Ahmed Bilal
Sports Editor
Manchester United steamroll Roma to reach the CL semi finals
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012If you’re looking for the 07/08 Roma v Manchester United qtr final 1st leg, click here. 7 goals. 7! There’s not much need to for a match report, is it?…
Milan stun Bayern at Allianz Arena to setup semifinal with Manchester United
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 22 2012Oh, how wrong I was, and how lucky we are. I think everyone (except Milan fans) thought that Bayern were marginal favourites going into last night’s game, but two goals…
Liverpool beat PSV Eindhoven 4-0 on aggregate to setup Chelsea semifinal
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012It’s official – another 90 minutes, another boring game but Liverpool fans won’t mind, their side are through to the Champions League semifinals for the second time in three years….
Chelsea beat Valencia 3-2 and setup a semi-final date with Liverpool
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012Mourinho’s half-time team-talk worked. Shevchenko brought Chelsea level, then Essien wrapped things up at the 90th minute. Chelsea have refused to give up and defied the odds for a long…
Manchester United 7-1 Roma – Goal Videos
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012This was crazy – absolutely crazy.
Daily News Roundup: 10 April 2007
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012Chelsea and Manchester United are locked in an enthralling league title chase, but they’ll put it aside tonight to play the most important games of their season. For Chelsea, Champions…
Rio for Manchester United captain and Edwin van der Sar looks very tired
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012Criticism of Edwin van der Sar based on his two (or three) recent gaffs is warranted, but over the top statements such as EVDS not being fit to make the…
Daily News Roundup: 09 April 2007
Ahmed Bilal • Dec 31 2021Welcome back, I hope you guys enjoyed your weekend. There’s plenty to talk about today, especially with the Easter fixture pileup and Champions League quarter final ties.
Curbing violence in football
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012Last night’s incident in Rome just magnifies the need for football authorities to step in, take a stand and implement measures that minimize football violence (on-pitch, in the stadium and…
What if football clubs were women?
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 22 2012What if football clubs were women? Who would you pick to represent your club? Inspired from this forum post, I thought I’d make a list of our own for Soccerlens….
Video of Manchester United fans attacked by Roma police (full coverage)
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012United got an away goal and are a goal behind after playing for 60 minutes with 10 men, but the biggest talking points of the game will be the ball-boys,…
Does Flamini realise that he’s being disloyal to Arsenal?
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 22 2012This came out a couple of hours after my daily news roundup, so I wasn’t able to write about it earlier. Here’s the bottom line – Flamini has told L’Equipe…
Benitez to take Liverpool spending to 120m in his 4th year?
Ahmed Bilal • Nov 4 2011Rumours that Benitez will have a 40m war-chest are cute but ultimately manufactured and untrue. What IS interesting is the way Liverpool fans are excited about more money being available,…
Manchester United 4-3 Arsenal – the kids notch season’s first United win over Arsenal
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012Last night Manchester United’s kiddies beat Arsenal’s youngsters in the second leg of the FA Youth Cup semi-final, booking a final spot against Liverpool.
Ferdinand kicks ball, ball hits and hurts Manchester United fan (video)
Ahmed Bilal • Feb 29 2012I reported on this earlier (the Manchester United vs Blackburn game) as well. The incident happened early in the second half, when Manchester United were a goal down at Old…