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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...