Cafu admits he did not see former team-mate Daniele De Rossi becoming a head coach, but hopes the Roma boss can do great things with the Giallorossi.
The former midfielder replaced Jose Mourinho in the Stadio Olimpico dugout in January on a deal until the end of the season, and has overseen nine victories in 14 Serie A games only losing to newly crowned champions Inter and fourth-place Bologna.
De Rossi s glittering career at Roma as a player, which brought over 600 appearances across an 18-year period, was in its infancy when he briefly played alongside Cafu for the Giallorossi during the early 2000s.
The former Brazil captain, who played 217 times between 1997 and 2003, helped the club win the Scudetto under Fabio Capello in the 2000-01 season, and was inducted…
The Georgia Bulldogs are the first back-to-back National Champions in the College Football Playoff era (since 2014) after hammering the TCU Horned Frogs 65-7 on Monday.
There were ominous signs early as Georgia quickly forced a TCU punt on the opening possession, before marching down the field in five plays to open the scoring with a 21-yard touchdown run from quarterback Stetson Bennett.
TCU tried to make a game of it, scoring their only touchdown of the contest in the first quarter with a short-range quarterback run of their own from Max Duggan, but the Georgia defense went up a level and shut things down the rest of the way.
Bennett rushed for his second touchdown and threw two more to open up a commanding 38-7 lead at half-time, and they continued to pile on …
When the 18-year-old Harry Kane had a penalty saved on his Tottenham debut, nobody would have imagined him putting away 39 spot-kicks for the club on the way to beating Jimmy Greaves record goals haul.
Here we are, though, almost 11 and a half years on from that miss against Hearts in a Europa League qualifier, and Kane is Tottenham s outright all-time leading scorer.
Goal number 267 arrived against the reigning Premier League champions Manchester City on Sunday, his 200th goal in that competition.
Drink that in for a moment. It s an astonishing feat. Kane has earned the club record by chipping away at Greaves mark in the Tottenham teams of Harry Redknapp, Andre Villas-Boas, Tim Sherwood, Mauricio Pochettino, Jose Mourinho, Ryan Mason, Nuno Espirito Santo and Ant…
Vincent Kompany has the backing of the Bayern Munich board despite going three games without a win in all competitions, says president Herbert Hainer.
Kompany started his Bayern tenure with six wins from his first six games, scoring 29 goals, which was a new club record for a new head coach across that period.
However, since a 5-0 thumping of Werder Bremen, Bayern have gone three games without a victory, which included a 1-0 defeat in the Champions League to Aston Villa.
Ahead of the international break, Kompany s side drew with Eintracht Frankfurt, with Omar Marmoush netting a late leveller in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time.
Bayern welcome Stuttgart to the Allianz Arena this Saturday, though they know failing to win could see th…
Andriy Yarmolenko scored in extra-time to send West Ham into the Europa League quarter-finals, eliminating Sevilla with a 2-1 aggregate triumph on a dramatic night at the London Stadium.
Tomas Soucek levelled up the tie with a powerful header shortly before half-time, but the Premier League side were unable to find a pivotal second goal before the contest moved into extra-time.
With the match seemingly heading for spot-kicks, Yarmolenko stepped up to tap home a dramatic West Ham winner after 112 minutes and the hosts held on to win 2-0 on the night.
The Ukrainian substitute s stunning intervention means David Moyes team have reached their first major European quarter-final since they reached the last eight of the 1980-81 Cup Winners Cup.
It had to be h…
Wout Faes scored two own goals as Liverpool came from behind to beat Leicester City 2-1 at Anfield.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall capitalised on poor defending to give Liverpool an early lead but Jurgen Klopp s side were gifted a fourth consecutive Premier League win by Faes.
The defender inexplicably hit the target at the wrong end twice in the first half on Friday to put Liverpool in front.
Liverpool were not at their fluent best, but moved just two points behind fourth-placed Tottenham with a win from their final match of 2022, with new signing Cody Gakpo watching on.
2 Wout Faes is the fourth player with two own goals in a single Premier League game, after Jamie Carragher (1999, Liverpool vs Man Utd), Michael Proctor (2003, Sunderland vs Charlton) and Jonatha…
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With the UEFA Super Cup up for grabs on Wednesday night, Real Madrid and Atalanta will meet in Warsaw.
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Starting with Real Madrid, making real history last season as they broke a string of records, Los Blancos only further underlined their status as one of Europe’s ultimate poster boys. Completing a domestic and European sweep prior to the summer break, Carlo Ancelotti’s men have gained a fearsome reputation from across the continent. Getting their hands on a history-making 15th European crown back on June 1st as they claimed a famous 2-0 win against German giants Borussia Dortmund at Wembley, the former AC Milan boss did not see his superstar squad suffer a single competitive defeat across any competition since opening …
Marco Silva insists his focus is on the future with Fulham as the Cottagers seek to secure a record Premier League points return on the final day of the season.
Silva has previously said he will seek assurance that Fulham share his ambition before entering into talks over a new contract, with his current deal set to expire at the end of next season.
But the 45-year-old Portuguese – who has been linked to Saudi Arabian side Al Ahli – said he is in dialogue with the club’s hierarchy “every single day” to push Fulham forward.
“Normally I don’t talk too much about the situation,” Silva said ahead of the trip to Manchester United on Sunday.
“But we are here and I am talking every single day with people to keep planning and improving this foot…
Rodrygo s double steered Real Madrid to Copa del Rey glory as they defeated a valiant Osasuna 2-1 in Saturday s final.
The Brazil forward netted twice to guide Los Blancos to their second piece of silverware this season in front of a packed Estadio de La Cartuja.
For Carlo Ancelotti s side, victory ends a nine-year drought in Spain s most prestigious cup competition, with Madrid having last won in 2014 during the Italian s previous spell in charge.
But it is a tough result for Jagoba Arrasate s Osasuna to take, after Lucas Torro s strike had given them hope of an upset in their first appearance in a Copa del Rey final in 18 years.
Madrid lived up to the favourites tag inside two minutes as Rodrygo swept Vinicius Junior s dynamite cutback past Sergio Herre…
Much has been said in the press in England (and elsewhere) about Ederson Moraes potentially leaving Manchester City to join Al-Ittihad. Apparently, the Saudi Pro League side will have to pay at least £40 million to obtain the services of the Brazilian goalkeeper who turns 31 next month, and according to , City are looking at Paris Saint-Germain s Gianluigi Donnarumma as a possible replacement.
Donnarumma s contract with PSG still has two years left to run and there were some preliminary talks about a new deal before the Euros started, but the Italy international is apparently intrigued by the prospect of moving to the Premier League and working with Pep Guardiola. The Catalan tactician apparently sees the 25-year-old as a good fit.
Donnarumma joined PSG in 2021 as a fr…