Mid-week Champions League action almost never disappoints. Giants Barcelona and Juventus are on the brink of being demoted to the Europa League, whereas Manchester City and Real Madrid have already qualified for the next round. While all this is happening, Mo Salah and other Liverpool players are busy breaking records. Safe to say, Salah is …
Antonio Rudiger has had an “okay” start to his life at Real Madrid. The German defender moved to Spain for free, after his contract with Chelsea expired at the end of last season. Averaging a rating of 7.08 in La Liga as per FotMob, Rudiger has played 8 games thus far and managed only one …
Manchester City are having an incredible start to the new season. They’ve won 9 out of their first 11 games in all competitions. In that period, they also scored 40 goals. New signing Erling Haaland is breaking records left, right and centre – having scored 19 goals – almost 50% of their entire tally. While …
Barcelona suffered a surprising loss to Inter Milan in their UEFA Champions League group-stage encounter at the San Siro on Tuesday. It was a game full of drama and controversies, with the referee’s decisions going against Xavi Hernandez’s side and leaving them third in their group after the defeat. The Blaugrana were so annoyed with …
While Group A of this season’s Champions League isn’t exactly the proverbial ‘Group of Death’, its participants still pack quite a punch. Comprising Napoli, Ajax, Liverpool and Rangers, the group, aside from being very competitive, also accumulates arguably the best atmospheres in all of European Football. Anfield’s reputation speaks for itself, the Diego Armando Maradona …
Children walking on the pitch, hand-in-hand with players, is a common sight in football nowadays. This started back in the early 2000s when FIFA and UNICEF collaborated to raise global awareness about children’s rights and issues. Child mascots have become synonymous with football, especially in high-profile tournaments. Often, these mascots provide hilarious and very-relatable moments …
No sport does celebrations as iconic as football. To score goals is the primary aim of the game, so it is only fair and justified for players to celebrate any time they score. Most footballers, from Messi and Ronaldo to youngsters like Mbappe and Haaland, have signature moves. Along with the “Calma,” the “Siuuuu” is …
Last night’s Champions League match between European heavyweights Barcelona and Bayern Munich was expected to deliver a multitude of storylines and it certainly did not disappoint. While the Spanish giants started fairly well and on the front foot, it was the German club which came away with a victory, thanks to a quick-fire double in …
Some football rivalries are geography-based, like Manchester United v Manchester City. Some others are political-based, like Celtic v Rangers. And then there are rivalries which are legacy-based. The last form of rivalry is between the best teams in a country, like Dortmund v Bayern Munich. Barcelona v Real Madrid, one of the most famous rivalries …
Liverpool are suddenly in a bit of a crisis mode. The Reds are a shadow of the side that won the FA Cup and Carabao Cup as well as fought for the Premier League and Champions League titles until the very end of last season. But a lot has changed over the last four months. …
Football is an unpredictable sport in which anything can happen during the regular 90-minute periods. This involves everything from scoring fantastic goals to missing easy passes, as well as crushing your opponents to throwing away leads, a.k.a bottling. When something is “bottled” or has been “bottled,” it means that you have lost the lead or …
With the European football season in full swing, clubs are now focused on having a strong standing before the FIFA World Cup break in November. New signings are still getting adapted to their clubs and some teams are yet to find their standing in the campaign. This, however, doesn’t mean that the sponsors for major …
The UEFA Champions League is back. The draw is complete and the new contenders are eyeing the big prize yet again. The 2022/23 season will see a brief pause because of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar this year but the title challengers like Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain will look to go all the …
Real Madrid picked up their third trophy of 2022 when they defeated Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Super Cup game at the Helsinki Stadium in Finland on Wednesday. Carlo Ancelotti’s side started their season in ideal fashion, as they now look to focus on defending their La Liga and Champions League titles. It must feel …
Karim Benzema has been electric this season. The Los Blancos no.9 has contributed 66 g/a for both club and country this season, which sees him as the frontrunner for the Ballon d’Or. After helping them secure the La Liga title, Benzema helped his club to a 14th Uefa Champions League title. By doing so he …
Real Madrid completed one of the greatest Champions League comebacks against Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg of the quarterfinals. The Spanish club were 2-0 down till the 60th minute when Karim Benzema decided to take matters into his own hands and score a hattrick to give his team the advantage. When the third goal …
Against all the odds and all the constraints of logic, Real Madrid pulled it off once again, for the 14th time in their history. La Catorce has arrived for Los Blancos, as they trumped Liverpool in a 1-0 victory at the Stade De France. In a similar fashion to their previous European games, Madrid suffered heavily …