Micky van de Ven

  • Soccer
    BRUGES, BELGIUM - NOVEMBER 05: Lamine Yamal of FC Barcelona celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD4 match between Club Brugge KV and FC Barcelona at Jan Breydelstadion on November 05, 2025 in Bruges, Belgium.

    Champions League Matchweek Four Review

    Europe’s showpiece did its best impression of a football festival this week. There were boos you could feel in your ribs, a centre back who sprinted the length of the pitch like a 100-metre finalist, one of the planet’s sharpest finishers ticking onwards, and a Barcelona game that veered from…

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    Brennan Johnson of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates scoring the first goal during the UEFA Europa League 2024/25

    Tottenham Season Preview – Can Spurs build on their Europa League success?

    The summer sun is barely setting on Tottenham Hotspur’s wild 2024-2025 season, and already, the North London faithful are buzzing with cautious optimism. Last year was a rollercoaster: a Europa League trophy, their first silverware in 17 years, juxtaposed against a stomach-churning 17th-place finish in the Premier League. That’s right,…

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