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Ribery and Robben leave Bayern Munich with Style, goals and a new Bundesliga
Frank Ribery and Arjen Robben, said goodbye to Bayern Munich fans with another Bundesliga league title and scoring one goal each. Frank Ribery and Arjen Robben played their last game with Bayern Munich after an era of success. Both players have been a great part of Bayern Munich success during the last decade. Both players score a goal to finish the 5-1 win of their team over Eintracht Frankfurt. This is the 29th league title for the German team, and it also makes Bayer beat a historic record with 7 consecutive titles Great Careers full of titles Ribery, who is now 36 years old, arrived in Munich in 2007. 12 seasons after, he leaves as the player with the most Bundesliga titles in the history of German football. Robben is 35 years old. He arrived at Bayern in 2009. In 10 seasons he ...
French Federation prohibits Neymar to celebrate the title
The French Federation informs the PSG that Neymar and Marquinhos will not be able to celebrate the title when they are sanctioned Neymar will not be able to celebrate the League with PSG . PSG will celebrate this weekend the title won by the French League after the match against Dijon. However, neither Neymar nor Marquinhos , both penalized, can be on the pitch . For this reason the French Federation has warned that it will be severely punished if both players jump onto the pitch to celebrate the title. The regulation prevents a sanctioned player from gaining access to the pitch and that is what the federation reminded PSG, referring to article 4.1.2.of the disciplinary Regulation. The PSG tried to contact the federation’s disciplinary commissions to find a way out, but coul...
Antoine Griezmann confirms he is leaving Atletico Madrid
France football star Antoine Griezmann announced plans to leave Atlético de Madrid at the end of the season in a video released on the club’s official Twitter account on Tuesday. «I would like to thank all of you for the love you have shown me during these five years,» Griezmann said in the video. Antoine Griezmann has informed Atletico Madrid that he will leave this summer, with sources confirming that Barcelona are hopeful of signing him less than one year after he turned them down. Atletico released a short statement Tuesday revealing that Griezmann had communicated his decision to leave the club after five seasons. They followed that up by posting a video of the French forward on social media explaining his decision to supporters. «After speaking with (coach Diego Simeone)...
Bale may have played last game for Real Madrid
It was Gareth Bale’s agent, Jonathan Barnett, who this week finally articulated a clear indication that the Welshman is heading for the Real Madrid exit, laying bare the player’s broken relationship with coach Zinedine Zidane when he told Sky Sports: «I’m not sure Mr Zidane wants him to stay.» Indeed, having been told by the club that they’re after a buyer for Bale, Barnett set about using the interview to put his client in the shop window, declaring that a return to the Premier League «certainly is possible, if somebody puts their hand in their pocket». Bale axed by Real Madrid boss Zidane once more Bale may have already played his final game for Madrid. Having omitted the forward from his squad for last weekend’s clash with Villarreal, Zidane has again left ...
MLS, is it becoming a competitive league or an Elephant’s Graveyard?
MLS clubs are signing some of the most influential football stars from Europe, but do they really want to challenge themselves and win the title or they just go to the US to end up their careers? The MLS or Major League Soccer of the US, is one of the most popular leagues of the American continent. This popularity doesn’t necessarily come from the level of the competition, but from the fame of some of its players. Since David Beckham signed with Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007, a wave of elite football players have moved to MLS teams. Most of these players claim that the level of the league gets better every year and the competition is very high. However, not everybody believes these testimonies. The main reason why people do not believe the MLS stars, is that they usually move to America...
Manchester City crowned Premier League champions
After the season-long struggle between Manchester City and Liverpool to determine which club would have the slightly more perfect season and be named Premier League champion, it all came down to today, the final matchday of the season. And while it was tight there for a while, City did as expected and beat Brighton & Hove Albion to win their second consecutive league title. Man City went to Brighton knowing that a win would seal the title. In the only other match that mattered today—the relegation, Champions League, and Europa League places were for all intents and purposes already locked in after last week’s fixtures—Liverpool hosted Wolves knowing they needed to win and to get some help from Brighton to bring their nearly three-decade title drought to an end. This has been the best t...
