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Football is Dead [viz. by Varun Sangwan] Yesterday, the footballing world was shaken to its core by the announcement of a European Super League, potentially disrupting the existing European competitions, i.e., UEFA Champion's League and The Europa League. Gone will be the days when any team could dream of playing in the European competitions as an attempt to challenge the status quo about the big teams in their respective leagues. Teams who have done well recently - the likes of West Ham, Leicester, Real Sociedad, Atalanta, and so on, who rose above expectations to challenge the top tier teams in their divisions will probably find their herculean efforts to have been in vain because the owners of the so-called big clubs have decided that football is just supposed to make money and shouldn't mean anything to the fans. WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE? What is the European Super League? [via GiveMeSport] The European Super League is an initiative lead by the biggest teams in wor...

Manchester United beat Spurs 1-3 It was just another day at the office for Manchester United as they came from behind once again to win 3-1 against Tottenham and dent the hosts top 4 hopes with just 7 Premier League games remaining. After having a goal overturned under controversial circumstances, The Red Devils reacted in the exact way they were supposed to and made yet another brilliant comeback to undo the injustice done to them. The whole team reacted positively, credit to the manager to keep up the spirits and keep the players calm. Match Review "FRED SCORES THE EQUALISER FOR MANCHESTER UNITED!" Yes this actually happened Cavani had a goal controversially disallowed in the 33rd minute after VAR spotted a flailing arm from McTominay on Son in the build-up. Apparently, Scott McTominay was trying to run forward but Son pulled his arm back, and while trying to get away from him the Scotsman fingers brushed Son, knocking him out for 3 minutes. I was scared if he had to be s...

Manchester United beat Granada 0-2 Manchester United move a step closer to Europa League Semi-Finals after a comfortable 2-0 first-leg win over Granada at Estadio Los Carmenes. The Red Devils displayed a much-improved game as compared to the one against Brighton. MATCH REVIEW The Men of the Moment United took control of the match early on in the game. They restricted Granada to the odd sight of goal, as they engaged De Gea into some Routine Saves. On-loan Chelsea forward Kenedy blazed a volley from a small frame. Former Spurs striker Roberto Soldado lashed a shot into the side netting. United switched off from a freekick and nearly paid the price 5 minutes before the break, but the woodwork came to their rescue as on-loan Manchester City midfielder Yangel Herrera's cross-shot cannoned off the post. Besides these, the Spanish side did not threaten United . Fernandes was yet again on target from the spot Rashford notched his 8th European Goal of the season in the 31st minute. Rashfo...

Granada vs Manchester United [via UEFA Europa League] TRIVIA Venue - Estadio Nuevo de Los Carmenes Kickoff - Thursday, April 8, 20:00 BST                    Friday, April 9, 00:30 IST Manchester United exited the FA Cup in a disappointing manner as they allowed Leicester City to run over them in the Quarter-Final. The result and moreover, the performance came as a shock to everyone as the same team had just beaten City, AC Milan, and West Ham in a span of 2 weeks. The International Break couldn't have come at a better time for Ole. Most of our players got about the right amount of rest and game time during their time with their countries. We were expected to come back fresher as we restarted PL action. But quite evidently, our team took a while to get out of their blocks against Brighton, conceding yet another early goal. Although we managed to come back from behind, yet again, we need to start winning games more comfortably. Taking...

Manchester United are virtually through after beating Sociedad 0-4 in the away leg TRIVIA Venue - Old Trafford, Manchester Kick-Off - Thursday, February 25, 20:00 GMT                      Friday, February 26, 1:30 IST Manchester United are virtually through to the Round of 16 after thumping Real Sociedad 0-4 away from home . Until and unless we've an absolute freak result, The Red Devils should comfortably get over this tie. Having such a healthy advantage gives Solskjaer the perfect opportunity to rotate his squad and give regular first-teamers a much-needed rest. Ole's boys seem to have returned to form after a dip, which saw them drop points in a 3-3 draw against Everton and a 1-1 draw against West Brom . Since then, United have kicked off their Europa League campaign in style and won 3-1 against Newcastle in a convincing manner. Meanwhile, Real Sociedad will look to keep the aggregate low and avoid another free-scoring ...

Manchester United kicked off their Europa League campaign in some style A perfect beginning to The Europa League for Manchester United as they battered Real Sociedad 4-0 , in what was a one-sided clash . After a disappointing group-stage exit from the Champions League back in December, this was the first European encounter for Ole's men. Real Sociedad failed to influence the game in a significant manner as Manchester United ran the show . The game itself must've ingrained massive confidence for the squad ahead in the competition. MATCH OVERVIEW Rashford put himself in great positions but his finishing let him down The match was played at a neutral venue, the Allianz Stadium in Turin, as the travel restrictions in Spain abated the tie to be played at the Reale Arena. Manchester United made 5 changes to the side that drew against West Brom . The referee blew the whistle and the match kicked off with The Red Devils attacking from the right. In the maiden minute of the game, Eric ...

  Manchester United kick off their Europa League campaign against Real Sociedad TRIVIA Venue - Allianz Arena, Turin Kick-Off - Thursday, February 10                  11:25 IST Manchester United in this topsy-turvy season have perhaps found their identity. United can be counted on as being predictably unpredictable and that leads to a lot of shock results good or bad. They will want to bounce back from a 1 - 1  draw against relegation candidates West Bromwich Albion . Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will want to do better than their last season in the Europa League and want to get his hands on silverware with the Premier League looking a bit far out of reach now.  Real Sociedad are no joke , they are a force to be reckoned with this season. The Spanish side has been playing out of their skin this season and sit fifth in the league. David Silva has added incentive to beat the Red Devils after his glorious career at the Etihad where he over...

  -By Varun Sangwan and Hitanshu Samantray MATCH STATS TALKING POINTS Manchester United started the match strongly with them toying with the Sevilla defense and picking line breaking passes. Through one such pass Martial picked out Marcus Rashford who was taken down and United won a penalty which Bruno Fernandes duly converted as he always does. After that Sevilla started to kick on and created chances. Again individual errors in defense cost united dearly as Brandon Williams failed to mark Suso who scored from a delicious cross from Reguilon. The goal was debatable as just before the goal, United should have had a throw-in which was given to Sevilla. United ended the half strongly and everybody could sense that a goal was coming. Bruno Fernandes and Rashford were denied by the keeper Bono and it was all square at half-time. United showed real purpose in the second half and were the better team by far. Martial, Greenwood , Bruno and Rashford all tried but it wasn't supposed to be t...

   -By Varun Sangwan TRIVIA Venue - RheinEnergie Stadion , Cologne Kick Off - Monday, August 16 - 20:00 GMT                   Tuesday, August 17 - 00:30 IST Manchester United come into the game having beaten Copenhagen 1 - 0 courtesy of a Bruno Fernandes penalty in extra-time and are will be looking to get their hands on silverware this season, their first since the 2017 Europa League triumph. They have already secured a place in the Champions League group stages next season via a top four finish and finally are playing fast-attacking football which manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer describes as being the 'United Way' as he said in the Press conference that to beat them, we'll score more goals than them.. Ole Will be looking for his fiftieth win as a Manchester United manager making him the third fastest manager in the Red Devils' history to reach the landmark.. Sevilla are the most successful team in the European second tier having...