Spurs Dismantle FC Twente 4-1 In Chaotic Fashion

By Callum McCarthy, Tottenham Hotspur came into their first Champions League home fixture in 42 years desperately searching for form. Two frustrating performances against Arsenal and West Ham had left the White Hart Lane faithful bereft of things to cheer about over the past week, but with White Hart Lane decked out in Champions League [...]

Inter Milan’s young players and veterans route Werder Bremen 4-0

By David Rodich, After losing on Saturday in the Serie A to Roma, Inter were looking to improve their form Tuesday against respectable German side Werder Bremen in the Champions League group stage. With the four teams of the group locked at one point a piece, it was important that the defending European champs assert [...]

Werder Bremen face difficult times

By Heiko Lütkehus The shameful performance against current title holders Inter Milan confirmed the critics’ opinion. It is obvious that the team managed by Thomas Schaaf is unable to keep up with their opponents in the Champions League as well as in the German Bundesliga. Currently the squad tries to regain its composure to avoid [...]

The Lyon Doesn’t Sleep Tonight

By Paul Grant Lyon’s performance in the Champions League is certainly outshining their Ligue 1 record this year. And while OL’s win against Schalke 04 was considered suspicious and perhaps not entirely deserved in much of the French sports press, last night’s victory over Tel Aviv is being heralded as the return of the Lyon [...]

Post Game reactions Tottenham-Twente

From Tottenham Hotspur LEDLEY KING How do you feel being in the Champions League? “I think it’s been a long time coming. Myself and the club have wanted to play at this level for a long time so we are delighted to finally be doing it.” With each game you’re getting more respect? “Of course. [...]

Manchester United reign in Spain

By Robert Morris, Javier Hernandez came off the bench to score a crucial late goal, giving Manchester United all three points in Valencia. In what was arguably United’s toughest fixture within the group, Sir Alex Ferguson will be delighted to have won in Spain for the first time in eight years. The team sheet was [...]

Tottenham Hotspur Interview with Jermaine Jenas

By Tottenham Hotspur Thoughts on the weekend’s game: “It was a disappointing result for us at West Ham. We had a lot of possession and Greenie [Robert Green] made some great saves. We started sloppy and then they got the goal. We dominated possession but we didn’t get going. It was a very lacklustre performance. [...]

Philadelphia Union Unable To Carry Momentum To Colorado

By: Todd Kurpel The Philadelphia Union followed their best result of the season with a devastating 4-1 loss to the Colorado Rapids in Commerce City, Colorado on Wednesday, September 29th.  The Union were unable to continue the good play that allowed them to beat Chivas USA 3-0 on Saturday, September 25th and as a result [...]

Seattle Downs CD Marathon 2-0 in Champions League Play

By: Karen Watson SEATTLE – After four consecutive losses in Group C of the CONCACAF Champions League, the Seattle Sounders scraped together a meaningless 2-0 win over Honduras’ CD Marathon with a team made up mostly of reserves and in front of an anemic home crowd of 11,768. With the Sounders’ most recent nemesis, Costa [...]

The perfect response from the Gunners in Serbia

By Rob Deyzel After the dreadful performance from Arsenal on the weekend, the gunners produced a solid performance against a well organized, stubborn Partizan Belgrade team in Serbia. The game itself was not without incident and it was a fairly timid start from the Arsenal. On 15 minutes though the game changed gear after a [...]

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