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1.Carlo Ancelotti- arguably the best manager during the 2023 2024 Season, Carlo Ancelotti has led Real Madrid to a near perfect Season . He's already led Real Madrid to the La Liga and Spanish Supercup titles and are in the final of the Champions League as they seek to win a record extending 15th European Title.It was made more impressive given the fact that several first team players were missing for much of the season. There were injuries in defense and Goalkeeping positions to Eder Militao,David Alaba and Thibaut Courtois were injured for extended periods of time respectively and he had no striker in the team apart from on loan forward Joselu and there were even talks that his job was in danger due to an on and off 2022 2023 Season. Real Madrid started the season well and won several games although most of the games were being won by a single goal margin which sometimes made their games difficult.Real Madrid's good start to the season would be tainted by Atletico Madrid in a...

This has been a disappointing Season for Barcelona by their standards.as things stand they will finish the season trophyless for a second time in three seasons. Despite what was relatvely a succesfull Season last Season, winning the La Liga nad Spanish Supercup, things have somehow gotten worse this season although it is quite understandable given their Lack of Funds. Although expectations fro Barcelona heading into this Season was not High, it was also not low either. One of the main reasons for Barcelona's success last season was their strong defensive structure. Hey conceded just 7 goals in their first 300 matches, kept 25 Clean Sheets in 38 Games, conceded just 20 goals and just three teams were able to score Home and Away against them.Thanks to a strong backline, a solid midfield and a high work rate by the players, Barca became formidable although the same couldn't be said in the Champions League were they finished 3rd in a group they were expected to qualify from and ins...

  The 2023-2024 Season is Jurgen Klopp's last season at Liverpool. He will leave as one of Liverpool's most successful managers of all time and the most successful manager in the Premier League after Pep Guardiola since Sir Alex Ferguson retired. However, a season which started with low expectations saw Liverpool at one point become contenders for all the Competitions they were in but unfortunately for them they weren't quite able to fulfill expectations. After a very disappointing 2023-2024 Season, Liverpool made several changers to their Squad.Key players like Fabinho, Jordan Henderson and others like Nabi Keita and Oxlade Chamberlain were all either sold or left the Club after their contract expired.In turn, players like Man Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai and Endo Wataru(who was signed in the January transfer window) were brought in to replace the players who left.All these players were signed mainly to stabilize and bring creativity to the Liverpool's midfield, qualit...

So recently, it seems that Real Madrid are starting to make a big mark not just in Spain but also in Europe .They have now won 3 of the past 5 editions of La Liga, which was more than they won in the previous 8 Seasons and they have also qualified for yet another Champions League Final,their 6th in the last 11 years.Other than Liverpool and Man City,no other team has made the final more than once during this period and with the likes of Endrick and Kylian Mbappe soon to arrive at the doorstep of the 14 time Champions League winners,it seems that they are only gonna become increasingly more dominant. Real Madrid are in such a great position thanks to Fiorentino Perez,who has brought tremendous success to Real Madrid in his second stint as Club President after his first stint didn't end too well due to the fact that his "Galactico Policy" didn't bring long term success to the Club.This was a policy whereby for a period of years he would sign an alreadyestablished Star t...

  A question that has been asked a lot this year in the football world is "Is Vini Jnr currently the best player in the game?".There are currently players out there that are very much on par with the Brazilian winger in terms of talent but performance wise, especially this season, it seems that he's ahead of everyone .The level he has managed to reach is a far cry from his early days as a winger.When Vini Jnr first started playing at Real Madrid, he was a vastly different player from the one we see now.He had great dribbling and explosive pace which was especially useful in attacking transition but unfortunately for Real Madrid, his decision making in the final third was very horrendous.His inability to finish chances was so prevalent that there was a point in time Karim Benzema told Ferland Mendy, the Left Back who played alongside Vini Jnr on the Left Flank, not pass to him when he had the ball.Although it sounds harsh, Benzema had a point because during that time span,...

