Cluj suffer disappointing loss

Maurizio Trombetta's CFR Cluj suffered a very disappointing 1-0 loss to Bordeaux in a match on a own goal by skipper Cadú nine minutes after ...

Wednesday Roundup!

After the amazement of yesterday, today was always going to be a bit of a comedown, but there were still plenty of talking points in ...

Champions League: Juve finally win, Viola fall in Munich.

Juventus gained a morale boosting 2-1 win at the Stadio Olimpico vs. Real Madrid. The goals came from Alex Del Piero and Amauri, and now ...

An exciting Week of Champions League Action

Back then, to Champions League action, today and tomorrow, and some absolutely corking games to look forward to, including the 'Battle of Britian' between Celtic ...

Serie A (and B) Weekend Round-up: Giornata 7

I'd like to extend a warm welcome to the new Bologna and Siena blogs here at the Italy Offside. Every Serie A club now has ...

Milan 3 Sampdoria 0

Thanks to the Sicilian derby yesterday we did not have the pleasure of watching the Rossoneri today on FSC. Regardless, of who saw it ...

Roma 0 - 4 Inter, Oh Happy Day

Any day you take 3 points away from home is a good day. Any day you take 3 points from the Stadio Olimpico in Rome ...

Roma v Inter - Nella Bocca del Lupo

Where: Stadio Olimpico, Rome When: Sun, Oct 19 2008, 20:30 (11:30am pacific; 2:30pm eastern) How to Watch: "live" on Fox Soccer Channel or find a stream here Here ...

The Weekend Watch: Superclasico Time

GAME OF THE WEEK River Plate v Boca Juniors. When: 1720 local, 1520 EST. Where: El Monumental, Buenos Aires. Why: Because it's one of the biggest derbies in ...

Roma vs Inter Odds

It's Roma vs Inter in Serie A on Sunday. Last year's Scudetto winners visiting the team that ran them close. Players from both teams were on ...

Its Italy & De Rossi talks Roma

I have to say I never watched the recent Italy game vs. Bulgaria. My internet hasn’t been working so I didn’t get to see it, ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 6 (Plus Serie B + National Team Call-ups!)

At the end of the 6th Giornata we still saw surprises. Inter is top of the table, but they share a place with Lazio and ...

10 Things We Learned From Champions League Matchday 2

4 seeds are the new 3 seeds; or, Transylvanians, Cypriots & Belarusians are legit. BATE were very fortunate to be eying a blonde Austrian rather than ...

Matchday 2 Wednesday roundup!

Apologies that this is so late, real life went crazy for me yesterday. I miss having a team here at the CL Offside. Anyway, on ...

Roma's Birthday Duo

From the Curious Statistic Department: Roma beat Bordeaux 3-1 in France on the back of second half goals from Mirko Vucinic and Julio Baptista (brace), ...

Bordeaux v Roma Liveblog

Bordeaux 1 - Roma 3 GAME Bordeaux running, cross in headed out by Panucci. 3 minutes of extra time, now the 91st...... Strange happenings, Brazilian brainfarts I ...

Champions League Matchday Two (Wednesday) LiveBlogaganza

Another eight Champions League games today, and I'm going to try and cover them all here in one big LiveBlog. Personally, I think today's games ...

BATE and Cluj Show No Fear in the Champions League

There's no getting away from the fact that some team names are a little less familiar than others in the Champions League this season. But ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 5

When looking at the schedule of the 5th Giornata, all eyes had to be on Milan-Inter. The Derby was important not only for fans of ...

Champions League Matchday 2 Preview

Back to Champions League duty for Europe's elite this midweek, and a vital week for alot of the clubs involved. The great thing about the ...

YouTube Friday: Mrs. Totti Eats Gelato

Serie A Quick Midweek Round-up: Giornata 4

For some reason whenever Serie A plays during the week I always feel like it isn't the same. I love the tradition of Serie A ...

Roma v Genoa match review

Heading into the Giallorossi's visit to Stadio Luigi Ferraris I was expecting a "unique" match where tactics and the peculiarity of scheduling weighed heavy on ...

Serie A Weekend Round-up: Giornata 3

The third giornata of Serie A had less drama and surprises then the last two weeks, but it was interesting and exciting nonetheless. All the ...

What goes around, comes around (read as: pseudo Deja Vu)

Alberto's dummy assist, Francesco's freekick leaving a tap-in, Panucci scoring the opener and Super Mirko not scoring despite being orgasmic. Rings any bells? All of ...

Hero of the Day: Emmanuel Culio

Yes, the Champions League is all about the big names. Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi, Francesco Totti, Steven Gerrard, Kaka and so on and so on. ...

Champions League Day One Roundup!

Big story of Day One is undoubtedly from Rome. Little known Romanian side Cluj pulled off a 2-1 win against Serie A runners up Roma ...

Champions League LiveBlogs September 16th 2008

It's first day of school in the Champions League today. Who's going to show up looking smart? Who's going to show up late? And who ...

Chelsea Vs Bordeaux Liveblog!

Hello, and welcome to the first of many Champions League liveblog this season. I'll be following the group A match between Chelsea and Bordeaux here, ...

Champions League: Entertaining Romanians at the Local Emergency Ward

AS Roma v CFR Cluj I don't quite know who CFR Cluj is. I don't even quite know who AS Roma is at the moment. Which ...