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18/10/2020

Highest rated team for La Liga FIFA 21

15/10/2020

13/10/2020

The PFA Team of the season. FIFA TOTY × TOTS

13/10/2020

Highest Rated FIFA 21 Premier League starting XI

12/10/2020

No. 5- Kevin De Bruyne

12/10/2020

No. 4- Robert Lewandowski

12/10/2020

No. 3- Neymar jr

12/10/2020

No. 2- Cristiano Ronaldo

12/10/2020

Top 5 highest rated FIFA 21 player cards

No. 1- Lionel Messi

11/10/2020

Time to break more controllers, FIFA 21 is here. Presenting the highest rated starting 11

10/10/2020

After a brilliant debut hatrick, Aston Villa debutant gets his analysis of the 9 goal thriller at Villa Park

04/10/2020

complete the signing of Liga Nos top scorer Brazilian striker from for a season long loan deal of £3 m consisting of a option-to-buy after the completion of the spell.

03/10/2020

UEFA Men's player of the year
Robert Lewandowski

UEFA Europa League player of the year Romelu Lukaku

03/10/2020

The UEFA Champions League players of the year.

Forward - Robert Lewandowski

Midfielder - Kevin De Bruyne

Defender - Joshua Kimmich

Goalkeeper - Manuel Neuer

01/10/2020

Thowback to Peter Crouch's stunning overhead kick against Galatasaray in the 2006 Champions League

27/09/2020

Coming into the second gameweek, Borussia Dortmund have already stumbled upon a possible title challenge for the season. The Bavarians FC Augsburg came out as the resilient force to cement their place as a solid side for the season.

Full Time - Augsburg 2-0 Borussia Dortmund

27/09/2020

The Champions march on as captain reliable Sergio Ramos bags in the winning spot kick for Real Madrid. From what looked like a hard earned point got a turnover in the closing minutes of the match, earning the first 3 points of the campaign for the men in white.

Full-time - Real Betis 2-3 Real Madrid

26/09/2020

25/09/2020

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25/09/2020

Congratulating Supercup triumph, we've taken debutant Leroy Sane's brilliant performance for the Bavarians as they scored 8 past

24/09/2020

The 2013 Uefa Supercup saw Europa league winners Chelsea clash against UCL winners Bayern Munich. What followed was over 120 minutes of intense drama as the game went to penalties.

The game ended 1-1 at the end of 90 minutes with Mourinho's Chelsea going down to 10 men after Ramires' 85th minute red card. Still Chelsea managed to score first in extra time with Eden Hazard which was equalised right at the end of 120 minutes by Javi Martinez.

The penalty shootout ended 5-4 after Lukaku missed his chance and Bayern lifted the Uefa Supercup. Interestingly, this was the first Uefa Supercup decided by penalties.

21/09/2020

The old lady of Turin kicked off their Serie A campaign in style, as man of the hour Andrea Pirlo, delivered as expected. Despite some serious changes brought into the team formation and the playing XI, the Bianconeris adapted really well.

From the intial stages of the game, looked sharp and pushed down backline from time to time. Danilo's out of the box effort was really commendable as it just kissed the crossbar in the opening minutes. The debutants really performed as anticipated. Frabotta exposed the left flank with constant pressure from Ramsey. The Welshman was nosy with the likes of Ronaldo breaking down Blucerchiati's defence line throughout the match. This resulted in the opening goal by Kulusevski who beautifully curled in to find the bottom corner of the net. The loanee from Parma showed some amazing football adapting to Pirlo's footsteps in the midfield as well. Soon after conceding a goal, Sampdoria held the clutches in hand but not for too long. Bonazzoli pressed on high which exposed the wide backline of Juventus a bit.

Ranieri read the transition of play and made 3 abrupt changes in start of the second half. It worked really well as Ramirez created some active chances but Bonazzoli being unable to provide proper finishes to them left them at their ruins. Fabrotta lacked physicality and commited some nutty fouls. In the brink of an equaliser, Bonucci scored an open goal to widen the gap between the two. Soon after, Szczesny's ultimate reflexes helped them to stay afloat without conceding one. Audero's goal line save is still a thing to ponder upon as Juve were denied a goal. It was a night of missed chances for Ronaldo until Ramsey played a well positioned through ball finally beating Audero in the 88th minute to put the 3 points in the bag for the Bianconeris.

