors from the past few days became fact as Portugal unveiled Roberto Martinez as its new head coach. Martinez takes over from Fernando Santos, who left the position after Portugal’s World Cup exit in the quarterfinals. The next generation The high point in Portugal’s World Cup came in a dominant 6-1 win over Switzerland in […]

Roberto Martinez has reportedly reached an agreement to become the new head coach of the Portugal national team. The Athletic claims that there is a verbal deal in place between the two sides. Martinez previously held a similar position with Belgium. The Red Devils entered the 2022 World Cup ranked second in the world by […]

Belgium head coach and technical director Roberto Martinez is out following a group stage exit at the World Cup. The Red Devils drew against Croatia, but finished behind the 2018 runner-up by one point. Morocco, which defeated Belgium in matchday two, advanced as group winners following its win over Canada. Following the match, Roberto Martínez […]

Belgium sees the Qatar 2022 World Cup as a chance to build on the side's best finish in the tournament. In both Mexico 1986 and Russia 2018, Belgium reached the semifinals. However, on both occasions, it lost to the eventual winners: Argentina and France, respectively. Most recently, Belgium narrowly lost to a French side one […]

Manchester United are facing a major personnel dilemma for their match against Everton, with Ander Herrera ruled out for four weeks with a broken rib, and club captain Wayne Rooney suspended after receiving a straight red card in the game against West Ham. It means Darren Fletcher and Juan Mata respectively are in line to […]

The first edition of the Mersey Derby in this year’s Premier League campaign saw two teams dealing with different problems. Liverpool, the match’s hosts, is trying to figure out how to move without the transcendent talent of Luis Suarez. Meanwhile, Everton is dealing with the same problem they face every year: How does a midlevel […]