As former Juventus legend and these days, club director Pavel Nedvêd kicked the advertisement boardings in disgust at the end of extra time in Porto, Juventus crashed out of the last 16 of the Uefa Champions League for the second year in a row.    Juve played against ten men for 36 minutes of normal…

When Thomas Tuchel arrived at Chelsea on January 26, he took charge of a club lacking direction, having lost 5 of their last 8 Premier League games under Frank Lampard and sitting 10th on the table, the general perception was that this season was already written off.   Nobody expected the German tactician to have…

On Thursday night, Liverpool’s bad form worsened when they lost to Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea 1-0 at Anfield. This was Liverpool’s fifth league defeat from their last six and a fifth straight home loss. Liverpool have now gone nine hours in the league at home without a goal from open play. The 2020/2021 season has not…

We all love an underdog story. From Greece winning Euro 2004, to Leicester lifting the Premier League crown in 2016, there’s something innately special about an unfancied side beating the odds to better the big boys. The latest iteration of a small club punching well above their weight doesn’t quite hit the heights of Leicester’s…

It seems Real Madrid have lost another starlet in their ranks. Achraf Hakimi spent two incredible seasons on loan in Germany with Borussia Dortmund, but, instead of returning to fight for a first-team spot in the Spanish capital, the young Moroccan signed with Antonio Conte’s project at Inter Milan. So far it has proven to…

The past week we have all been talking about how Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé can be the next Ronaldo-Messi after their sumptuous performances in the Champions League. And when you look at Haaland’s numbers they are simply ridiculous. He has scored 43 goals in 43 games for Borussia Dortmund, 6 goals in 7 games…

For football fans that are neither Nigerian nor Club Brugge supporters, the name Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis is not one that particularly rings a bell. Most people only remember him as the guy that scored a brace for Club Brugge, and then performed the iconic Cristiano Ronaldo celebration in a Champions League group stage match against…

Since his appointment as Manchester United manager in December 2018, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has consistently utilised one attribute to his benefit whilst being at the helm, delivering when no one expects him to. An appropriate embodiment of his entire tenure. Solskjaer was never supposed to have the job in the first place, originally bought in…

Decision time. You’ve spent days assessing your squad and plugging the gaps to create a title-winning side. There are only so many scout reports you can request before the day arrives. You’ve dived into the depths of your under-21 squad and examined your prospects to the minutest of detail. The question lingers in the back…

At the end of January, Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard joined West Ham United on loan until the end of the season for a fee of £1.5 million. Just a few days later, the Englishman propelled the Hammers to 4th in the Premier League with two crucial goals on his debut against Aston Villa in a…