http://www.theoffside.com League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.theoffside.com/tournaments/champions-league/a-real-team-goal.html http://www.theoffside.com/tournaments/champions-league/a-real-team-goal.html#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:47:08 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/tournaments/champions-league/a-real-team-goal.html Apologies. When the names read across the back of the shirt read Ozil, Kaka and Ronaldo, one expects the spectacular from time to time. Or much of the time. One of the continents great providers of technical footballers was given a lesson in skill and fluidity today when Ronaldo poked in Real’s absurd team goal with [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/tournaments/champions-league/a-real-team-goal.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/kakas-mom-puts-london-into-panic-but-really-just-loves-jesus.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/kakas-mom-puts-london-into-panic-but-really-just-loves-jesus.html#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 16:08:18 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/kakas-mom-puts-london-into-panic-but-really-just-loves-jesus.html Don’t you just hate it when mothers get involved in your life? Kaka surely does, and one would think a certain Russian tycoon of itchy trigger finger would as well? His mother, Simone Leite, has increased speculation that a deal has already been done after she wrote on her Twitter account: ”We are going to be [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/kakas-mom-puts-london-into-panic-but-really-just-loves-jesus.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-january-5th-2010.html http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-january-5th-2010.html#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:09:49 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-january-5th-2010.html Hey, remember this guy? He’s good. [101gg] Chicken, man. It’s the chicken. (Dirty Tackle) Edin Dzeko with the last, expensive laugh. (Jonathan Wilson) The man, the myth, the legend. (Left Back In The Changing Room) Estonia’s calling out France. (AFP) It takes something a bit special… (Three Match Ban) Microscope on Qatar. (WSC) Portugal in the rearview. (The Portugeezer) The wheels on the bus…stop. [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-january-5th-2010.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/kaka-cristiano-ronaldo-get-kidnapped.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/kaka-cristiano-ronaldo-get-kidnapped.html#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:50:27 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/kaka-cristiano-ronaldo-get-kidnapped.html There’s every possibility that the only two people who don’t know this isn’t a real situation are initialed CR & KB. Cristiano is so convincing as a kidnapping victim it feels as though the marketing portion of his contract is some sort of enslavement. At least it feels that way until realizing he’s one of the [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/kaka-cristiano-ronaldo-get-kidnapped.html/feed 3 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/spain-la-liga/when-footballers-music-attack-kaka-carolines-magical-duet.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/spain-la-liga/when-footballers-music-attack-kaka-carolines-magical-duet.html#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:30:15 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/spain-la-liga/when-footballers-music-attack-kaka-carolines-magical-duet.html The front page of Corriere dello Sport is something of an internet wasteland. Beyond the calcio and moto, it’s dotted with some of the more ludicrous videos you’re find even quasi-related to sport, along with the undying belief that every news story is an excuse to post half-naked women of little to no relevance – [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/spain-la-liga/when-footballers-music-attack-kaka-carolines-magical-duet.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/cristiano-ronaldo-wins-at-facebook.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/cristiano-ronaldo-wins-at-facebook.html#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:29:50 +0000 Daryl http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/cristiano-ronaldo-wins-at-facebook.html Cristiano Ronaldo is apparently the most popular athlete on Facebook. Not just the most popular footballer (though of course he’s that too) but the most popular athlete. When Marca published this story earlier today, CR97 had 9,793,408 fans of his official Facebook page. He now has well over 10 million, apparently making him the first [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/cristiano-ronaldo-wins-at-facebook.html/feed 2 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/spain-la-liga/how-real-madrid-spent-a-billion-euros-on-transfer-fees.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/spain-la-liga/how-real-madrid-spent-a-billion-euros-on-transfer-fees.html#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:30:46 +0000 Daryl http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/spain-la-liga/how-real-madrid-spent-a-billion-euros-on-transfer-fees.html Here’s a stat for you: Real Madrid’s total transfer spending this century has 10 digits and three commas. Marca calculates that since Florentino Perez first took over as President in the summer of 2000, the total of combined transfer fees paid out comes to a wallet-weakening 1,022,000,000 euros. That’s a billion euros. Or at least [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/spain-la-liga/how-real-madrid-spent-a-billion-euros-on-transfer-fees.html/feed 11 http://www.theoffside.com/transfer-talk/no-love-for-kaka.html http://www.theoffside.com/transfer-talk/no-love-for-kaka.html#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:47:55 +0000 Ian Rose http://www.theoffside.com/transfer-talk/no-love-for-kaka.html It hasn’t been the best year ever for Mr. Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, aka Kaká. The playmaker moved from AC Milan to Real Madrid last year, setting the new transfer record at £56 million, before losing that record to one Cristiano Ronaldo. As C-Ron has settled in well in Madrid, scoring 33 [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/transfer-talk/no-love-for-kaka.html/feed 16 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/man-city-snap-up-a-messiah.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/man-city-snap-up-a-messiah.html#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:45:37 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/man-city-snap-up-a-messiah.html No, not Messi. They could hardly be bothered with such mere mortals when in fact they’ve gone one better and snapped up the actual Messiah, one Jesus H. Christ. At least this is what TalkSport tells us. But they also tell us it’s a mere precursor to their inevitable capture of Ricky Kaka; a move which [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/man-city-snap-up-a-messiah.html/feed 11 http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-april-28th-2010-kaka-flashback.html http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-april-28th-2010-kaka-flashback.html#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:44:33 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-april-28th-2010-kaka-flashback.html Kaka thinks he’s been a (physical) disappointment, so a look back to when Ricky was the bee’s knees: (The second leg.) A Q&A with Rafa Honigstein. (Bayern Offside) Bayern’s Q&A with the appeals committee – Ribery suspended for the final. (BBC) Time to cough up to the Times. (EPL Talk) We need emergency everythings. (Studs Up) CONCACAF players in Asia. (The [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/daily-dose/daily-dose-april-28th-2010-kaka-flashback.html/feed 4