Olivier Giroud’s career is a showreel of coming back from adversity and shutting down the doubters. In typical fashion, The World Cup winner delivered yet another defiant performance for Chelsea away to Sevilla in the Champions League. Giroud missed a gilt-edged opportunity that could have won the game against Spurs, but responded with four goals…
The pressure has ramped up in the UEFA Champions League season as qualification for the knockout rounds intensified in matchday four. Atalanta continued their fantastic away form, and exerted revenge, on a depleted Liverpool side with goals from Josip Iličić and Robin Gosens within four second-half minutes. On a very sad evening for football, Papu…
His international career might have started slowly and belatedly, but Jack Grealish is making up for lost time with his performances for England. Hence, Football Castle takes a forensic look at his impact. The Aston Villa man has long been the scapegoat for international omission under the guise of being a Championship player. However, since…
Victor Osimhen’s buoyant start to life at Napoli has been a source of optimism for Nigerian football fans. Certainly, the best is still to come for the most expensive Nigerian footballer of all time. Osimhen will be returning for Nigeria’s first competitive match since scoring three times against Benin and Lesotho a year ago. Victor…
As the final international games of 2020 beckon The story of Aymeric Laporte’s international career is a mystery to say the least. Throughout this international break, the absence of one of the best players for the World Champions remains baffling. The Manchester City man was born in France but enjoyed his football education in Spain…
The buzz is well and truly back at Arsenal since Mikel Arteta’s appointment. The FA Cup win nine months into his managerial career was important for the belief and confidence. Now, he has masterminded Arsenal’s first win at Old Trafford since 2006, with a clean sheet to boot. Indeed, The Gunners haven’t won away to…
Liverpool are masters of this script. The Premier League Champions are back to top spot after a hard-fought win over a stubborn West Ham. Right in the middle of a defensive crisis, Jürgen Klopp’s men would not let up, it’s what made them Champions. The win equaled a club record and gives them the second-longest…
A Duván Zapata brace helped Atalanta to a matchweek 2 draw against Eredivisie Giants Ajax in the first Champions League game at the Gewiss Stadium. The fixture was reminiscent of the Battle of Greek mythology between warriors (Ajax) and hunters (Atalanta). And it lived up to its billing as the Italians came from a two-goal…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria made a long-awaited return to International action in a replay of last year’s Africa Cup of Nations Semi-final against Algeria, in Austria. A dismal 1-0 friendly defeat to the African Champions was sealed by a sixth-minute goal by Borussia Monchengladbach’s Ramy Bensebaini from a corner. It was admittedly a lacklustre…
Luka Jović has struggled at Real Madrid since his €70million move from Eintracht Frankfurt last season. The 22-year-old had to adapt to his new environment and greater scrutiny as a big-money addition whilst understudying Karim Benzema who had the best season of his career. The Serbian seems to have run out of chances, however, in…
