When you’re João Felix, you’re prepared for questions about goals, assists, and maybe even the occasional wardrobe choice. But the UEFA Conference League press conference this week took a cosmic twist when the Chelsea forward was hit with a real curveball: “What’s your star sign?” Looking like someone who’d just been told VAR was taking …
Away experiences for match-going fans are usually associated with certain complications, for the lack of a better term. It all starts off with travel arrangements, which can only be made after fixtures are announced. For domestic games, this process goes by swimmingly, for European nights, however, you can expect a few hiccups. Then we have …
Another scintillating European football night came to a crazy end when Eintracht Frankfurt stormed into their first European final in 42 years after getting the better of the English side West Ham United. Frankfurt had a one-goal advantage coming into the second leg of the Europa League semi-final, but the bigger boost came from their …
While the football world is divided with numerous debates about the role of the Virtual Assistant Referee, it isn’t easy to imagine a game without it. It would press the defence into great trouble if, say, another ‘hand of god’ were to be pulled off without the VAR system around. Well, that is exactly what …
The UEFA Conference League seems to have been caught up in the thick of things this week thanks to two unrelated incidents. Making headlines around the corners of social media and beyond, Europe’s lowest-tier club competition has had a distressing match week, to say the least. The first incident comes from Partizan Stadium in Serbia, …
Tottenham Hotspur scraped a narrow 3-2 victory over Vitesse on an eventful Thursday evening in the UEFA Europa Conference League as Antonio Conte kick-started his tenure with three valuable points at his new club. Spurs began the game as the dominant side, scoring three goals within the first thirty minutes, only to concede twice in …
A ‘rollercoaster ride’ ride would be an understatement at describing Antonio Conte’s first outing as Tottenham Hotspur manager on an eventful European evening. Five goals, three red cards, and an animated manager on the touchline provided the much-needed tonic as the Lilywhites ensured they took the spoils of victory on Thursday. Although an anxious encounter, …
AS Roma suffered one of the worst defeats in the history of the club as they were beaten 6-1 by Bodo/Glimt, a tiny team from the Arctic Circle. Jose Mourinho’s side simply failed to come to terms with the chilly conditions and the synthetic pitch as they conceded four goals in the second half at …
Tottenham Hotspur suffered a less-than-auspicious start to their UEFA Conference League campaign with a 1-0 defeat against Portuguese outfit Pacos de Ferreira. Although Spurs are still favourites to go through to the next round after fielding a highly inexperienced side in the first leg last night, the Primeira Liga side is milking the win for …
Head injuries are often one of the most dangerous risks to run in the game of football, as even a very innocuous challenge can end up in a concussion that ends up ruining careers. Fortunately for Nodar Kavtaradze, his opponent Maor Levy was quick-thinking enough to save him from an imminent head injury after the …