2015/2016 Review

The Uefa Champions league final in Milan marked the end of the 2015/2016 European club football season, and what a season it turned out to be, from pulsating title races to dramatic cup finals to nerve-racking relegation battles, the 2015/2016 season provided all we wanted and more. We’ll be looking at some of the elements from the major European leagues that made this season so memorable.

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

CHAMPIONS – LEICESTER CITY

To say Leicester City’s ascent to the apex of English club football was miraculous is a grave understatement. The Foxes, who only managed to avoid the drop and finish 14^th on the table in the 2014/2015 season, shocked the football world with their unexpected triumph under the guidance of Italian manager Claudio Ranieri. It would be wrong to attribute the Foxes success to just one player, as the whole team performed very well as a unit, but the performances of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez stood out from the rest. Vardy scored 24 goals and made 6 assists while Mahrez scored 17 goals and assisted 11.

FLOP OF THE SEASON – CHELSEA

This season will definitely be one to forget for the Chelsea faithful, as they gave the worst title defense in modern day premier league history. Chelsea only managed to win three of their first 12 premier league fixtures, adding salt to their wound was the infamous Jose Mourinho bust-up with team doctor Eva Carneiro. People would argue that things improved under Dutch manager Guus Hiddink, but it was still a disastrous season for Chelsea as they finished 9^th on the table.

2016/2017?

With the revelation of at least four highly reputable managers taking charge of teams in the premier league (Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte and Walter Mazzarri) and the prospect of the existing ones (Jurgen Klopp, Mauricio Pochettino, Arsene Wenger, Claudio Ranieri, Slaven Bilic and Ronald Koeman) strengthening their squads for a reasonable title challenge, it is safe to say that we are in for a “LIT” 2016/2017 season.

SPANISH LA LIGA

CHAMPIONS – BARCELONA

Barcelona added another La liga title to increase their recent trophy haul under manager Luis Enrique to 7. Barcelona started their title defense in convincing fashion and at some point in the title race they had a ten point lead and were sure of retaining their title, until a disastrous patch of form in April saw them lose the ten point lead and blow the title race wide open, allowing bitter rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid a chance to steal their crown, but it wasn’t to be, as Barcelona held their nerve and won their remaining matches to clinch their 24^th La liga title. Lionel Messi played a pivotal role as usual but it was Uruguayan Luis Suarez who was their main talisman, he scored 40 goals in the league campaign to take home the pichichi.

2016/2017?

Next season looks like another three horse race between the usual suspects will be inevitable, it will be interesting to see how Zidane will fare in his first full season in charge of Real Madrid. There are also doubts concerning Diego Simeone’s future at Atletico Madrid following his Champions league final post-match comments.         

ITALIAN SERIE A

CHAMPIONS – JUVENTUS

Juventus were runaway winners once again, as Massimiliano Allegri’s men were head and shoulders above their main title rivals Napoli. Napoli led at the beginning of the season with a very bright start to their season while Juventus had one of their worst starts to a Serie A campaign in their illustrious history, the decisive moment came when Juve defeated Napoli 1-0 thanks to a Simone Zaza goal, since then Juventus did not turn back and they kept their excellent form to seal their 5^th consecutive scudetto.

2016/2017?

I can’t look past Juventus for the Scudetto next season, their squad is on another level compared to their rivals, and with the news that Dani Alves and Miralem Pjanic are joining their ranks during the transfer window; it’s safe to say that I’m not making a wrong prediction. Although a 6^th consecutive Scudetto won’t be an easy task, Allegri has more than enough talent at their disposal to achieve it.

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

CHAMPIONS - BAYERN MUNICH

Bayern Munich said goodbye to Pep Guardiola German style as the Spanish manager was bathed in beer to celebrate his 3^rd and Bayern’s 4^th consecutive Bundesliga title. Bayern faced little to no resistance from their competitors as only rivals Borussia Dortmund came close to challenging them for the title, although Dortmund had an impressive season they ultimately fell short to Bayern Munich in the League and domestic cup (DFB-Pokal). Bayern were buoyed by their talisman and Bundesliga top scorer Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, who netted 30 goals.       

2016/2017?

