Bayen Munich undone by Gladbach bogey yet again
The mighty Bayern Munich machine gets a spanner in the works every time they have played Borussia Monchengladbach this...
Category: Soccer Teams – Club
Arsenal and two losses on the trot
First a 3-2 loss against Manchester United on the 3rd of December and then instead of a much hoped...
Messi picks up another Ballon d’Or
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,2015,2019 and now 2021. Ronaldo reaction
Bayern Munich beaten 5-0
Now there’s a headline that hasn’t been ever seen before. Borussia Moenchengladbach scored 3 goals in the first 21...
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...
Salah’s something else
Salah waltzed around most of the Watford defence and scored one of the best goals ever seen for a...
China’s football future in the red
Fernando Martins and Renato Augusto are two Brazilian stars who are on a growing list of players whose dreams...
Messi scores his first goal for PSG
Converting the Messi,Neymar,Mbappe into a fearsome trident remains a work in progress but Messi has notched up goal number...
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...
EPl players have to choose club over country
Those players were called up for World Cup duty but didn’t travel after Premier League teams objected to them...
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 (...
Ronaldo’s shoulder gets him into trouble
A clear case of adding insult to injury. C Ron was kept on the bench for Juventus first Serie...
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...
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...
Happy 129th birthday Liverpool
On the 3rd of June 2021 Liverpool turned 129. An article on the Club’s webpage says … “It was...
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...
Salah creates scoring record
Mohamed Salah has made more Liverpool history,by becoming the first player to score 20 goals in three different Premier...
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...
The Empire strikes back
A referee dressed up as Darth Vader is giving a very clear message from the Empire( UEFA) to the...
The (super) league of extraordinary foolishness
The lure of riches beyond their wildest imaginations has resulted in several already extremely wealthy clubs to go ahead...
Barcelona fans choose Messi’s greatest goal
This goal scored on the 18th of April 2007 when Messi was 19 years old had been fanselected as...
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...
Mehdi Taremi scores best Champion’s League goal of the year
Mehdi Taremi pulled off a spectacular scissor kick in the last few minutes of the game to give Porto...
Kroos and Vinicius produce a magnificent goal
The pass from Kroos was brilliant.The collection and finish by Vicinius junior was incredible. The Liverpool defence had no...
Bevis Mugabi outjumps Ronaldo
Ronaldo floated till his head was an awe inspiring height of 2.56 metres above the ground and then scored...
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...
Klopp couldn’t get home for his mother’s funeral
Klopp’s mom passed away on the 19th of Jan but he could not get home for the funeral due...
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...
Zlatan reaches 500
The ageing ageless warhorse reached 500 goals which are distributed thusly. He started in the Swedish club Malmo in...
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...
644 beers
Budweiser gave a specially labelled bottle of beer to each of the goalkeepers that were on the receiving end...
Messi = Pele
Messi is part of the pantheon of all time greats. He equalled Pele’s record of 643 goals for a...
Fred spins around Kevin De Bruyne
The much hyped derby between Manchesters United and City turned out to be as dull as ditchwater. The standout...
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...
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...
Suarez says goodbye to Barcelona
The official farewell video…
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-...
Messi to Manchester City
Messi wants to play under Guardiola again. That’s what the rumour says …
Will Messi leave Barcelona?
Lionel Messi announced last tuesday to a world weary of the pandemic,wildfires and Grade 4 hurricanes that there was...
New seasons on the horizon
The EPL is going to press control+ alt+ delete and get things restarted on the 12th of September. Liverpool’s...
Zlatan becomes the oldest ageing warhorse
Ibrahimovic, at the ripe old age of 38 years and 302 days,became the oldest player to score 10-plus goals...
Messi 700,Ronaldo 728
When people last counted 6 players had reached the 700 goals mark in senior competitive football. Czech-Austrian forward Josef...