Pepe mentioned last week that ¨things would be different at Anfield¨. He couldn´t have been more right. No one expected Liverpool to come out so actively offensively and Madrid to be left impotent. Liverpool dominated the Champions League return leg from whistle to whistle and Real Madrid were a meek shell of what they looked […]

If the Man United against Inter Milan match can even be half as good as the Liverpool versus Real Madrid match, this will be one of the most entertaining Champions League weeks in such a long time. But in the battle between Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho, who do you think will win the […]

FIFA President Sepp Blatter will present Manchester United with a special Champions badge before tonight's Champions League match at Old Trafford between United and Inter Milan. The special Champions badge (pictured above) is in recognition of United's triumph in the FIFA Club World Cup tournament. The white emblem features an image of the Club World […]

With ESPN on Tuesday, I didn't know whether to kiss them on the cheek or kick them in the balls. The Disney owned network only had since December 19, when the knockout round draw was originally announced, to figure out which second leg matches would be shown on which ESPN channels. However, the mass confusion […]

New rule. All Liverpool games at Anfield have to be played on weeknights. I'm kidding, of course, but why can't Liverpool play like they did against Real Madrid in the Premier League? They would wipe the opposition clean. Such tenacity. Such passion. Such skill. Incredible stuff. If it wasn't for Iker Casillas, Liverpool could have […]

GOOD BUY SHALRIE JOSEPH New England $450,000 Joseph along with the underpaid and under appreciated Steve Ralston has been the heart and soul of the Revs for many years. A skillful and yet hard nosed footballer, Joseph has shown not all […]

Liverpool – Real Madrid LIV: Reina, Arbeloa, Fabio Aurélio, Carragher, Skrtel, Mascherano, Xabi Alonso, Gerrard, Babel,Kuyt, Torres MAD: Casillas, Heinze, Pepe, Cannavaro, Sergio Ramos, Gago, Diarrá, Robben, Sneijder, Raúl, Higuaín Panatinaikos-Villarreal PAN:Galinovic, Sarriegi, Salpingidis,Gilberto, Gabriel, Karagounis, Simão, Vintra, Wawrzyniak, Mantzios, Nilsson VIL: Diego López, Capdevila, Ángel, Eguren, Fabricio Fuentes, Senna, Ibagaza, Diego Godín, Nihat, Rossi

The winner played matches and/or made headlines during the calendar week of Mar. 2 – 8 and the winner is:

Jonathan Wilson, the inimitable scholar of tactical mechanics with his recent Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Football Tactics (a book I included in a piece on tactical reductionism for this website) has made a very convincing argument why English Premier League clubs have come to dominate the Champions League in the last four seasons. […]

The 2009 MLS Salary list has been released thanks to the MLS Players Union and as always some players stand out as bargains and others as terrible buys. Here is our list of the best and worst of MLS salaries for 2009. DESIGNATED PLAYERS The DP rule was at least ostensibly approved to make MLS […]

Consequences after the Riots in Hamburg: DFB President Zwanziger is considering Travel Bans on Fans, Rostock is not ruling out Court Actions against the instigators. The Police Union is warning that there may be fatalities soon and is demanding games in empty stadiums. Hamburg – The physical damage caused in the Riots surrounding the 2nd […]

It's quite common to hear supporters of Premier League teams who live in the United Kingdom complaining about kickoff times. You'll often hear them moan about kickoff times being too late or too early, as they reminisce about the good old days of traditional 3pm Saturday start times. The bottom line is that they're spoiled. […]

This is it. After months of foreplay, the Champions League finally comes down to one of the most exciting stages of the tournament — the second leg of the first knockout round. Over the next 48 hours, we'll witness which eight teams will qualify for the quarter-finals of the illustrious tournament. Over at ESPN, they've […]

3 – Likely number of German top goalscorers over the past 10 years by season's end. With Ibisevic's injury cementing his tally at 18, it seems likely that Patrick Helmes (17), Mario Gomez or Grafite (14 each) will end up with title of Torschützenkönig. BUT if Grafite were to win, it'd increase the number of […]

Here are five stories I've handpicked that you may be interested in reading, as well as a link to all of the day's top stories (again, handpicked for your reading pleasure). Enjoy. "Patrick Collins Named British Sports Writer of The Year" (Sports Journalists' Association). The Daily Mail journalist wins the top honors. Other awards go […]