It was honours even at San Siro as Barcelona were held to a goalless draw by Inter Milan in a match the European champions dominated but failed to crown with a goal their performance deserved. The Spanish outfit created numerous chances to break the deadlock, particularly in the first half, the best of which fell […]

Sevilla tops Group G after Matchday 1 with a hard-working 2-0 victory over Romanian UEFA Champions League debutants Unirea Urziceni. The Spanish club ultimately had to rely on Brazilian flair to find a way through a resistant Unirea side as Luis Fabiano, with a fine drive in first-half stoppage time, and then Renato, via a […]

So the first round of matches in this years Champions League games are under our belt. And what did new learn? Well 11 out of the 16 games (69%) ended up in either a draw or a one goal victory. I think that this years Champions League is the deepest contest in years and that […]

It wasa resounding victory for Real Madrid in the Champions Leagye tonight as two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo led them Real to a 5-2 win over FC Zurich. Team effort Ronaldo was keen to stress that what counted most at the Letzigrund on Tuesday night was the nine-time European champions starting their Group C campaign […]

The Premier League returns this weekend and that means it is time to bring out the crystal ball again. Last time out I went 7 for 10 and that brought my score for the season up to 20 out of 36 (56%). The weekend after an international week always thoughts up some upsets and this […]

FIFA has hit Chelsea with an astonishing transfer ban that will stop manager Carlo Ancelotti signing players until January 2011. The punishment is for luring 16-year-old Gael Kakuta from Lens in the summer of 2007. Lens, who lodged a complaint with FIFA when Kakuta signed for Chelsea two years ago, wanted £4.25m in compensation but […]

Barcelona began their quest for a second successive league title under Pep Guardiola with a routine 3-0 win over Sporting Gijon in the first round of Primera Liga action at the Nou Camp. First-half goals from Bojan Krkic and Seydou Keita set an under-strength Catalan side on their way and summer signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic grabbed […]

Football365.com has their weekly winners and losers column and this is my take on their post this week. Winners Chelsea Yet another impressive start to the season for Chelsea. With four wins in four games, although the schedule has been very kind to them with games against Sunderland, Hull, Burnley and Fulham. Chelsea weak schedule […]