No Cavani inspired comebacks in the Champion’s League
Manchester United pulled off a huge Canvani inspired comeback against Southampton,winning 3-2 after being down 2-0 before he came...
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Raúl Jiménez suffers major head injury
A terrible clash of heads between David Luiz and Raul Jiminez left the latter with a fractured skull. Wolves...
Don’t cry for me Argentina
Argentina mourn the passing of their most favourite son. And some of the lyrics from this song from the...
Klopp’s gamble does not pay off
Liverpool had already beaten Atalanta 5-0 in the first leg needed another win at Anfield to safely qualify for...
Deigo is in the hand of God
Soccerblog mourns the passing of one of the greatest of all time. Deigo ( which means may God protect)...
Zlatan is not letting Covid 19 slow him down
Zlatan at the ripe old age of 36,is playing better than ever. He scored two goals against Napoli to...
Spurs beat City to top table
Mourinho’s Spurs beat Man City by two goals to top the table ( for a while) The title challenge...
Arsenal are first EPL Club to join the UN Climate Action Program
Arsenal are the first in the Premier League to join the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework. It means...
Pele scores 1000 goals
On November 19,1969 Pelé scored his 1,000th professional goal in a game, against Vasco da Gama in Rio de...
Messi Magic
Many players are able to demonstrate awesome skills with a football but Messi’s in a class all by himself.Here’s...
Germany ship 6 against Spain
2020 pulls one off more surprise in this year of (ghastly) suprises. Fernan Torres became the first player since...
France beat Portugal to enter finals of the UEFA Nations League
France qualified for the 2021 UEFA Nations League finals with a 1-0 victory over defending champions Portugal in Lisbon...
Comnebol qualifiers
Peru were no match at all for Chile -who beat them 2-0 through a brace of goals scored by...
The passing of Hakim Ziyech
Not passing as in rest in peace,but passing as in getting a football from point A to point B...
Real Madrid concede a hat trick of penalties
Thibaut Courtois raises his eyes to the heavens and says ” why? ” For the first time in their...
Messi on the bench
Ronald Koeman said that he gave Messi some much needed time off during the first half against Real Betis....
Best save of the year
Is it a bird? Is it a plane ? No it’s a flying goalkeeper. 18 year old Ruslan Neshcheret...
Pogba and penalties
Paul Pogba has conceded three penalties in the Premier League under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, while no other Manchester United...
Hazard ends goal drought in style
Zidane gave Hazard his first La Liga start of the season and Hazard scored his first goal in 392...
Back to back wins for Liverpool
Liverpool’s defence has taken two body blows in quick succession.Van Dijk and Fabinho are both out – injured. However...
Maradona at 60
Maradona turned 60 on the 30th of October 2020.’ 7 ages of a living larger than life legend spread...
Martial gets a Champion’s League Hat trick
Martial scored 3 out 5 and got to keep the hat trick hall. A special moment ❤ Congratulations on...
Dembele and Messi give a glimpse of the Barcelona that was..
Barcelona put their troubles behind them and beat Juventus 2- 0 yesterday.A beautifully written description of the game and...
Josep Bartomeu resigns from Barcelona
All is not well in Barcelona. Bartomeu and his entire board of directors have finally resigned. Messi is holding...
Barcelona lost another Clasico
Real Madrid took their total number of head to head wins over Barcelona to 97 wins to Barcelona’s 96....
Pele turned 80 and we forgot to wish him happy birthday
Belated Happy 80th birthday Pele. He turned 80 on the 23rd of October. Birthday wishes from FIFA to the...
Man City’s slowest start in six years
Manchester City are languishing in a lowly 12th spot.Covid 19 and injuries have been contributory causes. Plus what do...
Liverpool beat VAR and Sheffield United
Liverpool were handed yet another moronic VAR penalty decision but thankfully went on to beat Sheffield United 2-1 even...
Liverpool make a lucky start
Liverpool have had a good bit of bad luck and injury already so they got a bit of good...
Man Utd down PSG
Finally Solskjaer has something to celebrate – Manchester United beat PSG quite convincingly. And for a change De Gea...
Two derbys – two draws
The tale of two derbys neither of which had a fairytale ending for either Klopp or Mourinho. Liverpool were...
Zlatan scores two in Milan Derby
Zlatan,that ageing warhorse(seen airborne here),is continuing to dazzle all and sundry with his age defying performances. He scored both...
Manchester City and United pick up the points
Ole Gunnar and Pep are happy. Sergio Aguero returned to Man City after four months out and helped City...
Portugal can do what Argentina cannot
Argentina cannot manage without Messi. But Portugal beat Sweden 3-0 with Ronaldo watching the game on a TV somewhere....
England create history at Wembley
The ref reaches for his red card and Maguire looks like a man who is trying to read the...
Neymar overtakes Ronaldo
Neymar scored a hat trick against Peru and that took his goal tally for Brazil to 64 goals –...
Argentina have to beat altitude sickness to beat Bolivia
La Paz lies at At 11,942 feet (3,640 meters) above sea level and is the highest capital city in...
Neymar’s back
Neymar,inspite of having a bad back,produced some pretty brilliant stuff in Brazil’s WC qualifier against Bolivia. Neymar é muito...
Messi and Suarez start World Cup Campaign with penalties
For country not for club. And now they are in different clubs as well Alas Messi got a break...
CONMEBOL qualifiers kick off in the shadow of Covid 19
Common sense dictates that the players should not be put to risk – travelling across the world to get...
High drama in the Bundesliga too
Liverpool and Manchester United aren’t the only top teams getting beaten by surprisingly large scorelines.Topsy turvy things are happening...
Liverpool and Manchester United create history
Two top flight clubs of the EPL shipped 13 goals between them on the same blighted evening.United lost 6-1...
Pep’s missing his forward line
Pep Guardiola has often spoken of how he has regarded Leed’s new manager Marcelo Biesla as an inspiration to...
The EPL blinks on the handball rule
It’s handball in football that has driven the media into a feeding frenzy over the last weekend and a...
EPL is crowded at the top
Liverpool joined Leicester City and Everton at the top of the table when they also reached 9 points after...
Suarez scores a brace on debut
Clad in unfamiliar colours but making his presence felt in a familiar manner. Suarez scored two and provided one...
Mancester city lose 5-2
Manchester City being on the wrong end of a 5-2 scoreline is not something seen very often. In fact...
Zidane scores a century
Zidane had a score of 99 wins in 146 LaLiga matches in charge of Real Madrid. Real Madrid’s 3-2...
Chelsea pull off 3 goal comeback
Chelsea pulled off a 3 goal comeback to draw 3-3 against West Brom.The first half score was 3-0. So...
Suarez says goodbye to Barcelona
The official farewell video…
UEFA Player of the year 2019 – 2020
Messi and Ronaldo did not make it to the top three. In fact they were left out of the...
Mane too much for Chelsea
Mane scored both the goals in Liverpool’s 2- 0 win over Chelsea at Stamford bridge. In first half stoppage-time...
Another odious comparision
This time between a “no look pass” played by Messi and one played by Ronaldo in recent games. No...
United get off to a terrible start
The only interesting thing about Manchester United’s opening effort of the new season was this incredibly poor dive by...