Richard Lewington

The hype going into this match was of course centered on the 7-1 thrashing that Roma took from Manchester United last season at this same stage. However, anyone with common sense could see that this match would have very little in common with that famous night. For starters, this match was at the Stadio Olimpico […]

Portuguese champions FC Porto have been formally accused of fixing two domestic fixtures in the 2003-04 season. The games in question, against Estrela da Amadora and Beira Mar, came in the same year ex-Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho led Porto to Champions League glory. Mourinho, who won the Champions League as well as the domestic title […]

We've had a nice turnout for this inaugral season of ChampionsLeagueTalk.com fantasy football. Here's a quick update on the leaderboard: Team TotalFoolish CL 437The Champs 414Pittsburgh FC 401Louisville United 399JLay 395 If you have not done so already, be sure to login and update your teams for this week's Matchday. Good luck to everyone!

I put forth the question a few weeks ago: Why is the English Premier League dominating the Champions League? Now the BBC has taken that question to a panel of three men with a vast amount of experience and knowledge of European football to give their verdicts. Their answers are interesting and should provide good […]

I put forth the question a few weeks ago: Why is the English Premier League dominating the Champions League? Now the BBC has taken that question to a panel of three men with a vast amount of experience and knowledge of European football to give their verdicts. Their answers are interesting and should provide good […]

The historic Santiago Bernabéu, home stadium of Real Madrid CF, in Madrid will host the 2010 UEFA Champions League final, with UEFA awarding the same season's UEFA Cup final to the Arena Hamburg. Now boasting a capacity of over 71,000, the Bernabéu has staged three previous European Champion Clubs' Cup finals. Real Madrid won the […]

As I speculated on in an earlier post, it seems that Roberto Mancini's "I'm leaving...wait...no I'm staying" routine has contributed to Inter's shocking decline of form. The announcement was made moments after Inter had been dumped out of the Champions League by Liverpool by a 3-0 aggregate scoreline. Going back as far as February 16, […]

Given a choice, I might not normally put much thought into viewing this game but I decided that I needed to watch at least one complete Derby match this season to truly assess if they are the worst Premier League team ever. The numbers for Derby are staggeringly bad. -54 goal differential, no wins away […]

On Thursday, UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Committee imposed fines on several clubs for incidents from recent matchdays in both the Champions League and UEFA Cup. + Lyon were fined 3,200 Euros for what has been noted as "incidents of an unsporting nature" in the first leg of their knockout tie against Manchester United. This relates […]

Benfica's struggles continued as they failed to make any impression in Spain, as Getafe progressed to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup with a 1-0 (Agg. 3-1) win thanks to Albin’s gorgeous lob. Getafe's reward is a quarter-final matchup against my favourites to win FC Bayern Munich. Bayern had for all intents and purposes sealed […]

From ChampionsLeagueTalk.com Benfica's struggles continued as they failed to make any impression in Spain, as Getafe progressed to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup with a 1-0 (Agg. 3-1) win thanks to Albin’s gorgeous lob. Getafe's reward is a quarter-final matchup against my favourites to win FC Bayern Munich. Bayern had for all intents and […]

From ChampionsLeagueTalk.com The draw for the Champions League Quarter-Finals was held today at UEFA headquarters in Nyon and the big news was that we will be treated to a rematch of AS Roma and Manchester United, which promises the most attractive football from both sides. The first leg of the quarter-final ties are scheduled to […]

The draw for the Champions League Quarter-Finals was held today at UEFA headquarters in Nyon and the big news was that we will be treated to a rematch of AS Roma and Manchester United, which promises the most attractive football from both sides. The first leg of the quarter-final ties are scheduled to be played […]

Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini has reversed his position and will stay on with the club for next season after discussions with president Massimo Moratti. Mancini made a shock announcement of his decision to step down at the end of the campaign after Inter's exit from the Champions League on Tuesday. As soon as the […]

From Champions League Talk: After Liverpool's win on Tuesday against Internazionale, the quarter-final participants are now set and the draw will be held on Friday. Torres struck a lovely goal to win the second leg 1-0 for his team and insure that they would progress with a 3-0 aggregate score. It is interesting to note […]