Martina Alcheva

Real Madrid enters its Champions League trip to Greece with one unsettling storyline hanging over the build-up: Thibaut Courtois is not playing against Olympiacos, and the timing could not be worse for a side still searching for rhythm after a difficult run.

Arsenal steps into Wednesday night’s Champions League spotlight without Viktor Gyokeres, as the Premier League leader hosts Bayern Munich in a showdown between two singular giants who have carved identical records into this year’s European table.

Is Pulisic truly a big-game player? His Milan stats hint at a resounding yes, even if his Premier League stint at Chelsea suggested otherwise.

After the match, the American offered a nine-word warning aimed directly at Inter, Juventus, and the rest of Serie A. And his rivals will not enjoy hearing it.

When Cole Palmer is missing, Chelsea feels it—and tonight against Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League, the absence of the Blues’ brightest creative spark has turned into the defining subplot of the matchday.

As the latest recognition from Italy confirms, Modric has accomplished a milestone in Milan that he astonishingly never reached during his long spells at Real Madrid or Tottenham.

The Brazilian forward delivered a blistering rant after finishing outside the top three in the Ballon d’Or standings — a reaction that Neymar, who has defended him publicly, would surely nod along to.

The UEFA Champions League rarely grants space for mysteries. Still, this week, Barcelona arrives at Stamford Bridge carrying one: Why won’t Gavi, Pedri, and Marc-Andre ter Stegen play against Chelsea?

The conversation around Kylian Mbappe at Real Madrid has grown louder in recent weeks, and head coach Xabi Alonso has found himself at the center of a storm that blends expectation, frustration, and tactical scrutiny.

On a night that felt sculpted for myth, Robert Lewandowski stepped into history as the first goalscorer at the renovated Camp Nou, setting the tone for Barcelona’s commanding 4-0 victory over Athletic Club.

 Ahead of Barcelona’s symbolic return to the renovated Spotify Camp Nou, former Barca coach and current Athletic Club boss Ernesto Valverde offered a cryptic six-word warning—one hinted at early in the conversation but not revealed, setting a mysterious tone around the question that has followed Lionel Messi his entire career: can anyone truly match him?

this week, Alba opened up about Messi’s emotional departure from Barcelona, introducing a stunning five-word claim that offers new insight into a moment that changed soccer history.

Beneath the surface of Sunday’s clash lies a tactical twist: a reunion nearly 100 days in the making, one Allegri has quietly prepared as a weapon against Inter’s rigid structure.

Somewhere within this compressed build-up lie two lingering questions: what role will Christian Pulisic play, and how might Luka Modric alter the balance of the derby?

Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Karim Benzema are names that define entire eras at Real Madrid, and yet the question persists: Is the 26-year-old French forward truly carving out a legacy of his own?