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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 22 SHOTS WITH 10 ON TARGET, INCLUDING CRACKERS IN THE SECOND-HALF FROM ERIC GARCIA AT 54 MINS., DANI OLMO AT 60 MINS., AND RAPHINHA AT 87 MINS! INTER MILAN MADE 313 PASSES, WITH A 65% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 13 SHOTS WITH 7 ON TARGET, INCLUDING STUNNERS FROM LAUTARO MARTINEZ AT 21 MINS., HAKAN CALHANOGLU (FROM A PENALTY) AT 45 +1 MINS., AND A SUPERB LATE GOAL FROM FRANCESCO ACERBI AT 90 +3 MINS! SO,...
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 DAY! CHELSEA MADE 356 PASSES, WITH AN 84% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 17 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET, INCLUDING STUNNERS FROM ENZO FERNANDEZ AT JUST 3 MINS. IN, AND COLE PALMER WITH A CRACKING LATE FINISHER AT 90 +6 MINS., FROM A PENALTY! (AND WITH LIVERPOOL’S JARELL QUANSAH SCORING AN OWN GOAL AT 59 MINS. AFTER A BLOCKED SHOT BY MADUEKE WAS FOLLOWED BY A CLEARANCE FROM VAN DIJK WHICH BOUNCED OFF QU...
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 DENZEL DUMFRIES AT 21 MINS. (THEREBY RENDERING INTER MILAN 2 – 0 UP AFTER 20 MINS!) CUE LAMINE YAMAL, (WHO OBVIOUSLY DECIDED HE WASN’T HAVING ANY OF THIS) WHO SPRANG INTO ACTION, SCORING A SUPERB GOAL AT 24 MINS. (HE HAS NOW SCORED 22 GOALS, AND MADE 33 ASSISTS IN HIS FIRST 100 GAMES, AND HE’S NOT EVEN 18 YET!) HE ALSO HAD SEVERAL FURTHER SHOTS ON TARGET WHICH DIDN’T QUITE RE...
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...
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 BRISTOL CITY’S GOALKEEPER MAX O’LEARY, WHO MADE SEVERAL SUPERB SAVES!) THE DEFEAT LEAVES LIAM MANNING’S BRISTOL CITY FIFTH, A POINT AHEAD OF COVENTRY CITY AND MILLWALL. TO GUARANTEE THEIR SPOT IN THE PLAY-OFF’S, THEY WILL NEED TO BEAT PRESTON ON SATURDAY. AND UNLESS BURNLEY ARE ABLE TO SCORE IN EXCESS OF 14 GOALS ON SATURDAY, LEEDS WILL WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A VICTORY ...
FA CUP SEMI-FINAL : NOTTINGHAM FOREST VS MANCHESTER CITY – 27/04/2025 (PHOTO – RICO LEWIS CELEBRATES)
MAN CITY HAD A SUPERB DAY AT THE OFFICE YESTERDAY IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST FOREST, (WHICH WAS HANDY FOR THEM, AS IT JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE THE SEMI-FINALS!) WITH RICO LEWIS SCORING INSIDE OF 2 MINS. INTO THE MATCH, SENDING SHOCKWAVES AROUND THE STADIUM, AND GIVING EVERYONE A HEADS-UP ON WHICH WAY THIS GAME COULD POSSIBLY PROGRESS, AND SURE ENOUGH, IT DID! WITH MAN CITY MAKING A WHOPPING 634 PASSES, WITH AN 89% PASS ACCURACY, (AND 67% POSSESSION), WITH 14 SHOTS, AND 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING ANOTHER CRACKING GOAL FROM GVARDIOL AT 51 MINS! NOTTINGHAM FOREST HAD 8 SHOTS, WITH 1 ON TARGET, AND MADE 303 PASSES, WITH AN 80% PASS ACCURACY, BUT IT JUST WASN’T THEIR DAY YESTERDAY. ANTHONY ELANGA WAS SUBBED ON AT HALF-TIME, AND SENT A POWERFUL-LOOKING EFFORT JUST WIDE OF THE GOAL, BUT WITH NOTHIN...
