Author: AJW
POPE LEO XIV GIVES HIS FIRST HOLY MASS
WATCH THE FULL HOMILY FROM THE FIRST MASS OF POPE LEO XIV, FROM THE SISTINE CHAPEL. POPE LEO XIV PRESIDED OVER THE HOLY MASS WITH THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS, THE DAY AFTER HIS ELECTION AS THE 267TH PONTIFF!
UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL : CHELSEA VS DJURGARDENS IF – 08/05/2025
THE LOYAL DJURGARDENS FANS SANG THEIR HEARTS OUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE MATCH BETWEEN CHELSEA VS DJURGARDENS LAST NIGHT, AND MUST HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH THE SKILLS ON OFFER FROM THEIR HEROES. (AS MUST THE CHELSEA FANS!) IT WAS A SUPERB WATCH! DJURGARDENS MADE 368 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD AN INTESITY ON THEIR FACES WHICH YOU COULD NOT BOTTLE! THEY HAD 12 SHOTS WITH 3 ON TARGET (ALL...
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL : BODO/GLIMT VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR – 08/05/2025 (PHOTO – PEDRO PORRO CELEBRATES)
WHAT EXCITEMENT FOR TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR AFTER THEIR 2 – 0 WIN AGAINST BODO/GLIMT LAST NIGHT! BODO/GLIMT WEREN’T A WALK-OVER THOUGH – FAR FROM IT! THEY MADE A WHOPPING 600 PASSES WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY (HAD 69% POSSESSION), AND 7 SHOTS WITH 2 ON TARGET, BUT NOTHING REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET! SPURS MADE 257 PASSES, WITH A 73% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 8 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON TARGET, MAK...
UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL : FIORENTINA VS REAL BETIS – 08/05/2025 (PHOTO – ABDE EZZALZOULI CELEBRATES)
FIORENTINA MADE 611 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY (AND HAD 57% POSSESSION), PLUS 23 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET, INCLUDING 2 CRACKERS FROM ROBIN GOSENS AT 34 AND 42 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, WHO IS UNDOUBTEDLY THEIR TEAM HERO TODAY! REAL BETIS MADE 483 PASSES, WITH AN 84% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 28 SHOTS, WITH 10 ON TARGET, INCLUDING STUNNERS FROM ANTONY AT 30 MINS., AND ABDE EZZALZOULI WHO MUST ALSO, U...
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL : MANCHESTER UNITED VS ATHLETIC BILBAO – 08/05/2025 (PHOTO – MASON MOUNT CELEBRATES)
ATHLETIC CLUB MADE 406 PASSES, WITH AN 81% PASS ACCURACY LAST NIGHT, AND HAD 11 SHOTS, WITH 1 ON TARGET, WHICH SUCCESSFULLY REACHED-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET AT 31 MINS., FROM MIKEL JAUREGIZAR, (WHICH WAS THE ONLY GOAL OF THE FIRST-HALF) SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN ‘SQUEEKY-BUM-TIME’ FOR MAN UNITED AT HALF-TIME! BUT RUBEN AMORIM MUST HAVE GIVEN HIS SQUAD EXTRA ORANGE SLICES BECAUSE THEY WERE CERTA...
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...
