By Alessandro Schiavone at Santiago Bernabeu on the 12th of March 2026 Real Madrid 3-0 Man City Manchester City currently have a list of issues as long as Thibaut Courtois’ wonderful arms. Undone by Chelsea's former persona non grata ’s long kick that laid the groundwork for Valverde’s opener and then denied by the Belgian’s stunning foot save from Nic O'Reilly's close-range strike, the serial winners are now at a crossroads. Marc Guehi’s side trail Arsenal by seven points in

By Alessandro Schiavone at Parc des Princes, Paris on the 9th of March 2026 PSG failed their Chelsea audition five days before the Blues come to town for the first leg of the last-16 Champions League tie. Monaco, a side that has had PSG’s number more than any other Ligue 1 side since their notorious Qatari takeover 15 years ago, unwrapped three gifts to complete the double in the French league over the capital side. Defeat also meant that Lens has cut the gap to Paris to a si

By Alessandro Schiavone at Parc des Princes, Paris Ligue 1, PSG 1-3 Monaco Capital Football have caught up with Éric Rabésandratana who played for PSG between 1997 and 2001. "Zabarnyi's struggles? Ligue 1 isn't as easy as people may think. Chelsea will be a tough exercise. Physically PSG ain't recovering... 110 games down the line." Eric, what did you make of PSG’s performance five days before the reception of Chelsea? Their defensive issues have been an open-secret for a whi

Last week we told you about the next budding talent to come out of the famed Slavia Prague academy in the name of Mubarak Suleiman. This week we have asked his manager Jindřich Trpišovský about how far the youngster, who is currently winning every popularity contest in the Czech Republic after hitting the ground running, can go. Yet despite his pace, trickery and grace Trpišovský is of the opinion that Suleiman is better suited to Italian football than our London sides. He t

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