By Alessandro Schiavone in Leverkusen Kai Havertz and Piero Hincapié may get the chance to visit their old club in the last-16 of the Champions League after Bayer Leverkusen progressed past Olympiacos. A goalless home draw was enough for the German giants to seal a place in the next round after a pair of Patrik Schick goals in the first leg put them in pole position for this one. On an uneventful night at BayArena , where Blaswich replaced crocked ex-Brentford goalie Mark Fle

By Alessandro Schiavone in Prague West Ham United famously love a Slavia Prague talent when they see one. And to this day the Hammers have yet to regret dialing the Czech giants’ IBAN and transfer money. Because it’s always been cash well spent and rarely did they have to pay top dollar for it. Vladimir Coufal, Tomas Soucek and El Hadji Malick Diouf have all gone on to taste terrific success after swapping southeast Prague for the eastern part of London. Coufal was a reliable

By Alessandro Schiavone at epet Arena, Prague Andy Irving should have walked into his new stadium as if he owned the place. With Premier League experience under his belt, the man West Ham thought could be no useful in their relegation dogfight should have taken to the Chance Liga like a duck to water. Instead Irving looked like a Czech top-flight player finding his feet in England's top-tier. And not the other way round. Slow, sloppy, predictable and inefficient in both trans

Fulham (1) 1 Mykolenko OG 18’ Everton (0) 2 Dewsbury-Hall 75’, Leno OG 83’   Fulham’s European ambitions took a hit as they surrendered a lead to lose against Everton. A Vitali Mykolenko own goal gave Marco Silva’s side the lead amid a flurry of chances, but a flat second-half showing allowed the visitors to turn the game around. One-time Chelsea midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall swept home to level the scores before Jake O’Brien got the better of Bernd Leno at a corner and fo

Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone Former Fulham defender Marlon Fossey has spoken exclusively to Capital Football to recall his days at the club, a potential return to England and the odds of ex-teammate and friend Harvey Elliott sealing a return to Craven Cottage... and the fans' potential uproar. His memories of Fulham : "I had a competitive game in the Carabao Cup. It could have been a lot more but I learned a lot at the club. I grew as a man and was around a lot of first-

By Alessandro Schiavone Igor Thiago's dream to be called up for Brazil's World Cup squad has just become a bit harder to realize. And not only because the uncapped Samba star drew two consecutive blanks against the likes of Chelsea and Nottingham Forest. Sixteen goals in 23 Premier League are still the stuff dreams are made of for someone who was still playing in Bulgaria's top-flight a couple of years ago. But Endrick might have just stolen a march on the Brentford striker a

Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone at San Siro An Italian legend praised Cristhian Mosquera and William Saliba for making life hard for Lautaro Martinez. Giuseppe Bergomi, who won the 1982 World Cup with Italy and is now a famous co-commentator for Sky Italia, leapt to the Argentine's defence. He exclusively told Capital Football: "Lautaro did well for what was possible. "He was up against two very strong Arsenal central defenders. "But he and Thuram worked well and enabled Su

By Alessandro Schiavone in Prague Slavia Praha 2-4 Barcelona Ferociously convinced he could hold his own at Barcelona, Fermin Lopez snubbed Chelsea in the summer. And how that wise decision is proving prophetic as Lopez spearheaded Hansi Flick's Barcelona machine to a 4-2 win over Slavia Prague yesterday night. Operating as a modern no.10 just off Robert Lewandowski in the Catalans' 4-2-3-1 system, Lopez was a really thorn in the Czech giants' side. The kind of thorn Cole Pa

By Alessandro Schiavone in Brussels Canadian striker Promise David was quizzed on reports he turned down West Ham due to an apparent unwillingness to be involved in a relegation scrap. The Hammers turned to Lazio's Argentine striker Taty Castellanos when it filtered out the Union Saint-Gilloise hitman wanted to see out the season in Brussels. But David, who has bagged 14 goals across all competitions this term including two in the Champions League, was desperate to set the re

Exclusive by Capital Football Reporter Ahead of the trip across west London to face Chelsea today, Capital Football have caught up exclusively with Michael Kayode. Here is what he said. Michael, after your convincing win over Sunderland last week, Brentford are fifth against all expectations in the Premier League standings. Can you stay there until the end of the season? “We hope we can stay up there. There’s still a big chunk of the season to be played but we’re doing well i