No Mbappe or Muller in PSG-Bayern combined XI for Champions League final
by Josh Wright
at Saturday, Aug 22 2020 17:03
After Sevilla's thrilling 3-2 win over Inter in the Europa League final on Friday, we are now just over 24 hours away from UEFA's showpiece event: The Champions League final. Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich will contest the 2019/20 Champions League final, hosted in Lisbon, Portugal on Sunday e...
Champions League Final Quiz: Name the 15 players to score but lose since 2000
by Martin Laurence
at Saturday, Aug 22 2020 13:33
With the 2019/20 Champions League season soon to be upon us, either Paris Saint-Germain or Bayern Munich will head home from Portugal victorious, while the other will be end a seemingly never-ending campaign heartbroken.For the elation of winning the grandest prize of all in club football, defeat ca...
Varane's horror-show against Man City among worst rated Champions League displays
by Josh Wright
at Saturday, Aug 22 2020 10:00
Having already looked at the best individual displays of the 2019/20 Champions League it's time to do the opposite and find out which players had nights to forget on European football's biggest stage. In the same format as the aforementioned article, we will start at sixth and countdown to the worst...
Sterling and Messi among best rated Champions League displays this season
by Josh Wright
at Saturday, Aug 22 2020 09:30
In the build up to Sunday's highly aniticpated Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, it's time to remember some of the standout moments of what has been an extremely long campaign in UEFA's elite club competition. There have been 14 instances of perfect WhoScored 10 r...
Champions League final team news and prediction: PSG vs Bayern
by Josh Wright
at Saturday, Aug 22 2020 09:25
Standing in Paris Saint-Germain's way of their first ever European Cup are favourites Bayern Munich. In fact, PSG have never even been this far in UEFA's elite competition, becoming the 41st side to reach a Champions League final.Bayern have remarkably scored 42 goals in 10 Champions League matches ...
PSG outnumber Bayern 7-4 in Champions League Team of the Semis
by Josh Wright
at Thursday, Aug 20 2020 10:04
Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich will face off in the 2019/20 Champions League final on Sunday after both recording emphatic 3-0 wins over RB Leipzig and Lyon, respectively. After such ruthless victories, it's no surprise our entire Champions League Team of the Round is made up of players from ...
Sought-after Lyon ace Aouar gatecrashes Bayern-dominant combined XI
by Josh Wright
at Wednesday, Aug 19 2020 13:30
Bayern Munich are understandably clear favourites to win the 2019/20 Champions League after their 8-2 mauling of Barcelona in the quarter-finals. Next up is Lyon for a place in the final to face Paris Saint-Germain and Hansi Flick's side are expected to make light work of the French side after they ...
Champions League team news and prediction: Lyon vs Bayern Munich
by Josh Wright
at Wednesday, Aug 19 2020 13:13
When the semi-finals were drawn back in July, people were very quick to notice Bayern Munich could encounter former manager Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City team in the semi-finals. It was a match everyone was looking forward to seeing. Then Lyon showed up and spoiled the party. After dumping J...
Champions League semi-finalist preview: Bayern rampant en route to last four
by Josh Wright
at Wednesday, Aug 19 2020 12:07
Bayern Munich's transformation under Hansi Flick this season has been remarkable. Flick replaced Niko Kovac with Bayern fourth in the Bundesliga and four points adrift of first place but they finished the season with their eighth-straight league title, 13 points clear of the chasing pack. They have ...
Champions League semi-finalist preview: How seventh best team in France Lyon qualified
by Josh Wright
at Wednesday, Aug 19 2020 09:23
Lyon finished seventh in Ligue 1 and 28 points behind champions Paris Saint-Germain when the French authorities opted to curtail the 2019/20 season. The 'quality' of Ligue 1 is often ridiculed and labelled as a 'farmers league' but both sides are still in Champions League, with PSG already through t...