Following in the footsteps of their Spanish colleagues Barcelona and Real Madrid, Villarreal secured what looks like an unassailable first-leg lead as they beat FC Twente 5-1. Defender Carlos Marchena put Villarreal into the lead with a header from a Borja Valero corner after 22 minutes, while Valero doubled their lead two minutes before half-time […]
For fans looking for close, exciting ties, this weeks Champions League ties were a bit of a disappointment with three of the four quarter-finals essentially over after the first leg. Unfortunately, the Europa League quarter-finals tonight followed a similar path as Villarreal, Porto and Benfica all enjoyed impressive first-leg leads, while Braga secured an away […]
Germany winger Piotr Trochowski is set to leave Hamburg this summer for Sevilla according to his agent. Polish-born Trochowski, 27, will be a free agent in the summer and is set to leave the club he joined in 2004. His representative said he is on the verge of signing a four-year deal with the Andalusia […]
Joey Barton has launched a stunning attack on the state of the England football team in an interview with French football magazine So Foot, highlighting Gareth Barry’s presence in the England line-up as indicator of the lack of midfield talent in England. Here is what he had to say about Barry: “Did you see the […]
This past weekend the Vancouver Whitecaps mounted one of the most remarkable comebacks in MLS history with two goals in stoppage time to get a 3-3 draw against Sporting Kansas City. Last night it was Vancouver who were left cursing a late goal as the New England Revolution escaped from Vancouver with a 1-1 draw. […]
Roma’s Philippe Mexes all but said that he will be joining AC Milan in the summer once his contract runs out. Mexes’s season is over after cruciate ligament surgery and on leaving the clinic Mexes revealed he had almost certainly played his last game for Roma. “It’s talked about a lot, probably yes,” Mexes said […]