PREMIER LEAGUE : BOURNEMOUTH VS MANCHESTER UNITED – 27/04/2025 (PHOTO – RASMUS HOJLUND CELEBRATES)
LOVELY SUNNY WEATHER ON THE SOUTH COAST, A HAPPY CROWD AND TWO TOP TEAMS PLAYING AGAINST EACH OTHER! WHAT COULD BE BETTER ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON? BOURNEMOUTH MADE 285 PASSES, WITH A 72% PASS ACCURACY AND HAD 8 SHOTS WITH 1 ON TARGET, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A CORKER FROM ANTOINE SEMENYO AT 23 MINS. (JUST CHECK OUT THE LOOK ON HIS FACE WHEN HE SCORED!) EVANLISON WASN’T SO HAPPY THOUGH AFTER HE WAS AWARDED A YELLOW, WHICH WAS UPGRADED TO A RED CARD BY VAR AFTER A CLUMSY TACKLE ON NOUSSAIR MAZRAOUI, WHICH LEFT THEM DOWN TO 10 MEN AT 70 MINS! MAN UNITED MADE 470 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, (AND HAD 62% POSSESSION), PLUS 25 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNING LATE EQUALISER AT 90 +6 MINS. FROM RASMUS HOJLUND, WHICH MEANT THAT THIS EXCITING MATCH ENDED IN A 1 – 1 DRAW!...
PREMIER LEAGUE : SATURDAY – 26/04/2025 (PHOTO – ALEXANDER ISAK CELEBRATES)
WE HAVE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING ALL THE PREMIER LEAGUE ACTION FROM SATURDAY 26/04/2025 – ENJOY! AND STAY TUNED FOR MORE EXCITING FOOTBALL ACTION COMING LATER TODAY! PREMIER LEAGUE : NEWCASTLE UNITED VS IPSWICH TOWN – 26/04/2025 PREMIER LEAGUE : SOUTHAMPTON VS FULHAM – 26/04/2025 PREMIER LEAGUE : CHELSEA VS EVERTON – 26/04/2025 PREMIER LEAGUE : WOLVERHAMTON WANDERERS VS LEICESTER CITY – 26/04/2025 PREMIER LEAGUE : BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION VS WEST HAM UNITED – 26/04/2025
COPA DEL REY FINAL : BARCELONA VS REAL MADRID – 26/04/2025 (PHOTO – KOUNDE SCORES THE WINNER FOR BARCELONA)
WHAT A FINAL THIS WAS BETWEEN BARCELONA VS REAL MADRID LAST NIGHT! HIGH OCTANE STUFF, AND VERY FEISTY! REAL MADRID MADE 453 PASSES, WITH AN 80% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 15 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON TARGET INCLUDING TWO SUPERB GOALS FROM MBAPPE AT 70 MINS., AND TCHOUAMENI AT 77 MINS! BARCELONA MADE 670 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 22 SHOTS WITH 9 ON TARGET, INCLUDING STUNNERS FROM PEDRI AT 28 MINS., AND TORRES AT 84 MINS., SO WITH THE GAME NOW ‘EVEN-STEVENS’ AT 90 MINS., IT WENT INTO EXTRA-TIME. AND THEN, WITH KOUNDE SCORING AN ABSOLUTE BLINDER AT 116 MINS., THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 3 – 2 WIN TO BARCELONA! (WITH BARCELONA NOW HAVING WON THE COPA DEL REY FOR THE 32ND TIME!) MARC-ANDRE TER STEGEN AND RONALD ARAUJO LIFTED THE TROPHY AMIDST EXTREMELY LOUD CHEERS FROM THE C...
VIEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CHRIS EUBANK JR VS CONOR BENN BOXING MATCH
FOR THOSE WHO WONDERED WHETHER IT WOULD BE HARD FOR CHRIS EUBANK SR NOT TO BE BY HIS SON’S SIDE AT HIS BIG FIGHT LAST NIGHT, THE ANSWER TURNED OUT TO BE INEVITABLY, YES! AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THEM ARRIVE TOGETHER! CHRIS EUBANK JR TAKES AN ICONIC RINGWALK WITH HIS DAD (FULL RINGWALK) CHRIS EUBANK JR AND CONOR BENN TAKE THEIR HISTORIC RINGWALKS CONOR BENN TAKES AN ICONIC RINGWALK WITH HIS DAD (FULL RINGWALK) HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MESMERISING FIGHT BETWEEN THESE TWO GREAT, SUPER-FIT ATHLETE’S, CHRIS EUBANK JR AND CONOR BENN, WHICH CHRIS EUBANK WON BY UNANIMOUS DECISION AFTER ALL 3 JUDGES DECIDED ON A 116 – 112 WIN IN HIS FAVOUR AT THE END OF 12 ROUNDS!
FA CUP SEMI-FINAL : CRYSTAL PALACE VS ASTON VILLA – 26/04/2025 (PHOTO – SARR AND CRYSTAL PALACE CELEBRATE)
WHAT AN UPSET FOR ASTON VILLA LAST NIGHT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY MADE 547 PASSES, WITH AN 86% PASS ACCURACY (HAD 71% POSSESSION), AND HAD 16 SHOTS, WITH 6 ON TARGET, THEY JUST COULD NOT REACH THE BACK OF THE NET! IT WAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY FOR CRYSTAL PALACE HOWEVER, WHO MADE A MORE MODEST 238 PASSES, WITH A 72% PASS ACCURACY AND HAD 9 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, BUT WITH 3 OF THOSE TURNING OUT TO BE MAGNIFICENT GOALS! EBERECHI EZE PULLED OFF SOME “EZE MAGIC” AT 31 MINS., WITH A FANTASTIC GOAL, AND ISMAILA SARR SCORED A BRILLIANT BRACE AT 58 MINS. AND A CRACKING LATE FINISHER AT 90 + 4 MINS., MEANING THAT THIS EXCITING MATCH ENDED IN A 3 – 0 WIN TO CRYSTAL PALACE AND THEIR PROGRESSION INTO THE FA CUP FINALS FOR JUST THE 3RD TIME IN THEIR HISTORY! FA CUP SEMI-FINAL :...
CHAMPIONSHIP : MONDAY – 21/04/2025 (PHOTO – JOEL PIROE CELEBRATES)
I BET THE LEEDS UNITED BOYS BOUGHT A FEW BEERS FOR JOEL PIROE LAST NIGHT, AFTER HE SCORED 4 GOALS FOR LEEDS IN THE FIRST-HALF! WITH THE FIRST GOAL AT 6 MINS., AND THEN 8 MINS., 20 MINS., AND 41 MINS. RESPECTIVELY! AND IF THAT WASN’T ENOUGH, HIS TEAM-MATE JUNIOR FIRPO SCORED A STUNNER AT 26 MINS., PLUS, WITH HIS OTHER TEAM-MATE WILFRIED GNONTO SCORING THE FINAL GOAL OF THE MATCH AT 59 MINS., IT ALL CULMINATED IN A THRILLING 6 – 0 WIN FOR LEEDS AND PROMOTION TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE! CHAMPIONSHIP : LEEDS UNITED VS STOKE CITY – 21/04/2025 SHEFFIELD UNITED MADE 349 PASSES, WITH A 75% PASS ACCURACY AND HAD 15 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM THOMAS CANNON AT 37 MINS. BURNLEY HAD 367 SHOTS WITH A 77% PASS ACCURACY, (52% POSSESSION) AND 10 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, ...