  Real Madrid have done it once again in the Champions League.Just when it looked like they were down and out, they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat underneath Bayern Munich's grasp.Bayern are gonna wonder to themselves how they let it slip out of their hands but that's football, right, Bloody Hell!.Anyway,Let's unfold what happened in the match. Neither team came into the match with an advantage as they played out a draw in the First Leg although from the perspective of fans and analysts, Madrid had an "advantage" because the Second Leg of  the Semi Final Clash was played at Home.The first half started at a frenetic pace and even though it was an even half, Real Madrid had the better chances as they Bayern had to rely on Neuer to bail them out with saves from Rodrygo and Vini Jnr though they also went close at the other end through Harry Kane who forced Andriy Lunin to parry a fierce shot as the First Half ended goalless. The strart of the second half ha...

 1.Vinicius Junior- as Real's main attacking threat, it's quite obvious he's gonna be the main man and a deciding factor in their match against Bayern Munich. He already has two goals from the Previous Leg in Munich where he run the Bayern Defence, especially Kim Min Jae, ragged anytime he got the opportunity cause danger.If he can match or surpass his performance in the first leg, Real Madrid will likely go through to the final. 2.Leroy Sane- he was on fire in the early stages of both halves in an overall good performance in the First leg against Real Madrid and even managed to net his first goal since october against them.He caused problems for the Real Madrid backline whenever he was on the ball although his influence declined as the match went on.If he can shake off his Pelvis injury and start the second leg, the Real Madrid backline could be in for quite a long night. 3.Toni Kroos- the German sniper had an excellent performance on his return to Germany and even managed...

 1.Thierry Henry- thierry henry on his day, was unplayable and among the numerous goals he netted, this one serves as the best of them all.It came in a match against rivals Man Utd in an era where the tension and animosity between these two clubs was at an all time high.He scored the goal after taking a quick touch and just smacked the ball in a way that it swerved across the right into the corner of the net and the Goalkeeper didn't even try to save because he knew there wasn't much he could have done. 2.Dennis Bergkamp vs Newcastle United voted the greatest goal in Premier League history, this goal was scored by the man with the finest touch you will ever see, the one and only Dennis Bergkamp.It came in match against Newcastle United.After a turnover in their half, Arsenal quickly moved up the pitch with quick passing.After receiving the ball close and drifting to the left flank, Robert Pires arrowed a through ball straight to Bergkamo who was making a run towards the penalty...

  GK Manuel Neuer: (6/10) Not much he could have done about any of the goals conceded although he could have closed down Vinicius Jnr quicker for the 1st goal.Made important saves against Toni Kroos and Vini Jnr. Defense: Joshua Kimmich:(6.5/10) he was fairly solid on the night but didn't really contribute much. Kim Min Jae:(4/10) Not the former Napoli defender's best performance.Caught out for the first goal and conceded a penalty which let Real Madrid back into the game. Eric Dier:(7/10) A surprisingly effective performance from the former Spurs man.Was good defensively, a vinicius jnr block the best highlight of an impressive perforamnce and he went close to scoring at the other end. Noussair Mazraoui:(6/10) a decent enough perofrmance.Was fairly soild defensively and occasionally got forward. Midfield: Konrad Laimer:(6.10) a tenatious and hard tackling performance by the Bayern midfielder.His Crossfield ball picked out Leroy Sane for the equaliser. Leon Goretka:(6/10) he ha...

This was another great spectacle between these two iconic sides in this classic rivalry which always delivers.After this match, Real Madrid are now currently unbeaten in 8 games Bauern Munich(6W,2D). Bayern came into this match in inconsistent form after they had recently conceded the Bundesliga title to Bayer Leverkusen and were 14 points behind them in the League.As a matter of fact, Bayern Munich have not been at their usual standard this season, dropping subpar performances in matches which led to their current manager Thomas Tuchel to announce his departure before the Season even ends but in the Champions League they have fared better, losing only once in both group stage and knockout games and since they are out of the other competitions, this makes the Champions League their only chance of gaining silverware at the end of the Season. Meanwhile, Real Madrid came into this match in high spirits amidst a terrific run of form, having already won the La Liga and the Spanish Supercup ...