PLAYERS TO WATCH OUT FOR: DUTCH AND BELGIAN FOOTBALL

by AlexBarkerG - November 11, 2020

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

Brugge, Olympiacos, Ferencvaros: The UCL Outsiders That Could Surprise Us All

Opinion

by AlexBarkerG - October 13, 2020

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?

Opinion

by AlexBarkerG - July 14, 2020

The grand return of UEFA’s Champions League is now less than a month away, with the remaining legs from the round of sixteen being played on the 7th & 8th of August. While Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Juventus will finish their League seasons by mid-late July, teams from

Manchester City’s Ban and Financial Fair Play – Is It As Fair As It Could Be?

Opinion

by Aaryan Parasnis - February 26, 2020

In the wake of the reigning Premier League champions Manchester City's ban, lots of eyebrows have been raised. There are quite a few big questions floating around. Most prominently: what they did, how did UEFA find out, are they really guilty, whether or not the punishment meted out to the

Philipp Lahm – The Magic Dwarf who became a football giant

Captains

by Aaryan Parasnis - October 12, 2019October 14, 2019

How does one define leadership? One technical definition according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary is 'A person who leads'. Elsewhere it says that a leader is one who commands and influences a group of people towards the achievement of a goal. I could go on but you get the gist. However,

The partnership we couldn’t get enough of – Roberto Carlos y Zinedine Zidane

by Sayan Chatterjee - July 22, 2019October 2, 2019

Written by Sayan Chatterjee Football at it’s purest is an art form - It parallels life in more ways than one. Mere professionalism would make it dull and judging an art form with only glories would not be fair. The 'Los Galacticos‘ project fulfilled an unspoken dream of most football fans

UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw analysed

News

by Veer Badani - December 18, 2018December 19, 2018

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

News

by EADF Feed - May 27, 2018October 2, 2019

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

News

by Varun Purty - July 23, 2017March 2, 2018

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.

Manager Profiles

by Anirudh Shenoy - May 4, 2017October 2, 2019

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