At the Emirates passion rules ……
The Emirates has often been accused of being antiseptic, lacking atmosphere. This Arsenal fan put that to rest celebrating...
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Roberto Soldado scores a hat trick as Spain toy with Venezuela, 5-0
No Fernando Torres, no David Villa. No problems. Spain shows why it is still favourites to win Euro 2012....
France overcome Germany, 2-1
Olivier Giroud emphatically finishes of Mathieu Debuchy’s through pass. Florent Malouda scores following a goalmouth scramble. Germany cuts the...
Magical Messi’s hat trick as Switzerland succumbs, 3-1
The little maestro might be answering all those knocks he needs Xavi, Iniesta, and the Barca passing system to...
Robben has the last word as England’s fight back ends, 3-2
The first half produced little except for an Arjen Robben effort shut down by Joe Hart and Adam Johnson’s...
Can Klinsi pull off a win over Italy?
The Hair might have a few goals lurking under his mane Brek Shea and Sacha Kjlestan get call ups...
Scott Parker named England captain against Netherlands
Scott Parker named as England captain Not a very surprising choice to be honest. Parker has been at the...
The wrath of Abramovich: Short sighted and deadly
Woody Allen might be perfect for the movie “How to manage the blues: Look behind” Chelsea’s problems of late...
Sulley Muntari’s “ghost goal” against Juve
Gabriele Marcotti has a good article on the “ghost goals” that are breathtakingly missed by the human eye and...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s inventive back heel against Real Vallecano
Leo Messi’s amazing free kick against Atletico came on the heels of his rival’s very cheeky back heel goal...
Leo Messi’s amazing free kick for Barca
We can heap encomiums on encomiums on Messi for his amazing gifts on and off the ball but he...
Ryo Miyaichi’s amazing burst of speed against Chelsea
Bolton’s loan signing from Arsenal, 19 year old Ryo Miyaichi shows spades of speed down the left. Wenger now...
Mario Balotelli left out of Italy squad for USA match
Italy’s national squad is Balotelli free but this man finds a place Cesare Prandelli named a 23 man squad...
India’s new football league indefinitely postponed
No danger of Robbie Fowler doing this in the new India league where the pitches have no grass and...
Direttastadio 7Gold react to Inter’s loss to Napoli
Inter’s fan journalist at Direttastadio, Filippo Tramontana endures another team loss this time against Napoli as the Nerazzurri continue...
Serie: Juve comes back to tie AC Milan, 1-1
szólj hozzá: Milan 1-1 Juventus (HQ) ru One of the biggest matches played this weekend between the two top...
Ryan Giggs makes his 900th appearance one to remember
szólj hozzá: ovi1-2c,o There are legends and then there is Ryan Giggs who looks good for another 900 appearances...
Liverpool lift the Carling Cup in a gripping final, 3-2 PK (2-2 AET)
szólj hozzá: Liverpool Cardiff GOALS & PENS Full marks to Cardiff. Battered, bruised, and buckling at the knees after...
A magnificent response from Arsenal as they shred Spurs, 5-2
szólj hozzá: Arsenal Tottenham 3:2 HIGHLIGH Football is a funny old sport. The sharks were out circling Wenger and...
HT: Arsenal battle back to tie Spurs, 2-2
Ominous start for Arsenal as they go to sleep characteristically to allow Louis Saha to romp ahead and score...
Balotelli on point as City romp home against Blackburn, 3-0
szólj hozzá: Man City v Blackburn 3:0 GOALS Mario Balotelli announced his arrival scoring City’s opening goal by pulling...
North London derby: Wenger’s litmus test
Kasabian: ” Where did the love go?” Lets face it. Tomorrow is a big match not just for these...
Chelsea on track as they beat Bolton, 3-0
szólj hozzá: Chelsea vs Bolton 3:0 GOALS David Luiz, love him or hate him, is always going to play...
The magic of Andrey Arshavin distilled
The news of Andrey Arshavin departing for Zenit St Petersburg on a loan move signals yet another inflection point...
Terrence Boyd named in Klinsmann’s Bundesliga heavy MNT roster
Terrence Boyd plays for the Borussia Dortmund reserves Juergen Klinsmann mines the German American connections as the Bundesliga gets...
Man U Stumble, Advance…
Sir Alex will have to wait for his next job as your milkman. Despite losing to 1-2 to Ajax,...
