Tony Pulis is the favorite for the new Middlesbrough mentor

The former senior coach of Stoke City and West Bromwich Tony Pulis may become manager of the English second division Middlesbrough, 'The Mirror' reports. The 59-year-old specialist is offered a three-year contract. The club`s leadership plans to complete the negotiations with Pulis in the near hours and to announce his appointment to the post before the 24th round of the Championship against Bolton, which will be played on Dec. 26. Yesterday Middlesbrough fired manager Garry Monk for unsatisfactory results. Monk took up the club in June after dropping out of the Premier League, but under his leadership, the North Africans achieved only 10 wins in 23 matches via today soccer predictions in the Championship and occupy the ninth place of 12 points in the direct promotion position for the elite.

Warriors without Curry at Christmas

Golden Steary Warriors Steph Curry`s playwright will have to rest for another week, the team said. This means that the two-time winner of the Most Valuable Player will miss the Christmas game with Cleveland, who will be the first between the two teams in the June final predicted by 1x2 predictions when the `wars` won the series with 4-1 wins. Curry has an ankle injury and has not played since December 4. In his absence, however, his teammates did very well, having achieved 5 wins in 5 games. Curry has 26 points, 3 points, 6, 6 assists and 5, 1 rebounds per game this season.

Balotelli fired Nice to the fourth consecutive win

Nice team beat 1:0 Bordeaux in a match according today soccer predictions of the 18th round of League 1 and thus recorded a fourth consecutive victory in the French championship. The only goal was made by the star of Mario Balotelli. The Italian scored in the middle of the first part when he saw an empty pass with Pierre Les-Melou`s head. In this way Balo has already had ten hits on his account since the start of the season. In the second part, both teams had several goals, but the hosts eventually managed to keep their lead until the last referee.

In the rankings, Nice climbed to the sixth position, only three weeks ago in the relegation zone. Eagles have an asset of 26 points and are already much more quiet in the championship. Bordeaux, on the other hand, recorded a third consecutive loss and is now 15th with 20 points in just two of the danger zone.

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Barcelona agreed to release Mascherano

Barcelona decided to satisfy Javier Mascherano`s desire to leave the club, says Sport newspaper. The Argentine has several times said he wants to change his club membership and it seems the bosses will not hurt him.

From Barca they are ready to put Mascano in winter for an amount of 8-9 million euros. The other condition for a transfer is the Catalans to find a suitable substitute for the Argentine. Interest in Mascherano is on the part of the Chinese Habee Fortune. At the moment this seems the most likely new club adviced by questions about win predictions of the 33-year-old midfielder.

Benevento`s hero: 'I just closed my eyes and jumped!'

The goalkeeper of Benevento Alberto Brignoli, who has become a hero for his team in today`s Milan, said he just closed his eyes and jumped to a 95-minute free-kick, then scored his goal for 2:2. In this way, Brignoli brought Benevento's first point to Serie A in the history of the club. It`s hard to describe the feeling. I just went to Milan`s penal field in the hope that the best will happen. I am happy for the fans, the players and the president. It would be selfish to talk about yourself, it`s a great thing for everyone, `said happy Brignoli to Sky Sport Italia.

I closed my eyes and jumped. It was more like a goalie than a striker. It would be terrible to lose this match by pay for soccer prediction after so many defeats in the last second that we did not deserve, for example, against Sassuolo. Today luck turned to our advantage. We showed that we can play against everyone, we just needed some details to be in our favor, `said Brignoli.