The presence of former Real Madrid players Raúl, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Christoph Metzelder on the Schalke side will “motivate” Valencia when the two teams face off in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie tonight according to home coach Unai Emery. His Schalke counterpart Felix Magath, meanwhile, is hoping to see […]
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Despite dominating the whole 90 minutes, it took an injury-time Petr Cech penalty save from Clint Dempsey for Chelsea to escape from Craven Cottage with a 0-0 draw tonight. The draw leaves Chelsea in fifth place, two points behind Tottenham and out of the Champions League positions, while Fulham are now four points clear of […]
After 69 days away, the Champions League resumes again this week with four round of 16 first-leg matches.. Spurs will be looking to pick up from where they left off when they return to San Siro for the second time in four months. Having waited 38 years to revisit the Milanese fortress, Harry Redknapp’s side […]
Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund have had dominated their respective leagues this season, but both were surprised this weekend as Barca saw their record run of victories brought to a halt while Dortmund were held to a draw in the Bundesliga. Elsewhere, AC Milan and Manchester United both recorded morale-boosting results. Spain Real Madrid were able […]
An absolutely brilliant overhead kick from Wayne Rooney gave Manchester United all three points in the Manchester derby and all but eliminated Man City from the title race. Rooney’s acrobatic effort twelve minutes from time came after City had tied the game up when Dzeko’s shot went in via the back of David Silva. Nani […]
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 […]
A 90th-minute Lionel Messi penalty gave Argentina a 2-1 win over Portugal in Switzerland. Paulo Bento’s unbeaten start to his Portugal reign had appeared under threat when Angel Di Maria applied a clinical finish after 14 minutes. The Real Madrid winger scored from a great pass from Messi, who had picked the ball up on […]
The LA Galaxy have given David Beckham permission to stay and train with Tottenham Hotspur for another two weeks. At first glance, this is a strange decision by the Galaxy who are back in training themselves, as they get ready for another MLS season. So why let Becks stay in London instead of join his […]