Manchester City’s inability to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League continues to haunt them, as it looks like City will be once again seeded as a number 3 seed for next season’s Champions League draw. After failing to pick up a win and finishing bottom of Group D below Borussia Dortmund, Real […]
Champions League
It was like a scene from Groundhog Day. For the second day in a row, a top-ranked Spanish team went to Germany and got thumped. On Tuesday Bayern hammered Barcelona 4-0 and tonight Borussia Dortmund beat Real Madrid 4-1. Both Champions League semi-finals head back to Spain next week for the second leg, but unless […]
Bayern Munich fans can start to plan their trip to Wembley next month for the Champions League final next month after they hammered Barcelona 4-0 in the first leg of the semi-final at the Allianz Arena tonight. Barca injury ravaged defense was ripped apart time and time again by the Germans who got goals from […]
For the first time in the history of the UEFA Champions League, both semi-final ties will see a German team take on Spanish opposition, with all four teams having won the competition previously: 18 times between them. The first legs will be played in Germany on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, with the return games […]
For the second consecutive round, Barcelona opponents have left the Camp Nou wondering why they are out of the competition. In the round of 16 it was AC Milan who failed to take their chances in Spain and tonight it was Paris Saint-Germain. This loss will stick with Paris Saint-Germain for a while as they […]
I am sure that Malaga players and fans will have mixed feelings about tonight’s scoreless draw at home to Borussia Dortmund. They will be disappointed at their first goalless home draw in the Champions League, plus they lost both Weligton and Manuel Iturra for the return leg. They will be relieved that they head to […]
Real Madrid have all but booked their place in the Champions League semi-finals for a record 24th time as they overpowered Galatasaray 3-0 at the Bernabeu. Galatasaray’s coaches and players had insisted before the game that they would try to attack Real Madrid and that they would not settle for holding out for a draw. […]
Blaise Matuidi’s equaliser with virtually the last kick of the game clinched a draw for Paris Saint-Germain in a pulsating Champions League quarter-final first leg against Barcelona. PSG will head to the Camp Nou with optimism next week partly because of the injuries that have hit Barcelona. Defenders Puyol, Adriano and Mascherano will all miss […]