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Category: UEFA Champions League/Europa League

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 Mouhamad Rachini GK Analysis, UEFA Champions League/Europa League

GK Analysis: Why Juve’s wall (not Szczęsny) was largely at fault for conceding Oliveira’s free kick.

Juventus fans, you might want to look away. Despite scoring four aggregate goals against FC Porto, the reigning Serie A champions were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League by the Dragões... [READ MORE].

October 19, 2020December 6, 2020 Mouhamad Rachini GK Analysis, UEFA Champions League/Europa League

Classic GK Analysis: Roman Bürki defies logic with stunning Slavia save.

The chaaampiooons! Ahh, it’s going to feel so good hearing that again. On October 20, the UEFA Champions League returns with its first batch of group stage games. Zenit St. Petersburg vs. Club Brugge and Dynamo Kiev... [READ MORE].

November 28, 2019May 2, 2020 Mouhamad Rachini GK Analysis, Premier League, UEFA Champions League/Europa League

GK Analysis: Kepa could do nothing to stop Daniel Wass’s game-tying goal.

What's with Spanish football clubs and Champions League goals being scored from incredibly acute angles? A day after Atletico Madrid conceded a Paulo Dybala freekick from the left side of their goal, Valencia struck a... [READ MORE]

September 29, 2019October 13, 2019 Mouhamad Rachini Articles, Heroes, La Liga, The Iker Casillas Story, UEFA Champions League/Europa League

The Iker Casillas story: Chapter Four

"Mourinho saw him as a grass, a mole, a traitor and an egoist." Those were the words of Diego Torres in his 2014 book The Special One: The Dark Side of José Mourinho. José Mourinho, not a stranger... [READ MORE]

September 15, 2019October 13, 2019 Mouhamad Rachini Articles, Heroes, La Liga, The Iker Casillas Story, UEFA Champions League/Europa League

The Iker Casillas story: Chapter One

Every 16-year-old wishes they could be pulled out of class because of an emergency. We've all dreamed of it at some point. You imagine yourself sitting in class, bored out of your mind, your surroundings... [READ MORE]

September 15, 2019April 27, 2020 Mouhamad Rachini Articles, Heroes, International Football, La Liga, The Iker Casillas Story, UEFA Champions League/Europa League

The Iker Casillas story: All Chapters

This is the homepage for my six-part series on the career of Iker Casillas, as told by rival fans. Chapters will be revealed every three days, with Chapter One coming out on September 15 and Chapter Six coming out on September 30. You can access all six chapters here.

May 20, 2019August 5, 2019 Mouhamad Rachini Articles, Heroes, UEFA Champions League/Europa League, Women's football

Love her or hate her, Sarah Bouhaddi is the queen of French goalkeeping.

Great goalkeepers aren't often the most popular figures in French football. Take Fabien Barthez. Despite being the record-holder for all-time World Cup clean sheets (10, with Peter Shilton), French World Cup appearances (17), and... [READ MORE]

May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 Mouhamad Rachini GK Analysis, UEFA Champions League/Europa League

GK Analysis: Should César Azpilicueta’s goal have stood?

Six years after their debut Europa League final appearance, Chelsea are back for a second taste of UEL glory. The Blues clinched their lone championship in the competition through a 2-1 win over Benfica in... [READ MORE]

May 8, 2019July 19, 2021 Mouhamad Rachini Articles, Heroes, Premier League, UEFA Champions League/Europa League

Liverpool have one man to thank for their UCL run: Alisson Becker.

Déjà vu, anyone? For the second time in two seasons, Barcelona have bottled a three-goal lead in a UEFA Champions League knockout tie. As if the 2018 disaster in Rome wasn't enough, the... [READ MORE]

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