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Pressure Mounts on Valverde

Barcelona have drawn 0-0 against Slavia Prague in the easiest fixture of the group. Barcelona had a terrible game and this puts more pressure on Valverde as he would have hoped to bounce back after the defeat against Levante. The first half was all Slavia Prague they attacked the barcelona defence thoroughly and with intent. They even had a goal called of rightly due to offside.Barcelona only had one spark of light in the first half and were pretty desperate all round. They didn't show any composure on the ball and the midfield was pretty non existent throughout the match. Messi was the lone player in the pitch that showed intent and went absolutely ballistic. He tried to score,assist and create all by himself. Numerous Barcelona players were underperforming throughout the match such as Pique, Dembele,Busquets and Griezmann. The substitutions of Valverde hardly had an Impact in the game. Rakitic was poor and did not show any intent of winning.Roberto tried but couldn&

Premier league Weekend Recap

English Premier League Man city vs Watford Man city took on watford in the premier league after their disappointing performance last week against Norwich. They needed to create a statement out there and boy did they do just that city smashed watford 8-0 scoring 5 in the first 20 minutes and three in the second half. Bernardo silva scored an unusual hat trick on the day and KDB gave a flurry of assists and scored a goal. The scorers also included Otamendi,Aguero, Riyad Mahrez and David Silva. Sterling did not feature in the game it would have been downright massacre as even aguero missed a lot of chances and it could have been 15-0 Quite easily. Deulofeu missed a chance at starting of the game you have to wonder what would have happened if he scored. West ham Vs Man Utd Well this did not end well for Utd to put it lightly. Utd have already had a injury crisis on their hand and the season has only just begun. With Martial and Pogba out ,the squad already looks thin but

FATIIIII!!!! Barcelona Create a Master Class in the Camp Nou

Ansu Fati the young Barcelona starlet has absolutely obliterated la liga records. Just a couple of weeks ago he was the youngest ever Barcelona starter. In the next match he broke the la liga record of the youngest goalscorer in the league and this week he broke the record of the youngest player scoring and assisting in a single match. The confidence the youngster exhibited in the camp nou was commendable and he showed real flair and pace during the game. The game also marked the return of Barcelona's number 9 who came in for fati after 60 mins after returning from injury. Barcelona would be happy with the performance and would expect to do the same in the champions league match against dortmund.

Norwich city causes the biggest upset of the season

Norwich city has caused the biggest upset of the season. The newly promoted side has defeated Man city in the English premier league this is city's first defeat since january and can have a big effect on the season ahead.Pukki had a contribution in all three goals he scored 1 assisted 1 and was in the buildup of the first one he has continued with his brilliant run of form in the premier league and is setting the league alight. What does it mean for city? Man city really need to dip into the transfer market and get a new Centre back with company gone and not replaced and laporte out for a long time city has a shaky backline. Otamendi lost his head and gave two goal scoring chances .The third goal was an utter disgrace as Otamendi didn't even know a player was approaching him. City also need a long term replacement of kompany who left the club at the end of last season. Kevin de bruyne was subbed in during the second half but he couldn't seem to get city over th

Top 10 Goalkeepers in the world

Goalkeepers are the biggest part of a defence and a strong goalkeeper means a strong backline. They are the last line of defence and a strong team needs a strong goalkeeper. Let's look at the current top goalkeepers in the world. 10. Andre Onana: André Onana (born 2 April 1996) is a young Cameroonian international football player who plays for Dutch club Ajax and also the Cameroon national team, as a goalkeeper. Last year in the eredivisie he had 15 clean sheets in 33 games and also had a good champions league run. 9. David de gea: David de gea has had a massive drop off in the last season he had a terrible 2018-19 season keeping as low as 7 clean sheets and conceding a massive 51 goals in the Epl. Though the blame has also to be shifted on united's shaky backline which was shambolic to say the least. Though the keeper himself made a lot of errors we expect de gea to bounce back this season.     8. Samir Handanovic:                 Handanovic had

Barcelona releases their third kit

With the season already underway and the international break now over teams are gearing up for their leagues. With the champions league and europa league just a week away clubs would be monitoring their players fitness and hoping every single international returns injury free snd ready to go. Amongst that Barcelona have dropped their third kit today and it's fascinating to say the least. Have a look for yourself. I would rate the kit 8/10 comment below what you think and subscribe for more posts.

Barcelona announce their squad for the 2019-20 Champions league

With the 2019-20 summer transfer window now closed all teams have finalised their squads and are ready for the season up ahead. The draws of the champions league have been announced and the groups have been finalised.The matches will start from 17th septmber with Inter milan taking on Slavia Praha and Olympic lyon taking on Zenit. Amidst that barcelona have finalised their squad for the Champions league and there have been some good surprises for the same.Hiroki Abe,Ronaldo Araujo, Ferran sarsanedas have been included in the A list of players. Full squad:  Ter Stegen, Neto, Semedo, Pique, Todibo, Lenglet, Wague, Alba, Roberto, Umtiti, Firpo, Rakitic, Busquets, Arthur, Alena, De Jong, Vidal, Suarez, Messi, Dembele, Griezmann, Abe, Araujo, Sarsanedas. The B list players consist of : Inaki Peña , Arnau Tenas, Guillem Jaime, Dani Morer, Riqui Puig, Álex Collado, Carles Pérez, Abel Ruiz and Ansu Fati. Abe will wear number 37,araujo will wear No. 33 and Sarsanedas will

