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  The tactical master class will be up at display in the clash of European giants in the Semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2020 Against the odds and out of favour Italy and Spain have made it out to the semi-final of the UEFA Euros 2020, where they will go head-to-head for the place in the finals. Not only two teams but the two managers, Roberto Manchini for Italy and Luis Enrique for Spain will tussle it out to get the better of each other. Let's talk about Italy, the team that was haunted by the horrors of not qualifying for the World Cup in Russia 2018, probably the darkest period in Italian football. From not being a part of the World Cup in Russia and now reaching the semi-finals of Euros, Italy surely has made leaps and bounds, re-writing a fresh chapter in illustrious Italian football History. Italy so far has conceded just 2 goals against any rival teams, and notably, they had a clean sheet in all of their 3 group games. Now, this may send a message that Italians football at i

  Spanish National team may not be the favourites to win the UEFA Euros 2020, but this won’t stop them from trying to achieve what they aim for The current Spanish team is far away from the quality and calibre of the team that won 2008 and 2012 Euros, and certainly with new set of young players they were counted out to be the least favourites to win the title as the Champions of Euro 2020. But the performance against Croatia was a statement of intent by the Spanish side, that they are here to fight, they may not be the favourites to win to title but nevertheless this is not going to stop them to go hard in the tournament and fight for the price. Three Reason why Spain should not be ruled out as potential title contenders for Euros 2020 1.   Luis Enrique and his project Luis Enrique a name which all the Spanish and Barcelona fans are well aware of took charge of the National team in 2018-19, his first match in charge was a victory against England in the UEFA Nations League at

 Possibilities are endless for Sergio Ramos after his departure with Real Madrid and many clubs will be interested to get his services  On 17th of June 2021, Real Madrid officially announced that their Club Captain, Sergio Ramos will be leaving Real Madrid, the sight of Ramos giving his speech at the podium was emotional one for every Real Madrid fans, Mr.Real Madrid would be a befitting title for the contribution Ramos has made to this club, and he will surely be missed by the fans and Real Madrid in coming years. But this did not come as a surprise as both the player and club were on different pages when it came to his contract, Ramos was on his last year of contract and wanted another 2 years of renewal, on the other hand the Club was reluctant on that stand and offered only 1 year of a contract, this was revealed by Ramos in the press conference after his farewell. "The first thing I want to say is that I never wanted to leave. My purpose was to continue here, the club offered

 Roberto Manchini's Italy Made A Statement With A 3-0 Win over Turkey In the Opener of EUFA Euros 2020 Failing to qualify for the Worldcup in 2018, and now to be a contender for the Euros 2020, Italy have come a long way. And the credit for this turnaround goes to Roberto Manchini. The 3-0 win over Turkey extended the Azzuri's unbeaten streak to a 28 games, a massive confidence booster for the squad and with the win the matches coming ahead will be more interesting by this Italian side. The Italian media back in 2018 when the team failed to qualify for the World Cup summed as "the end" and many of them headlined their articles as "the Apocalypse". Though times for the Italian side but on came Roberto Manchini and the project which he undertook and shaped is now bearing fruit at last. Manchini notably is has won silverware with Man City and Inter, he also won Coppa Italia with Fiorentina and Lazio, to speak highly of his managerial stint he also did not have

 Barcelona Are Active In The Transfer Window, even bagging Players & Deals that too without spending a dime Barcelona without a doubt needs a boost to its current squad of players and so to much surprise to many of the Barca fans, Barcelona have been active in the summer window and what's more surprising is that, Barca are getting players for free. Yeah it may seem strange to you, but until now the players Barcelona have had deals done are free agent (players who are out of contract thus the suitors of these players do not need to pay the club from which the player is coming). Do remember Barcelona are in one of the worst economically hit clubs across the Europe due to the Global Pandemic, with debts over $1 billion over Barcelona which are due to pay. So a move like this does make sense for Barcelona board, Newly appointed President Juan Laporta after his victory did assure Barcelona fans of some major summer signings, well this is not exactly the plan many thought of.  Being