Bayern Munich seem to have a monopoly going on in the Bundesliga and I can’t see Borussia Dortmund usurping Die Bayern from the throne of German football, especially since they sold Mats Hummels to their rivals; if that doesn’t show you the level of monopoly and influence that Bayern have over the Bundesliga, I don’t know what will. First it was Gotze and then Lewandowski and now its Hummels, how can Dortmund compete with a Bayern Munich that can buy their local rivals most influential players at will? And with Carlo Ancelotti coming in we can expect more success for the Bavarian outfit. Bayern will most likely make it 5 Bundesliga wins in a row.      

FRENCH LIGUE 1

CHAMPIONS – PSG

Saying PSG were runaway winners is a bit of an understatement seeing as they had clinched the league title with EIGHT GAMES to spare, unbelievable. They had a stunning 31 point gap lead over 2^nd position Lyon, scored 102 goals and conceded only 19, it truly was a memorable season for PSG, however, they will undoubtedly feel incomplete after failing to accomplish their true goal of winning the Uefa Champions League. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who is PSG’s all time leading scorer has said farewell to the club leaving big shoes to fill at Parc des Prince, the Swedish striker scored 38 goals this campaign making him the top goal scorer in Ligue 1.

2016/2017?

PSG’s story can be likened to that of a big fish swimming in a little pond, the quality and array of talent as well as transfer funds available to PSG cannot be matched by any other team in France, period, thus making Ligue 1 somewhat redundant as we already know PSG will most likely win. Pundits and analysts alike have attributed PSG’s underachievement in the Champions League to the difference in the quality of opponents they face in Ligue 1 in relation to those they face in the Champions League, maybe they are right.

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PLAYS OF THE WEEK ( April 26th to May 2).

First we'll like to apologize, PLAYS OF THE WEEK has not been posted for a while now and that was due to some changes going on with our site in other to make things easy and smooth for you the fans. Secondly what a week to come back, fairytales do happen, Leicester City with the odds of 5000/1 have won the Barclays Premier League, who would have taught, anyway let's get to business.

FLOP OF THE WEEK: Bayern Munich (Bundesliga and Champions League).

The Germans would have had a torrid week as they lost their first leg away Champions League tie to Atletico 1-0, and over the weekend, they had the chance to wrap up the the Bundesliga but this was halted as Moenchengladbach held the Bavarians to a draw at the Allianz Arena. Guardiola and his boys did not have any answer to these setbacks but everything could turn around by the time we're posting the next Plays OF The Week.

GOAL OF THE WEEK: Saul Niguez (Atletico).

More misery for the Bavarians on POTW, but props has to be given to the lad for his bravery and craft. Saul picked up the ball from the midfield area ran through on goal beating three Bayern players in the process. then picked his corner perfectly placing a shot that Manuel Neuer could not reach. Good goal by the 21 year old spaniard, he's one to watch.

SAVE OF THE WEEK: Karl Darlow (Newcastle).

It's times like these we really cherish this sport we love so much, as the drama of a last ditch tackle or something important could get you to a step of you achieving your goal and ambition. Newcastle conceded a penalty after going 1-0 up with few minutes left in the game. Former Geordie Yohan Cabaye stepped up to take the penalty and the frenchman hit the ball low and hard but the young goalie was able to read the situation and save the penalty. That save from Karl Darlow might just help Newcastle beat the drop as they look to continue to be a Premier League team.

MATCH OF THE WEEK: Watford V Aston-Villa (Barclays Premier League).

This was going to be a match for pride as both teams know their faiths already. Aston-Villa are getting ready for life in the Championship while Watford have ascertained their desire of remaining a Premier League club.

In the first-half, Watford were in control at the early stages but it was Villa that took a shock lead as Clarian Clark scored from an assist by Ashley Westwood, 1-0 to Villa. The West-Midlands club held their own and were showing some spirit but all fell downcast as Swiss International Almen Abdi scored the equaliser to make it 1-1 from a well placed free-kick. (Fun Fact: That is the first free-kick scored by a Watford player in the Premier League). 1-1 at the break.

