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From the Shocking AS Roma, to the Solid Juventus & Napoli, to the Predictably Awful AC Milan
Even though five matches aren’t enough to tell us how the season in the Serie A will unfold, it is quite shocking to see AS Roma perfect up until now, while nothing is surprising about Juventus and Napoli looks solid, confident and undefeated, while the problems at AC Milan, a club that’s great only by name, shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.
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Champions League – Week 1 Results & Tables (Groups E – H)
There’s no doubt that the result of the first week in the Champions League belongs to FC Basel shocking Chelsea and Europe with a 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge, making it quite complicated in Group E, while Barcelona had no problem dispatching of Ajax with a 4-0 win, getting three goals from Lionel Messi.
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Champions League – Week 1 Results & Tables (Groups A-D)
The first night of Champions League football didn’t bring shocking results except for the Juventus draw at Copenhagen, while all of the favorites came up with rather comfortable wins, none more impressive than Real Madrid winning 6-1 in Istanbul against Galatasaray, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a hat-trick.
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Special NBA Night of Individual Performances
LeBron James and Kobe Bryant weren’t in action, but the 10 games we did have were filled with impressive stat fillers, like Stephen Curry going for 54 points, Kevin Durant pulling off a triple double in less than three quarters of NBA basketball and other impressive stat lines from Monta Ellis and Andre Iguodala.
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2013 FA Cup – Fourth Round Upsets
We still have plenty of upsets in the fourth round as three more Premier League teams said goodbye to the FA Cup. Aston Villa began the series with a dramatic away loss at Millwall, followed by QPR losing to League one side Milton Keynes Dons at home and Norwich with an embarrassing home loss against Luton.
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FA Cup 2013 – Third Round Upsets
There’s no other competition in the world of football quite like the FA Cup, giving the anything-can-happen vibe before every match. As Newcastle players found out, nothing has changed in 2013.
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2014 World Cup Qualifiers – Game Day 2 Results
A busy day with plenty of goals but only one real surprise, as England made their first mess of the campaign by failing to beat Ukraine at home, while the European champions Spain needed a late goal to win in Georgia; Italy struggled but won against Malta and Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t score as Portugal beat Azerbaijan.