Atletico Madrid finally find ‘lost’ scoring boots
After managing a single win from eight competitive outings, Los Rojiblancos have registered two successive victories. Barcelona came and won at the Wanda Metropolitano. It was a Li...
Author: Taimoor Khan
Taimoor is Pakistan's first ever transfer market expert. A football strategist by heart, he loves to cover the global game and expects to change the face of football in Pakistan. He's also the founder of Sports360 which focuses on the development of the game in Pakistan.
Algorithms lie, Cristiano Ronaldo is still the best
According to the latest issue of CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post, Ronaldo is the 25th best player in European football right now. Luka Modric broke Cristiano Ronaldo and Lion...
Opinion: Olivier Giroud should exit Stamford Bridge
Giroud has led France in Euro 2020 qualification but will have his squad berth taken away if he does not play regularly for Chelsea. You need goals to state your claim for a nation...
Three things we learnt from Chelsea’s win over Lille
Frank Lampard guided the Blues to Champions League Round of 16 with a 2-1 win over Lille at the Stamford Bridge. Chelsea needed to win against Lille and they did it but not without...
Ajax were architects of their own demise
Valencia stunned last season’s beaten semi-finalists with 0-1 win in Amsterdam and dumped them out of the Champions League. Out of the three teams vying for Round of 16 participa...
Champions League crash is good for Inter Milan
Inter Milan were dumped out of a Lionel Messi less Barcelona at the San Siro, consigning them to Europa League struggles. Antonio Conte would not be happy with Inter Milan’s perf...
Carlo Ancelotti sacking was his own making
Napoli thrashed Racing Genk at the San Paolo and then swiftly parted ways with Ancelotti to focus on Serie A affairs. Carlo Ancelotti’s last action at San Paolo was securing Cham...
Liverpool can crash out of UEFA Champions League
The reigning European champions need to be careful if they are to match their domestic ambitions with another assault on the continent. Group E is evenly poised. With the exception...
6 Champions League groups with everything to play for
The race for knockout rounds qualification is in full swing as clubs negotiate home and away encounters to continue their run in the elite club competition. Qualification to the UE...
5 similarities between Sarri and Lampard’s Chelsea
Frank Lampard has continued from where Maurizio Sarri left, and the Blues are reaping benefits from the Italian’s efforts at the Stamford Bridge. Maurizio Sarri will not have a f...
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer developing into a tactician
The Norwegian manager has come under criticism in Manchester United’s failure to get over the line against less fancied English Premier League sides. Away defeats to West Ham and...
Napoli’s Champions League ambitions on the line
After a turbulent season in Serie A, continuation in the elite European competition is their last ditch attempt to salvage the 2019/20 season. Carlo Ancelotti is running out of ide...
Conte’s Inter Milan can win against Barcelona
The Italian giants are top of Serie A but need a win against Lionel Messi and Co. to progress to knockout rounds of UEFA Champions League. Only Juventus have beaten Inter Milan in ...
Bayer Leverkusen to tame Cristiano Ronaldo’s Juventus
Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus travel to the Bay Arena for their final UEFA Champions League Group D fixture against Bayer Leverkusen. Juventus overcome Diego Simeone’s Atletico ...
Is Gianluigi Buffon ruining his legacy at Juventus
The Old Lady legend returned to Turin after a year in Paris but has only played five games between the sticks this campaign. Gianluigi Buffon is still nimble for his age. He took t...
Should Cristiano Ronaldo think about Real Madrid return
Ronaldo’s goal output has decreased with Juventus in Serie A, while his old nemesis continues to score and break his records. ...
Three things we figured about Bayern Munich
The Bavarian giants succumbed to their second successive Bundesliga defeat, increasing Borussia Monchengladbach’s lead at the top of the table. Bayern Munich were supposed to cru...
Antoine Griezmann finally connects with Messi and Suarez
The trio of Messi, Suarez and Griezmann delighted fans as they got on the score sheet during Los Bermellones 5-2 thrashing at the Camp Nou. Lionel Messi is not going anywhere. He c...
Liverpool need Naby Keita to stand up
With the festive season approaching, Jurgen Klopp will need the services of Keita if Liverpool are to maintain their title challenge. Fresh from their UEFA Champions League triumph...
Battle of the maligned: Napoli vs Atletico Madrid
Despite laying claim to impressive rosters in their respective leagues, along with the best managers in world football, both Napoli and Atletico are performing below expectations. ...
