Kolade Daniel
Football Lover. All-round junkie of the beautiful game. Could be found watching football most of the time, if not he's writing about them. A certain bias for Arsenal and Santos FC.
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Neymar was on the wrong side of the headlines after he was stretchered off the pitch in his side’s1-0 loss to Lyon on Sunday. The Brazilian forward looked to have snapped his ankle and it looked like the injury could keep him out for a while on mere sight. It came after a nasty tackle […]
Corinthians claimed a big victory against São Paulo at the Neo Química Arena after holding on to a 1-0 score-line that saw them take all three points at the end of the day. The result has a big impact on the top spots of the Brasileirão with São Paulo now only just four points ahead […]
Flamengo was all over Santos in a game that took place on Saturday afternoon at the Maracanã. The home side dominated play for the majority of the game, and Santos was only able to prevent them from scoring for 43 minutes. Rogério Ceni‘s team opened the scoring through Gerson late in the first half and […]
Reigning La Liga champions Real Madrid claimed a comprehensive 2-0 victory over rivals Atletico Madrid to close the gap to the top of the table to just three points. The result saw Real Madrid record successive league victories after a long time out and it was quite the opposite for Atletico who suffered their first […]
Palmeiras needed only one half to claim all three points against Bahia as they eased to yet another win in the Brazilian Championship. Verdão defeated Bahia by a 3-0 score-line on Saturday afternoon at Alianz Parque and all of their goals came in the first half. It is back to winning ways for Palmeiras after […]
Atlético-MG had to battle it out against Athletico-PR on Saturday as they managed to claim a 1-0 win at the Arena da Baixada. The game was valid for the 25th round of the Brazilian Championship. The result sees Atletico-MG return to winning ways after a draw with Internacional last week while Athletico have a different […]
Internacional came out on top ahead of Botafogo on Saturday night in a game that marked the 25th round of the Brasilerao. Inter claimed a comeback 2-1 win in Beira Rio and the result was relief for Abel Braga’s side and saw them win after a number of games without tasting victory. It was Botafogo […]
Goiás and Grêmio shared the spoils in a 0-0 draw at the Estádio da Serrinha on Saturday night. Grêmio had a mixed lineup with some of their first team players rested but that was understandable as they already had one eye on the Libertadores which is up-coming next week. For Tricolor, two points lost was […]
Flamengo have activated the purchase rights to sign Pedro on a permanent deal and have tied down the forward until 2025 at the very least. The 23-year-old joined Flamengo on loan from Fiorentina back in January and has impressed ever since. Pedro is Flamengo’s top scorer this year and has 20 goals in 29 appearances […]
FIFA have released the final nominees for The Best FIFA Men’s Player award and one of Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski or Lionel Messi will win the award. A list of 11 players were initially released back in November with names including Liverpool trio Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Virgil Van Dijk, Kevin de Bruyne, Sergio […]
Neymar scored a hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain eased pass Istanbul Basaksehir 5-1 in a rescheduled Champions League final group fixture on Wednesday night. The match had to be replayed on Wednesday night after the fourth official made a racial remark on one of Istanbul Basaksehir’s assistant coach Pierre Webo before sending him off. Both teams […]
Carlos Vinicius was on target as Tottenham Hotspur beat Antwerp 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday night in London. The first half didn’t see much action and was pretty bland from both sides. The only big moment came when Carlos Vinicius came close to scoring few minutes before the break. Spurs opened the scoring […]
São Paulo extended their lead at the top of the Brazilian Championship with a convincing 4-0 victory over Botafogo on Wednesday night. It was one-way traffic all game in Morumbi and the visitors barely threatened their opponents in any way. Brenner opened the scoring just after 10 minutes of the game before adding his second […]
Internacional did all they could to remain in the Libertadores but it was not enough as they bowed out of the competition on Wednesday night After falling down to a 1-0 defeat to Boca Juniors in the first leg, Inter needed to win by more than one goal to advance to the quarterfinals of the […]
A resolute Libertad side held Palmeiras to a 1-1 draw on Tuesday night at the Defensores del Chaco stadium in Paraguay. The game was valid for the first leg of the Libertadores quarterfinal games. Gustavo Gómez scored against his former side Libertad when he opened the scoring for Palmeiras in the 39th minute. Ron made […]
The last fixture of the UEFA Champions’ League group stage game between Juventus and Barcelona was an intriguing contest. It was a battle for the top spot in Group G. It also gave us another edition of the Ronaldo vs Messi ‘battle’. Juventus got their payback and did it at the right moment when they […]
The stage for the World Cup 2022 on the European scene has been set and 55 sides have known their fate on the journey to the competition. European sides have done pretty well in the competition of recent and they boast a certain pride in the World Cup and FIFA rankings as well. Spain won […]
Fluminense announced on Monday afternoon that Odair Hellman will be stepping down from his role as head coach after receiving an offer from Al-Wasl that he couldn’t turn down. Hellmann and his assistant, Mauricio Dulac would be headed to the United Arab Emirates for a new challenge. Fluminense also announced that Marcão, who was the […]
Brazilian forward Hulk has announced his exit from Chinese outfit Shanghai SIPG after a four-year stint at the club where he made a name for himself in the country. As per multiple reports, the 34-year-old had a series of disagreements with the coach and already made it clear he won’t renew his contract which supposedly […]
Atlético-MG and Internacional finished their game in Mineirão with a 2-2 score line as both teams put out a strong battle. The game vas valid for the 24th round of the Brasileirão. It was a result that saw Atlético-MG falter in the charge to reclaim top spot of the Brazilian Championship. For Inter, it saw […]
Luciano 14th minute goal over Sport Recife put São Paulo further ahead in the lead in the Brazilian Championship standings. Still having a game in hand, the home side leads the pile with 47 points, four more ahead of the next rival Atletico-MG. Sport Recife who had no shots on target throughout the game sits […]
Prior to the start of the game, many expected Grêmio to easily claim a win on home turf and they did just that in style as well. In a game where they fully dominated proceedings, Tricolor ran riot against Vasco at the Arena on Sunday with a 4-0 victory. It could even have been five […]
Corinthians claimed their second Brazilian Championship on Sunday night following a 4-2 victory over Avaí Kindermann at the Neo Quimica Arena. The first leg ended in a goalless stalemate. Since taking over the Corinthians job in 2016, Arthur Elias has established himself as one of the top names of women’s football in the country. For […]
