4:00 AM ET The shocking recent setbacks suffered by Barcelona and Real Madrid, domestically and in Europe, aren’t caused by problems that will be instantly solved by the sackings of Ronald Koeman or Carlo Ancelotti. Barcelona, of the two, are more undermined by their coach. They remain a high-tone squad, capable of competing for trophies

6:49 PM ET Luke Thrower The summer transfer window is closed for the top leagues in Europe! After a summer full of international football, countless clubs waited until the last minute to pull off their transfers. See all the major deals here and check out how we graded the biggest signings. But just because the

11:26 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. It wasn’t that long ago that the Portland Timbers were on the outside looking in at the

2:25 AM ET Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said Cristiano Ronaldo should have started last weekend’s 1-1 home draw with Everton instead of being brought on as a second-half substitute by boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Ronaldo came on just before the hour mark with United leading 1-0 but Everton grabbed an equaliser in the

11:55 AM ET What a weekend! It feels like we say this every weekend, but it was especially true here. Liverpool and Manchester City put on a show, Atletico Madrid (in particular Luis Suarez) made a statement vs. Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo made a scene after Manchester United‘s frustrating home draw vs. Everton. Elsewhere, Bayern

2:53 PM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC Carlo Ancelotti has called Real Madrid‘s 2-1 LaLiga loss at Espanyol the “worst game” of his second spell in charge so far, citing “confusion out on the pitch” and saying “the team looked disorganised” in a brutally honest assessment. Goals from Raul de Tomas and Aleix Vidal put Espanyol

3:20 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — There are more back-slaps and hugs between players than flying pizzas and tunnel bust-ups when Liverpool take on Manchester City, but while this fixture lacks the animosity and belligerence of old Manchester United–Arsenal clashes, the sheer quality displayed during Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Anfield showed that the rivalry is

Oct 2, 2021 Barcelona‘s tough start to the LaLiga season continued on Saturday as Atletico Madrid beat them 2-0 at the Wanda Metropolitano. Thomas Lemar opened the scoring midway through the first half following good work from Luis Suarez and Joao Felix. Suarez added the second against his former club just before the break. The

2:06 PM ET Manuel Locatelli struck late to earn Juventus a 1-0 win over Torino in the Turin derby on Saturday, as the Old Lady stretched their winning run to four games in all competitions and kept a Serie A clean sheet for the first time in seven months. The Italy international fired a shot

11:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Nothing is coming easily for Manchester United at the moment, and it’s making life hard for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Three days after the dramatic late Champions League win against Villarreal, there was another frantic finish at Old Trafford. This time, though, there were no Cristiano Ronaldo heroics