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Memphis Depay netted his third goal in two games for the Netherlands as they cruised past Georgia in their final prep game before Euro 2020. Depay, who scored twice in a friendly win over Scotland on Wednesday, slotted home a penalty after Denzel Dumfries was brought down in the box in the 10th minute to give the Netherlands the lead. Striker Wout Weghorst added a second for the Oranje with a neat finish from a Depay pass. This was the towering striker’s first international goal. Ajax teenager Ryan Gravenberch followed up a saved Depay shot to head home the...

Manchester City and Belgium midfielder Kevin de Bruyne won the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award for the second consecutive season. City teammate Phil Foden won the PFA Young Player of the Year award and it is no surprise that it was City’s players who won the awards given their successful Premier League-winning campaign. Both players were extremely influential as City won a third Premier League title in four years and their fourth consecutive League Cup. De Bruyne is the second player to retain the men’s award after Cristiano Ronaldo who had won back-to-back awards during his time...

Lukas Nmecha was the hero for Germany as he scored the winner to beat Portugal 1-0 in the final as the Germans won their third Under-21 European Championship. The Manchester City player Nmecha, who spent 2020-21 on loan at Anderlecht in Belgium, scored from a tight angle after rounding the keeper following a superb pass by Wolfsburg midfielder Ridle Baku. The final was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and the Germans dominated the proceedings with Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz hitting the bar and Arne Maier having a shot tipped over. Portugal’s final jinx at the U21 continues as...

Zambia head coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic has confessed that hosts Senegal taught them a valuable football lesson in Saturday’s international friendly. The Chipolopolo lost 3-1 to the highest-ranked African footballing nation in Thies in a match that saw the hosts finishing the game in the first half itself by burying three goals to go into the break with a commanding 3-0 lead. “In football, anything can happen. You can lose to a top-class team but in the same moment lose honourably,” Micho said. “But I believe that both teams have benefited from this match and thanks to Senegal for teaching...

Former Katsande United coach Henry Makinwa says there is no need for Nigeria to panic following their defeat to Cameroon in Friday’s international friendly. The Super Eagles saw their five-match unbeaten run across all competitions come to an end when they lost 1-0 to the Indomitable Lions at the Wiener Neustadt Stadium in Austria. Makinwa, who is a UEFA pro-licensed coach, explained that there are positives that can be taken from the defeat to the 2021 AFCON hosts. “No cause for alarm because defeat is a possibility in football. Now that we ended up on the losing side, it...