Douglas Costa

"I feel like now we have had a bit more experience, players in the biggest games for their club and obviously players who have played in that World Cup have had that experience as well. I feel like we are in a good place. We know there is still a lot of hard work that goes into it. We do not just turn up and win the tournament," he added.

Cristiano Ronaldo played against Spain last night at the José Alvalade Stadium in Portugal for a friendly fixture. While a lot of fans might have expected the encounter to be a mouth-watering one, it turned out to be a mere bland event as Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The match ended with a goalless draw but here was this one pass that was the most underrated moments of the game. Sanches might have missed out on the goal, but his pass was quite an amazing

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning goal last night against Genoa and played an important role in the team’s win at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium. After the match, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner posted a picture of himself scoring the goal on social media and hailed the team for collecting three important points, which extended their lead on the Serie A 2019-20 points table.

Douglas Costa was brought on in place of Federico Bernardeschi in the 65th minute, and he needed less than 10 minutes to make an impact. With the help of Costa's goal, Juventus extended its lead to three goals.

Last night turned out to be quite a dejection for Juventus as they lost the finals of the Coppa Italia to Napoli on penalties. Obviously things didn’t go as per plan for the Bianconeri and the fans slammed Cristiano Ronaldo for not stepping up to the occasion. Now, Juventus manager Maurizio Sarri also took a dig at CR7 and said that he is looking good and is in a good shape like Paulo Dybala and Douglas Costa

Dries Mertens scored the vital goal that put Napoli in the summit clash and also made him the club’s all-time leading top-scorer with 122 goals. But the other hero for Napoli in the semi-final second-leg was goalkeeper David Ospina, who unfortunately is suspended for the final after seeing a yellow card against Inter.

Cristiano Ronaldo is known to change the course of the match at any given point in time. For years now, he has emerged as a vital contributor for his side. Now, in this section of This Day That Year, we shall talk about the match between Spain and Portugal, FIFA World Cup 2018 which was held in Russia, he slammed a hat-trick against Sergio Ramos and team.

Philippe Coutinho celebrates his 28th birthday on June 12, 2020 (Friday). The Brazilian has so far scored 116 career goals with 99 of them coming in club football in 415 appearances. He has been widely praised for the quality of his goals with Mauricio Pochettino famously saying ‘he has a special magic in his feet.’

"This is what keeps me alive, I know football comes easy to me. It has nothing to do with money or being famous. "The point is to do what you enjoy and have fun doing it. That's my objective. I joke with Alex Sandro that I've had more scans than I've played games."

Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Starved of live sporting action for weeks owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, fans will have high expectations when sport resumes behind closed doors, feels West Indies head coach Phil Simmons.

Willy Caballero had a dismal performance in Nizhny Novgorod against Croatia as he gifted them the opening goal of the game. In the second half of the game, the goalkeeper misjudged a long ball and kicked it short while passing to a team-mate. The ball eventually fell to Ante Rebic who took advantage of the error, setting Croatia on the way to a 3-0 win

One of the greatest midfielders of all-time, Andrea Iniesta celebrates his 36th birthday. A shy boy who migrated from Fuentealbilla to Barcelona to play football and won 35 trophies with his boyhood club before departing them. Iniesta also scored the winner against the Netherlands in 2010 that handed Spain their first and only World Cup title. He was part of both Spain and Barcelona’s golden era.