Author: AJW
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL : PSG VS ARSENAL – 07/05/2025 (PHOTO – FABIAN RUIZ SCORES FOR PSG)
WHAT A DYNAMIC MATCH THIS WAS LAST NIGHT! ARSENAL MADE 365 PASSES WITH A 79% PASS ACCURACY (AND HAD 55% POSSESSION), WITH 19 SHOTS AND 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING NOTEABLE CRACKERS FROM DECLAN RICE, (WHICH JUST WENT WIDE OF THE POST), AND ALSO MARTINELLI, ODEGAARD, AND SAKA’S GREAT ATTEMPTS ON GOAL – BUT UNFORTUNATELY, NOT MUCH WAS GETTING PAST PSG’S 6ft 5″ DONNARUMMA UNTIL BUKA...
PREMIER LEAGUE : CRYSTAL PALACE VS NOTTINGHAM FOREST – 05/05/2025 (PHOTO – MURILLO CELEBRATES)
CRYSTAL PALACE MADE 383 PASSES WITH A 73% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 20 SHOTS WITH 3 ON TARGET YESTERDAY, INCLUDING A SUPERB GOAL FROM A PENALTY BY EZE AFTER A VAR INTERVENTION SHOWED SOME ARGEY-BARGEY BETWEEN FOREST GOALY MATZ SELS AND TYRICK MITCHELL. EBERECHI EZE TOOK THE PENALTY EXTREMELY CALMLY (WITH A LITTLE ‘SOFT-SHOE SHUFFLE’ FIRST), WHICH WAS PURE ENTERTAINMENT IN ITSELF! NOTTINGH...
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL : INTER MILAN VS BARCELONA – 06/05/2025 (PHOTO – DAVIDE FRATTESI CELEBRATES)
WOW! WHAT A MATCH THIS WAS LAST NIGHT! A 7-GOAL-THRILLER WHICH LEFT US ALL ON THE EDGE-OF-OUR-SEATS, AND A CAST OF SUPERSTAR FOOTBALLERS, INCLUDING TEENAGER LAMINE YAMAL, WHOSE SKILLS WE WERE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING, AND WHO CERTAINLY DID NOT DISAPPOINT! (ONCE AGAIN YAMAL’S DRIBBLING WAS SPECTACULAR!) BARCELONA MADE 772 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY (HAD 72% POSSESSION) AND HAD 2...
PREMIER LEAGUE : SUNDAY – 04/05/2025 (PHOTO – COLE PALMER CELEBRATES)
CHELSEA MASCOT TONY HUDGELL CERTAINLY BROUGHT CHELSEA LUCK IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST LIVERPOOL YESTERDAY! TONY HUDGELL WALKS ONTO THE PITCH WITH COLE PALMER IN HIS NEW PROSTHETICS (BELOW) BECAUSE ALTHOUGH LIVERPOOL MADE 645 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY (AND HAD 65% POSSESSION), WITH 11 SHOTS AND 2 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM VIRGIL VAN DIJK AT 85 MINS. IT WAS ACTUALLY CHELSEA WHO WON THE...
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL : BARCELONA VS INTER MILAN – 30/04/2025 (PHOTO – LAMINE YAMAL CELEBRATES)
CHEEKY SKILLS, ACROBATICS AND MORE THAN A TOUCH OR TWO OF TEENAGE GENIUS! THE MATCH BETWEEN BARCELONA VS INTER MILAN LAST NIGHT HAD IT ALL! IT WAS MARCUS THURAM WHO GOT THE 6 GOAL PARTY STARTED WHEN HE SCORED AN ABSOLUTE BLINDER WITH A CHEEKY BACKHEEL FLICK IN JUST 30 SECS. INTO THE MATCH! (THE FASTEST GOAL IN SEMI-FINAL HISTORY!) THIS WAS FOLLOWED 20 MINS. LATER BY AN AMAZING BICYCLE KICK FROM DE...
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL : ARSENAL VS PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN – 29/04/2025
WELL, WELL, WELL! AFTER DAYS OF EXCITING BUILD-UP, A SPECTACULAR LIGHT-SHOW, AND THE ARSENAL PLAYERS’ STERN FACES OF INTENT WHILST EMERGING FROM THE TUNNEL – (NOT TO MENTION MIKEL ARTETA STRIDING AROUND WITH AN EQUALLY-RESOLUTE LOOK ON HIS FACE, DRESSED ALL IN BLACK, AS ALWAYS, LIKE A MAN ON A MISSION) – ALL THE EXCITEMENT FOR ARSENAL FANS CAME TO A CRASHING HALT WHEN DEMBELE SCO...
