Cristiano Ronaldo wrote more history for himself on Tuesday night as his hat-trick gave Real Madrid a 3-0 victory over Wolfsburg, sending Los Blancos to the Champions League semifinals. After last week’s lackluster performance in Germany, few gave Zinedine Zidane’s much hope at the Santiago Bernabéu to overturn their two goal deficit. I am not […]
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To say Atletico Madrid’ were furious with the referee’s decision to send off striker Fernando Torres in the first half of their Champions League tie on Tuesday would be something of an understatement. Atleti defender Filipe Luis went as far as to say that: “The sending off is totally unjust and changed the game.” “Barcelona […]
It was arguably the worst defensive showing by four center-half’s in Champions League history. While PSG boss Laurent Blanc and Man City boss Manuel Pellegrini, former center-backs themselves, were left looking aghast at the performance of their defenders on Wednesday, the defensive problems created an exciting Champions League quarter-finals in Paris on Wednesday night. The […]
A memorable win in the Clasico last weekend has Real Madrid fans dreaming of a record 11th Champions League trophy. Something that would restore pride to what has been a miserable season for Madridista’s. But on Wednesday night in Germany, Real Madrid reverted to form and they were throughly beaten 2-0 by Wolfsburg at the […]
It’s the nightmare scenario for Manchester United fans. They overtake rivals Manchester City to finish fourth in the Premier League this season and still DO NOT qualify for the Champions League next season. That is because if City win the Champions League and Liverpool win the Europa League, but both finish outside the top four, […]
An early goal from Arturo Vidal proved enough to give Bayern Munich a slender win at home to Benfica in their Champions League quarter-final first leg, although their failure to add to that lead means the Germans will face a nervy trip to Portugal. Ahead of the tie, Pep Guardiola had warned that Benfica were […]
Barcelona will head to Madrid for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie holding a slender 2-1 lead after an enthralling first leg at the Nou Camp. Barca’s run of six straight wins against Atletico Madrid looked in doubt when Fernando Torres put his side ahead in the 25th minute but a controversial […]
American sports executive Charlie Stillitano caused controversy last month we he spoke about the Champions League being a closed tournament, open only to the biggest clubs in Europe. Stillitano got hammered in the press, but this week Inter Milan CEO Michael Bolingbroke spoke about a similar process where the big names could still enjoy the […]
Led by a brilliant performance by Zlatan Ibrahimović, PSG knocked Chelsea out of the Champions League in the last 16 for the second year in a row. Beaten 2-1 in Paris three weeks ago, Chelsea began determined to wipe out that deficit as soon as possible, Kevin Trapp springing to his left to parry Diego […]