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This weekend, the latest colourway of PUMA’s iconic King boot will make its on pitch debut at the UEFA Champions League final. Bayern Munich’s central defender Dante will be the first to wear the world renowned boot in new a white, red and black colourway at Wembley. The PUMA King FG is designed to give […]
What does being in the Champions League final mean to you personally? To be honest, I have never really thought about that and I also don’t think it really matters. I have had so many things to do, I haven’t even thought about it since we have reached the final. But once the moment of […]
PUMA’s latest colourway of the PowerCat 1 FG football boot will be debuted on pitch by Marco Reus in the most important match of the year this weekend. Reus, who has been an instrumental figure in the Borussia Dortmund’s successes on the road to the UEFA Champions League final, will wear his new black and […]
VIDEO: Barcelona and Bayern Munich training sessions
Three keys to the Champions League quarter-finals The Champions League this season is left with no English sides in the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since the late 90’s but that’s not necessarily that important. Barcelona were drawn with French powerhouses, PSG, while the other La Liga sides, Malaga and Real Madrid, were drawn with Dortmund […]
Here’s a statement of the obvious: this has not been a vintage year for English clubs in the Champions League. There doesn’t need to be any greater conclusion attached to that observation, it just so happens that this year the English clubs haven’t been up to scratch. And, it’s appropriate they didn’t get far, for […]
Tickets to the Champions League final can be purchased through UEFA’s website, or from designated resellers. These football tickets will be extremely expensive, but seeing the very best compete for Europe’s ultimate prize is worth the money. This season’s competition is proving to be hugely exciting, particularly with the top two in Germany and Spain […]
‘The game that the whole world wanted to see’ was how Manchester United’s recent clash with Real Madrid was built up. Unlike the endless nauseating Skysports promotions for mundane Premiership fixtures this game was a genuine mouth-watering prospect. It may be a forbidden opinion inside the walls of Barcelona but this was the locking of […]
1) Having been on such an impressive stretch of form of late and after our impressive performance against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu I was fully expecting us to go through to the next round. Although Mourinho’s men had been in fine form themselves recently with back-to-back wins over Barcelona, but the amount of […]
It seems strange to think now but when I heard that Manchester United had sold Cristiano Ronaldo for £80m I was glad. He had stropped his way through that last season, but still amassed an impressive 26 goals, and was a crucial element in us winning that record equalling 18th title. Following the heights we […]
Here’s a look at few selection and strategy options for Manchester United ahead of their Champions League second leg fixture against Real Madrid on March 5th. Central Defence If all players remain fit, the dilemma for Sir Alex will be whether to stick with the same central defensive partnership that started at the Bernabeu […]
1) What a game! After our win against Everton on Sunday I started to feel nervous and anxious just thinking about our game against the Spanish giants which made it all the more bizarre that I felt extremely confident a few hours before kick-off. Normally I’d have been physically shaking at the prospect of us […]
VIDEO preview: Real Madrid vs Manchester United
Ahead of tonight’s Champions League round of 16 game between Real Madrid and Manchester United, Phil Kitromilides, presenter and commentator at Real Madrid TV, squares up to Scott from The Republik of Mancunia. What’s your form like ahead of the big game? Phil: Madrid’s form is relative. Overall it has not been great, but we […]
Gary Neville, who captained Manchester United during Cristiano Ronaldo’s time at the club, has spoken in an interview with bwin about how his former club can hope to stop the Portuguese star tonight. “The only way you can stop Cristiano Ronaldo is to get players around him, more than one,” said Neville. “Someone’s got to […]
Aleksandr Kucher stuck the ball in his own net ten minutes into the second half as he tried to stop Giovinco from scoring for Juventus. However, as he picture above clearly shows, the linesman missed an offside decision in the lead up to the goal. Juve’s 1-0 win tonight confirms Chelsea’s place in the Europa […]
Luiz Adriano scored the equaliser for for Shakhtar Donetsk against Nordsjælland after his team mates were returning the ball to the opposition following an injury. What happened to the good ol’ drop ball?
Arsenal The post-Robin van Persie era has started very poorly for Arsenal in the Premier League with the Gunners managing only 15 points from 10 matches – their lowest total since Arsene Wenger took over at the club. Safe to say, they miss him. Podolski and Giroud, reasonably asked to carry the burden of replacing […]
Against Manchester City, Ajax started with the same XI as in the second half against Heracles Almelo last weekend (in which they threw away a 3-1 lead). The only change was a tactical one: Christian Eriksen played as a deep-lying striker and Siem De Jong dropped back in midfield. The idea behind it was that […]
On the pitch, Ajax might not have shown any sympathy for Manchester City last night, comfortably beating them 3-1 as the group stages reach the half-way mark, but off the pitch they were united in their thoughts about the price of tickets. Ajax, knowing that English fans would certainly sell out the away end, charged […]