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The UEFA Champions League is one of the most coveted trophies in terms of football tournaments. When it comes to grandeur and the quality of football on display, it is almost able to rival the FIFA World Cup, and has become an annual global footballing extravaganza. There is no club in Europe which doesn’t want to win the famous trophy, because of the glory and fame that comes along with it. The last season’s edition of the famous tournament was won by Real Madrid who inscribed their name in the pages of history as the only team to have won…

Group C of the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League season was billed as the “group of death”, and it has been full of mouth watering encounters since matchday 1. The failure of any team in the group to take the reins has seen the qualification process go down to the wire. PSG are favourites to qualify from the group, as a victory at Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday will ensure qualification to the round of 16. The Liverpool vs Napoli tie is where the qualification gets tricky. Napoli can qualify with a win, a draw, or even a defeat. However, for…

What’s the story? Chelsea superstar Eden Hazard made a stunning revelation about the interest from Real Madrid, in an interview with French Radio outlet RMC yesterday. The player who has been in fine form for Chelsea so far revealed that he has always loved the Spanish giants. He also added that with only 18 months left on his contract, he’ll have to make a decision about his future at Stamford Bridge soon. The former Lille forward, who captained Belgium to a third-place finish at the World Cup in Russia this summer, was heavily linked with a move to Santiago Bernabeu after Los Blancos icon Cristiano Ronaldo left…

Jurgen Klopp has called on Liverpool to produce “something special” when they face Napoli in a do-or-die Champions League showdown today. Klopp’s side must beat Napoli at Anfield to stand any chance of progressing from their group into the knockout stages. Paris Saint-Germain are also in the Group. And they face Red Star Belgrade, away. Napoli lead the Group C with nine points, followed by PSG with eight points and Liverpool with six points. According to permutations for the group made by UEFA.com, Napoli will be through if they draw, or if they lose and Paris are also beaten. Paris will…

AC Milan missed a chance to pile pressure on local rivals and fellow Champions League chasers Inter Milan in Serie A after being held to a goalless draw by Torino at the San Siro on Sunday. Gennaro Gattuso’s fourth-placed Milan are three points behind Inter, who lost to leaders Juventus on Friday, after wasting opportunities to win the match, with forward Patrick Cutrone missing a golden chance with four minutes left and Gonzalo Higuain, returning from a two-match ban, also denied late. Milan’s wastefulness wasn’t punished by Torino, four points behind Milan in sixth and still unbeaten away from home,…

Liverpool must again rely on fortress Anfield to inflict Napoli’s first Champions League defeat of the season if they are to avoid the disappointment of a group stage exit just over six months since appearing in last season’s final. The five-time European champions will most likely even have to win by two goals if they concede due to Napoli’s 1-0 triumph when the sides last met in September. Yet, such a scenario is nothing new for Liverpool and even rekindles fond memories of similar permutations when they hosted Olympiakos in the final Champions League group game of the 2004/05 season.…

Experts in the built environment have said that if encouraged to grow, housing corporations could help to reduce the country’s homeownership problems. They said that the housing corporations should be considered as critical part of the solutions especially for intervention in a formal rental housing tenure. The Managing Director, Family Homes Fund, Mr Femi Adewole, stated that it had become crucial to give more attention to developing housing solutions targeted at up to 90 million Nigerians living on less than $1 per day as the population, equivalent to the whole of West Africa, was too large to ignore. Adewole, who…

Chelsea pulled off an emphatic and impressive 2-0 win against defending champions Manchester City. Maurizio Sarri caused some stir among fans when he decided to play Eden Hazard, Willian, and Pedro up front with traditional striker, Olivier Giroud, benched and Alvaro Morata dropped from the matchday squad altogether. In the end, the tactics, the formation, and the changes paid off! Chelsea desperately needed this win to lift themselves, The Blues had lost two of their last 3 games, and were doubly determined to get a result against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, although this wasn’t Chelsea’s best performance in terms of…

Liverpool are currently battling it out with Manchester City for the league title this season, which is a testament to the strength of their typical first team. But what about the rest of the players that make up the substitutes and reserves? At what point does the manager decide that enough is enough for the individuals who consistently under-perform and boot them out? In this list, you’ll come across five players who I believe are simply deadwood at Liverpool, and should be sold in January. Failure to do so would probably only backfire on the Reds, as the players’ price…

Manchester City’s unbeaten run in the Premier League was finally broken by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Maurizio Sarri’s men were pressing highly throughout the game and led Manchester City astray with some brilliant passing and possession-based football. The Stamford Bridge faithful were treated to a feast as Eden Hazard first set up N’Golo Kante and then David Luiz for the two goals that put the game beyond City’s reach. There was little to do for Pep Guardiola than shake his head and leave London in awe of Chelsea’s style and elegance. There were, however, some mistakes that Guardiola and Manchester City made…