By Alessandro Schiavone at Santiago Bernabeu Champions League Matchday 6 Real Madrid 1-2 Man City Goals: Rodrygo 28' (RM), O'Reilly 35' (MC), Haaland 43' penalty (MC) MADRID- Manchester City impressively played themselves into bigger confidence ahead of their tricky trip at Crystal Palace on Sunday. Dreaming of beating Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu is one thing, going on and doing it is yet another. And Pep Guardiola’s men ended a four-game winless run in the Spanish

By Alessandro Schiavone at Stade Louis II, Montecarlo Champions League, Matchday 6 Monaco 1-0 Galatasaray Goal : Balogun 68' Mikel Arteta must have tapped himself on the shoulder in self-congratulatory mode and shouted "Muy bien, Mikel' to himself if he happened to watch Folarin Balogun's avalanche of missed chances against Galatasaray from his Brugge hotel yesterday night. And watching the scoreboard should not deceive anyone here! Balogun may have displayed his more opportu

Exclusive Interview by Alessandro Schiavone MARSEILLE- Glenn Hoddle claimed that Tottenham Hotspur only have one world-class footballer in their ranks in Micky van de Ven. Yet Hoddle, who spent 17 years at White Hart Lane before leaving for Monaco, doubts the Dutchman will commit his long-term future to the club given how coveted he is. Former fan favourite Hoddle, 68, exclusively told Capital Football: "Van de Ven is under still a long contract. "They are looking to sign hi

Exclusive Interview by Alessandro Schiavone in Prague Photo by Alessandro Schiavone A Czech legend revealed that he's a big fan of polarizing West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek. Soucek regularly chips in with goals and makes life hard for the opposition off the ball as he gives them no inch. But all the same Pavel Horvath, who played for both Slavia and Sparta Prague before retiring in 2015, feels it's a big shout to tell whether the Hammers midfield cog would have had his plac

Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone Jefferson Lerma was in no mood to brand Crystal Palace as favourites against Manchester United. The Eagles go into Sunday's game sitting two points ahead of the Red Devils in the Premier League. But the Colombian midfielder told Capital Football: "In the Premier League there are no favourites. "We need to knuckle down, work hard in training, recuperate and go into the game with a positive mindset." He then shed light on why Palace ended up l

By Alessandro Schiavone at BayArena, Leverkusen Bundesliga Matchday 12 Bayer Leverkusen 1-2 Borussia Dortmund Goals : Anselmino 41', Adeyemi 65', Kofane 83' From the highest of heights to the lowest of lows in the space of four days. From pulling off the unlikeliest of victories away at Man City on Tuesday night to crashing to a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Borussia Dortmund. And with it, any hopes of staying hot on runaway Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich's heels with the

By Alessandro Schiavone in Strasbourg Ben Chilwell admitted that he's still not where he'd like to be as he eyes a place in Thomas Tuchel's World Cup squad with England. Chilwell, who sealed a permanent move to Ligue 1 in the summer, helped Strasbourg overcome ex-club Crystal Palace in the Conference League last night. He told Capital Football: "For me what's nice and what's good here is that I am getting consistent performances where I can keep on building the level. "The m

By Alessandro Schiavone at Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg Conference League Matchday 4 Strasbourg 2-1 Crystal Palace Goals : Mitchell 35' (CP), Emegha 53' (S), El Mourabet 77' (S) Crystal Palace snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as Emanuel Emegha and Samir El Mourabet rendered Tyrick Mitchell's maiden European goal useless in a 2-1 defeat. The clash, between two of the competition's top dogs, was labelled by many as an 'anticipated final' given the talent at both sides

By Alessandro Schiavone at Stade Orange Vélodrome Olympique Marseille 2-1 Newcastle United Goals: Barnes 6' (N) 46', 50' Aubameyang (M) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rolled back the years as his quick-fire brace within four second-half minutes helped Marseille come from behind to see off Newcastle United 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Marseille fans thought they would be served up the same old rubbish in Europe's premier competition when the red-hot Harvey Barnes

By Alessandro Schiavone in Lille Friendly game: Brazil 1-1 Tunisia Goals : Mastouri 23' (T), Estevão 44' penalty (B) Lucas Paquetà missed a penalty as Brazil were held to a 1-1 draw by Tunisia in a friendly in Lille. Having replaced friend and Newcastle rival Bruno Guimaraes on the hour-mark, the West Ham midfield cog blazed over having previously converted 10 in a total of 11 spot-kicks and all seven for the Hammers. The last and only time he failed to guide home from the cl