With just one matchday remaining in Champions League group play, 12 soccer clubs clinched their path to the knockout round. The remaining four spots in the knockout stage are still up for grabs. Five squads — Napoli, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Benfica — all won or drew their fifth match …
Read More »Leverkusen and Sevilla Hire New Managers Following Shaky Start
After Tuesday’s 2-0 Champions League loss to FC Porto, Bayer Leverkusen sacked manager Gerardo Seoane. https://twitter.com/bayer04_en/status/1577705540586807297?s=20&t=Nx8z-JwDbtQ31DZUAs_5-Q Leverkusen is off to a 1-0-2 start in Champions League — third in Group B — and the German club finds itself in The Bundesliga’s relegation zone following a 1-2-5 start to the season. Leverkusen hired …
Read More »Champions League Group G Preview
With the UEFA Champions League set to resume Tuesday, the four clubs in Group G will wait until Wednesday at 3 p.m. to kick off their second matches. Reigning English Premier League champions Manchester City will welcome Borussia Dortmund as F.C. Copenhagen hosts Sevilla FC. Man City After City’s Premier …
Read More »La Liga Round 28
UD Las Palmas 1-0 Villarreal CF Lineups: UD Las Palmas: Lizoain; Simón, Bigas, Lemos, Castellano; Goméz, Mesa, García; Viera, Boateng, Tana. (4-3-3) Villarreal CF: Fernández; Mario, Musacchio, Ruiz, Costa; Dos Santos, Trigueros, Bruno, Castillejo; Soriano, Sansone. (4-4-2) Round 28 started on Friday with an attractive game between UD Las Palmas and Villarreal …
Read More »Sevilla Win; Leicester Grab Away Goal
(All stats, figures and graphs have been taken from whoscored.com) Goals from Pablo Sarabia and Angel Correa helped Sevilla to victory, but an away goal from Jamie Vardy, his first ever goal in the Champions League, means that there’s still hope for Leicester in the Round of 16. The result …
Read More »La Liga Recap: Round 22
Deportivo Alavés 0-6 FC Barcelona Lineups: Deportivo Alavés: Pacheco; Vigaray, Alexis, Laguardia, Theo; Llorente, Torres, Krstičić; Sobrino, Katai; Santos. (4-3-2-1) FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Vidal, Umtiti, Mathieu, Digne; Rakitić, Busquets, Gomes; Messi, Suárez, Neymar. (4-3-3) After the yearly marathon for the domestic cup in the month of January, FC Barcelona found the …
Read More »La Liga Recap: Round 20
Real Betis 1-1 FC Barcelona Lineups: Real Betis: Adán; Piccini, Mandi, Pezzella, Tosca, Durmisi; Pardo, Petros, Ceballos; Alegría, Castro. (5-3-2) FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Vidal, Piqué, Mathieu, Digne; Turan, Rakitić, Suárez; Messi, Suárez, Neymar. (4-3-3) FC Barcelona qualified once again to the Copa del Rey semifinals. A stage that they are …
Read More »La Liga: Round 18
FC Barcelona 5-0 UD Las Palmas Lineups: FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Vidal, Mascherano, Umtiti, Alba; Gomes, Busquets, Rafinha, Messi, Suárez, Turan. (4-3-3) UD Las Palmas: Varas; Macedo, García, Lemos, Lopes; Goméz, Mesa, Viera; Tana, Boateng, El Zhar. (4-3-3) After succeeding in a tough Copa del Rey two-game leg against Athletic Bilbao, FC …
Read More »La Liga: Round 17
Real Madrid 5-0 Granada CF Lineups: Real Madrid: Navas; Danilo, Varane, Nacho, Marcelo; Casemiro, Kroos, Modrić; Isco, Benzema, Ronaldo. (4-3-3) Granada CF: Ochoa; Lombán, Silva, Vezo, Tabanou, Tito; Uche, Samper, Pereira, Boga; Kravets. (5-4-1) After winning the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan and closing an amazing 2016, Real Madrid were …
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