Dutch and Belgian football was once a place top teams would steer clear from. The quality of the leagues was considered too low to seriously evaluate a player’s true potential. In recent years though, those same top teams are now willing to make expensive gambles. This Summer, OSC Lille broke their
Tag: UEFA Champions League
Brugge, Olympiacos, Ferencvaros: The UCL Outsiders That Could Surprise Us All
Every year when UEFA run the draw for the Champions League Group Stage, we try to pinpoint the ‘dark horses. Infact, we generally categorise teams into the ‘Favourites’, ‘Dark Horses’, ‘Underdogs’, and then, more loosely, the ‘write offs’. The teams that consider being in the prestigious competition an achievement on
Could COVID-19 Jeopardise Bayern Munich & PSG’s UCL Chances?
Manchester City’s Ban and Financial Fair Play – Is It As Fair As It Could Be?
Philipp Lahm – The Magic Dwarf who became a football giant
The partnership we couldn’t get enough of – Roberto Carlos y Zinedine Zidane
UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw analysed
The Round of 16 draw for the UEFA Champions League took place yesterday, with Europe’s elite teams hoping to take one step closer to reaching the final in Madrid. After six rounds of group-based matches, the winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the knock-out stages of the competition. From
Real Madrid Conquer Europe Once Again
Tactical Analysis: How Real Madrid triumphed against Liverpool with their individual brilliance A first exclusive by Anas Ali It was a night full of tears and heartbreak for the Liverpool fans, as Real Madrid secured their third consecutive Champions League triumph with a fairly comfortable 3-1 win against the
Blue Blood Contention
The most prestigious club competition in Europe, the Champions League is followed across the globe with much zeal. It is accountable for pitting colossal teams of diverse leagues, and bringing world class players and stars of many nations to prove their mettle. Clubs which have tussled their way to the
Chelsea : Conte, Kante and The Champions League.
By Anirudh Shenoy. Chelsea : Conte, Kante and The Champions League. Chelsea have been special over the 2016–17 season, something that even their greatest detractors would agree with. They’ve shown us that the whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts with the likes of Victor Moses who could be termed