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Champions League and Europa League Back in Town

Posted on by Chirag

This week the champions league and europa league return to everyone’s screens as the Round of 16 for both tournaments heats up.

With teams like Liverpool, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Paris Saint Germain and Bayern Munich still in the mix for the Champions league title, the race is getting fun. However out of Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain, only 1 club will see the light of the quarter finals as the two face each other in theri second leg with the score at 0-1 favouring PSG.

Meanwhile Liverpool, who will face Inter Milan in the second leg tonight, already leading by 2 goals will have no difficulty getting to the next stage considering their great Premier League form.

The same goes for teams like Manchester City and even Bayern Munich. However for teams like Atletico Madrid and Manchester United it will be very difficult. As the two giants face each other in the second leg next week with the score at 1-1, it’ll be interesting to see how the two have changed their squads. 

Both United and Atletico have been on a bad run in their respective leagues with United standing at 5th and Atletico at 4th, both teams might fall more in points before the season ends. 

Meanwhile over in the Europa League, the first leg of the Round of 16 begins with a very dominant Barcelona at the helm. As La Blaugrana get ready to face Galatasaray after a very long time, their La Liga competitors, Sevilla will be facing West Ham.

Barcelona, if they get to the finals and win, will win the Europa League for the first time ever due to them never being out of the Champions League so early.

Real Madrid Sink Barcelona in Supercopa Thriller

Posted on by cbtfhome

Last night FC Barcelona and Real Madrid faced off against each other for the 281st time in their long and rich rivalry. They faced each other for the first time outside Spain as the match was played in the Saudi Capital of Riyadh.

As expected Real Madrid did not give Barcelona a lot of opportunities and played tremendously well in the 90 minutes to get their 2 goals. Real took the lead both times with a 1-0 and a 2-1 scoreline.

Barcelona were always going to be the chasing side but no one expected so much attacking finesse from the young side as soon as the whistle blew. Barcelona managed to equalise both times in the 90 minutes to send the match into the extra 30 minutes.

However, Barcelona’s defence just couldn’t keep up with Real Madrid’s well Synced attack by the first half of the extra time as Valverde struck the ball into the net to get Real the El Clasico win in Saudi Arabia. 

Even with the likes of Luuk de Jong, Araujo, Pedri, Gavi and Ferran Torres, Barcelona just couldn’t match Real Madrid’s well gelled unit to score enough and get the win.

Now Real Madrid await the winner of the second semi finals between Atletico Madrid and Athletic Club to see who they will be facing on Sunday night in Riyadh for the Supercopa de Espana trophy.

The First El Clásico Out of Spain; A Preview

Posted on by cbtfhome

With the El Clasico just hours away as the two sides get ready for this epic encounter. This will be the first ever El Clasico to be played outside of Spain. The match will take place in the ever developing nation of Saudi Arabia in the capital of Riyadh.

The 281st El Clasico will take place tonight with the likes of Fatti and Pedri returning for Barcelona.

The Blaugrana called Pedri and Ferran Torres in separately late yesterday to join the training as Barcelona prepare to take on Real Madrid under new manager Xavi.

Ancelotti on the other hand has come out and said that Barcelona are far from them right now in the La liga and thus, not a spot of worry. Now with the two sides meeting in the semi finals of the Supercopa de Espana in a high stakes match, how much focus will Ancoletti have on his Spanish foes.

The second semi final will take place tomorrow as defending La Liga champions Atletico Madrid take on Athletic Club. The winners of these two matches will go on to face each other in a great final match on Sunday, the 16th of January.

The last time these two sides met, was in the La Liga in October, right before Xavi’s full fledged arrival. Barcelona lost to Real Madrid 1-2 at home as the Blaugrana failed to comprehend the level of game Real had.

Now with the slate clean in a new year and a different competition, Barcelona look to take home the finals spot and eventually the first trophy under the Xavi era.