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...
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...
Two months ago we were taking a look at the UEFA Champions League knockout draw, and now that the first set of Round of 16 fixtures have played out over the past nine days it is time to look at how those predictions fared. Today the goal is twofold -- to evaluate how the first legs unfolded, and how they set up the combatants for the...
UEFA might make us wait until February to actually see the first set of knockout matches play out, but at least they provide us an opportunity to evaluate the Champions League Round of 16 matchups so quickly after the end of the group stage. We have already been able to assess the biggest winners and losers of the previous round, but now...
Was there another attempted nibble by El Mordedor on Tuesday at Etihad Stadium? Luis Suarez categorically denied that he had tried to bite Martin Demichelis during Barcelona's 2-1 victory, and UEFA has already confirmed it will not take further action in the matter after German referee Felix Brych saw no need to note the...
We are finally here! The Premier League transfer window will be officially open in less than 24 hours. In previous posts we have looked at possible arrivals and departures at Arsenal and Aston Villa, Burnley and Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Everton, and Hull City and Leicester City. With the transfer window about to open,...
With the UEFA Champions League draw completed on Monday, we now know the composition of the knockout bracket that will decide this season's European champion. We were blessed with a bunch of powerhouse pairings, with three matchups from last season's Champions League being relived as well as a rematch of a final from the...