Barcelona's youngest starlet

Ansu fati remember the name just a week ago a 16 year old boy made his barcelona debut making him the 2nd youngest player in barcelona history to make a first team appearance. Just after a week from that historic night fati has made another historic record. During the weekend Ansu fati came on as a substitute and on the 51st minute scored a goal to bring barcelona level on terms with osasuna . The game was extremely rocky for barcelona as osasuna went ahead after 7 mins and barcelona were chasing the game ever since. Fati's goal helped barcelona level and barcelona had gained a lot of momentum after. On the 53rd minute barcelona brought on Arthur melo a very dynamic midfielder which gave barcelona a lot of control in the midfield. It was easily the best midfield barcelona have had in a while comprising of Arthur-Busquets-de jong. The midfield was balanced and gave barcelona a lot of options and creativity. They were soon rewarded with a goal in the 64th minute by arthur me

Final Europa League groups

Europa league group stages draw has been made and the groups are made. It wouldn't be wrong to say that there is a lot of travelling for utd but the group they have got is fairly easy. Group A Sevilla(ESP) APOEl(CYP) Qarabag(AZE) Dudelange(LUX) Group B Dynamo Kyiv(UKR) Kobenhavn(DEN) Malmo(SWE) Lugano(SUI) Group C Basel(SUI) Krasnodar(RUS) Getafe(ESP) Trabzonspor(TUR) Group D Sporting CP(POR) PSV(NED) Rosenborg(NOR) LASK(AUT) Group E Lazio(ITA) Celtic(SCO) Rennes(FRA) CFR Cluj(ROU) Group F Arsenal(ENG) Frankfurt(GER) Standard liege(BEL) Vitoria SC(POR) Group G Porto(POR) Young Boys(SUI) Feyenoord(NED) Rangers(SCO) Group H CSKA Moskva(RUS) Ludogorets(BUL) Espanyol(ESP) Ferencvaros(HUN) Group I Wolfsburg(GER) Gent(BEL) St-Etienne(FRA) Olexandriya(UKR) Group J Roma (ITA) Monchengladbach(GER) Istanbul Basaksehir(TUR) Wolfsberg(AUT) Group K Besiktas

The final groups and winners of UEFA player of the year

So the groups for Uefa champions league 2019-20 are out. Here is how the groups look. Group A                                                              Psg Real madrid Brugge Galatasaray Group B Bayern  Munich                                                                      Tottenham Hotspur Olympiakos Red star belgrade Group C Manchester city                                        Shakhtar donetsk GNK Dinamo Atlanta Group D Juventus Atletico Madrid Bayern leverkusen Lokomotiv moscow Group E Liverpool Napoli Salzburg Genk Group F Barcelona Dortmund Inter milan Slavia praha Group G Zenit Benfica Olympique lyonnais RB leipzig Group H Chelsea Ajax Valencia Losc Lille UEFA Best Goalkeeper- Allison UEFA Best Defender- Virgil Van dijk UEFA Best Midfielder- Frankie de jong UEFA Best Forward-  Leo messi UEFA BEST PLAYER Virgil van Dijk

All UCL teams for 2019-2020

W ith the qualifiers over we are finally ready for the 2019-2020 Uefa Champions league. The draw will be made on 29th August 9.30 pm IST,5pm Uk time. The stream will be broadcasted live on the UEFA website and they would also be handing out individual prizes for last seasons performances.Lets look at the teams that have qualified and the pots they are placed in: POT 1(UCL champion, League Champions, UEL Champions) Liverpool Manchester City Barcelona Chelsea Bayern Munich Juventus PSG Zenit POT 2 Real Madrid Atlético Madrid Dortmund Napoli Shakhtar Tottenham Ajax Benfica POT 3 Lyon Leverkusen Salzburg Olympiacos Club brugge Inter milan Valencia Dinamo Zagreb POT 4 Genk Lokomotiva Moskva Galatasaray Slavia Praha LOSC Atlanta Leipzig Crvena Zvezda The first round of matches will be played at September 17-18 but the full list of fixtures will be made after the draw is made.

Why Manchester City will win the English premier league 2019-2020

M anchester city are starting the season as favourites for the English premier league they are challenged by Liverpool who won the champions league last season. Last season the premier league experienced one of the best title races in a while with Manchester city just edging Liverpool by a point.The battle raged on till the last matchday of the premier league and city were finally crowned as the champions. This season however Liverpool have not strengthened and it wouldn't be wrong to say they don't have the same type of bench strength as Manchester City and it looked more like Liverpool overperformed last season. They had a lot of lucky breaks last season such as the late winner against everton which was caused by a goalkeeping howler by Jordan Pickford and a lot of penalty calls going there way. They were also assisted by the refs mistake such as failing to give a blatant offside.These incidents would not be possible this season due to the application of VAR. Liver

Players Manchester United need to buy to challenge for the top 3

Manchester United arguably the biggest club in world football. Currently Manchester United are struggling to break in the top 4 in the Epl but these signings could help them break into the top 4 and even challenge Liverpool. Saul Niguez: Saul Niguez is a talented player and an improvement on ander herrera who was their 2nd best midfielder and their most consistent player last season. Saul is a solid midfielder and would help form a good partnership with Paul Pogba. This would also help youngsters like Scott McTominay improve.                                                                                                               Jadon Sancho: Jadon Sancho is an excellent upcoming talent who has improved a lot since joining BVB Dortmund. He is a creative right winger which United seriously lacks. even though United has a lot of options on the left wing they lack the same in the right wing department.Sancho who is currently 19 yo can solve this problem and can be a long term