That team-first mentality, laced with doses of viciousness and determination, is the primary factor in Atletico Madrid’s recent success story, and an embodiment of tenacious manager Diego Simeone.

With each poor performance by Manchester United, it’s not Ryan Giggs who the club is prioritizing as Louis van Gaal’s possible replacement. He should be, though.

Chicharito is in a short-term frame of mind. Frozen out at Manchester United by manager Louis van Gaal, the Mexican striker been on fire in the Bundesliga since his summer move to Bayer Leverkusen.

While the third round of the FA Cup lacks the cache of top-flight match-ups, it brims with the tournament’s legendary magic, its charm, its lyricism and its whimsy.

The FIFA Club World Cup may be global in scope, but it remains very much a gauge by which South American football measures itself—the reflector in which it sees itself, values itself.

The Bundesliga has branded it “Super Saturday,” a thrilling afternoon in which the division’s top six sides will do battle in a five-hour stretch.

Transactions geared to ensuring continued domestic success and facilitating a breakthrough in Europe has resulted in Zenit St. Petersburg playing their best football of the season in the UEFA Champions League.