Going against what this writer wanted, New Zealand became the 24th nation with a ticket for
South Africa by beating Bahrain at home. The only goal of the match was scored by Rory Fallon in
the final moments of the first-half. The first-leg of this playoff ended 0-0, which gave Bahrain
the chance of qualifying with a draw different from the nil one.
Following the ill-fated reigns of Zico and Juande Ramos, CSKA Moscow finally believe they have the
right man in charge ahead of tonight's game at Old Trafford. CSKA Moscow go Russian with Leonid Slutsky after foreign experiment fails. Click to continue reading...
CSKA Moscow v Manchester United Wednesday 21 October 2009, Luzhniki Stadium UEFA Champions League Kick-Off: 19:45 UK (20:45 CET)
With Juande Ramos managing CSKA Moscow and United returning to the scene of their last European
triumph, you could be forgiven for thinking that it's 2007/2008 all over again.
Bryan Robson has been here a week already and he is really loving it. The reception by the fans has
been magnificent and he says he can feel a real genuine love of football here at all levels of The
Game. His aim is of course to watch as many players as possible and he enjoyed The Game Muanthong v BEC
on Sunday and the BEC v Port Thai Cup finals is the next task. Click to continue reading...
As the Olympiacos team bus got closer and closer to the Finsbury Park area, I am sure veteran
goalkeeper Antonios Nikopolidis began to relive some of the greatest moments of his career at the
highest level. From his invaluable contribution in Greece's historic Euro 2004 win to his
consistency during his club's league triumph over the last three years, Nikopolidis is no stranger
to success at a grand stage.
by CARL ELDRIDGE Arsene Wenger might get one or two quizzical gawps if he should take a trolley
round the Waitrose near his Barnet home after the Arsenal saw of Olympiacos with a 2-0 Champions
League triumph at the Emirates last night.
For AW referred to his local supermarket in his post-match analysis and is quoted this morning
in the Daily Mail.
It's a long time since I've seen a team as negative as Olympiacos were last night. In the 6th
minute Arsenal had possession just inside our own half, every single Olympiacos player was behind
the ball. Pathetic.
I figure as Zico has only recently taken over as manager he doesn't know the players too well so
his plan was to try and stop us playing.
At the weekend we discussed accusations of Serie A referees favoring bigger clubs and now we
have similar accusations of French referees favoring French clubs in the Champions League. Well,
not actual French clubs, because their success in the Champions League would be far too suspicious.
No, they're accused of favoring the one good club that's more French than Gerard Depardieu in a
beret Arsenal.
We all love a good victim, arguably even more than we love our heroes. In the Premier League,
Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva, more commonly known as "that useless bag of Brazilian shite", has
become the bete noire du jour. "And he doesn't even look bloody Brazilian!" It's true that Lucas doesn't look like the British idea of a Brazilian footballer: we prefer our
South Americans to be tanned, elegant and outrageously, ostentatiously gifted. Click to continue reading...
Having battled past Fulham thanks to an unforgettable performance by Vito Mannone, the lads will
now resume their Champions League adventure as they face Olympiacos, the leaders in Greece.
Important is of course not to make the same mistake of last Saturday with many believing we would
have eased past Fulham by three or four goals.
Having battled past Fulham thanks to an unforgettable performance by Vito Mannone, the lads will
now resume their Champions League adventure as they face Olympiacos, the leaders in Greece.
Important is of course not to make the same mistake of last Saturday with many believing we would
have eased past Fulham by three or four goals.
Arsenal play host to Olympiacos, the Greek champions, on Tuesday evening. The Greek outfit, who
played out a 1-0 victory over the final member of Group H AZ Alkmaar, are managed by Brazilian
legend Zico, who has been in the post since mid-September after spells managing in Turkey and
Russia. The previous manager was removed from the [. Click to continue reading...
Group E Liverpool 1-0 Debrecen -- Dirk Kuyt scored the only goal in the 45th minute for an underwhelming
home win for the Reds. The other guys were the Hungarian champs, FYI. Lyon 1-0 Fiorentina -- Alberto Gilardino was sent off early and the French side took advantage with
a 76th minute goal by Miralem Pjanic. Click to continue reading...
Di solito è sempre stato abbastanza riservato e taciturno. Non che gli sia mai mancato il
carattere, che da buon friulano ha sempre avuto, ma Dino Zoff, portiere dell'Italia campione del
mondo nel 1982, ex allenatore di Lazio, Juventus, tra le principali e più importanti ("un pezzo
della mia vita") esperienze vissute nella Serie A di Calcio, questa volta è uscito dai ranghi e ha
parlato di molte questioni, esaltando Diego ("è più forte di Zico") compresa quella che sta a
cuore a molti italiani, la convocazione in nazionale di Antonio Cassano, autore di prestazioni
divine nella Serie A con la maglia blucerchiata. Click to continue reading...
The rumors of Zico's imminent demise came fact yesterday when CSKA Moskow, ten points behind
league-leading Rubin, fired their Brazilian coach, replacing him with Juande Ramos. First word that Zico could be replace surfaced two months ago before CSKA had a brief improvement
in form, including a win at Rubin Kazan on July 18. Click to continue reading...
Juande Ramos has replaced Brazilian legend Zico as head coach at the russian club, CSKA Moscow.
Juande Ramos has been the head coach at great clubs like Seville, and Real Madrid. Click to continue reading...
In part 3 of his season preview, Kais Sabir Jesani looks at the potential importance of Lucas Leiva
and examines how he will fit into the Liverpool team this season. Note: This article was intended to have been published before the first game of the season, but
unfortunately, this was not possible. Click to continue reading...
