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Champions League Returns, Bayern hosts Paris Saint Germain (PSG)

The highest UEFA club competition returns today with some heavy matches lined up to be executed.  Some matches are however going to be walkovers while some promises heavy challenge and encounters. Atletico Madrid will be having the early kick off by 6.45pm as they will be travelling to Czech republic to slug it out with the foremost Sparta Praha team. Both teams have managed to score score just five goals apiece. And while Atleti currently has six points from four games.  They recorded two wins and two losses, the host team have managed a win and a draw with two losses to sit at the twenty sixth position on the log. While AC Milan will be travelling to Slovakia for a thrilling encounter with SK Slovan Bratislava.  Some big matches coming up after that will be Bayern Munich hosting PSG at the Allianz Arena at 9pm with PSG tipped to clinch the three points. Inter Milan will also be hosting RB Leipzig at the San Siro, Sporting will host the team from Emirates, England and th...

Ruben Amorim Masterclass earns United a draw

Friends and well wishers of Manchester United has started to give the new manager at the helm of affairs at Manchester United Ruben Amorim, a deserving accolade. At the weekend, it was an intense encounter with the Ipswich town team. The United team got the first goal while the home team, equalized to end the first half but there was no more response from the red devils team to overpower them. The game then ended with the one all score line. Many pundits and sports analyst have however raised points of concern with the new manager. While some have insisted on giving the new manager a chance to showcase his managerial prowess, others have said that the new manager has not got what it takes to manage a team such as United. These later critics lashed out after the result last weekend. They maintained that if the manager with his abilities and the squad available to him cannot win a team as Ipswich then expectations towards the new manager should be dropped until visible results are sighte...

Messi is Missing the 125th anniversary of FC Barcelona

Messi is expected to miss the 125th anniversary celebrating of his former club, FC Barcelona.  He left the club in 2021 having won Thirty five (35) trophies and also obtaining six (6) Ballon d'Ors. From his spell at the club's second division to his full career at the main team, Lionel Messi played a total of about Eight hundred (800) matches, scoring a record Six hundred and seventy nine (679) goals and assisting another Three hundred and four (304) more. He had an incredible playing career the club and in 2021 could not renew his contract with the club due to financial constraints on the part of the club and so had to move away to France. He a two year deal with the French giants, Paris Saint German (PSG) where he also had an outstanding performance, also wining two more Ballon d'Ors at the club. Lionel Messi have said that he would have loved to end his career at the club he loved FC Barcelona but this was not possible because he has had to make two major moves after his...

''But once your picture becomes tainted, It's what they call; The rise and fall''! - The Manchester Clubs story

In Manchester, the two teams in the top flight of the English league, Manchester United and Manchester City have had enough stories to serve us a great deal. Manchester City has been on the positive receiving note for the past ten years.  Manchester City celebrates Champions league win They are the only team with seven league titles to their names in the last twleve years period. Their shelves have not been empty totally in other competitions locally and even at the bigger European scene as they have also won Two English FA cups, Six league cups and One FA Community Shields within the period. They have also won One UEFA Champions league title, One UEFA Super Cup and One FIFA Club World Cup title within the twelve year period. The Citizens have been a successful team in every regards. This they boost of with the help of a super talented Head Coach Pep Guardiola. Pep Guardiola with his City Guards? And on the other side is the Red devils, who in the past ten years have won two Englis...

No Mercy for Messi as Inter Miami are Eliminated from League Cup

Messi fans and banter warlords were already sharpening their bantering arsenal in hopes that the little magician will do the unthinkable with the Inter Miami side in the USA's MLS playoffs. They were however disappointed 😂 Match poster for Second leg By 4 am on Sunday morning of 10th November, 2024, the Inter Miami side were already sent home by the Atlanta United side after a home and a away win that cumulated in a eight goal thriller . The Atlanta United team won the first leg of the encounter with two goals to one at their home turf on the third of November. Messi flanked by Atlanta United defenders The score line seemed quite fair to the Miami side who thought turning it around will be an easy task. They never knew the United side has energised and strategized how to hold the little magician down. It worked for most part but the major lapses has been from the Inter Miami's defence players who made some series of mistakes to aid their elimination. A disappointed Messi at th...

Champions League 2024 - The Table is Turning on Its Own

UEFA probably envisaged a monumental victory for big teams who has been trail blazing on the big tournament but recently, the tourney has brought to bare some jaw dropping shows. On the recent events, the star studded Ream Madrid team in all it's glory was dismantled at home by AC Milan team. I believe nobody, not a single person saw this coming. The only goal they got in the match was a Penalty kick that was taken by Vinicius Jnr.  With the ever present Mike Maigan, the Madristas could not go past him as they were confronted by a firm wall. The goalie managed to Stop all the Madrid attackers including the Ballon dÓr runner up and also one of the best players, Mbappe. The goal keeper kept off a total of nine shots on target from the Real Madrid attack. The game ended three goals to one in favour of the Milan team. Another surprising game was the riot ran over Manchester City by Sporting FC at Lisbon. The Citizens took the early lead by the fourth minute by a strike from Phil Foden...

Ademola Injures Napoli in a three goals thriller

Ademola Lookman has once again inflicted a serious injury on the side from Naples when they went away on their league challenge against Napoli last weekend, 3rd of November. In a symbolic pattern, the winger was rightly positioned to score the first goal of the game against Napoli when a headed ball drops perfectly on his left foot at the corner of the box. He slots in a powerful shot to go past the Napoli goalie who could not do anything to stop the talisman. Before the end of the half by the thirty first minute, Lookman is seen following a counter attack against his team and gaining a sublime pass from Charles De Ketelaere outside of the area and moving past a Napoli player and moving another aside wades in a thunderous volley to make the score line two. The Atalanta forward has been in a fantastic form for his side in the league and even the champions league. He was notably voted as the fourteenth best player at the just conclude Ballon d'Or award at France last couple of days. ...