They may have been without Falcao, but Atlético Madrid got their UEFA Europa League title defence off to a successful start while Liverpool also opened with victory on Thursday. Diego Simeone opted to rest his star forward, who has been the top scorer in this competition for the past two seasons. It did nothing to […]

The Argentine’s current deal expires in June 2016 and Rosell believes it would be remiss of the Catalan giants to not address the subject of his renewal as soon as possible. “Messi’s contract ends in 2016 and it would be irresponsible of us not to improve it as you have to think about what will […]

Barcelona had to come from behind to get their Champions League campaign off to a winning start with two goals from Lionel Messi to beat Spartak Moscow 3-2 at home. Cristian Tello had fired the hosts into the lead after just 13 minutes but Spartak refused to be overawed by their surroundings and were level […]

Manchester United kicked off their Champions League campaign tonight with an unimpressive 1-0 win at home to Galatasaray, with Michael Carrick scoring the United goal. Here are some quick thoughts on the game: For the third time this season United missed a penalty. Nani joining Van Persie and Chicharito in missing. What amazed me, was not the […]

Chelsea threw away a two goal lead against Juventus tonight at Stamford Bridge in their first Champions League game of the season. Here are some quick thoughts on the game: Disappointed result and performance tonight by Chelsea. They are not the kind of side that I expect  to throw away two-goal leads, especially at home. The draw means that […]

Sergio Aguero chose the mixed zone after last night’s Champions League match between Manchester City and Real Madrid to basically say he would rather play for Real Madrid than Manchester City. Aguero told the press that he wanted to move to Real Madrid from cross-town rivals Atletico Madrid in 2011, who instead ended up at […]

Malaga began their first ever Champions League campaign in perfect fashion as two goals from Isco guided them to a 3-0 win over Zenit St Petersburg at La Rosaleda. The game was barely three minutes old when the Spain Under-21 international bent a wonderful shot in off the inside of the post and the hosts […]

There are reports coming out of Italy that if AC Milan fail to beat Udinese on Sunday that manager Massimiliano Allegri will be fired. Allegri orchestrated a clearing out of the AC Milan dressing room this summer, letting many of the club’s veteran players go as well as selling Milan’s two best players in Silva […]