Germany defender Shkodran Mustafi plans to use the international break to learn from team-mates Jerome Boateng and Mats Hummels.
The Bayern Munich pair are expected to start Germany s World Cup qualifier against Czech Republic on Saturday, with Mustafi providing cover.
Mustafi, who joined Premier League side Arsenal from Valencia during the recent transfer window, says he is inspired by what Boateng and Hummels have achieved.
I look up at Jerome and Mats, he told reporters. They have proven themselves in the national team and they are now also playing together in the club.
They have won a few titles between them and I can learn from them.
But given the quality of our player here, I can always learn when I am with the national team.
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Jesus Vallejo hopes his impressive spell on loan at Eintracht Frankfurt will be rewarded with the chance to represent Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Vallejo joined Madrid from Real Zaragoza in July 2015 and was sent back on loan to the second tier side for the following season.
The 19-year-old defender is spending the 2016-17 campaign at Eintracht Frankfurt, where he has made 16 Bundesliga appearances – 14 as a member of the starting XI.
Vallejo is being monitored closely by his parent club and hopes to do enough to warrant a place in Zinedine Zidane s side when he returns.
On the day, when I signed, they told me that they ll keep an eye on me and it has been so. They come to see me in person, they call me I m grateful because it is the recognit…
Juventus missed the opportunity to go second in Serie A as they were held to a 1-1 draw away at Bologna on Sunday.
Second-placed Lazio were beaten 3-1 by Inter earlier in the day, yet Riccardo Orsolini smashed home a first-half penalty at Renato Dall Ara to leave Juve fearing a fourth straight league defeat.
Those concerns were not helped when Arkadiusz Milik missed a chance to level from the spot, but he brilliantly fired in after the interval to deny Bologna a first Serie A win over the Bianconeri in 22 attempts.
Juve remain below Lazio and crucially just three points ahead of Inter, Milan and Roma in fourth, fifth and sixth, and they face a real dogfight over the final six games if they are to finish in the Champions League places.
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Welcome to Soccerway s live coverage of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations final between Ghana and Egypt. Today s match features two of the most successful teams in tournament history, Egypt having won the trophy six times while Ghana won the cup on four occasions.
Final score: 0-1
Full Time: EGYPT WIN THE 2010 AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS!!! And by doing so, they become the very first team to win it a third time in a row!!!
Minute 90+3: Ghana very close to the equaliser but Addo fails to get a decent shot in and the ball is for El Hadary.
Minute 90+3: Hassan is stretchered off, which will certainly add a minute or so to this game.
Minute 90+1: Three minutes are to be added on as Ghana desperately look for the equaliser.
Minute 90: A shot from Badu…
Serie A high-flyers Lazio are readying summer bid for Dynamo Moscow winger Balasz Dzsudzsak, according to Il Messaggero.
The Bianconeri aim to lure the Hungarian to Stadio Olimpico and hope he would form a great wing partnership with Felipe Anderson, in which case Antonio Candreva would be moved to the centre of the park.
With Dzsudzsak s current deal due to expire in December this year, it is believed an offer in the region of €4 million would prove sufficient.
The 28-year-old has been in scintillating form this season, having managed 5 goals and 7 assists in 18 league outings.
Dzsudzsak began his career with Debrecen, but it was at PSV Eindhoven that he made a name for himself, scoring impressive 41 goals in 97 Eredivisie appearances.
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Bayern Munich attacker Thomas Muller scored 20 league goals last season but hasn t netted in the Bundesliga this campaign.
Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller’s season went from bad to worse after the German international missed a gilt-edged chance to earn his side all three points in Saturday’s Bundesliga clash with in-form Hoffenheim.
With minutes remaining, Muller lashed a volley against the post from just yards out, and has now gone 682 minutes without scoring in the league, while costing Bayern a much-needed win to go clear at the summit.
No longer commanding a starting place and struggling for form, can Thomas Muller turn things around at Bayern?
Muller unable to shake poor Euro 2016 form
Thomas Muller greatly underperformed for Germany…
Are three stars set for Real Madrid?
Madrid have long been linked with soon-to-be free agent Kylian Mbappe, who reportedly wants to leave PSG for the Santiago Bernabeu.
In-demand forward Erling Haaland and Paul Pogba are also believed to be targets of the Spanish powerhouse.
TOP STORY – MBAPPE, HAALAND AND POGBA WANTED IN MADRID
Real Madrid are eyeing Paris Saint-Germain s Kylian Mbappe, Borussia Dortmund sensation Erling Haaland and Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba, according to Marca.
Madrid tried to sign Mbappe before the transfer deadline but the LaLiga giants are expected to reignite their interest at the end of the season, when the PSG star is set to become a free agent.
It could be a busy off-season at the San…
Argentina superstar Lionel Messi created more history, surpassing Pele as the all-time leading goalscorer for a South American nation on Thursday.
Messi scored his 78th international goal for Argentina in their World Cup qualifier against Bolivia, breaking the record held by Brazil great Pele.
A six-time Ballon d Or winner, Messi had moved level with Pele with his opening goal of the match on Thursday before his brace sent him clear in the record books.
Messi produced a moment of magic in the 14th minute, playing the ball through his opponent s legs before curling a shot past the goalkeeper in Buenos Aires, where the 34-year-old then made history in the 64th minute to give the hosts a 2-0 lead.
78 Lionel Messi has scored his 78th goal for Argentina, surpa…
Manchester United defender Chris Smalling believes Adnan Januzaj and Jesse Lingard can force their way into the first team this season.
Both Januzaj, 18, and Lingard, 20, have shone in United s pre-season fixtures with the pair scoring in David Moyes side s 5-2 win over Kitchee SC on Monday.
Now Smalling, who has established himself in the setup at Old Trafford since moving from Fulham for £7million in 2010, has backed the duo to feature regularly in Moyes first season at the helm.
They have taken their chance,” he told the club s official website.
It’s good that the manager has given these young players a chance and they have really taken their chances.
I think all of them have made a claim for the start of the season and they are all in with a good s…
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho ruled out selling Luke Shaw at the end of the season despite the left-back s struggles for game time.
Shaw, 21, has made just seven Premier League appearances for United this campaign, leading to speculation over his future.
But Mourinho wants the England international to remain at Old Trafford, insisting he had no plans to sell Shaw.
No, no, no. He will be here for sure, that is out of the question, the Portuguese tactician said.
Shaw may get his next opportunity when United visit Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup on Sunday.
Mourinho said the defender, who suffered a horrific broken leg in September 2015, knew what he needed to work on.
He had a very ugly injury, really ugly, that affects players not…