Author: AJW
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : REAL MADRID VS MAN CITY – 19/02/2025 (PHOTO – MBAPPE CELEBRATES HIS HAT-TRICK)
ON THE 10TH TIME THAT CARLO ANCELOTTI AND PEP GUARDIOLA’S TEAMS HAVE FACED EACH OTHER IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – ANTICIPATION WAS ONCE AGAIN HIGH, AND THE EXCITEMENT IN THE STADIUM WAS TANGIBLE! MBAPPE SCORES AT 4 MINS. INTO THE MATCH BETWEEN REAL MADRID VS MAN CITY BUT WITH A SUPER-FIT MBAPPE SCORING AT JUST 4 MINS. INTO THE MATCH, FOR REAL MADRID, CITY FANS HEARTS SANK – MBAPPE ...
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : BAYERN MUNICH VS CELTIC – 18/02/2025 (PHOTO – KUHN CELEBRATES)
THE BAYERN MUNICH TEAM MUST CERTAINLY BE LOOKING AT CELTIC IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT TODAY, AFTER SOME EXTREMELY WELL-ORGANISED PLAY. BRENDAN RODGERS’ TEAM DID NOT SEEM PHASED IN THE SLIGHTEST BY THE CALIBRE OF THEIR OPPONENT, AND PLAYED WITH COURAGE (AND DELIGHT) KUHN SCORES SCORES FOR CELTIC AT 63 MINS ESPECIALLY AFTER NICOLAS-GERRIT KUHN SCORED THE FIRST GOAL OF THE MATCH AT 63 MINS! THEY CR...
PREMIER LEAGUE : LEEDS UNITED VS SUNDERLAND – 17/02/2025 (PHOTO – STRUIJK CELEBRATES SCORING A BRACE)
IT WAS WILSON ISIDOR WHO GOT THE BALL ROLLING FOR SUNDERLAND AT 32 MINS. INTO THE LEEDS UNITED VS SUNDERLAND MATCH YESTERDAY (17/02/2025), AND ALTHOUGH THERE WAS MUCH FURTHER ACTION WITH SUNDERLAND MAKING 335 PASSES, WITH A 74% PASS ACCURACY, AND LEEDS UNITED 623 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, (AND 66% POSSESSION), WITH MUCH PHYSICALITY THROUGHOUT (WITH 11 FOULS-A-PIECE, AND 6 YELLOW CARDS FOR...
PREMIER LEAGUE : TOTTENHAM VS MAN UNITED – 16/02/2025 (PHOTO – JAMES MADDISON SCORES FOR TOTTENHAM)
TOTTENHAM HAD 22 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET LAST NIGHT, INCLUDING THE ONLY GOAL OF THE MATCH FROM JAMES MADDISON AT 13 MINS! TOTTENHAM ALSO MADE 521 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, AND MAINTAINED 56% POSSESSION. MANCHESTER UNITED HAD 16 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, AND MADE 412 PASSES, WITH AN 83% PASS ACCURACY, BUT WITH NOTHING REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, THE MATCH ENDED IN A 1 – 0 WIN TO T...
PREMIER LEAGUE : SUNDAY – LIVERPOOL VS WOLVES – 16/02/2025 – (PHOTO – LUIS DIAZ AND MO SALAH CELEBRATE)
THERE WERE 10 SHOTS FOR LIVERPOOL WITH 3 ON TARGET YESTERDAY (16/02/2025), INCLUDING TWO CRACKERS FROM LUIS DIAZ AT 15 MINS., AND MO SALAH FROM A PENALTY AT 37 MINS MO SALAH CELEBRATES (AFTER SOME ARGEY-BARGEY BETWEEN JOTA AND AGBADOU.) WOLVES HAD 16 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM MATTHEUS CUNHA AT 67 MINS. (AND, INTERESTINGLY, 51% POSSESSION.) IT WAS ACTION GALORE THROUGHOUT ...
PREMIER LEAGUE : SATURDAY – 15/02/2025 (PHOTO – MARCUS TAVERNIER CELEBRATES)
PREMIER LEAGUE : SOUTHAMPTON VS BOURNEMOUTH – 15/02/2025 IT WAS A FOUR-GOAL-THRILLER BETWEEN SOUTHAMPTON VS BOURNEMOUTH ON SATURDAY, WITH BOURNEMOUTH HAVING 14 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET (AND 56% POSSESSION), INCLUDING 3 GOALS FROM DANGO OUATTARA AT 14 MINS., RYAN CHRISTIE AT 16 MINS., AND A STUNNING LATE FINISHER FROM MARCUS TAVERNIER AT 83 MINS., WITH SOUTHAMPTON HAVING 11 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON T...
