Halaand-Goal Machine
The hat trick against Wolverhampton took Halaand past a record long held by Nistelrooy – and he became the...
Category: Soccer Hall of Fame
The art of bicycle kicking – Pele’s regret
Pele had a regret.In his autobiography he said “I have just three-four of my 1,283 goals with a bicycle...
Messi’s face on a corn field
Maximiliano Spinazze has paid a tribute to Messi in corn- in a most unsual and extraordinary way. He planted...
Messi flies high
Tributes and adulation from a soccer crazy nation…
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...
Messi wins best goal of the Champion’s League Group Games stage
Messi’s goal against against Benfica took first place. As we count down to Qatar 2022 – here are the...
And the Ballon d’Or goes to..
Karim Benzema …thus becoming the 5th frenchman to win the honour. Other Awards given out were.. Women’s Ballon d’Or...
Salah scores the fastest Hat Trick in the Champion’s League
The return of the (Egyptian) King ? The Salah slump is over. He scored a hat trick in 6.12...
Ronaldo on 700
Ronaldo chalked up his 700th club goal when he scored in Man Utd’s (much needed) 2-1 win against Everton....
Another Haaland hat trick
Erling Haaland – man or machine ? He became the first player ever to score 3 hat tricks in...
Halaand’s incredible goal
Erling Halaan scored a goal against his old team that will go down in history as one of the...
Mbappe on his way
Much is being made of Mbappe’s apparent selfishness which prevents him from passing to Messi and Neymar. But this...
Messi gets left out of Ballon d’Or shortlist
We have to face it at last.Age is catching up. Ronaldo has still made the shortlist – but most...
Ronaldo’s early exit heartburn
Much discussion about Ronaldo’s (unacceptable) walking out of the ground before the game ended- the game in question being...
The rise of another Ronaldo
History,we are told, has the ability,like an echo, to repeat itself.One of the clearest inditations that this is indeed...
Zindane’s headbutt immortalised in bronze
Here’s something we at Soccerblog just discovered a little while ago. A 16 foot bronze statue of Zidane’s infamous...
A burger called Messi
Hard Rock International had made Messi their brand ambassador a year or so ago as part of their Golden...
Zidane hits the half century mark
The beatles expected to start losing their hair when they turned 64.Zidane lost all of it when there are...
Harry Kane goes ahead of Messi and Ronaldo
England were lucky to get away with a draw and Germany were unlucky to end up with a draw...
Ronaldinho memories…
Ronaldinho shares memories on the 20th anniversary of his debut World Cup. 03/06/2002 data que sempre vai ficar marcada...
5 goals from Messi to brighten up your day
Estonia won’t remember this as a particularly bright day.They got beaten 5-0 by Argentina in a friendly in which...
Beckham turns 47
Once one of the greatest free kick takers in the world,now 47. Happy Birthday David Beckham.
Ronaldo’s 50th hat trick
Ronaldo at the ripe old age of 37 was still the brightest star on the field in a dim...
Sadio Mane’s classy goal against Man City
Man City came off second best against Liverpool in the FA cup semi- and this goal from Mane is...
Benzema scores back to back hat tricks
Karim Benzema is on fire. He joined a pretty exclusive club of players who like him have scored back...
1974 Holland Germany World Cup Final
A trip down memory lane to a time before Messi and Ronaldo.The great Germany Holland World Cup final of...
2 records in Bayern’s 4-0 win over Union Berlin
Manuel Neuer and Robert Lewndowski notched up personal milestones in Bayern’s 4-0 win over Union Berlin. The win was...
Aubameyang’s record creating hat trick
Pierre Emerick Aubameyang’s trademark goal celebration is the front flip made famous by Miroslav Klose. He got to do...
Suarez scores from 40 metres out
Louis Suarez scored the scored the 4th longest long distance goal any La Liga player has scored since the...
Celebrations in Senegal
Senegal’s first ever long awaited AFCON victory send the country into paroxyms of joy.The country had a national holiday...
Ronaldo earns £1.7MILLION per Instagram post
Ronaldo is the king of Instagram after having recently crossed a tally of 400 million followers. The also rans...
Steven Gerrard’s Liverpool return
Steven Gerrard joined the Liverpool youth team at the age of nine and went on from strength to strength...
Zlatan bows out of the Champions League
Zlatan at 40 is facing opponent he cannot get the better of. An opponent who waits for nobody and...
Salah’s 19 raises questions about his 7
Mo Salah’s 19 goals in all games this season and overall brilliance puts a perplexing question mark on his...
Messi picks up another Ballon d’Or
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,2015,2019 and now 2021. Ronaldo reaction
How to play football – Messi
Messi takes a trip down memory lane and gives us some tips on how to do what he does
Jude Bellingham scores fabulous solo goal
He transferred from Birmingham City to Dortmund in July 2020 becoming what was rumoured to be the most expensive...
Happy 81st birthday Pele
“Here was a Caesar, when comes such another?” ( Julius Caesar Act 3,Scene 2) Could say that about Pele...
Maradona and Messi – two iconic images
This is an iconic image of Maradona – Maradona facing down 6 Belgian defenders in the 1982 World Cup....
Ballon d’Or 2021
The Ballon d’Or 2021 awards will be held at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris on the 29th of November....
Blast from the past – Maradona free kick against Juventus (1985)
Messi is arguably the best free kick taker in the world today but even he is still 5 free...
Mane joins Salah in the centurion’s club
A few days ago Salah had become the fifth-quickest player in the competition’s history to hit the century milestone,...
The return of Ronaldo
It was almost as if he never went away at all.From his first awesome debut at the age on...
Messi breaks Pele’s goal record
Messi took 153 games to do what Pele did in 92 games – score 77 goals for South America....
Head and shoulders above the rest
“Towering over the others, defender’s despair. Those who use their heads.” Virgil van Dijk Virgil van Dijk's favorite Liverpool...
Gerd Muller RIP
The Bundesliga mourned the passing of one their greatest ever.. Gerd Müller (the bomber) has died aged 75.His career...
Salah starts the season with a record
The EPL returned with a bang over the weekend – with packed stadiums and people generally behaving as they...
Golden boy nominees
The Golden Boy award is given to the best young footballer under the age of 21 playing in Europe...
Ronaldinho shines in battle of the legends
Real Madrid and Barcelona legends took to the field again in a game titled the El Clásico of Peace....
Zlatan movie will be out on the 10th of September
Zlatan has released the trailer of the “I am Zlatan movie” and everyone has to sychronise watches and intiate...
Messi overhauls Ronaldo’s free kick tally
While Ronaldo’s freekick skills seem to have gone on the blink,Messi keeps churning them out. His latest one against...
Ronaldo records new record
Michel Platini has more reasons to be depressed. Ronaldo broke his record of highest number of goals in the...
Patrik Schick scores super goal on Superman anniversary
On this day in 1938 Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster intoduced Superman to the world. Patrik Schick celebrated the...
Ronaldo hits a new high
Ronaldo took yet another giant leap for the record books – becoming the only player to be top scorer...