Running Down The Wing

Manchester United is out of the UEFA Champions League. Well, we all saw this coming but we certainly didn't expect it this soon. Diego Simeone finally got his revenge by knocking out Cristiano Ronaldo. On Tuesday night, Atlético was up against Manchester United in the Old Trafford to secure a spot in the quarterfinals. It was a typical Atlético Madrid performance with all the dirty work and time-wasting at the absolute peak. The Red Devils didn't play particularly bad in this match, it's just that Atléti came up with a plan and they executed it to perfection. United fans would be feeling hard done by since they were actually the better team, however, football is a game of fine margins and it is the grit and hard work of Atlético Madrid that has handed them this win. Watching Atlético is quite frustrating and their style of play does seem a little unfair for their opponents, however, results are all that matter at the end of the day and El Cholo has once again done enough to...

Madrid...Madrid...Madrid Hala Madrid  Y nada más Y nada más Hala Madrid!🎶🎶 What a day to be a Madridista! The UEFA Champions League delivered a blockbuster on Wednesday night as PSG and Real Madrid clashed in the Santiago Bernabéu for a spot in the quarterfinals. Los Blancos had lost the 1st leg in Paris which saw PSG coming into this fixture with great confidence and a 1-0 advantage. However, Real Madrid, Santiago Bernabeu and Champions League nights are the perfect recipe for a comeback. The Real Madrid Ultras had created an unbelievable atmosphere outside the stadium which definitely would've been quite intimidating for the Paris Giants.  It was an end to end game in 1st half with both the teams on their front foot. Madrid came out attacking and pressing as soon as the match started but PSG was able to soak it up and play on the counter. Both the teams were trying to impose themselves on each other but it was the Parisians who dominated the 1st half and ended up scoring a...

  Die Meister (The Masters) Die Besten (The Best) Les grandes équipes (The biggest teams) The Champions!🎶🎶 With that iconic anthem, UEFA Champions League was back in action on Wednesday night as Manchester United came up against Atlético Madrid in Estadio Wanda Metropolitano. Didn't really turn out to be an entertaining match, but wasn't a boring one either. Both Atlético Madrid and the Red Devils are having an underwhelming season and therefore, it was hard to say who the favourites would be. Still, based on current form, Manchester United were the better team coming into this game. However, as quite often the case has been with the Red Devils, they were abysmal and gave in one of their worst performance in the first half of this match. Since 2005/06 season in the Champions League, for the first time, United wasn't able to take a touch in the opposition's box in the whole 1st half. That's how terrible they were. For the very first time under Ralf Rangnick, United...

KYLIAN MBAPPÉ. The best player in the world right now. On Tuesday night, PSG claimed all the 3 points against a mediocre Real Madrid performance as Kylian Mbappé came in clutch yet again to score the winner in 90+4th minute. I can't even explain how disappointed I am with Real Madrid and especially Carlo Ancelotti. You stay awake till 4 AM just to see your team get absolutely outplayed by a club which has been the centre of criticism throughout the season. Coming into this game, I was extremely confident as The Los Blancos were the clear favourites. Yes, Real madrid hasn't been performing that well in that last couple of games but I just thought that they would be too much to handle for a disjointed PSG side. I guess I forgot that there's a huge difference between the PSG that plays in Ligue 1 and the PSG that turns up in the Champions League. Credit where it's due, Pochettino's tactics were spot on as they dominated and were in complete control throughout the cours...

Damn! That was a close match. On Sunday night we faced Granada with an opportunity to go 6 points clear at the top of the table and to respond to the defeat we suffered against Athletic Club which saw us crashing out of the Copa del Rey in the quarter-finals.  To be honest, I was quite nervous coming into this match as I just had a feeling that this might be one of those games where we are in complete control but don't have our shooting boots on. I feared that we might even end up conceding one and blow this opportunity off. While we did end up taking all the 3 points thanks to Asensio's peach of a goal, however, it was far from a convincing win. Taking criticism from the previous match against Athletic Club, Ancelotti decided to make some changes to his starting 11 and include Camavinga and Isco. While this is a good sign as quite often we have seen that Don Carlo, more or less, sticks with the same players in every match, however, I still don't understand why Hazard and J...

Finally a sigh of relief as Manchester United is back in the top 4 half of the Premier League table.  This match was a 6 pointer as both the teams are in direct competition with each other for the 4th spot and therefore, it was extremely important for Manchester United to win this game. This was Manchester United's best defensive performance under Ralf Rangnick. I wouldn't say they dominated this match, but they definitely were the better team. However, neither of the sides were able to produce a clear goalscoring opportunity until the very last minute of the match.  Captain Harry Maguire was given a start which made me really anxious considering how poor his performances have been this season. But, to my surprise, he actually had a great game as he partnered up with Varane to shut out West Ham's attack and help David De Gea get a much-deserved cleansheet. Besides a good defensive display, it seemed as if the Red Devils were still not sure what their game plan was once th...