Porto have one foot in the Champions League’s semi-finals after a shocking 3-1 win at home over Bayern Munich. The away goal will give Bayern hope, that they can overturn this deficit next week at the Allianz Arena, but in order to do that, Bayern will have to fix their appealing defending, which led to […]
Champions League
Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid battled, literally,to a 0-0 first-leg draw at the Vicente Calderon on Tuesday. This was not a match for the uncommitted. Every ball and challenge was heavily contested in a game that threatened to boil over at times, but never did. The visitors had by far the better of the chances, […]
Former Manchester United target Arturo Vidal scored a disputed second half-penalty as Juventus laboured to a 1-0 win over a stubborn Monaco in the first leg of their quarter-final in Turin. The goal came just before the hour mark when Alvaro Morata was brought down by Ricardo Carvalho. Despite Monaco’s protests that the foul was […]
The Champions League quarter finals kick off tonight, with no English participation for the second time in three seasons. And the two headline games involve Spanish clubs as Real take on Atletico in the Madrid derby and the ambitious Paris Saint-Germain will once again meet Barcelona. This week’s fixtures Tuesday 14 April: Atletico Madrid v […]
After another night of failure in Europe, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has made the stunning claim that his side would be better off in the Europa League next season, after repeatedly failing to make an impact in the Champions League. On Tuesday night, Arsenal once again exited the Champions League at the first knockout stage, […]
Stunning scenes at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday as Chelsea were knocked out of the Champions League on Wednesday night by ten-man Paris Saint-Germain on away goals, in an ill-tempered match. Everything seemed to be going Chelsea’s way when Zlatan Ibrahimovic was sent off after 31 minutes, unfortunately the first of several poor decisions by referee […]
Former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov rolled back the years to score as Monaco pulled off the biggest upset in the round of 16 play as they beat Arsenal 3-1 at the Emirates to all but lock up a place in the quarter finals. The 34-year-old Berbatov scored the match winner and it mean that […]
Luis Suarez scored twice on his return to England as Barcelona taught Manchester City another footballing lesson with a 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium. Despite being played off the pitch in a masterful first half Barça display, City have themselves at least a flicker of hope for the second leg as Sergio Aguero scored […]
The European and World Club champions took a big step towards reaching the Champions League quarter finals as they beat Schalke 2-0 in Germany on Wednesday. Cristiano Ronaldo ended a rare drought of three games by heading Real ahead in the first half before Marcelo made victory safe with a terrific long range effort in […]