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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 SCORED A SUPERB GOAL INSIDE OF FOUR MINUTES LAST NIGHT. THE DEFLATEMENT FROM THE CROWD SEEMED TANGIBLE AS HEARTS SANK ALL AROUND THE STADIUM, UPON THE REALISATION THAT PSG WERE EXTREMELY WELL-ORGANISED AND GOING TO BE A COMPLETE HANDFUL! PSG MADE 437 PASSES, WITH AN 85% PASS ACCURACY AND HAD 53% POSSESION, SO THE STATS WEREN’T TOO DIFFERENT REALLY WITH ARSENAL MAKING 389 PASSES, WITH AN 89% ACC...
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2025 (INCLUDING MARTIN BRUNDLE’S GRID-WALK WHERE HE GETS ‘USHERED’ ASIDE BY USHER’S WEEDY-LOOKING BODY-GUARD! HE OBVIOUSLY DIDN’T REALISE THAT MARTIN KNOWS JUDO!)😂
OSCAR PIASTRI WON THE SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX IN 1:21:06.758, WITH MAX VERSTAPPEN SECOND (+2.843 s), CHARLES LECLERC THIRD (+8.104 s), LANDO NORRIS FOURTH (+9.196 s), AND GEORGE RUSSELL FIFTH (+27.236 s) THERE WAS MUCH ARGEY-BARGEY BETWEEN MAX VERSTAPPEN AND OSCAR PIASTRI ON THE FIRST CORNER – RESULTING IN A FIVE-SECOND TIME PENALTY FOR MAX…! HERE IS THE INCIDENT IN MORE DETAIL… MARTIN BRUNDLE’S FULL SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX GRID-WALK INTERESTING TEAM RADIO TALK FROM QUALIFYING AT THE SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING SESSION 2025 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE QUALIFYING SESSION AT THE SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2025 SAUDI ARABIAN POST-QUALIFYING INTERVIEWS
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : REAL MADRID VS ARSENAL – 16/04/2025
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...
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : INTER MILAN VS BAYERN MUNICH – 16/04/2025 (PHOTO – LAUTARO MARTINEZ CELEBRATES)
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
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : ASTON VILLA VS PSG – 15/04/2025 (PHOTO – JOHN MCGINN SCORES FOR ASTON VILLA)
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
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : BORUSSIA DORTMUND VS BARCELONA – 15/04/2025 (PHOTO – SERHOU GUIRASSY CELEBRATES)
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...
AN ALL FEMALE SPACE CREW FLIES INTO SPACE
AN ALL FEMALE CREW INCLUDING SINGER KATY PERRY HAVE TOUCHED BACK DOWN ON EARTH AGAIN AFTER FLYING INTO SPACE TODAY! (JUST 11 MINUTES LATER!)
HIGHLIGHTS OF FP1, FP2 AND QUALIFYING AT THE JAPANESE GRAND PRIX WEEKEND
ANYONE WANT TO SEE THE FP1 AND FP2 PRACTICE SESSIONS FROM A SUNNY JAPAN WHICH TOOK PLACE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING? STAY TUNED FOR MORE EXCITEMENT! QUALIFYING HIGHLIGHTS OF THE JAPANESE GRAND PRIX 2025 HERE IS TED’S QUALIFYING NOTEBOOK FROM THE JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
PREMIER LEAGUE : NOTTINGHAM FOREST VS MAN UNITED – (PHOTO – ANTHONY ELANGA CELEBRATES)
MAN UNITED MADE A WHOPPING 649 PASSES WITH AN 85% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 69% POSSESSION), AND 23 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET IN LAST NIGHT’S MATCH AGAINST NOTTINGHAM FOREST! NOTTINGHAM FOREST MADE 310 PASSES, WITH A 73% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 8 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, INCLUDING ANTHONY ELANGA’S UNBELIEVABLE OPENER AT 5 MINS. WHEN HE DANCED THE BALL 85 METRES UP THE PITCH (IN 9 SECONDS), AND POWERED IT INTO THE GOAL FROM ABOUT 45 METRES! IT WAS ASTONISHING! AND WITH NO OTHER GOALS THROUGHOUT THE MATCH ANTHONY’S GOAL WAS THE MATCH-WINNER, WITH NOTTINGHAM FOREST WINNING 1 – 0. ANTHONY ELANGA SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH “IT’S ABOUT ATTACKING THE SPACE AND GETTING TO THE EDGE OF THE BOX AS QUICK AS YOU CAN, THAT’S WHERE YOU CAN HURT THE OPPOSITION, I SAW THE SPACE...
