FOOTBALL VIEWS

Is the great escape on for Spurs? Spurs finally got their first win of 2026 over the weekend against Wolves which ended a run of 15 games without a win. With that first win of the calendar year out of the way, is the great escape on? Their win over Wolves will definitely give their chances of survival a massive boost and also give them a lot of confidence moving forward because winning games gives a team confidence. But they do have some difficult games to end the season with

TUESDAY: PSG V BAYERN MUNICH This game might be a semi final, but it feels like a Champions League decider because I think whoever wins this game will win the competition. PSG's journey in this competition this season has been almost the same as last season in that they needed to qualify via the play offs and have got better as the competition has progressed. They showed that in the knockout rounds by hammering Chelsea in both legs in the last 16 before comfortably easing the

FRIDAY: SUNDERLAND V NOTTINGHAM FOREST Sunderland gave Villa a good game last weekend and could've won it had Diarra squared it for Talbi to tap home. The Black Cats still have a chance of reaching Europe as they're only four behind behind 6th placed Brighton and a win for them here will move them up to seventh because of Chelsea and not Bournemouth not playing. Forest have steadily been picking up points in recent weeks and their win last weekend over Burnley pretty much sec

The World Cup has witnessed many of the world's best midfielders light up the stage over the years and a lot of them have gone on to win the tournament itself. The role of a midfielder has changed immensely over the years as there are now different kind of midfielders in attacking, defensive and box-to-box midfielders and it was at the World Cup where we arguably first saw it change. The early years of the game had just all-round midfielders who would do a bit of everything a

TUESDAY: BRIGHTON V CHELSEA Brighton won the reverse fixture 3-1 back in September and also swept Chelsea aside 3-0 in this fixture last season. Fabian Hurzeler's side will no doubt be feeling confident of getting another win against them in this on and especially with the current form they're in compared to Chelsea. Chelsea have to win this game in order to keep their hopes of Champions League football alive as they now find themselves seven points outside those spots. Liam