CL 2nd round: FC Basel shock Bayern, 1-0
szólj hozzá: Basel – Bayern 1-0 Back to blogging after a mini vacation. The world didn’t end but FC...
Sir Alex, Milkman
In two or three years, we can expect Sir Alex Ferguson to step down at United, and live out...
Watch: Messi Scores 4! Barca 5 – Valencia 1
What’s amazing is how easy Messi makes it all look… effortless.
Aziz Yildirim in the eye of the Turkish match fixing trial
Fenerbahce fans showing their support for Aziz Yildirim, the club president Aziz Yildirim, Fenerbahce’s president and the most prominent...
Europa Cup: Man City 2 Porto 1
szólj hozzá: Porto 1-2 Man City All Goals The other Manchester club was also in action. They faced Porto...
Europa Cup: Man Utd 2 Ajax 0
szólj hozzá: Ajax 0-2 MU All Goals Tom Cleverly shows glimpses of his special talent. Many see him as...
Mancini: Amores Perros to Carlos Tevez
The lovers squabble dogging Roberto Mancini and Carlos Tevez continues. Mancini says the problem is he treated Tevez too...
CL 2nd round: Milan throws 4 uppercuts, Arsenal KOed
szólj hozzá: Milan 4-0 Arsenal – First Half The first half: The first two stages of grief, denial and...
Arsenal: The illusion is over
I have yet to see Arsenal put up a more pathetic, inept, and disjointed display of football than seen...
Decisions, decisions, decisions: Arsenal face AC Milan
Woody Woodpecker: Milan’s Stephan Al Shaarawy could take a peck at Arsenal Champions League, 1st Leg: AC Milan vs...
CL 2nd round: Barca 3 Bayer Leverkusen 1
Video: CL Highlights: Leverkusen/Barcelona Did we say Leo Messi is the best footballer in the world? Maybe we did....
In the spotlight: Leverkusen’s Robin Dutt
Bayer Leverkusen vs Barcelona, Bay Arena @ 2:45 PM EST Robin Dutt, the coach of Bayer Leverkusen has his...
Carlos Tevez: Life as a dog under Roberto Mancini
Lasse Hallstrom’s classic did not feature Carlos Tevez Last week it was the Anfield cat decidedly unimpressed by Brad...
Eden Hazard spurs more interest
The Belgian wonderkid says he wants to go to England and drops a hint that it might not be...
La Liga: What is wrong with this picture?
La Liga standing as of Feb 13, 2012 (From the Guardian) Cast your eye at the number of goals...
Rangers face administration as back taxes pile up
The Old Firm is infirm. At least one of them is. That would be Rangers who are on the...
Luis Suarez saga: Enough with the hyperbole
Business as usual at the Old Firm Luis Suarez has apologized, Kenny Dalglish has apologized. Both have exhibited sociopathic...
Mick McCarthy gets the boot
Ouch! Where have I seen it all before? Oh, yeah last week. Not a surprising development given the fact...
2012 ACN final: Zambia beat Ivory Coast 8-7 on PK’s (0-0 AET)
Didier Drogba had a golden chance to win it for Ivory Coast in regulation but missed his spot kick...
2012 ACN final: Zambia win an epic PK shootout!!
The amazing Chipolopolos pull off the impossible as Gervinho misses his PK. The art of war, Sunzu Stophira made...
Fabio Capello to manage Anzhi?
Filthy lucre: The ruble, the new green Fabio Capello is reportedly in Moscow after his skiing holiday in Switzerland....
Barca fall to Osasuna, 2-3
Full credit to Osasuna who played like they had nothing to fear against their vaunted opposition. Pep Guardiola resting...
Inter’s woes deepen as they lose to lowly Novara, 0-1
szólj hozzá: Inter – Novara 0-1 Caracciolo Novara, at the very bottom of the Serie won yet again in...
Arsenal 2 Sunderland 1: A fightback against a tough opponent
S1-2A by fasthighlights Sunderland has always been a tough side to crack and yesterday was no different on a...
Evra snub: King Kenny, Suarez issue statements of contrition
Liverpool’s management had seen and heard enough. Kenny Dalglish’s head in the sand post match interview coming on the...
In which Luis Suarez lies exposed and it is not pretty
This should prove beyond a shadow Luis Suarez meant what he said to Patrice Evra. Every racist word. This...
King Henry signs off in style! Arsenal 2 Sunderland 1
Legend. Arsenal true blue. Competitor. Finisher extraordinaire. You couldn’t write a better script for Thierry Henry to end his...