Mexico coach Miguel Herrera will continue to assess his squad as he looks to finalise their plans for the Copa America when they face Peru in Lima.
Mexico are making their ninth appearance at the tournament later this month, and will play their first match on South American soil on Wednesday.
Saturday s 3-0 win over Guatemala gave Herrera an ideal start to their preparations at the weekend, and he is keen to build on that with the upcoming friendlies against Peru and Brazil.
We still have a couple of games, he said after the victory over Guatemala. We will look to go far, we have no other idea in mind other than to reach the final and win it.
The team is well, is solid, has good players and played well, scored good goals and you need that to beat any…
FA Cup replays have been scrapped from next season, the Football Association has announced.
The move to abolish all replays from the first round proper onwards is part of a new agreement between the FA and the Premier League which will see up to an extra £33million going to grassroots football from the top flight each season.
The FA had already scrapped replays from the fifth round onwards and said the move to ditch them altogether had been agreed “in light of changes to the calendar driven by the expanded UEFA competitions”.
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Il Corriere dello Sport understands that AS Roma are hot on the trail of Fiorentina midfielder Milan Badelj.
The Giallorossi plan to recruit another central midfielder in light of Daniele De Rossi’s under-par showings of late and the Croatian footballer is high on their wish list.
It is no secret that Milan Badelj has entered the final year of his contract at Artemio Franchi and he will soon be able to negotiate a Bosman deal with interested clubs.
that the club would not be signing new players in the winter, but they will probably attempt to sign the 28-year-old on a free transfer in the summer.
Milan Badelj joined Fiorentina from Hamburg SV in August 2014 and went on to make 92 Serie A appearances.
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Karim Benzema says he is enjoying life at Real Madrid so much that he would have no problem finishing his career at the Bernabeu.
The France international took time to settle in the Spanish capital but has nailed down a regular berth in Real s frontline this season and played a key role in the club s Liga triumph.
Everything is going super well for me now. We have won the league and we re all really proud of this team, Benzema said.
It is true that at first it was a bit tricky for me because it was the first time that I had been separated from my family.
But with patience and hard work everything got better. I had always intended to play for this team and today I am very happy.
Benzema also explained that France legend and current Real sporti…
Erik Ten Hag has branded the reaction to Manchester United’s FA Cup semi-final victory over Coventry “embarrassing” and “a disgrace”.
Having let slip a 3-0 lead at Wembley with 20 minutes to go and then won on penalties after the Championship side had an extra-time goal disallowed for a marginal offside, United were heavily criticised by pundits and fans alike despite making it back-to-back finals.
Ten Hag met a question about whether he understood the response at a press conference ahead of Wednesday’s clash against Sheffield United with a feisty response, saying: “No, absolutely not.
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Chelsea s Brazilian midfielder Ramires says he would be more than willing to re-sign for former club Cruzeiro if given the opportunity.
Since arriving at Stamford Bridge two years ago, the Brazil international has become a key component of the Chelsea team, with his energetic and bustling nature an important characteristic in the club’s run to becoming Champions League winners last season.
Ramires played for Cruzeiro from 2007 until 2009 when he moved to Benfica for a fee of around 7.5 million euros, and is optimistic he will play for them once again, but admits money could be an issue for the Belo Horizonte-based club.
If Cruzeiro are interested, it s possible for me to go back, Ramires told Sportv.
Although it s not a decision I can make and diffic…
Vincent Kompany has been rewarded for captaining Manchester City to their first Premier League title with a six-year contract.
Goal.com exclusively revealed the 26-year-old a key figure under Roberto Mancini and scorer of the crucial winner against Manchester United late in the campaign would be offered a new long-term deal at the club.
Kompany said he felt as though the Blues project was also his own and the Belgian insisted he never dreamed of moving away from the Etihad Stadium.
For me if you are good somewhere then there is no reason to look elsewhere, he told the official City website on Thursday.
Man City as a project is not just a project of the owners or the people employed by the club; it is also my project.
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Victor Moses is loving life at Chelsea again after being converted into a wing-back under Antonio Conte.
The Nigeria international joined Chelsea from Wigan in 2012, but failed to live up to the high expectations at Stamford Bridge as a winger.
He has been shipped out on loan to Liverpool, Stoke City and West Ham United over the course of the past three seasons, but was given a chance to prove his worth again following the arrival of Conte as the club s new manager.
Moses, 25, has impressed with a number of fine performances down the right and he is delighted with his new role.
I m feeling happy, I m feeling excited and right now I m looking forward to every game, Moses told Sky Sports.
I have not played there before but I have just got to liste…
United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann believes his team s wins over Netherlands and Germany in the past week will stand them in good stead for future World Cups.
Klinsmann s men stunned Germany 2-1 on Wednesday, ending their European tour with a perfect record, after they also surprised the Dutch 4-3 on Friday.
Having only won one knockout match at a World Cup since ending a 40-year hiatus at football s premier event in 1990, there has been a sense USA suffer from an inferiority complex when facing the world s best teams.
Klinsmann hopes that will not be the case anymore.
Results like this here and there give us confidence that we will win these games at a World Cup in the knockout stage, he said at his post-match media conference.
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Argentina coach Edgardo Bauza has opted to snub Mauro Icardi for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers versus Chile and Bolivia.
Bauza recently travelled to Italy to hold talks with the Inter striker, fuelling speculation could make the cut for this month s internationals.
But Icardi made his senior debut for Argentina in October 2013, but has not featured for the national team since.
Lavezzi, meanwhile, remains part of Bauza s plans regardless of his underwhelming form for Hebei China Fortune.
The attacker has yet to find the net in an official game for the CSL side since joining the club from Paris Saint-Germain in February 2016.
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