UN-Secretary General Underscores Importance Of IOC And It’s Mission
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered a strong endorsement of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its contribution to peace during a visit to the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. The Secretary-General called the Games a desperately needed antidote to division. He said: “When we see so many conflicts around the world, we see the absolute relevance of having Ol...
PREMIER LEAGUE : SATURDAY – 15/02/2025 (PHOTO – OLLIE WATKINS AND MARCUS RASHFORD CELEBRATE)
PREMIER LEAGUE : ASTON VILLA VS IPSWICH TOWN – 15/02/2025 ASTON VILLA HAD 25 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET (AND 76% POSSESSION) IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST A 10 MAN IPSWICH TOWN (WHO LOST AXEL TUANZEBE AT 40 MINS.) YESTERDAY WHEN HE WAS RED CARDED, BUT STILL SEEMED UP AGAINST IT! IPSWICH’S LIAM DELAP SCORED A STUNNER AT 56 MINS., AND VILLA’S OLLIE WATKINS SCORED A CRACKER AFTER MARCUS RAS...
PREMIER LEAGUE : SATURDAY – 16/02/2025 (PHOTO – MARMOUSH CELEBRATES SCORING A HAT-TRICK FOR MAN CITY)
WHAT A FANTASTIC DAY AT THE OFFICE FOR MAN CITY IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST NEWCASTLE YESTERDAY, WITH 11 SHOTS, AND 7 ON TARGET INCLUDING AN AMAZING HAT-TRICK FROM OMAR MARMOUSH AT 19 MINS., 24 MINS., AND 33 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, AND NEWCASTLE HAD 3 SHOTS, WITH 1 ON TARGET, BUT WITH NOTHING REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET AND JAMES MCATEE SCORING ANOTHER STUNNER AT 84 MINS., THIS EXCITING MATCH ENDED IN A ...
FA CUP FOURTH ROUND : FRIDAY – 07/02/2025 (PHOTO – HARRY MAGUIRE HEADS THE WINNER INTO GOAL)
CHECK OUT THIS EXCITEMENT FROM LAST NIGHT AT OLD TRAFFORD BETWEEN MANCHESTER UNITED AND LEICESTER CITY IN THE FOURTH ROUND OF THE FA CUP, WHERE THE FIRST GOAL OF THE MATCH CAME FROM BOBBY DE CORDOVA-REID AT 42 MINS., WITH LEICESTER HAVING A TOTAL OF 6 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON-TARGET, (BUT NOTHING FURTHER REACHING THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET), AND WITH MAN UNITED HAVING 13 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUN...
CARABAO CUP SEMI-FINAL : THURSDAY – 06/02/2025 (PHOTO – VIRGIL VAN DIJK CELEBRATES)
WHAT A FANTASTIC NIGHT IT WAS FOR LIVERPOOL AGAINST TOTTENHAM LAST NIGHT, WITH FOUR STUPENDOUS GOALS FROM CODY GAKPO, AT 34 MINS., MO SALAH (FROM A PENALTY) AT 51 MINS. DOMINIK SZOBOSZLAI AT 75 MINS., AND A FINAL SCREAMER FROM VIRGIL VAN DIJK AT 80 MINS. LIVERPOOL HAD 26 SHOTS, INCLUDING 10 ON TARGET, AND TOTTENHAM 5 SHOTS, WITH AN IMPRESSIVE LATE ATTEMPT FROM SON WHICH LANDED ON THE TOP OF THE NE...
CARABAO CUP SEMI-FINAL : WEDNESDAY – 05/02/2025 (PHOTO – ANTHONY GORDON CELEBRATES)
WELL, WELL, WELL, THE ARSENAL SQUAD SEEMINGLY FORGOT TO PUT ON THEIR “SHOOTING BOOTS” LAST NIGHT, AGAINST AN EXTREMELY ENERGETIC (AND WELL ORGANISED) NEWCASTLE SQUAD, WHO GOT THE BALL ROLLING EARLY DOORS, WITH A SUPERB GOAL FROM ALEXANDR ISAK (ONLY TO BE RULED OUT FOR OFFSIDE BY VAR), BUT WITH THE BIT-BETWEEN-THEIR-TEETH, THEY POWERED ON, WITH A STUPENDOUS GOAL BY JACOB MURPHY FOLLOWIN...
