With many things going on in the world of soccer at the moment, some of these things will be of importance to you while others will be trivial. The Uganda Premier League season is nearing its end with the winner just over the horizon. Arsenal have hired Unai Emery to be their new head coach after Arsene Wenger’s departure. Emery made a huge claim saying, “Arsenal will be among the best in Europe.” Napoli have hired Carlo Ancelotti as their new head coach. Soccer veteran, Andres Iniesta, has joined Japan’s Vissel Kobe. Another veteran, Wayne Rooney, has arrived in the US with his new team, DC United. Antoine Griezmann’s future looks to be decided after the World Cup, whether he joins Barcelona or not. Frank Lampard, recently retired player, may be in for the manager role of Derby County. Tottenham head coach, Pochettino is set to commit to the club for five years. The World Cup is closing in and claims such as, “Mexico can beat Germany,” are being made. Manchester United may sign Brazilian midfielder, Fred, very soon. They have also denied swapping Martial to Tottenham for Alderweireld. Hopefully this information was helpful and had at least minor importance. What transfers would you like your club to make?

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This league cup final on Saturday, the 18th of May, was rather slow and most definitely painful to watch for Manchester United fans. A 1-0 loss is never fun to watch unless you’re on the winning side. Into the match, only 20 minutes gone and Chelsea were given a penalty. For me it didn’t look like much contact after watching the replays, but in normal time the referee easily saw what looked like a bad tackle. They do use VAR, Video Assistant Referee, in the FA Cup but there is no way that they would overturn a penalty call. Eden Hazard drew the penalty and scored it with David De Gea guessing the wrong direction of his shot. After this score, Chelsea clearly dropped back a fair bit and predominantly played defense. Manchester United was constantly in their attacking half and had 3 times the shots of Chelsea. Manchester United held 66% possession of the ball, but they were still unable to execute in the final third. This FA Cup was quite disappointing to watch for me, not only because I’m a Manchester United fan, but because scoring was low along with scoring opportunities. How do you think this FA Cup final was? Does this result make Chelsea’s rough season sustainable?

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With the Premier League only holding one game left for all teams, here will be a round-up of how things have finished and look to finish. The difference between position 18 and 17 and relegation to the lower league, the Championship League, is only 3 points. This makes this sound close, however Swansea’s goal differential is 9 goals lower than Southampton who are 1 position above them in the table. This basically makes the bottom 3 all settled, with Swansea, West Brom, and Stoke City being relegated. In the top 4 positions 1st, 2nd, and 3rd are set in stone with Manchester City, Manchester United, and Tottenham respectively at the top. This makes these teams assuredly qualify for the Champions League next season. Battling for the 4th position in the table is Liverpool and Chelsea. Liverpool leads by 2 points and with a better goal differential by 15. Chelsea would qualify for the Champions League if they were to win and Liverpool were to lose. If Liverpool tied, Chelsea would need to win their last game, against Newcastle, 16-0. This basically sums up the bottom and top of the table. Will Chelsea have the miracle they need to qualify for the Champions League?

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The long awaited game is finally here. Most likely the biggest club soccer game of the entire year. Real Madrid vs Liverpool. The Champions League Final hasn’t seen an English club in a fair amount of time, having at least one Spanish side for the past 4 years. The last time an English club made the final was Chelsea in 2011-2012, who went on to win in penalties. This Real Madrid team has a large amount of experience having won the past two Champions League Finals and looking for their third in a row. They have also won 3 in the past 4 Champions League Finals, 2 of the 3 wins being by 3 goals. This Liverpool team is quite new and includes breakout star, Mohamed Salah. They have one of the highest scoring amounts in the Champions League with 3.33 goals per match. Real Madrid has beaten French league winner, PSG, probable Italian league winner, Juventus, and German league winner, Bayern Munich. Liverpool has beaten Porto, English league winner, Manchester City, and Roma. Real Madrid has easily proved themselves worthy, while Liverpool has had some not so challenging matches. Will Liverpool show that they belong in the Champions League Final? Can Real Madrid win 3 Champions Leagues in a row?

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