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Andy Mitten

Andy Mitten

European Football Correspondent
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Andy is the author of 12 books. He founded the best-selling United We Stand fanzine when he was 15. He's interviewed over 500 famous footballers past and present, writing about football from Israel to Iran, Brazil to Barbados. Born and bred in Manchester, he divides his time between his city of birth and Barcelona.
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Pep Guardiola, left, with his assistant Tito Vilanova, oversee the Champions League quarter-final victory against AC Milan. Alvaro Barrientos / AP Photo
Barcelona to keep it in the family with Vilanova

Players watch as Pep Guardiola confirms his time at Camp Nou is over.

SportApril 27, 2012
Roberto Di Matteo, the Chelsea interim manager, refused to be drawn into his future at Stamford Bridge. Andy Rain / EPA
Goalless draw with Barca a hard ask, says Roberto Di Matteo

Chelsea will try and score instead of just holding to their 1-0 advantage at Camp Nou, their interim manager has said ahead of Champions League semi-final.

SportApril 24, 2012
Chelsea’s Ramires turns after scoring his sides first goal during the Uefa Champions League semi-final.
Barcelona stunned by Chelsea's resilience

The London side come back from 2-0 down, and with 10 men after captain John Terry was sent off, to draw 2-2 at Camp Nou and go through on aggregate.

SportApril 24, 2012
Gerard Pique, the Spanish defender, has laughed off suggestions that Barcelona are a team in decline. Mike Hewitt / Getty Images
Gerard Pique expects hard duel with Didier Drogba

Barcelona defender ready for must-win Champions League second-leg semi-final with Chelsea tonight.

SportApril 24, 2012
Cristiano Ronaldo, left, scored the winner to lift Real Madrid over their Primera Liga rivals, Barcelona.
Cristiano Ronaldo steps out of Lionel Messi's shadow

The Real Madrid man usually comes off second best to his Barcelona rival when the two are on the same field. But Andy Mitten says not on this night at Camp Nou.

SportApril 22, 2012
Cristiano Ronaldo, right, the Real Madrid player, has scored 41 league goals so far this season, but so has Barca's Lionel Messi. Lluis Gene / AFP
Opportunity for Real Madrid to seal the deal

A win or draw at Barcelona tonight will give Jose Mourinho's men virtual hold over Primera Liga title.

SportApril 20, 2012
Fernando Llorente says Athletic Bilbao have given their fans something to cheer about with their performance in the Europa League.
Spanish contingent hope to extend European exploits

Athletic Bilbao take on Sporting Lisbon, while the other semi-final is an all Spanish affair between Atletico Madrid and Valencia.

SportApril 19, 2012
Andres Iniesta’s goal at Stamford Bridge in the 2009 Champions League semi-final put Barcelona into the final.
The goal from Iniesta that started the ball rolling for Barcelona

The Spanish giants are ready for yet another feisty encounter with Chelsea in the Champions League, writes Andy Mitten.

SportApril 18, 2012
Deportivo de la Coruna's midfielder Juan Carlos Valeron (L) vies with Almeria's Cameroonian midfielder Modeste M'Bami (R) during the Spanish King's Cup (Copa del Rey) football match RC Deportivo de La Coruna vs UD Almeria on January 19, 2011 at the Municipal de Riazor stadium in La Coruna. AFP PHOTO/ MIGUEL RIOPA
A return to the top beckons for Deportivo and Celta

At least one of Spain's most intense derbies has now been reignited in a season both clubs have enjoyed, albeit in Spain's second division.

SportApril 18, 2012
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 41 Primera Liga goals so far this season.
Cristiano Ronaldo a player out on his own - well, nearly

Ronaldo has scored 41 league goals this season - as many as he got last term when he set a Spanish league record. He is set to break it this term, with many of his goals this season of the sublime category.

The NationalApril 17, 2012
Unai Emery's reign as Valencia coach looks likely to end in the summer.
Unai Emery's success with Valencia appears to be in vain

Disgruntled fans and media mean a change in coach at the Primera Liga club is likely in the summer, writes Andy Mitten.

SportApril 10, 2012
Mauricio Pochettino, the Espanyol coach, is unhappy with the third party player ownership arrangement at his club.
Espanyol are losing out with third party ownership

Third party player ownership is common in South American, but it is illegal in many European countries. Not in Spain, where this human trading can flourish.

The NationalApril 10, 2012
Eddie Newton, left, the Chelsea assistant coach, played with and completed his Uefa coaching courses with Roberto Di Matteo, the club’s interim manager, and they previously worked together at West Bromwich Albion.
Eddie Newton's third time lucky with Chelsea

Chelsea's assistant manager tells Andy Mitten how converting to Islam helped him cope with life after his playing career ended.

SportApril 06, 2012
Barcelona are hoping for more goalscoring heroics from Lionel Messi, left, tonight
Barcelona look to Lionel Messi to sink challenge of AC Milan

Barca and AC Milan go into the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final all square after goalless first leg in the San Siro.

SportApril 03, 2012
Athletic Bilbao had plenty celebrate in Germany last week as they beat Schalke 4-2.
Unforgiving fixture list is proving tough on Athletic Bilbao

It is a shame the Basques are being punished for their excellence by an inflexible football calendar.

The NationalApril 03, 2012
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