In tonight’s Champions League match against Shakhtar former Barcelona player Dmytro Chygrynskiy will be tasked with marking Lionel Messi. Chygrynskiy also happens to be one of a long line of poor transfer decisions that Barcelona have made in past couple of years. Barcelona loves to note that its battle with Real Madrid is more than […]
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Shakhtar Donetsk coach Mircea Lucescu says that Barcelona “are simply the strongest team in football history” as he weighed up the Ukrainian side’s Champions League quarter-final opponents. It is an opinion shared by too many, fears Josep Guardiola, who dismissed the notion that Barça can already start planning for the last four. “If we are […]
Real Madrid are set to reach their first Champions League semi-final for eight years after thrashing ten-man Tottenham Hotspur 4-0. Spurred on by a spectacular pre-match introduction, Madrid started strongly with Ronaldo firing wide before Di María forced a corner off Vedran Ćorluka. From Mesut Özil’s subsequent centre, Adebayor connected with a downward header that […]
Real Madrid are set to reach their first Champions League semi-final for eight years after thrashing ten-man Tottenham Hotspur 4-0. Spurred on by a spectacular pre-match introduction, Madrid started strongly with Ronaldo firing wide before Di María forced a corner off Vedran Ćorluka. From Mesut Özil’s subsequent centre, Adebayor connected with a downward header that […]
Real Madrid coach José Mourinho, his side decimated by injuries said a goalless home draw against Tottenham Hotspur FC would represent a “good result”. His Spurs counterpart and “friend” Harry Redknapp, meanwhile, looks set to have Gareth Bale at his disposal as he plans to stick to his forward-thinking principles despite the daunting surroundings of […]
Gonzalo Higuaín received a standing ovation from the Bernabeu crowd on Saturday, his first appearance since surgery on a slipped disc suffered last November. Although his comeback was tempered by a first home defeat of the season for Madrid, Higuaín insists he and his team-mates must quickly refocus ahead of the first-leg visit of Harry […]
Barcelona now boast an eight-point lead over Real Madrid after winning 1-0 at Villarreal in response to their rivals’ 1-0 loss to Sporting Gijón, Madrid coach José Mourinho’s first defeat in a home league fixture in 151 matches. Titleholders Barcelona had to wait to make the breakthrough at Villarreal but got the goal they wanted […]
Wayne Rooney scored a second-half hat-trick as Manchester United came from 2-0 down at half-time to beat West Ham United 4-2 and stretch their lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points. The London side led 2-0 at the break thanks to a pair of Mark Noble penalties, but Rooney got United […]