Twelve minutes on the clock, 96to guess.Remember to tweet your scores@FourFourTwoand share with your friends!NOW TRYQuiz! Can you name every club to reach a Champions League or European Cup final? Europe hasfivetop leagues.Most of us just watch one regularly, revel in the nostalgia of another, check out one big fixture of another one, and know a handful of obscure players from the other two, solely fromFootball Manager.But if push comes to shove, how many sides can you name from England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain's top divisions?Sure, there are the few from the Champions League. There are those you remember from the Europa, and though that have been in Europe in the last few years. But what about those ones...
Liverpool’s defeat to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night was reduced to a tale of two goalkeepers. The reliable excellence of Jan Oblak and the less impressive contribution of Adrian: it’s one of those simplifications that modern football seems to do particularly well and, unfortunately, far more often than it used to.Heroes and villains. Scapegoats. These are themes which have existed for as long as the game has been played. They’re hardly new in English football, of course, with even the narrowest contexts providing plenty of examples. Think of the snide way that Bobby Robson was treated during his time as England manager. Or the poisonous behaviour suffered by his successor, Graham Taylor.Four years later came the most famous recent example:...
Eight minutes on the clock, 42 teamsto guess.Remember to tweet your scores@FourFourTwoand share with your friends. NOW TRYQuiz! Can you name every team Leicester City beat in 2015/16?When Nuno'sWolveswere promoted in 2018, did you really think we'd be sat here, a year and a half later?They're in the last-16 of a European competition. They were the best side in England last year outside of the big six - they're looking like they could be within that top six bracket this season.They even reached an FA Cup semi in between all that.Mighty Wolverhampton have taken a fair few scalps over the last couple of years - how many of their victims can you name?While you’re here, why not take advantage of...
After scoring the opening goal for Real Madrid in March’s title race six-pointer against Barcelona earlier this month, Vinicius Junior discussed the difficult decision in choosing between the two El Clasico clubs back in 2017.The Brazilian revealed that he and his family visited both clubs ahead of his decision, but opted to move to the Santiago Bernabeu in a €46 million move.Speaking in the April issue of FourFourTwo, out now, Vinicius said: “It was right after I came back from the 2017 South American U17 Championship in Chile. There were already rumours in the press, but I never believed them.“Eventually it happened: both Real Madrid and Barcelona put offers on the table and I had only three days to make...
Ten minutes on the clock, 60 teamsto guess.Remember to tweet your scores@FourFourTwoand share with your friends. NOW TRYQuiz! Can you name every club to reach a Champions League or European Cup final?Unai Emery knows a thing or two about winning the Europa League - but as he found out last year, it's pretty gutting to lose the final.Some teams pin their hopes on the Europa. It helps that these days you get a free Champions League spot, just by lifting the trophy. Not all are successful though.Over the years, the UEFA Cup/Europa League final has played host to some of Europe's most esteemed names - and a few random clubs that you've barely heard a peep from since.As Manchester United...