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Bayern Munich – Pep Guardiola Wants More
Winning 5-0 and still going undefeated in both the Bundesliga and the Champions League isn’t enough for Pep Guardiola. He was brought to Bayern Munich to build a dynasty, growing on the success of last year. Winning comfortably against the Czech champions is no cause for celebration.
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PSG – Zlatan Ibrahimovic Can Go All The Way
At 32, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is still waiting for his first Champions League trophy. After making it to the quarterfinals last season, there’s a chance that at this sort of ability (scoring 4 goals in 40 minutes), he finally finds himself in the best situation he’s ever had to win the one title that’ll remove any doubt about his greatness.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Is On His Own
Maybe it’s always been like this – Cristiano Ronaldo, and 10 more Real Madrid players just waiting for something to happen. Even in a relatively good performance from Los Blancos, the overall feeling left after the match is that without the Portuguese star, there’s really nothing special on a team that’s move valuable than any other in the world.
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Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Tries Too Much
Victories should provide a calming effect on a team that’s going through a rough period, but Manchester United can’t even seem to enjoy their wins, in another tepid display of weak midfield and one Wayne Rooney who did provide the best moments of attacking football for the team, but also tried to do a little bit too much on his own, fading away as the match progressed.
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Arturo Vidal, Bizarre Champions League Moment of the Season
It was quite weird that Arutro Vidal managed to finish all 90 minutes with only one yellow card in the Juventus loss to Real Madrid. It was even weirder that he tripped himself by kicking the grass and then tried to get a penalty kick out of it in one of the most bizarre moments we’ll see in the Champions League this season.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a Perfect Night, an Even Better Goal
Despite being in his 30’s, Zlatan Ibrahimovic seems to be getting better with age, pulling off a rare four-goal match as Paris Saint-Germain beat Anderlecht 5-0 in Brussels, which included the best goal we’ve seen this year with an incredibly powerful shot from 25 meters out.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Dives And Gets Giorgio Chiellini Sent Off
He might be one of the best footballers of all time, but Cristiano Ronaldo won’t go down as one of the classiest. The Real Madrid superstar scored twice to help them beat Juventus 2-1, but on the way added an embarrassing dive by running into Giorgio Chiellini and his outstretched arm, getting the Italian defender sent off.
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Champions League – Week 3 Results & Tables (Groups A – D)
The main headliner of the day was Real Madrid beating Juventus 2-1 although with a penalty kick and a dubious red card helping them along the way, while the European champions Bayern Munich had no problem pulling off another impressive win, beating Viktoria Plzen 5-0.
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AC Milan – Kaka Still Has Some Magic Left in Him
At this point of his career, Kaka couldn’t have asked for a better opportunity to show that the greatness that was once so closely associated with him hasn’t gone away for good, in an excellent comeback performance, combining the skills, sacrifice and vision that have made him one of the best players in the world at AC Milan during the previous decade.
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Borussia Dortmund – Robert Lewandowski Dirty But Great
In some circles, Robert Lewandowski might be considered the best striker in Europe. His scoring over the last three years has certainly been helping him in that argument, helping propel Dortmund to the elite of European football with Bundesliga titles and Champions League success. However, there’s is also something of a dark side to the Polish striker.