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8 thoughts from this week's Champions League action Latest

8 thoughts from this week's Champions League action

The Champions League final is set. Below, we dissect the biggest talking points from this week's semifinal action and examine the significance of those events going into the showpiece match between Manchester City and Chelsea.Pep's un-Pep-like defenseBlocking a shot in the 55th minute wouldn't normally be followed by a chest-bumping hug...
10 managerial appointments that shocked world football Latest

10 managerial appointments that shocked world football

In honor of Jose Mourinho's shocking return to coaching with his appointment at AS Roma, theScore looks back at other managerial unveilings that have surprised the football world over the past 10 years.David Moyes - Real Sociedad (2013)Instead of a nice sunny holiday in Spain to get his mind off a disastrous 10-month spell at Manchester...
5 thoughts from this week's Champions League action Latest

5 thoughts from this week's Champions League action

The Champions League returned this week with a pair of fascinating semifinal matchups. Below, we dissect the biggest talking points from the action and examine the significance of those events going into the second legs.Zidane gave Chelsea too much respectZinedine Zidane doesn't usually plump for a three-man backline.The only other time...
How managers and players reacted to Super League chaos Latest

How managers and players reacted to Super League chaos

The announcement of the controversial European Super League on Sunday angered legions of fans and some of the game's biggest names, including managers and players.Their responses may just have worked.Plans for a breakaway league now hang in the balance, as founding members Manchester City and Chelsea signaled their intention to exit the...
Why European Super League went up in flames after only 2 days Latest

Why European Super League went up in flames after only 2 days

The collapse is underway. Chelsea fans danced and chanted on the streets outside Stamford Bridge. First it was them, then Manchester City, then the rest of England's rebel clubs. By Tuesday night, they had all pulled out.The European Super League started to disintegrate only two days after it was introduced. And the carnage is...
Fans target owners, VAR in government-backed 'overhaul' of English football Latest

Fans target owners, VAR in government-backed 'overhaul' of English football

The Football Supporters' Association (FSA) and the U.K. government are overseeing an extensive review of football in England and Wales designed to put fans at the center of the sport's governance.Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur were set to join the European Super League until they...
A Super League would be the final dagger for European soccer Latest

A Super League would be the final dagger for European soccer

It's incredibly rich for UEFA, which protects the interests of a select few clubs, to decry the start-up of a rival closed-circuit Super League.It's a case of money fighting money, greed versus greed, superpower against rebel power. UEFA has failed to uphold even the basic tenets of its own Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations, allowing...
Explainer: How will the new European Super League actually work? Latest

Explainer: How will the new European Super League actually work?

On Sunday, 12 of Europe's biggest clubs announced plans to form the long-rumored Super League, confirming their intentions to break away from UEFA's Champions League. The news rocked the soccer world, and the proposed competition was met with widespread condemnation. Below, theScore runs down everything you need to know about a move that...
How Guardiola corrected Manchester City's Champions League problems Latest

How Guardiola corrected Manchester City's Champions League problems

Pep Guardiola's decision to pick a three-man defense and plug the midfield for last season's Champions League elimination to Lyon was jarring.It was at odds with Manchester City's usual attacking style. It seemed to confuse the players. The Spaniard was overcomplicating matters rather than trusting what had made his team so...
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