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Champions League – Borussia Dortmund vs Real Madrid Predictions
After already losing to Borussia Dortmund in Germany once this season, Real Madrid reach their third encounter in a completely different mood than the one from six months ago. If someone thought before the match that the Germans might be favorites due to recent history between the clubs, the news of the departure of their biggest star shuffled the deck completely.
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Bayern Munich – Javi Martinez in the Center of a Demolition
Every single player for Bayern Munich did his part, while Manuel Neuer never had to do anything. At the center of everything was Javi Martinez, who completely destroyed the passing game of his opponents, allowing Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery, Thomas Muller and Bastian Schweinsteiger to roam free and create counter attack at a relentless pace.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Was Abandoned By Tito Vilanova
To some it felt like giving up. Tito Vilanova forgot he has a bench, but worst, he failed to realize Lionel Messi, the man his entire game plan is based on, wasn’t really fit for the match, thus sending Barcelona on something close to a hopeless mission, from which they return home battered and bruised like never before.
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Lionel Messi at His Worst (Bayern Munich vs Barcelona)
A 4-0 win by Bayern Munich might signal the end of an era, but those things are usually figured out through a longer period of time. What we’re left with are the facts, and they are that the best team in Germany is much better at the moment than the best team in Spain, as the group of players Lionel Messi usually carried on his back didn’t show up, just like their star player, probably still injured, and giving his worst display of football in recent memory.
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Chris Paul Holds the Key to the Los Angeles Clippers Keeping Him
It’s hard to describe the feeling of the last couple of years to those not following the Los Angeles Clippers up closely for most of their life, not really used to seeing stars playing for the team and actually succeed with it in a way that makes losing in the first round of the playoffs sound like a disappointment. Chris Paul, above everyone else, has been in charge of creating that change.
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Celtics vs Knicks – Game 2 Predictions
If the Boston Celtics are going to make this series turn into a different direction than the one it’s heading in now, they’re going to need their entire team, from top to bottom, starters and bench, to show up for Game 2, with the New York Knicks knowing they played far from their best and still got away with a not too difficult win.
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10 Worst Draft Picks in NFL History
Draft time is coming, which means the national pass time of remembering all the biggest mistakes NFL teams have made through the years, with Ryan Leaf and Tim Couch being the measurement of failure with top picks joined in recent years by JaMarcus Russell and Vincent Gholston, comprising some of the list that features the worst draft picks ever made in NFL history.
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Floyd Mayweather Already Thinking How to Duck Saul Alvarez
The WBA is such a terrible organization that it has two boxers, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather Jr. holding the same title, the WBA Light Middleweight title. But as we know championships don’t matter, only money and PPV numbers do, there’s a very good chance we won’t get to see who is the “real” champion of yet another title belt is.
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Grizzlies vs Clippers – Chris Paul Can’t Get Any Better Than This
It’s common knowledge that the Los Angeles Clippers live and die by the ability of Chris Paul, especially in crunch time. For the second time in this postseason, their best player delivered the goods, by scoring the final points in the fourth quarter, finishing with a game winner that gives his team a promising 2-0 lead.