The majority of the frontrunners in Europe’s leading leagues enjoyed a winning weekend, though Ligue 1 leaders Lille bucked the trend with a first defeat since October. Meanwhile, Barcelona and Milan rebounded from midweek Champions League defeats to grab valuable league victories. Spain Barcelona bounced back from their midweek Champions League defeat by Arsenal with […]
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UEFA has opened a disciplinary investigation against AC Milan captain Gennaro Gattuso after he head-butted a Tottenham assistant coach at the end of a heated Champions League match. UEFA’s disciplinary panel will hear the case against Gattuso and Milan, which is responsible for its players’ behavior, next Monday. Gattuso apologized for butting Spurs assistant Joe […]
AC Milan coach Massimilano Allegri considers Tottenham Hotspur to be a real threat in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie on Tuesday despite the absence of injured wide man Gareth Bale, so impressive when Spurs played Inter Milan in the group stages. Massimiliano Allegri, Milan coach It doesn’t matter if […]
The Manchester derby in England and the Derby d’Italia in Italy headline the weekend action across Europe. Here are some of the key games happening this weekend: England: Manchester United v Manchester City ( Darren Fletcher says United “can play better” despite the leaders having lost just once in the Premier League this campaign. That […]
The Wally with Brolly aka Steve McClaren has been sacked by German side Wolfsburg today following a string of poor results. Wolfsburg have won just one of their last 11 games in the Bundesliga and are currently sitting 12th in the 18-team Bundesliga, just one point above the relegation zone. Two years ago Wolfsburg won […]
It was a record breaking weekend in Spain as Barcelona set a new unbeaten record in Liga winning streak. Over in Italy the Serie A title race got closer as both Inter and Napoli closed the gap on leaders AC Milan. Spain Barcelona set another fabulous benchmark on Saturday as their 3-0 home win against […]
Juventus’ winless streak is now up to four as they lost 2-1 at Palermo, dropping them to eighth place in Serie A and in real danger of not playing in Europe next season. Former Juventus striker Fabrizio Miccoli put Palermo in front seven minutes in with a shot under the legs of Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi […]
Bayern Munich will play Holland in a friendly next year to compensate the German champions for losing Arjen Robben to an injury aggravated during the World Cup in South Africa. The game will be played at Bayern’s Allianz Arena on May 22, 2012 The Dutch football association (KNVB) and Bayern had been embroiled in a […]
Qualification for Euro 2012 begins again next month next month and I thought it was a good time to review what has happened so far in qualifying. It is no surprise to see holders and world champions Spain on maximum points along with Germany and the Netherlands. Russia and Norway, revived by Egil Olsen, have […]