PSG do not hold the keys to unlock the Ligue 1 title race. Read that again. Let it sink in. Let us remind you – we are in 2021. Pinch yourselves perhaps. It is Lille who are now champions elect in France. In the so-called farmers league no less. Lille Olympique Sporting Club have one hand on the elusive Ligue 1 trophy. The football club from the northern most region of France has been mostly …
One more step close. Yet another stage crossed and now the destination is in touching distance. Promised Land is now not too far away. The UEFA Champions League semifinal is done and two teams remain to battle it out for the final. As we thus venture to review the UCL semifinal, it is only fitting we put football in context. Especially after football threatened to change context on its head. Firstly, it is important to …
Oh my god! The last week in football. Oh my god! Descriptions will fail to document the tumult. European Super League. Champions League. Domestic league and football world’s unison. Great change was accompanied by great revolt. Status quo was then restored. UCL semifinal will go on as we stand. Business end again, then. Here is where it gets very serious. No room for the faint of heart. No place for mistakes. It is the time …
And then there were four. The UEFA Champions League (UCL) quarterfinal games went back and they went forth. Four absolutely riveting ties with 8 games to decide who is worthy. There were goals, saves, offsides, comebacks, close finishes and, of course, heartbreaks. Paris Saint-German got their revenge. Bayern Munich are now only academic defending champions. They won, drew and lost their game in Paris all at the same time. That is the beauty of the …
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“Erling Haaland scores” are probably the three most overused consecutive words in football today. And yet, it is somehow not enough. Haaland seems to be doing whatever he can. He runs. hunts, harries, torments, and scores. He still has to shout expletives. It is just not happening for Dortmund. Too gloomy even for football’s brightest star to light up. Haaland is among the most elite goalscorers in the world currently. It took the striker only …
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