CHAMPIONSHIP : SHEFFIELD UNITED VS COVENTRY – 28/03/2025 (PHOTO – GUS HAMER CELEBRATES)
IT WAS ALL-ACTION LAST NIGHT IN THE MATCH BETWEEN SHEFFIELD UNITED VS COVENTRY, WITH SHEFFIELD MAKING 365 PASSES, WITH A 78% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAVING 16 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING THREE SHOTS WHICH SUCCESSFULLY REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET FROM GUSTAVO HAMER (WHO SKILFULLY AIMED THE BALL OVER THE COVENTRY WALL AND DOWN INTO GOAL, WHICH ONE COULD NOW SAY ‘IN A WORLD CLASS “REECE JAMES-ESQUE” FASHION’) AT 19 MINS., ANOTHER CRACKER FROM TYRESE CAMPBELL AT 30 MINS. (BELOW) AND A STUNNER FROM RHIAN BREWSTER AT 62 MINS (BELOW) COVENTRY MADE 517 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY (AND INTERESTINGLY, HAD 59% POSSESSION), WITH 11 SHOTS AND 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A SUPERB LATE GOAL FROM JACK RUDONI AT 90 +2 MINS. (BELOW) WHICH, BY THEN, WAS TOO LATE TO SUPERSEDE SHEFFI...
WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : CHELSEA VS MAN CITY – 27/03/2025 (PHOTO – THE CHELSEA GIRLS CELEBRATE)
CHELSEA MUST BE FEELING CHIPPER TODAY, AFTER THEIR RESULT IN THE MATCH AGAINST MAN CITY LAST NIGHT! ALTHOUGH, IT WAS MUCH-OF-A-MUCHNESS WITH PASSES AND POSSESSION, WITH MAN CITY MAKING 387 PASSES, WITH A 74% PASS ACCURACY, (AND 49% POSSESSION), AND CHELSEA MAKING 389 PASSES, WITH A 77% PASS ACCURACY, (AND 51% POSSESSION), HOWEVER, WHEN IT CAME TO SHOTS, CHELSEA HAD 22 SHOTS, WITH 11 ON TARGET, INCLUDING THREE SUCCESSFUL STUNNERS FROM SANDY BALTIMORE AT 14 MINS., NATHALIE BJORN AT 38 MINS., AND MAYRA RAMIREZ AT 43 MINS. MAN CITY HAD 11 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON TARGET, BUT WITH NO FURTHER GOALS IN THE GAME, IT CULMINATED IN A 3 – 0 WIN TO CHELSEA, (3 – 2 ON AGGREGATE.) CHELSEA WILL NOW FACE BARCELONA IN THE LAST FOUR OVER TWO LEGS, BUT SADLY FOR MAN CITY, THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE JOURNEY I...
WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS : NORTH MACEDONIA VS WALES – 25/03/2025 (PHOTO – WALES SALUTE THEIR FANS)
THERE WAS MUCH LATE DRAMA LAST NIGHT IN THE MATCH BETWEEN NORTH MACEDONIA VS WALES! IT WAS A CAGEY (AND NOISY) AFFAIR THROUGHOUT, THE 90 MINS. WITH BOTH SETS OF LOYAL FANS IN THE STADIUM ON THE EDGE-OF-THEIR-SEATS, WAITING FOR THEIR HEROES TO SCORE (AND TRYING TO DISTRACT THE OTHER SIDE WHEN THEY WERE ‘ON-THE-BALL’.) NORTH MACEDONIA MADE 246 PASSES, WITH A 66% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 8 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKING LATE GOAL FROM BOJAN MIOVSKI AT 90 + 1MINS., BOJAN MIOVSKI SCORES FOR NORTH MACEDONIA AT 90 +1 MINS. WHICH MANY THOUGHT FOR A BRIEF MOMENT MEANT THAT THE MATCH WAS OVER-AND-DONE-WITH! BUT NOT TO BE, BECAUSE SHORTLY AFTERWARDS (AT 90 +6 MINS.) WALES’ GOLDEN BOY DAVID BROOKS SCORED AN ABSOLUTE STUNNER! DAVID BROOKS SCORES FOR WALES AT 90 +6 MIN...
