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Ligue 1’s much hyped Clasico did not produce much, except for a few H1N1 antibodies. Meanwhile, the yet unnamed battle of the Olympienes (Olympico maybe?) only needed about 12 minutes to turn from a hotly anticipated into a great game. Another 12 minutes on the other end, turned what was ...
Soccer
Lyon
Marseille
Asking players or club officials during times of crisis about the reasons for their misery may be part of a journalist’s due diligence, but nobody ever expects to get an answer, that wasn’t taken straight out of the club’s prescribed dictionary: try harder, work harder, need a ...
Soccer
Philipp Lahm
Bayern Munich
Bundesliga
Imitation is the highest form of flattery and UEFA will know they’ve done something truly remarkable, when football federations around the globe start naming competitions Europa League. For the time being though, the Champions League remains the blue print for glamorous international club ...
Soccer
Champions League
This weekend, is a magical weekend in English Football, its the first round of the FA Cup. While in other countries knockout cup trophies don’t seem to have the same romance, or weight, there is something genuinely special about the FA Cup.
Over the last few years, as English Football has ...
Soccer
FA Cup
Albert Camus, the philosopher, author and football fanatic, was once asked that if he had to choose between football and the theatre, which he would choose. He replied “Football, without hesitation”
And its little surprise, football has everything theatre has, and more. It has a ...
Soccer
Ronaldo
Pelé
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Last week, I asked you to vote for
you favourite 20 players of the decade, here in
this very post, are the Top 100 players of the last 10 years, voted for by you, the readers and bloggers of the offside. First thing I want to say is thank you, ...
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The Offside 100 2000-09 THE RESULTS!
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Seven stories from The Offside and World Cup Blog this week:
Nominate your player/manager football ubermen
Gigi’s Buffon’s incredible Champions League save
Ballon d’Or or FIFA World Player of the Year: Which is shinier?
Norwegian homage to Brazilian airport ad
The return of ...
Soccer
World Cup
Links to click after you vote for one of TVGolo’s goals of the week…
(my vote went to Didier Drogba and that Chelsea keepy-uppy goal)
This can’t possibly be true. (Unprofessional Foul)
Katy Perry in a West Ham basque, plus other Friday photos (The Beautiful Game)
Click this ...
Soccer
Didier Drogba
Chelsea
Movies and soccer. Two things that traditionally don’t mix well. In documentary form, maybe. But in scripted Hollywood form? No. For various reasons, it usually ends in either cheesy emotions, unconvincing action, or Robert Duvall’s Scottish accent in A Shot at Glory.
But not ...
Soccer
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I’ve seen the above game described as a
“catfight”, but that absolutely does not do it justice.
Bringham Young University vs New Mexico in the Women’s Mountain West Conference college tournament last night was more like the ...
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Meet Elizabeth Lambert, the Roughest Soccer Player in ...
Bulgaria’s greatest, Georgi Asparuhov, life tragically cut at 28.
Rooney misses a sitter. (Studs Up)
The incredible new lows of Mike Ashley. (Three Match Ban)
Stamford Bridge name TBA; football’s name also TBA. (Futfanatico)
John Barnes: Savior of Rwanda, not Don Cheadle. (Fisted ...
Soccer
Manchester United
Wayne Rooney
Chelsea
Netherlands
Adriano
Holland
They must fall.
And so four games in, the Champions League contenders and pretenders have been separated fallen into place for the group stage which, a few spots aside, could’ve been drawn up in August by a blind chimp and his serf, a man who tans.
Breaking down the likelies, unlikelies, ...
Soccer
Champions League
Lyon
Atlético
Liverpool
Marseille
Real Madrid
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While all were oohing and aahing over Barcelona’s
sex on a pitch football and the free-spending ways
of Florentino Perez returning to Madrid, the biggest difference maker in Spanish football was lurking under the Spanish limelight. In fact it ...
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That Was Quick: Spanish Supremacy In Danger.
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This clip really needs little introduction: The England
female team*, a team which is miles more attractive
than the male side (even more so than the strike duo of Crouchy and Rooney, contrary to popular belief), strips off their kits after a practice ...
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Selling Stuff With Chicks In A Soapy Bathtub 101
Earlier in the week we mentioned Johan Cruijff’s return to the sidelines for the Catalonia national team. In the process, a certain sentence spilled across the page which could possibly ignite a spirited debate. And by spirited debate I mean chairs flying, emergency contacts being ...
Soccer
Germany
Earlier in the week we mentioned Johan Cruijff’s return to the sidelines for the Catalonia national team. In the process, a certain sentence spilled across the page which could possibly ignite a spirited debate. And by spirited debate I mean chairs flying, emergency contacts being ...
Soccer
Germany
Tires are no match for Wayne Rooney.
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Fixing the SPL in a Dutch…vacuum. (Inside Left)
Robin Van Persie could be the new Raul. (Theory not as outlandish as it sounds.) (SoccerLens)
Nigerian U17 captain a sprightly 25. (The Spoiler)
The lingo of Italian tactics. (Football ...
Soccer
Manchester United
Didier Drogba
Arsenal
Nigeria
Russia
Ivory Coast
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Ronaldo? Andy Reid? A bloated Ronaldinho after a
night on the town? Hardly. Thailand’s top footballers will
receive free burgers as part of their new three-year, £545,000 sponsorship deal with the fast food giant McDonald’s. According to ...
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The Headline That Writes Itself.
It’s probably not news to you that Juve and Italy’s Gigi Buffon is quite good at the old goalkeeping. But just in case there was any doubt, take a look at his save vs Maccabi Haifa in Champions League Group A yesterday.
First the close-range block, then the elastic lean backwards to ...
