While his teammates and manager were fully focused on today's Champions League return leg against Manchester City, Luis Suarez already had his sights set on this weekend's El Clasico showdown with Real Madrid. The Uruguayan striker told GolTV this Sunday's clash between the La Liga rivals will be played like a final, and Barcelona need to take advantage […]

Lionel Messi and Barcelona turned on the style to dump Manchester City and their inspired goalkeeper Joe Hart out of the Champions League. It was thanks to Hart's heroics that Barcelona could manage only a 1-0 win at the Nou Camp. Ivan Rakitic scored the only goal of another one-sided encounter between the two sides, […]

Ronald Koeman is ready to coach one of the biggest clubs in Europe, but his only focus right now is continuing Southampton's scarcely-believable season. The Dutch great's arrival during a summer of discontent at St Mary's surprised many – so too has his remarkable impact since taking the reins. The term meltdown was bandied about […]

Incredibly, Manchester City is England's last hope of a Premier League team qualifying for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. At the same time, City faces the toughest task — trying to overturn a 1-2 deficit from the home leg and get a 2-0 win or better at the Camp Nou against an in-form […]

Pep Guardiola will return to the Camp Nou later today after a three year absence to watch the return leg between Barcelona and Manchester City. The Bayern Munich manager is taking advantage of a week without fixtures in order to scout potential Champions League opponents in person. Programming note: Barcelona vs. Manchester City will be shown LIVE today at […]

We know two things about the general policies of expansion in Major League Soccer: First, caution has always framed the exercise. History’s hard lessons of professional soccer taught everyone that slow-and-steady was the prudent path, and MLS leaders always seemed to get it. And the second thing we know: those days are over. How bullish […]

Juventus enter today's Champions League Round of 16 return leg against Borussia Dortmund holding a 2-1 advantage. Coach Massimiliano Allegri knows his side can advance to the quarter-finals of the competition with a 0-0 draw. But the Italian boss is not expecting a goalless result and is pushing his team to score against their German […]

England winger Adam Johnson's bail date has been extended by five weeks after he was arrested on suspicion of sexual activity with a girl under 16. The suspended Sunderland star had been due to attend a County Durham police station on Wednesday, following his arrest a fortnight ago. A Durham Police spokesman said the 27-year-old […]

Manchester City travel to Spain to play Barcelona for the second consecutive season and must score at least two goals to progress into the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time. Manuel Pellegrini's men are in terrible form after losing three of their last five matches including a shock 1-0 away defeat to […]

Manchester City’s recent league form has resembled the club’s constant struggles in Europe – lots of meaningless possession punctuated by defensive errors and eventual capitulation. Now Manuel Pellegrini faces Barcelona for the fourth time in thirteen months with his job potentially hanging in the balance. Pellegrini’s previous matches against better opposition, especially away from home, […]

Barcelona enter this important week of fixtures in perhaps their best form of the season. Since their disappointing defeat to Real Sociedad in early January, the Catalan club has now won 16 of seventeen matches in all competitions, while outscoring their opponents, 58-13. They have advanced to the Copa del Rey final and are on the […]

According to Sports Illustrated, Cristiano Ronaldo is contemplating a move to Major League Soccer when his current contract with Real Madrid expires in June 2018. The 30-year-old forward would prefer to move to one of the bigger cities in the US, with Los Angeles, Miami or New York being considered as his future destinations. The […]

Borussia Dortmund's early season struggles in the Bundesliga have been well documented. Despite finishing on top of their Champions League group, Jurgen Klopp side's continued its nosedive in the German league through the winter break. On February 4, 10-man Augsburg handed BVB a 1-0 defeat at home which led to Dortmund players taking to the stands to apologize to their disgruntled […]

Atletico Madrid are expected to announced the contract renewal of Diego Simeone in a few days, according to the manager's agent. Last month, both Simeone and the club confirmed negotiations were underway to extend the Argentine boss' current deal in Madrid past its expiration date of June 2017. The Spanish publication Marca would later report […]

Bayer Leverkusen (4-1-4-1): Butt, Sebescen, Nowotny, Lucio, Placente, Ramelow, Schneider, Basturk, Ballack, Ze Roberto, Neuville. For a team of so much quality, this Leverkusen side ended the 2001-2002 season without a trophy. They completed the treble of second-place finishes, losing to Real Madrid in the Champions League final, losing the German Cup final to Schalke, […]