Pep Guardiola was “very, very happy” with Bayern Munich’s 6-1 win against FC Porto in Munich on Tuesday, “especially after recent weeks when we had our problemsscoring goals,” the Spaniard said. Bayern won the two-game series by an aggregate score of 7-4 after Porto won the first game, 3-1, in Portugal last week. Julen Lopetegui,Guardiola’s […]
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Video Pick: A wonderful miss from two yards
It’s been quite a week for Porto’s Colombian striker Jackson Martinez. His goals in each of Porto’s UCL quarterfinal legs against Bayern Munich, which ended up winning 7-4 onaggregate, sandwiched perhaps the worst miss of the season. In a 1-0 Portuguese league win over Academica, Martinez managed to miss an open net from two yards. […]
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Ribery to Miss Bayern's Second-Leg Clash Against Porto
Bayern Munich’s chances of progressing to the last four of the UEFA Champions League were dealt a further blow on Monday when coach Pep Guardiola revealed that Franck Riberywould miss the Bavarian giant’s second-leg quarterfinal clash versus FC Porto. Already trailing 3-1 on aggregate after the first game in Portugal, the German champ needs a […]
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UCL: Guardiola Unsurprised by Strong Porto
Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola claims he is still upbeat about the German champ’s chances of progressing to the UEFA Champions League semifinals despite losing the first-leg of thetwo-game series, 3-1 to FC Porto. The Spaniard said he was not surprised by Porto’s start to the game, which saw the Portuguese Liga club jump out […]
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International Champions Cup Participants Announced
Barcelona, Manchester United and Chelsea headline the 2015 version of the International Champions Cup, which will be held in the USA in July, the competition’s organizers said Wednesday. Thepre-season tournament, which has been a huge success in the States, will feature 10 clubs in its third year, including the New York Red Bulls, the LA […]
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Can Porto Beat Bayern? Computer Says No
According to ESPN’s Soccer PowerIndex, which uses historical data to try and predict the outcome of games, Bayern Munich should steamroll FC Porto in its two-game UEFA Champions League quarterfinal series against the PortugueseLiga club. ESPN’s algorithms have determined that the 2013 UCL winner has an 84 percent chance of advancing to the semifinals before […]
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MLS Sunday: Penedo saves the day for Galaxy
Panamanian keeper Jaime Penedo, who began the season on the bench, had the game of his MLS career, stopping 10 shots to help the defending champion LA Galaxyhold off the Seattle Sounders, 1-0, and get out of the Western Conference basement. The Portland Timbers have struggled at home but rarely put on a performance as […]
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Ronaldo vs. Messi, Continued?
As he so often does against weak opposition, Cristiano Ronaldo decimated Granada on Saturday, hitting an astonishing five goals in a 9-1 thrashing of the relegation-threatened club, a tallywhich brought the Real Madrid forward to 36 goals on the season — four ahead of rival Lionel Messi — and within a single goalof hitting the 300-mark […]
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Real Madrid Signs Danilo From Porto
Real Madrid on Wednesday completed the signing of FC Porto right-back/midfielder Danilo, who will join the European champion this summer on a six-year contract for a fee of 31.5 millioneuros ($34 million). The 23-year-old Brazil international has won two Portuguese Liga titles since arriving from Santos in 2011. He has earned 13 caps for his […]
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An Economist's View of the Ronaldo-Messi Debate
The Economist, the highly-regarded British pub covering politics, finance and anything else it thinks smart people (or in the case of Off The Post, people who use its opinions as proxies fortheir own when they want to sound smart at cocktail parties) should know about, thinks it has definitely solved the case through a very […]