Roberto Martinez will not rush Eden Hazard back into Belgium s starting line-up and says Kevin De Bruyne looks fresh and ready for Euro 2020.
Hazard has been blighted by injuries since joining Real Madrid from Chelsea two years ago and there have been concerns over his fitness for the European Championship.
The winger gave the Red Devils a lift on Sunday, though, making his first international appearance for 19 months as a late substitute in a 1-0 victory over Croatia.
Belgium boss Martinez will be patient with Hazard, who looks set to be on the bench for the Group B opener against Russia at Saint Petersburg Stadium on Saturday.
The Spaniard said: I think the target for Eden was to be on the pitch and I think that was almost a psychological step. You ne…
Bayern Munich helped themselves to five first-half goals as they thumped Bayer Leverkusen 5-1 on Sunday to return to the top of the Bundesliga.
The reigning champions suffered their first defeat of Julian Nagelsmann s tenure last time out against Eintracht Frankfurt, but they responded in just about the best way imaginable at BayArena.
Robert Lewandowski and Serge Gnabry helped themselves to a couple of goals each in a one-way first half, with Thomas Muller registering in between those doubles.
Leverkusen were level on points with Bayern before kick-off and pulled one back through Patrik Schick, but Nagelsmann s side were able to cruise through the rest of the match to overtake Borussia Dortmund at the summit.
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Bolton meet Everton at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday needing a win to reinvigorate their European ambitions this season.
Owen Coyle s Wanderers were flying high in sixth spot on New Year s Day, but have secured just four points in their past six English Premier League encounters to sit four points outside the top seven and a Europa League spot.
Everton enter the match coming off a morale-boosting 5-3 win over Blackpool, courtesy of four Louis Saha goals, but will lose Jack Rodwell to a groin injury for a month after the midfielder started in their past three league hit-outs before incurring the injury playing for the England Under-21 side on Tuesday.
Daniel Sturridge can maintain his perfect record at his on-loan club, having scored in both of his appearances for…
The Swiss FA have given Arsenal a huge boost over the fitness of defender Johan Djourou.
In a release on their website, the Swiss have revealed every effort is being made to get Djourou fit for his country s Euro 2012 clash against Bulgaria on March 26.
The shoulder injury to Johan Djourou is less serious than feared on Saturday and announced by the coach of his club, the release said.
The Arsenal defender and member of the Switzerland national team was submitted to thorough medical examinations on Monday.
At the end of a long, exhausting day, Johan Djourou had new hope that . his season is not over yet.
The report also said that Djourou suffered no fractures to his shoulder suggesting he may yet be fit enough to play a part in the Gunners …
Nintendo is making moves with another acquisition. The company has acquired Dynamo Pictures, a visual content company, to create content for Nintendo “utilizing Nintendo IP” in the future. Nintendo is paying 34.5 million yen (~$250,000) for the company.
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Edinson Cavani scored a hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain broke the Ligue 1 points record with a 4-0 win at Gazelec Ajaccio.
PSG had already equalled the previous record of 89, set by themselves in 2013-14, but Cavani s treble moved them onto 92 points with two games left to play.
Cavani scored the only goal of a low-key first half but doubled his tally four minutes into the second, with Angel Di Maria providing the assist for both.
A third followed two minutes short of the hour mark before Zlatan Ibrahimovic got in on the act with a late fourth.
The result, combined with Toulouse s 1-0 victory over the already-relegated Troyes, sees Gazelec drop into the relegation zone, although Reims defeat by the same scoreline in Marseille ensures just one point se…
Bayer Leverkusen have confirmed that former Ajax and Borussia Dortmund boss Peter Bosz has been appointed as the Bundesliga club s next coach.
Leverkusen sit ninth in the Bundesliga table heading into the winter break and, despite securing a third win in four league games by beating Hertha Berlin on Saturday, Heiko Herrlich has been relieved of his duties.
And the club have revealed that Bosz, whose successful 2016-17 campaign with Ajax led to a short-lived stint at Dortmund, which came to an end in December 2017, will take over in the new year, having signed a contract until 2020.
Heiko Herrlich gave our team an important boost last year after a very difficult season, Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voller said in a statement.
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Ange Postecoglou shrugged off the difficulty of the challenge facing his Australia team on Sunday and insisted having to beat Chile by two goals to guarantee Confederations Cup progress was perfect .
It appears a near impossible task for the Socceroos, against a team ranked fourth in the world and described by veteran midfielder Tim Cahill as the best in the tournament .
But Postecoglou believes the scenario of having to win plays nicely into his players hands.
He said: It s why we re here, we wanted to be alive when the last game came around, we weren t at the [2014] World Cup.
We didn t want this to be a dead rubber. We ve made it hard for ourselves but nothing changes for us, we try to win every game we play, regardless of the opposition and the circu…