All posts tagged "Uefa Champions League"

  • MOTD: Paris Saint-Germain 3-2 Barcelona

    Many called the absence of Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic Paris Saint-Germain’s death wish as they hosted Barcelona, but it hardly proved itself to be a burden on PSG. Barcelona hadn’t allowed a single goal this season...

    • Posted September 30, 2014
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  • MOTD: Bayern Munich 1-0 Manchester City

    Pep Guardiola is the master of a move that hardly any manager dares to do – turn a defender into a midfielder. With Javier Mascherano at Barcelona he did the opposite, and after his year on a...

    • Posted September 17, 2014
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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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  • Champions League draw; Battle of the brands – Part 1

    Football shirts are really more than just a shirt. It is a way to connect with a club – pull one on and it connects you to that club as part of something bigger. That is why...

    • Posted August 29, 2014
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  • Champions League group stage draw – Four Thoughts

    It’s done. It’s over. *sigh of relief*. It was going to have to happen eventually, as it does at the start of every season. Europe’s elite have been pooled together into eight groups. No more killing your...

    • Posted August 28, 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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