Real Madrid
Arsenal scores high, Celtic’s misery continues
Editor’s Note: these figures refer to teams’ performance in this week’s round of matches and not their chances of winning the competition as a whole. A+ Arsenal Five Arsenal goals at half-time and six different goalscorers at full-time, this was Mikel Arteta’s team at their attacking best, and they took heavy revenge on the French … Read more
What are the biggest football matches that have never happened?
“What are the ‘biggest’ (competitive) international and club matches that have never taken place, i.e. the teams that have never played against each other competitively?” asks David Mills. Pete Tomlin kicks things off for us with the kind of researched answer that could put us out of a job. “I looked at international matches and … Read more
Comandante Morales’ hat-trick shows Villarreal what they have been missing
One by one, 16,389 people stood up to salute the commander. First they stood up, then they applauded and when José Luis Morales, the man with the military title, reached the edge of the field, they began to bow and repeat his name like a Gregorian chant. On the sidelines, his coach – the fourth … Read more
Alberto Mastromatteo is one of football’s biggest nutrition gurus who helped Karim Benzema play the best football of his life in his thirties… Now Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham – and England – is reaping the benefits of working with the chef
When Karim Benzema started playing the best football of his life in his thirties – winning the Ballon d’Or at the age of 34 – he attributed part of his success to putting top chef Alberto Mastromatteo in charge of his diet. Now Mastromatteo, through his company Summumm, is advising Jude Bellingham as the England … Read more