All posts tagged "2013/2014 Champions League"

  • MOTD: FC Porto 3-1 Bayern Munich

    There was never going to be any doubt about who would dominate possession. Bayern Munich average seventy percent possession and came within one percent of that mark tonight. But where Bayern failed to penetrate with their possession,...

    • Posted April 15, 2015
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  • MOTD: Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Arsenal

    Statistics hardly always tell the whole story. For instance, Arsenal kept 56% possession tonight. But Borussia Dortmund worked harder. Dortmund seemed like they wanted it more. Even the statistics indicate that – as a collective, Dortmund ran...

    • Posted September 16, 2014
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  • MOTD- Real Madrid 4-1 Atletico Madrid

    Tonight’s Champions League final was an incredibly big occasion, so much so, that Atletico Madrid’s Diego Costa would not miss it, despite being in the middle of recovering from injury. In a scripted move, Costa started, not...

    • Posted May 24, 2014
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  • MOTD- Chelsea 1-3 Atletico Madrid (agg 1-3)

    In 2004, a young 41-year-old managerial upstart Jose Mourinho lead Porto to perhaps the most unexpected Champions League title victory of all time. Now, ten years on, the new manager on the block Diego Simeone has taken...

    • Posted April 30, 2014
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  • MOTD- Bayern Munich 0-4 Real Madrid (0-5 agg)

    “Hands up if you are in the Champions League final!” It is not often that a team which keeps 71.5% of possession throughout a two leg tie, no matter who the competition, can lose 5-0 on aggregate...

    • Posted April 29, 2014
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  • MOTD- Real Madrid 1-0 Bayern Munich

    It wasn’t supposed to be this though for Bayern Munich. Pep Guardiola’s side won the German Bundesliga with eight full games to spare, beat Manchester City in their Champions League group this season, and then breezed past...

    • Posted April 23, 2014
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  • Atletico Madrid 0-0 Chelsea: The Blues grab the initiative in semifinal stalemate

    Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea earned a determined 0-0 draw on his return to Madrid as the West Londoners managed to stifle the attacking talent of hosts Atletico Madrid. The game was a controversial talking point for pundits and...

    • Posted April 23, 2014
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  • MOTD Preview: Real Madrid v Bayern Munich

    In the case of this year’s Champions League, the best isn’t always saved until last… This is arguably the biggest game of the Champions League so far. These two sides might have been pre-tournament final favourites, but...

    • Posted April 21, 2014
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  • MOTD- Bayern Munich 3-1 Manchester United

    For seventy seconds, David Moyes was a footballing genius.  For seventy seconds, Manchester United were on top of the world.  For seventy seconds, Manchester United were a European superpower once-more.  For seventy seconds, right after Patrice Evra...

    • Posted April 9, 2014
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  • MOTD- Chelsea 2-0 Paris Saint-Germain (agg 3-3)

    Chelsea have done it again. Two years ago, they came home to Stamford Bridge for the second leg of their Champions League tie against a Napoli side featuring Edison Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi with a 3-1 deflect...

    • Posted April 8, 2014
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