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WHAT AN EVENTFUL NIGHT IT WAS IN THE MATCH BETWEEN REAL MADRID VS ARSENAL YESTERDAY! THE POOR REF FRANCOIS LETEXIER SEEMED A LITTLE FLUMMOXED AT TIMES WITH HIS OFFICIATING, WITH THE RESULT OF ONE DECISION BEING TO DECIDE TO OVERRULE HIMSELF! HE MADE THE DECISION TO PUNISH DECLAN RICE FOR A PULL ON MBAPPE’S SHIRT, BUT AFTER AROUND 5 MINS., HE EVENTUALLY CONSULTED VAR OVER HIS DECISION, (WHICH OBVIOUSLY STOPPED THE MOMENTUM OF THE GAME) AND CHANGED HIS MIND! THERE WAS MORE ARGEY-BARGEY BETWEEN ALABA AND SAKA, WITH ALABA BEING AWARDED A YELLOW (WHICH SOME THOUGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RED) FOR A PARTICULARLY CLUMSY COMING-TOGETHER WITH SAKA, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE SEEN REAL MADRID DOWN TO 10 MEN. (WHO WOULD WANT TO BE IN HIS POSITION AT THAT MOMENT?😒) BUT HEY, HO, IT WAS A RIVETING MA...

BAYERN MADE 542 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY, (WITH 63% POSSESSION) AND HAD 20 SHOTS WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING STUNNERS FROM HARRY KANE AT 52 MINS., AND ERIC DIER AT 76 MINS., IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST INTER MILAN LAST NIGHT. WITH INTER MAKING 334 PASSES, WITH A 73% PASS ACCURACY, HAVING 15 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM LAUTARO MARTINEZ AT 58 MINS., AND A SUPERB GOAL FROM BENJAMIN PAVARD AT 61 MINS., (THEREBY EQUALISING AGAINST HIS OLD CLUB) AND SENDING INTER THROUGH TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS AS THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 2 – 2 DRAW, WITH INTER MILAN WINNING 4 – 3 ON AGGREGATE! UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : INTER MILAN VS BAYERN MUNICH – 16/04/2025

ASTON VILLA HAD A WHOPPING 17 SHOTS LAST NIGHT IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST PSG, WITH 9 ON TARGET, IN AN AMAZING COMEBACK, INCLUDING THREE STUNNERS FROM YOURI TIELEMANS AT 34 MINS., JOHN MCGINN AT 55 MINS., AND EZRI KONSA AT 57 MINS. PSG HAD 14 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET, INCLUDING TWO CRACKERS FROM ACHRAF HAKIMI AT 11 MINS., AND NUNO MENDES AT 27 MINS., BUT WITH NO FURTHER GOALS, THE GAME CULMINATED IN A 3 – 2 WIN TO ASTON VILLA!  (BUT HEARTBREAK, AS THEY WILL NOW HAVE TO EXITE THE COMPETITION AS PSG WON 4 – 5 ON AGGREGATE.) “I’M PROUD OF MY TEAM” SAID UNAI EMERY AFTER THE MATCH

BORUSSIA DORTMUND MUST BE FEELING CHIPPER TODAY, AND ESPECIALLY SERHOU GUIRASSY AFTER NETTING HIS BRILLIANT HAT-TRICK, MAKING HIM THE HIGHEST SCORING AFRICAN PLAYER IN A SINGLE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CAMPAIGN! FIRSTLY, WITH A CLINICAL SHOT FROM A PENALTY AT 11 MINS., AND THEN ANOTHER STUNNER AT 49 MINS., FOLLOWED BY A SUPERB GOAL AT 76 MINS! DORTMUND HAD 18 SHOTS, WITH 11 ON TARGET IN FACT, AND BARCELONA HAD 7 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON TARGET, BUT WITH NOTHING REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET APART FROM AN UNFORTUNATE OWN GOAL FROM RAMY BENSEBAINI AT 54 MINS., THE MATCH ENDED IN A 3 – 1 WIN TO BORUSSIA DORTMUND, WITH DORTMUND FANS STANDING TO APPLAUD THEIR PLAYERS AT THE FINAL WHISTLE AFTER THEIR INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE DURING THE MATCH. BARCELONA WILL NOW GO THROUGH BECAUSE OF THEIR FIRST LEG ADVANTAGE...