The UEFA Champions League has long been a theatre of dreams, heartbreaks, and miraculous comebacks, most especially in the era where a goal away from home has devastating consequences.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia could be set to become the latest player to achieve a rare feat of winning the league title in two different countries during the same season as Napoli closes in on the Serie A title.
The weekend's action across Europe’s top five leagues delivered a rich tapestry of performances that will be decisive come the end of the run-in as some put in impressive numbers, leaving others on the receiving end.
With a new champion already crowned and all relegation spots confirmed, one might expect Gameweek 35 of the Premier League to offer little excitement. However, the opposite is true, there’s still plenty on the line and even more to look forward to.
On Wednesday, Internazionale coach Simone Inzaghi became the seventh Italian manager to take charge of 50 UEFA Champions League games, setting a new record for the country for producing the most number of managers to have achieved the feat.
Scoring goals is easy for some, but doing so across Europe’s top four or five leagues is no small feat and for the few who have achieved this very rare feat, it elevates them to a very rare class.
Another action packed weekend saw Liverpool crowned champions in England while champions elect PSG lost their invincible run in the Ligue 1—Inter fell off in the race for the Scudetto while Bayern Munich edged closer to winning the Bundesliga title.
Jamie Vardy is set to close the chapter on Leicester City after 13 fairy long tale years since his signing for a reported fee of £1 million, a non-League record, from Fleetwood Town.
With just five games remaining in the maiden edition of the revamped UEFA Champions League, the excitement it has generated is undeniable. And for that, credit shouldn’t go solely to UEFA, but also to the original proponents of the European Super League.