The Ballon d’Or is the pinnacle of individual achievement in soccer. A stellar season is crucial. Many legends go without winning the prestigious award, displaying the level of play needed to secure the golden trophy. Winning the award cements a player’s place in soccer history. Monday, Karim Benzema took this …
Read More »Finding Kylian Mbappe’s Next Club
Kylian Mbappe wants out of Paris. His desire to depart from the Parisians has become public, with various news outlets reporting on the “broken” relationship between player and club. It is well known that Mbappe and fellow PSG star Neymar don’t get along. It has also recently been reported that …
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 F Preview
One of the more straightforward groups in this year’s competition, Group F is what is known as the champion’s group — an easy road for the reigning champs to make it to the next round. This group features soccer royalty in the competition’s winningest team, the royal whites, Real Madrid. …
Read More »Champions League semifinals set
After eight hard-fought legs of Champions League soccer and 23 total goals scored, the semifinal matchups are set. Real Madrid vs. Chelsea After the first leg left Chelsea down 3-1, the Blues were in a position to advance to the semifinals when they led 3-0 after Timo Werner‘s goal in …
Read More »European Soccer Weekend Previews: Falling in Love with the Beautiful Game, Again
If you are a soccer lover, you can fall in love again with the beautiful game. If you are not, there is still no better way to do so. This weekend, the soccer giants will be playing in their respective championships. What a better way to spend this Valentines’ weekend. …
Read More »2018 FIFA World Cup: Hosts Russia off to flying start
At last, the wait for the 2018 World Cup is over. While the ceremony opened with British singer Robbie Williams controversially flipping off a camera during his opening performance, in truth, it was one of the only things that went wrong for the Russians on a special day. The host …
Read More »El Clásico of the Football World
It has been eight seasons since the biggest rivalry in Spanish football expanded its ratio of excitement to the rest of the world. The world has witnessed mythological battles between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in that timespan. A rivalry that has offered us moments of contrast and antagonism: Lionel Messi and Cristiano …
Read More »La Liga Round 29
Málaga CF 0-2 Atlético de Madrid Lineups: Málaga CF: Kameni; Rosales, Llorente R., Luis H., Torres; Camacho, Rodríguez; Keko, Fornals, Juankar; Sandro. (4-2-3-1) Atlético de Madrid: Oblak; Juanfran, Savić, Lucas, Luis; Thomas, Gabi, Saúl, Koke; Griezmann, Torres. (4-4-2) Atlético de Madrid arrived to La Rosaleda with the mission of extending their …
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 …
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