Champions League
There is talk in England that the Premier League is considering having a playoff for its fourth Champions League place. Currently the team that finishes fourth in the league but that could all change if plans by Premier League bosses go ahead. The proposal would take the teams finishing fourth to seventh having a playoff […]
The BBC had a story recently that the clubs that have qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League this season have already pocketed on average 50m euros (£45m) from the competition. The 50m euros is comprised of 14m euros in participation and prize money, 12m euros from UEFA’s commercial deals, 8m euros from […]
Juventus were sensationally knocked out of the Champions League Tuesday when Bayern Munich scored three second-half goals to beat Juventus 4-1 in Turin. With the win Bayern progress to the knockout round of the Champions League and Juventus are sent to the Europa League. “You could say that Juventus was bad, but you could also […]
Another big European superpower is on the brink of playing in the Europa Cup next year and the most expensive player in the world made his long-awaited return from injury. GROUP A Bordeaux secured their place at the top of the group with a 2-0 home win over Italian side Juventus. Fernando nodded the French […]
Rafa Benitez’s miserable season at Liverpool continues as they were knocked out of the Champions League despite winning 1-0 in Hungary. Liverpool players and fans will talk about the Europa Cup and how they look forward to playing in that tournament next year. That is all talk. This is a huge blow to Liverpool, and […]
It took four rounds of play but the Champions League group stages is finally heating up. If the group stages finished as they are now, then Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Liverpool would all be playing in the Europa League. Jose Mourinho and Inter Milan were five minutes away from an 9th consecutive Champions League game […]