Second-Half started with Villa on the up and they were rewarded for it as a quick 1-2 passing move between Rudy Gestede and Jordan Ayew resulted to the latter getting the second goal for Aston Villa. It looked like Villa were finally going to get a victory but drama took place in the 73rd minute were Aly Cissokho was sent-off for a last man challenge on Ikechi Anya, Villa down to ten men. Minutes after Watford capitalised on their man advantage as captain and lifelong Birmingham fan Troy Deeney scored the equaliser. 2-2 with just stoppage time to go but Villa as they've been all season could not hold on as Troy Deeney scored again to win it for Watford 3-2. Aston Villa have now gone 11 games without a victory #OHBOY.

MANAGER OF THE WEEK: Rafa Benitez (Newcastle).

Could possibly be his toughest job in his merry go-round career, and Newcastle faithfuls are loving the man already. With 8 points from a possible 12 in Newcastle's last four games, Rafa has been able to rally his troops as they look to beat the drop and continue being a Premier League club next season, Newcastle's latest 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace got them out of the drop zone and they're odds on favorites to remain in the league versus their rivals. If he manages to keep them (Newcastle) up, we're sure Chelsea fans will not be happy.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Leicester City (Barclays Premier League).

5000/1, these were the digits ignored by punters all over the world and now it has come to pass. If you got on it then kudos and if not you can try Burnley next season because that is the same number given by the bookies. Extraordinary achievement from this crop of players, they were determined, desired and ready to fight for themselves as they charged towards the title. Every obstacle they dealt with the situation and also they were able to contain the pressure that was put towards them. We could write a whole column on Leicester but that's for another day let's just congratulate the English Champions Leicester City by poking ourselves and know the feeling is true. 

COMBINED TEAM OF THE WEEK: 

GK: Karl Darlow (Newcastle United).

After first Tim Krul and Rob Elliot were sidelined with long-term injuries, the young English lad Karl Darlow was thrown into the mix of battle and so far the goalie has been paving his way. His key moment was the penalty save in his team's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace which got the Magpies out of the drop zone.

RB: Vurnon Anita (Newcastle United).

Another player who has stepped up his game since Rafa Benitez came in, the dutch man has been used at full-back positions where he has flourished racking up goals and assists recently. He had a solid game against Crystal Palace as he helped his team obtain all three points in their Barclays Premier League fixture.

CB: Stefan Savic (Atletico).

The center-back has been part of the pack that has kept 5 clean sheets in their last five games and Barcelona and Bayern Munich are part of the opponents they've faced. Savic was very solid against Bayern, he was always on the tail of Lewandowski giving the polish striker no breathing space. Atletico's defence can have a shout of being one of the best out there today and Savic is an important part of it.

CB: Wes Morgan (Leicester City).

We've really not rated him in the TSM camp, but he has been able to show character and lead his pack to the summit of greatness. Morgan was great in Leicester City's 1-1 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford over the weekend. He scored the equaliser that got his team a point and that point also confirmed them as Champions of  England. Wonder if one of the big teams will cash in on him?

LB: Filipe Luis (Atletico).

The full-back has always been top notch for his club. The thing about it is that he can mix it up, when he has to silky he will give you that and when he has to be rugged  and fight, he also has that in his locker. Great performance from the full-back in the past week as he helped Atletico beat Bayern and Rayo Vallecano respectively.

CM: Mark Noble (West-Ham).

 A hammer till he dies, the West-Ham captain scored a brace as he helped West-Ham gain all 3 points in their 3-0 away win at West-Brom. West-Ham are still in touching distance to play Champions League football net season and that'll be a new way to launch a Stadium.

CM: Saul Niguez (Atletico).

The man on everyone's lips at the red side of Madrid. The young man's solo goal was enough to get a first leg victory for his team over Bayern. Hope his form can continue and propel his team to greatness this season.

RW: Gareth Bale (Real Madrid).

No Ronaldo, no worries we've got Gareth Bale. He has carried the mantle since Ronaldo hit the sidelines by getting vital goals for his team. For the second week running Bale has scored the winning goal for Real Madrid which keeps them in touch in the battle to win the league title

Bale is a player Real can look forward to in years to come.

LW: Eden Hazard (Chelsea).

People ask where he has been all season well he answered with a 45 minutes cameo as he helped Chelsea salvage a draw after they were 2-0 down at half-time against Tottenham. His magic of last season burst on the Stamford Bridge pitch and his performance on the night waved the crowd. He capped of his performance with a great goal which also dented Tottenham's title hopes. 