Full time:
Juventus 3-0 Sampdoria

Goalscorers:
Dejan Kulusevski 13'
Leonardo Bonucci 78'
Cristiano Ronaldo 88'

21/09/2020

*Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool*

Jürgen Klopp took his Reds to the Stamford Bridge to play a revamped Chelsea side. Both the teams had to work for their respective victories in the last matchday and this match wasn't going to defer from that. Liverpool knew they had been shaky in defence ever since the previous title was sealed. They were determined to not concede any goals.

The first half started with Liverpool controlling the game but Chelsea had better sighters at goal of the two. Possession, pressing and tackling was on point for Liverpool as Fabinho played a marvelous first half at Center Back (he had started for an injured Joe Gomez). Timo Werner had some breaks but couldn't muster one on target. At the very penultimate moments of the first half, Henderson put in a marvelous ball behind the Chelsea defence to which Mané was chasing when Andreas Christensen's rugby-esque tackle thwarted the opportunity. VAR adjudged it to be a red card for the young defender.

Thiago subbed in for Henderson to mark his debut

The second half started with more of the same, with intense pressure from the Reds which ultimately resulted in a brilliant team move with Mané to finish it. A few minutes later a horrific moment for Kepa saw Mané score again to make it 2-0. The ten men of Chelsea just could not cope with Liverpool moving the ball so swiftly. However, thanks to Timo Werner and Mason Mount's vigour to attack resulted in a penalty being awarded to the blues. But, just like much of the game, it wasn't to be a goal as Jorginho missed his first penalty in 9 attempts and Alisson saved his 1st in 3 attempts. Alisson went on to make another crucial save to seal the win and a much wanted cleansheet for the Merseysiders. Thiago ran the show along with Fabinho. One made 75 passes in 45 mins (a record) and the latter made 85/86 passes and numerous tackles to win the Man Of the Match deservingly.

Scorers

Mané (50'), (54')

20/09/2020

Arsenal hosted West Ham at the Emirates for the first time this season at the back end of a brilliant victory for the Gunners at Fulham and an equally disappointing loss for the Hammers against Newcastle.

West Ham started out strongly and were causing a lot of defensive problems for Arsenal in the 1st quarter of the game. However, the Gunners' quality shone through as Lacazette headed in Aubameyang's chipped cross in the 25th min. Michail Antonio made his presence felt as he equalised for the Hammers right before half time through a fizzed in low cross from Ryan Fredericks.

It was a poor 2nd half display from Arsenal as they were unable to match West Ham's physicality and were constantly being caught out on the counter, but were lucky not to concede. However, perseverance and belief paid well for the Gunners as substitute Eddie Nketiah tapped in a Dani Ceballos cross inside the box in the 85th minute and won the 3 points.

The question however remains. How will Arsenal be able to fix their inconsistent midfield this season?

Full time:
Arsenal 2:1 West Ham

Goalscorers
Arsenal
25' Lacazette
85' Nketiah
West Ham
45' Antonio

20/09/2020

The first home game for Everton had everything in the package as Goodison Park saw a dramatic gameweek opener. A seven goal thriller, from expected to unexpected sent offs everything made it a true return of the Premier League.

After a brilliant debut against Tottenham Hotspur away, James Rodriguez registered his first Premier League goal with another masterclass performance making the flaming Everton win with a cherry on top. The spotlight was again on English forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin with the headed winner last weekend, this time the striker was thrice on target, with netting his first Hat-trick in Blue Merseyside colours Everton were able to pick all the three points with scoring 5 pass the reduced West Bromwich Albion defense.

The game of highs and lows had its toll on Slaven Bilić's side instead. Although bagging in the first goal of the game by forward Grady Diangana starting his goalscoring season. But the situation went south suddenly after experienced Baggies player Kieran Gibbs was sent off for pulling an obvious foul on James Rodriguez, making the domino effect of Manager Slaven Bilic following his player into the stands after a heated argument with Referee Mike Dean.

