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  • Di Matteo blames AVB impact for domestic league struggles

    Di Matteo blames AVB impact for domestic league struggles

    A weary Chelsea side were soundly beaten 4-1 by Kenny Dalglish’s Liverpool at Anfield to end their Champions League qualification hunt in the Premier League – of course, they will qualify as winners if they beat Bayern Munich in the Champions League Final. Roberto Di Matteo was quick to ensure that the Chelsea hierarchy knew that their Premier League season was [...]

  • Sir Alex to depend on Manchester City’s rejects

    Sir Alex to depend on Manchester City’s rejects

    Nearly two years after Mark Hughes left Manchester City as part of their growth as a European football super-power, QPR are the only club standing in Manchester City’s path to Premier League glory.  Rejects to the rescue Sir Alex Ferguson will hope his former star, Hughes, and his West London club can provide some late drama in the title race. [...]

  • Milan derby: Inter do the double, AC Milan lose the Scudetto

    Milan derby: Inter do the double, AC Milan lose the Scudetto

    Sunday brought us one of the most dramatic match days in Serie A history, and the Milan derby was a part of it as Inter Milan triumphed 4-2 to complete the double over their city rivals. There were major implications coming into this game, as an AC Milan loss or draw along with a Juventus win in their match at [...]

  • The race for the Premier League title

    The race for the Premier League title

    Premier League While Manchester City are ahead of Manchester United on goal difference, you’d expect that they need to win their final two matches  in order to clinch the title. Roberto Mancini’s City side travel to Newcastle to take on Alan Pardew’s Champions League-chasing side, who beat Chelsea 2-0 in midweek. It’s a massive match for Manchester City obviously, but [...]

  • Andrea Stramaccioni: Inter motivator & the new Mourinho?

    Andrea Stramaccioni: Inter motivator & the new Mourinho?

    Inter Milan have been rejuvenated under their new gaffer Andrea Stramaccioni. The former Roma and Inter youth coach, whose career was cut short due to a serious knee injury at twenty-eight when he was at Bologna, has started to make a name for himself as a first team manager. A big opportunity to prove himself After winning the first edition [...]

  • Manchester City edge closer to the Premier League title

    Manchester City edge closer to the Premier League title

    They came, they saw, and they failed to register a shot on target. Manchester United needed a win at the Etihad to attain a six-point lead, but it was City who edged closer to the Barclays Premier League crown after a narrow 1-0 win. What does the result mean? Roberto Mancini’s side are two wins away from the Premier League [...]

  • Manchester Derby Showdown

    Manchester Derby Showdown

    The two Manchester clubs go head-to-head tonight for one last time in the season as the campaign enters the proverbial “squeaky bum time” period.  Manchester City play host to rivals Manchester United at the Etihad in the Barclays Premier League. Both sides have squandered significant eight-point leads over each other during the course of the season.  City were the favourites [...]

  • Will Barcelona expand their revolutionary playing style?

    Will Barcelona expand their revolutionary playing style?

    Barcelona’s elimination from the Champions League on Tuesday night has been the talking point amongst the footballing community and will be for quite some time. There’s been lots of controversy and rumours about the Barca squad playing a lot of football the last couple of years with the fatigue finally starting to catch up with them, especially as some key [...]

  • Chelsea and Champions League qualification

    Chelsea and Champions League qualification

    Should Chelsea lift the Champions League trophy on May 19th, and finish outside the top four of the Premier League, UEFA will grant them the opportunity to defend their crown next season. But is this right? The likelihood is that if Chelsea finishes 5th or 6th, it will be either Newcastle or Tottenham that will miss out on that coveted [...]

  • Champions League Final: Chelsea’s remarkable run

    Champions League Final: Chelsea’s remarkable run

    Chelsea Virtually no Chelsea fans would have predicted a Champions League Final berth when Andre Villas-Boas left the club at the beginning of March. It’s been a remarkable run since Di Matteo took the reigns on a temporary basis. The story so far Chelsea were shell shocked. Andre Villas-Boas had selected a side that many pundits deemed ‘suicidal’; Lampard, Torres, [...]