AM: Sadio Mane (Southampton).

Not many can boast of two Premier League hat-tricks but this Senegalese can. He was involved in all 4 goals scored by Southampton as they thrashed Manchester City 4-2 at the St Mary's over the weekend. Mane scored a hat-trick and assisted another to help boost Southampton's chances of qualification for Europe.

ST: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG).

Routine win for PSG as they beat Rennes 4-0 in their Ligue 1 fixture. Ibrahimovic scored a brace on the night which takes his tally to 44 goals in 47 appearances this season. Fine wine never gets old.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Wes Morgan (Leicester City).

The Jamaican International has been top notch all season, his leadership qualities have come into play as Leicester celebrate what is a fairytale in Sports today. He scored the goal that won them the title at Old Trafford and his never say die attitude has propelled him and his teammates to the greatest achievement they could ever ascertain. They're all legends and Wes Morgan leads the pack.

HALF A QUARTER FINAL IS CALLED WHAT EXACTLY?

Yesterday's games wraps up the 1st stage of 2015/2016 UEFA Champions League Quarter Final games and the results are as follows: 

Barcelona 2-1 Atletico Madrid. 

(Suarez 63, 74  Torres 25) 

Luis Suarez's brace gives Barcelona edge (Pic: DailyMail)

This game was undoubtedly one of the most difficult fixture compared to the others, and it was an entertaining fixture. The two Spanish giants started the game with panache and aplomb, MSN individually missing chances before Griezmann himself coming close. The first goal of the game came from their lowkey Nemesis, Fineboy el nino Torres, former liverpool striker scores with a finish in between Ter Stegen's legs in the 25 minute. He later goes on to pick a yellow in the 29th minute and another yellow in the 35th minute which unsurprisingly earns him an early shower. 

Poetic init?

The first half ends with ten man Atletico holding on to a 1 goal lead. Luis Suarez, another former liverpool striker equalizes for the Champions League defending Champions on the 63rd minute and then scores again on the 74th minute. This is the 2nd game in a row when Atletico scores first and still goes ahead to bottle it to Barcelona. Just so you know fouls stats are 19-16, to be honest i expected way more. 

It was a good game to watch, Atletico would be excited with their away goal but will not be happy with lack of their striker Fernando Torres.

Prediction: Barcelona to qualify

Bayern Munchen 1-0 Benfica.

(Arturo Vidal 2)

Arturo Vidal celebrates his early goal (Pic: Goal.com)

I have to come clean with you and tell you this was a boring game to watch, apart from the Vidal 2nd minute header coming from when future legend Juan Bernat picked him out. Vidal still went ahead to have the most chances of the games with Benfica's defenders choking out the Polish great Lewandowski and Versatile Thomas Muller. Pre match conference before this game Bayern's boss mentioned that Benfica had the best defense in the competition and it would be difficult to score them, well he did not lie. The best chance of the game did come from the Polish great though, missing an open goal in the 89th minute to seal off the game.

The Bavarians would be disappointed to come out of this home tie with just a goal, and the Portuguese leaders would know they have a great chance of qualifying to the semi finals if they have a good result at Lisbon. Bayern had 8 shots and 6 on target and Benfica had half of these respectively. What are the chances?

Prediction: Bayern Munchen to qualify.

Wolfsburg 2-0 Real Madrid

(Ricardo Rodriguez pen 18, Maximilian Arnold 25)

Wolfsburg Celebrate their 2-0 win over Real Madrid (Pic: The Guardian)

To say anyone could have predicted this result turning out this way, you need to get at me so you can predict my future for me. Wolfsburg have just 3 wins in 15 games, 1,2,3 in 15 games that means 1 win every 5 games and 10 times Champions league winner were fresh from defeating fierce rivals Barcelona with 10 men at Camp Nou. Lets repeat that again Wolfsburg with a form of 1 win in every 5 games defeated Real Madrid who are fresh from coming behind to beat Barcelona at Camp Nou with ten men, 2 unreplied goals. The beauty of football.

