A young Neymar with everything to prove against the wily Ronaldinho who’d seen it all – when Santos met Flamengo in 2011, it was a match for the ages
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It may have all been theatre but Nike’s 2002 Secret Tournament left a legacy well beyond its intended purpose as a pre-World Cup advert
As Barcelona languished in 12th, things looked bleak for Frank Rijkaard in the winter of 2003. However, the Catalans retained their faith – to great reward
When Chelsea met Barcelona in 2005, both sides were gunning to become Europe’s top power. It led to two unforgettable legs of football on and off the pitch
This feature is part of Virtuoso Such is the money now found within football, it seems incomprehensible that Real Madrid’s Galácticos period will ever be replicated. Nowadays the presence of Manchester City,…
August 2011. Football in Belo Horizonte struggles to keep its track. Cruzeiro were prematurely eliminated from Copa Libertadores, losing to Once Caldas, and Cuca, their manager, was duly sacked. On the other side…
THE SIGHT OF A BRAZIL TEAM in full samba flow invokes something in football supporters that can’t be replicated by any other team. People marvel over Spain’s fluid passing and Germany’s ruthless dynamism…
“We are a nation of 200 million Germans,” wrote Brazilian journalist Fernando Duarte, days before the 2014 World Cup final. ‘Brasil, decime que se siente, tener en casa a tu papá’ (Brazil, tell me…
Applause ringing around the cauldron that is the Santiago Bernabéu; all you could hear was a generous din of applause from the grateful home fans, littered with adoring whistles. The date was 19 November…