Tottenham reach Champions League final
A single minute remained, maybe less. Maybe just a few seconds separated Ajax from the Champions League final. Somehow, even as the energy drained from their legs and the tension gripped their minds, this team that glimpses the future and echoes the past, had clung on. And now the clock ticked down through five minutes of injury time, each somehow slower, more agonizing than the last. Tottenham poured forward, pummeling Ajax. Hugo Lloris, the Spurs goalkeeper, trotted upfield for a corner. It came to nothing. That is, traditionally, the final roll of the dice, the last act. Once that has failed, it is over. Eyes drifted to Felix Brych, the German referee, the man who could bring the torture to an end. Ajax had the ball, deep in Tottenham territory. The wait was almost over. Ten months’ wor...
Greatest European night for Liverpool in Anfield’s history
Liverpool pull off epic comeback against Barcelona to book place in Champions League final. Jurgen Klopp hinted that he didn’t believe Liverpool could pull off a Champions League miracle against Barcelona, admitting Monday that «beautiful failure» was perhaps the best his team could hope for against the Spanish champions. Come on, Jurgen, you need to have more faith. Your players have shown they are capable of anything, but nothing can match this: a 4-0 rout of Barcelona when every odd was stacked against them. They were supposed to have learned their lessons from last season’s quarterfinal meltdown in Rome, when a 3-0 defeat saw them crash out in the Stadio Olimpico, but this was worse. Barca collapsed. Perhaps they started the game believing it was won — too complacent,...
Ramadam and football, are they compatible?
Famous Footballers celebrate the beginning of the Ramadam festivities, on their social media accounts. Sunday 5th, marked the beginning of the Ramadam festivities. This period is used by Muslim believers to fast during daylight hours. Ramadam marks the 9th month of the Muslim calendar, and it is a very special month for this religion. Some famous footballers have not hesitated to celebrate the arrival of the religious process and post about it on their social media accounts. The famous players from Arsenal Mesut Ozil, and Shkodran Mustafi posted about this month of fasting on their Twitter accounts. Also the ex Real Madrid player Achraf Hakimi, shared on his social media that he will take part of the month of fasting. » Ramadam Mubarak, wishing all my Muslim brothers and sisters peace and ...
Salah and Firmino will not play against Barcelona
Liverpool’s coach Klopp, confirmed this morning that neither of the two strikers will be able to play at Anfield for the UEFA Champions League semi-final. Once again, fortune does not seem to be on Liverpool’s side. Salah and Firmino will not be able to recover soon enough to play at Anfield against Barcelona. This is not something that Liverpool is not used to in the Champios League the last few years. However, after the incredible effort that Klopp’s team have been making to compete for Premier League and UCL at the same time, it even feels more painful. This Liverpool season has been incredibly successful both at the Premier league and the Champions league and both Salah and Firmino have been a big part of that success. This is Klopp’s third year at Liverpool, a...
Is Cavani on his way out of PSG this summer?
Many rumors have surrounded Cavani this 2018/2019 season. Most of them have been about the possibility of the Uruguayan striker leaving PSG at the end of this Ligue 1 season. Cavani has not had the best season of his career this 2018/2019 season. Some injuries and the amount of goals he ha scored (22 in 29 games) make this season one of the weakest since he arrived in Paris. Cavani is an undisputed goal scorer that always contributes to the team he is playing for. However, this might not be enough for a team with the ambitions of PSG, and his low numbers might be an indicator that Cavani is leaving PSG this summer. This season has not been easy for the Uruguayan player. There have been rumors of transfer options for him since the beginning of the Ligue 1. After 4 games into the championshi...
Iker Casillas: Porto goalkeeper suffers heart attack
Porto’s Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas is in hospital after suffering a heart attack at the club’s training center. «Iker Casillas suffered an acute myocardial infarction during morning practice this Wednesday, at the PortoGaia Sports Formation and Training Centre, in Olival,» Porto said in a statement sent to CNN. «The work session was promptly interrupted so that assistance could be given to the FC Porto goalkeeper, who is at this moment at the CUP Porto Hospital. Casillas is fine, stable and with his cardiac problem resolved.» A heart attack, or acute myocardial infarction, occurs when a part of the heart doesn’t receive enough blood. Casillas won the World Cup with Spain in 2010 and spent 16 seasons with La Liga giant Real Madrid, winning three Champions Leag...