With a final double set of fixtures occurring for potential European qualifying nations over the coming weekend, the race for the competition has most certainly reached crunch time. Those sides still in contention for booking a place in France…
With Bundesliga sides coming through two fixtures last week, those competing in Europe will be forced into the same scenario. An extraordinary display by a certain Robert Lewandowski crushed Wolfsburg, with the Polish striker scoring five times in nine…
Runners-up to PSV last season, Ajax have taken this campaign by the scruff of the neck with a fabulous unbeaten start to the 2015/16 Eredivisie. The current Dutch Premiership champions fell to an uncharacteristic defeat to Heracles last week,…
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…
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…
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…
There’s hardly a dull moment to blemish the German opening weekends...and that statement is made with no less than four 1-1 draws occurring last time out. Dortmund’s rise from the ashes of last season continued with a 4-0 thrashing…
The 2015/16 Bundesliga season opened in electric fashion with current champions Bayern Munich romping to a 5-0 victory over helpless Hamburg. Yet this was not the biggest statement of intent made over the passing weekend. Dortmund put a lacklustre…
Two years in Germany, two Bundesliga titles. Pep Guardiola marched Bayern Munich to a third consecutive German league trophy last season as the Bavarians blew away any and all pretenders to the throne. This could well be the Spaniard’s…
MLS Picks of Week 25After finally feeling as though I had this league somewhat pinned down, last week’s results came along and shattered that narcissistic illusion. A slew of comprehensive away wins wrecked my weekend bets and served to…