Last weekend saw Cristiano Ronaldo score five goals and become Real Madrid's all-time top scorer in La Liga as he inspired Los Blancos to a thumping 6-0 win at Espanyol. Lionel Messi came off the bench for Barcelona to…
Dortmund’s electric start to the season is the best in the 53-year history of the Bundesliga. Life is peachy under coach Thomas Tuchel, as the Westphalian club have collected a maximum twelve points from their outings, scoring fifteen and…
Liverpool will win nothing this season. Doomed to another year of hopes, dreams and failure. The Brendan Rodgers era of deluded importance is coming to an end. Liverpool are no longer a big club. They’ve only been in the…
The ABSA Premiership has kicked off in typical fashion. With just three games in, only one team is unbeaten so far, and that club is Mpumalanga Black Aces of all sides. Mushin Ertugral has started his tenure at the…
Gameweek 2 in La Liga saw a familiar pattern with Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid all picking up wins. However, one surprising fact is that neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo have managed to score a goal. This…
The international break can sometimes be a blessing or a curse. Your star player may get injured and your team could take a dip in form. But when you are a four time consecutive Serie A champion like Juventus…
Another week, another bad beat to add to the catalogue. That’s not to say the week wasn’t successful – I enjoyed an 80% strike rate with my Euro predictions. However, things could’ve been so much better. Were it not…
Dortmund and Bayern Munich have made perfect starts to the 2015 Bundesliga campaign. The entrenched German giants look the teams to beat this season, which is no change to the status quo for the Bavarians. Dortmund have experienced a…
Just as the European season gets into some sort of rhythm, the international break comes along to screw everything up. Regulars to this column will know that I’m no fan of international football, but placing the new season’s first…
The second round of qualification matches for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations is one of many international causes to disrupt club football worldwide this weekend. The tension between domestic and international managers becomes a talking point, especially given…