Tag: Soccer

Real Madrid's internal tensions: 25 injuries, concerns over running stats and divisive Pintus

Real Madrid thrashed Osasuna 4-0 last weekend but the game summed up their misfortunes this season.Yes, it got Madrid back to winning ways...

Fear and loathing in Premier League academy football: Scouts in a pen, no team sheets and denying access

At a Manchester City Under-16s game last month, 21 academy scouts were corralled into a tight square next to one of the corner...

Real Sociedad 1 Barcelona 0: A controversial Lewandowski offside and missing Yamal on a night to forget

After seven wins in a row, Barcelona fell to a 1-0 loss against Real Sociedad.La Real studied the offside trap employed by Hansi...

Barbra Banda: The softly-spoken Zambian goal scorer making noise with Orlando Pride

There is a certain genre of athlete we all know: a total force of nature on the field, someone whose exuberant performances stand...

When were things last this bad for Real Madrid?

Ten days after their embarrassing 4-0 defeat to Barcelona in El Clasico, the Santiago Bernabeu suffered another tough reverse. The best thing about...

Why Arsenal must be wary of giving Mikel Arteta too much power

When Fenway Sports Group met Jurgen Klopp for the first time before his appointment as Liverpool’s manager in 2015, what its president, Mike...