Champions League Quarter-Finals Preview: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich & Chelsea the Favorites
This season’s version of Europe’s most prestigious club competition has thrown up surprises and shocks along the way, with a number of sides in the last eight exceeding expectations and defying Champions League odds (read: what is sports betting?).. However, …
Greatest Ever Champions League XI [VIDEO]
If you could pick the greatest ever Champions League XI, who would be on your team and why? Since it’s formation in 1992, the Chanpions League has seen so many great players competing in the UEFA tournament, some of the …
Barcelona 7-1 Leverkusen: Messi Carves New Chapter Into His Legacy
Another chapter of the Lionel Messi legacy was last night etched into history. The mercurial Argentine became the first player to score five goals in a Champions League match, helping Barcelona to a 7-1 second leg victory over a less …
Arsenal Exits Champions League Despite World-Class Performance On A Tight Budget
Anyone partial to a football fairytale would have been holding their breath on every intricate movement of the ball at the Emirates Stadium last night. Arsenal, part libertine poet, part philosopher, played with all the verve and reason of old. …
Is the Premier League In Decline?
For years the Premier League has been branded as the “best” league in modern day football. Yet as this season has shown, this statement can no longer be the case. The abject failure of many English clubs in Europe has …
Andre Villa-Boas Enters Crunch Period at Chelsea
Amid a torrid run of form, player backlash and the famed “backing” of a trigger happy owner, the following month could be make or break for Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas Every manager goes through it. A run of important fixtures …
Champions League Round of 16: Team by Team Preview
Going into the Champions League group stages, there were likely a great deal of football bets placed on Premier League powerhouses Manchester United and Manchester City reaching the round of 16. But after flubbing a group that appeared to be …
4 Things We Learned from the Manchester Clubs in the Champions League
1. Manchester City will benefit from this experience Regardless of the wealth spent on this team, this is City’s first outing in the Champions League. Only a handful of players in the squad have participated before in Europe’s elite competition. This …
Champions League Heading Towards the Knock-Outs
Only two more rounds of the group stage of the Champions League remain, and for quite a few teams, that means the margin for error is slim to none. Over the final two match days, there are a number …
Ballon D’or Short List: Glaring Omissions Tarnish Credibility of Awards
The Golden ball has released their shortlist of players of which one will be chosen as the undisputed best player for this past year. Yet, as it’s been the case for a couple of years now, the shortlist raised more …
Champions League Matchday 4 Preview: Biggest European Clubs Struggling in Group Stages
The UEFA Champions League resumes tomorrow night as the fourth matchday of the group stage gets underway, and there are several teams that could clinch a place in the round of 16 if results go their way this week. It …
