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UEFA Champions League Preview (Matchday 2): Group D
Juventus vs Leverkusen
Lokomotiv Moskva vs Atletico
UEFA Champions League Preview (Matchday 2): Group C
Atalanta vs Shaktar
Manchester City vs Dinamo Zagreb
UEFA Champions League Preview (Matchday 2): Group B
Tottenham vs Bayern Munich
Red Star Belgrade vs Olympiakos
UEFA Champions League Preview (Matchday 2): Group A
Real Madrid vs Club Brugge
Galatasaray vs PSG
UEFA Champions League Preview (Matchday 1): Group C
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Manchester City
Dinamo Zagreb vs Atalanta
UEFA Champions League Preview (Matchday 1): Group B
Bayern Munich vs Red Star Belgrade
Tottenham vs Olympiakos
UEFA Champions League Preview (Matchday 1): Group A
Club Brugge vs Galatasaray
PSG vs Real Madrid
How have Atalanta become Serie A Giants?
Italy and Europe have a new football giant, ‘The Goddess’ of Bergamo. Atalanta have built-up their progression on sustainable structures that could see them in the big circles for the foreseeable future.
Why Zinedine Zidane’s return to Real Madrid is a flex
He came, he saw, he conquered and came back for more. Real Madrid posed as the ‘prodigal club’ in calling back their three consecutive UEFA Champions League hero back to the Spanish capital after two unsuccessful attempts at replacing him. The Frenchman seemingly has all his demands met and keen to work the club back to La Liga and European dominance.
Is Karim Benzema the best striker in Real Madrid’s club history?
As far as unsung heroes are concerned, Benz definitely ranks high in that category. The Frenchman has been in the books of the La Liga club for almost a decade and really staking a claim as the greatest striker the club has had. Is there really a case for him though?
Senegal's Mane delivering the goods just when Liverpool needs him to
Are we witnessing Mane ascend to “World Class” before our very eye? With eleven goals in the last eleven matches, the Senegalese might just hand the Reds a Champions League and English Premier League title in a single season after many years of drought.
UCL Highlights: Marega unleashed, AS Roma deceased, & the Manchester Miracle
It’s confirmed, the Malian forward is a real beast. He was again involved in the goals as FC Porto reached the quarter-finals and etched himself in history joining a very exclusive list of footballers with 6 goals in 6 matches.
UCL: Ajax schooling Real Madrid, the climax of football entertainment
Ajax were fearless and unrelenting in their pursuit of the champions’ scalp. They came to the Bernabeu, saw and conquered. The Dutch Eredivisie side are now in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the first time 16 years.
Africans In The UCL: Aurier the winning wing-back as Hakimi & Dortmund fall to Spurs
Tottenham Hotspur are one-foot into the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals after seeing off Bundesliga leaders, Borussia Dortmund 3-0. Ivory Coast’s Aurier had a game to remember whereas that of Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi was one to forget.