Jan
24
2009
UEFA Football Team of the Year 2008
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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Written by Marco Pantanella. 29 comments
Lionel Messi News Archives
Lionel Messi plays for Argentina and is currently an integral member of FC Barcelona. He is rare in his prodigious talent, his physical condition (a growth hormone deficiency – Barcelona paid his medical bills as part of the deal to sign him up) and the fact that of the many pretenders to Diego Maradona’s throne, Messi seems capable of living up to the expectations.
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Jan
19
2009
Best team on earth? Barca are on a different planet!
It was a moment which summed up the night, hell, the season. Xavi Hernandez, surely the best midfield player on the planet at this moment in time, drifting effortlessly into space just outside the centre circle, and picking out the dynamic run in behind...
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Written by Neil Jones. 73 comments
Jan
13
2009
FIFA 2008 World Player of the Year: Cristiano Ronaldo
The FIFA World Player and FIFA Women’s World Player awards were announced in Zurich last night. Cristiano Ronaldo added the 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year award to go with his Ballon D’Or and FIFPro awards, make a clean sweep of all...
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Written by Soccerlens. 59 comments
Dec
30
2008
L’Équipe’s All-Star Best XI of 2008
It’s that time of the year again. With the days fast approaching December 31, awards for the “Best XI” of 2008 are being handed left and right. Even Soccerlens jumped on the bandwagon (see our “Soccerlens...
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Written by Marco Pantanella. 7 comments
Dec
22
2008
The 2008 Soccerlens All-Star XI – The Best Footballers of 2008
For those of us who are consumed by football every year brings new thrills and disappointments, a million what ifs and if onlys and ultimately a feeling of elation, satisfaction or despair, depending on where our unfailing loyalties lie. We laugh and...
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Written by BD Condell. 64 comments
Dec
16
2008
The Biggest Winners of 2008 – Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona, Lionel Messi, Fabio Capello and TSG Hoffenheim
While football success and failure is usually measured season to season, from August to May, the end of an year gives an opportunity to look back on the calender twelve months and see who we think has been worthy of appearing in this column.
Here’s...
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Written by Graham Fisher. 13 comments
Nov
11
2008
SL Daily: Tottenham v Liverpool, Newcastle and Portsmouth takeovers, Nerieda takes ‘em off, drug testing hitlist and more
While you wait for Football Manager 2009 (little over 2 days to go), here is today’s news in brief to keep you company (don’t worry, you’ll be saying goodbye...
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Written by Soccerlens. 2 comments
Aug
23
2008
Golden Argentina in Beijing (Olympics 2008)
Four years after the gold in Athens, another 1-0 scoreline confirmed Argentina as Olympic football champions. In 2004, the match-winning goal had been scored by a certain Carlos Tevez; this year in Beijing, salvation came...
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Written by Marco Pantanella. 16 comments
Aug
22
2008
Can Scholes join Ronaldo, Ferdinand and van der Sar in UEFA’s 2008 Team of the Year?
Every year UEFA nominates the best players in club football in Europe with the final awards presented on the eve of the end-of-August UEFA Super Cup. Last year we saw AC Milan’s Kaka, Maldini and Seedorf take the plaudits with Petr Cech rounding...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 26 comments
Aug
20
2008
Irresistible Argentina power past Brazil
Watch Argentina v Brazil live online.
Just like a sheet of paper from a page-a-day-calendar, Argentina ripped Brazil...
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