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Story of the Day Being Overshadowed by the Story of the Day
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The story of today is Milan. Milan and their complete faceplant to start the season. And while the criticisms are deserved, and Leonardo fully on his way to the unemployment office, sometimes we pay a bit too much attention to the fall of the big teams and not enough to the rise of the small [...]
Category: World Football
Tags: Abel Resino, Arjen Robben, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Cristiano Ronaldo, FC Zurich, Hannu Tihinen, Manchester United, Michael Owen, Milan, Porto, Real Madrid, Wolfsburg, World FootballDaily Dose: September 30th, 2009.
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Stuff to read while you enjoy a goal from the next big thing, Alan Dzagoev……
Original Video – More videos at TinyPic
There may be a suspect in the Bendtner accident. (Studs Up)
Ryan Babel is most displeased by his Google ranking. (Fisted Away)
The softer, non-golf club swinging side of Craig Bellamy. (guardian)
A German keeper not named Jens [...]
Category: Daily DoseThe Best XI Under XXV.
By: chris | 19 Comments
Every year People magazine, the literary equivalent of a high-priced hooker, publishes its list of the 25 hottest stars 25 and under. Actually, I’m not entirely sure it’s People magazine – it may be a publication of similar quality and standing. What I can be sure of is my Google search history will not be [...]
Category: World FootballSoundoff: Which Current (or Recently Retired) Footballers are Future Legends?
By: Daryl | 53 Comments
This is a tough question, and it requires a few generalizations. But here we go:
There is a top tier of soccer players. No one’s 100% sure exactly who’s in there or where the cutoff is. But it features the likes of Pelé, Diego Maradona, Johann Cruyff, George Best, Ferenc Puskás, Eusébio, Garrincha (pictured), Alfredo di [...]
Category: World FootballAdidas Draws Up A Dark New Ad Campaign
By: chris | 6 Comments
[101 Great Goals]
After Nike took Patrice Evra on a foray into the meshed worlds of his past and 1980’s video games, we get another show of the unreal from not at all competitors adidas and a French friend. Zinedine Zidane once again makes an appearance in the triple stripes, but this time it’s an illustrated [...]
Category: World Football Tags: adidas, Emmanuel Adebayor, Kaka, Lightning Strika, Liverpool, Maestro, Manchester City, Nike, Powerhouse, Real Madrid, Steven Gerrard, World Football, zinedine zidaneDaily Dose: September 29th, 2009
By: Daryl | 3 Comments
Something to read while you enjoy Pablo Hernandez’s juggletastic goal for Valencia vs Atletico Madrid this weekend:
The Irish national team’s new stadium. Eventually. (Pitch Invasion)
Should MLS table-toppers be allowed to choose their playoff victims? (Prost Amerika Soccer)
A Favre farewell (Hertha Berlin Offside)
Football beats politics in Germany (BallSpiel)
Brazil: The Next Generation (Brazil WCB)
Is FIFA holding Africa [...]
The A-League: Average Attendance is Down, Canberran Complaints Are Up
By: Daryl | 16 Comments
Not everyone is happy with the A-League right now. Attendances are down on last season, with average crowds of 6,200 for last week’s matches*. Football Federation boss Ben Buckley has tried to put a positive spin on those numbers, by (somewhat bizarrely) claiming it was all part of the plan:
“If you look at the crowd [...]
Category: AustraliaChampions League Group Stage Day 2 Live Chit Chat
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…with style.
Category: World FootballEastern European Hooliganism Takes A Life
By: chris | 10 Comments
Sickly, twistedly, inexplicably, this should not surprise anyone. In fact it rather has a slight air of inevitability about it. And were this a compatriot, a Russian on Russian attack or a Serbian on Serbian manslaughter, the grasp of the story might have slight limits. But it didn’t, and it doesn’t.
Brice Taton, a French [...]
Category: World FootballBreakin’ Legs & Stopping Barcelona: The How-To Guides.
By: chris | 2 Comments
Lionel Messi gets kicked. We know this. Some are even trying to earn the Hack-A-Messi term global acceptance and use. Didn’t really work out all that spectacularly last year though, did it? Nay. A historic treble in the rear-view mirror and a jaunt to the podium for his first Ballon d’Or in short time. So [...]
Category: Spain La LigaDaily Dose: September 28th, 2009
By: Daryl | 5 Comments
Something to read after you watch Nantes defender Remy Mareval score this insane goal from kickoff vs Nimes:
Originally spotted on Off the Post, but then the internet baddies took down the vid. Luckily Unprofessional Foul had a different version up. (update: Then that was removed too. Thanks to M for finding us a third alternative.)
Mario [...]
Category: Daily DoseUse Football to Learn Languages!
By: Daryl | 9 Comments
Not entire languages of course. Just the football words.
Because football is global, it’s a great way to learn about other cultures. Most recently, Alessio posted an excellent article on Juventus Offside titled Alessio’s Comprehensive Calcio Dictionary, which is basically an English-Italian football phrasebook. If you want to know how to say “backheel” or “captain’s armband” [...]
Category: World FootballRevierderby Madness: A “Wembley Goal”, Celebrating in Front of Opposition Fans, and a Possible Backwards Headbutt
By: Daryl | 7 Comments
Plenty of drama in the Revierderby this weekend, where FC Schalke 04 won 1-0 at BVB Dortmund’s Westfalenstadion.
First there was the “did it cross the line?” moment when BVB’s Lucas Barrios long range strike hit the underside of the bar and bounced down either inside or outside of the goal. The YouTuber who posted the [...]
Category: BundesligaDressing Room Visits & Picked Pockets: Reffin’ Ain’t Easy.
By: chris | 2 Comments
Despite Massimo Busacca’s finger flailing shenanigans and subsequent ban, he’s got nothin’ on the suddenly comically under fire Fredy Fautrel of the Ligue 1. There was a great deal of controversy last week when it was reported that Jean-Michel Aulas, president of Lyon, has skipped on down to the referees’ locker room during halftime of [...]
Roy Keane Says ‘Go @#$% Yourself’
By: chris | 6 Comments
The world is not lacking for stories detailing how Roy Keane did the exact opposite of what you’d expect from your normal living, breathing, feeling living being. Today we have another story about the man currently leading Ipswich Town into a plummet to League One. A story which should draw no gasps, no blank stares, [...]
Category: English Premier League
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