This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE One last chance. There’s always one last chance. Strategy, mind games, 10,000 man-hours of preparation: they all drop out of the equation, rendered meaningless in…
Month: June 2020
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE Portugal kicked off their Euro 2000 campaign with a stunning comeback victory over England in a pulsating clash in Eindhoven. Kevin Keegan’s side appeared to…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE It had been 12 long years since England’s last appearance at the European Championship. The intervening period saw the end of Alf Ramsey’s tenure and Don…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE No game at Euro 1988 has had more goals than Denmark-Spain. It was only the second match of the tournament and the spectators inside the…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE When Ukraine met Sweden in their Euro 2012 opener, it was a tale of two sides elevated by their talismanic strikers, Andriy Shevchenko and Zlatan…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE In sport, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly when a good thing starts. Did Micheal Jordan’s Chicago Bulls start with his debut in 1984 or the…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE After the 1-1 draw two days ago in the Stadio Olimpico, Italy and Yugoslavia faced each other again in a replay to decide who would…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE The first weekend of Euro 2008 came to an end with one of the heavyweight clashes of the group stages as the Netherlands faced Italy…
There is something wonderful about a headed goal. It’s a very specific skill that, when executed to perfection, looks and feels so satisfyingly perfect. Whether it’s a thundering header that breaks the…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE In the Stadio San Paolo, Naples, three days ago, a whole nation had held its collective breath. Italy and the USSR were still goalless after…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE National allegiance and patriotism are simple concepts for many people. They are born and bred in one country, then go on to live there throughout…
Boasting the young but brilliant talents of Zidane, Lizarazu and Dugarry, Bordeaux, languishing in Ligue 1, would end AC Milan’s greatest era
Few players in the history of Barcelona have been hated at the Bernabéu more than Gerard Piqué. But they once cheered his name
Moving from CONIFA to the FIFA-recognised OFC, Tuvalu and Kiribati are now on the football map. But does this mean for them and the OFC?
Rising up from the ashes of other failed experiments, FC Moscow once came close to establishing a new order in Russian football
When the Nazis rolled into Austria in 1938, everything would change. But the legendary Wunderteam reserved one last heroic act of greatness for them
Dubbed the “mini Torres”, Krisztián Németh had more than a little in common with the Spaniard. A Liverpool prodigy, he talks Anfield, Torres and more
Blessed with the likes of Arshavin, Pogrebnyak and Akinfeev at their best, and led by Guus Hiddink, how far should Russia’s 2008 side have gone?