Serie A Writer spoke to a Juventus supporter who travelled to Berlin in pursuit of watching his side clinch the treble, read his story below. As soon as the final whistle blew in Juve’s 3-2 aggregate win over Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final, I immediately booked a flight to Berlin. It was my 

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To celebrate this weekend’s Champions League Final between Barcelona and Juventus, we’ve dedicated this week’s crossword to these two giants of European football. So if you think you know your Pedros and your Pirlos, come with us on another puzzle adventure!   Clues Across 7 See 1 down 8 UK stadium where Barcelona recorded European victories in 

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What do you expect from Juventus? I expect Juventus to focus on remaining compact and solid. It’s near impossible to match Barcelona man for man in Berlin on Saturday. We can’t make the same mistake as Bayern Munich did in the semi-final first leg, which they lost 3-0. Coach Massimiliano Allegri will field four at 

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To celebrate a thrilling round of semi-final first legs in the Champions League, we’ve dedicated this week’s football crossword to European football’s elite club competition. So if you think you know your PSGs and your PSVs, come with us on another puzzle adventure!   Clues Across 6    Man United’s sole scorer in their 3-1 Final 

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So all the four favourites made it through to semi-finals, but what can we make of what happened? On Tuesday night: -  PSG showed the entire football world just how good, bad and limited their team is. Their first half at the Camp Nou was horrifying (entertaining if you are Barca fan), but in the 

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The second leg of the quarter-final is here, so what should we look forward to: Tuesday’s match-ups Barca will hope to finish off ‘Ibra-less’ PSG when the two teams collide in the Camp Nou. Now it’s true that Barca is not unbeatable and PSG does have the capability to bring down Enrique’s men, but let’s be 

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With the quarterfinals of Europe’s biggest club competition on the horizon, the good folks at Guarantee Tickets have created an excellent infographic below detailing the contenders and performances so far in the competition. Hope this round lives up to expectations, as always.   Like O-Posts on Facebook You can also follow O-Posts on Twitter @OPosts

1955: Hibernian v Rot Weiss Essen Edinburgh team Hibernian, known more popularly as Hibs, became the first British football club to compete in the European Cup. English sides declined to enter the inaugural contest, but there was more interest north of the border. However, reigning Scottish Champions Aberdeen did not enter. Hibs were selected partly 

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Messi or Ronaldo? A popular and divisive debate among football fans. Two players with different styles, but both wonderful and enjoyable to watch and admire. Below is an infrographic provided and created by the folks at Guarantee Tickets that compares stats and other details between the two living football legends. Regardless of all the records 

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Below is an infographic highlighting and detailing the round of 16 contenders in this season’s Champions League. It was created and designed by the folks at Guarantee Tickets. Like O-Posts on Facebook You can also follow O-Posts on Twitter @OPosts

In Marti Perarnau’s new book “Pep”, which accounts Pep Guardiola’s first year in charge of Bayern Munich, there is an enlightening extract which highlights just how obsessive the coach is. After a win over Hannover last September, Guardiola hides away from his family for several hours, going over and over videos of the match before 

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Soccer as it is called in the United States and Canada and football to the rest of the world, is one of the most popular sporting extravaganza played by millions worldwide. The game is played with different formats with different pitch and team sizes but the most prevalent one feature two teams with eleven players 

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Despite all the tenuous rumours of a fix, the Champions League draw for this season’s round of 16 was always going to be intriguing. After the group stage, which as always was mildly entertaining but is essentially merely a rather drawn out Hors d’oeuvre before the competition truly heats up in February, we have been 

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  Arsenal will push for that 3rd consecutive victory in the Champions League this season, as they host last year’s finalist Dortmund at the Emirates on Tuesday. Wenger’s men continued from where they left off before the International break fixtures in the league; by thrashing Norwich to retain top spot on the log. The Gunners 

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