Gerardo Martino s final game in charge of Atlanta United will be a meeting with Portland Timbers in the MLS Cup.
Former Argentina and Barcelona boss Martino has led Atlanta, a team boasting an exciting core of South American talent, to the championship game in just their second MLS season.
The 56-year-old will be keen to sign off with a trophy before taking charge of Mexico, but his history in one-off finals is far from inspiring.
We recount Martino s disheartening record when silverware is on the line.
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Copa America 2011
With Argentina on home soil and possessing an attack including Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Gonzalo Higuain and Carlos Tevez, Sergio Bat…
Thomas Frank embraced Brentford “again making history” after their Premier League opener at home to Tottenham was delayed due to a sanitation issue inside the stadium.
A six-minute delay occurred to the scheduled 2pm kick-off following an issue with the water supply at the Brentford Community Stadium.
It meant toilets could not be used and while the problem remained until half-time, Frank laughed off the Bees providing another Premier League first after a drone saw a clash with Wolves delayed at the start of 2022.
Frank said: “I actually don’t know (if anyone had a shower yet), but it is the most crazy reason for delaying a Premier League game I ever heard.
We are still experiencing water supply issues which are affecting the toilets and catering …
Roma have confirmed they are in negotiations with The Friedkin Group over a reported €780million takeover but the Serie A club denied an agreement has been finalised.
Reports in Italy on Sunday suggested Giallorossi president James Pallotta has agreed to sell his majority share to the Texas-based consortium, led by billionaire chairman Dan Friedkin.
But capital club Roma issued a statement insisting no definitive agreements have been formalised.
The Friedkin Group s acquisition of the team remains subject to a successful completion of legal due diligence upon the AS Roma Group, the statement said.
have issued the following statement regarding reports that recently appeared in the press concerning a potential transaction involving AS Roma S.p.A and The …
As if there was not enough pressure on Russia ahead of the Confederations Cup, on the eve of their opening fixture against New Zealand president Vladimir Putin has demanded better results from the national team.
The eyes of the world will be on Russia ahead of the competition, the warm-up event to the World Cup, following disturbances from their fans during 2016.
But Putin hopes Stanislav Cherchesov s side can keep the focus on the pitch by bringing success for the home nation, starting with Saturday s Group A meeting with the Kiwis in Saint Petersburg.
Their preparations have been far from ideal, though, with just three wins from their last 15 games a 3-0 victory over Hungary on June 5.
A 1-1 draw with Chile in the final practice match offered little in …
Zlatko Dalic has named Luka Modric in Croatia s 24-man squad for their upcoming UEFA Nations League fixtures next month.
Modric, who has made 178 appearances for his nation, was picked alongside Manchester City duo Josko Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic to face Portugal and Poland.
Following their group stage exit at Euro 2024, speculation gathered about whether the 39-year-old midfielder would continue to play for the national side.
Both Domagoj Vida and Marcelo Brozovic, who starred alongside Modric at recent major tournaments, announced their retirement from international football after the European Championships.
But Dalic confirmed the Real Madrid midfielder is in his plans for their games next month as they look to build towards qualifying for the 202…
Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick will make a late call on whether to select Jerome Boateng for Sunday s Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain.
Boateng was substituted at half-time during Wednesday s 3-0 semi-final victory against Lyon due to muscular problems .
The 31-year-old central defender took part in Bayern s Saturday training session at Estadio da Luz and Flick will make an assessment of his condition before selecting his XI.
I am a coach who waits until the final practice session and then talks it through with his staff and thinks about the way it could be tomorrow, said Flick, who sent on Niklas Sule to partner David Alaba for the second 45 minutes against PSG s Ligue 1 counterparts.
That s what we re going to do. We hope Jerome is f…
Emmanuel Adebayor has claimed that Jose Mourinho killed everyone in Real Madrid s changing room, including Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Togo international spent the second half of the 2010-11 season on loan at the Santiago Bernabeu when Mourinho was in charge of the club.
And Adebayor has lifted the lid on one dressing-room meltdown that saw Mourinho take out his frustration on his fellow Portuguese.
At Real, we were winning 3-0 at half-time. [Mourinho] came into the dressing room and went mental, he recalled to Sportsmail.
He kicked the fridge, kicked the television, threw water. He killed everyone. I remember he once killed Ronaldo after he scored a hat-trick.
He said, Everyone says you are the best in the world and you are playing badly. Show me…
Artem Dzyuba has compared Sunday s World Cup last-16 tie against Spain to a world title fight with Russia cast as the daring underdog.
Burly striker Dzyuba has been a key player for Stanislav Cherchesov s hosts in their run to the knockout phase with a goal in each of their first two games, against Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
A 3-0 thumping by Uruguay in their final Group A fixture dampened the growing enthusiasm, however, and Dzyuba accepts a clash with a star-studded Spain squad in Moscow is another tough task.
He said: For the first time in 32 years we ve qualified for the knockout stage. Let s see what more can we do. It s going to be like a world title boxing fight. An experienced fighter against a young and daring one. Let s see who s better.
Any …
According to a recent report from Estadio Deportivo, Real Betis are anticipating that Tottenham Hotspur will make Giovani Lo Celso’s loan deal a permanent one within the next few months.
There is an option in his contract that will allow for this to happen, and while it hasn’t been confirmed one way or the other yet, Spurs boss Jose Mourinho certainly seems to be interested in locking players down to longer and more conclusive contracts as he looks ahead to his first full season in charge starting next August.
Lo Celso has had a few setbacks during the first few months of his tenure in North London, but that always seems to be the case in a deal of this magnitude. When you compare Tottenham to Real Betis there’s really no way you can put them on the same l…
I won’t talk about [Wilfried] Zaha because he’s not a player of ours. If we have to do business we’ll do it in the way that we see fit to try to make us better and that will be done behind closed doors as opposed to just announcing who we might want to bring in.
Those are the words of Chelsea manager Frank Lampard who has decided to take the diplomatic approach when being questioned over the potential signing of Wilfried Zaha. The popular Ivory Coast international took a while to really get into the rhythm of things this season, but now that he’s up and running, he has been attracting the attention of top clubs all across Europe – and especially in the Premier League.
There’s still a long way to go in this January transfer window, but for the time be…