Co-written with Lukas Flottmeier On 24th February, Borussia Mönchengladbach will host Manchester City for the first leg of their last-16 tie in the UEFA Champions League. The fixture is certainly not one you would have seen in Europe’s elite competition a decade ago. Both sides have come an awfully long way in that time, although they …
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The Bundesliga is getting really boring, isn’t it? Bayern Munich steaming towards yet another title is a bit like beating your nan on FIFA – a foregone conclusion, no applause required. When Dayot Upamecano, one of the world’s most exciting young defenders, confirmed his switch from RB Leipzig to their Bavarian title rivals last week …
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Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League tie with İstanbul Başakşehir on Tuesday 8 December 2020 will go down in history, but not for Neymar’s hat-trick that sent the French side through to the last 16. What immortalised the game was a racist incident which pushed the players, and perhaps the sport, to breaking point. Fourth official Sebastian …
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