Chelsea cemented their position at the top of Group E after matching their record Champions League win, while there were also home victories for AC Milan and Barcelona as the group stage reached the halfway point on Wednesday night. Fernando Torres struck twice for Chelsea as they maintained their one-point lead over Bayer Leverkusen. Both […]
Real Madrid continued their impressive form in the Champions League with a comfortable victory at home against Lyon. Former Lyon striker Karim Benzema again found the net against his old team and second-half strikes from Sami Khedira, Sergio Ramos and a Hugo Lloris own goal sent the home fans away happy. Lyon were left licking […]
Former Inter coach Gian Piero Gasperini says it was made clear to him that Wesley Sneijder was to be sold in the summer. Sneijder was linked with a move to Old Trafford throughout the summer, with the Premier League champions thought to have been close to agreeing a £35m fee with Inter. Gasperini told Controcampo: […]
Athletic Bilbao showed further signs of adapting to new coach Marcelo Bielsa’s philosophy by beating Osasuna 3-1 Monday after first-half goals from Iker Muniain, Igor Gabilondo and Javi Martinez. Muniain opened the scoring in the 30th minute, Gabilondo added the second in the 38th and Martinez headed in the third at the back post in […]
Wanted to out some perspective on the 64,000 Seattle Sounders fans who came out for Kasey Keller’s farewell game. The Seattle Sounders crowd was the fourth largest crowd to watch a soccer match anywhere in the world on Saturday night. Only FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich had larger attendances. And this was not […]
Levante extended its best ever start by beating 10-man Malaga 3-0 Sunday for a fifth straight victory that kept it level with Barcelona atop the Spanish league. In a matchup between the league’s lowest payroll and biggest offseason spender, Levante outplayed the revamped Malaga by taking advantage of the visitors’ goalkeeping gaffs. Jose Barkero’s shot […]
A massive crowd of 64,140, the third largest standalone crowd in MLS history, came to pay tribute to the Sounders’ retiring goalkeeper Kasey Keller on Saturday and they were treated to a dramatic come-from-behind 2-1 victory for the Sounders over the San Jose Earthquakes. Seattle overcame a plucky San Jose side and a 24th-minute strike […]
According to League Managers Association (LMA) chief Richard Bevan, several of the foreign-owned Premier League clubs want to do away with relegation. “We’re very keen that the report is successful in helping the Football Association introduce a licensing programme for clubs,” Bevan said. “Because there are a number of overseas-owned clubs already talking about bringing […]