Divock Origi and Lucas Moura; It’s very unlikely that you would forget the names anymore. These Fringe players have inspired the unlikeliest of comebacks in football history twice within 24 hours; sending the world into a frenzy of “Impossible is nothing” and “Never give up”(thanks to Mo Salah). Football has a way of rewarding such…
(Getty Images) Spanish La Liga champions Barcelona triumphed in the latest challenge to their Champions league dream. In the semi-final first leg against Liverpool, Lionel Messi put in yet another masterclass. Barca weathered Liverpool’s early storm, with Joël Matip in particular and Fabinho recovering possession and doing a decent job keeping Messi quiet. Arturo Vidal’s…
Ajax have gone about giant-killing again; the latest in their story of this season’s wonderful Champions League campaign is of collective brilliance over individuality. This team is perhaps not about to win the competition three times in a row but have dispelled the individualistic dominance of first Real Madrid and then Cristiano Ronaldo over this…
It’s almost upon us, the Champions league quarterfinals offers some historic clashes, not least Manchester United versus Barcelona. This European football classic brings a lot of nostalgia for supporters of both sides. For Man United, it is hoped that some of that Ole magic remains and he can navigate past the almighty Catalans. While Barcelona…
Real Madrid have been ousted as the undisputed kings of Europe. After three successive Champions league triumphs, it’s is time to rebuild at the Santiago Bernabéu. The Spanish side’s problems run deeper than the 4-1 embarrassment at home to Ajax; although the young Dutch side deserve their reward for being such a vibrant unit, pushing…
Title-chasing Liverpool (yep, Man. United fans, that’s what they are these days) square up to Bayern Munich in the Champions League Round Of 16. This first leg is about sending out strong enough teams to be in a decent position for the second tie for the managers. This is due to the long list of…
Every professional sportsperson would tell you that there’s no such thing as a dead rubber game. The round of fixtures typically featuring the dead rubber games in the UEFA Champions league lived up to expectation. Expectation is relative in this case. Just ask Tottenham fans, if you can find any. Alisson denies Arkadiusz Milik in…
(GETTY IMAGES) The Champions league fourth round of group matches this week offered a number of spectacular results. You can’t look beyond Serbian Champions, Red Star Belgrade’s 2-0 win over Liverpool as the performance of the round. Crvena Zvezda have a remarkably intimidating home support at the Marakana stadium but Liverpool weren’t at the races…
Manchester United’s woeful streak went on with a nil-nil draw at home to Valencia in the UEFA Champions League, the home fans endured a performance lacking attacking intensity in their fourth winless game at home, the sole home win coming in the season opener versus Leicester City.All fingers point at José Mourinho as the main…
