European Football

Battles with closest rivals have swung league results in the past: but how are title tussles across the women’s European leagues shaping up so far?

November 16, 2020

In the past, the title races of the Primera División Femenina, Frauen Bundesliga, and Division 1 Féminine could have ended drastically differently, had one result changed [...]

Women’s Champions League clubs divided on homegrown talent vs overseas recruitment

November 9, 2020

The Women’s Champions League was back this week with the first qualifying round taking place however the teams more fancied to win the competition don’t start [...]

This Week’s Winners and Losers

November 4, 2020

Ali Rampling takes a look at the winners and losers after another weekend of football Winners Wycombe Wanderers The Chairboys made our losers list last week after conceding [...]

World football’s winners and losers this week

October 27, 2020

Ali Rampling takes a look at who came out of the week’s action in the best and worst shape. Winners Ajax The 34-time Dutch champions broke their own 48-year-old record as [...]

Euro round up: Bayern record third straight win as Lyon maintain winning start in France

September 29, 2020

Martin Whiteley fills us in on the weekend’s European action from theFrauen-Bundesliga where Bayern made it three wins in a row while Lyon continued their winning run in [...]

A Niche of Their Own: Gravesen and Braithwaite

June 15, 2020

Seeing Martin Braithwaite score for Barcelona at the weekend reminded me of that bizarre moment in history when Thomas Gravesen signed for Real Madrid, writes Tom Dean. [...]

The story of Italy’s incredible 2006 strike force and Lippi’s finest work

April 22, 2020

A look back at Italy’s 2006 World Cup winning squad reveals an incredible surplus of strikers and how Marcello Lippi found a use for all of them on the road to victory, [...]

Lazio overcome Inter resistance to intensify title dream

February 19, 2020

The moment of the final whistle in the Lazio v Inter Milan game served as an instant cue for Lazio’s players to react with discernible emotion – many immediately raising [...]

Lyon defeat PSG in the Trophée des Championnes

September 24, 2019

Martin Whiteley looks at Lyon’s win over PSG in the Trophée des Championnes. Back in June, the French Football Federation announced that for the first time there would [...]

Pressure on Sarri to deliver trophies in style

September 13, 2019

Hal Walker gives his views on Maurizio Sarri and the pressures he faces at Juventus. From the moment the Serie A fixtures were released, this was the early fixture that all [...]