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  Hey guys, as we all know a few weeks back the group stage for the champions league ended, and the draws for the Round of 16 were also announced. Today I’m going to tell you all about my predictions on the Round of 16, and who’ll qualify for this season’s quarter finals. Before I make my predictions, let’s talk a bit about the group stage results. In group A, Bayern Munich were the clear table toppers, the champions just had a draw from Atletico Madrid, and the runner ups, Atletico Madrid made their quality felt in the second match against the reigning champions, Bayern Munich. In Group B, Real Madrid had quite a difficult time in clearing the group, as they were almost on the verge of getting relegated to Europa League, however, the champions held on in the last match and finished at the top of the table, the runner ups, Borussia Monchengladbach, were the surprise runner ups, as this was their first time qualifying the group stage of UCL. In group C, Manchester City and FC Po...

Hello all, today we’re going to discuss about a position in the field which is quite mysterious to outsiders or less informed people, or the persons who are new to football and have recently started following it. The reason I call this position mysterious is because people often confuse this position with some other, and don’t get the importance and significance of it. For all of you who know about this position, might be aware that this position cannot and does not exist in all the formations, the manager has to place a special attention on the player operating in this position and has to use the player very carefully in order to fully exploit the benefits of it. The position is known as the Support Striker (SS) position or the Centre Forward (CF) position or some people and managers may refer to this position as the False 9 position. The player operating in the SS position has a role of both the attacking mid fielder (CAM) and the number 9 striker. This player moves freely on the f...

Many of us who are new to the football world have been wondering about this question, about how the greatest ever competition in the whole Europe really works? Today, I’m going to explain about this competition, how are the participants decided, how the qualify, how the winner is decided, what position does the winning team hold, it’s link to the UEFA Super Cup, and the Club World Cup, and why every club in Europe wants to win the trophy. The UEFA Champions League was started in 1955 as a competition in the whole of Europe, to make clubs from all over the European countries compete against each other, and see which club was the best club, it was rebranded around 1990’s. This competition consists of 32 teams which are selected from the domestic leagues of different countries. The number of teams each association enters into the UEFA Champions League is based upon the UEFA coefficients of the member associations. These scores are generated by the results of clubs rep...

  Finally, this season’s champions league has kicked off and all teams are looking forward to winning it. We already have the groups, and football fans can rejoice as Barcelona and Juventus have been placed in the same group, and we will get to see Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo once again face to face with each other. However, bad news broke out that Cristiano Ronaldo has been infected with the coronavirus, making it doubtful for him to attend the October clash between the two clubs, and we hope he recovers soon and we get to see him play in the December clash. As for the teams, in the Premier League, Liverpool look strong as they maintain their dominant position in the EPL, however due to the injury of Virgil Van Dijk, the club could be facing some defensive backlash. Manchester City look all string and hungry to win this season, and have further strengthened their team by signing defensive players like Ruben Dias, and Ake and hence have a high chance of winning this seas...

  I think there are many problems. Firstly, they lack a good manager, and even if they appoint a manager, the team doesn't really cooperate very well with it. Secondly, they are not making any strategic signings, they signed Coutinho for 160 million, and he's being loaned out, they signed Dembele for 100 million, and he didn't get a chance to play, they signed Griezmann for 150 million, and he gets to play on the left wing, which is not his natural position. The team is practically playing with no left winger at all. Thirdly, the team relies heavily on Messi to create their chances and finish them too, and Messi isn't the same as he was before, he can't win matches like this alone now, the team, and Messi, both need some support. Fourth, senior players like Suarez, are not being let go, they waste chances due to their lack of speed and also waste position, as other players Don't get to play there. In conclusion, if Barcelona wants to remain Barcelona, it needs...

  1.      The UEFA Champions League is over with FC Bayern Munich winning the title for the sixth time. 2.      They have defeated the runner-up’s Paris Saint Germain, 1-0, in the finals. 3.      The season went nearly as predicted by me before the quarter finals started, with the difference being in FC Bayern Munich being crowned as the winner, and PSG being the runner up. 4.      I had predicted a win for PSG or Manchester City (who were everyone’s favorites to win this season’s title) or Atletico Madrid, and a knockout for Bayern Munich in the semifinals. 5.      The season as usual had some shocks and surprises, like the biggest shock being Barcelona getting knocked out 8-2 in the quarter finals by Bayern Munich. Another surprise was Lyon beating Manchester City in the quarter finals with Raheem Sterling being heavily criticized for leaving an open goal, and a surprise was when R...

1.      After getting defeated by Bayern Munich in the quarter finals of UEFA Champions League 2020, that too by a score of 8-2, Barcelona has confirmed that Messi wants to leave Barcelona. 2.      Lionel Messi has also been skipping training sessions, and is looking highly motivated to leave Barcelona, following a continuous string of defeats in the UEFA Champions league since 2015 season. 3.      FC Barcelona has been spending huge amounts of money in past years, for example, the bought Dembele for almost 100 million, Coutinho for 160 million, and Griezmann for almost 150 million, but are failing to perform in the champions league. After their latest knockout against Bayern Munich, the have sacked their coach Quique Setien, and appointed Ronald Koeman as the new coach, much surprisingly, this is Barcelona’s non-Spanish manager after quite a long time. 4.      Upon his arrival, Ronald Koeman has announced t...