Berlin, Germany | THE INDEPENDENT | In a long-awaited statement, Joachim Loew couldn’t satisfy fans’ expectations to come up with a clear plan of how to get the struggling German national team back on track. Instead, the 60-year-old increased the troubles surrounding the national team by attacking the leaders …
Read More »Poor finishing costs Atletico Madrid in Champions League draw with Bayern
Madrid, Spain | THE INDEPENDENT | Atletico Madrid still have plenty to do to assure their place in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League after being held to a 1-1 draw at home to Bayern Munich on Tuesday. The result, which came thanks to a Joao Felix goal …
Read More »The genesis of Bayern’s Champions League triumph
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | In the aftermath of Sunday’s 2020 Champions League final, it was virtually impossible to sort out who was who on the pitch. After the final whistle confirmed Bayern Munich’s second “treble” after 2013, riotous cheers erupted and TV viewers witnessed a gigantic knot of bodies …
Read More »Bayern thrash Barcelona 8-2 in UEFA Champions League quarters
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Bayern Munich hammered Barcelona 8-2 here on Friday to roar into the UEFA Champions League semifinals and made the history of scoring most in a knockout stage of the European clubs’ top tournament. Barcelona, humiliated, conceded eight goals for the first time since the 1946 …
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