  Pep Guardiola's Man City will be Up Against Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea In the UEFA Champions league Final In a season where all the teams across Europe have been hit hard by the Injuries and the changed pace of the games, with matches week-after-week. A little time to prepare, but where the players struggled for fitness and game, the football fans had it all covered as entertainment continued for them with so much football up for grabs, Team across Europe fought it hard in the most decorated European club football competition, the Champions league and out of which the two English Club have emerged tall above all, Chelsea and Man City have made it to the Final of the UEFA Champions league. Man City V Chelsea UEFA Champions League Finals 2021 Both the teams have grown into a better team after the second half of the season, remember Chelsea sacked their club legend Frank Lampard mid-season and appointed Thomas Thuchel who was sacked by PSG at the start of the season. Looking back a

  Harry Kane Is Looking For Champions Football & Trophies, Hinting A possible Exit from Spurs If Tottenham Hotspurs have made their identity and mark in the English Football, Harry Kane was a major part of that success and identity without a doubt. He may be the only reason Spurs fans realistically think they could win a title why? because they have Harry Kane. Every time they face Arsenal in North London Derby who will turn up and take the mantle, Hary Kane yet again. He has cemented his name amongst the great of the English football too, so do not just consider him as successful player for just Spurs, He is seventh in the league of legends who have scored the most goals in Premier league amongst the likes of W.Rooney , S.Aguero and Henry. He has 165 goals to his name and all the glory. But it seems there is more to Harry Kane that meets the eye as he is considering a move away from Spurs following the recent disappointments and lack of success. Harry Kane has come out in public a

 Juventus Scrapped out a win from the clutches of Internazionale at home to keep their Champions league football hope alive for next season Derby d'Italia lived upto its hype when Juventus hosted the Serie A Champions Internazionale a match which was crucial for the Bianconeris to stay in the fight for top 4 place in league table to qualify for the Champions league. The game had goals, Red Cards, Late Drama, the game had it all. But it was Juventus who came on top with a late penalty goal by J. Cuadrado in he 88th minute which proved to be the match winner and maybe have kept Juve's hope bright for a positive top 4 finish until the end of the season. The game plan for Pirlo's team was to come out and attack Inter and so they did with few good chances falling to them but Juve failed to capitalize them until Darmian fouled Chiellini in the box which was spotted by VAR and after an on field review by the Ref Juve were awarded a Penalty. Up stepped C. Ronaldo who's initial

 The age old London Club Rivalry back in action at the Stamford Bridge, a key game for Chelsea to ensure Champions league football while Arsenal will play for pride to be the best in the city If there is a most successful club in the Primer League Era from London, Chelsea has rightfully cemented their place on top of other rivals from London majorly Arsenal and Spurs. This year under Thomas Tuchel Chelsea have transformed completely with being in the Champions league Finals, FA Cup Finals and now looking to end their season in top 4 of the Primer league table. They will host Arsenal who are currently 9th in the league table and will have nothing to fight for against Chelsea but their pride, Mikel Arteta has come under a lot of criticism for his side's performances this season in particular the Europa League exit in semi - finals against Villareal at home. Arsenal have had a poor season with no hopes of European Football next season they would like to go all the way in on the London

 La Liga Title twists continues with Barcelona up against Levante and a chance to go top of the table with a win In what was believed a potential title deciding week the hype did leave up it's expectation but the results will not be appreciated by either of the top teams and their fans as the teams failed to take the opportunities presented to them. First off Barcelona were poor against Atletico Madrid at home, lack of ideas, lack of ambition lack of courage you name it, Barca faced all of those issues, Atleti was the team on the top and maybe they will be feeling they should've had more from the game as clear opportunities fell to them, but none of the teams could make the most of it and here the clear disadvantage in form of result fell on Barca as being the home team against the league leaders they missed their shot at the title. Lionel Messi looked back on missed Chances as his team failed to win the game against Atletico Madrid Apart from Lionel Messi's solo run and th

 Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are all in action in La Liga this weekend in major fixtures that are potential title decider  Here's what you should be looking for  Barcelona V Atletico Madrid : Barcelona will host Atletico Madrid in what is believed to be the title deciderm Diego Simione has never won in his last 13 attempts at Camp Nou but will be a historic win for his side if he comes away with all precious 3 points, while Barcelona will be looking to replace the league leader with a win against Atleti, Lionel Messi will be a key player for Barca as he has 32 goals against Atletico Madrid and is currently the league's top goal scorer with 26 goals so far and he will be more than delighted to add a few more this weekend. Luis Suarez will make an emotional comeback to Camp Nou after his transfer from Barca to Atleti this summer, the striker told to have been past his best, aging and not a top player has proven his critics wrong and netted a total of 19 goals in La

  Man City have an advantage over PSG in the second leg with a backing a 2 away goals added by the Injury update to PSG star Kylian Mbappe The hope for Pep Guardiola's maiden Final to UEFA Champions league with Man City is positive, facing the PSG side at home is an added advantage for City but also what came in as a delight for them was that Mbappe is in doubts with an injury an is said to be missing out on the second leg which takes away PSG's threat on the offensive phase of their attacks, Man City were a goal down to Marquinhos in the first leg of the tie but goals by Kevin De Bryune and R.Mahrez gave City precious away goals to take at home and face the Parisians in the second leg. Though the Man City manager knows that they have the advantage of away goals but is wary of the fact PSG are a strong team and have made it this far in the competition beating the likes of Barcelona and Bayern Munchen so its not all done and dusted all PSG would need to score a few goals and wit

 Liverpool are the worst possible champions of English league is the voice heard throughout from fans of Premier League Manchester United will take on their eternal rivals Liverpool in a Premier league fixture home at Old Trafford, Manchester United currently sitting on the 2nd on the league table are in a comfortable position to play Champions league football next season but the picture is far from clear for the Reds of Liverpool who are 6th in the league table just a point more than Spurs in a Europa league position.  Its least to say its a must win match for Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp in a season where they have been far from best, the team who was feared around Europe seems to have lost all of its capacity to perform at the top level of football, they were the team said to beat the Pep Guardioal's dominance in the domestic league at least, but the reality is a hard pill to swallow for Liverpool fans as they find themselves in a scrapping battle for survival and qualification fo

 La Liga Players who have outclassed and outscored other players to have the top picks at the goal scorer charts are below are those individuals  #5 - Youssef En- Nesyri (Sevilla)          Goals Scored - 17 Youseef En - Nesyri the Morocco international has played 20 games this season in La liga and without a doubt he is the focal point for Sevilla attacks and is often on the receiving end of crosses and passes, The 23rd year old striker is quick and effective in front of the goal and is the top scorer for his team Sevilla in La Liga, with 17 goals so far in the league campaign he is currently running at no 5 on the La liga golden boot race and will be hoping to add a few more in the last remaining 5 games. His contribution can be vital as Sevilla are still in the title race for La Liga.   #4 Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid)       Goal Scored - 19 The Former Barcelona No. 9 who was sold out amid concerns of his age and his performance by Barcelona, Luis Suarez and revitalized his form and

  Unai Emery's Villareal will host M.Arteta's Arsenal in Europa League semi - finals  Arsenal will be up against Unai Emery's Villareal in a match that could define Arsenal's season, The Gunners will travel to Spain and will be up against the Yellow Submarines at the Estadio La Ceramica Stadium, Arsenal have been really poor this season in the league currently placed 10th in the Premier league table and Europa league triumph is their only gateway to the Champions league next season, where as Villareal are a transformed side under the guidance of Unai Emery and are 7th in the league table pushing for European football but that won't be enough for them and a trophy at the end of the season is what the fans and clubs expect from Mr. Europa league Unai Emery who has won this particular trophy 3 times with Sevilla. Arsenal have defeated Olympiacos and Slavia Praha to make their way into the semi - finals of the Europa league, Though Arsenal have not been consistent so fa