Talking Points from European football

Talking Points from European football

 April 9, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Another exciting football week in Europe end up with unexpected results were Real Madrid trashed by Wolfburg & great player Zlatan missed penalty. Here we have talking point of European football. 5) Klopp gets the better of his former team – A first half goal from Divock Origi was enough to secure a 1-1 draw away […]

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UEFA Champions League QF : Real Madrid Mauled by a Mesmerizing Wolfsburg

 April 8, 2016   R K Gupta

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Except first-time quarter finalists Wolfsburg, no other team in UEFA Champions League’s first-leg QF could create a victory margin of more than one goal against their rivals. Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona had one-goal margin home wins, while Paris Saint-Germain drew 2-2 with Manchester City. Going into second-leg games next week, the slender margins afford better chances […]

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UEFA Women’s Champions League

UEFA Women’s Champions League: FFC Frankfurt Wolfsburg & Lyon Win 1st-Leg QFs

 March 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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While FC Barcelona and last year’s runner-up Paris Saint-Germain drew their first-leg quarterfinal 0-0 in Barcelona, defending champions FFC Frankfurt scored a 1-0 away victory at Malmo as they beat hosts Rosengard. In two other first-leg quarterfinal matches in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, Lyon inflicted a 9-1 defeat to Slavia Praha while Germany’s VfL […]

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Round-16 Games UCL

Real Madrid Wolfsburg PSG & Benifica Win First-leg Round-16 Games UCL

 February 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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The 2015-16 UEFA Champions League season is now down to round-of-16 and first-leg matches were played on February 16 & 17. Led by a wonder goal from superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, 10-time champion Real Madrid notched up a 2-0 away victory against AS Roma on February 17. On the same day in another away victory, Wolfsburg […]

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PSV Champions League

PSV Eindhoven progress further in Champions League at the expense of big-spending Manchester United

 December 10, 2015   John Welsh

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When PSV Eindhoven won the Dutch Eredivisie last season by a 17 point margin from Ajax, it was perhaps only to be expected that their players would attract interest from Premier League clubs constantly seeking international talent. Newcastle acquired the services of Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum for approximately £14 million and who had netted 14 […]

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Manchester United

Wolfsburg aiming to end Manchester United’s Champions League ambitions

 November 30, 2015   John Welsh

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As the group stage of the 2015-16 Champions League competition draws to a conclusion in the next two weeks with just the final games to be completed, it is possible that four Spanish teams could qualify for the knockout phase with Valencia potentially joining the two Madrid teams and Barcelona in the next round of […]

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UEFA Women

Paris to Clash with Frankfurt in the Final of UEFA Women’s Champions League

 April 30, 2015   R K Gupta

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Women footballers of Paris Saint Germain made history by qualifying for their first UEFA Women’s Champions League final. The victory for Paris did not come easy as they played against formidable opponents, who were heavy favorites to win the UEFA Champions League for the third successive year. In the first-leg semifinal played in AOK stadium […]

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UEFA Women

Wolfsburg, PSG, Brondby & FFC Frankfurt Complete Semifinal Line-up of UEFA Women’s Champions League

 April 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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Of all semifinal entrants in women’s UEFA Champions League, title holders VfL Wolfsburg had the hardest time. They had ended the first leg against FC Rosengard at 1-1 and needed to win their second leg match or at least draw it. In the end, the Germans came from behind to manage a 3-3 draw for […]

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Bas Dost Bundesliga

Bas Dost now proving his ability in Bundesliga after two modest seasons

 February 23, 2015   John Welsh

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Since the resumption of the Bundesliga season following the winter break, Bayern Munich have emphasised their current domination of German football by recovering from a 4-1 opening defeat by Wolfsburg and a 1-1 home draw with Schalke to register three successive league victories without conceding a goal. 8-0 and 6-0 wins against Hamburg and Paderborn […]

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Wolfsburg players

Wolfsburg players produce a fitting tribute to ‘Junior’ Malanda in beating Bayern Munich

 February 1, 2015   John Welsh

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The German Bundesliga resumed at the weekend following the Winter break and after the 18th round of fixtures were completed on Sunday evening, Borussia Dortmund are now rooted to the bottom of the league despite earning a 0-0 draw at Bayer Leverkusen. However, the opening Friday evening match featured second place Wolfsburg hosting reigning champions […]

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