With Barcelona and Sevilla in the ascendancy after part one of Europe’s semi-finals, Kate’s eleventh Offside Rule Euro Bites blog looks at the enduring power of a champion’s mentality
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The Reign Again of Spain in European Football
It’s advantage Iberia after the first leg of the European quarter-finals and a shock bad week for Germany’s all stars, in Kate’s tenth Offside Rule Euro Bites blog
European Football: Money Doesn’t Always Buy Happiness
After Everton’s defeat in Kiev, England have failed to produce a European football quarter-finalist for the first time since 1993. Kate asks if a strong domestic league means continental weakness, in her ninth Offside Rule Euro Bites blog
European Football: The Profit-Versus-Prestige Ratio
After a disappointing week for all but one of the UK’s teams in European football, and a mixed domestic weekend, Kate’s eighth Offside Rule Euro Bites blog asks: is it all worth it?
European Football: The Europa Has Bite
Kate champions the second-tier tournament in her seventh Offside Rule Euro Bites blog, after a mixed opening week in European football’s knock-out stages
The Blues are the New Reds in European Football
After a crunch Week Six in Europe, six British teams are into the knock-out stages, but not five-time champions Liverpool. Kate suggests there’s been a continental shift in the nation’s best in her sixth Offside Rule Euro Bite Review
European Football Week Five: The Last Chance Saloon
Five British teams are now through to the knock-out stages in Europe, with the other two in with a fighting chance in Week Six. But, as Kate reveals in her fifth Offside Rule Euro Bite Review, these results don’t tell the seasonal story
Match Week Four: A British Crisis of Confidence?
Ten teams have gone through to the knock-out stage after European Match Week Four – but none of them are British. Kate asks if a lack of confidence is a factor in their results in her Offside Rule Euro Bite Review No.4
European Match Week Three: Getting All Defensive
The Champions League group stage has reached its halfway point, with Chelsea leading the English charge in Europe. But what does it take to make a champion? Kate goes on the defensive in her Offside Rule Euro Bite Review No.3
The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of British Teams in Europe
Kate’s Offside Rule Euro Bite Review No.2 looks at a mixed Match Week Two for British teams in Europe and how the home nations’ clubs can once again produce continental champions