Barcelona 0 – 0 Chelsea : Anti-football thwarts attack

Chelsea came and parked their bus in the Nou Camp.  Barcelona dominated possession and the chances on the night, but were unlucky not to be awarded a penalty.  Chelsea did have the luck however, as they should have probably had Michael Ballack sent off for two yellow cards in the second half. Barcelona now find [...]

Ronaldo scores crucial brace in final

The first leg of the Paulista state final against Santos saw Ronaldo net two sublime goals to see Corinthians take a massive stride towards securing a record winning title. With Pele watching in the stands Corinthians took an early lead courtesy of defender Chicao with a brilliant free kick whispering into the top right hand [...]

Barcelona vs Chelsea Preview

The semi-finals of the Champions league have arrived. For the second year in a row both Chelsea and Barcelona find themselves back where they were at the same time last season. The big difference this time, is that Chelsea have already dispatched their old foes Liverpool, and Manchester United now find themselves facing the English [...]

Pepe rage!!

Real Madrid’s Portuguese centre-half Pepe faces a multiple game ban, which would rule him out of the champions’ clash with bitter rivals Barcelona, following his spectacular meltdown in the 3-2 win over Getafe. Pepe shoved Francisco Casquero to the floor to concede a late penalty and then brutally stamped on the grounded Getafe midfielder in [...]

Nike’s new ad …the new Brazilian with pace…Neymar da Silva!

Check this video out as the speedy Neymar models nikes new mecurial superfly football boots…and my word does this boy fly! Neymar has only played one professional game for Santos. However, he has already reportedly attracted substantial interest from European clubs including Manchester City, Manchester United, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea, all [...]

Ronaldo scores his Sixth to guide Corinthians to final

Ronaldo showed a burst of his old pace to score the second goal for Corinthians in a 2-0 win over Sao Paulo on Sunday. The former AC Milan, Inter Milan, Barcelona and Real Madrid striker outpaced his marker over 30 metres as he chased Cristian’s through ball before clipping his shot past Sao Paulo Bosco [...]

Dunga gives Maradona some friendly advice

The coach of the Brazilian national team believes Diego Maradona will have to begin thinking like a coach if he wants to find success with Argentina. Dunga, who also encountered his fair share of problems when he took charge of the Selecao, gave Diego Maradona some advice. “He can function (Maradona, as a coach), but [...]

Adriano quits!

Adriano’s future with Internazionale is in serious doubt after the Brazil striker announced plans to take a break from football. Speaking at a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, the 27-year-old forward claims he has ‘lost the joy of playing’ and is planning to step out of the limelight for an unspecified period of time. [...]

Champions League: Messi has Europe running scared as Kop silenced by Chelsea

Barcelona put on a brilliant display of attacking football on Wednesday night as Lionel Messi ran riot against Bayern Munich.  By half time the little magician bagged himself a brace and set up Eto’o whilst having a big say in Thierry Henry’s 50th Champions League goal.  After battering Sporting Lisbon in the last round 12-1 [...]

Ronaldo admits that he could retire in 2010

Brazilian legend Ronaldo today admitted that should he not make it to the 2010 World Cup, he could hang up his boots once and for all. Having just come back from his third major knee injury, he has netted 6 goals in just 7 starts for his new club Corinthians SP. Despite maintaining an impressive [...]