Once upon a time, Italian football was the centre of the universe. As recently as the turn of
the decade, Serie A was the preferred destination for pretty much all of the world's top talents.
From Maradona to Zico, Platini to Zidane, greats from all over the world flocked.
Nowadays things have changed slightly, and Italian football- despite the 2006 World Cup success-
has fallen a bit behind its English & Spanish counterparts in terms of glamour and European
prestige.
Our chums at The Spoiler claimed that this beautiful goal was scored by the Falcao, i.e. the Art
Garfunkel lookalike who played alongside Zico and Socrates in the Eighties. But unless my eyes
deceive me, the Falcao who scored...
I've always loved the Saints, and not just because of their nickname which for some reason
consistently brought to mind a rag tag inner city basketball team from some seventies sports flick.
Mostly I loved Southampton because Matt Le Tissier loved Southampton, a man who'd you pass by on
the street without a thought, perhaps surmising he might be in security, or construction, but on
the pitch could do things with the ball worthy of Zico. Click to continue reading...
Whilst on his summer break from the hardships of Chelsea reserves. Deco, being generally a good
sport, arranged a charity match in Brazil to raise money for a local childrens charity. He roped in some of his old pals, which included Ronaldinho, Ze Roberto, Luizao, Cafu, Roberto
Carlos, and even some legends such as Zico and Vampeta for the event which attracted over 10,000
fans on Sunday.
CSKA Moscow is looking at Porto's keeper Helton. FC Porto having acquired Beto in the last week has
made the Brazilian keeper expandable this off season. CSKA's Brazilian coach Zico is keen in
bringing his countrymen to the Russian capital Click to continue reading...
Guus Hiddink returns to Russia with strong indications of a full future Chelsea role. Abramovich
could not be in a better position with such options. If Ancelotti fails, it sets up Hiddink's
return after World Cup duty is over.
Big Phil in contrast takes up the Bunyodkor job. He could have gone to Angola.
Guus Hiddink returns to Russia with strong indications of a full future Chelsea role. Abramovich
could not be in a better position with such options. If Ancelotti fails, it sets up Hiddink's
return after World Cup duty is over.
Big Phil in contrast takes up the Bunyodkor job. He could have gone to Angola.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has signed for Barcelona,in exchange for the Swede Inter receives Samuel Eto and
10 million euros.The deal is expected to be announced by months end. Barcelona is a publicly owned
side and the deal needs ratification from its members. Any time i say million with any number i have etched permanently the voice of Doctor Evil from
Austin Powers. Click to continue reading...
Zico, Sokrates, Matthaus, Bergkamp,Ronaldo,Zidane, Gullit, Rijkaard, Van Basten, Platini, Boniek,
Deschamps, Desailly... Sadece saydığımız bu isimlere bakıp bir de Kaka ve İbrahimovic'ten
sonra Serie A'da yıldız kalmayacağını düşünürsek son 10 yılda Serie A'nın ne derece imaj
kaybına uğradığını anlamış oluruz. Click to continue reading...
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Just news; eclectic articles; and hopefully, interesting perspectives! - Dean Parrett Came on As Late Sub for England U-19 - Gerry Francis' Stoke Future Unclear - 17 Days Till Carling Cup Draw. Click to continue reading...
Veliki svjetski derbiji Italija - Brazil U jednoj od rijetkih prijateljskih utakmica, Brazil je prošle veljače svladao Italiju u Londonu s
2:0 Brazil i Italija, najtrofejniji nogometne nacije, osvojile su točno pola svih svjetskih
prvenstava Priča o suparništvu dvije najuspješnije nacije u povijesti nogometa proteže se još od vremena
koje ima mitske značajke. Click to continue reading...
Şimdilerde Adriano'yu alıp rakiplerinin Ronaldo ve Fred transferlerine nispet yapan Flamengo
Ronaldinho'nun da peşindeymiş. Efsane bir kadro kurmayı düşünüyorlarmış. Ama 1971'deki
kadro kadar efsane bir kadronun oluşturulamayacağını iddia ediyor taraftarların pek çoğu.
Zaten içinde Zico'nun olduğu bir kadrodan daha iyisini bulmak imkansız gibi bir şey. Click to continue reading...
This is Finland's classico, the game between the historical heavyweights with more titles
between them than they know what to do with. It's also Haka's first home game, Sedu Koskinen's
first chance to bring the magic of a summer of music festivals and family-friendly entertainment to
Tehtaan Kenttä.
Romario, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho,Rai, Marcelinho Carioca, Edmundo, Djalminha, Juninho Paulista,
Rivaldo, Denilson, Kaka,Robinho,Dener,Garrincha,Rivelino, Jairzinho,Tostao,Falcao, Socrates, Zico,
Eder ,Leonidas da Silva, Zizinho or Julinho,Edu,Reinaldo,Renato Gaucho and er ..Pele.The list of
names goes back beyond the sixties and the question is being asked here.
I just finished reading an interview with Zico in the recent issue of Four Four Two where he
answers questions that were submitted to him by fans. It reminded my of him and what a great player
that he was. He is a terrific goal that he scored in the 1982 World Cup. var addthis_pub = 'bergh22'; Click to continue reading...
Very few teams can win without great players in the midfield. MIDFIELDERS have to cover a lot of
ground, they have to win and hold the ball, they must complete passes, and they have to be adept at
both ends of the field. Sometimes, they'll be asked to take on leadership roles, barking [...] Click to continue reading...
