It's hard not to see Pique's comments through his Barcelona lens, and perhaps he intended them as a subtle prod to the Norwegian to join his club rather than head to Madrid.
But we are over the moon, we beat the strongest football team in the world and that's a pretty special moment.
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Prior to the final, captain Kalidou Koulibaly expressed Senegal’s desire to emerge as African champions after losing the final of the 2019 edition to Senegal.
Zouma's brother, Yoan, is believed to have filmed the incident inside the defender's home before posting it to Snapchat on Sunday afternoon, just a day after West Ham's FA Cup fourth-round win at Kidderminster.
Regular readers of the BBC Sport gossip column will recognise the name Dusan Vlahovic. So who is Vlahovic and why do half of the clubs in Europe want to sign him?
Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy and defender Kalidou Koulibaly are also available after missing the two group phase matches against the Warriors and the Syli Nationale owing to Covid-19.
He is not getting in the Spain squad and he will be desperate to go to the World Cup, so for him he has to get the move. I don't feel his head is in the right place.
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Our best wishes go to the supporter and their loved ones and we hope for a swift and full recovery. Dier and fellow Spurs team-mate Sergio Reguilon were named joint men of the match for their part in quickly alerting the match official and medical staff to the severity of the incident.
DERMOT SAYS: I thought it was a good shout when you see it first viewing, but a lot of times you see things on first viewing and think it's a good tackle.
His latest strike to earn a 2-1 victory over Sevilla was blasted at pace into the top corner from outside the box and demonstrated to his boss just how far he's come this year.
I founded it because, as a young Villa fan sat in the Doug Ellis Stand, I was questioning a lot about myself while I was growing up, he reflects.
Villa - 11th in the Premier League table ahead of their encounter with Leeds United on Wednesday night - were in an altogether worse predicament in the final throes of Dean Smith's three-year reign, languishing just two points outside the relegation zone and on a run of five successive defeats.
But Conte maintained his unbeaten league run in the most dramatic of fashions, with not one, but two goals deep into added time.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has said European countries could boycott the World Cup if it was staged every two years.
We probably haven't reached that point yet, it's something we definitely will do. 'I have to prove myself at Newcastle' While Howe's body of work at Bournemouth speaks for itself, any Newcastle manager comes under intense scrutiny from the club's passionate fanbase.
Both sides struggled to retain possession and apply concerted pressure on the opposition goals until a moment of individual brilliance opened the scoring.
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Ronaldo was noticeably frustrated when taken off in Man Utd's recent win over Brentford, drawing criticism for his reaction to being taken out of the game.
The pair were only 26 and 24 respectively in 2013, but failed to build on their run to the final, with unfulfilled club careers coming alongside Burkina Faso’s failure to reach the 2014 World Cup and their miserable showing at the 2015 Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea.
Having won three and lost none of their last five games against this opposition, West Ham are 1/4 (1.25) favourites with bet365 to steal a march in the race for the Champions League with a victory.
We've set a game plan that we feel is going to work this time, and you've got to ride your luck at times in these games as well.
We didn't play as well as I would have liked but we got a win and it just shows you what a crackers division it is off the back of the Millwall and Preston games. Swansea's Russell Martin: You can't create that much away from home and not take a point away, it's outrageous.
Rashford remains confident that Rangnick can help him improve but the team is a complete mess at the moment, meaning the interim manager has plenty of other problems to solve right now.
United, meanwhile, with Cristiano Ronaldo back in the starting line-up, faded badly and there was a smattering of boos upon the final whistle.
Toney is still unavailable after missing out at Elland Road due to Covid-19, but defender Mads Bech Sorensen is back in contention after recovering from the virus.
Aston Villa are interested in Brighton midfielder Yves Bissouma as he enters the final 18 months of his contract. Bissouma, 25, is with Mali ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations, which starts on Sunday - live on Sky Sports.
Lookman was again the provider from the left and Barnes raced through to finish sweetly past Bachmann.
But in modern football, if a big transfer appears, like it did when I was at Benfica - two years ago a team came and paid 120m euros for one player - you cannot say no.
Certainly, with Wimbledon it would be unwise to rule anything out. If their rich history on Plough Lane shows us anything, it is that nothing is impossible for that club.
Martinez scored but Mertens ensured a lively finale when he pulled one back in the 78th minute with a brilliant shot in under the crossbar.
Harry Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka were on the bench, Luke Shaw is injured, yet nothing improved. MAN OF THE MATCH
We showed the quality and character this team has and deserved to go through. There is nothing to regret.
If Boyle had looked heavy-legged at Hampden on Sunday then he would have had good reason. If he'd looked tired then all he'd have had to do was outline the craziness of his travel schedule this past while. He didn't do any of this, of course. What he did do was score three goals inside 40 minutes of this League Cup semi-final. He, and others, took Rangers to the cleaners. To carry on the theme of Boyle's world travels this was football's equivalent of the mile-high club.
Ronaldo over-reliance remains a factor According to Paul Merson, Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Old Trafford last summer threw Solskjaer's United plan out of the window and the statistics (see below) support that view.
I am grateful for what Auba has done at the club and his contribution since I have been here. The way I see myself in that relationship is the solution, not the problem.
These are qualities which can be quite difficult to notice in the sense that the players are deemed to either play well or play badly.
It's not just huge for him, but for Canadian soccer in general. The perception is starting to change, and those around the game are starting to take note of players like Buchanan.
In Italy, it’s important the striker has to work for the team as well, to press the opposition centre-backs and at the same time start the defence from there.
Jonathan Morgan has left his role as Leicester City Women first-team manager and Emile Heskey will prepare the team for their next match.
“My heart is absolutely fine and I’m completely healthy,” he said, whilst also stating that he was already back at it.
I would give the benefit of the doubt to the defender because I don't think it's an obvious foul. Leeds 1-1 WolvesREFEREE: Robert Jones INCIDENT: Romain Saiss catches Leeds forward Raphinha on the ankle with a forceful lunging tackle.
The right man at the right place - he is doing a great job, was European football correspondent Kristof Terreur summary on the BBC's Euro Leagues podcast. He is an ideal manager for an underdog side. You won't name star players at Villarreal but he builds teams.
His man-management skills came to the fore during the fraught run-in, says Brad Jones, who kept goal for that title-winning Feyenoord team and offers an insight into Van Bronckhorst's methods.
Asked whether a move to Canada is a good opportunity for his compatriot, Giovinco told Corriere dello Sport: It depends on what you want. Personally, I felt comfortable on a human level and I found a city where life is easy.
Benitez failed to land a right-back in the summer window, and one of his final acts was to bring Nathan Patterson in as cover for Seamus Coleman in a £16m deal from Rangers.
