It was a good night for European footballing royalty as Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich all were victorious in domestic cup ties. Real Madrid and Barcelona are on a collision course for the Copa del Rey final, while AC Milan and Inter Milan could meet in the Coppa Italia final. […]
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Arsenal scored three times in the second half for a 3-0 victory over Ipswich Town to win their Carling Cup semi-final match up. It took Arsenal over an hour to break down Ipswich but three goals in 16 minutes sent the Gunners to Wembley. Nicklas Bendtner opened the scoring for Arsenal in the 61st minute, […]
Barcelona and AC Milan successfully protected their advantages this weekend while Manchester United extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to two points. Spain It is a case of as you were at the top of the Liga after Barcelona and Real Madrid both won. Josep Guardiola’s titleholders set the bar on […]
Manchester United are officially the best supported club in Europe according to Futebol Finance. Futebol Finance based their analysis on attendances last season, and with an average Old Trafford attendance of 75,304 last season, United surpassed Real Madrid, the 2009-2009 winners. What is surprising is the lack of Premier League sides on the list. Just […]
Big week in Europe as the Bundesliga returned the action, Barcelona extended its unbeaten run to a club-record 28 games, while in Italy the Serie A title race got tighter. Spain A four-point gap has opened up at the Liga summit after Real Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw by bottom club Almeria, while […]
This week domestic cup’s takes center stage in both Italy and Spain with play in the Coppa Italia and Copa del Rey. Coppa Italia Two goals from Samuel Eto’o helped holders Inter MIlan to a 3-2 victory against Genoa and a place in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals. Eto’o’s first half goals put Inter 2-0 up, […]
Serie A’s Christmas break is under way, but Italy’s leading four clubs received their perfect presents back in the summer; Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Edinson Cavani, Hernanes and Miloš Krasic have each made huge impacts on their new employers over the first 17 rounds. Signed from Barcelona, Ibrahimovic has scored nine league goals for AC Milan, who […]
The first half of the Bundesliga season has been perhaps the most surprising in the competition’s 47-year history. While it is not unusual for one or two teams to upset the odds or disappoint, for pretty much everyone to either outperform expectations or fall well short is extraordinary. None more so than Borussia Dortmund, who […]