Van Gaal and Giggs react to Chicharito’s miss
Chicarito’s unfortunate slip at the penalty spot produced this eloquent silent reaction from Van Gaal and Ryan Giggs.
Category: Soccer Players
Montreal Impact lose Drogba debut game
All 20,801 seats at the Saputo Stadium were sold out for Drogba’s debut game against Philadelphia Union. Drogba only...
A historic event: Udinese shocks Juve in first home opener loss for the Bianconeri
No Carlos Teves, Andrea Pirlo, or Arturo Vidal. Juve’s saviour is apparently Juan Cuadrado. The Old Lady stumbled against...
Petr Cech makes two brilliant saves
Cech made two brilliant stops against Liverpool to more than make up for his two bloopers against West Ham....
Mario Balotelli is back to AC Milan on a loan move
No, that’s not the Dow Jones or the FTSE 100. It’s the declining worth of Mario Balotelli (courtesy Transfermarkt)....
Keane brace in LA Galaxy’s Five Star win
Robbie Keane scored two goals and two assists as LA Galaxy beat NYFC 5-1. Despite the pre match hype...
Marcos Alonso does a Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo may have given Marcos Alonso a few free kick tips before he left Serie A to get...
Suarez scores first goal of the new season
Barcelona played Athletic Bilbao for the third time in succession -the last two games being in the Spanish Supercup...
Bayern Munich also take fastest Bundesliga goal ever
1899 Hoffenheim’s Kevin Volland equalled the record for the fastest Bundesliga goal ever.The goal scored 9 seconds after kickoff...
Real Mallorca Bosses crack the whip
The Real Mallorca management have decided that they have had enough of being Mr Nice Guy and have now...
Balotelli’s top ten moments of madness
If rumours from the rumour mill are to be believed then his days at Liverpool are numbered – and...
Van Persie opens Turkish account
RVP scored his first goal for Fenerbahce – coming on in the 80th minutes and heading in the winning...
Now for the big one: Kevin De Bruyne close to Man City move for $80m
Looks like this deal is going to go through days after that Wolfsburg pledge of allegiance taken by a...
Adnan Januzaj linked with move to Dortmund
Bild is reporting Dortmund maybe interested in acquiring Adnan Januzaj on loan. The winger who is on contract with...
Rooney waits for the end of the goal drought
Nine long games have gone by without scoring a goal.Rooney has this to say on the long barren spell....
Brilliant bicycle kick from the Chinese League
In a game between Shanghai Shenhua and Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League -Colombian midfielder Giovanni Moreno scored...
Lazio fans subject Bayer Leverkusen’s black players to ugly racism
What do you expect from a club that worships players like Paolo Di Canio pictured here with his fascist...
Maradona meets the referee who made the “Hand of God” goal possible
Not many outside of Argentina know Ali Bennaceur, the Tunisian referee who failed to spot Diego Maradona’s sleight of...
Pirlo gets sandwiched
New York City FC’s new import Andrea Pirlo has had the honour of getting a sandwich named after him...
Champions League playoff first leg: Memphis scores a brace in Man Utd’s win over Brugge
For Club Brugge there was hell depay. Or as we have been asked to, call him Memphis. After an...
Nicolas Otamendi reportedly to Man City is a done deal
I can see Blue Moon. The Valencia central defender is on his way to the Etihad for $50m and...
Pedro nears move to Man Utd
Old Trafford is that a way? Ed Woodward is in Barca finalizing personal terms with Pedro. The Manchester club...
Gerard Pique could face a four to 12 match ban for cursing linesman
Gerard Pique was given a red for insulting ref Velasco Carballo’s linesman during the Spanish Super Cup second leg...
Alexis Sanchez: Humanitarian and nice guy
Kudos to Alexis Sanchez, he not only drives this Arsenal side forward but he also helps people. More specifically,...
What’s in a boot ?
Plenty. It’s all very well for Shakespeare to have said that a shoe by any other name would have...
Mario Balotelli spotted: Ear today, gone tomorrow
Super Mario sporting a earring watching the Bournemouth match from the stands. Will he be earring from Brendan Rodgers...
EPL 2nd week: Knaves and Knights
It’s time for Soccerblog’s Knaves and Knights. Who were the week’s heroes and villains? The clubs who soared and...
