Real’s dream of taking the upper hand in the match against Barcelona was not meant to come true as Barcelona beat their arch rivals at the Camp Nou on Sunday.
Having qualified for the Champions League, Barcelona have decided to give a break to their first-string players and let their youngsters play in Europe’s most important tournament. Player of the Year Lionel Messi, cental midfielders Xavi, Andres Iniesta, and Cesc Fabregas and goalkeeper Victor Valdes sat out the game and Spain forward Pedro was the [...]
PAOK Thessaloniki netted twice on Wednesday to defeat Tottenham with ten men and snatch a place in the Round of 32 of the Europa League. The Greek side managed to score two goals through Dimitris Salpingidis and Stefanos Athanasiadis before their team mate got a red card for handling the ball. Tottenham’s Croatian international Luka [...]
Benfica, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich advanced to the round of 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday, while the position of the two Premier League clubs is precarious. Benfica made sure that they would claim at least the second-best place in their group by snatching a 2-2 draw with three-time winners Manchester United. In [...]
All trouble in Real Madrid is over, Jose Mourinho has assured the public after his side’s 4-0 win over Espanyol. Mourinho was strongly criticized for last month’s two losses in a row that gave rise to rumors that Real are unable to rival Barcelona. Since then, Real have won against Rayo Vallecano and Ajax and [...]
Ex-Manchester U right-back Gary Neville has slammed his career with the England national team as a “waste of time”, saying that England will not win a major title in the upcoming decade. Neville represented England in two World Cups and three European Championships but he did not like his time with the England national team [...]
A top official with Dinamo Zagreb spent a night in custody after a disagreement with police after the Ukrainian side’s victory over Sweden’s Malmo in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League play-offs. Police did not give the name of the detainee, saying that it was a 52-year-old man that did not let police [...]
Visiting fans can become instigators of violence if their favourite team loses. An employee of German FC Hoffenheim decided not to beat around the bush and completely silence the fans of the opposing team, Borussia Dortmund. An employee who faces disciplinary and legal action decided to place a high-frequency loudspeaker under the opposing team’s fans [...]
Being a football coach or manager is like always standing in the fire. Coaches and managers are under great pressure to seize wins. And if they lose, they will be fired in no time. Edinburgh-based Heart of Midlothian F.C. that currently play in the Scottish Premier League fired manager Jim Jefferies, offering him to remain [...]
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini thinks Stoke City will be much more dangerous in the FA Cup final than their semi-final opponents Manchester United. Man City’s players are considered favorites for Saturday’s match at Wembley, although they won only one of their last six matches with Stoke. Mancini recognized the Saturday game with Stoke will [...]
Braga and Porto have both won semi-finals to set up an absolutely Portuguese final in Dublin on May 18, 2011. Braga proved it could improve its results after a 2-1 first-leg insufficient amount of points with a brilliant 1-0 second-leg win at home after they defeated Benfica on away goals. Porto showed once again it [...]
At least, it was Roberto Mancini who took the entire responsibility for the Man City’s Saturday defeat in the game against Liverpool (0-3). The Man City was pinned down by Andy Carroll double, leaving them fighting for the 4th place (they are 3 points above Tottenham who will be playing one more game in the [...]
Playmaker Samir Nasri was named by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in the starting line-up for the 16 Champions League clash with Barcelona at the Emirates. French midfielder Nasri has been on the sidelines for the past two weeks after he inured his hamstring during last month’s Gunners FA Cup where they tied with Huddersfield. He [...]
The Champions League nights in the Allianz Arena was not only exciting but also full of suprises! For one, Bayern turned out to be the surprise winner even if it scored only once, as against Cluj which scored four times: two own goals scored by Cadu and Panin tipped the balance in favor of Louis van [...]
Liverpool will be looking to capitalise on a 1-0 lead going into to second leg of the Europa League playoff against Trabzonspor. Key Liverpool players Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard are to miss the fixture as Hodgson is unwilling to let Torres play a third consecutive game whilst he is still building his way to [...]
