Category UEFA Champions League

Athletic Club vs Barcelona 3-2. Barça against Athletic Club beginning

Most of the day, people have been talking about Ousmane Dembele and how he might leave Barcelona in the summer. This has made it hard to remember that Barcelona has a big game tonight. As a group, they’ve been in Bilbao for the Copa del Rey round of 16. When Xavi picks his team for tonight’s game against Marcelino’s team, they’ll play like they did last year in the final.…

Mallorca vs Barcelona. Opportunities for Luuk de Jong.

Barcelona started 2022 off on the right foot by defeating Mallorca 1-0 at Son Moix. Luuk de Jong’s opportunities dominated the game, and it was the Dutch striker who decided the game’s outcome when he scored the game’s sole goal on the stroke of halftime. It came after he had been denied twice by the woodwork on an evening when he might have easily taken the match ball home with…

Henderson backs away. Klopp believes in a ‘big future’ for Liverpool!

Under-fire teenager Tyler Morton has been lauded by Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson, who believes he has a bright future with the club. This season, Morton has made seven senior appearances for the Reds. He did, in fact, play the whole 90 minutes in both AC Milan and Porto’s Champions League matches. In the previous two games, the youngster has started in the centre of midfield for Liverpool. However, a collision…

Arsenal versus West Ham score: Gunners win big and go into top four

There was a youngster who had clearly learned from the best when he gave Arsenal a glimpse of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at his best. It’s been a year since Gabriel Martinelli came back from an injury, but this was his best all-around performance under Mikel Arteta, and he did it in a way that felt like a flashback. During the second half, Alexandre Lacazette made a clever pass through the inside-left…

Atlético Madrid to meet Manchester United in the final 16 of the Champions League

After a bungled Champions League draw that directly impacted Atlético Madrid, UEFA opted to suspend the entire event and redo it on Monday afternoon. Atlético was drawn in this year’s final 16 with Group F champions Manchester United in the second draw. Atlético will face a Premier League team in the Champions League knockout round for the third consecutive season, following matches with Liverpool (2020) and Chelsea (2021). Atleti and…

Kylian Mbappe strike clinch Nations League trophy for France

Kylian Mbappe gained redemption for his Euro 2020 disappointment by scoring France’s Nations League-clinching goal in their 2-1 win over Spain, as the final lived up to a week of remarkable drama in the competition. The Paris Saint-Germain superstar had missed his country’s crucial spot-kick in their last-16 shoot-out exit to Switzerland in the summer but he scored a penalty to put France into this final and made no mistake…