Villa’s Martínez breaks French hearts in PKs again
World Cup winner Emiliano Martínez produced more shootout heroics against French opposition, saving twice to help Aston Villa beat Lille 4-3 on penalties to reach the Europa Conference League semifinals in France on Thursday.
Ferran Torres scored twice to help Spain earn a comfortable 6-0 win against bottom side Cyprus in a Euro 2024 Group A qualifier on Tuesday, with Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal becoming his country’s youngest-ever starter aged 16 years and 61 days.
Inter Miami CF midfielder Diego Gomez said his agent is currently holding talks with Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion over a potential transfer.
The Danish duo of Christian Eriksen and Rasmus Højlund will show the benefits of playing together for Manchester United at Euro 2024 despite plenty of turbulence at the Premier League club this past season, according to assistant coach Morten Wieghorst.