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Maurizio Sarri is on the brink at Chelsea and defeat in the EFL Cup final against Manchester City at Wembley on Sunday could seal his fate.

Recent results have been poor, but it is a remarkable situation, given Sarri was drafted in as the successor to Antonio Conte to wean the team off their ruthless counter-attacking approach and implement the attractive style of football he honed in the Italian doldrums and earned great acclaim for at Napoli. 

His technical, expansive approach has drawn praise from Pep Guardiola and Arrigo Sacchi – two coaches renowned for revolutionising the game tactically. But Chelsea fans have quickly grown weary; a section of the support chanting F*** Sarriball following the 2-0 home loss to Manchester United in the FA Cup on Monday made that…

Kemar Roofe s goal handed Leeds United a 1-0 lead in their Championship play-off semi-final against Derby County, who controversially had a penalty overturned.

With neither side having had a shot on target in a tightly contested first half at Pride Park, Marcelo Bielsa s team went ahead thanks to Roofe s neat first-time strike 10 minutes into the second half.

Referee Craig Pawson did well to play the advantage following a late lunge by Tom Lawrence, with Jack Harrison driving clear down the left before curling in a cross for Roofe to finish beyond the onrushing Kelle Roos.

Roofe squandered a golden chance to make it 2-0 two minutes later, and that profligacy looked to have been punished when Pawson awarded Frank Lampard s side a penalty after Harrison and Jayd…

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After its PC launch last year, which drew mixed reactions from fans, Colossal Order’s Cities: Skylines 2 has been delayed again for Xbox Series X/S and PS5. Previously set for October (after a delay out of Spring), the developer revealed that it hadn’t yet met the “stability and performance targets” for the same.

A new release candidate will receive a “thorough review” this August, and based on the results, it will either start the process towards a release date or address further issues. It’s understandably holding back on further release pronouncements until then. The team is making “slow but steady” process, yFruit Slot Gameset “unresolve…

We’ve known for a while now that the next Tomb Raider is in development at Crystal Dynamics, and though the game hasn’t yet been formally unveiled, the studiOnline Bettingo continues to ramp up its work on the title, and on the franchise as a whole. 

Currently, for instance, Crystal Dynamics is looking to recruit a Senior Franchise Artist to work on the Tomb Raider franchise as a whole. The studio says the role will involve will involve providing “visual guidance to external teams developing content under the Tomb Raider brand umbrella” and create new assets and leverage existing ones to provide support “across multiple mediums”.

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England’s players have expressed their disappointment at talks with the Football Association over their bonus and commercial structures not being resolved before the start of the World Cup.

In a statement from the team posted on social media by captain Millie Bright, the Lionesses said they would “pause discussions, with full intentions of revisiting them following the tournament”.

The European champions’ campaign at the showpiece in Australia and New Zealand gets under way on Saturday when they face Haiti in Brisbane.

The statement said: “Last year we presented the FA with concerns relating to our bonus and commercial structures. The hope was that discussions would lead to a solution before the commencement of our World Cup.

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CD Projekt likes to be unusually transparent about every single project that it has in different stages of production and how far along in the process they are, but as far as a formal announcement and a proper marketing cycle are concerned, expect the studio to approach the upcoming The Witcher 4 differently from how it handled Cyberpunk 2077.

Speaking in an interview with Eurogamer, joint CEO of CD Projekt, Michał Nowakowski, talked about Cyberpunk 2077’s marketing cycle, which saw CD Projekt RED entering a prolonged final stretch of marketing with a blowout at E3 2019 with Keanu Reeves onstage, with the game’s release not coming until a year and a half later. That, incidentally, followed a trailer at E3 2018, not to mention …

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Inter Milan and Napoli will face each other on Sunday, in the 13th round of the 2021-22 season in the Serie A, at the famous San Siro stadium in Milan. Even though there are other high-profile matches in the Italian top flight this weekend as well (Lazio play host to Juventus and AC Milan travel to play Fiorentina), this one is undoubtedly the derby of the round, given the respective form and table positions of the two teams.

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In other circumstances, 25 points from the opening 12 matches wouldn t be a bad start for the defending champions, but as it is, that tally is seven short of the top two, which incidentally include the visitors in this match and Inter s city rivals, AC Milan. Simone Inzaghi s team, therefore, sit thi…

Athletic Bilbao coach Marcelo Bielsa does not mind where this year s Copa del Rey final is held.

Debate is raging in Spain over whether the Santiago Bernabeu should host the tournament decider given it will be contested by Basque outfit Bilbao and Catalunya s Barcelona.

When the two sides met in the 2009 decider a portion of fans from both clubs booed the Spanish national anthem, sparking huge controversy.

Bielsa, though, is reluctant to get involved in the affair.

The (Spanish Football) Federation is the designated governing body and does not make sense for me to offer any opinion because we must accept what they decide, the Argentine told Marca.

I have no predilections.

Bielsa also insisted that, as far as he is concerned, the RFEF …

Xabi Alonso wants Bayer Leverkusen to grasp their “first chance” to claim a maiden Bundesliga title but insisted he is not attaching any extra significance to the visit of Werder Bremen.

Victory for Leverkusen on Sunday would guarantee the club’s first top-flight title in their 120-year history although they would be crowned champions if Bayern Munich and Stuttgart both lose on Saturday.

With five rounds of fixtures to go after this weekend, Leverkusen have plenty of opportunities to make club history in a season where they have stitched together a 42-match unbeaten run in all competitions.

4 2 unbeaten!

Capturing the imagination across the galaxy

— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en)

But while Alonso is keeping the same mantra h…