Barcelona took to the field at Jose Zorilla against a relegated Real Valladolid on Saturday night and the game turned out more challenging than initially anticipated. Hansi Flick heavily rotated his starting lineup on the night keeping the semifinal against Inter Milan in mind and thus placed all critical players barring Pedri on the bench. … Read more
Barcelona and Real Madrid locked horns in the most tightly contested El Clasico of the season last night in the final of the Copa del Rey. After the events of the previous night where Real Madrid asked for a change in referee, Barcelona opened the game with better purpose and opened the scoring through Pedri … Read more
An important victory at St James’ Park as Newcastle United had too much for a 10-man Ipswich side who lost their way after the first half red card. Here’s our marks out of 10 and comments on each player as Alexander Isak, Dan Burn and Will Osula sent us back up to third: Pope (6) … Read more
We all know how bad Robert Sanchez is and we are all angry and completely puzzled as to why the manager keeps picking him, and why the club have not already replaced him with a top new number one. This is probably THE worst situation and THE most baffling one at our club right now, … Read more
Five wins in a row and another huge night at St James’ Park as Newcastle United battered Crystal Palace 5-0 to move third! Here are our marks out of 10 and comments on each player from a vital three points in our push for a top five finish: Pope (7.5) – Gave away the penalty … Read more
Barcelona’s weekend league challenge between the two legs against Borussia Dortmund saw them lock horns against Leganes in a tricky challenge. The hosts, playing to avoid relegation, gave their all over the 90 minutes against the league leaders who were playing to extend their lead at the top. Unsurprisingly, the game at Butarque was not … Read more
A comfortable night for Newcastle United and vital win, as we didn’t have to get out of third gear to beat an awful Leicester side 3-0. Here are our marks out of 10 and comments on each player involved at the King Power Stadium: Pope (7) – Wasn’t the busiest night but had to be … Read more
Barcelona were given a golden chance to go six points clear of Real Madrid ahead of their game against Real Betis last night after Los Blancos dropped three points against Valencia at home. It was, however, anything but easy for Hansi Flick’s men to capitalise on that slip-up given how confident and in-form Betis were … Read more
Barcelona locked horns with Rayo Vallecano late on Monday night at Montjuic in a game that held massive consequences for the league standings. After Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid dropped points in their games of the weekend, Barcelona had the chance to go clear of their rivals on the standings with a win. Playing Inigo … Read more
Barcelona faced off against Sevilla at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on Sunday night hoping to take advantage of the draw in the Madrid derby and close the gap at the top of the league standings. Hansi Flick put forth a formidable lineup and Robert Lewandowski put the team ahead early on the night. Before the celebrations … Read more