Wout Faes scores 2 own goals
Liverpool beat Leicester City 2-1 thanks to a strange twist of fate. Wout Faes of Leicester City somehow managed...
Monthly Archives: December 2022
The king of Jogo Bonito is no more: Pele passes away
Edson Arantes do Nascimento famously known as Pele passed away after days of being put on palliative care to...
Haaland is getting the Golden Boot
The post World Cup season is barely a few games old but Erling is well on his way to...
Hooliganism mars Carabao Cup fixture
Liverpool lost a 5 goal thriller to Man City and some disgruntled fan injured a 15 year old girl...
Tactics: Lessons from Morocco
So how did Morocco do it? Is possession dead? Watch this great explanation from Football Meta:
Argentina celebrates ..
More evidence of joyous celebrations in Argentina
Investigate FIFA/Qatar
Now that the World Cup is over, governments of the world should investigate the network of corruption both within...
Messi Saves Football
The biggest retirement from the beautiful game since Pele’s farewell in 1970. Messi finally wins a World Cup and...
Mbappe wins the Golden Boot
Mbappe was awarded the Golden Boot for scoring 8 goals at Qatar 2022- which included the first hat trick...
Messi flies high
Tributes and adulation from a soccer crazy nation…
A World Cup won at last..
Messi does not have to walk under the shadow of Maradona anymore.He is now Argentina’s shining light.. Some highlights...
Harry Kane joins the pantheon of penalty missers
Here is a collection of some the most tragic (for the losing side) penalty misses ever… Harry Kane joins...
It’s Messi vs Mbappe in the Finals!
Argentina vs France. Messi vs Mbappe. History calls. Stay tuned, soccernerdz!
France 2, Morocco 0
France’s Theo Hernandez scored the fastest goal in a semi-final game of the World Cup – netting the ball...
Messi’s tryst with destiny
Argentina beat Croatia 3-0 and Messi is on the cusp of becoming immortal
Moroccan Moms!
The image that speaks to us: Sofiane Boufal’s mom dancing on the pitch!
Ronaldo burning his bridges and boats
Bits and pieces from that fateful interview with Piers Morgan during which Ronaldo burnt both his bridges and his...
Missed again: England lose to France
Harry Kane misses the second penalty, and England lose to France 1-2. There were several missed opportunities along the...
Morocco stun Portugal: Ronaldo’s World Cup days are over
Portugal couldn’t keep up with Morocco – with and without Cristiano Ronaldo. A great game fought fearlessly to the...
Shocking news: Grant Wahl passes away
A wonderful man and a doyen of soccer journalism passes away. Grant Wahl collapsed during the start of extra...
Meet Antonio Mateu Lahoz: Card happy referee dishing out a record 18 bookings
Antonio Mateu Lahoz, the Spanish referee overseeing the Netherlands vs Argentina match that often looked one tinder short of...
Brazil should have defended their lead
It took a really special bit of Neymar magic for Brazil to break through the obdurate Croatian defence.All they...
Argentina overcome a fighting Netherlands on penalties [4-3] in an epic to enter semi-finals
Former Arsenal goalkeeper was one of Argentina’s heroes in their victory against Netherlands. Lautaro Martinez held his nerve and...
Neymar should have put himself ahead in Brazil’s list of penalty takers
Neymar Jr cries after Croatia’s victory. Brazil’s talisman did not take part in the penalties as Marquinhos missed effort...
Seismic shock: Croatia sends Brazil packing on penalties [4-2] to enter semi-finals
Dominik Livakovic was the hero keeping Croatia in the match and saving Rodrygo’s effort on penalties Brazil and Croatia...
El Pais analysis: Moroccan defence successfully disrupted Pedri- Busquets axis
El Pais breaks down why Morocco was able neutralize the Spanish attack despite the suffocating drumbeat of passes. The...
Heartwarming: Achraf Hakimi celebrates with his mother
Achraf Hakimi’s cheeky panenka vaults Morocco to the quarterfinals. And then gets some motherly love. Lovely to see.
Goncalo Ramos scores first Hat Trick of Qatar 2022
And poor old Yann Sommer,the swiss goalie, will go down in history as the first goalkeeper in all time...
Portugal look great without Ronaldo
With Ronaldo on the bench, this Portuguese team came to life beating Switzerland 6-1. Game, set, match. Gonçalo Ramos –...
Stop press: Morocco shock Spain sending them out on penalties
Bono, “Acrobat” Morocco’s hero. Spain didn’t find what they were looking for. Yassine Bono or Bounou was Morocco’s hero...
Brazil produce some more Jogo Bonito
For all those depressed because their favourite team has,despite doing their best,gotten eliminated here’s a reminder that it’s a...
The Miracle of Neymar’s ankle…
I’m still scratching my head. The Brazilian team has amazing medical talent – they made Neymar’s ankle work again. Brazil...
When Football was the Beautiful Game…
This photo just makes us happy. A young Pele in 1958 (back when FIFA hadn’t messed up the beautiful game...
Statement from FIFA
How to destroy the beautiful game = FIFA’s stupidity: erasing all videos and clips on social media in order to...
Japan fall apart on penalties
Croatia was held to a 1-1 tie by a valiant Japan going all the way to the end of...
The Sleepy Lions wake up…
Can they stay awake? That’s the question we have to ask now. Rave reviews for Jude Bellingham – and...
Mbappe destroys Poland
Watch (the morons at FIFA won’t let us embed the video on this site) >>
Three Super Goals from Qatar 2022
The best of the best though Messi has scored an even better one than the one below
Messi passes Maradona
Messi is now one goal up on Maradona with this goal against the Aussies… This is probably my best...
Netherlands 3, USA 1
Let’s face it. The US team lost because they played a mediocre game in defense. All three goals were...
Oxford Math fail
Predictive models are not very accurate. Let’s keep an eye on Joshua Bull. His model seems to be off.
Pelé, Pelé, Pelé
The rumor is that Pelé has been admitted to an end-of-life care facility. If true, we wish The King...
Brazil – Cameroon ( A series of superb saves)
Goalkeepers from both teams made some super saves except for one goal that was scored by Cameroon in the...
More shock: South Korea pip Uruguay to advance
Hungry like a wolf: Wolves striker Hwang Hee Chan comes up with the winning goal against Portugal Hwang Hee-Chan’s...
Lukaku’s horror show as Belgium crash out of the World Cup
Romelu Lukaku vents his frustration Romelu Lukaku had a final group match to forget. The Belgians were desperate for...
Japan send shock waves beating Spain and topping their group
Ao Tanaka’s goal proved to be the winner The Blue Samurai have done it! They beat Germany, 2-1 in...
France without Mbappe…
Wahbi Khazri scored the sole, decisive goal with a brilliant solo run as Tunisia took advantage of Didier Deschamps’ nine...
Neymar’s Ankle
The horrible photos of Neymar’s ankle shared online show the extent of the damage to his ligaments. There is...