The Premier League’s nightmare week in Europe tells us… not so much actually
It hasn’t been a vintage season for Premier League clubs in Europe, and that has left some falling over themselves in a rush to be the first to announce the…
Barcelona’s Ronald Araujo responds to Ilkay Gundogan’s comments on PSG red card
Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo has spoken about respecting “codes and values” in response to teammate Ilkay Gundogan’s comments on his sending off against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. Araujo,…
Real Madrid’s success in the Champions League cannot mask Spain’s coefficient crisis
Heading into this week’s Champions League quarter-final second leg, there was plenty of excitement in Spain about La Liga’s representatives. Atletico Madrid and Barcelona both held the first-leg advantage in…
Barcelona banned by UEFA after fans’ “racism” against PSG
Barcelona have been fined €25,000 and given a one-match ban for selling tickets to fans in a UEFA competition for “racism” by supporters in the first leg of their Champions…
Naby Keita’s suspension from Werder Bremen is the latest low point since Liverpool’s transfer
Follow the live broadcast of Atalanta-Liverpool in the Europa League today It’s not even six years since Naby Keita became Liverpool’s club-record £52.75 million ($66 million) signing and was lauded…
No Barcelona, Liverpool or Manchester United. And now for the new Club World Cup?
It’s FIFA’s shiny new toy and the brainchild of the body’s president, Gianni Infantino. Yet the inaugural 32-team Club World Cup, which will take place in the United States next…
Real Madrid beat Manchester City on penalties: Bellingham’s genius and who can stop Ancelotti’s team?
Would it always be penalties that separated these two great teams? The tie finished 4-4 after 210 minutes, 1-1 after extra time at the Etihad, with enthralling action, penalty errors…
Luis Enrique has a team full of dribblers, but PSG beat Barca with wingers as playmakers
It’s a clichéd narrative in sports that peak performance is achieved with players “in the zone.” It is a state of stillness; play on instinct as action after action goes…
Barça’s turbulent exit in the Champions League: Xavi’s red mist, Al-Khelaifi expelled from the stands
It was shortly after Vitinha put visitors Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 ahead that evening that Xavi really lost his way. The aggregate score in the Champions League quarter-finals was still tied…
PSG are ahead of schedule under Luis Enrique – the treble is on
Watch Manchester City vs Real Madrid and Bayern Munich vs Arsenal live in the Champions League today Marquinhos understood this best. The Paris Saint-Germain captain and all-time leading look-maker knows…