Ottmar Hitzfeld has dismissed suggestions Pep Guardiola has been a failure at Bayern Munich.
Guardiola will leave the Allianz Arena at the end of the season for Manchester City having never won the Champions League in his three seasons in Bavaria.
Bayern have been knocked out in the semi-finals of the competition in each of their three campaigns under the former Barcelona boss.
He has won three successive Bundesliga titles and also claimed the DFB-Pokal, a title Bayern will attempt to reclaim in this year s final, in 2014.
But Bayern s Champions League elimination at the hands of Atletico Madrid has led to some to dismiss his reign as a failure, claims Hitzfeld – who led Bayern to five Bundesliga titles and one Champions League success across two st…
Martin Demichelis has been fined and warned about his future conduct after accepting a Football Association (FA) charge in relation to betting.
Manchester City defender Demichelis was charged in March over multiple alleged violations of Rule E8 concerning football matches dating between Janaury 22 and February 15 of this year.
The FA confirmed on Wednesday that the veteran Argentina international had admitted breaching Rule E8 in respect of 29 bets placed on football matches and had been penalised to the tune of £22,058.
Rule E8 bans players from betting either directly or indirectly, or instruct, permit, cause or enable any person to bet on any result, progress or conduct of a match or competition in which they participate or have participated in during a se…
Ralph Hasenhuttl saluted Southampton s success in surviving a spell of Huddersfield Town pressure on the way to a second straight Premier League victory.
The Saints impressively built on last weekend s win over Arsenal by prevailing 3-1 at John Smith s Stadium on Saturday and pulling three points clear of the drop zone.
First-half goals from Nathan Redmond and Danny Ings ensured the result was largely comfortable, although Huddersfield did threaten a comeback after Philip Billing cut the deficit in the 58th minute.
The visitors negotiated the test with maturity and earned their reward when teenage striker Michael Obafemi netted his maiden senior goal off the bench.
It was a very intense game, a big win for us and a very important one, Hasenhuttl told Sky…
Lionel Messi is the man who appears to have it all, but as he celebrates turning 30 there remains the lingering sense that his career record is lacking something vital.
For all of his remarkable achievements with Barcelona, senior international titles have proven elusive, although he did win the Under-20 World Cup in 2005 and gold at the Olympic Games three years later.
Those not inconsiderable honours aside, Messi has otherwise been met with disappointment and heartache while representing Argentina.
Here, we take a look at the prizes that have eluded Messi s grasp and his chances of setting the record straight in Russia.
World Cup final (2014): Argentina 0-1 Germany (aet)
When measured against the all-time greats, one thing has alw…