The Champions League got very interesting this week with a number of matchups remaining rather ambiguous at best. The 3-0 win for Real Madrid over Borussia Dortmund is no longer a contest at this point. Dortmund would need to win 4-0 or 5-1 in order to progress against the Spanish League giants; Madrid has conceded a total of seven goals in the entire tournament to date and looked completely unstoppable in the first leg. More to the point, Jurgen Klopp's troops looked lost for answers and rarely produced any scoring chances against Madrid.
Latin Post.com breaks down the team's in Group E of the 2014 World Cup; which of these teams are the favorites to win futbol's biggest prize in Brazil this summer?
It was April 2013. Barcelona was kicking off against Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena for the first leg of the Champions League semifinal and was fancied as the favorite to go through. The team had seemingly rebounded nicely from its Spanish league title loss to Real Madrid a year ago and was on pace to reclaim Spain's top prize. But then everything went south for Los Cules. In a matter of 90 minutes, Bayern Munich had given the world a lesson in how to take down Barcelona. The return home for the second leg was even more embarrassing as the team wound up losing 3-0 and ended up defeated 7-0 on aggregate. The aura of invincibility had been demolished completely and the beginning of the end of would begin. But what an end it would be.
For Snow the upcoming summer will be the franchise's final one in Nassau County as the Islanders are slated to leave for Brooklyn in 2015-16. So who can Snow turn to to fix his netminding situation? Here are some possibilities.
How the mighty have fallen. After looking like Premier League title contenders for half of the 2013-14 season, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal is in danger of missing the Champions League for the first time under the manager's tenure. Arsenal, which has struggled in big games on the road this year, lost arguably its most important remaining match on Sunday in a 3-0 blowout by Everton.
The Champions League gets back underway this week with the final leg of the quarterfinals. A few matches are pretty much settled while most have some interesting storylines that are worth considering.
Australia returns to the World Cup in 2014 but has a tough task to overcome in order to move on from the group stage. Will the Socceroos be remembered for this tournament or will they continue to languish among the worst teams in the tournament?
Greece does not have an illustrious history at the World Cup, but the European nation has a chance to make a run this year after being placed into one of the less competitive groups of the tournament? Can the 2004 European champions finally put on a solid performance in the world's biggest tournament?
For 32 straight games Real Madrid looked invisible. But after losing to Barcelona a few games ago, Carlo Ancelotti's side is looking really mediocre at best. What is wrong with this team and which is the real Real Madrid?
Despite entering Tuesday's second leg against Paris Saint-Germain down by the score of 3-1, Chelsea managed to find a 2-0 win and advanced to the semifinals of the Champions League.
The Group of Death is one of the most exciting terms to look out for when the World Cup comes around every year. This season there are arguably three Groups of Death, but now it is time to look back at past World Cups to see what other teams had the misfortune of being placed in hard opening round groups.
The Europa League returns on Thursday with the final legs of the quarterfinals. Of the remaining ties all but one is up in the air. Here is how the Europa League looks heading into its final leg of the third knockout round.
