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Group Stage Fan Preview: Bayern Munich
Zach Lowy talks to Goal.com journalist and Bundesliga expert Ronan Murphy on Bayern Munich’s Champions League hopes. ZL: After having Jupp Heynckes, Pep Guardiola, and Carlo Ancelotti as managers, is there a new look, a new feel to Bayern with a lesser known, young coach like Niko Kovac at the helm? RM: That’s a great question. Bayern…
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Group Stage Fan Preview: Tottenham
“Sometimes you need to be brave and take risks. I think the club is in a moment where they need to take risks.” The dust settled on the 2017/2018 Premier League season after a performance against Leicester that was a real throwback to the Tottenham Hotspur we had seen under the guidance of Martin Jol…
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Group Stage Fan Preview: Schalke 04
Zach Lowy talks to Bundesliga expert Navneeth Sridhar on Schalke’s chances going into the group stage. ZL: What do you expect from Schalke going into the group stage? NS: The draw could have been worse. They have a decent chance of topping the group if Tedesco fixes early season issues. There will be tough away…
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Group Stage Fan Preview: Crvena zvezda
Zach Lowy interviews @nenadsuperzmaj, the creator of @RedStarEnglish, an English-speaking Crvena zvezda account, on the Serbian club’s Champions League chances. ZL: What are you expecting for Crvena zvezda going into this season? NS: It’s difficult to say what Zvezda fans expect, because qualifying was realization of all our dreams since the turn of the century. That said, our…
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Group Stage Fan Preview: AEK Athens
It’s been 12 years since AEK Athens’s last appearance in the Champions League. The Greek Champions have managed to beat Hungarian side Vidi and have now completed what certainly looks like a Football Manager save meets reality. Flash back 6 years ago. AEK is dealing with serious financial struggles. The team is banned from signing…
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Group Stage Fan Preview: FC Barcelona
For Barcelona fans worldwide, last season was difficult to explain. No one really knew how to feel about it. On one hand, the club won the two domestic trophies and on the other the club failed, in the worst possible manner, in the Champions League. It is worth mentioning that the league campaign was pretty…
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Interview with Tomasz Mortimer
On September 6, 2017, Hungarian football journalist Tomasz Mortimer vowed to watch a football match every single day for the next 365 days. Then, he actually did it. Zach Lowy talks to Tomasz about his ambitious project. ZL: Why did you do this project in the first place? TM: Basically, it was the international break, just like…
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Group Stage Fan Preview: Manchester City
April, 2018. Manchester City fans left the Etihad Stadium on the back of a third defeat in a week as Liverpool got the better of Pep Guardiola’s side just as they had done six days earlier at Anfield, and just as Manchester United had done on the Sunday. It was a tough week for all…
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Group Stage Fan Preview: CSKA Moscow
Zach Lowy interviews David Sansun, the writer/editor of Russian Football News, about CSKA Moscow. ZL: How do you expect CSKA to cope with the exodus of last summer? DS: Before the season it was very pessimistic, but they’re doing better than expected so far. The squad is the same size as it was last year so depth…
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Group Stage Fan Preview: Galatasaray
Zach Lowy interviews Galatasaray fan @Ataqoz on the Turkish club’s chances this group stage. ZL: With the sale of Bafétimbi Gomis, can Galatasaray still threaten to advance past the groups? A: Selling Gomis without signing a replacement means Gala really shot themselves in the foot – there was talk of Modeste but we ended up with nothing. It’s…
