Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspurs After having won the last three encounters, Pep Guardiola must have scratched his head once or twice when he saw 1-0 for Tottenham on the brand new scoreboard last week. Despite his team receiving a penalty from the referee Bjorn Kuijpers. The football professor got some critique after the match…
Category: Champions League
Champions League Predictions Second Leg QF Day 1
Juventus vs Ajax Juventus has ‘deliberately’ put their national championship celebration on hold last weekend by playing with a ‘b’ squad full of substitutes and youth players and losing 1-2. The expected payoff is playing at full battle strength in the meeting with Ajax on Tuesday.
Lessons from the Champions League Quarter Finals first leg
We are halfway into the quarterfinals of the Champions League. If you had bet on the most likely winners according to bookies, you should have come out even. Barcelona and Liverpool got their victory against Manchester United and Liverpool, but Juventus struggled against Ajax and Manchester City even lost against Tottenham Hotspurs. Luckily there is… Continue reading Lessons from the Champions League Quarter Finals first leg
Champions League | A close look at the Quarter Finals Wednesday 10-04
Ajax versus Juventus Who still dares to underestimate the underdog called Ajax? Hakim Ziyech and Dusan Tadic have proven to be really hard to defend; playing between the lines as false strikers. The dutch superstar generation with Matthijs de Ligt and Frenkie de Jong have both proven that they can compete with the best, Modric… Continue reading Champions League | A close look at the Quarter Finals Wednesday 10-04
Champions League | A close look at the Quarter Finals Tuesday 09-04
Tottenham versus Manchester City This all-Premier League tie should be seen out of the context of the Champions League. So far this season it’s Mauricho Pochettino – Pep Guardiola 0-3 in matches, but this is the match where Tottenham can steal the biggest of all prizes right under the nose of the competition. And they… Continue reading Champions League | A close look at the Quarter Finals Tuesday 09-04