Moyes and Fellaini

Aircraft banner may yield the opposite effect as Moyes and Fellaini seek to convince the Old Trafford faithful

 April 2, 2014   John Welsh

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It may be premature to talk about any resurgence in form during a troubled season for Manchester United, but an impressive 4-1 home win against Aston Villa followed by a deserved draw with Bayern Munich in their Champions League quarter-final first leg, does offer some hope for beleaguered manager David Moyes. After some supporters decided […]

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UEFA Champions

Eastern European involvement is missing factor in UEFA quarter-final draws

 March 22, 2014   John Welsh

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The draws for both the UEFA Champions and Europa League quarter-final stages once again produced some intriguing contests but one clear factor emerging from the entire process is the lack of Eastern European teams qualifying for the later stages. Five Spanish teams constitute nearly one third of the teams remaining while Germany, England, France and […]

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Champions League Quarterfinals

Chelsea, Real, Man-U & Borussia Dortmund Enter Champions League Quarterfinals

 March 21, 2014   R K Gupta

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Last two days have brought absorbing football action in the return legs of Champion League’s round-of-16 games. On Tuesday, Chelsea FC beat Galatasaray 2-0 to make an aggregate score of 3-1 and Real Madrid decimated Schalke 3-1 for an amazing aggregate of 9-2. Last night, FC Zenit’s 2-1 victory against Borussia Dortmund was wasted because of […]

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Champions League Quarterfinals

Barca, PSG Join Atletico Madrid & Bayern Munich in UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals

 March 16, 2014   R K Gupta

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After Arsenal on Tuesday, it was the turn of Manchester City to become the second English side to face elimination from this year’s Champions League. On Wednesday March 12, 2014, City had an away game in the bastions of FCB at Camp Nou, where 86,000 Barca fans were vociferous in their support for their heroes. […]

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Champions League

First Two Teams in UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals Decided

 March 13, 2014   R K Gupta

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With their return leg matches completed, Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich have registered their entries into the last eight of the UEFA Champions League. On March 11, 2014, while the Spanish side defeated Italian club AC Milan, Bayern Munich got the better of English club Arsenal. The 55000-capacity Vicente Calderon Stadium in Madrid came alive […]

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Schalke 04

Real Madrid’s resounding defeat of Schalke proves that finance still counts in football

 February 28, 2014   John Welsh

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For a Schalke 04 team which has finished in the top four of the Bundesliga in three of the previous four seasons and which is once again challenging for second position during the current campaign, Wednesday’s Champions League home leg tie against Real Madrid must have been a sobering experience. A close encounter was expected […]

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UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League Updates

 February 20, 2014   R K Gupta

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There were four engrossing encounters in UEFA Champions League on February 18 & 19, 2014, when first legs games for round-of-16 games were played at different venues across Europe. Incidentally, all matches were away games for the winners. On Tuesday night, Paris Saint-Germain had an overwhelming victory over Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-0 at Leverkusen. On […]

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Champions League

Champions League resumption is eagerly awaited

 February 14, 2014   John Welsh

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The third week in February marks the resumption of the 2013-14 Champions League tournament and the Round 16 matches offer some potentially thrilling clashes over the next month as some of the best teams in Europe compete for a quarter-final place. For several teams, a timely return to peak form is evident while for others […]

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Raúl González Blanco Leading Goal-Scorers in the UEFA Champions’ League

All-time Leading Goal-Scorers in the UEFA Champions’ League

 December 19, 2013   Paranjoy Goswami

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With 9 goals so far in this current UEFA Champions’ League campaign, Real Madrid’s flamboyant no. 7 Cristiano Ronaldo set a new tournament-record for the scoring the most goals in the group-stages. His Barcelona rival Lionel Messi only made just three appearances this season yet has 6 goals to his name. Over the past five […]

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Aaron Ramsey

Group F demonstrates its star billing in Champions League

 December 13, 2013   John Welsh

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The fine dividing line between success and failure in football was clearly demonstrated in this week’s Champions League matches, more especially in Group F. This set of four teams had always been earmarked as the ‘Group of Death’, and the outcome was not finalised until the last few minutes of the deciding matches. Arsenal were […]

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