This week’s roundup also features Fury v Wilder highlights, Tony Hibbert scoring and a wind-assisted long-range kick
1) Chelsea face Bayern Munich in the Champions League next week, a fixture which immediately recalls this classic final in 2012. Bayern got lukewarm revenge in the 2013 Super Cup, as Pep’s Bayern beat José’s Chelsea on penalties. Let’s not forget the brilliant quarter-final first leg in 2004-05, which ended up 4-2 to the Blues. Chelsea would go on to win the tie 6-5 on aggregate, before going out to Luis García and Liverpool’s “ghost goal” in the semis.
2) Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury meet again in Vegas this weekend: here’s a quick refresh on what happened last time out. And why not revisit Fury’s greatest hits: on opponents, and indeed on himself. Not that Wilder is without his own daunting highlights reel. The MGM Grand Garden Arena has a long and proud history of hosting for brawny showdowns … such as this WWE classic between Hulk Hogan and The Warrior in Halloween Havoc ‘98. And who could forget the UWF Blackjack Brawl, four years earlier?
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