Fernando Torres is a Spanish international and currently a Liverpool striker. An extremely talented individual, Torres was tipped for greatness from the start of his playing career and he spent several years at Atletico Madrid (some of them as captain) before finally giving in to his dream of playing in the Champions League and moving to the Premier League. Born in 1984, Torres has achieved a lot in his short career and will undoubtedly go on to win many trophies in the future.
Steven Gerrard rarely likes watching games from the sidelines, but he was all smiles last night as he watched a Liverpool legends side featuring some of his boyhood heroes–Kenny Dalglish included–defeat an all-stars team managed by the...
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On episode nine of the Soccerlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin is joined by FourFourTwo’s man in Madrid, Tim Stannard, to talk about Spanish football and La Liga.
The show will be...
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Football really is a fickle mistress isn’t it? Just when you think that the game has thrown up just about every conceivable high, every unimaginable low, and plenty in-between, it goes and pulls a fresh rabbit from the hat and leaves you wondering:...
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Barcelona v Chelsea.
The sentence no Liverpool fan wanted to hear this morning, even though most expected to. So the European season for Liverpool has ended prior to the semi final stage for only the second time in five seasons after...
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Anfield fell silent, save for a euphoric pocket of travelling supporters in the Anfield Road End. All around were blank faces or heads obscured by hands, jackets, hoods and just about any other object that could be found to mask the pain. Rafa Benitez...
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Amidst what was an intriguing encounter between two of Britain’s most illustrious clubs, another battle was unfolding, that equally intriguing, and equally integral to the outcome. Many believed that the die, which is this year’s title,...
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Sunday 1st February, 17.49:
“Nando better pull something out of his arse here or its 18 all”
Wednesday 4th February, 19.36:
“It’s all over mate, Dossena & Lucas are starting”
Saturday...
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About ten years ago Nick Hancock co-wrote a book called What Didn’t Happen Next, which was an amusing look at the butterfly effect in football and those little changes which might have rewritten the annals of football.
What if...
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My grandmother, lovely woman as she is, loves to watch ‘Waiting to Exhale.’ I’ve spent the last few weeks with her, and she watches it daily. Daily! Of all of the movies I could quote, that’s not one that I ever wanted to know...
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After 3.3 million votes cast by 256,000 online users (slightly less than last year), the uefa.com Team of the Year 2008...
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