European Super Football

Nuno Espirito Santo is believed to be replacing Potter West Ham have been struggling in 19th place in the Premier League. Author | Jamie Pugh The Englishman, who was appointed in January, picked up just three points from the opening five Premier League games. He took charge of 25 matches since being appointed, winning just six times. They finished last season in 14th place in the league. The club said in a statement: "Results and performances over the course of the second half of last season and the start of the 2025-26 season have not matched expectations." READ MORE |  From London Super News: What's going wrong at West Ham? After last Saturday's home defeat by Crystal Palace, it had been reported the club were considering alternatives to Potter. However, the former Chelsea and Brighton boss had been preparing for Monday night's game at Everton and had completed the usual media duties. Nuno Espirito Santo, recently sacked by Nottingham Forest, is understood t...

Rangers 0 - 1 Genk Rangers’ woeful start to the season continued as Oh Hyeon-gyu’s goal, combined with Mohamed Diomande’s first-half red card, handed Genk a Europa League victory. Author |  Mark Lee Stadium |  Ibrox Kick-off in Glasgow Under-pressure head coach Russell Martin was seeking successive wins for the first time, but his side were second-best for long periods against a Belgian side who squandered numerous opportunities. In recent seasons, this competition has offered Rangers a welcome distraction from domestic struggles, but it quickly became apparent that even that would elude them this time. The result added to Martin’s mounting frustrations, highlighting his inability to generate momentum or positivity. Discipline issues cost Russell Martin’s side Rangers were already on the back foot before Diomande lunged recklessly at Zakaria El Ouahdi just before half-time. A straight red card was fully justified. Earlier in the match, John Souttar had appeared to provide a ...

Aston Villa 1 - 0 Bologna  Captain John McGinn struck the decisive blow as a nervous Aston Villa scraped their first win of the season with a narrow victory over Bologna. Author | Jay Dean Stadium | Villa Park Players and fans celebrate Unai Emery’s side opened their Europa League campaign with three points but offered little to suggest their stuttering start is behind them. Villa looked tentative throughout and Ollie Watkins squandered the chance to ease the tension when his second-half penalty was saved. The win at least halted a frustrating run after a turbulent week off the pitch, with the president of football operations Monchi, departing and Roberto Olabe arriving from Real Sociedad as his replacement. McGinn’s early strike from the edge of the box, his second goal against Bologna after scoring against them in last season’s Champions League, proved enough. Before that Evann Guessand had already tested Lukasz Skorupski, who also denied the lively Donyell Malen as Villa pressed...

Red Star Belgrade 1 - 1 Celtic Celtic earned a hard-fought point in their Europa League opener against Red Star Belgrade in a contest that rarely sparked into life. Author |  Sean M Stadium | Stadion Rajko Mitić Celtic fans watch on in the background Second-half goals from Kelechi Iheanacho and Marko Arnautovic ensured the spoils were shared, though neither side offered much to suggest they would have belonged at Europe’s top table. Iheanacho, reunited with Brendan Rodgers after joining late in the transfer window , replaced the ineffective Daizen Maeda at the interval and justified the change almost immediately. The former Manchester City and Leicester forward latched on to a clever pass from summer signing Benjamin Nygren and finished calmly past goalkeeper Matheus, moments after squandering a simpler chance from close range. Red Star, however, had threatened before the break. Bruno Duarte struck the side netting and later rattled the crossbar in a first half where the hosts look...

Real Betis 2 - 2 Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest were denied a winning start to their Europa League campaign as Antony struck an 85th-minute equaliser for Real Betis. Author | Kieran M Stadium | Estadio La Cartuja de Sevilla Forest players celebrate Forest, playing in continental competition for the first time in 29 years, endured a difficult start when Cedric Bakambu fired the hosts ahead on 15 minutes. The visitors responded quickly, though, with Igor Jesus levelling from close range four minutes later after fine work from captain Morgan Gibbs-White . The Brazilian forward, a £10m summer signing from Botafogo , put Forest in front in the 23rd minute with a well-placed header from Douglas Luiz ’s corner. He almost had a hat-trick soon after, his effort blocked following an enterprising run from Elliot Anderson , who impressed throughout in midfield. Callum Hudson-Odoi also struck the post as Forest pushed for a decisive third. They were ultimately denied victory when former Manch...

Levante 1 - 4 Real Madrid Kylian Mbappé struck twice as Real Madrid maintained their perfect start to the La Liga season with a comfortable win at Levante. Author |  Jack L Stadium | Estadio Ciudad de Valencia Full-time scenes The French forward’s brace, coming within the space of two minutes, secured a sixth consecutive victory and stretched Madrid’s lead at the top to five points over Barcelona. A closer analysis of what happened Mbappé’s first came from the penalty spot just after the hour mark, a delicately executed Panenka past Levante goalkeeper Mathew Ryan . Moments later, he doubled his tally with a composed finish after being slipped through by Arda Güler, taking his total to seven league goals this campaign. Vinícius Júnior had earlier opened the scoring with a moment of brilliance, bending the ball into the far corner with the outside of his boot from a tight angle.  READ MORE |  Real Madrid 2 - 0 Espanyol READ MORE |  Mbappe penalties rescue Real Madrid...

More success for PSG with recognition at the 2025 Ballon d’Or ceremony  Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique was awarded the Johan Cruyff Trophy for best male coach at the 2025 Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris. Author |  Sophie T Luis Enrique from @PSG_inside is the men's Johan Cruyff Trophy winner! #ballondor pic.twitter.com/tg2oPrIzMQ — Ballon d'Or (@ballondor) September 22, 2025 Enrique oversaw a historic 2024-25 campaign as PSG secured the French league, Coupe de France, a maiden UEFA Champions League title and the UEFA Super Cup.  He achieved this for the second time in his career, previously doing so with Barcelona in the 2014-15 season. He joins Pep Guardiola, who has also done this twice.  Enrique could not attend the ceremony as he was in Marseille for the postponed Ligue 1 clash,  but thanked his team for all their support in a pre-recorded message. READ MORE |  Sarina Wiegman crowned women's coach of the year In this message, he said: “Th...