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• 'We're lucky to have him', Miami boss Martino says of Alba

  Inter Miami are fortunate to have Jordi Alba, so says head coach Gerardo Martino.

  Alba scored a stunning volley that ultimately proved the winner just before half-time in Saturday's 2-1 win over Nashville SC. The strike came with an expected goals (xG) value of 0.01.

  That victory kept Miami top of the Eastern Conference, with a two-point lead over FC Cincinnati.

  Miami face Charlotte in midweek, and with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez still away at the Copa America, Martino is glad to have such an experienced, quality player as Alba at his disposal.

  "I celebrated] as should be celebrated because it was a great goal," Martino said.

  "I'm not surprised because he is a player with so much quality.

  "He [Alba] puts me at ease for what he gives the team and the options he gives us in attack and how well he played defensively.

  "Jordi is an internationally recognised player and we're lucky to have him on our team."

  Nashville dragged themselves back into the contest in the second half, and Miami ultimately relied on goalkeeper Drake Callendar to make a late save to earn all three points.

  Reflecting on his side's display, Martino added: "I believe we had a very good first half, we controlled the whole thing.

  "In the second half, we did not control the ball the same way as the first half, especially when Nashville had a line of three, [but] we didn't suffer.

  "I think in the end we won the game rather well."

  Charlotte lost 1-0 to the Houston Dynamo last time out, snapping a four-game unbeaten streak for Dean Smith's team.

  They sit sixth in the Eastern Conference.

  PLAYERS TO WATCH

  Charlotte FC - Patrick Agyemang

  Agyemang leads Charlotte's scoring charts with five MLS goals. They have come from 14 shots on target, and 26 attempts overall. He will be one Miami's defence has to look out for.

  Inter Miami - Julian Gressel

  Gressel provided an assist for Miami's opener against Nashville. It was his 100th goal contribution in MLS.

  Since he joined MLS in 2017, Gressel has provided 62 assists, with only Cincinnati's Luciano Acosta (65) setting up more goals.

  MATCH PREDICTION: DRAW

  While Miami are top of the standings, Charlotte are expected to challenge for a positive result in this one, with Opta's supercomputer ranking the draw threat highly.

  Miami have won their last three away games in MLS, though, so the Herons still come into this as slight favourites.

  That being said, Miami have lost their last two trips to Charlotte. In fact, last season, these teams split the record evenly over their three meetings in all competitions, with Miami winning one, Charlotte winning another and the other game drawn.

  OPTA WIN PROBABILITY

  Inter Miami - 41.6%

  Charlotte - 32.9%

  Draw - 25.6%

• Chelsea complete swoop for teenage Barcelona striker Guiu

  Chelsea have confirmed the signing of teenage striker Marc Guiu from Barcelona, having met his €6million (£5.1m) release clause.

  Guiu had one year remaining on his contract with the Blaugrana but opted to reject the offer of an extension after breaking into their senior squad last season.

  The 18-year-old appeared three times in LaLiga last term, netting on his senior debut against Athletic Bilbao at the age of 17 years and 291 days last October.

  Guiu, who has been capped by Spain at under-17 and under-19 level, is expected to fight for a place in Chelsea's first team under new boss Enzo Maresca. 

  He has signed a five-year contract with an option for the club to extend his stay for a further 12 months.

  "It's an immense joy to sign for Chelsea and I struggled to sleep ahead of the journey here because I was so excited," Guiu said. "Ever since I was small, it was my dream to play in the Premier League.

  "Now I have the opportunity to come here to Chelsea and I will work my hardest to be successful for the club."

• Euro 2024 social round-up: Belgium fans get up for France clash as Bellingham rubbishes celebration speculation

  England progressed to the Euro 2024 quarter-finals by completing a late comeback against Slovakia on Sunday.

  Jude Bellingham scored the Three Lions' equaliser in a 2-1 extra-time victory in Gelsenkirchen, dispatching a stunning overhead kick deep into stoppage time.

  There was plenty of reaction on social media that continued into Monday, while other teams looked forward to their last-16 ties.

  Here, we round up the best posts from around the tournament.

  Bellingham rubbishes celebration speculation

  UEFA has confirmed it will investigate Bellingham's celebration, in which he appeared to make a rude gesture in the direction of the Slovakia fans.

  Bellingham, however, insists it was an "inside joke".

  He also apologised for any offence caused.

  "An inside joke gesture towards some close friends who were at the game. Nothing but respect for how that Slovakia team played tonight," he wrote on X.

  Copycats?

  They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery, and perhaps that is how the Dutch fans will look at their lowlands neighbours, the Belgians.

  Ahead of Belgium's clash with France, the Red Devils' X account shared a video of a fanpark, where their supporters were enjoying a brilliant warm-up.

  It looked like everyone was having plenty of fun, and perhaps they'll be giving the Netherlands' fans - who have been the stars of the show in Germany so far - a run for their money.

  Pogback

  Paul Pogba is absent from Euro 2024, due to the ban he received for alleged doping.

  While Pogba fights that charge, he is of course not able to be involved.

  However, the 2018 World Cup winner was on hand in Dusseldorf to gee up France's supporters ahead of the clash with Belgium.

  Bellingham's brilliance

  While there was some controversy over his celebration, Bellingham's last-gasp equaliser for England really is worth re-living over and over again.

  And that's what the official UEFA Euro 2024 X account did, sharing a slow-motion clip of that exquisite overhead kick.

  Anyone know the score?

  Just before Bellingham's moment of genius, Kylian Mbappe was wrapping up his pre-match press conference.

  And the France star could not help but ask what the score was in the England match.

  Much to his surprise, he was informed Slovakia were winning. Of course, that did not last.

  Lineker defends Jude

  Gary Lineker has seemingly not been the most popular figure in the England camp following his critical comments so far this tournament.

  But the BBC Sport pundit was delighted that Bellingham got Gareth Southgate's team out of trouble.

  He was less pleased, though, to hear UEFA were investigating his post-match celebration.

  The Oranje arrive

  The Netherlands take on Romania on Tuesday, and Ronald Koeman's team arrived in Munich on Monday.

  Virgil van Dijk took the Oranje out for a warm-up. Will the Dutch get over the line and tee up a meeting with either Austria or Turkiye?