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Villaflor: Super collapse

Forty-eight hours.That’s all the time it took for the ill-conceived European Super League to fall apart since it was announced on April 18.The backlash from the football community was swift, widespread and profound.Chelsea FC was the first to withdraw from ...

From 20 minutes ago

Villaflor: A league of villains

There is trouble in football paradise, and it seems the love for money—not the beautiful game—is the root cause.In a joint statement, UEFA, the English Football Association, the Premier League, the Royal Spanish Football Federation, La Liga, the Italian Football ...

From 3 days ago

Villaflor: Comebacks, anyone?

THERE’S been little drama in the quarterfinals matches of the Champions League, as if the competing teams merely followed an unwritten script.Last season’s finalist Paris Saint-Germain lost 0-1 to defending champions Bayern Munich at the Parc des Princes in Paris, ...

From 6 days ago

Villaflor: Chelsea and PSG

Some might say it’s too early in the competition, but a Paris Saint-Germain vs. Chelsea Champions League final is slowly shaping up.PSG are favorites to advance in the semifinals against Bayern Munich, after the French side carved a masterful 3-2 ...

From 10 days ago

Villaflor: The PSG vs. Bayern Rivalry

AFTER losing last year’s Champions League finals, Paris Saint-Germain were looking to exact revenge against the club that defeated them 1-0, the slightest of margins.And PSG wasted no time to do just that in the first leg quarterfinals match Thursday, ...

From 14 days ago

Villaflor: Atletico’s struggle is real

ATLETICO Madrid is struggling, while FC Barcelona is on fire. For Atleti, it seems like the proverbial case of peaking too soon, and it’s now scrounging for goals, even against much lesser opposition.Take the match last week ...

From 23 days ago

Villaflor: The Old and the La Liga

In the La Liga, the old rule the world.To be more precise, strikers above 33 years old are this season’s pichichi material.What’s a pichichi? That’s the La Liga player who has found the back of the net the most.And since ...

From 27 days ago

Villaflor: Porto vs. Chelsea

Each of the quarterfinals pairings of the Champions League that will be held in the first week of April are what one might call finals material.Bayern Munich vs. Paris Saint-Germain or Real Madrid vs. Liverpool will have a number of ...

From 29 days ago

Villaflor: Touché, Tuchel

WITH the conclusion of this week’s Round of 16 second leg matches in the Champions League, several familiar names complete the roster for the Quarterfinals that begins in late April.England will send the most representatives with three clubs advancing: Chelsea, ...

From 34 days ago

Villaflor: Porto wins, Juve weeps

FC PORTO just pulled off one of the most incredible wins this Champions League season at the expense of Juventus and Cristiano Ronaldo.And head coach Sergio Conceicao’s side played only with 10 men for more than an hour and even ...

From 41 days ago

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