Buzzin Football

I fully expected Jose Mourinho’s mind games & bully boy tactics would make him personally responsible for Barcelona’s exit from the Champions League two seasons in a row.  As it is, barring the biggest shock and possibly the most exciting European football game of all-time, Barcelona are set to join Manchester United in a repeat [...]

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Stoke City thrashed a very poor Wolves side 3-0 at the Britannia Stadium last night to move into ninth position in the Premier League and possibly seal Mick McCarthy’s Wolverhampton Wanderers to relegation to the nPower Championship. Though it was not all good news for Tony Pulis, who saw his star winger, Mathew Etherington leave [...]

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The indifferent form of Schalke 04 this season has so far cost their manager Felix Magath his job despite steering his team to the quarter final stage of the Champions League.
New boss Ralf Rangnick has managed to take his side to the last four thanks to an impressive display over the two legs [...]

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Before the third round I fancied either Manchester City or Spurs to have a successful run in this season’s FA Cup; and when Manchester City drew Manchester United in the semi-finals, I still felt confident they would get one over their arch rivals.  That was until Carlos Tevez, their enigmatic striker and captain was ruled [...]

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So, now we know the four semi-finalists for this season’s Champions League, two Spanish clubs and one from England and Germany.
Barcelona, Real Madrid and Schalke 04 all but booked their places after first leg goal fests against Shakhtar Donetsk, Tottenham and Inter Milan respectively but Chelsea only trailed Manchester United by one goal when they [...]

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