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Daily Dose: April 30th, 2009.
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Stuff to read while you perfect the art of kung fu football…..
Confirming the long suspected: Maradona is a creepy old dude. (Unprofessional Foul)
The progress of Polkraine’s stadiums. (Poland 2012)
The picture missing from the post below. (The Beautiful Game)
Football’s Eastern European expert goes to Eastern Europe. (guardian)
Massimo Oddo gets blackmailed/in trouble with the Mrs. (The Spoiler)
Champions [...]
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Tags: Bayern, Champions League, Daily Dose, Maradona, player blogs, Poland, Polkraine, Ribery, swine flu, Ukraine, WNBA, WPSSerie A to Breakaway
By: Daryl | 8 Comments
News from Italy today is that Serie A clubs will soon be leaving their Serie B brothers behind to form a breakaway top flight. Think of it as the Italian Premier League if you like, though it almost definitely won’t be called that. Let’s hope not anyway.
It all started with an argument about how the [...]
Category: Serie AIn Defence of the Defensive Approach
By: Daryl | 27 Comments
I think it’s fair to say that Barcelona weren’t too impressed with Chelsea’s approach to the Champions League on Tuesday night. Guus Hiddink sent Chelsea out to defend, and got exactly what he wanted with a 0-0 draw. The reaction from the Barça camp was unanimous. Sample quote from Xavi: “We played football; they did [...]
Category: World FootballCarmelo Valenica Learns Honesty is Not Always the Best Policy
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Watching the replay (above) it’s pretty obvious that Millonarios striker Carmelo Valenica took a deliberate tumble in the big Colombian derby vs Santa Fe last Sunday. Millonarios equalized from the spot and Santa Fe keeper Agustin Julio was sent off.
But Valencia couldn’t keep his mouth shut in the post match interview (also above, but in [...]
Category: South AmericaDaily Dose: April 29th, 2009.
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Stuff to read while you watch something you don’t see often – a dog interrupting a Premier League game (in Lithuania)…..
Somebody needs to tell Sheva’s agent he’s not Sheva’s agent. (Dirty Tackle)
JT and Lamps wearing a West Ham kit again will look so…wrong. (Reuters)
Spanish press up in arms after yesterday’s game. (guardian)
Everyone was up [...]
Category: Daily Dose Tags: Andriy Shevchenko, Barcelona, Chelsea, Daily Dose, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Mark Ward, parents, Spain, West HamSpecial 1 TV: Rafa Makes A Gesture
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Another genius submission – and a few days too late (our apologies).
The show’s rolling along nicely until Rafa calls in, at which point it all goes downhill. Wayne’s heart stops over some Arshavin antics and Sir Alex phones only to accuse Rafa of making a gesture at him – over the phone. The madness ensues.
Category: Special 1 TV & IOSSArsene Wenger Accused of “Child Trafficking”.
By: chris | 2 Comments
As entire managements go, Bayern’s board wins the award for quotability hands down. Between Franz Beckenbauer, Uli Hoeness and Karl-Heinze Rummenigge, you’re bound to find volumes and volumes of fantastic missiles towards any and all in world football on a daily, sometimes hourly, basis.
Today Karl-Heinze has stepped up to the dais to give his thoughts [...]
Category: World FootballChampions League Semi-Final: Man Utd vs Arsenal 1st Leg LiveBlog
By: Daryl | 3 Comments
You ever done a Google Image Search for “fergie vs wenger”? At time of writing you get 733 results, but only one of those results features both men in their penguin suits. So we went with that one.
Which is my convoluted way of saying “Welcome to the Man Utd vs Arsenal Champions League semi-final 1st [...]
Category: Champions LeagueWe May Have Found the World’s Worst Referee
By: Daryl | 4 Comments
Penalty shootouts are cruel. I speak from bitter experience as someone who’s watched England exit more than one tournament from the spot. It’s basically your team vs fate. But what if it was your team vs fate AND the referee?
That’s what happened to Malawian team Escom United this week in the Presidential Cup final, [...]
Category: World FootballMan Utd vs Arsenal Champions League Preview: Revival of a Rivalry
By: Daryl | 7 Comments
Remember when the Premier League was Man Utd and Arsenal’s to fight over? Before Abramovich and his wallet arrived the title race was basically Fergie vs Wenger scratching each other’s eyes out, and it felt like that rivalry would last forever. It had everything: Angry Brit vs Fancypants Foreigner, old school two eyes vs new [...]
Category: Champions League Tags: Alex Ferguson, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Champions League, Man Utd, preview, Semi-final, World Football, World SoccerDaily Dose: April 29th, 2009
By: Daryl | 4 Comments
Something to read while Aílton of F.C. Copenhagen shows you how to score from the byline…
(From 101GG’s goals of the week)
Footballers as children (lion-heartMetric March)
A very honest blog post (The Beautiful Game)
Meet the “Millennium Kid” (K-League Offside)
LiveBlogging “Green Street 2″ (no, really) (Run of Play)
A chink in Barcelona’s armour? (Soccer Training Info)
How to qualify for [...]
Category: Daily DoseBarca 0 – Chelsea 0; Or, Guus 1 – Barca 0.
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Barcelona 0 – Chelsea 0
Depending on how you look at matters – or what self-serving country you hail from -either Barcelona failed in their chances to take a result back to Stamford Bridge or Chelsea put in a hero’s defensive outfit at the home of the world’s best team.
And largely it’s a bit of both. [...]
Category: World FootballChampions League Semi-Final: Barcelona vs Chelsea 1st Leg LiveBlog
By: Daryl | 13 Comments
You know a game is big when it gets four previews on The Offside.
On Barça Offside, Kevin gives us a nice run down of the key player match-ups and also singles out “our very own translucent gem of a midfielder, Andres Iniesta.”
Jack agrees on Chelsea Offside, arguing that stopping Iniesta and Xavi is more important [...]
Category: Champions LeagueBarca v Chelsea: An Unstoppable Force Meets An Immovable Object.
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Barcelona v Guus Hiddink in the Knockouts
We’ve been drooling over Barcelona this season, and with good reason. They’ve played the sort of attacking football that makes grown men cry with joy. But that doesn’t make them unbeatable. Not when they’re going up against Guus Hiddink in the knockout rounds. And not when they’re going up [...]
Category: Champions LeagueDaily Dose: April 27th, 2009
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Something to read while you watch Manuel Neuer take his revenge on Ollie Kahn…
The world’s best paid (and most boring) helicopter pilot (101GG)
How Irish fans can get on the Ipswich tractor bandwagon (Irish Independent)
Struggling for Champions League enthusiasm (Reuters Soccer Blog)
Forgiving Frank Lampard (TwoFootedTackle)
The ball that counts your keepie uppies (Geek.com)
Atlético Headache (Atlético Madrid Offside)
Swine [...]
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