Author: Hfutbol World
While games in the Premier League for the weekend have been postponed due to the passing of the Queen Elizabeth II, we take a look back at the most talked about club during the week, Chelsea.From the laboured and controversial win over West Ham United in the London derby last weekend to the lacklustre performance in their Champions League opener in Zagreb on Tuesday night, as if it was not enough, the sacking of manager, Thomas Tuchel followed suit the next morning.The drama got even more interesting as former Brighton manager, Graham Potter has now been appointed manager of the…
The Catalan Giants are known to be heavyweights in Spanish and European football. The Club is known for its trademark Tiki-taka style of play, or what could be otherwise known as the Cruyffian philosophy. It is named after the Dutch footballer and Coach, who was the founder of the football philosophy known as Total Football.Being the only Club to win a sextuple in a year the feat was achieved in 2009, The club also won a treble in 2015. Donning the Blue and red colour of the Blaugrana is a lifelong dream for most footballers. Several football legends had played…
The departure of Thomas Tuchel has finally crowned the start of a new era under the Todd Boehly consortium, who took over the ownership of the West London club a few months back.If there is one thing the new owners of Chelsea have in common to their predecessor, that is how quick they are in changing managers when results is not going the way they want it.It has brought the Roman Abramovich era unprecedented success and fans will hope for the same fortune of the Boehly’s, even though a part of them find it difficult to accept the sacking of…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence and Lionel Messi’s record for most goals in the group stages of that Champions League were the discusses before the kickoff of the opening day if the new campaign albeit other players have already stared in previous seasons.It was because of what has been an unbelievable level of consistency from the two over the years that has made their names remain on the lips of every fan of the beautiful game, even as they approach their end days.Even if the likes of Karim Benzema, Robert Lewandowski and Mohamed Salah are stealing the headlines lately, all these are…
Thomas Partey’s absence was again a big miss for Arsenal at Old Trafford as Manchester United put an end to their winning start to the season, despite the Gunners being slightly the better side on the day.Few mistakes again costed them. The absence of the Ghanian left the defence vulnerable as even his backup, Mohammed Elneny was not available to deputize. However, Mikel Arteta surely will be needing more than just a backup or competitor for the former Atletico man.Brand new season same old story the result looked on Sunday but performance wise, it was not that of an Arsenal…
Manchester United are still not at their best but the storm seems to have passed for now following wins in each of their last three games on the back of what was a nightmare start to the season.Smiles has been restored to the faces of fans around the Theater of dreams as happening both on and off the pitch since their win over Liverpool has favoured the club.It has been wins after wins thereon. First was the signing of Casemiro from Real Madrid ahead of the game against Liverpool, obviously ending their cry for a proven Central Defensive Midfield over…
The injury to Thomas Partey and Mohammed Elneny means Arsenal are now short of options heading into the final hours of the window with Aston Villa also visiting the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday evening.The fans have been lingering all summer to see the club bring in someone of a higher profile into the Central Defensive Midfield position but having cooled down interest in any midfielder, fans are beginning to switch focus to the positives, which is their impressive start to the season.Mohammed Elneny was handed a year extension on his contract earlier in the summer to remain with the club…
The UEFA Champions League group draw for the 2022/23 season has been made and teams have known their respective rivals for a place in the next rounds.Following the draw, clubs will already be looking at how realistic is their chances of making it out of the group stages while some others who are not so lucky will still hope to at least make something happen for themselves when the games started.It is no news that the group winners and runners up progress to the round of 16 while the third placed teams move on to the Europa League, leaving the…