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In unveiling Arsenal’s new 3-4-3 formation on Monday, Arsene Wenger accomplished two things. The first was most importantly that Arsenal earned three points and kept their nascent top four hopes alive. The second was to show that their manager is strategically woke and can adapt to the hot trends in modern soccer. Yet as Arsenal […]
Philadelphia Union v NYC FC 0-2 A wonder goal from David Villa helped secure the points for NYC in a 2-0 win at Philadelphia Union. Jack Harrison came closest to scoring on 21 minutes as his curling low left foot shot was tipped around the post by keeper Andre Blake. The Union hit back six […]
Sporting Cristal 4-1 Alianza Atletico Sporting Cristal ran riot on a sunny afternoon at the Alberto Gallardo in Rimac. The score was 4-0 at half time. Ortiz opened the score with a nice shot from right outside the box to give Los Cerveceros the lead in the 5th minute. 10 minutes later, Horacio Calcaterra doubled […]
Real Madrid thrashed ten-man Bayern Munich 4-2 in the second leg of their Champions League quarter final tie. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a sumptuous hat trick as he became the first player ever to reach 100 Champions League goals. The match went to extra time as the regulated time saw the two teams level on aggregate. […]
The premier club competition in South American football nears the half-way point of the group stages One of the many factors that make the Copa Libertadores such an enjoyable competition to watch is its inherent unpredictability. Brazil and Argentina share fourteen entrants in the 2017 edition – with bookmakers installing most of them among the […]
It wasn’t too surprising when Juventus crushed Barcelona 3-0 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter final last week. Many fans, as well as betters, were expecting a Juventus win. Fresh from their 2-0 defeat away at 14th placed Malaga, their second league loss in the space of a month, people were branding […]
Spurs managed to close the gap on Chelsea to just four points in the English Premier League with six games remaining but, what other European leagues are just as competitive? Spanish football witnessed some truly remarkable games, with Barcelona and Real Madrid both winning in five-goal thrillers. Real Madrid went just three points clear but […]
Friday April 14 We started this week’s football in Parque Patricios, where Huracan hosted Arsenal de Sarandi. After 5 straight losses Arsenal finally got back to winning ways. The game was level late on but Sotelo Sanchez scored from close range to bring all 3 points back to Sarandi. Lanus were disappointing and drew 0-0 […]
The Derby della Madonnina headlined week 32 of Serie A where AC Milan snatched a 97th minute equaliser in a pulsating match at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. Having led 2-0 at the 80th-minute mark, the Nerazzurri allowed their city rivals back into the match, replicating the 2-2 result from this season’s first Milan derby. Meanwhile, […]
Angers-Paris Saint Germain The first match of the 33rd round Ligue 1 fixtures came between Angers and PSG. Friday’s match was played at the Stade Raymond Kopa, in front of nearly 16,000 people. As seen throughout the course of the season, winning at Angers’s home is not an easy task, and last week was a perfect example […]
Cork City are now nine points clear at the top of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division after won 2-0 away to Bohemian F.C. Karl Sheppard and Garry Buckley got their goals making it nine league wins out of nine so far this season. Dundalk remain second but they were beaten 3-1 at home by […]
If a martian was to land on Planet Earth, it could be forgiven for not knowing that football exists in Argentina, outside of Buenos Aires. But, it does, and in the second city of Cordoba, 400 miles north-west of the capital, more than 52,000 spectators packed the Estadio Kempes to see the local derby on […]
Bottom Half Ards v Portadown Ards’ disappointing collapse against Carrick on Saturday saw them lose ground on 7th place Dungannon Swifts. Guillaume Keke will be hoping to continue his goal scoring form into this fixture after his early brace on Saturday. Portadown’s victory over Ballinamallard on Friday has continued the delay in confirming their relegation. […]
With only 3 games left following this weekend’s run of fixtures, Holland’s Eredivisie is certainly reaching the end of an exciting season. Across the board, teams are fighting to reach their goals before it’s too late. Much of the attention has been drawn to the fight at the top, a fight that has been dwindled […]
There was a point and a statement, just after Benfica vs Porto, that there would be another chance to dethrone the Encarnados from the top of the table summit they have occupied since round five. Next week, Rui Vitoria’s team travel about two miles, to their city rivals home Estadio Jose de Alvalade, for a […]
Following the dreadful events in Dortmund midweek, this weekend’s game took Frankfurt by surprise. Dortmund played with no fear and put the events behind them as they smashed Frankfurt 3-1. Goals came from long absentee Marco Reus, Sokratis and Aubameyang, Frankfurt were level at one stage with a goal from Marco Fabian, but it wasn’t […]
There’s something about left-footed Argentinians that play in an offensive role, either their starting position on the pitch is in the middle or from the right cutting inside. Their two best ever players embody that principle, Maradona and Messi were always able to left their opponents dangling with their swift moves and velvet feet, players […]
The 1990s was the beginning of the end of regular big European nights for Northern Irish clubs due to reforms in European football. In light of that we’ll take a more fleeting look at the European ties from 1990 through to the present day. In 1990 Portadown entertained FC Porto but came out of the […]
The Brazilian national football team has qualified for every FIFA World Cup, winning the tournament on five occasions, more than any other national football team. Their record in the Olympics, however, has not been nearly as good. They have been inconsistent in qualification, with second-place being all they could manage until 2016, where they finally […]
Club Deportivo Zuñiga are a football club in Lima, currently playing in the third tier of Peruvian Football. In the past, they were one of the best academies in the country with notable alumni being Renzo Sheput (Juan Aurich, ex-Sporting Cristal), Andy Pando (Universidad Cesar Vallejo, ex Alianza Lima), Sydney Faiffer (Sport Boys) and Edgar […]
