Archive | March, 2010
Lets hope Arsenal and Barcelona stay true to their style
The two most ideologically similar clubs in world football face off in a mouth-watering tie in the champions league tomorrow. Both inculcate principles of possession based, attacking football borne out of a youth system invested with utter faith in players’ eventual matriculation. The mutual affection and recognition of a similar philosophy has historically been evidenced, [...]
Continue reading...Munich misery for Manchester United
30. March 2010
The English press are, of course, focusing on the post mortem of Manchester United’s 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter final first leg last night. And it is Wayne Rooney who is the focus of most of the headlines, with the likes of “Get Well Soon”, “England’s Worst Nightmare”, “Pray” [...]
Continue reading...Football transfer rumours: Nadir Belhadj to CSKA Moscow?
30. March 2010
Today’s flim flam didn’t know there were two 4.45s in the day General consensus on last night’s live televised Chancellors’ debate was that it was inconclusive, but that George Osborne definitely didn’t win. They should have known that a single meeting was unlikely to prove anything about the true class of the candidates. What we need [...]
Continue reading...Rooney versus Germany
30. March 2010
With a number of mouth-watering Champions League quarter-finals due to get underway the UK press have packed their pages full of comment on Manchester United’s battle with Bayern Munich and Arsenal’s clash with Barcelona. The Sun features Alex Ferguson claiming United ‘love play away’, but kudos has to Martin Samuel, who in true Daily Mail style [...]
Continue reading...Soccerlens TV: Germany, Arsenal vs Barcelona and Serie A
30. March 2010
Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show. In Episode 22, Andy starts off with the German Bundesliga. Schalke 04 have slipped passed Bayern Munich after Stuttgart beat Bayern 2-1 on their home ground and Schalke beat Bayer Leverkusen. Schalke haven’t won the title since 1958. [...]
Continue reading...African appointments make no sense
29. March 2010
The Ivory Coast – sorry, Côte d’Ivoire – have appointed Sven Göran Eriksson as their coach for this summer’s World Cup. Presumably, they were impressed by the smartness of his suit and amiability of his manner, as it is hard to find a footballing reason for his appointment. Eriksson has no experience coaching outside Europe save [...]
Continue reading...Manchester City 3-0 Wigan – Video Highlights – 29 March 2010
29. March 2010
Manchester City 3-0 Wigan English Premier League 29 March 2010 Carlos Tevez scored a hat trick to lead Manchester City to a 3-0 win over Wigan on Monday night. It was not a great start from the home side as they struggled in the first half to create many chances. Defensively, they did not look great but Wigan were [...]
Continue reading...Arsenal drop points in the race for the title
29. March 2010
I was seething, the fury of conceding a last minute winner is something Arsenal fans are not used to. In fact, Arsenal have scored the most goals in the last fifteen minutes in the Premier League this season. I thought I would wait until my blood stopped boiling before I would write about the game [...]
Continue reading...Podcast: Fan ownership, Man United in Europe and Brazil expert Fernando Duarte (29 March, 2010)
29. March 2010
A timely boost for fed-up fans, the managerial futures of Gianfranco Zola, Sven Goran Eriksson and Roy Keane, plus football’s major embarrassments are all up for discussion on this week’s show, hosted by Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg. O Globo’s well-respected Brazilian football expert Fernando Duarte also stops by for a chat with the boys. It’s well [...]
Continue reading...Lyon v Bordeaux – Preview – 30 March 2010
29. March 2010
Lyon v Bordeaux UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal 1st Leg Stade de Gerland – Lyon, France 30 March 2010 – 19:45 GMT Two French sides meet in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals 1st leg on Tuesday night as Lyon hosts Bordeaux. Lyon v Bordeaux Preview Both teams have had very successful runs in the Champions League and at least one Ligue 1 [...]
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31. March 2010
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