On Sunday, Barcelona knocked off Granada 4-1 on goals from Luis Suárez, Paco Alcácer, Ivan Rakitic, and Neymar, despite concern from fans about how the club would perform without Lionel Messi, who missed the match due to a suspension for picking up his fifth booking of the season. Barça came into the game two points behind Real...
Argentina came out of the Copa América Final in somewhat of a slump after not being able to close out the game and losing 4-2 in penalties. They haven’t been able to get into a solid form, picking up only eleven points in the seven games after the final. This is largely due to the fact that they aren’t performing well against...
When Lionel Messi booted his penalty attempt high over the bar at the final of the Copa America Centenario at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday, and Sergio Romero failed to stop any other attempts from the Chilean side, it set Argentina's trophy drought to 23 years and counting. For the third straight year the Albiceleste came...
A day after Atletico Madrid survived a trip to Munich to reach its second UEFA Champions League final in three years, their crosstown rival set up a 2014 rematch for the European title when Real Madrid downed Manchester City 1-0 on Wednesday. Los galacticos were on form, pressuring City from the opening whistle, and the hosts were...
Perhaps the Atletico Madrid style of play is not the same type of aesthetically pleasing football that fans of clubs like Barcelona or Bayern Munich might wish to observe. Then again, Atletico is the reason why the players on both of those clubs will be watching rather than playing in the final when it kicks off at the San Siro in...
The past two days have seen tense semifinal first legs in the UEFA Champions League, with just one goal scored between the quartet of superclubs remaining in the competition. The close results in the openers should make for some ambitious and highly-motivated play in the return matches next week.
To better consider what might happen...
After the quarterfinals played out the second leg of their draws over the past two days, we now know which four clubs remain in the hunt to claim the crown as champion of Europe in 2016. Three of the four are among the usual suspects, while the fourth is a nouveau riche upstart finally looking to realize its potential and emerge from...
We evaluated the first four UEFA Champions League quarterfinalists after they went through, but now that we know all eight of the teams left in the tournament and know the four pairings it makes sense to revisit the matter of previewing the matchups and predicting who is likeliest to advance to the semifinals. A lot of the usual suspects...
The first four clubs to reach the quarterfinals of this year's UEFA Champions League have been decided over the past two days as second-leg Round of 16 matches took place around Europe. While we do not yet know who each team will face, given that there are still four more quarterfinalists to determine next week, it is still worth our...