CHAMPIONSHIP : LEEDS UNITED VS BRISTOL CITY – 28/04/2025 (PHOTO – LARGIE RAMAZINI CELEBRATES)
DANIEL FARKE AND LEEDS UNITED MUST BE FEELING CHIPPER TODAY AFTER THEIR IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE AT ELLAND ROAD LAST NIGHT! IT WAS A FOUR-GOAL-THRILLER FOR LEEDS, WITH CRACKERS FROM AO TANAKA AT 21 MINS., WILFRIED GNONTO AT 55 MINS., AND A BRILLIANT BRACE FROM LARGIE RAMAZINI AT 82 MINS., AND A STUNNING LATE FINISHER AT 90 +4 MINS! (AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN MORE IF IT WASN’T FOR THE VIGILENCE OF...
PREMIER LEAGUE : LIVERPOOL VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR – 27/04/2025 (PHOTO – MO SALAH CELEBRATES)
WHAT AN ABSOLUTE CRACKER OF A MATCH THIS WAS BETWEEN LIVERPOOL VS TOTTENHAM YESTERDAY! THERE WAS NO ‘WINNING BY FINE MARGINS’ HERE – LIVERPOOL WON BY A MILE! (SORRY ANGE.) ALTHOUGH IT WAS TOTTENHAM’S DOMINIC SOLANKE WHO SCORED FIRST AT 12 MINS., IMMEDIATELY RAISING THE SPIRITS OF THE TOTTENHAM FANS, IT WAS LUIS DIAZ WHO SCORED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, AT 16 MINS., AND FROM THEN ...
FA CUP SEMI-FINAL : NOTTINGHAM FOREST VS MANCHESTER CITY – 27/04/2025 (PHOTO – RICO LEWIS CELEBRATES)
MAN CITY HAD A SUPERB DAY AT THE OFFICE YESTERDAY IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST FOREST, (WHICH WAS HANDY FOR THEM, AS IT JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE THE SEMI-FINALS!) WITH RICO LEWIS SCORING INSIDE OF 2 MINS. INTO THE MATCH, SENDING SHOCKWAVES AROUND THE STADIUM, AND GIVING EVERYONE A HEADS-UP ON WHICH WAY THIS GAME COULD POSSIBLY PROGRESS, AND SURE ENOUGH, IT DID! WITH MAN CITY MAKING A WHOPPING 634 PASSES, ...
PREMIER LEAGUE : BOURNEMOUTH VS MANCHESTER UNITED – 27/04/2025 (PHOTO – RASMUS HOJLUND CELEBRATES)
LOVELY SUNNY WEATHER ON THE SOUTH COAST, A HAPPY CROWD AND TWO TOP TEAMS PLAYING AGAINST EACH OTHER! WHAT COULD BE BETTER ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON? BOURNEMOUTH MADE 285 PASSES, WITH A 72% PASS ACCURACY AND HAD 8 SHOTS WITH 1 ON TARGET, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A CORKER FROM ANTOINE SEMENYO AT 23 MINS. (JUST CHECK OUT THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WHEN HE SCORED!) EVANLISON WASN’T SO HAPPY THOUGH AFTER HE ...
PREMIER LEAGUE : SATURDAY – 26/04/2025 (PHOTO – ALEXANDER ISAK CELEBRATES)
WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING ALL THE PREMIER LEAGUE ACTION FROM SATURDAY 26/04/2025 – ENJOY! AND STAY TUNED FOR MORE EXCITING FOOTBALL ACTION COMING LATER TODAY! PREMIER LEAGUE : NEWCASTLE UNITED VS IPSWICH TOWN – 26/04/2025 PREMIER LEAGUE : SOUTHAMPTON VS FULHAM – 26/04/2025 PREMIER LEAGUE : CHELSEA VS EVERTON – 26/04/2025 PREMIER LEAGUE : WOLVERHAMTON WANDERERS VS LEICE...
COPA DEL REY FINAL : BARCELONA VS REAL MADRID – 26/04/2025 (PHOTO – KOUNDE SCORES THE WINNER FOR BARCELONA)
WHAT A FINAL THIS WAS BETWEEN BARCELONA VS REAL MADRID LAST NIGHT! HIGH OCTANE STUFF, AND VERY FEISTY! REAL MADRID MADE 453 PASSES, WITH AN 80% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 15 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET INCLUDING TWO SUPERB GOALS FROM MBAPPE AT 70 MINS., AND TCHOUAMENI AT 77 MINS! BARCELONA MADE 670 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 22 SHOTS WITH 9 ON TARGET, INCLUDING STUNNERS FROM PEDRI AT 28 MI...
