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Fool-proof way of winning a free-kick
Chile’s U-20 Bryan Carrasco full-back used Ecuador forward Edson Montano’s hand to smack himself in the face to get a free kick. I believe the ploy was set up by Carrasco to gain more than free kick but he was lucky enough to get something out of it at least. Players all over the world…
Gary Lineker poos during World Cup 1990 match
Retired English striker and currently a sports broadcaster, Gary Lineker has had his ups and downs on the field of football – performance-wise and otherwise. I guess it is okay to have a bad game of football but is it really okay to not be able to control your… well, lets just hear it from…
Biggest Winners Of 2010: Barca, Bale, An Octopus And… John O’Shea?
Alas, ’tis that time of year again when thoughts invariably turn to the ‘new’ and stock is taken of the twelve months that played out hence – and we forthright bods at Soccerlens are no different. As we yet again slide effortlessly over the cusp of a footballing decade and into 2011, we thought it…
Biggest Losers Of 2010: Rooney, Rafa And A Particular Strand Of DNA
Alas, ’tis that time of year again when thoughts invariably turn to the ‘new’ and stock is taken of the twelve months that played out hence – and we forthright bods at Soccerlens are no different. As we yet again slide effortlessly over the cusp of a footballing decade and into 2011, we thought it…
Soccerlens Top 10 Fighting Footballers
There’s a particular line of thinking which suggests that ‘everybody likes a dust-up’ once in a while, no more so than this decuplet of scrappers, snarlers, biters, scratchers and degenerate ne’er-do-wells. Soccerlens presents: The top 10 fighting footballers (in no particular order…) 1. Luis Suarez: In late November, Ajax forward Suarez was handed a weighty…
El-Hadji Diouf: ‘Carragher Is Nothing, He Is Ketchup’
Two years ago, Liverpool stalwart Jamie Carragher published ‘Carra…‘, an autobiography in which, amongst various jaunty tales of pre-meditated assault, the centre-back ‘questioned’ the work ethic of his former Anfield teammate – Senegalese forward El Hadji Diouf, who joined the club six years previous. Carragher had a few choice words to say pertaining to Diouf’s…
Qatar 2022: Exclusive Interview with FIFA Bid Inspection Project Manager Jon Sinigaglia
FIFA awarding the World Cup to Qatar in 2022 has certainly caught the imagination of the footballing public. For the first time ever the competition will make its way to the Middle East, where a vast untapped footballing community awaits with baited breath. Jon Sinigaglia was Project Director for the FIFA pre-qualification bid inspection of…
Halftime: Cashing In On 15 Minutes of ‘Entertainment’
What did the pair serve up to despairing supporters on Saturday as they trailed Chelsea 2-0 at the break? Nothing less than the Match Attax World Championship – i.e. two teenagers sitting on chairs, turning over football cards. Every bit as exciting as it sounds. (Thanks to the Daily Mirror for this little nugget).
President Sepp Blatter: ‘FIFA Is Not Corrupt, There Are No Rotten Eggs’
FIFA’s erstwhile despot president Sepp Blatter has branded the English as ‘bad losers’ in the wake of the recent World Cup auction which saw Russia and Qatar purchase the rights to host the 2018 and 2022 tournaments respectively. Upon crashing out of the ‘ballot’ in the first round with a paltry total of two votes…
Sneijder Snubbed As Barcelona Trio Make Ballon d’Or Shortlist
For the first time since 1989, one single club can boast the honour of employing all three players named on FIFA’s 2010 Ballon d’Or shortlist. 21 years ago, AC Milan achieved the feat when legendary triumvirate Franco Baresi, Frank Rijkaard and eventual winner Marco Van Basten were whittled down from the preliminary long list, but…
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