An 18th minute penalty from Ricardo Rodriguez as it appeared that Casemiro fouled Andre Schurrle in the box and the Swiss made no mistake from the spot to give the German 8th position team a 1 goal lead at the Volkswagen arena. Seven minutes later Arnold tapped in Wolfsburg's 2nd after a cross from Henrique to send the home fans to Euphoria. Madrid had chances to score, but did not take them and from a team planning on riding on their El classico's victory to win their 11th European trophy this was a very disappointing result.

Wolfsburg would be happy with this result,and would go to the Santiago Bernabeu knowing that if they are organised and play a very defensive game they will go through to the semifinals. Real Madrid on the other hand would need 3 goals to qualify if they are to avoid penalty shootouts and they know an away goal conceded would make things very difficult for them to qualify.

Prediction: Wolfsburg to qualify (What can I say, I'm a fan of fairytales)

Paris St Germain 2-2 Manchester City

(Ibrahimovic 41, Rabiot 60 - De Bruyne 38, Fernandinho 73)

Kevin De Bruyne celebrates his goal against PSG. (Pic: Citizen.co.za)

The best game of the quarter finals so far, it contained everything a football soap opera required except a red card. 4 goals, yellow cards, yellow cards which seemed like red because of the missing next game implication, several penalty shouts, a penalty save, a howler, etc. Just imagine everything you think deserved to be in a telenovela of football and you will have it in this game. A penalty miss by Ibrahimovic as returnee from injury Joe Hart, guessed the right way and saved the penalty. The french 2015/16 league winners went behind after a first-rate finish from De bruyne which left Trapp with no chance, after he was put through by Fernandinho and some comical defending from David Luiz. A howler from Fernando allowed Zlatan Ibrahimovic grab an equalizer 3 minutes after, when he could not take the ball out of his danger area and was put under pressure by the big Swede. Second half begun and the french Champions took the lead from a former City academy player, Rabiot finish after some abysmal defending from Man city in the 60th minute. 13 minutes later the Citizens equalize from Fernandinho after another set of poor defending from prodigal boy Aurier.

Matuidi and David Luiz wont feature in the 2nd leg at Man City's home due to yellow cards picked up today and with Verratti already injured and City possessing away goal advantage. Blanc would need his players to dig deep to salvage qualification against City and if Man City can get their defense in shape, they would need to just play their game at home to get qualification.

Prediction: Manchester City to qualify.

PLAYS OF THE WEEK (15/03/16).

Sorry we did not bring you PLAYS OF THE WEEK last week, we had to sort out some technical issues and now that is behind us we can now focus on the sport we love; Football. It was another shocking week ranging from the FA Cup and other league games coming through, anyway let's get into it.


FLOP OF THE WEEK: Arsenal (FA Cup).

Earlier in the week the Gunners played their replay fixture against Hull and they went through the fixture easily seeing their opponents off 4-0 on the night. The victory got them a quarter-final tie against Watford, and as usual Arsenal tend to show their consistency of being inconsistent. They lost the game 2-1 which saw them get knocked out of the competition in which they were back to back winners over the last 2 years. Now they've slim hope of getting silverware this season as they're on the edge in the Premier League and Champions League.


GOAL OF THE WEEK: Dimitri Payet (West-Ham).

The french midfielder has been on sensational form for West-Ham all season and he kept doing his what he knows how to do best as he helped West-Ham get a replay in their 1-1 draw against Manchester United. Payet gave West-Ham the lead by scoring a beater of a free-kick, beating David De Gea from 30-35 yards. Enjoy the goal;

SAVE OF THE WEEK: David De Gea (Manchester United).

Without this man in goal for United this season, the Red Devils will not be alive in the top four race or still have a chance in the Europa League. This save showed how sharp and alert David can be but it was not enough to help Manchester United in their 2-0 Europa League win

MATCH OF THE WEEK: Sevilla V Villarreal (Spanish La Liga).

It was a good game for the neutral, goals, comebacks, cards and anything you could grace for in a Football game.

First-Half  started and both teams attacked each other from the start, but it was not till the 23rd minute we saw the first goal, Vicente Iborra gave Sevilla the lead 1-0 to the home team. Six minutes later Congolese International Cedric Bakambu made it 1-1 by scoring the equaliser. It wasn't long before the same man made it 2-1 to Villarreal as the yellow submarines took control of the game. First half finished 1-2 as the visitors won the half.

