Tag Archives: Champions League

With the second round fixtures being completed last night we now know the lineup for the third round draw. After finally disposing of Gibraltar’s Lincoln Red Imps, Celtic now face a trickier tie in the way of Kazakhstan’s Astana. The hoops haven’t reached the group stages of the competition since …

Celtic went some way to erasing the embarrassment of last week as they beat Lincoln Red Imps 3-0 last night to record Brendan Rodgers first competitive victory since taking over as manager. It was always going to be a big ask for the Gibraltarian side even with a 1-0 advantage …

Without the biggest story of these last few days has been Lincoln Red Imps shock win over Celtic. That result will go down in Gibraltarian folklore as they handed out the worst possible start to Brendan Rodgers’ time as manager of Scottish Champions. They will now look to overturn that …

The Brendan Rodgers era at Celtic has got off to the worst possible start as he saw his side fall to their most embarrassing defeat ever at the hands of Gibraltarian side Lincoln Red Imps. Last night saw  the first leg of their Champions League Second Qualfying Round tie and …

“Estadio Vicente Calderón (4)” (CC BY 2.0) by  daniel0685  Atletico Madrid saw their dreams of Champions League glory crushed by their bitter rivals Real Madrid for the second time in three years. Diego Simeone’s men battled past Barcelona and Bayern Munich to reach the final to once again face off against the Galacticos, …

The jewel in UEFA’s crown in terms of club competition is upon us Tonight with Real Madrid taking on their cross city rivals Atletico in a repeat of the 2014 Champions League Final. That night Real left it late Lisbon, can Atletico make history in Milan this evening 2 years …

Another Guest Article now and a new signing in the form of Gustaaf Weber. Gustaaf  is from Holland and has written an article on whether we are witnessing the death of possession Football – over to you Gustaaf Possession football could be dead and burried by mid next week, if …

After a week on the subs bench I have returned to the V2 Football Podcast, another great show with an hour packed full of debate and also the launch of a new quiz. This week the topics include F.A. Cup review Louis Van Gaal and Roberto Martinez’s job security Who …

After a small hiatus, due to the fact I forgot to ask if anyone had any questions and also I haven’t had the time over the past few weeks it’s time for the return of ‘Ask Real Football Man’ – This week sees two questions along similar lines and they …