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Champions League Preview: Real and Barca the teams to beat

It seems that in almost every aspect of the game, two clubs dominate the footballing world. They are Spanish super heavyweights Real Madrid and Barcelona. Any team boasting multiple stars is said to echo Real’s Galactico era, while teams – from League Two to the K-League – are said to be a mini-Barcelona. Even the…

Europe’s top shot-stoppers – are Cech and Casillas slipping?

An investigation into Europe’s goalkeeping stats comes up with some early signs of slippage for a couple of champions.

European Goalkeeping Trends – by the numbers

101 goalkeepers made over ten starts in Europe’s four major leagues during season 2010-12. Another fifty-six made at least one start in either the English Premiership, La Liga, the Bundesliga or Serie A. So after thirty eight games (thirty-four in Germany), which goalkeeper is best? Of course evaluating custodians purely by stats is a fraught…

Spanish Football Babes

The World Champions, Spain are a wonderful team. They will now be setting their minds to defending their Euro 2008 win next year. The team is a nice mix of players from both Real Madrid and Barcelona, with a majority of the first team members coming from the Catalan giants. Today we take a look…

Real Madrid 1-1 Barcelona: Catalans Close in on the Title, But Mourinho’s Men Rejuvenated

Barcelona practically wrapped up La Liga with a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu, but there were few celebrations fron Pep Guardiola’s men as Real Madrid appear to have gained a big psychological advantage going into the three remaining Classicos.

WAGalacticos!

When Real Madrid spent 80 million Euros on buying Cristiano Ronaldo, they were definitely going to end up benefiting from the vast range of WAGs to be brought in with him. There are at least ten women that he has been out with and many more he has been accused of. Well, there are other…

Barca And Inter Dominate UEFA ‘Team Of The Year’ 2010

UEFA have taken the time and good grace to bestow upon us their Team of the Year, and it should come as scant surprise that both Barcelona and Inter Milan dominate proceedings – with 8 of the final 11 slots being occupied by their employees, along with a further 7 of the 44 ‘unsuccessful’ nominees.

10 Great Football Player Rivalries

Pele vs. Diego Maradona Brazil’s #10 vs. Argentina’s #10. The man who won three World Cups versus the man who won the World Cup almost single-handedly (pun intended). The man who became a football ambassador and businessman versus the man who became a drug-taking, journalist-shooting controversy. It’s the classic player vs. player rivalry. Which is…

La Liga Preview: Madrid Trio Look To Bounce Back While The Basques Do Battle

Madrid might boast one more club in La Primera than Barcelona, but at the moment is is the Catalans who are coming out on top. The thrashing of Real Madrid at the Camp Nou on Monday evening was hugely impressive and, coupled with Espanyol’s win over Atletico Madrid at the weekend, gave the capital clubs…

‘All The Fish Are Sold’: Spain Claim Seven World Cup Votes

In a turn of phrase more befitting an episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E than an interview regarding the upcoming World Cup 2018 voting ceremony in Zurich, the chief executive of the Spain/Portgual bid, Miguel Angel Lopez, has claimed that ‘all the fish are sold’ and that the Iberian campaign may have already (theoretically) garnered…