Week In Review
On rare Sundays and even rarer Mondays, I have spare time to recap the previous week. Those recaps go here.
The Best Pub Team in England?
Soccerlens’s Hugo Steckelmacher looks back at the week gone by in the slightly crazy and always entertaining world of football.
FA Cup Roundup: Manchester City’s cup hopes get slashed by Blades, Ronaldo helps Manchester United see off Tottenham, and Bluebirds give Hereford the blues
Premier League sides have been dropping like flies in the last couple of rounds of the FA Cup, and two more fell on Sunday.
Trekking Around Europe: Happy ho-ho-holidays for some, for others a lump of coal
It’s time to take a trip around Europe once again to see how some of the other leagues in the continent are shaking out as we head towards the new year (you did know that there was football beyond the English Premier League, right?).
English Premier League Round 17 Review: Arsenal and Manchester United Victorious on Grand Slam Sunday, Cole Shows His Smarts, Everton, Middlesbrough, Newcastle Surging, Blackburn Slumping
Grand Slam Sunday headlined Week 17 of the English Premier League season, with Manchester United edging Liverpool at Anfield, and Arsenal poking past Chelsea to remain on top of the league table. But, that wasn’t the only action worth watching this past weekend, as there were eight fixtures on Saturday that preceded Sunday’s top-of-the-table showdowns….
Champions League Matchday 6 Review: Lyon and Fenerbahce join Barcelona, Manchester United, Roma, Inter, Sevilla, and Arsenal in the round of 16
After 12 enthralling nights of action, the Champions League group stage came to an end on Wednesday night, as the last two places in the round of 16 were decided.
Champions League Matchday 6 Review: Porto, Liverpool, Schalke, Real Madrid, and Olympiakos join Chelsea, AC Milan, and Celtic in the round of 16.
It seems that English clubs like taking the tough route in the Champions League, don’t they?
Trekking Around Europe: Lyon, PSV, Werder stumble ahead of Champions League clashes, Marseille, Olympiakos, and Fenerbahce stroll
Our European tour starts in France, where Lyon, as is to be expected by now, are standing alone atop the Ligue 1 standings, but aren’t running away with their seventh straight title just yet. With their upcoming Champions League clash with Rangers in mind, Lyon manager Alain Perrin sat several key players for Saturday’s tie…
How Expensive Was Your Team’s Bench in the English Premier League Last Week-End?
Echoing with my Europe’s Most Expensive Benchwarmers article, this week the Daily Mail thought about taking a look at the added values of players selected on the substitute bench, for last week-end’s English Premier League matches. Or, in other words: “How expensive was your team’s bench at the weekend”? The results are pretty frightening. According…
Soccerlens Match of the Week Preview: Fenerbahce vs. Galatasaray
Barcelona-Real Madrid. Celtic-Rangers. Boca-River. Manchester United-Manchester City/Liverpool/Arsenal/your mother, sister, and cousins. Those are some of the most intense rivalries in the world of football. But, you can’t talk about intense rivalries without bringing up Fenerbahce-Galatasaray.
Weekly World Report – Tough Days for Urawa and Boca as they prepare for FIFA Club World Cup
The Thrill of Victory, and The Agony of Defeat While the major European domestic seasons are just nearing their halfway point, a few leagues that I’ve previously mentioned in my world report have come to an end in exciting fashion. Urawa Red Diamonds, recently crowned Asian champions just three weeks ago, must have worn down…
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