Ballon d’Or 2021
The Ballon d’Or 2021 awards will be held at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris on the 29th of November....
Category: Soccer Players
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...
Football caricatures we might not have seen
Its not Madame Tussauds but close enough- football players rendered as art forms And more here.. and here
Messi breaks Pele’s goal record
Messi took 153 games to do what Pele did in 92 games – score 77 goals for South America....
Messi first touch
Messi has had many many masterful,magical,miraculous first touches. But this one is for the record books.His first touch ever...
Return of the prodigal
Ronaldo had abandoned Manchester United for greener pastures back in 2009 for a prodigal prodigious amount of money (...
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...
Afghan football player falls to his death
US born Zaki Anwari,19,was a member of the Afghan national youth team.He is one of those who died in...
Gerd Muller RIP
The Bundesliga mourned the passing of one their greatest ever.. Gerd Müller (the bomber) has died aged 75.His career...
PSG trident might lose a prong
Rumours are doing the rounds that Mbappe doesn’t want to play alongside Messi. In which case this most anticipated...
Messi to PSG
“These recent days, I’ve been giving lots of thought about what I could say, and the truth is that...
Messi says adios to Barcelona
These rumours were doing the rounds last year around this time This time it looks like its for real...
Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez return from injury
Liverpool fans rejoice to see the return of Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez to the squad. Hertha Berlin...
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...
Unai Simon produces best howler of 2021
Unai Simon allows a simple back pass to get converted to a horror own goal. Best Howler award of...
Leo Messi shines in Argentine Blue
Leo Messi has never really been able to shine as brilliantly for his country as for his club. So...
Christian Eriksen collapses on the field
Euro 2021 almost had a tragedy on the second day when Denmark’s Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch and...
Ronaldo aims for the sky
Ronaldo,known for his fearsome prowress to (almost) (like Superman) leap over tall buildings in a single bound has always...
De Bruyne out of Euro 2021
De Bruyne suffered multiple facial fractures in Champions League final after colliding with Rudiger in the CL final. Some...
Kane wins his third Golden Boot
Harry Kane pipped Salah at the post to take the Golden Boot beating him by scoring 23 goals to...
Becker scores 95th minute winner for Liverpool
A winning goal in the 95th minute – scored by a goalkeeper- is not the commonest of occurences.Quite extraordinary....
More Messi magic
A bit of magic that unfortunately did not end in a goal. The game between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid...
Phil Foden masterclass dribble
. Shades of Lionel Messi here.. Maybe Pep was right when he said Foden’s the best youngster he’s ever...
Neymar moves from hero to zero in one flowing move
Neymar’s Mr Hyde always gets the better of his Dr Jeckyl. After bamboozling a formidable player like Kevin De...
Salah creates scoring record
Mohamed Salah has made more Liverpool history,by becoming the first player to score 20 goals in three different Premier...
Ronaldo’s wall problems
Football players forming a defensive wall have the following jobs to do.They have to use their hands to protect...
Super League Endgame comes sooner than expected
Yet another movie allusion to portray the collapse of the big game plan that the Super League had put...
Foden takes City to the semis
The bullet from Foden that took Man City past Dortmund and into the CL semis.Later on there was a...
Zlatan brings Kung Fu back to Swedish football
Zlatan produced three assists in the two games he has played for his beloved Swedish National Team. He did...
Zlatan called the most tedious man in football
Zlatan,upon being called up for national duty for Sweden once more,in his usual humble self depreciating way,called it the...
Yet another chip off the old block
This one got left out of the chips off the old block post a few days ago Cameroon top...
The selling of Suarez
Barcelona didn’t even actually sell him.They gave him away free. And are now living to rue the day. The...
Phil Foden – then and now
Here’s a miniature Phil Foden when he was a mascot for Man City way back in November 2007. From...
Chips off the old blocks
This is Isaac Drogba,whose only claim to fame currently is that his dad is named Didier. The same Didier...
Zlatan reaches 500
The ageing ageless warhorse reached 500 goals which are distributed thusly. He started in the Swedish club Malmo in...
Salah scores two brilliant goals
After 6 games without a goal Salah ended the drought with two very very well taken goals.Liverpool are in...
Recreating the most famous free kick of all time
The one Roberto Carlos scored in 1997 of course. The kick. The scientific explanation An important fact that has...
Zlatan’s Kung Fu warmup routine
Zlatan,who has been out of action due to injury since the 22nd of November – returned to action as...
Barcelona Turnaround
Barcelona were a goal down against Athletic Club after just three minutes of game town but what looked like...
Ronaldo breaks Pele’s record
Ronaldo’s first goal in the new year took him level with Pele’s record of 757 goals and then he...
644 beers
Budweiser gave a specially labelled bottle of beer to each of the goalkeepers that were on the receiving end...
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)...
Messi Magic
Many players are able to demonstrate awesome skills with a football but Messi’s in a class all by himself.Here’s...
Best save of the year
Is it a bird? Is it a plane ? No it’s a flying goalkeeper. 18 year old Ruslan Neshcheret...
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...
Josep Bartomeu resigns from Barcelona
All is not well in Barcelona. Bartomeu and his entire board of directors have finally resigned. Messi is holding...
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...
England create history at Wembley
The ref reaches for his red card and Maguire looks like a man who is trying to read the...
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...
Another odious comparision
This time between a “no look pass” played by Messi and one played by Ronaldo in recent games. No...
Salah starts new season with a hat trick
Liverpool v/s Leeds was a game for the ages. Klopp said that Liverpool woulnd’t defend their title this season-...