Playing football is simple,” Johan Cruyff once proclaimed. “But playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.” It’s a sentiment that clearly echoed in the mind of a certain Marcos Senna when…
Month: November 2018
Currently residing on 99 caps, the first of which came against Russia in March 2007 as a 73rd-minute substitute, Stephanie Jayne Houghton is preparing to join an array of legends in reaching…
As the next instalment of one of Italian football’s fiercest rivalries, this Sunday’s clash between AC Milan and Juventus is hardly in need of a talking point or two to grab the…
FIFA and its president, Gianni Infantino, are doing their latest round in the headlines amidst reports that they are once again going to attempt to enforce changes on the Club World Cup.…
In March 2010, Barcelona travelled to Arsenal for the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final between the two sides. Goalless at half-time, the game was dominated by the Spanish giants, the…
“I apologised to him after my goal, and he told me that I should score two more. I said okay.” As it happened, Aubameyang would go one better and score three more that…
Despite failing to reach the heights many predicted, Diego has left a generation of fans with moments of genius to savour for years to come
It is the opening day of the 2009/10 LaLiga season and all eyes are on Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu. In an all-white kit for the first time is Cristiano Ronaldo, the world’s…
Glenn Murray shouldn’t be anywhere near the England squad: that’s narrative of the everyday football fan on Twitter, Reddit and any other social media site you can find. However, those who disregard…
In June 2014, prior to the World Cup’s grand opening ceremony in Brazil, Julio Humberto Grondona spoke to the German Press Agency. “When I leave FIFA, it will be to go to…
“They don’t make players like him anymore’ is the sort of quip that generally coaxes eye-rolls from the super cynical among us. But in Dejan Savićević’s case, that couldn’t be more accurate.…