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Dominic Fifield

Editor at The Athletic

Senior writer turned commissioning editor @TheAthleticFC. Previously spent 20 years at the Guardian and Observer newspapers

Articles

  • 2 months ago | nytimes.com | Dominic Fifield |Peter Carline

    It was close to midnight in Spain on Wednesday when Atletico Madrid's Julian Alvarez stepped forward to take a penalty in a Champions League shootout against rivals Real Madrid. The Argentinian soccer player slipped at the end of his run-up but still managed to score high into the net. Yet his celebrations were short-lived: a minute or so later the Video Assistant Referee ruled that he had kicked the ball twice and therefore his effort was counted as missed.

  • Jun 26, 2024 | nytimes.com | Dominic Fifield |Ben Burrows

    De Bruyne, 32, was man of the match as Belgium ensured qualification for the last 16 of the tournament with a 0-0 stalemate in Stuttgart. Despite moving on to the knockout phase supporters were left unimpressed with the nature of the performance and what they perceived to be time-wasting late in the game as De Bruyne and his team-mates opted to hold on to the result they needed to progress.

  • Jun 26, 2024 | nytimes.com | Dominic Fifield |Liam Tharme

    Belgium and Ukraine scrapped to a 0-0 draw that saw the former sneak through to the knock-out stages of Euro 2024, and the latter eliminated. The Belgians were a long way off their best, and their inability to win the game means they will now play France in the Last 16, having finished second in the group behind Romania. The Athletic 's Jordan Campbell, Dominic Fifield and Liam Tharme address the key points from the match...

  • Jun 26, 2024 | nytimes.com | Carl Anka |Dominic Fifield |Tom Burrows |Elias Burke |Will Jeanes |Jordan Campbell

    The group stages of Euro 2024 came to a fittingly dramatic conclusion on Wednesday as rank outsiders Georgia shocked 2016 champions Portugal

  • Jun 22, 2024 | nytimes.com | Dominic Fifield

    The Real Madrid striker featured against the German club Paderborn's Under-21s in a French side comprised of those who played cameo roles or were unused substitutes against the Netherlands the previous night. Wearing a black mask, Mbappe scored twice and supplied two assists, playing each of the game's 30-minute halves.

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Dominic Fifield
Dominic Fifield @domfifield
12 May 25

Crystal Palace can beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final – this is how Analysis from @MattWoosie and @ThomHarris_ #CPFC https://t.co/Os9K0KAKxz

Dominic Fifield
Dominic Fifield @domfifield
10 May 25

• King’s Indian Attack • Sitting back and building behind a deep, solid pawn structure • A penchant to fianchetto • “Boom, boom, boom, boom” celebrations • A blunder rate of 1.2 per cent Conor O'Neill analyses #CPFC forward Eberechi Eze’s chess game https://t.co/Jy6E7Eudi6

Dominic Fifield
Dominic Fifield @domfifield
9 May 25

RT @TheAthleticFC: Tom Youngs, who died on Monday, was in many ways the epitome of the journeyman lower-league footballer. Yet in his atti…