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One of the greatest young talents only two seasons ago, Raphael Varane finds himself on the bench at the start of the 2014/15 season as...
Real Madrid 1-2 Atletico | The 3rd Derby between the two sides already this season recording an important win for Rojiblancos and a dramatic fail...
The signing of Mesut Ozil was supposed to herald in a new era for Arsenal. After a lengthy rebuilding phase, the capture of Ozil...
While many Real Madrid fans were clamoring for a big-name striker, such as Radamel Falcao, to come into the club this summer in order...
It’s not often that the Man of the Match in the Champions League final of the previous season moves on to newer pastures in...
While looking ahead to the new season, often expectations and predictions are marred by a clear bias. Every supporter thinks that either it’s their...
While looking ahead to the new season, often expectations and predictions are marred by a clear bias. Every supporter thinks that either it’s their...
Season after season we try, more often than not we are left red-faced. At least you have to hand it to us for trying!...
In the excitement of the new season, supporters are often guilty of creating over-the-top expectations and ending up disappointed when the clubs fail to...
As we move into the new club football season, Outside of the Boot will be publishing regular Tactical Previews of the sides from across...
The Madrid rivalry is renewed in the first competitive Spanish domestic match of the season. La Liga champions Atletico Madrid take on Copa del...
While looking ahead to the new season, often expectations and predictions are marred with a clear bias. Every supporter thinks that either it’s their...
Real Madrid vs Sevilla | Real Madrid’s Carlo Ancelotti will lead his star-studded group of Champions League winner versus Unai Emery and Europa League champions...
A selection problem has always existed at Real Madrid, but the one involving the goalkeeping position is a rather new concept. Ali Al-Hassan puts...
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With the inbound stars adding further glitter to the already existing star studded squad, its a matter of speculation as to how Ancelotti would use the talent...
Having made over 150 appearances for Real Madrid since his move in 2009, Alonso has been a prominent figure in Madrid’s midfield. But with...
Real Madrid have maintained their track record and once again made a high profile signing with AS Monaco’s James Rodriguez joining after a superb...
As the World Cup draws to a close and teams, players, coaches, pundits & fans alike reflect on what was and what could have...
The Champions League is always a very exciting competition, but this season provided a few more edge of the seat encounters than most others....
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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...
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...
This piece features the Top 10 Best Young Players of the month of April, 2014. All the players in this list were 21 at...
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...
This is the time of the year when the going gets tough, and the teams that eventually go on to claim the honours in...
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...
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...
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...
Borussia Dortmund came into the game knowing that they had to pull off nothing short of a miracle to stand any chance of getting...
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...
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...
One of the fiercest rivalries in World football was resumed on Sunday night as Real Madrid played host to Barcelona in an encounter that...
Is there a bigger game in World football than the El Clasico? I doubt it. The two giants of World football face off at...
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...
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 the fourth round of matches got underway this week, the first of the big ones to be played was at the Juventus Stadium....
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...
On Saturday we will witness the first El Classico of the season. This is, of course, a fixture that needs no introduction, as the...
Another amazing Champions League game night was graced by another amazing fixture between two giants of the continent, as Juventus visited the Santiago Bernabeu...
‘The best league in the world’ is a compliment often bestowed on the Barclays Premier League by enthusiastic commentators and fans alike. This has...