Full Time Scores
Everton 5 - 2 West Bromwich

Everton
D. Calvert-Lewin - 31' 62' 66'
J. Rodriguez - 45'
M. Keane 54'

West Bromwich Albion
G. Diangana 10'
M. Pereira 47'

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20/09/2020

The Red devils welcomed a strong Palace side to the Old Trafford, to kick off their 20/21 season. The match started with a good tempo and it was evident that the teams were going to play end-to-end football. The deadlock was broken with a fantastic run by Schlupp towards the Utd box to put a simple ball in for Andy Townsend to finish with aplomb. The first half showed no signs of United playing half decent football even when they had most of the ball. Palace forwards Ayew and Zaha had tormented the United defence but to no avail.

The second half started with more of the same from United. Their play was slow, unimaginative and lackluster. Pogba had a horrific game and was subbed off in the 66th minute to welcome in Donny Van De Beek for his debut. 8 minutes later, Ayew's scuffed effort on goal hit Victor Lindelof's hand and VAR adjudged it to be a penalty kick. Ayew himself took it but saw De Gea save it. The drama wasn't over as Atkinson, the refree decided towards a penalty re-take as De Gea was off the line while saving the aforementioned penalty. Zaha took to the task and converted the penalty to go 2-0 up.

A pinball in the Palace defence saw Van De Beek score on debut to give Utd some hopes of a comeback. However, Zaha, had other ideas. He once again took to torment the United Center Backs and scored his second and Palace's third to put the game to bed. Zaha lit up the Old Trafford!

At Full Time
Man Utd 1-3 Crystal Palace

Scorers
For United

Van de Beek (80')

For Palace
Townsend (7')
Zaha (p) (74')
Zaha (85')

Facts:-

•2 wins out of 2 for Palace, what a start they are having to the Premier League.
• United have lost at home to Palace for the second consecutive season running. (Last time they lost 1-2)

19/09/2020

Tottenham Hotspur have completed the signing of left-back Sergio reguilon from Real Madrid for € 30 Million with a buy back clause estimated of 2 years period is activated.

19/09/2020

"Turbo Timo" marked an impressive debut for Chelsea, winning a penalty and constantly looking like a goal scoring threat.

09/09/2020

AC Milan have won the race to sign highly-rated Italian midfielder Sandro Tonali, from Brescia.

The Serie A giants have agreed a deal with Brescia over an initial one-year loan with an option to buy for a total fee rising to 30m Euros (£26.8m).

Tonali impressed during his debut season in Serie A, scoring one and assisting seven with Brescia.

09/09/2020

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We're back with the 2020-21 Fantasy Premier League. Join us yet again for the competition and fight for the title.

09/09/2020

Sheffield United have signed Ethan Ampadu on a season long deal from Chelsea.

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder said he was delighted with the addition of an "outstanding young player" to the squad, in a recent interview.

08/09/2020

Everton have completed the signing of Abdoulaye Doucoure from Watford for £25m. The 27 year old Frenchman has agreed to a 4 year deal at Goodison Park.

Doucoure is the last signing by Ancelotti following his reunion with Allan and James Rodriguez, respectively. This could turn out to be a successful season for Everton.

04/09/2020

Kai Havertz if official a Chelsea player now

03/09/2020

Throwback Thursday!

02/09/2020

Manchester United have completed the signing of Dutch midfielder Donny van de Beek, from Ajax for a fee around £40m. The Dutch international is set to put pen on paper on a five year deal at Old Trafford.

Despite heavy interests from Real Madrid and Barcelona, the red devils were able to acquire the 23 year old's signature.

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01/09/2020

Arsenal seal the deal for Lille defender Gabriel Magalhaes for around £22.7 million. Despite Manchester United's last minute attempt to hijack the transfer, Mikel Arteta's side won the race for the Brazilian's signature.The 22 year old has signed a 5-year deal with Arsenal.

01/09/2020

Sevilla have completed the signing of Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic from Barcelona for €1.5m with another €9m in variables. The Croatian will sign a two year deal with an option for a third one.

Rakitic spent three years with Sevilla and made 149 appearances in all competitions, winning the 2013-14 Europa League before making the switch to the Catalan giants in 2014.

30/08/2020

Tottenham Hotspur have reached a total agreement with Wolves for the transfer of Matt Doherty.

30/08/2020

Juventus have officially confirmed the signing of Schalke 04 midfielder Weston McKennie on a one year loan deal with an option to buy.