Champions League: Four things we learned from this week’s knockouts
The Champions League returned this week, so here are four things we learned from the last-16 first leg ties. Harry Kane trophy hunt takes…
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Champions League Awards: Bayern bounce back, Akanjiiiiiii!
Our Champions League awards honour the best – and worst – of the midweek European action. Moment of the Week Bayern Munich’s season all…
Paul Lambert: Exclusive interview with the Celtic and Dortmund icon
Paul Lambert’s career saw him conquer Europe on the continent, breaking new ground as the first British footballer to win the Champions League with…
Real Madrid are building a super team, without the vanity of past regimes
For so long, Real Madrid were known for the recruitment of world football’s top names. The club’s famous Galactico project of the early noughties…
Four talking points ahead of the Champions League action
The UEFA Champions League is back after a winter hiatus and the last 16 begins with some terrific ties this week. Ahead of the…
Bellingham backed to become ‘anything he wants’
Former Borussia Dortmund midfielder Paul Lambert has backed Jude Bellingham to become ‘anything he wants’. Bellingham has had a stunning start to his career…
The players with the best xG overperformance in Europe’s top five leagues
Expected Goals (xG), a metric to help define the good finishers from the bad. Created to determine the quality of chances and probability of…
The u21 players with the most goals and assists in Europe’s top five leagues this season
Cole Palmer’s brilliant debut season at Chelsea continued at the weekend, as the forward was involved in all three goals during his side’s 3-2…
The best of 2023 awards: Haaland takes over the Premier League, Messi breaks America
It’s been an eventful 2023, so we’ve looked back at the best the year had to offer – and picked out one donkey while…
Champions League Awards: Best of the Group Stage
So, that’s a wrap for the 2023/24 Champions League group stages, the last of its kind ahead of an expanded format next season. As…
Champions League team of the week for matchday five
Here is our Champions League team of the week from matchday five. GK: Nick Pope – Newcastle Utd Nick Pope came agonisingly close to…
‘Spectacular’ Jude Bellingham eclipses Cristiano Ronaldo with new Real Madrid record
Jude Bellingham has done something that Cristiano Ronaldo, Raul, Karim Benzema, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ronaldo Nazario could not achieve while at Real Madrid.…
Bellingham and Colwill withdraw from England squad
Jude Bellingham and Levi Colwill have withdrawn from the England squad for November’s fixtures with Malta and North Macedonia. England conclude their Euro 2024…
Tweets of the Week: The Rock goes full David Beckham, Bellingham’s mum, poppy season
We’ve found the best tweets from Football Twitter over the past week so you don’t have to scroll through the Hellscape that is ‘X’. …
Haaland? Messi? Who should win the 2023 Ballon d’Or?
The winner of the 2023 Ballon d’Or is set to be announced on Monday evening, with the ceremony for football’s greatest individual honour to…
Barcelona vs Real Madrid – El Clásico Combined XI
Barcelona against Real Madrid. El Clásico, for most, is the biggest club fixture in football. The Spanish superpowers go head-to-head this weekend in a…
Five surprises from Europe’s top leagues this season
One thing we love about football is that it can be entirely, and utterly, unpredictable and there’s been a number of shocks and surprises…
Winners and losers from England’s October internationals
Here are our winners and losers from England’s encounters with Australia and Italy over the October international break. Winner: Ollie Watkins Harry Kane is…