Category: UEFA champions league
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Real Madrid 2-0 Chelsea: Job Not Done Yet
Real Madrid hosted Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals first-leg as they quite comfortably won 2-0 in a game where they could have scored a lot more and put the game to bed, but didn’t. Starting Lineup Carlo Ancelotti did the expected as he went with the same starting lineup that beat Barcelona 4-0…
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Graham Potter and Chelsea throw down the gauntlet
THE BEAUTY of two-legged football means that spectators can experience the tension, the drama and the joy of a deficit being overturned. In this age of de facto seeding that ensures the leviathans will almost always come out on top, the whiff of uncertainty that comes with accidental or instant elimination creates a product that still enables…
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Why Liverpool keep failing to beat Real Madrid: ‘They were almost mocking us’
“… As he basked in the glory of winning the Champions League last summer, Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti’s reflections were telling. Their path to victory had included knockout ties with Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Manchester City, yet the Italian deemed Jurgen Klopp’s side the easiest to prepare for tactically. … The pair have faced…
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The record Real Madrid set after beating Liverpool
Photo: Antonio Villalba/Real Madrid via Getty Images Liverpool are one of Europe’s power houses and have won the Champions League a stunning six times. Real Madrid came from 2-0 down to beat Liverpool 5-2 at Anfield, and set a record in the process. Real Madrid have now inflicted on Liverpool their heaviest home defeat in…
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Is the Premier League Harder to Win Than the Champions League?
We all know that the English Premier League is the best football league in the world. You just need to take a look at the number of high-quality players in each club, and you will see what we’re talking about. So, it is interesting to see that there are some claims about how there are…
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European Super League: Last roll of the dice
AND SO, the Super League project becomes a grander plan that will involve 60-80 clubs with 14 games. By conventional standards, that means 10 divisions of eight, home and away. Eighty clubs selected through meritocracy rather than sheer elitism. A scheme that could easily be wiped away by a bold restructuring of UEFA club competitions…
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