It was like a scene from Groundhog Day. For the second day in a row, a top-ranked Spanish team went to Germany and got thumped. On Tuesday Bayern hammered Barcelona 4-0 and tonight Borussia Dortmund beat Real Madrid 4-1. Both Champions League semi-finals head back to Spain next week for the second leg, but unless […]
The FA have thrown the book at Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, banning him for 10 games for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic at the weekend. An FA statement read: “A three-person independent regulatory commission today upheld the FA’s claim that a suspension of three matches was clearly insufficient and the player will serve a further seven […]
Bayern Munich fans can start to plan their trip to Wembley next month for the Champions League final next month after they hammered Barcelona 4-0 in the first leg of the semi-final at the Allianz Arena tonight. Barca injury ravaged defense was ripped apart time and time again by the Germans who got goals from […]
The timing of this is really unusual, because both sides are playing in the Champions League semi-finals this week. But today, Bayern Munich confirmed that Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Gotze will join them in July. A statement on the Bayern web site confirmed the deal saying: “Bayern Munich confirm that the club have reached an […]
After slashing their wage bill over the summer, and going with a younger (cheaper) side this season, AC Milan have seen the benefit of that move on their bottom line. On Monday, AC Milan announced an operating loss of €6.9m for the calendar year of 2012. That is a huge improvement over the losses in […]
Robin van Persie hit a first-half hat-trick as Manchester United strolled to an unprecedented 20th English league title with a 3-0 victory at home to Aston Villa tonight. Manchester City’s 3-1 loss at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday had handed the Red Devils a chance to regain the crown, and Alex Ferguson’s men needed no second […]
Inter Milan President Massimo Moratti has once again came to the defense of his young coach, saying that Andrea Stramaccion wil be managing the Nerazzurri next season. Speaking outside of his Saras offices on Monday, the Inter President insisted that Stramaccioni would remain the first team boss next season. “The project will start again with […]
For the first time in the history of the UEFA Champions League, both semi-final ties will see a German team take on Spanish opposition, with all four teams having won the competition previously: 18 times between them. The first legs will be played in Germany on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, with the return games […]
Here are some comments today from Liverpool FC managing director Ian Ayre about the Luis Suarez biting incident: Ian, everyone is still talking about Sunday’s incident with Luis Suarez. What is the latest on the situation? I think the most important thing is that we acted swiftly yesterday. Luis issued his apology and then we […]