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Luciano Spalletti bemoaned Frank Anguissa s unfair dismissal as Napoli were dealt another absentee blow in Wednesday s Champions League quarter-final defeat at Milan.

The Napoli midfielder was dismissed for two bookable offences in the space of four second-half minutes as Ismael Bennacer s 40th-minute strike proved the difference in a 1-0 win for Milan at San Siro.

Spalletti was already without injured striker Victor Osimhen, and his replacement Giovanni Simeone, with Anguissa s suspension adding another name to Napoli s growing list of absentees.

The Napoli coach was left unimpressed by referee Istvan Kovacs decisions but insisted the Serie A leaders have capable replacements heading into next week s return leg in Naples.

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Brennan Johnson has urged Tottenham to keep building momentum after they progressed into the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Spurs were made to work hard by Burnley on Friday night, but eventually broke the visitors’ resistance thanks to Pedro Porro’s superb 78th-minute strike.

It made it four wins in five matches for Tottenham and despite a plethora of unavailable players, Johnson is relishing the attacking philosophy being implemented by boss Ange Postecoglou.

“We’re enjoying it a lot. You can tell by how we play on the pitch,” Johnson said.

“We want to keep progressing individually and as a team we want to keep getting better.

“Before the game, the manager said, ‘we’re in two competitions, the Premier League and FA Cup, and we’r…

Bayern Munich have announced a club-record turnover of €528.7 million for the 2013-14 season.

The German champions held their annual general meeting in Munich on Friday and revealed the impressive numbers to members, marking a huge improvement on the previous year.

Bayern made €432.8m in turnover in the year before, with the new results coming in almost €100m higher, while the Bundesliga giants  post-tax profit stood at a little over €16m.

The club earned €95.6m before tax, interest, amortisation and depreciation for 2012-13 campaign when they won the treble  but the new figure of €98.7m marks another increase.

Deputy CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen believes Bayern are in an unprecedented era of prosperity both on and off the pitch.

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Stoke City midfielder Charlie Adam is open to the possibility of a move abroad in the future amid links to Real Sociedad.

The 29-year-old has started just five times for Mark Hughes men in the Premier League this season and a switch to La Liga with Sociedad who are coached by former Manchester United manager David Moyes has been mooted.

Adam insists that he is no hurry to leave the Britannia Stadium, but admits the idea of plying his trade outside of England before the end of his career is something that appeals to him.

There s better weather than here,  he told the Stoke Sentinel.

I would love the experience of playing abroad because it s certainly something different. Hopefully, more British players will go and do it.

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Dries Mertens scored a stunning volley and Romelu Lukaku was twice on target as Belgium started their Group G campaign with a 3-0 defeat of World Cup debutants Panama in Sochi.

Belgium impressed in an unbeaten qualifying campaign, becoming the first European nation to book their place at Russia 2018.

But Roberto Martinez s side struggled to break Panama down in a flat first half at the Fisht Stadium on Monday, requiring a moment of magic from Mertens to break the deadlock in the 47th minute.

Panama almost mustered a rapid leveller but Thibaut Courtois made a smart stop to keep out a low strike from Michael Murillo, before Lukaku struck twice in six minutes to settle the contest.

Lukaku nodded in a sensational Kevin De Bruyne pass and the Manchester Unit…

Inter Milan head coach Simone Inzaghi is aware of the potential pitfalls facing his team in their Supercoppa Italiana final showdown with Napoli in Riyadh as the Nerazzurri look to make a statement with a mid-season trophy.

Inzaghi’s went into the weekend leading the Serie A table by two points from Juventus and they breezed into Monday’s cup tournament decider in the Saudi Arabian capital by dispatching Lazio 3-0 on Friday.

Standing in their way are Scudetto holders Napoli, who also won 3-0 – against Fiorentina – to give themselves a confidence boost with their league form desperately poor compared to their swashbuckling final season under Luciano Spalletti.

The more pragmatic Walter Mazzarri is now in charge of the Azzurri and there will be a definite c…

A last-gasp volley from Marcelo Brozovic spared Inter s blushes as they overcame Romelu Lukaku s absence to snatch a late 1-0 win against Torino in Milan.

The Croatian latched onto Nicolo Barella s lob into the box in the 89th minute to steer the ball just beyond Vanja Milinkovic-Savic and spark wild celebrations.

Inter, still without the injured Lukaku following his absence for their midweek UEFA Champions League loss to Bayern Munich, had looked lacklustre throughout, without a cutting edge.

But Simone Inzaghi will still take this victory with all the jubilation it was greeted with, while Ivan Juric will be left to rue what could have been for his stubborn visitors.

Despite a rowdy atmosphere, an air of caution seemed to pervade both teams at fir…

Brazil came back from two goals down to beat the United States 3-2 in the final of the 2009 Confederations Cup. The winning goal came from captain Lucio with six minutes to go.

Just ten minutes had been played at Johannesburg s Ellis Park when the USA took a surprising lead with Clint Dempsey scoring from a Jonathan Spector high pass.

And the Americans celebrated again in minute 27. A counter-attack allowed Landon Donovan to push the ball past keeper Julio Cesar for a very comfortable 2-0 lead.

Right at the start of the second half, Brazil showed that the match was far from over as he received a DeMerit pass and turned around to power the ball past Howard.

The goalkeeper went on to make several saves including a deflection onto the crossbar while Brazili…

Defending champions Egypt and Nigeria clash in the Africa Cup of Nations Group C curtain raiser under the scorching afternoon sun at the brand-new Ombaka Stadium here on Tuesday.

Both teams are expected to progress to the knockout of stage of the continental showpiece at the expense of Mozambique and Benin in the sleepy town of Benguela, about 600 kilometres (370 miles) from the capital Luanda known for its bananas and great beaches.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria are using Angola 2010 as a dress rehearsal for the World Cup, while six-times African champions Egypt again failed to qualify for the global finals after they were upset by fierce regional rivals Algeria in a play-off.

Egypt have not beaten Nigeria since 1977 and the last time both sides clashed at this c…

Philippe Coutinho believes the departure of Steven Gerrard has hurt Liverpool in the opening stages of the 2015-16 campaign.

The 35-year-old decided to leave Anfield at the end of last season to continue his career at LA Galaxy and Coutinho admits the midfielder is sorely missed.

Gerrard is an icon, one of my personal football heroes, Coutinho told The Telegraph.

He is strongly missed not only by the fans but by the players as well.

But it’s a different time in the club’s life now and we have to adapt to it and we have to do our best.

Coutinho, who joined Liverpool in January 2013, came close to winning the Premier League title in his second season at the club and is desperate to get another shot at success at Anfield in the years to come…