Ronaldo gets 5 game ban for pushing referee
Poor old Ronaldo has started off his new season by getting banished to the bench for five games.This for...
Category: Soccer Players
Drogba scores a brilliant free kick
Drogba hasn’t featured on Soccerblog for a while now.He has made his presence felt again by scoring a stunning...
The evolution of the Transfer Fee
A look at how the transfer fees of football stars since 1973 have evolved to their current astronomical levels...
The Eiffel Tower lights up for Neymar
Paris Saint-Germain marked the record breaking 222 million euro Neymar transfer by lighting up the Eiffel Tower in the...
Neymar’s farewell message to Barcelona
He more or less says that with Barcelona he achieved whatever he had ever dreamed of achieving and was...
Barca’s trident is going to be one tooth short
Neymar’s unexpected move to PSG is almost done and Barca’s deadly forward MSN trident will now be missing the...
Bayern go down to Inter Milan
Bayern Munich have been soundly beaten by both teams from Milan.After that 4-0 loss to AC Milan a couple...
Neymar is a class act
Neymar gave more evidence of why he is a player that PSG are willing to pay €222 million for.In...
Chelsea no match for a resurgent Bayern
A mournful looking Conte ponders the stark realities of life. Bayern were due for some resurgence after that unexpected...
Neymar shines against Juventus
Neymar scored both goals in Barcelona’s 2- 1 win over Juventus in the International Champion’s Cup – played in...
Rooney rolls back the years
Rooney,wearing Everton colours again after 13 years,scored a stunning 35 yard goal in his debut game for his old...
James Rodriguez moves to Bayern Munich
James has signed a two-year loan deal with Bayern Munich with an option for a permanent transfer in the...
Manchester United post Rooney Tribute Video
.@WayneRooney loves a wonder goal – here's 13 superb strikes, one for each #MUFC season! And yes, that one's...
When Maradona was king
An iconic photograph showing six Belgian defenders lining up to stop Maradona in the 1982 World Cup.Belgium went on...
Paulo Dybala breaches 20 man wall
Paulo Dybala took part in a charity football match in his hometown of Laguna Larga on Saturday.And during the...
Dom and Sydney create new record
One of the foundations of a happy married life is that husband and wife share the same goals.Dom dwyer...
The VAR conundrum
The video assisted referee (VAR) system,introduced into the Confederations Cup,was meant to help refs to make good decisions. Take...
Germany take the Confederations Cup too
Chile did everything possible to dominate the game except score.The only goal came against the run of play when...
The stars came out for Messi’s wedding
The stars gathered in large numbers for Messi’s in his hometown of Rosario. Folks like Fabregas,Xavi,Suarez etc,usually seen togged...
Germany take the U 21 Euro Cup
Germany are on a roll.The senior team are in the Confederations Cup finals and the under 21 team have...
Bravo dumps Portugal out of the Confederations Cup
Portugal and Chile played each other to a standstill.Both teams found themselves unable to score even after playing for...
Messi turns thirty
Messi celebrates turning 30 today.Alexander the Great had conquered most of the known world by the time he was...
Sanchez becomes Chile’s all time top scorer
Sánchez is a pretty incredible footballer,one of Chile’s finest,bringing to the game a tremendous sense of energy,hard work,doggedness and...
Young Three Lions doing well in U21 Euro
England are one win away from a place in the semis.They had a bit of scare when Slovakia took...
The Confederations Cup gets underway in Russia
The Confederations Cup started out life in 1992 as the King Fahd Cup.It was adopted by the FIFA in...
Arsenal stars try out a bit of Kung Fu
Several Arsenal players undergo training in the Martial Arts . It’s either a sign that they are all heading...
Adieu Real Madrid ?
Speculation is rife that Ronaldo is going to hang up his Real Madrid boots and head for greener pastures....
Michel Bradley scores a most brilliant goal
Michael Bradley scored the goal of his life to give USA the lead in the sixth minute of their...
Now Bale gets a bust
Emanuel Santos,sculptor of some repute.has unveiled his latest creation. It’s a bust of Gareth Bale – in Cardiff before...
Conte takes Chelsea to the title
Blue seems to be the winning colour. Chelsea,after Leicester City became the second team in blue in two years...
Benzema magic takes Real Madrid to CL finals
Atletico Madrid got off to a flying start – scoring 2 goals in the first 15 minutes.Hope flared fiercely...
Buffon gets one more shot at Champion’s League glory
Juventus reached the UEFA Champions League final for the second time in three years.Mario Mandžukić and Dani Alves ended...
Spurs slip in title chase
West Ham’s 1-0 win over Spurs means that Chelsea have one hand on the title now. All they got...
Emre Can scores the goal of the season
Liverpool were not really getting anywhere against Watford when Emre Can scored this beaut of a bicycle kick at...
United stay one point behind City
Pep and Mourinho did not have much to cheer about over the weekend.United were held to a 1 –...
Bayern take a record 5th Bundesliga title
Bayern Munich have had a drastic dip in form in the last few weeks.The dream of a treble trophy...
Ronaldo gets another record
Ronaldo scored one and missed a penalty against Valencia.He also achieved another extraordinary record when he scored that first...
Riza Perestes
Riza Perestes is a chap who lives in Iran.That’s his photograph.Does he resemble anyone you know? If Lionel Messi...
Matias Dituro scores a brilliant goal
Matías Ezequiel Dituro plays goalie for Bolívar of the Primera División in Bolivia.He hasn’t had any great claim to...
Costa scores 50 EPL goals
Costa’s back from a goal drought that began on the 6th of March. He scored two goals in Chelsea’s...
Two more reasons why goalkeepers go crazy
Brighton were beaten 2 – 0 by Norwich in the Championship title game on Friday night. Both goals were...
Why walking next to Cristiano Ronaldo can be scary.
Because he has a tendency to leap into the air,all of a sudden,without warning. La niña que acompaña a...
Mourinho feels sorry now
As Schweinnsteiger gets his Chicago Fire move underway Mourinho is expressing feelings of regret for the way he treated...
Cristiano Ronaldo busted
A bust of Ronaldo has been installed at the airport in his hometown at Madeira in Portugal. The artist...
Messi – less Argentina drop to fifth place
Argentina lost 2 – 0 to Bolivia and are now fifth in the race to qualify for Russia 2018....
Sanchez gets his own statue
Sanchez hasn’t been in the best of form of late.The folks in his hometown of Tocopilla have tried to...
Southgate takes England one step closer
Jermain Defoe and Jamie Vardy scored a goal each against Lithuania and Gareth Southgate’s three lions are one step...
Ronaldo scores his 70th goal for Portugal
Ronaldo,who had been giving the impression while playing for Real Madrid of late,that he was declining in his goal...
Messi gives Argentina a much needed win
Argentina were facing the possibility of failing to qualify for a World Cup for the first time since 1970.However...
Podolski marks his farewell with a brilliant goal
Lukas Podolski scored a spectacular goal in his farewell game for Germany – a friendly against old rivals England....
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Marked to the bitter end
Chicarito has had a remarkable revival of fortunes after after he was transferred to Bayer Leverkusen – becoming among...
Suarez did not dive
Luis Suarez has been at the receiving end of much calumny and condemnation for diving to earn a penalty...
Barcelona pull off the greatest comeback of all time
“If they can score four, we can score six,” Luis Enrique had said. No one believed him and he...