All indications are that England boss Fabio Capello is about to name John Terry as England’s ‘permanent’ captain. Capello is quoted in this morning’s newspapers as saying “I think after one year of punishment that is enough for a mistake,” he said. “‘For this reason, I need to make a decision about this problem. It […]
Premier League
French clubs Lyon and Marseille will attempt to spring major upsets in the Champions League this week after being held to first-leg draws at home against Real Madrid and Manchester United respectively. Marseille may feel they have the better chance having prevented Sir Alex Ferguson’s men from scoring in the goalless stalemate at the Stade […]
The weekend brought morale-boosting victories for five teams in UEFA Champions League round of 16 action this week. Bayern Munich were most emphatic in their pre-second leg preparations, though Manchester United and Olympique de Marseille passed tricky tests of their own. England City rivals Manchester United and Manchester City will meet in the FA Cup […]
Micah Richards’ header sent Manchester City into an FA Cup semi-final blockbuster with Manchester United next month as they eded out Championship side Reading. It will be the Blues’ first appearance at that stage of the competition for 30 years and they will hope to avoid the nerves that affected them against the Royals. Apart […]
Manchester United and Bolton Wanderers are heading to Wembley for the FA Cup semi-finals after defeating Arsenal and Birmingham City respectively. Sir Alex Ferguson selected seven defenders in his starting XI at Old Trafford and one of them, Fabio, broke the deadlock after a superb counterattack in the 28th minute. Fabio was involved in the […]
Published reports this morning say that Fabio Capello is considering giving the England captaincy back to John Terry for this month’s Euro 2012 qualifier against Wales – and beyond. Discussions are said to have already taken place within the FA over what is certain to be a hotly-debated issue. But the England management have been […]
A penalty from Alan enabled Braga to end Liverpool’s unbeaten Europa League run this season, earning the Portuguese club a narrow lead when the round of 16 tie concludes next week. Alan punished Sotiris Kyrgiakos’s trip on Mossoró after 18 minutes of an encounter which the hosts controlled before the break. Although Liverpool perked up […]
It appears that Arsene Wenger is still furious about the refereeing in Barcelona if his quotes in the Guardian are anything to go by. Here are some of his comments: “Arsenal football club has been punished. When you have a football game of that stature, you cannot come out with decisions like that and show a […]
Arsene Wenger and Samir Nasri have both been charged by Uefa with improper conduct for “inappropriate language” over comments made to the referee after last night’s defeat by Barcelona. Wenger was furious with referee Massimo Busacca for the red card shown to van Persie and confronted Busacca at the final whistle and their angry exchanges […]