Football Off-Target

The international break always brings some bitter news and this time it is an injury blow to the prolific Pole, Robert Lewandowski. This is a huge blow for Bayern especially with key fixtures lurking around towards the final weeks of the season. If there was a worst possible timing for Bayern Munich to lose their best goal threat, this was the one. In a space of a week, they play title contenders RB Leipzig (4 points behind) and Union Berlin in the Bundesliga and PSG in the quarter finals of the Champions League. He is set to be out for 4 weeks which could see him miss a lot of key fixtures in the league like Wolfsburg (A) and Leverkusen (H). The Prolific Pole Robert Lewandowski has undoubtedly been the best player on the planet since the start of last season. He was robbed off the Ballon d'or by France Football to which he responded by simply being unstoppable in front of goal. He has already scored 47 goals in 41 games for club and country this season. He is chasing Gerd Müller...

  WHY ONE-HORSE RACE?  Ligue 1, the premier football league of France, has been called ‘Farmer’s league’ or ‘One-Horse Race’ for the longest period of time. This edge of mockery stems from the joke that players take up farming as a day job and football as a night job, hinting that their level of competitiveness is much lower than players across other elite European football leagues. It’s also called ‘One-Horse Race’ because the history of the league shows eras of dominance by one team, before their eventual decline. In the recent years, there has been one club from the south-west of the French capital that has been ruthlessly dominating the league. Paris Saint-Germain FC, or PSG, have been the frontrunners, title contenders and heavyweights in every season of the league since 2011. A change of ownership to Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, ruler of Qatar, through state-owned shareholding organization Qatar Sports Investments has seen a major inflow of resources for PSG to establish th...