By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (March 23rd 2016) Knee-jerk UEFA are considering a drastic response to yesterday’s outrage in Brussels. Three terrorist attacks at Zaventem Airport and Maelbeek Metro Station left 31 dead and 270 wounded. Euro2012 is just
By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (March 23rd 2016) Opportunity Shorn of their star players, Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey, and stricken by a few injuries – Hal Robson-Kanu has returned to his club – Wales’ manager, Chris Coleman., wants
March 19th 2016 Champion’s League Undoubtedly the pick of the ties is the all-Spanish affair – Atlético de Madrid against the defending champions and favourites Barçelona. Diego Simeone’s team scraped past PSV on penalties. They have the advantage of hosting
The Business End The pick of the night’s matches was Liverpool against Manchester United at Anfield, although the all-Spanish tie of Valencia against Athletic Club of Bilbao at the San Mamés is not far behind after Valencia’s demolition of Rapid
By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (March 17th 2016) Nerves Manchester United trailed Liverpool from the first leg where they were outplayed. French starlet Anthony Martial settled nerves by winning a penalty – Nathaniel Clyne was penalised. Martial sent Simon
By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (March 17th 2016) Shocks In recent times Athletic Club – Bilbao’s finest – had become a bogey team for Valencia. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg at the San Mamés Gary Neville knew that
March 16th 2016 Favourites Barçelona were expected to complete the formalities in the Camp Nou – after beating Arsenal 2-0 in the first leg. They did so, beating Arsène Wenger’s team 3-1. Bayern München were favourites to join them in
March 15th 2016 Historic Manchester City made history tonight. They advanced to the quarter-final of the Champion’s League with a tepid 0-0 draw at the Etihad Stadium – the hard work, having been done in the Ukraine. But it came
The Young Pretenders Fresh from seeing off last year’s conqueror Fiorentina, Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham Hotspur faced Borussia Dortmund, now under the management of Thomas Tuchel – Jürgen Klopp left at the end of last season and joined Liverpool after Brendan
A Hurdle too Far Trailing 2-1 from the first leg in Paris, Guus Hiddink’s Chelsea knew that a special night was needed at Stamford Bridge. But Zlatan Ibrahimović’s PSG had other ideas. The Swede’s every touch was booed and Blaise
