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Augsburg v Köln A defeat against Hertha Berlin in their last game means the pressure has been piled on to Augsburg in their next home game. Ingolstadt came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Darmstadt, which meant that Ingolstadt move to just 1 point off the relegation play-off place which Augsburg currently occupy. […]
Obafemi Martins signed for Seattle Sounders in 2013. He was signed as a designated player, with the club paying $4m to buy out his contract from Spanish side Levante. In his first season he played 20 times scoring 8 goals, however, Seattle ended the season in disappointment as they were knocked out in the playoff […]
Friday, April 14th 2017 Sporting Cristal vs Alianza Atletico Sporting Cristal will feel that this game is just as winnable as last weekend’s game against Sport Rosario. Alianza Atletico are weaker than Rosario and at home, Los Cerveceros will be disappointed with anything other than a win. Player to watch: Cristan Ortiz Ortiz was a […]
Angers-PSG The first match of the 33rd fixture of Ligue 1 will have Angers host Paris Saint-Germain. Angers are looking to pick up three points at home against French giants. Angers have a 2-0-3 record in their last 5, as they hope to improve from last week’s result, in an expected 0-1 loss to Monaco. […]
It has been an eventful few days in Spanish football with Cristiano Ronaldo becoming a Real Madrid centurion in European Competition, Barcelona crucially slipping up to Málaga, Monchi waving goodbye to Sevilla and Tony Adams taking charge of Granada. Can Barcelona get back into it? Who will take the remaining European spots? And is this […]
Bottom Half Portadown v Ballinamallard United Friday 14th April 20:00 Portadown’s victory over Carrick Rangers prolonged the agony of confirming their automatic relegation to the Championship, anything by a win on Friday will confirm their position at the foot of the table. Ballinamallard’s victory over Glentoran brought them 3 points closer to that final Europa […]
On the heels of UEFA trying to destroy the meaningless friendly, CONCACAF this weekend moved towards consideration of a similarly inane proposal. With European nations in the near future using their international windows to compete in a European tournament, the North American/Central American/Caribbean confederation leaked that a similar proposal was in the works. Dubbed the […]
Chris Waddle was one of the most underrated English players of his time. A player who never seemed to be played in the right position or left to do what he was good at when playing in England or for England. After a good year at Tottenham, Marseille put in a bid for the winger, […]
Sporting Cristal 1-0 Sport Rosario Sporting Cristal beat Sport Rosario 1-0 at the Alberto Gallardo as they were expected to. This win marked the end of a six game winless run in all competitions. The scoreline was narrow and Cristal missed a lot of good chances. Sport Rosario also got forward a few times but […]
Not many people get the chance to play at Wembley or in a Cup Final. Scott Minto has done better than that! Not only did he get to hold aloft the FA Cup in 1997, Scott now gets the chance to venture to Wembley as presenter of the EFL (English Football League) show on Sky […]
Andy Gray had reached a crossroads in his football career in England. It was November 1983 and at the age of twenty eight, he was part of a Wolverhampton Wanderers team who, three years after winning the League Cup, were in financial meltdown and facing the prospect of a second relegation to Division Two in […]
Today, when you read the match reports on Barcelona’s 3-0 loss to Juventus, you will see repeatedly reporters giving the La Liga side a chance to advance simply because they did so against Paris Saint-Germain in a similar instance. Don’t believe it. Luis Enrique made a gamble prior to this match that backfired and, in […]
LA Galaxy v Montreal 2-0 The Galaxy got back to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Montreal Impact at the StubHub Centre. Romain Alessandrini opened the scoring on 15 minutes, receiving a pass from Emmanuel Boateng before slotting the ball into the net past Evan Bush in the Impact goal from the edge of […]
Juventus go into this quarter-final match against Barcelona with the hopes of rewriting history and erasing their memories of the 2015 Champions League Final. Times have changed since that night in Berlin. Juventus will only field two players from the starting XI of the 2015 Final against Barcelona in tomorrow’s game. The same thing cannot […]
How do you replace TĂ©vez? You don’t. Guillermo knew for sure that the departing idol would be missed in Boca’s game, but he also knew the possible benefits of it. With Carlitos on, it seemed as if every ball had to go through him. And that wasn’t always the best option. With TĂ©vez in China, […]
Inter suffered their most embarrassing loss under Stefano Pioli at the hands of 18th-placed Crotone. The defeat saw the Nerazzurri slip further down the Serie A table into seventh. It was a second consecutive loss for the Milan giants while the Calabrese club enjoyed their first ever back-to-back victory in the top flight following on […]
Lille-Nice The first match this weekend was played between Lille and revelation team Nice. The home side played a 4-2-3-1, with Nigerian international Vincent Enyeama in goal, Sebastien Corchia and Franck Beria as wingbacks, and Ibrahim Amadou commanding the back four. Box-to-box midfielder Rio Mavuba played alongside creative midfielder Xeka (Miguel Angelo da Silva). Nicolas […]
It was a week of long knives in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division as there were two managerial departures. The first to go was Limerick’s Martin Russell. He had led the club to the First Division last season but became a victim to their growing ambition. Then, on Wednesday, Sligo Rovers parted company with Dave […]
After the draw in Lisbon, both Benfica and Porto knew how important round 27 would be. The Aguias and Dragoes now know that it’ll be goal difference and not head-to-head that’ll separate them should they finish the season on equal points. Every result from here was crucial. Porto were the first team to take action, […]
The CONCACAF Champions League (henceforth shortened to CCL) semifinal this year featured two different ties between an MLS side and a Liga MX side. This is the first semifinal in four years to feature two MLS sides in the semifinal stage. The 2012/13 semifinal featured LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders FC losing out to Monterrey […]
