James Trafford claimed he knew he was going to save the penalty which clinched European Under-21 Championship glory for England.
The 20-year-old Burnley-bound Manchester City goalkeeper, who spent last season on loan at League One Bolton, repelled Spain skipper Abel Ruiz’s stoppage-time spot-kick and then blocked substitute Aimar Oroz’s follow-up to ensure Curtis Jones’ goal was enough to secure a 1-0 final victory at the Batumi Arena.
Trafford told UEFA TV: “I told everyone this morning I was going to save a pen and, when it was a penalty, I knew I was going to save it, so it was pretty easy, to be honest.
Saves the penalty. Saves the follow-up.
No goals conceded throughout the entire campaign.
James Trafford. INCREDIBLE!
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Sydney FC have signed Austria captain Marc Janko as their marquee player for the 2014-15 A-League season.
Janko, 31, arrives from Turkish outfit Trabzonspor on a one-year deal, replacing Italian icon Alessandro Del Piero as Sydney s marquee.
The striker with 17 goals in 40 international appearances had previously represented Red Bull Salzburg, Twente and Porto in Europe but he is relishing the opportunity to work alongside new coach Graham Arnold in Australia.
I am thrilled to be joining Sydney FC and can’t wait to get started, said Janko.
I have come here to win trophies and play in the Asian Champions League and I am confident that I will achieve this with Sydney FC.
I have spoken with Scott Barlow and Graham Arnold and I am excited about t…
Barcelona have announced that Jose Manuel Pinto has signed a new contract with the club.
The 36-year-old goalkeeper has only made 11 Primera Division appearances for the Catalans since initially arriving on loan from Celta Vigo in January 2008, but he was delighted to put pen to paper on a deal which will keep him at Camp Nou until June 30, 2013.
It s great to continue with this club, Pinto told Barcelona s official website. For me, it s the best present.
I (only) came for six months and I ve had a great time. Personally, I’ve found myself in a dressing room which I like very much.
It s a very special moment for me that myself and my family are enjoying.
Pinto s most recent start for Barca came against Real Madrid in last week s Copa del …
Manchester United are keen to make a move for PSV Eindhoven winger Memphis Depay at the end of the season, .
The 20 year old has been at the Philips Stadion since turning professional, racking up over a hundred appearances in all competitions despite his young age.
He has nineteen goals so far this season, and forty-three for the club in total while his assists record is also impressive with twenty-seven since making his debut in September 2011.
He has been capped thirteen times by the Netherlands, with four of those outings coming at last summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil under Van Gaal, while he grabbed both of his international goals so far at the tournament scoring in the group games against both Chile and Australia.
Tottenham Hotspur have al…
Phil Moss has been sacked from his role as head coach by the Central Coast Mariners, with technical director Tony Walmsley taking over on an interim basis.
Walmsley previously served as the Mariners youth team coach, winning the National Youth League title in 2011-12.
After leaving to work at Sheffield United s academy in 2012, he returned to the Mariners as technical director last month.
His first match in charge will be at home to Melbourne City on Sunday.
Despite the team s mixed results this season, the departure of the head coach will come as a shock to many.
According to a club statement, the decision is a consequence of executive vice chairman Peter Storrie s extensive restructure, with the club in negotiations with Moss in regards to his …
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Veteran developers from various studios, including developers from the team behind XCOM, have established a new game development studio, dubbed Midsummer Studios.
Headed up by former XCOM creative director and game director Jake Solomon and Will Miller respectively, Midsummer Studios is based out of Hunt Valley, Maryland. The duo is joined by Nelsie Birch, who is taking oSports Bettingn the role of the studio’s chief financial officer.
Alongside Solomon, Miller, and Birch, the studio also has executive producer Grant Rodiek, who previously worked at Maxis and has a plethora of experience in shipping various games in The Sims franchise, as well as its expansion.
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2019’s GreedFall is one of the best AA RPGs you’re going to find on modern hardware, so it’s no surprise that excitement surrounding its sequel has been high. Earlier this year, developer Spiders and publisher Nacon announced that GreedFall 2: The Dying World would be launching in early access for PC sometime this summer, and now that we’re smack dab in the middle of summer, a specific release date for the same has been announced.
GreedFall 2: The Dying World will launch for PC in early access via Steam on September 24. As confirmed previously, upon its early access launch, the game will give players access to its entire beginning, which will entail the character creator, three regions to explore in the form of Teer…
It can be said that remaking games is like reinterpreting memories. Plucking shards of emotion, feeling, or detail from the ether, once crystalised over time now demanding reformulation into something both reminiscent yet with newfound purpose.
The memory of playing Silent Hill 2 is more nebulous than any other horror remake to emerge in recent years. The eponymous town mysteriously abandoned, as we know, but cloaked in dense, morose fog, conceals its secrets, tasking our imaginations with bringing life to the terror lurking out of sight, much like every protagonist we control and NPC resident we encounter. The town is a cracked mirror reflecting our collective torment; our anxieties as the player, and our interpretation of the trauma suffer…
Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu said the LaLiga champions cannot imagine life without superstar Lionel Messi.
Messi has established himself as the greatest player in Barca s history following his debut in 2004, becoming the club s all-time leading goalscorer.
The 31-year-old signed a new contract with Barca in 2017 and while Bartomeu knows the Spaniards must prepare for the post-Messi era, he is ready to finalise another renewal.
At the moment we cannot imagine it, but we have to prepare for it, Bartomeu told Marca.
It will be a very different Barcelona, we have to look for young talent.
Leo has a contract until 2021 and we will also do another renewal. He has the ambition to win titles.
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