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BAYER LEVERKUSEN WENT INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS LAST NIGHT AFTER SETTING A NEW RECORD OF 49 UNBEATEN SUCCESSIVE WINS.  THE MATCH BEGAN WITH A BRACE FROM ROMA’S LEANDRO PAREDES AT 43 MINS., AND 66 MINS. (BOTH FROM PENALTIES), BUT WHEN A FLYING BALL FROM A CORNER KICK HITS THE SHOULDER OF AN UNFORTUNATE GIANLUCA MANCINI AND BOUNCES OFF HIM AND INTO THE BACK OF THE NET, LEVERKUSEN WERE GIVEN AN ADVANTAGE, AND THEN WITH JOSIP STANISIC SCORING AT 90 +7 MINS., THE GAME CULMINATED IN A 2 – 2 DRAW (WITH LEVERKUSEN WINNING 4 – 2 ON AGGREGATE!) EUROPA LEAGUE – BAYER LEVERKUSEN VS ROMA – 09/05/2024 ATALANTA MUST BE HAPPY TODAY AFTER THEIR SUCCESS IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST MARSEILLE, WITH THREE GOALS FROM ADEMOLA LOOKMAN AT 30 MINS., MATTEO RUGGERI AT 52 MINS., AND EL BILAL TOU...

ASTON VILLA HAD A BAD DAY AT THE OFFICE YESTERDAY, WITH OLYMPIACOS’ AYOUB EL KAABI ‘TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORNS’ EARLY DOORS, SCORING A BRACE, WITH ONE GOAL AT 10 MINS., AND ANOTHER AT 78 MINS., CULMINATING IN A 2 – 0 WIN FOR OLYMPIACOS, (6 – 2 ON AGGREGATE.) BUT WITH ASTON VILLA CLOCKING UP 74% POSSESSION, WITH 567 PASSES (AS OPPOSED TO 204 FOR OLYMPIACOS), AND WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY (AS OPPOSED TO 67% TO OLYMPIACOS), THE ASTON VILLA BOYS CAN CERTAINLY HOLD THEIR HEADS UP HIGH TODAY! EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE – OLYMPIACOS FC VS ASTON VILLA – 09/05/2024

IT WAS CLUB BRUGGE’S HANS VANAKEN WHO GOT THE PARTY STARTED AT 20 MINS. INTO THE MATCH BETWEEN CLUB BRUGGE VS FIORENTINA YESTERDAY, (08/05/2024), WITH TWO FURTHER EXCITING (BUT UNSUCCESSFUL) SHOTS-ON-TARGET A PIECE AFTERWARDS, BUT AT 85 MINS., FIORENTINA’S LATE PENALTY, (WHICH WAS A CRACKER, AND TAKEN BY LUCAS BELTRAN AT 85 MINS.) GAVE THEM A 4 – 3 AGGREGATE WIN OVER CLUB BRUGGE! EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE – CLUBBE BRUGGE VS FIORENTINA – 08/05/2024

WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THE EXCITING REAL MADRID VS BAYERN MUNICH MATCH FROM LAST NIGHT (08/05/2024), WHERE ONE GOAL FROM BAYERN MUNICH’S ALPHONSO DAVIES AT 68 MINS., AND TWO GOALS FROM REAL MADRID’S JOSELU AT 88 MINS. AND 90 +1 MINS. CULMINATED IN A 2 – 1 WIN TO REAL MADRID. THERE WAS SOME CONTROVERSY LATE IN THE MATCH OVER THE LINESMAN CALLING AN OFFSIDE DECISION, (WHICH WAS EVENTUALLY GIVEN BY THE VAR.)  REAL MADRID WILL NOW MEET BORUSSIA DORTMUND ON JUNE 1ST FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL! THOMAS TUCHEL WAS NOT A HAPPY BUNNY AFTERWARDS, BUT PROFESSIONAL IN HIS ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION NONETHELESS. (BELOW) CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – REAL MADRID VS BAYERN MUNICH – 08/05/2024 THOMAS TUCHEL GIVES POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE

