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PREMIER LEAGUE : NOTTINGHAM FOREST VS MAN CITY – 08/03/2025 (PHOTO – HUDSON-ODOI SCORES FOR FOREST)

THERE WERE 9 SHOTS FOR FOREST WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING CALLUM HUDSON-ODOI’S CRACKER AT 83 MINS!   FOREST ALSO MADE 262 PASSES, WITH AN 80% PASS ACCURACY. MAN CITY HAD 14 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON TARGET, WITH SOME CREATIVE ATTEMPTS FROM ERLING HAALAND AND NICO GONZALEZ NOT QUITE MAKING IT, AND MADE 608 PASSES, WITH AN 89% PASS ACCURACY, (WITH 70% POSSESSION.) BUT WITH NOTHING FURTHER REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 1 – 0 WIN TO NOTTINGHAM FOREST! PEP GUARDIOLA SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH “IT WAS A TIGHT GAME.  WE STRUGGLED TO CREATE CHANCES BUT I ALSO GIVE CREDIT TO THE OPPONENT.  WE CONTROLLED THE MAIN THREAT BUT OUR GAME WAS A LITTLE BIT SLOW IN THE FINAL THIRD.  TO BREAK THE LINES YOU HAVE TO BRING IT TO THE LEFT AND QUICK TO THE RIGHT.  IT WAS NOT AS QUIC...

UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE : COPENHAGEN VS CHELSEA – 06/03/2025 (PHOTO – REECE JAMES CELEBRATES)

CHELSEA HAD 5 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET WHICH BOTH WENT IN YESTERDAY, IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST COPENHAGEN! WITH THE FIRST CRACKER FROM REECE JAMES AT 46 MINS., AND ANOTHER FROM ENZO FERNANDEZ AT 65 MINS! (WITH 63% POSSESSION.) PLUS,THEY MADE 720 PASSES IN TOTAL, WITH A 92% PASS ACCURACY. COPENHAGEN HAD 5 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A SUPERB GOAL FROM GABRIEL PEREIRA AT 79 MINS, AND MADE 434 PASSES, WITH AN 87% PASS ACCURACY, MEANING THAT THIS EXCITING MATCH CULMINATED IN A 2 – 1 WIN TO CHELSEA! CHELSEA BOSS ENZO MARESCA SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH   “I SEE REECE AS A MIDFIELDER. SINCE DAY ONE. I SENT HIM A CLIP WHEN HE WAS ON HOLIDAY ABOUT HOW HE CAN BE A MIDFIELDER.  HE HAS PLAYED IN FULL-BACK, CENTRAL DEFENDER, SO THE MAIN TARGET FOR US IS TO KEEP HIM FIT.”   &n...

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE : FENERBAHCE VS RANGERS – 06/03/2025 (PHOTO – VACLAV CERNY CELEBRATES)

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE :  FENERBAHCE VS RANGERS – 06/03/2025 THERE WERE 23 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET,  PLUS 572 PASSES WITH AN 84% PASS ACCURACY FOR FENERBAHCE IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST RANGERS LAST NIGHT, INCLUDING A CRACKING SHOT FROM ALEXANDER DJIKU AT 30 MINS., AND ALTHOUGH THEY HAD 65% POSSESSION OF THE BALL, RANGERS MANAGED TO REACH-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET WITH 3 GOALS OUT OF THEIR 6 ON TARGET, COURTESY OF CYRIEL DESSERS AT 6 MINS., AND VACLAV CERNY WITH A BRILLIANT BRACE AT 42 AND 81 MINS., MEANING THAT THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 3 – 1 WIN TO RANGERS! JOSE MOURINHO AND BARRY FERGUSON WERE ALL SMILES BEFORE THE MATCH JOSE MOURINHO DURING THE MATCH FENERBACHE’S MANAGER JOSE MOURINHO SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH  JOSE MOURINHO WAS NOT A HAPPY BUNNY AFTER THE MATCH THOUGH “I THINK I...

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE : REAL SOCIEDAD VS MAN UNITED – 06/03/2025 (PHOTO – ZIRKZEE CELEBRATES)

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE :  REAL SOCIEDAD VS MANCHESTER UNITED – 06/03/2025 MAN UNITED HAD 373 PASSES, WITH A 78% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 13 SHOTS WITH 5 ON TARGET – (INCLUDING 2 EXCITING ATTEMPTS BY GARNACHO AND A GARNACHO ASSIST/ ZIRKZEE ATTEMPT AND THEN A FURTHER ATTEMPT BY ZIRKZEE UNTIL HE SUCCESSFULLY REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET WITH A MIGHTY GOAL AT 57 MINS.  (HIS 6TH GOAL THIS SEASON.) OYARZABAL SCORES FOR REAL SOCIEDAD REAL SOCIEDAD MADE 446 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 13 SHOTS WITH 3 ON TARGET, BUT WITH ONANA ON TIPPETY-TOP FORM, THERE WAS NOT MUCH DOING UNTIL REAL SOCIEDAD WERE AWARDED A PENALTY AFTER BRUNO FERNANDES’ HANDBALL, AND MIKEL OYARZABAL POWERED THE SHOT INTO THE BACK OF THE NET AT 70 MINS – HIS 10TH GOAL THIS SEASON – MEANING THAT ...

