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Alianza Atletico 0-3 Sport Rosario Despite the game being even on paper, Sport Rosario were not expected to win by a scoreline this big. Sporting Cristal loanee Rolando Carrasco opened the scoring immediately for the visitors. Janio Posito grabbed the other two in the 68th and 85th minute respectively. Pablo Lavandeira continues his fine form, […]
Friday, April 21 We started this week off in El Pedro Bidegain, where San Lorenzo faced Temperley. A winnable game for Diego Aguirre’s side. The outcome proved to be different as Temperley got a shock 0-1 win. Leonardo Di Lorenzo scored the only goal of the game. San Lorenzo are now in 7th place! They […]
Another week in the SSE Airtricity League and another Premier Division win for Cork City who have now won their opening ten league games. This week they won 3-0 away against St. Patrick’s Athletic with their goals coming from Ryan Delaney, Karl Sheppard and Garry Buckley. Dundalk won 2-0 at home to Bohemian FC to […]
It was almost a perfect weekend for Rui Vitoria’s Benfica. Not only were they able to survive their intense and exciting, though not always properly played, match against Sporting, their big rivals to the league title, Porto, were unable to beat minnows Feirense at the Estadio do Dragao. The big match of round was, obviously, Sporting-Benfica […]
Ah, Dutch Football. We’re not even done with the month of April and there are only two weeks left of the Eredivisie. Things are really shaping up in the table; Ajax drop points which means Feyenoord are almost certainly champions. The relegation battle is changing drastically every single week, but it looks like Go Ahead […]
FA Cup semi-final weekend stole all the headlines in England this week, but what went on in the top leagues across Europe? Only one place to start this week, where Barcelona grabbed a last-minute winner to overcome Madrid in arguably one the greatest El Clasico’s of all time. Messi’s double brought up his 500th goal […]
The opening game of the weekend saw FC Koln take on the high flying Hoffenheim, with Julian Nagelsman’s men only needing a point to guarantee European football next season. With the 29-year-old on the lips of all pundits and journalists at the minute due to the transformation under his reign, he deserves all the plaudits […]
Messi scored a thunderous brace as Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu to take the title race down to the wire. Casemiro and James Rodriguez scored for Madrid, while Rakitic joined Messi as the other scorer for Barcelona. Both teams created plenty of chances in the first half. Ronaldo looked to have […]
May 2, 2007. Milan. Manchester United’s Champions League dreams hang in the balance after a narrow 3-2 home win in the Semi-Finals over an imperious AC Milan side featuring the likes of Kaká, Pirlo, Seedorf and Gattuso. Chasing the tie in Milan after falling behind 4-3 on aggregate, 24-year old Italian striker Alberto Gilardino latches […]
Last weekend CĂłrdoba’s big two clubs – Belgrano and Talleres – clashed in what was the first league meeting between the two for 15 years. The game ended 1-1 but what should have been a celebration of football in the city turned to tragedy as one young fan lost his life. In 2013 the Argentine […]
Ricardo Gareca, who is Peru’s current manager was appointed in March of 2015. At the beginning, he used what was left from Sergio Markarian’s team, who was the previous manager in World Cup qualifying. There were only a few modifications for the Copa America 2015 and the beginning of the qualifiers for the FIFA World […]
You’ve all heard the clichĂ©d quote “Football is a gentleman’s game played by hooligans. On the other hand, Rugby is a hooligan’s game played by gentleman” but, a new play about the 1879 F.A. Cup claims that it used to be the other way around. “People always think of Football as a working class sport […]
Nancy-Marseille The first match of the 34th fixture will be between Nancy and Marseille at the Stade Marcel Picot. The home side, desperate for some points, are just one point away from the relegation zone. The away side, undefeated in the last five games, come into the match with much confidence due to last week’s […]
Round 33 of La Liga kicks off on Friday with the glamour fixture of El Clásico where only a win for Barcelona will do, while AtlĂ©tico Madrid and Celta Vigo recover from their European fixtures midweek. Additionally, the race for Europe intensifies and there is a vital matchup at the bottom of the league. Sevilla […]
It’s crunch time in the Bundesliga and every single point is crucial for all involved, and it’s time for another Matchday to unfold! Köln v Hoffenheim Two high flying teams that have hugely overachieved this season with both of sitting pretty in the top six. Both sides will look back on this season as a […]
Bottom Half Ballinamallard United v Ards Friday 21st April 2017, 20:00 After their loss on Easter Tuesday, the Mallards have been consigned to a 10th place finish, but while the final two matchdays may be a dead rubber to them, there are still other places up for grabs in the bottom half of the league. […]
The day that stops Portugal’s capital is arriving fast, though with the amount of tourists that have been swarming Lisbon into these past few months it’s hard to imagine the streets will be empty, and with this comes the decisions about who will be champions at the end of the season. Benfica come into this […]
After a frantic finish to last weekend’s Milan Derby, the focus will be on the same two teams and their fixtures against their respective Tuscan opponents. On Saturday, April 22 at 2:45 pm EST (7:45 pm GMT), Inter play away against Fiorentina. Inter manager Stefano Pioli is risking the sack if they fail to secure […]
Alianza Atletico vs Sport Rosario Alianza Atletico de Sullana have been proving they are one of the contenders to go down, however at home they will probably win this. It’s a match that can go either way but the home side should be the favourites here. Only a narrow win is likely as Sport Rosario […]
Juventus advance to the Semi-Finals of the Champions League with an aggregate score of 3-0 after a stalemate draw at Camp Nou. The Spanish mega club failed to overturn a seemingly impossible deficit, and even their fortress couldn’t help them save their season. With this win, Juventus have now avenged their UCL final defeat at […]
