Steve Nicol ranks his top five candidates of who will win the 2019 Golden Boy award.
Former Premier League ‘keeper Petr Cech reveals that making his ice hockey debut fulfilled a childhood dream.
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Petr Cech became surely the first goalkeeper to have saved a penalty in both the Champions League final and the National Ice Hockey League South 2 on Sunday.
The 37-year-old made his debut for Guildford…
Craig Burley joins Mark Donaldson to count down his current top five finishers in European football.
When the first half ended in Real Madrid’s Champions League meeting with Club Brugge on Tuesday night, Thibaut Courtois made his way off the pitch, the whistling loud in his ears and everyone else’s too. Real were losing 2-0 and the goalkeeper who had conceded twice headed down the tunnel, into the dressing room and straight to the toilet, where he was sick.
Dizzy, disoriented and unable to carry on he was replaced by Alphonse Areola as Real battled back to draw 2-2. Courtois’ dad drove him home…
Steve Nicol says Jurgen Klopp can use Liverpool’s lapse against Salzburg to wake up his side.
UEFA has charged Liverpool for a fan running on the field at the end of a 4-3 win against FC Salzburg on Wednesday, with the Austrian club being charged for fans throwing objects.
The European football governing body has also charged Ajax and Borussia Dortmund after their fans damaged stadiums they visited in the Champions League this week.
UEFA says its disciplinary panel will judge charges of “acts of damage” against both clubs on Oct. 17.
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Ajax faces a further charge of crowd disturbances at…
Craig Burley feels the UCL favourites all have one thing in common; their lack of defensive structure.
ESPN FC’s Ale Moreno feels Eden Hazard’s honeymoon phase at Real Madrid is clearly over.
Craig Burley and Ale Moreno don’t hold back their criticisms of Real Madrid’s senior players of Sergio Ramos and Luka Modric.
ESPN FC’s Sid Lowe disagrees with Zinedine Zidane’s assessment of Real Madrid’s second-half performance in their 2-2 draw vs. Club Brugge.
Real Madrid have issued a statement denying claims Thibaut Courtois was substituted at half time of the Champions League group stage clash with Club Brugge due to anxiety.
With Madrid 2-0 down at home to the Belgian side, Zinedine Zidane replaced Courtois with Alphonse Areola at the break and Los Blancos recovered to draw 2-2.
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Despite reports circulating after the match that the ex-Chelsea goalkeeper had been suffering…
The FC crew examine how Serge Gnabry has come into his own at Bayern Munich as they review his four-goal performance against Tottenham.
Plenty of dramatic finishes across the UEFA Champions League with Bayern Munich’s 7-2 rout of Tottenham the biggest result from Matchday 2.
Craig Burley says Mauricio Pochettino got his tactics wrong and should shoulder the blame for Tottenham’s record-setting defeat against Bayern.
Craig Burley explains why it was so important for Chelsea’s young core to get a victory at Lille.
Ale Moreno assesses whether in-form Robert Lewandowski is valued as much as he should be at Bayern.
Bayern’s Serge Gnabry leads the way in our XI.
With the second set of Champions League group stage games finished, we look at who stood out from this week’s performances.
GK: Andre Onana (Ajax)
Among all the deserved plaudits that Ajax’s players received in their run to the semifinals last season, it felt like goalkeeper Andre Onana got lost in the shuffle. But he’ll get some more attention if he keeps playing like he did against Valencia this week: Onana got lucky when Dani Parejo hoofed a penalty over the bar, but his sensational save alone…
There are different paths to beating your opponent in a football match. You can outrun them, and you can outmuscle them. You can out-will them, and you can outwit them. All of the above are probably more satisfying to a coach whose job is to prepare, condition and motivate his players. After all, it shows they’ve done their job well.
From a neutral’s perspective, the most pleasing is when the margin between defeat and victory is down to technique (maybe with a smattering of smarts and a dollop…
Craig Burley and Ale Moreno don’t hold back their criticisms of Real Madrid’s senior players of Sergio Ramos and Luka Modric.
ESPN FC’s Sid Lowe disagrees with Zinedine Zidane’s assessment of Real Madrid’s second-half performance in their 2-2 draw vs. Club Brugge.
Shaka Hislop presents his weekly Power Rankings and you’ll be quite surprised with a few glaring omissions.
UEFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against six clubs including Manchester City and Real Madrid after incidents at Champions League games this week.
Olympiakos were charged after their fans unfurled a banner that UEFA deemed to be racist in their 3-1 loss at Red Star Belgrade. They were also charged with delaying kickoff.
Red Star were charged with improper conduct after five players, including two substitutes, picked up bookings.
UEFA said its Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body would meet…
The FC crew choose which of Luis Suarez’s two goals vs. Inter Milan was more world class.