Champions League: Real’s wasteful effort against Ajax
The Merengues were profligate. All that huffing and puffing led to an own goal by Vurnon Anita and Gonzalo...
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Champions League: Brilliant Arsenal walk over Braga, 6-0
Lets first doff our cap to Cesc Fabregas. He orchestrated the first two goals. Scoring a penalty after Marouane...
A depleted Arsenal face Braga’s Arsenalistas
Hugo Viana joins Braga: Their red and white kits are inspired by Arsenal Group stage – 15/09/2010 – 20:45CET...
Hamit Altintop laser like volley
For those who may have missed it and puzzled how- this is Hamit Altintop’s over the top volley. Time...
Champions League: Messi turns Panathinaikos into Greek tragedy
Barca toyed with Panathinaikos in a 5-1 win. Leo Messi scored a brace and had an assist. Check out...
Champions League: Inter survive against FC Twente
Defending champions Inter had a tough outing against Dutch champions FC Twente as they had to come from behind...
Champions League: Bremen on the brink push back Spurs
Cracking start by Tottenham on their CL group stage debut. Gareth Bale just becomes more and more awesome as...
Champions League: Valencia’s injury overshadows Rangers achievement
Rangers could not have asked for a better result drawing Man Utd at Old Trafford, 0-0 in game that...
Evander Sno again brings ARVD to the fore
Evander Sno, 23 year old former Celtic midfielder now at Ajax This incident underscores the importance of having a...
Dennis Bergkamp’s classic against Newcastle
Under Wenger’s 14 year reign, Arsenal have scored 1000 goals in the Premier League. Alex Song had the singular...
Robert Huth’s stoppage time goal sinks Villa
Tony Pulis fresh from grieving his mother’s passing away was given some balm in Stoke’s last gasp win over...
Rooney should have played
Rooney is not even doing that nowadays ” No Woman, no Kai ” and a blow up doll. If...
Rafa records his first win as Inter overcome Udinese
Samuel Eto’o almost muffed his penalty but luckily for him the rebound fell right at his feet and he...
Cesena stun AC Milan as the Serie opens wide
Christian Abbiati’s goalkeeping left much to be desired and Alexandre Pato was denied twice by the referee on two...
Real Madrid beat stubborn Osasuna
Ricardo Carvalho’s goal made the difference as Real given their dominance were tentative when it came to finishing off...
Khalid El Askri inscribes his name in the hall of stupidity
By now this clip has gone viral with close to two million hits. But it never ceases to amaze!...
Everton rocks Man Utd in a scintillating finish, 3-3
For those who have a bit of time to kill- these are the last 17 minutes of the match....
An unusual cast stars in Arsenal’s 4-1 win over Bolton
Laurent Koscielny scored his first goal for Arsenal but he was also responsible for Bolton’s equalizer. We have to...
A Herculean effort sinks Barcelona, 2-0
An absolute shocker in the Liga as Javier Mascherano’s debut turns to dust. Hercules, a club promoted after 13...
Thiago Alcantara and Sergio Canales recreate their free kick
Thiago Alcantara and Sergio Canales did an action replay of their special free kick against England scored at the...
Cristiano Ronaldo with time on his hands..
A skimpily clad C Ron advertises for Spanish watchmakers Timeforce…. …and an even more skimpily clad C Ron advertises...
So who said that Soccer is a low scoring game ?
Amateur team Leeds Badgers beat the Warwickshire Wolves by 425 goals to 354. That puts an end to any...
Portugal come unstuck at Oslo
Portugal’s ghastly start to Euro 2012 qualifying only got ghastlier. Goalkeeper Eduardo lost the ball in a challenge from...
Rooney gets a savoury headline…
….to make up a bit for all the unsavoury headlines that he has been associated with for the past...
Argentina thrash Spain 4 -1
First evidence that Argentina without Maradona mght have been a formidable force at World Cup 2010…..
Dirk Kuyt out for four weeks……….
…with a shoulder injury he picked up while attempting a scissor kick. Kim Kallstrom demonstrates the proper technique here...
Stjarnan get some competition….
….from the Finnish side Jaro.
FIFA is going to ban the sniper…
FIFA are going to go after the chap in the stands shooting the poor players down.Diving is going to...
The Jessica Kastrop Syndrome
A new disease that might be even worse than H1N1.Fortunately it only affects football media people – and that...
Brace of braces from Torres and Villa
Spain beat Liechtenstein 4 – 0 in their Euro qualifier with Torres and Villa scoring two goals each and...
Laurent Blanc’s Euro campaign starts badly
Laurent Blanc will envy Capello.No hat tricks for the French team as they started their run for Euro 2012....
Defoe hat trick against Bulgaria
England scored four goals three of which came from Defoe – ably assisted by a resurgent Rooney…. Goals here…
Did Maradona play like this when he was a kid…..?
7 year old Noah Shawn is part of what looks like a Bayern Munich youth initiative.Phenonmenal skill and a...
Cannavaro and Neymar demonstrate the backheel pass
The correct technique:Cannavaro – sublime skill.A brilliant backheel flick that went straight to his Al Ahli teammate Ahmed Khalil...
Zidane steals the show….
Zinedine Zidane stole the show at the Clairefontaine training camp ahead of a Euro 2012 qualifier against Belarus ….
The first World Cup loses its last survivor
Francisco Varallo – last man standing from the first World Cup final in 1930 died at the age of...
The Vuvuzela gets the chop
Uefa have banned the vuvuzela from European competitions much to the annoyance of those who bought vuvuzelas to blow...