Talk about a perfect start. Thomas Tuchel has won Chelsea’s biggest game of the season. He was brought in after Frank Lampard’s sacking with the Champions League Round of 16 firmly at the back of their minds. Chelsea defeated Atlético Madrid who have dominated La Liga this season 1-0 ‘away’ in Bucharest. Diego Simeone’s men…
Former Italy International, Antonio Cassano, has slated Cristiano Ronaldo for his perceived selfishness after Juventus were defeated by Porto in the first leg of their Champions League Round of 16 clash. Andrea Pirlo’s men suffered their third straight defeat at the Estadio do Dragao on Wednesday night, a 2-1 loss which was characterized by errors…
Erling Braut Haaland has continued his world-class goalscoring form in 2021. The 20-year-old has 23 goals and six assists from 23 appearances for Dortmund this season despite a muscle injury setback in late 2020. Haaland remains a shining light for BVB and his form reads eight goals and three assists in nine games in all…
New year, new stage, new ball, same objectives. The UEFA Champions League returns in 2021 with the knockout rounds starting with a European classic. Barcelona host last season’s runners-up Paris Saint-Germain at the Camp Nou for the first leg of their last 16 tie. It promises to be an intriguing game four years after that…
Juan Cuadrado gained prominence when registering the most assists (four) at the 2014 World Cup with quarter-finalists Colombia. But in the intervening six years – via a forgettable stint at Chelsea – his decision-making failed to live up to those standards as a World-class winger, settling instead, in his preferred wing-back role. Up until now….
Management is about making decisions which mostly involves weighing risks. Some risks could turn out well given the outcome, while some could lead to regrets. But not taking any at all is total incompetence. And on Wednesday, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer once again showed his incompetence as a manager; and this is not about the defeat…
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 Football Castle provides an in-depth analysis of Chelsea’s victory over Rennes on Matchday four. Chelsea needed to win this game to secure early qualification into the next rounds of the UEFA Champions League while Rennes had to win to give themselves a fighting chance in the group. In the first leg of this tie,…
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…
Paris Saint-Germain suffered yet another group stage loss in the UEFA Champions League to RB Leipzig amidst an unfortunate start to the season. Two months on from their Semifinal showdown in Lisbon which PSG won with a commanding 3-0 scoreline. Leipzig overpowered their opponents after crashing to a 5-0 defeat at Old Trafford last week…
