Soccer Limey in America

Two losses in a row have not been the headlines you would normally see in local Barcelona newspaper for the last three years. Losing in two consecutive El Clasicos had not happened since the 07/08 season as well. Today, Barcelona slump again in the El Clasico and officially entered a new low point after losing [...]

All across Europe today, football fans were glued to their TV’s in anticipation of the draw for the Champions League Knockout Phase, praying for some mouth-watering pairings. They certainly got potentially the tie of the competition as Premier League leaders Man Utd were drawn with La Liga giants Real Madrid. Ties will be played on [...]

I have always firmly believed that Pep Guardiola will be Sir Alex Ferguson’s successor at Old Trafford. I read a great article on Goal.com by Wayne Versey this morning regarding the impending retirement of the Man Utd manager . Although not yet having decided on a definite date to retire, the “Old Man” of Old [...]

Barca holds off Madrid rally to reach cup semis – World Soccer – Yahoo! Sports. Barcelona once again got the better of their closest rivals in La Liga by knocking out Real Madrid in the quarter finals of the Copa Del Rey. After taking a two goal lead over Real, Barcelona were pegged back to [...]

Pressure mounting on Villas-Boas at Chelsea – – SI.com. When Chelsea selected ex-Porto manager Andre Villas-Boas to be their new leader last summer, many fans were scratching their heads to figure out who he was, and why he was chosen, but people in the game however, had no reservations about his ability to lead the [...]

Earlier today, Italian football giant Inter Milan and Spanish coach Rafa Benitez “mutually agreed to part company immediately”, or words to that effect. Basically, it amounts to the fact that Inter President Massimo Moratti had had enough of Benitez’s egotistical antics and said “Ciao”. As we move to the end of 2010, we’ll now see [...]

Last week, sports sections in all the European newspapers were full of the controversy surrounding the Real Madrid/ Ajax game in the UEFA Champions League. Aside from Real’s dominating 4-0 win over the Dutch giants, the major news story concerned the two red-cards given to Real players Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos. Normally red cards [...]

Across the world of soccer, there are only a handful of matches that can be put on a pedestal and served up as “classical confrontations”. The Milan derby in Italy, Rangers vs Celtic in Scotland, Liverpool vs Everton in England, Boca Jrs vs River Plate in Argentina, and probably the grandfather of them all, Real [...]

This past week, two of the most storied teams in world football clashed at the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona for the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final, yet another chapter in the history of “El Clasico” Feverish anticipation was fueled by the return of “The Special One“, Jose Mourinho , to his [...]

The draw for the first knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League was conducted Friday morning in Nyon,Switzerland . As is the case at this stage of every tournament , some of the matches create some intriguing possibilities. The draw is as follows : Inter Milan v Chelsea Lyon v Real Madrid AC Milan v [...]