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Zidane becomes director of football at Real Madrid

Real Madrid and France legend Zinedine Zidane has revealed that he will become the new director of football at the Santiago Bernabeu next season. The former player has been working closely with Madrid president Florentino Perez as a special advisor, creating a link between the first team and the management at Los Blancos. Madrid boss…

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.

Real Madrid 2011/12 kits revealed!

Real Madrid have revealed their 2011/2012 kits. The adidas manufactured kits now contain the golden color on the shoulders. As per tradition, the home shirt is white and the away shirt is black. The home kit is available to buy now but the away kit is only available for pre-ordered and it will be in…

Scoring Stats – European Goal Trends

When we first examined the most important marksmen in the Big Four leagues, we looked at which players in Europe were the most crucial to their teams. This was done according to Scoring Stats, a measure of a player’s combined Goals and Assists, measured as a percentage of their team’s total league goals for the…

Ronaldo bids farewell to football – His legacy lives on!

In the mid-90s a striker from Brazil was making tremors throughout the world football as he scored 42 goals in 46 appearances with PSV Eindhoven. His journey continued from there to Barcelona to Inter Milan to Real Madrid and greatness pursued in all the four leagues he played in. On the international level, he served…

The myth of Barca’s ‘beautiful game’

Barcelona’s foul play is hidden away in their exorbitantly high percentage of possession says Andy Simanowitz. FC Barcelona are widely regarded in football circles as not only the best team in the world but perhaps the best team the world has ever seen. This belief is fuelled not only by the team’s unprecedented success on…

Champions’ League Final: Why A Neutral Should Support Manchester United

Blasphemous though it may seem, for all the dazzling array of skills which they bestow upon me as a mere spectator, I do not worship at the altar of Barcelona. I worship at the altar of football. Despite the Catalan club’s increasingly jubilant marketing campaign, there is a distinction between the two. As much as…

PFPO Champions League Prediction: Barcelona to beat Manchester United

It has been yet another UEFA Champions League campaign that has been littered with thrills and spills. From the magnificence of Lionel Messi, to the Clasico debacle, the cream of the crop has rose as Barcelona and Manchester United make the final two at this year’s Wembley showpiece. Everybody has had an opinion on just…

Has Cristiano Ronaldo evolved too far?

The debate about who is the world’s greatest player has revolved for nearly five years now around two names: Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who now leads the line at Real Madrid after emerging as a tricksy winger at Manchester United. Only two other names are mentioned: Messi’s Barca teammates Xavi and Andres Iniesta….

Busquets’ Passing Skills More Important To Barcelona Than His Acting Skills

Castrol EDGE Performance data shows how Xavi Hernández and Sergio Busquets’ passing skills were vital to Barcelona’s 2-0 win over Real Madrid (and before you ask, no, Castrol doesn’t award points for diving). Sergio Busquets’ 129 successful passes against Madrid is the most seen in a Champions League game this season, while Xavi’s 122 is…