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Opinion
With just four fixtures left to play in the Eredivisie, the race for the 2016/17 league title is set to go right down to the wire. As things stand, Feyenoord Rotterdam, who have led the table since the very first week, will be crowned champions for the first time since 1999, but there is still time to lose their place at the top.
Watching Bayern Munich trample over Borussia Dortmund in Saturday’s easy 4-1 victory, it was hard to believe that these two sides met in the final of the 2013 Champions League tournament less than four years ago.
Tottenham made light work of Watford on Saturday afternoon, hammering the Hornets 4-0 at White Hart Lane. Spurs were superb throughout and the score could have been far worse for Walter Mazzarri’s visitors.
This time 12 months ago Radamel Falcao was wasting away on the Chelsea FC bench. 12 months before that he was struggling to make an impact at Manchester United, despite earning upwards of £250,000-a-week in the Premier League.
Crystal Palace have a decent squad of players on paper. However, the Eagles currently have an injury list that would make the local accident and emergency blush.
Orlando City and New York Red Bulls find themselves in a similar position in the Eastern Conference after a month of Major League Soccer action. NY Red Bulls sit in fourth place with seven points, while Orlando are one spot behind them with six.
There may still be eight games left to play, but the Scottish Premiership has already been wrapped up, as an unstoppable Celtic side stormed to the title by, at the very least, a 15 point margin.
Just a few months back, SC Heerenveen seemed to be one of the strongest sides in the Eredivisie, as they keep up the pace against league leaders Feyenoord Rotterdam, PSV Eindhoven and Ajax.
Although there is still a long way to go in the 2016/17 European club football season, the big, rich clubs are already eying up talent for next season.
As expected England recorded a relatively comfortable 2-0 win over Lithuania in World Cup qualifying on Sunday night. The game marked a return to the England side of veteran Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe.
The UEFA qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup have reached the half-way stage and things are starting to take shape in the groups.
Things couldn’t be more different for Major League Soccer’s two debutants following the first three weeks of the 2017 MLS season. Expansion sides Minnesota United FC and Atlanta United FC were expected to produce similar finishes in their first season, but while one sits at the top of the Eastern Conference with six points from three matches, the other sits in last place in the Western Conference with just one point to their name.
Back in November, Bayern Munich’s chances of winning the Champions League for a record 6th time seemed slim.
There has been plenty of transfer talk surrounding the future of Everton and Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku of late. The 23-year-old rejected an offer of a contract extension on Merseyside earlier this week.
It was hard to predict whether Rangers would bounce straight back in their first season back in the Scottish top flight after a number of years spent rebuilding following the financial crisis that came marginally close to destroying the club back in 2012.
For a long while, shock contenders OGC Nice were favourites to lift the Ligue 1 title at the end of the season, after storming into an early lead and maintaining their place as France’s best side throughout the first half of the season.
The matches are coming thick and fast for Manchester United now and next up they face FC Rostov in the Europa League. The first leg ended 1-1 in Russia, on what was a terrible pitch and Jose Mourinho will be delighted the match is being played at Old Trafford, for more reasons than the quality of the playing surface.
Italian boss Antonio Conte has enjoyed a very strong start to his career as Blues boss. The London side are running away with the Premier League title, having established a ten point lead at the top of the table.
Up until February, Bundesliga newbies RB Leipzig were in the running to pull off one of the biggest shocks in the history of German football by winning the top flight title, despite achieving promotion from 2. Bundesliga for the first time in their history just last season.
Aberdeen extended their lead over Rangers FC to nine points with a victory against Motherwell FC on Saturday 11th March, which leaves them on the brink of securing second place in the Scottish Premier League and with it a place in next season’s Europa League tournament.
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