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1. Bayern: Domestic Dominance – International Wait Like it happens with big clubs there was a lot of talk about the transition from Pep Guardiola to Carlo Ancelotti and depending on recent results, the consensus swayed from one side to another. After they smashed Bremen 6-0 on the opening day some people talked about them […]
On the 28th of May, 2017, the world saw another football legend call time on an astounding career. Why was the career of Francesco Totti so astounding? Because he played every single minute of his senior career for his boyhood team, AS Roma. 25 years. The only time he ever played in a jersey other […]
Chicago Fire 2-1 FC Dallas Three goals in the first ten minutes gave The Fire a 2-1 win and moved them to second spot in the Eastern Conference. The Fire opened the scoring on three minutes as Nemanja Nikolic scored after a good cross from the left from Brandon Vincent. Three minutes later Dallas drew […]
Playoff 1st leg Thursday saw the first leg of the relegation/promotion playoff, with Wolfsburg of the Bundesliga taking on local rivals Braunschweig of the 2. Bundesliga.  The wolves settled quickly and had control in the opening stages and looked most likely to score, but the scores stayed level thanks to Braunschweig keeper Jasmin Fejzic who was on […]
Friday, May 26 We started round 26 off in Mar del Plata as Aldosivi were hosting Independiente. Independiente, who have been on fire as of late, struggled during the game. Sanchez Mino got a yellow card in the 10th(!) minute after he took too long to take the corner. Pretty hilarious to see but it […]
This weekend we had the third round of the Brazilian Championship. Of the 10 matches, we hit only 1 in our predictions. Sorry followers, but the favourite teams in the derbies didn’t win, and there was another surprise as Santos were defeated by Cruzeiro at home, and Atletico-MG only drew at home against Ponte Preta. […]
Huddersfield Town were having a fairy tale season before defeating Reading on penalties to win promotion to the Premier League. They had finished near the bottom of the Championship last season and had one of the lower payrolls in the division. They gambled on hiring a first-time manager who had never worked outside of Germany. […]
In a period in which many important national federations are jumping ahead to revolutionize and rejuvenate their teams, France is choosing to undergo a slow but steady change, at a pace proper to the likes of Deschamps. It is true that the conservative coach has called a quite young squad compared to his Euro squad, […]
Last week, it was announced that Monaco’s star Portuguese winger, Bernardo Silva, will be making a move to Manchester City for a reported €50 million this summer. Multiple sources are reporting that fellow Monaco players Benjamin Mendy (left-back) and Fabinho (defensive midfielder/right-back) could be on their way to the Etihad Stadium as well. This comes […]
It’s that time of year again. Another season has come and gone and players and viewers alike are setting off on holiday (unless you’re West Brom who decided to start their summer holidays at the end of March). So, with no more matches to look forward to, it’s time to make some quick-fire predictions for […]
Finn Harps enjoyed a harmonious week in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division, as they followed up their win against St. Patrick’s Athletic last Monday, with a 3-2 win against Limerick on Friday night at Finn Park. Ciaran O’Connor, Danny Morrissey and Caolan McAteer scored for Harps with Lee Lynch and Paul O’Conor scoring for […]
A Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona beat Alaves 3-1 last night to win the Copa del Rey and give their outgoing coach Luis Enrique a fitting send-off. Barca’s third consecutive Copa del Rey adds a little shine to an otherwise disappointing season which saw them narrowly miss out on the league title and elimination at the quarter […]
I’m not usually one to indulge in schadenfreude being a firm believer that karma, especially in football, is very much like a boomerang made of razor blades. It will come hurtling back to you and it will hurt. That being said I have taken a fair bit of pleasure in seeing Middlesbrough, the team which […]
Guinea’s World Cup campaign has ended after being routed by Argentina 5-0. In their other 2 matches, they also drew 1-1 against England and earlier lost to the hosts South Korea 3-0. While not too many managed to leave an impression, perhaps their best player in this campaign was Jules Keita. Jules is 18 years […]
Dundee United’s Cameroonian midfielder has been with the club for only two months, and yet in such a short spell, he has forged quite a name for himself. Due to being far from match fit as a result of not playing first team football for the best part of a year, Wato had a slow […]
A summary of the Brazilian football week, and a preview of the third round of the Brazilian Championship, written by a native, for the public outside the country of football… BRAZIL’S CUP There were two matches from the round of 16 on Wednesday. In the first leg, Parana beat Atletico MG in a great match […]
After what seems like an eternity, Argentina have finally announced Jorge Sampaoli as the new manager of their national football team. Sampaoli will replace the much-maligned Edgardo Bauza, whose reign gleaned just three wins from eight to leave La Albiceleste in fifth position in the COMNEBOL World Cup qualification table. The delay in announcing the […]
The group stage of the Copa Libertadores – South America’s premier cup competition – has concluded, with four of Argentina’s six representatives qualifying for the knockout phase. River Plate, San Lorenzo, Godoy Cruz, and LanĂşs will all progress whilst Estudiantes and AtlĂ©tico Tucumán have been eliminated in third place in their respective groups and will […]
Two days shy of the tenth anniversary of AC Milan’s Champions League triumph in Athens, the Rossoneri return to European football after a three-year absence. An unimaginable fall from grace compared to 2007, even worse considering this season’s sixth-placed finish is the best return in four seasons. Milan’s return to Europe is ironically a symbol […]
For most of the footballing world, or those who don’t follow Barcelona B’s team, reading Marlon Santos’s name in a Barcelona starting lineup next to Samuel Umtiti might have seemed like an error. In fact, BeIn Sport didn’t even have a picture for Marlon. So who exactly is Marlon? The young 21-year-old centre back is […]
