On Tuesday night, Juventus endured a tough Champions League opener in Paris, losing 2-1 against Paris Saint Germain. While Weston McKennie managed to provide a decent goal, the club’s official YouTube channel reminded us of ten memorable strikes from previous UCL openers. The montage includes Carlos Tevez’ wonderful brace against Malmo in 2014, as well as the great strikes of …

With two friendlies coming up in late September, Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has announced his roster. The 32-man squad has scheduled matches as World Cup warmup games, both occurring in the United States. On Sep. 23, Argentina battles Honduras in Miami. Then, four days later on Sep. 27, Argentina is at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, NJ, to take on …

This summer, Juventus conducted several operations related to the left-back department. Yet, none of it actually benefitted Max Allegri’s current squad. The Bianconeri bought the services of Genea’s Andrea Cambiaso only to immediately loan him out towards Bologna. Luca Pellegrini also left on a temporary basis by joining Eintracht Frankfurt. For his part, Gianluca Frabotta sealed not one but two …

TelevisaUnivision’s coverage of the UEFA Champions League for the 2022/23 season has a duality. Viewers will feel comfortable knowing that the quality level of production and talent feels very familiar. At the same time, there are many changes underfoot. The introduction of the streaming platform ViX adds a different dynamic that wasn’t there before. To better understand the changes and …

The Italian journalist Mario Sconcerti is happy about Juventus’ performance in their 2-1 loss to PSG the last time out and he insists the Frenchmen won because of the individual brilliance of Kylian Mbappe. The Bianconeri started the game poorly and paid for it by conceding two first-half strikes from Mbappe. After the interval, they returned to the pitch as …

Bernd Leno, the German goalkeeper who departed Arsenal, made controversial comments regarding his exit from the club. Rather than on-pitch performance, the former Gunner claimed ‘politics’ attributed to his Emirates Stadium exodus. “When I realized that it wasn’t about performance or quality, I knew I had to go,” explained Leno during an interview with German newspaper Sport Bild.  “During the …

There were some big results in the second night of UEFA Champions League matchups.  Listed below are summaries of all eight European games on Wednesday: Ajax 4 – Rangers 0 Ajax continued their impressive form with a commanding performance against Scottish club Rangers.  Edson Alvarez, Steven Berghuis, Mohammed Kudus, and former Tottenham winger Steven Bergwijn were the goalscorers on the …

Barcelona ran riot in their Champions League opener by making light work of Viktoria Plzeň with a 5-1 annihilation. A Robert Lewandowski hat-trick was the biggest headline of the night, with Franck Kessie scoring his first goal for the club and Ferran Torres also getting on the scoresheet. Sergi Roberto, who assisted the Polish striker’s first strike reflected on his …

FOX Sports have hired Chad Johnson, the former NFL wide receiver, as an analyst to appear on the broadcaster’s nightly World Cup Tonight wrap-up show this November and December. The show is more or less a talk show airing nightly throughout the tournament. The goal of the show is to get the perspectives of soccer stars, personas and pundits on …

It was a brilliant night for Richarlison and Tottenham as the London club returned to the Champions League with a 2-0 win over Marseille.  Spurs had to wait until the 76th minute before breaking the deadlock against the French side and that came through a Richarlison header. Just five minutes later, the Brazilian added a second with another header, which …