It’s almost upon us, the last major club game before everyone, including Outside of the Boot, shifts into complete World Cup mode. It’s the 2013/14 Champions League final...
A long hard season is winding to a close, and the final act that remains is the much awaited Champions League Final. This season’s Champions League...
The readers of Outside of the Boot have cast their votes across Europe’s top 4 leagues across 10 different award categories with 4 nominees under each to pick...
This piece features the Top 10 Best Young Players of the month of April, 2014. All the players in this list were 21 at the start...
This list contains the Best Young Players from the La Liga 2013/14 season. Note that the players that qualify as ‘young’ are those that were 21...
This is the time of the year when the going gets tough, and the teams that eventually go on to claim the honours in May, really...
With 14 Champions League titles between them, this match was always going to be special. Two of the biggest, most decorated and in-form teams in World...
After the success of our interviews in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with experts of each of the 8 teams, we have decided to speak...
El Clasico has become more than a football match, indeed one could it even call it a sporting spectacle. It’s a match that always garners the...
Borussia Dortmund came into the game knowing that they had to pull off nothing short of a miracle to stand any chance of getting past Real...
In anticipation of the massive Champions League ties in the Quarter-Final stage, we’ve done something special for our build-up. Eight teams, eight experts, each giving us...
Real Madrid came into this game as favorites even though things didn’t go their way in the same tie a year back. This was partly due...
One of the fiercest rivalries in World football was resumed on Sunday night as Real Madrid played host to Barcelona in an encounter that had the...
Is there a bigger game in World football than the El Clasico? I doubt it. The two giants of World football face off at the Bernabeu...
One of the fiercest rivalries in World football lived up to it’s name at the Vicente Calderon as the two title chasing teams from Madrid went...
Talent Radar is our latest feature, you can know more about it here. Updates and Performance Reports on young talents is one of its features as we...
As the fourth round of matches got underway this week, the first of the big ones to be played was at the Juventus Stadium. The Bianconeri...
Despite the Premier League being the “global league” in terms of visibility and a hold on the football market in numerous countries, there’s one game that...
On Saturday we will witness the first El Classico of the season. This is, of course, a fixture that needs no introduction, as the two biggest...
Another amazing Champions League game night was graced by another amazing fixture between two giants of the continent, as Juventus visited the Santiago Bernabeu to play...
‘The best league in the world’ is a compliment often bestowed on the Barclays Premier League by enthusiastic commentators and fans alike. This has become a...
Real Madrid 0-1 Atletico Madrid The tides are changing in Spanish football, or so it seems, with the ‘other’ club from the capital city progressing last...
The first massive game of the La Liga season has arrived, and it comes in the form of a Madrid derby. Atletico Madrid will make the...
Does a team need a nine? This is the grating question which does not need to be repeated in the context of Spanish football. The emergence...
If the San Siro in Milan is called the graveyard of European football, the Bernabeu under Florentino Perez has become the graveyard for some of Europe’s...
Real Madrid don’t have the best track record of producing from within, preferring to buy established stars rather than build them. Youngsters from the Real academy...
The Final of the Copa del Rey ended up being everything you may expect from a Madrid derby. Atleti came into the final not having beaten...
They don’t just make them in the mould of Xavi, Xabi Alonso and Mikel Arteta they say. Of course it is unjust to expect replica’s of...
Following Bayern’s mauling of the Catalan giants the previous day, it was the turn of their respective rivals Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid to lock horns...
Of all the talented youngsters in the world, it is Raphael Varane; centre-half for Real Madrid who is earning rave reviews after producing some outstanding defensive...
Syria, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and many others have recently experienced revolutions as the people have grown tired of the existing rule. Tired of being looked down...
The respective domestic leagues may be the bread and butter of Europe’s elite clubs but in terms of prestige, the Champions League is second to none....
Dubbed ‘the perfect match’ it truly did provide glimpses of its hype, but certainly not ‘the perfect match’. Manchester United will be the happier of the...
In the first quarter final fixture of the Copa del Rey, Real Madrid came out on top with a 2-0 win over Valencia at the Santiago...
Isco is quickly becoming one of the most sought after players in the footballing world. Some of the top clubs of Europe continue to chase his signature....
The tag of the best league in the World has been a topic of intense debate with fans all over the world. The Serie A has...
“Liverpool revived their ambitions of claiming the Premier League title in remarkable fashion as they humiliated champions Manchester United at Old Trafford.” That was the BBC...
Matija Nastasic is a Serbian center back. The 19 year old is currently a Manchester City player, but has played for Fiorentina before his move to...
The 2007-08 season was one that United fans will definitely cherish. Manchester United were not only once again the Champions of England but this was the...
Diego Alves Real Madrid vs Valencia 19-08-12 Diego Alves is a goalkeeper who currently plays for Valencia CF in Spain. He is a Brazilian national, and...