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Former Argentina coach Carlos Bilardo. REUTERS/Luis GaldamezSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Carlos Bilardo, the man who coached Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, a source close to his family told Reuters on Friday. “They carried out a test and it was positive,…

Former Argentina coach Carlos Bilardo, who is a guest for the program Futbol Forever, speaks at a news conference in San Salvador March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Luis Galdamez/FilesSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Carlos Bilardo, the man who coached Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup, has tested positive for the new…

Former Argentina coach Carlos Bilardo, who is a guest for the program Futbol Forever, speaks at a news conference in San Salvador March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Luis Galdamez/FilesSAO PAULO (Reuters) - Carlos Bilardo, the man who coached Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup, has tested positive for the new…

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has refused to guarantee Matteo Guendouzi will be at the club next season after reports the French midfielder, 21, has asked to leave. (Guardian)Manchester United have registered their interest in Guendouzi, while Barcelona, Paris St-Germain, Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid are also targeting the midfielder. (L'Equipe,…

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Four days after becoming Napoli’s all-time leading scorer, Dries Mertens was given a contract extension with the club.Hours before playing the Italian Cup final, Napoli announced Wednesday that Mertens agreed to a two-year extension with an option for a third season.The 33-year-old’s previous contract was due…

The last time Napoli and Juventus met in a Coppa Italia Final was May 20, 2012, also the Partenopei's first piece of silverware since the Diego Maradona era. It was Aurelio De Laurentiis who could celebrate after the final whistle, as Edinson Cavani and Marek Hamsik provided a 2-0 win…

Diego Maradona has congratulated Dries Mertens for becoming Napoli’s all-time top goalscorer. “Like this, we get better every day.” Maradona had been Napoli’s top scorer for almost three decades on 115 goals, until Marek Hamsik surpassed him in December 2017. Hamsik left Napoli on 121 goals, which Mertens had been…

By: Reuters | Italy, Naples | Updated: June 14, 2020 9:41:43 am Napoli’s Dries Mertens celebrates scoring their first goal (Source: Reuters)Napoli reached the Coppa Italia final with a 1-1 draw at home to Inter Milan on Saturday as Dries Mertens cancelled out a Christian Eriksen goal scored direct from…

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Dries Mertens set a club record by scoring the decisive goal as Napoli advanced to the Italian Cup final after drawing with Inter Milan 1-1 on Saturday.In both sides’ first match in more than three months due to the coronavirus pandemic, Inter took an early lead…

TURIN, Italy — Cristiano Ronaldo bellowed out a loud expletive when he missed a chance at the end of the first half in Italy’s first soccer match in more than three months. Everyone in the huge, empty stadium, all 300 or so of us, could hear it plain as day.…