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Are Lyon out of the title race?

On Saturday, Lyon suffered a 2-1 loss to Montpellier. It would be the type of game where they are kicking themselves that they were not able to win. It was a game Lyon dominated in. They had 24 shots to Montpellier’s 12, but poorly only 8 were on target with a further 9 being blocked […]

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What is actually going right at Dortmund

In the first of my weekly column series, I am going to look at what has actually gone right for Borussia Dortmund this season. On Saturday, Dortmund lost to Freiburg 2-1 in a very dire performance from Die Schwarzgelben. This meant Dortmund have only won one game in their previous five and this adds to […]

Rennes: ‘Un club de losers’ turning into un club de gagnants

As stated in the latest Athletic article, until recently Rennes were considered a club for losers as they had always been so close yet so far to achieving something. But there has been change in the water in Brittany. In 2019, after 2 final defeats to rivals Guingamp in 2009 and 2014, they won the […]

Throwback Matchday – Ajax’s return to glory

Tuesday night, March 5th, 2019. Ajax’s eleven walked out into the bright white Bernabeu floodlights. A few weeks prior, the iconic dutch side had played their first match in the Champions League knockouts in 13 years, where they fell 2-1 at home to the current title holders, serial european winners Real Madrid. However, this match was different and the cool, confident spaniards found themselves conceding 4 goals from a scintillating side studded with young stars.

Liverpool – Locked Out

The seemingly unstopable Champions of Europe returned to the stadium where they had won their crown, this time to face off against an Atletico Madrid which appeared to be struggling to find it’s way. Fourth in the league and knocked out of the Copa del Rey by a third tier team, the demoralised Colchoneros were about to play a huge match, once again, as the underdogs. Despite this, once the 90 minutes were up, the spanish side had shown their stubborn face in an unexpected 1-0 victory.

The Red Bull Model: Why are RB Salzburg and RB Leipzig so successful

With the ending of the Champions League group stage there were 2 key stories from it. RB Leipzig finishing top of their group and securing a round of 16 tie against Tottenham, and RB Salzburg, who pushed Liverpool and Napoli all the way while playing fun attacking football. But, it can be argued that this […]

Atalanta: The surprise package in Italy

Atalanta are a small team from Bergamo in the North of Italy. They were formed in 1907, and since then have not experienced a lot of success. Their last piece of silverware was in 2011, when they won Serie B and gained promotion to the top tier because of this. They have also not been […]

Getafe: The Mid-Table team in the race for Europe in Spain

2 years ago, Getafe had just won promotion back to La Liga, after being relegated the year before. At the beginning of this season they appointed Pepe Bordalas as manager and he has led them to this incredible feat of possible European football. The last time Getafe were in European football was in 2010 where […]

Eintracht Frankfurt the team leading the Germans in Europe

On March 14 Eintracht Frankfurt beat Inter Milan 1-0 to qualify for the Quarter-finals of the Europa League, this result left Frankfurt the only German team left in any of the European competitions. This small resurgence of the team began at the end of last season where they beat Bayern Munich 3-1 to win the […]

Ajax and Lyon, 2 Young teams on the unfortunate verge of success in modern football

Currently, in Europe’s top 5 leagues there are 3 teams who are averaging an age of less than 25.5. One of these is Borussia Dortmund, who are currently catching headlines due to their high position in the Bundesliga. Recently, however, Ajax have stood out more since their result against Real Madrid in the Champions League. […]