The currently suspended plans of the European Super League caught the football world in a trance, focusing on the financially driven aspects of the sport which planned to eradicate the ideals behind it. Florentino Perez planned on transforming the sport from a financial point of view, promising revenues generated to be twice as much as …
The last couple of days have been quite a tumultuous time to be a football fan. After Real Madrid president Florentino Perez announced the idea of the European Super League – a cash-rich revamp of the Champions League which would feature only the top European clubs, the footballing world went into a meltdown pondering the …
Football might not be quite the same anymore. Twelve of the richest and most storied football clubs in Europe announced that they had formed a breakaway European club competition that would change everything that we have known about the beautiful game for nearly a century. The breakaway clubs which include Real Madrid and Barcelona in …
Erling Braut Haaland scored two goals, but Giovanni Reyna grabbed the headlines for his venomous strike that started the comeback for Borussia Dortmund. A 14th-minute goal from Milot Rashica had given Werder Bremen the perfect start at Signal Iduna Park but the joy only lasted for 15 minutes as Dortmund turned the game on its …
The defensive duo of Simon Kjaer and Fikayo Tomori had to be at their best as Genoa threw the kitchen sink at AC Milan in search of an equaliser late in the game. The away side almost pulled off the said equaliser in the 87th minute but it wasn’t to be as Kjaer and Tomori …
It was complete domination by the Blaugrana from the very first minute of the match, as they were the better team throughout the contest – even though all four of their goals came in the second half of the match. Barcelona scored four times over the span of 12 minutes in what was an absolute …
Chelsea emerged winners in their FA Cup semi-final clash against Manchester City last night at the Wembley Stadium. An Hakim Ziyech goal was enough to separate the two sides to send Chelsea into the FA Cup final for the second season running, as it was Thomas Tuchel’s men who dominated proceedings and looked like the …
It was the Leo Messi show at the Estadio Olimpico de Sevilla last night, as FC Barcelona emerged victorious over Athletic Club in the final of the 2021 edition of the Copa del Rey. Goals from Antoine Griezmann and Frenkie de Jong preceded the Messi show, as the Argentine maestro went on to score twice …
‘Take the ball, pass the ball’ is not just the name of the Netflix documentary dedicated to Barcelona’s explosive 4 years under Pep Guardiola but also the ethos which identify their playing style. The same characteristics were on full display as Barca scored their 4th goal against Athletic Bilbao in the Copa Del Rey final …
Lionel Messi waited for the opposition players to get tired in the second half before he started his usual routine and scored two goals as Barcelona won the Copa Del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao. His first on the night was just pure art. The only way to describe it would be that it was …
Harry Kane took full advantage of Everton’s costly mistakes at the back as Tottenham Hotspur drew 2-2 at Goodison Park. The centre-back duo of Michael Keane and Mason Holgate produced horrible defensive errors on either side of Gylfi Sigurdsson’s brace as it turned to be another night of lost causes for both sides. The Icelandic …
Everyone loves a class act in the beautiful game. Football is played by most professional footballers to help earn a living for their families at any cost, but the odd story of a brilliant gesture ends up stealing the world’s attention and respect. Such an instance of a class act has cropped up of late …
When Manchester United signed Paul Pogba for a record transfer fee for any player in football history back in 2016, the return of the prodigal son was supposed to be celebratory and successful. The Frenchman was returning to the club from Juventus in exchange for a fee of £89m after leaving on a free five …
Footballers have been taking a knee before every match as a gesture of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, but there has been a fair share of controversy around the gesture over recent months. Crystal Palace forward Wilfred Zaha has refused to take a knee before games any longer, and the controversy tipped over …
It has been nothing short of an excellent start to life at West Ham United for Jesse Lingard. The midfielder on loan from Manchester United has scored eight times and recorded three assists in his first nine games for the East London outfit, a major contrast from the form that the Englishman was in for …
Manchester United qualified to the UEFA Europa League semi-finals on aggregate after they emerged 2-0 winners against Granada in the second leg of their quarter-final tie. An Edinson Cavani strike and a Jesus Vallejo own goal confirmed qualification for Man Utd at Old Trafford, progressing to the next stage of the competition after a 2-0 …
Racially abused Glen Kamara took to Twitter to show his appreciation for the defeat that Arsenal had managed to inflict on Slavia Prague as the Rangers player hit the heart icon on a tweet from the official Gunners account following the Europa League fixture last night. With Glen Kamara being a former Gooner, one could …