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The Tuesday 10: Footballers as Fast Food

The Free Beer Movement 31 January @ 07:13 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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By "The Other 87 Minutes" / Senior Unemployed English Major CorrespondentsMake every time a good time. We love to see you smile. Have you had your break today? Foods, folks, and fun. Over the years, the marketing team at McDonald's has produced some of America's most recognizable campaigns.

Pepe’s Deliberate Stamp on Messi

Attacking Soccer 19 January @ 02:24 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Real Madrid defender Pepe was back to his disgraceful self last night as he was seen deliberately stamping on Lionel Messi's hand during the Galactico's 2-1 defeat in the 1st leg of their Copa Del Rey Quarter Final tie.
Seems the Portuguese defender hasn'y learned his lesson from his 10 game ban for kicking Getafe's Francisco Casquero in 2009.

Thierry Henry – The Gunner Galactico

Arsenal Arsenal 29 December @ 04:43 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Written by Jamie

When Thierry Henry scored in Madrid in 2005, the ITV commentator, Peter Drury, I think, called him "the gunner galactico" and since we have now given our record scorer a statue, it seems a fair representation of his greatness.

In April 2004 I stood in the lower east stand, just over an hour before kickoff.

Champions League Preview: Real and Barca the teams to beat

SoccerLens 13 September @ 02:55 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Champions League Preview: Real and Barca the teams to beat - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

It seems that in almost every aspect of the game, two clubs dominate the footballing world. They are Spanish super heavyweights Real Madrid and Barcelona. Any team boasting multiple stars is said to echo Real's Galactico era, while teams from League Two to the K-League are said to be a mini-Barcelona.

Cristiano Ronaldo to Front Pro Evolution Soccer 2012

Football Fashion 17 August @ 07:42 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – August 17th, 2011 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced that it will use gamescom to announce that the world's most expensive player, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, is to be the face of PES 2012. The Galactico midfielder will appear on all packaging and marketing materials, with KONAMI also confirming release [.

The rise and fall of Ronaldo

OK Football Finder 14 February @ 04:24 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Pele, Eusebio, Di Stefano, Puskas, Van Basten, Cruyff and Charlton are a few footballers that roll off the tongue when one draws up lists or have in-depth debates about who the greatest footballer was of the 20th Century.

These lofty names featured in a football documentary shown on Sky Sports in the last few months called Football's Greatest.

Real Madrid are the New York Yankees of La Liga

La Liga Talk 13 January @ 08:48 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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There is no lead in. No amusing anecdote with a beautifully transitioned sentence to mention the topic at hand. No backstory of watching a Los Blancos match and noticing faint similarities. No. Simply put, Real Madrid of Spain's La Liga are the New York Yankees of soccer.

Their similarities are uncanny, they're virtually identical.