AND MORE SUPERB FOOTBALL ACTION FROM THE WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE FROM YESTERDAY (05/05/2024) – WHERE IN THE CHELSEA VS BRISTOL CITY MATCH, CHELSEA WON 8 – 0, GIVING EMMA HAYES A WORTHY SEND-OFF IN HER FINAL HOME GAME IN CHARGE OF THE CLUB! FIRSTLY CHELSEA’S GURO REITEN SCORED A BEAUTY FROM A PENALTY AT 6 MINS., AND WENT ON TO SCORE THREE MORE GOALS!! ONE AT 45 MINS., ANOTHER AT 70 MINS., AND YET ANOTHER AT 77 MINS!! SJOEKE NUSKEN SCORED AT 23 MINS., AGGIE BEEVER-JONES SCORED A BRACE AT 52 MINS., AND 88 MINS., RESPECTIVELY, AND NIAMH CHARLES SCORED THE FINISHER AT 74 MINS!  ONE WONDERS WHAT THE CHELSEA LADIES DID LAST NIGHT – A LITTLE CELEBRATING PERHAPS? WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE – CHELSEA WOMEN VS BRISTOL CITY WOMEN – 05/05/2024 LIVERPOOL’S JE...

WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING THE PREMIER LEAGUE ACTION FROM YESTERDAY (05/05/2024), WHICH WAS, ONCE AGAIN, MAGNIFICENT! THERE WERE SIX GOALS IN TOTAL IN THE LIVERPOOL VS TOTTENHAM GOALATHON! LIVERPOOL’S MO SALAH GOT THINGS GOING AT ONLY 16 MINS. INTO THE MATCH WITH A CRACKER, WITH HIS TEAM-MATE ANDREW ROBERTSON SCORING AT 45 MINS., CODY GAKPO SCORING ANOTHER STUNNER AT 50 MINS., AND HARVEY ELLIOTT SCORING A ROCKET OF A GOAL AT 69 MINS., AND THEN WITH TOTTENHAM’S RICHARLISON SCORING A STUNNER AT 77 MINS., AND SON HEUNG-MIN SCORING A BEAUTY AT 77 MINS., PLUS ANOTHER THIRTEEN SHOTS ON TARGET FOR LIVERPOOL, AND SIX FOR TOTTENHAM, IT WAS JAM-PACKED FULL OF WORLD CLASS ACTION FROM BEGINNING TO END! ENJOY!  QUEUE AN EXTREMELY CONTENTED JURGEN KLOPP AT THE END OF THE MATCH! PREMIER L...

AND CHECK THIS OUT – THIS WAS AN EXCITING MATCH ALSO FROM YESTERDAY, (03/05/2024), BUT SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTING FOR LUTON AFTER BEING HELD TO A 1 – 1 DRAW BY EVERTON, MEANING THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THE RELEGATION ZONE.  DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN SCORED A BEAUTY FROM A PENALTY IN THE FIRST HALF AFTER TEDEN MENGI DECIDED TO WRESTLE JARRAD BRANTHWAITE, (IT’S QUITE FUNNY TO WATCH ACTUALLY, BUT PROBABLY NOT IF YOU WERE JARRAD) AND ELIJAH ADEBAYO SCORED A CRACKER IN THE 31ST MINUTE, AND ALTHOUGH LUTON HAD FIVE MORE SHOTS ON TARGET, AND EVERTON, THREE, NO FURTHER GOALS ENSUED.  IT WAS GREAT ENTERTAINMENT, AND ALTHOUGH LUTON MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE RESULT THEY WANTED, ALL COULD SEE THAT EVERYONE TRIED THEIR VERY BEST!  AND THAT’S ALL US FANS CAN ASK! PREMIER LEAGUE ...

THIS WAS A GREAT GAME LAST NIGHT, WHERE BOLTON WANDERERS SPRUNG INTO ACTION EARLY DOORS IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST BARNSLEY, WITH A BRILLIANT BRACE FROM DION CHARLES AT 23 MINS. AND 53 MINS. (THE LATTER, A CLINICAL GOAL FROM A PENALTY), AND A LATE, GREAT, GOAL BY RANDELL WILLIAMS AT 90 +4 MINS., AND WITH BARNSLEY’S SAM COSGROVE SCORING A CRACKER AT 75 MINS., THIS EXCITING MATCH CULMINATED IN A 3 – 1 WIN TO BOLTON IN THE FIRST-LEG OF THIS LEAGUE ONE SEMI-FINAL. THE SECOND LEG COMES ON TUESDAY NIGHT. LEAGUE ONE – BARNSLEY VS BOLTON WANDERERS – 03/05/2024 WORDS BY AMANDA WATERS