Finally, after an almost interminable three week wait, the Champions League final is nigh. Standing in the way of Liverpool avenging their final defeat to Real Madrid in Kiev last season are their domestic rivals, Spurs. In some way’s, both club’s group stage campaign’s have mirrored each other’s. Both team’s went into the final match…

Breaking The Lines co-creator Zach Lowy chats to Barcelona fan Emma Gabriel-Garcia on the Blaugrana side’s chances for the Champions League. ZL: What have you made of Barcelona’s form this season? EG: It’s been fairly good apart from the “week of madness” which was basically 2 draws and a defeat to Leganes. Some of the performances…

Breaking The Lines co-creator Zach Lowy chats to Football Whispers’ Sam McGuire on Liverpool’s Champions League chances. ZL: Do you have any concerns going into today’s match? SM: Lionel Messi is always a concern and teams have to be wary of Luis Suarez, Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembélé. But I’m not as concerned as I thought I…

Breaking The Lines co-creator Zach Lowy chats to ex-Yahoo Sports writer Andrew Gaffney on Spurs’ chances. ZL: Spurs have had 3 defeats in their past 4 games. Have they gone asleep at the wheel? AG: It’s not a question of falling asleep but rather ‘resting our eyes’ as focus switches to the Champions League. It was a…

Porto’s starting XI for tonight will come to an accumulative £47.7 million which is roughly 90% of the Naby Keita transfer deal from Leipzig to Liverpool. This sums up the task at hand that FC Porto will face tonight. As soon as the draw was made Porto were already written off as an easy tie…

Manchester City prepare for a blockbuster all-English tie with Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham side, and will be hoping to better their efforts of previous seasons in Europe as Guardiola’s men look to do the unprecedented quadruple. The word ‘quadruple’ is usually used in passing until a team inevitably falls in one competition due to Christmas or…

With Barcelona chasing their third treble in the past 10 years, Breaking The Lines co-creator Zach Lowy chats to Barcelona fan Emma Gabriel-Garcia on Barcelona’s Champions League chances. ZL: What have you made of Barcelona under Ernesto Valverde for the second season? EG: Good, great in fact. I think he’s learnt from the things he had trouble…

The minutes felt like hours as referee Damir Skomina consulted VAR on the sidelines of the Parc des Princes. Time seemed to suspend itself as nearly 50,000 fans fell silent in the stadium. Players stood powerless on the field, at the mercy of a group of consulting referees in the VAR box. As Skomina returned…

After a quick touch off the top of his right foot, Sadio Mané turned his body to shield the ball from Manuel Neuer at the top of the box. After another touch and another turn into open space, the Senegalese winger chipped the ball over a defender and into the back of the net to…

With Juventus gearing up for their quarterfinals tie, Breaking The Lines co-founder Zach Lowy talked to Rav, the owner of juvefc.com (@juvefcdotcom) about his expectations going into the tie. ZL: Do you have any major concerns going into the tie with Ajax? Rav: No major concerns per se, as we’re shown that we can be a…