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE : AZ ALKMAAR VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (PHOTO – AZ ALKMAAR CELEBRATE) 06/03/2025

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE :  AZ ALKMAAR VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR – 06/03/2025 THERE WERE 12 SHOTS WITH 5 ON TARGET FOR AZ ALKMAAR, AND 354 PASSES WITH A 74% PASS ACCURACY YESTERDAY, WITH TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR HAVING 7 SHOTS WITH 1 ON TARGET, AND 583 PASSES, WITH AN 87% PASS ACCURACY, (AND 62% POSSESSION.) BUT WITH THE ONLY GOAL OF THE MATCH COMING FROM TOTTENHAM’S YOUNG LUCAS BERGVALL AT 18 MINS., (WHICH WAS REALLY UNFORTUNATE FOR HIM, AS HE WAS TRYING TO KICK THE BALL CLEAR AND OVER THE TOP OF THE GOAL-POST – IT ALMOST MADE IT, BUT DROPPED BACK DOWN INTO GOAL) THE MATCH WENT TO AZ ALKMAAR 1 – 0!  (LUCAS SHOULDN’T FEEL TOO DOWN – IT WAS A GOOD DEFENSIVE EFFORT!) ANGE POSTECOGLOU SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH “IT WASN’T GOOD, NOT A GREAT RESULT…ACTUALLY THE R...

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : 05/03/2025 MATCHES (PHOTO – LIVERPOOL’S GOALKEEPER ALISSON BECKER SAVED 9 GOALS AGAINST PSG)

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE :  BAYERN MUNICH VS LEVERKUSEN – 05/03/2025 – HARRY KANE SCORED A BRACE FOR BAYERN MUNICH – THERE WERE 17 SHOTS FOR BAYERN YESTERDAY WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING 2 SUPERB GOALS FROM HARRY KANE AT 9 MINS., AND 75 MINS. (FROM A PENALTY), AND ANOTHER CRACKER FROM JAMAL MUSIALA AT 54 MINS.  LEVERKUSEN HAD 3 SHOTS, WITH 1 ON TARGET, BUT WITH NORDI MUKIELE SEEMINGLY BECOMING INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED THROUGHOUT THE MATCH, AND BEING SENT OFF AT 62 MINUTES AFTER RECEIVING A SECOND YELLOW FOR A FOUL ON KINGSLEY COMAN, (MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF HIS TEAM-MATE GRANIT XHAKA WHO CALLED HIM ‘STUPID’ AFTER THE MATCH.) OUCH!  THE GAME ENDED IN A 3 – 0 WIN TO BAYERN! UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : PARIS SAINT-GERMAN VS LIVERPOOL – 05/03/2025 HARVEY ELLIOTT ...

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : MATCHES – 05/03/2025 (PHOTO – INTER MILAN’S LAUTARO MARTINEZ)

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE :  FEYENOORD VS INTER MILAN – 05/03/2025 INTER MILAN MUST BE FEELING CONTENT TODAY, FOLLOWING THEIR MATCH AGAINST FEYEYNOORD YESTERDAY. INTER MILAN MADE 513 PASSES, WITH AN 89% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 13 SHOTS, INCLUDING 7 ON TARGET, WITH TWO CRACKING GOALS FROM MARCUS THURAM AT 38 MINS. AND LAUTARO MARTINEZ AT 50 MINS.  FEYENOORD MADE 368 PASSES, WITH AN 85% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 8 SHOTS WITH 5 ON TARGET, BUT WITH NOTHING ACTUALLY REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, THE MATCH ENDED IN AN EXCITING 2 – 0 WIN FOR INTER MILAN!   UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : BENFICA VS BARCELONA – 05/03/2025 RAPHINHA CELEBRATES  ANOTHER NOTEWORTHY GOALKEEPING PERFORMANCE FROM YESTERDAY WAS THAT OF BARCELONA’S WOJCIECH SZCESNY, WHEN HE MANAGED TO KEEP HIS TEAM IN THE GAME...

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : REAL MADRID VS ATLETICO MADRID – 04/03/2025 (PHOTO – MBAPPE CONGRATULATES DIAZ)

IT WAS ALL-ACTION OVER AT THE REAL MADRID VS ATLETICO MADRID MATCH LAST NIGHT, WITH REAL MADRID MAKING 642 PASSES WITH A 92% PASS ACCURACY (AND 52% POSSESSION), AND HAVING 13 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET, INCLUDING TWO STUNNERS FROM RODRYGO WITH AN EARLY OPENER AT 4 MINS., AND ANOTHER FROM BRAHIM DIAZ AT 55 MINS!  ATLETICO MADRID MADE 602 PASSES, WITH AN 89% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 6 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM JULIAN ALVAREZ AT 32 MINS.  SO THIS EXCITING GAME CULMINATED IN A 2 – 1 WIN TO REAL MADRID!

