Barcelona president Joan Laporta has reacted to speculation that Athletic Club will try to block Nico Williams’ potential move to Camp Nou this summer. The Catalans are said to be ready to activate his release clause, but the Basques aren’t happy because they don’t think Barca are operating within the 1:1 rule. Laporta has been…
Bayern Munich absolutely demolished Auckland City in the FIFA Club World Cup’s first round this season. There were goals galore, and it looks like Bayern means business this tournament. Here’s our Awards for the match. Jersey Swap: Mario Ilich Auckland City didn’t exactly show up to this game with their best performance, but credit where…
Speaking to Francesca Rudkin and Louise Ayrey on the NZ Herald’s health and wellbeing podcast, The Little Things, Duffy said she was running for around 10 years, sometimes five times a week, without any injuries. “I reached that point in my life… where the hormones start to shift and there’s different stresses on your body….
Barcelona boss Hansi Flick was a happy man after seeing his team beat Atletico Madrid 4-2 in La Liga on Sunday night. The Catalans returned to the top of the table with a huge victory over Diego Simeone’s side that makes it a miserable win for Los Colchoneros. Atletico had led the game 2-0 but…
For the second time over the course of a week, Bayern Munich dismantled Bayer Leverkusen with a resounding 2-0 win at the BayArena. Harry Kane opened the scoring in the 52nd minute and Alphonso Davies put the game away in the 71st minute. The second leg saw a number of injuries and yellow cards, but…
Bayern Munich exorcised some demons on Wednesday in a rollicking 3-0 win over domestic rivals Bayer Leverkusen. It had to feel good for head coach Vincent Kompany — and even better that the result came in the Champions League knockouts. But Kompany knows the job is far from done. For starters, there is a second…
Hansi Flick was a happy man after seeing his Barcelona team beat Rayo Vallecano 1-0 to move top of the table in Spain. A tough game was won by a single goal from the penalty spot by Robert Lewandowski after Inigo Martinez had been hauled to the ground. Flick admitted it wasn’t his team’s best…
Bayern Munich manage to snatch a marginal 4-3 victory against Holstein Kiel after being four goals up. An unnecessarily stressful ending to a game that should have been plain sailing. Here are the biggest takeaways. Devoid of defensive cohesion Let’s start with the bad, and boy was Bayern Munich’s sketchy defence bad. Now, I don’t…
Uninspiring is the first word that comes to mind when looking at Bayern Munich the last couple weeks. Bayern Munich looked like they were heating up heading into the winter break but have stumbled hard in January. Bayern Munich look deflated Bayern Munich were heading into this match up against probably the weakest team in…
