Real Madrid and Arsenal lost their perfect starts while Manchester City’s Champions League dreams lie in shatters after a shocking display defeat in Amsterdam. Group D is called the Group of Death as it contains the champions of four leagues, and the group is living up to its moniker. Real Madrid’s 100% record ended in […]
Rio and Anton Ferdinand have criticised the Football Association and the Professional Footballers’ Association over the John Terry race row. A statement issued by Anton and Rio today said: It has been a year since the incident at Loftus Road. During that time, some of the deep divisions that exist in football have been exposed. […]
Interesting piece in today’s Daily Mail about Manchester United’s kit deal with Nike, which is coming up for renewal in 2015. Back in 2002, United signed a 13-year deal with Nike worth £303 million, plus a profit share on retail sales. Even without any profits, that translates to around £23 million a season. The deal […]
BATE Borisov, who stunned Bayern Munich last time out in the UEFA Champions League, were brought back to earth with a thud Tuesday as Roberto Soldado’s hat-trick earned Valencia a 3-0 win. BATE went into the game as the surprise Group F table-toppers after maximum points from their opening two games. But their woeful record against […]
An injury-time goal from Jordi Alba stunned Celtic and gave Barcelona a dramatic 2-1 victory in their pulsating UEFA Champions League Group G clash at the Nou Camp. Celtic had led at the famous stadium when, in the 18th minute, Georgios Samaras’ header from a Charlie Mulgrew free-kick went in off the back of Barcelona centre-back Javier Mascherano. And […]
Juventus were made to come from behind to salvage a 1-1 draw – their third UEFA Champions League tie running – as FC Nordsjaelland’s first ever goal in the competition left them scrambling in Denmark. Mikkel Beckmann’s excellent free-kick gave the hosts a shock lead five minutes into the second half, and Nordsjaelland held out for […]
Shakhtar Donetsk underlined their ambitions to win the UEFA Champions League by defeating defending champions Chelsea2-1, while Manchester United came from two goals behind to beat Braga. Shakhtar and Chelsea met in Donetsk, level atop Group E on four points and with both teams in fine domestic form. But for most of the match there […]
Despite being heavily linked with a big money move to England, Roma General Manager Franco Baldini says the club “have no financial need to sell” Daniele De Rossi. Baldini also backed manager Zdenek Zeman’s decision to drop the midfielder before the international break. Zeman left both De Rossi and striker Pablo Osvaldo out of the […]