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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...

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...