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : BORUSSIA DORTMUND VS LILLE – 04/03/2025 (PHOTO – KARIM ADEYEMI CELEBRATES WITH HIS TEAM-MATES)

BORUSSIA DORTMUND HAD 7 SHOTS WITH 1 ON TARGET – AND A MOST SUCCESSFUL ONE AT THAT, FROM KARIM ADEYEMI AT 22 MINS IN THE MATCH BETWEEN BORUSSIA DORTMUND AND LILLE LAST NIGHT!  LILLE HAD 9 SHOTS WITH 1 ON TARGET WITH, AGAIN, ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT WITH HAKON HAROLDSSON CELEBRATES SCORING HIS GOAL HAKON ARNAR HARALDSSON REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET IN THE SECOND-HALF AT 68 MINS!  IT WAS AN ALL-ACTION MATCH, WITH DORTMUND MAKING 431 PASSES WITH A 78% PASS ACCURACY, AND LILLE MAKING 576 PASSES, WITH AN 85% PASS ACCURACY, BUT WITH NOTHING FURTHER REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, THE MATCH ENDED IN AN EXCITING 1 – 1 DRAW!

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : PSV EINDHOVEN VS ARSENAL – 04/03/2025 (PHOTO – MARTIN ODEGAARD CELEBRATES)

WHAT A NIGHT FOR ARSENAL LAST NIGHT IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST PSV EINDHOVEN!  ARSENAL HAD A WHOPPING 15 SHOTS, WITH 8 SHOTS ON TARGET, INCLUDING 7 WHICH REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, COURTESY OF JURRIEN TIMBER AT 18 MINS., ETHAN NWANERI AT 21 MINS., MIKEL MERINO AT 31 MINS., MARTIN ODEGAARD WITH A BRACE AT 37 MINS., AND 73 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, LEANDRO TROSSARD’S CRACKER AT 48 MINS., AND RICCARDO CALAFIORI’S STUNNING LATE FINISHER AT 85 MINS!  AND WITH PSV’S NOA LANG SCORING A GREAT GOAL FROM A PENALTY, AT 43 MINS., THIS EXCITING GAME FINISHED IN A 7 – 1 TRIUMPH TO ARSENAL!

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – ASTON VILLA VS CLUB BRUGGE – 04/03/2025 (PHOTO – ASENSIO CELEBRATES)

ASTON VILLA HAD 7 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, AND MADE 409 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY YESTERDAY, INCLUDING TWO STUNNING GOALS FROM LEON BAILEY, WITH AN EARLY OPENER AT JUST 3 MINS. INTO THE MATCH, PLUS MARCO ASENSIO’S CLINICAL PENALTY SHOT AT 88 MINS!  CLUB BRUGGE MADE 518 PASSES WITH AN 89% PASS ACCURACY AND HAD 11 SHOTS WITH 3 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKING SHOT FROM MAXIM DE CUYPER AT 12 MINS.  BUT WITH AN UNFORTUNATE OWN GOAL FROM BRANDON MECHELE AT 82 MINS., THIS EXCITING MATCH CULMINATED IN IN A 3 – 1 WIN TO ASTON VILLA.  (THEIR SIXTH WIN IN NINE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCHES THIS SEASON!)   UNAI EMERY SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH “IT WAS AS WE PLANNED.  MY EXPECTATION WAS TO FACE THE DIFFICULTIES WE HAD.  WE HAD RESPECT AND TRIED TO ADAPT TO THEM MORE THAN USUAL LIK...

FA CUP : NOTTINGHAM FOREST VS IPSWICH – 03/03/2025 (PHOTO – PENALTY HERO MATZ SELS CELEBRATES)

IT WAS IPSWICH TOWN’S GEORGE HIRST WHO SCORED FIRST AT 53 MINS. IN LAST NIGHT’S MATCH BETWEEN IPSWICH TOWN VS NOTTINGHAM FOREST, (MUCH TO THE JUBILATIONS OF THE 2,000 STRONG TRAVELLING CROWD), WITH IPSWICH HAVING 11 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, AND MAKING 502 PASSES, WITH AN 80% PASS ACCURACY. AND THERE WERE 22 SHOTS FOR NOTTINGHAM FOREST WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING RYAN YATES’ CRACKER AT 68 MINS., WITH FOREST MAKING 567 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY. (AND 54% POSSESSION OF THE BALL.) SO, WITH THE MATCH ENDING IN A 1 – 1 DRAW AT 90 MINS., IT WENT INTO EXTRA TIME, AND WITH NO FURTHER GOALS THEN, ONTO SOME EXCITING PENALTIES, WHICH RESULTED IN LAST NIGHT’S PENALTY HERO MATZ SELS SAVING JACK TAYLOR’S ‘SUDDEN DEATH’ PENALTY IN THE SHOOTOUT, AND T...