Second-Half started the same way both teams attacking each other as usual but this time Sevilla put     more pressure on their opponents. The pressured payed off and Sevilla got their equaliser when            Victor Ruiz put through his own goal and the score became 2-2. Sevilla did not rest on their                 laurels and they pushed for another goal which they got rewarded for when Yevheniy Konoplyanka    scored a worldie goal to make it 3-2 to Sevilla. It was time for Villarreal to respond but it was to no   avail as Sevilla scored another goal in the 90th to clear all doubts. Jose Antonio Reyes got the 4th  goal for the home team.                                                                                                                                                             

MANAGER OF THE WEEK: Quique Sanchez Flores (Watford).

Watford have had a above average season so far and they've copped it with a FA Cup semi-final ticket in which they play Crystal Palace. They got to this stage by beating Arsenal 2-1 in their quarter-final tie against Arsenal.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Paris Saint Germain (Ligue 1).

They wrapped up the title this past weekend in style as they beat Troyes 9-0 in their Ligue 1 fixture. With 8 games to go, this is the fastest any team in France has won the league in their history. Congratulations.

COMBINED TEAM OF THE WEEK:

GK: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus).

The Italian veteran  kept a clean sheet in Juventus 1-0 win over Sassuolo in their weekend fixture and that was his 10th clean sheet in a row for his team which records at 903 minutes. He needs 4 more minutes to break the current record held by AC Milan great Sebastiano Rossi's record.


RB: Allan Nyom (Watford).

He had a solid game for his team against Arsenal as he helped to knock the gunners out of the FA Cup. He totally isolated Alexis and challenged him on every take on the Arsenal forward had. Nyom has been one of Watford's key players all season.


CB: Craig Cathcart (Watford).

The Centre-back had a smashing as he made last ditch tackles to stop Arsenal's shots on goal. Cathcart has been one of the unsung performers for Watford this season.


CB: Timm Klose (Norwich).

The former Wolfsburg player did not give Aguero any breathing space as Norwich were able to crop out a point in their 0-0 draw against the Citizens. It's an added point for Norwich as they look to survive in the Premier League.


LB; Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter-Milan).

The full-back has been consistent for all the blue side of Milan all season and he showed how good he has been by getting one of the two goals scored by Inter in their win over Bologna in the Serie A. Never doubt a late call up from his country.

CM: Adrien Rabiot (PSG).

The player must have settled his nerves and put his head in the game and this week his quality told. He scored in his team's 2-1 victory over Chelsea which saw them qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals, plus he scored in PSG's 9-0 demolition of Troyes which saw them win the Ligue 1 title.

CM: Dele Alli (Tottenham).

The young sensation had a simple calm and collected game in Spurs 2-0 victory over Aston Villa. The young cub set up both goals for his compatriot Harry Kane as Tottenham continue to push Leicester City for the league title.

LW: Marco Reus (Dortmund).

The tricky forward scored a brace in his team's Europa League fixture against Tottenham (Dortmund 3-0 Tottenham), He also scored in Dortmund's 2-0 win over Mainz in their weekend Bundesliga fixture.

RW: Lionel Messi (Barcelona).

The little magician scored a goal and made up 3 as Barcelona continued their rout sharing spree, this time they beat Getafe 6-0 in their La Liga fixture over the weekend. Arsenal be wary

ST: Romelu Lukaku (Everton).

The Everton forward was able to break his jinx of not scoring against his old club by scoring a brace against Chelsea as his goals knocked the blues out of the FA Cup. Romelu is having the best season of his young career so far, he has notched up 25 goals.

ST: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG).

He scored a milestone of goals this week, scored 1 in PSG's 2-1 win over Chelsea in the Champions League and he scored a double brace in PSG's 9-0 win over Troyes which saw them wrap up  Ligue 1 in style.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG).

At the age of 34 his numbers are still on the top, infact this should be his best tally season in his career. The veteran swede has scored 35 goals in 38 appearances this season and he has also scored a 100 goals in Ligue 1, that is in 4 seasons with the capital club. As he said he can play till his 40 and the feature on fine wine seems to be a feature of the swede's as well.