BIG HEARTS FOR THE BIG EARS.

The Estadio da Luz in Portugal Illuminate’s as the crowning moment of European club football beckons. This poses to be an exciting day. This is the first final since the passing of Portuguese great Eusebio and it takes place in, the stadium O’Rei lit up for years.

Photo Of The Day: Michelle Obama tweets #Bringbackourgirls

The whole world shares the pain of the families of the 257 girls abducted 3 weeks ago in Chibok.  Michelle Obama last night tweeted this photo #BringBackOurGirls saying "Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families."as more support for the search and rescue keeps increasing from world leaders.

EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS

EUROPA LEAGUE:  I caught the Europa league games this evening and both results were surprising and have culminated in the opposite of my dream final.

UCL POST MORTEM: CHELSEA VS ATLÉTICO MADRID

Semifinal malaise

CHELSEA 1-3 ATLÉTICO MADRID (STAMFORD BRIDGE): Atlético progress 3-1 on aggregate.

When all the hubris settles, one fact will remain; Jose Mourinho’s epoch of press conference banter, winning titles and all round flamboyance is a gift to football and that is not up for debate. The immediate reality though is that the Portuguese manager is now at a crossroads after getting usurped by a team which embodied his ethos of football once upon a time. Let’s re-live Atlético's victory on Wednesday evening.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE POST MORTEM: FC BAYERN MUNCHEN VS REAL MADRID

La Decima calling?

BAYERN 0-4 REAL MADRID (ALLIANZ ARENA): Madrid goes through 5-0 on aggregate.

A performance beyond imagination is the way I would describe this game and that goes for both sides. Let’s take a look at ultimately what Bayern Munich did wrong and how Real Madrid exploited these deficiencies.