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Freiburg must beat Scottish side Motherwell to reach the Conference League league phase.
Freiburg's path to the Conference League league phase runs through HJK Helsinki or Motherwell.
After a Europa League final and third straight European campaign, Freiburg face the toughest test: proving it's no fluke.
Midfielder faced Villa in May’s Europa League finalU-turn is further summer transfer blow for Newcastle Aston Villa have hijacked Newcastle’s pursuit of Johan Manzambi, and are close to completing a £49m deal with Freiburg for the Switzerland midfielder.Manzambi’s arrival will boost Villa before a season in which they return to the Champions League and represents a considerable blow for Newcastle. St James’ Park executives thought they had sealed a deal for the versatile 20-year-old, who has impressed at the World Cup, after flying to Germany last week but although Manzambi is understood to have offered them verbal assurances that the personal terms on offer were acceptable, he did not want anything formalised until Switzerland exited the World Cup, which they did following defeat to Argentina on Sunday. As soon as that happened, with Manzambi currently sidelined with a minor knee injury, Villa stepped in. Continue reading...
⚽ All the latest news and reaction from the World Cup⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Knockout draw | Email usSpain looked ominous in beating Austria.The group stage is something you have to do but the World Cup starts here, Lamine Yamal had insisted, and down on the Pacific that was how it played out. It wasn’t just that Spain defeated Austria to reach the last 16 against Portugal or Croatia, their first victory at the knockout stage since they were champions in 2010; it was that on an enjoyable sunny afternoon they were Spain again. Two goals from Mikel Oyarzabal and another from Pedro Porro completed a 3-0 win that was as recognisably theirs as their coach had requested beforehand. “Almost perfect,” Luis de la Fuente called it afterwards.No wonder Newcastle United are working overtime to wrap up a deal for Johan Manzambi. The secret, if there was such a thing, is well and truly out when it comes to the 20-year-old Freiburg forward who destroyed the Algeria defence to tee up Breel Embolo for Switzerland’s opener in an ominously comfortable victory to reach the last 16. Continue reading...
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The Guardian · 19 Aug 2026