Barcelona take a 4-0 advantage to Munich but are wary of Bayern’s wounded pride when they face the Germans on Tuesday in their Champions League quarter-final return leg. Barca coach Pep Guardiola warned their high scoring victory in Spain last week could bring the best out of the German champions, who have called the defeat […]
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Interesting data on the UEFA site about this weeks Champions League quarter-final games. Call it a statistical look at this week’s games. Chelsea v Liverpool (first leg: 3-1) Chelsea have never lost a European tie after taking a first-leg advantage back to Stamford Bridge. Liverpool have found the net at Stamford Bridge just twice in […]
Villarreal have been dealt another significant injury blow after Marcos Senna was ruled out of Wednesday’s second leg against Arsenal with a left hamstring problem. The Spanish international picked up the knock in the second half of Saturday’s 2-0 home defeat by Málaga, limping off ten minutes from time as his side, having already made […]
A look at the action in week three of the Major League Soccer season with highlights compliments of MLS Quickkicks. Kansas City 1 Seattle 0 The Seattle Sounders finally lost their first game in their MLS history when Davy Arnaud shot from 35-yard’s beat Sounders back-up goalkeeper Ben Dragavon in the 80th minute. The Sounders […]
Real Madrid were again able to haul themselves back to within six points of Liga leaders FC Barcelona, this time with a 2-0 home win against Real Valladolid, but third-placed Sevilla suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat by Getafe. Barcelona had asked questions of the Spanish champions with Saturday’s 2-0 win at home to RC Recreativo […]
Udinese gave themselves a timely boost of confidence ahead of Thursday’s UEFA Cup quarter-final second-leg decider against Werder Bremen as two late goals from Antonio Floro Flores earned them a 2-0 victory at bottom club Reggina. Neither side were able to make much headway in the first half, with the hosts having won just three […]
Two goals inside the first four minutes set Lazio on their way to a 4-2 defeat of nine-man Roma in the Derby della Capitale, while Palermo recovered from two goals down to draw with Serie A leaders FC Inter Milan. The Biancocelesti had lost their last three league matches without scoring yet they were two […]
FC Barcelona defeated lowly Recreativo de Huelva 2-0 at the Camp Nou to stretch their Liga lead over Real Madrid to nine points, on a day when Villarreal’s hopes of a top-four finish were dented by Málaga. Josep Guardiola’s team quickly set about their relegation-threatened opponents and were a goal to the good after a […]
Earlier this week we reported on Manchester United’s latest financial report. Well today our sister publication Premier League Tickets has an article about Forbes now values Man United about Real Madrid as the richest team in the world. Manchester United have passed Real Madrid and are the world’s richest football club according to Forbes magazine. Forbes estimates […]