Barcelona eased on into the final of the Club World Cup after Luis Suarez put a hat-trick past Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande.
Barcelona somehow managed the feat despite missing their talisman Lionel Messi who was sidelined with Kidney stones.
Watch Luis Suarez’ hat-trick below. His second goal supplied by a sublime pass from Andreas Iniesta is rather special.
Well, ’tis the season. After just 7 months on from winning the Premier League title, Chelsea have binned Jose Mourinho putting the manager out of his misery following a string of bad results.
To help soften the blow, Jose Mourinho will receive a payoff in the region of £12m. Despite the sizeable sum, Roman Abramovic is now presuambly scratched off the Mourinho Christmas list.
For Chelsea fans in mourning that “one of theirs” is no longer one of theirs, they can take comfort in the speculation surrounding the potential managers who could take the Chelsea hot seat.
This guy has already had his feet under the table once before.
This guy is said to have great ‘character’.
This guy….. just lol.
And then, after a couple of years or so of interim and ill fated appointments, they can go back in for this guy. Third time lucky and all that.
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Paul Pogba scoring exactly the kind of free kick that has much of Europe’s top clubs weak at the knees. Pogba curled home his sublime free kick as Juventus went on to brush aside Torino 4-0 in the Coppa Italia.
You can see another fans’ angle of Pogba’s strike below.
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Speaking on the Clare Balding show, Steven Gerrard admitted that he has a letter from Jose Mourinho that’s framed and takes pride-of-place in his home.
A gushing Gerrard who has turned down Mourinho’s advances on two or three occasions said of the Chelsea boss “He’s still humble enough and gentlemanly enough to write me a letter.”
Perhaps Gerrard can be a shoulder for Jose when the he receives a letter of his own with “P45” written at the top.
Watch Gerrard talking about his letter from Jose below.
"I framed the letter Mourinho wrote to me" – Steven Gerrard tells @clarebalding of his respect for 'gentleman' Jose. https://t.co/queLxh4enc
— BT Sport (@btsport) December 15, 2015
If you were a local to Osaka last night and was looking for a quite evening stroll down by the canal, you would have likely been left in a state of dazed confusion at the site of River Plate fans completely taking over the place.
River Plate are over in Japan competing in the Club World Cup, and from the scenes below it looks like they’ve brought a fan or two with them from Argentina.
River went on to beat Japanese side Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-0 and progress to the final where they face Barcelona, if the Catalan’s come somehow navigate past Chinese side Guangzhou.
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Bayern Munich progressed to the next round of the German Cup last night thanks to this special strike from Xabi Alonso.
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So that’s where they get all their ruthless accuracy from!
This was actually Thomas Muller’s punishment for coming last in a cross bar challenge which you can watch below.
For a manager, surely there can be fewer finer and more satisfying sights than seeing a clever training ground set piece pulled off on match day.
Northampton Town’s manager Chris Wilder had the chance to bask in that smug sense of satisfaction when his charges produced a brilliantly choreographed free kick that left Luton chasing shadows.
The free kick would prove pivotal, as the Cobblers went on to win 4-3.
Watch the clever free kick below.