End of the road for John Terry ?
Chelsea getting beaten by Manchester City did not come as very big surprise. The medical mess that Mourinho got...
West Ham Keeper joins list of red carded goalies
West Ham keeper Adrian is the second keeper of the season to get a red card.However this time he...
Hristo Stoichkov is not a big fan of Louis Van Gaal
Pedro, Barca’s forward now deemed surplus to his side’s requirements with Neymar Jr, Luis Suarez, and Leo Messi powering...
Bayern Munich get off to a flier
Bayern Munich got off to a flying start – beating Hamburg SV 5-0 in the Bundesliga’s season opener on...
Video:Adnan Januzaj gives United second win of the season
United and Aston Villa produced a game that was pretty listless .Rooney in particular had a very bad evening...
Barcelona suffer huge defeat
The law of averages finally caught up with Barcelona. How else can you explain them losing 4 – 0...
Lehmann roots for Cech
Aresnal legend Jens Lehmann is sure that Cech will put his nightmare debut performance behind him and take the...
Some reactions to Messi’s awesome freekick brace
Messi’s free kick tally – 2 free kicks in 9 minutes Ronaldo’s free kick tally – 2 free kicks...
Messi scores two free kicks in 9 goal thriller
Messi scored two consecutive free kicks for the first time in his career. Barcelona won the Uefa Super Cup...
Remembering Nagasaki
Japanese J-League side V-Varen Nagasaki designed two special kits to commemorate the 70th anniversary of atomic bombing of the...
Liverpool pull off late winner against Stoke thanks to Coutinho’s stunning strike
Liverpool approached this match with some trepidation. Their memories still fresh off that 6-1 drubbing and for most part...
Arsenal believing the hype promptly fall against West Ham
The pre-season glow is gone. The Community Shield shimmering lights dimmed. Arsene Wenger has never been good at managing...
Extreme sporting behaviour in League One
The opening game of the League One season between Doncaster and Bury went through to extra time with nothing...
Riyad Mahrez tears asunder Sunderland as Leicester City win
Claudio Ranieri was derided as the “Tinkerman” when he was Chelsea’s coach in Roman Abramovich’s first year as owner....
Swansea make Chelsea sweat as Thibaut Courtois gets sent off
Chelsea were at their commanding best in the first half playing the sort of attacking, fluid football not associated...
Key moments from Matchday 1 of the season
Videos of two defining moments from the two big games on day #1 Kyle Walker’s record making own goal...
Opening match snoozefest: Kyle Walker’s own goal gifts Man Utd a win over Spurs
For the first time in Premier League history, the opening goal was an own goal. Nabil Bentaleb had a...
De Gea dumped out of first game
Van Gaal keeps Dea out of Man United’s opening game against Spurs today stating that he is not capable.....
Soccerblog goes to the Wil Walker radio show and talks Premier League
Soccerblog chatted with Wil Walker, the host of the Wil Walker radio show and his co-host Mike Walker, and...
Baleverine
The resemblance is uncanny. Using Adamantium claws would definitely be a red card offence so I guess we won’t...
Di Maria pens farewell letter to Manchester United
Di Maria ended his season of discontent at Manchester United,packed his bags and headed off to PSG. He left...
Adidas bring out skill packed ad
Messi,Ozil,Bale and others show off some super skills in this new Adidas Ad – which is a lot better...
Chelsea lose again
Falcao was invisible again in the last pre season friendly against Florentina – which Chelsea lost 1- 0
Andrea Johanssen dives to new low
Andreas Johansson is the captain of Swedish club IFK Norrkoping. The video of this dive after he bumped against...
Louis Van Gaal banishes Victor Valdes to Man Utd reserves
Ahead of this weekend’s opener against Spurs, the goalkeeping situation at Man Utd became more strained as Victor Valdes...
Aron Johannsson switches from Alkmaar to Werder Bremen
Good move. The US striker moves to a bigger club in a bigger league. Werder Bremen are turning things...
Ebay launches new Cristiano Ronaldo bespoke headphones and speakers
Want headphones curated by CR7 made by Monster under his ROC LLL line and available on Ebay for pre-orders....