Firing Allegri would be Milan's massive mistake
God works in mysterious ways. So too does Silvio Berlusconi, the man who owns AC Milan (and lots of other stuff, too). Three years ago, when asked wh…
Atletico's joy in Real's back yard
MADRID -- To be an Atletico Madrid fan has to be one of the most difficult tasks for a football supporter. It's a big club with huge support and a pro…
Playoffs, not goal difference, should be the answer
The bookmakers give it less than a 1 percent chance -- 0.96 percent, to be precise, if my math is correct -- and so it's extremely unlikely that we'll…
Handicapping the big relegation races
England: Two games remaining Queens Park Rangers (20th place, 25 points), Reading (19th, 28 pts.), Wigan (18th, 35 pts.), Newcastle (17th, 38 pts.), N…
Mueller and Heynckes, Bayern's unlikeliest lads
It was spring 2007. A scout for a well-known European team went to see Bayern Munich's under-19 side. His job was to evaluate half a dozen players on…
Man City, Chelsea put on a great Cup semifinal
After watching Stoke City sink ever closer to the relegation zone earlier in the day -- their turgid 2-0 loss at the Britannia to Manchester United wa…
Postgame rancor shouldn't eclipse Malaga's season
Deep down, hand on heart, most would probably agree that Borussia Dortmund are a better team than Malaga. Over the two legs, Dortmund created more c…
Who could be inside Rodgers' envelopes?
As the light from his projector illuminated the back wall of the conference room, Brendan Rodgers readied his first battle cry of the season. An oppo…
The Dani Alves club/country paradox
That Dani Alves pass. You saw it, the one with the outside of his right foot that pretty much laid the ball on a plate for Lionel Messi to score the o…
Who, and what, is GoalControl?
It certainly didn't take advanced camera technology for many to see that Frank Lampard's looping shot bounced off the underside of the cross bar and u…