Carles Puyol pulled off an incredible double roulette during Barcelona's 1-1 Copa Del Rey 1st leg draw with Valencia in a move which mimicked French legend Zinedine Zidane Classy stuff from the Barca centre-back who put in a superb display for Pep Guardiola's men. It was one of them 'did I just see that?

Both Real Madrid and Barcelona were winners yesterday to ensure that their is no let up in the La Liga title race. However, despite the win, things are not looking too rosy for Madrid Coach Jose Mourinho.

Madrid fans were heard jeering Mourinho despite his side's 4-1 over Athletic Bilbao.

Si no pudiste ver el partido de hoy el clásico español, el que paraliza al mundo futbolistico, te cuento lo siguiente,fue en resumen muy similar al partido anterior, error del portero al inicio del juego Real Madrid se adelanta, echa el camion atras y Barcelona en el segundo tiempo remonta y le pone un baile a los merengues en su propia casa.

It's right here, with Zinedine Zidane and Pele. Image: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images.

Lionel Messi took home the coveted FIFA Ballon d'Or trophy Monday evening, staving off tough competition from Barcelona teammate, Xavi Hernandez, and Real Madrid rival, Cristiano Ronaldo (who was a no-show since his squad is set to do battle with Malaga in the Copa Del Ray today).

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Messi (FIFA)Messi
Cristiano (FIFA)2006Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus / Real Madrid)Buffon
Zidane (FIFA)Henry
Ronaldinho (FIFA)2005Ronaldinho (Barcelona)LampardGerrard
Etoo (FIFA)2004Andrei Shevchenko (Ac Milan)
Ronaldinho (FIFA World Player)Deco
Henry (FIFA)Ronaldinho
Shevchenko (FIFA)2003Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
Zinedine Zidane (FIFA World Player)HenryMaldini
Ronaldo (FIFA)2002Ronaldo (Inter / Real Madrid)Roberto Carlos
Kahn (FIFA)Kahn
Zidane (FIFA)2001Michael Owen (Liverpool)
Luis Figo (FIFA World Player)Raúl
Beckham (FIFA)Kahn
Raúl (FIFA)2000Luis Figo (Barcelona / Real Madrid)
Zinedine Zidane (FIFA World Player)Zidane
Figo (FIFA)Shevchenko
Rivaldo (FIFA)1999Rivaldo (Barcelona)BeckhamShevchenko
Batistuta (FIFA)1998Zinedine Zidane (Juventus)Suker
Ronaldo (FIFA)Ronaldo
Suker (FIFA)1997Ronaldo (Barcelona / Inter)Mijatovic
Roberto Carlos (FIFA)Zidane
Beckham / Zidane (FIFA)1996Mathias Sammer (Borussia Dortmund)
Ronaldo (FIFA World Player)Ronaldo
Weah (FIFA)Shearer
Sammer (FIFA)1995George Weah (PSG / AC Milan)Klinsmann
Maldini (FIFA)Sammer
Klinsmann (FIFA)1994Hristo Stoitchkov (Barcelona)
Romario (FIFA World Player)Baggio
StoitchkovMaldini
Baggio1993Roberto Baggio (Juventus)Bergkamp
Romario (FIFA)Cantona
Bergkamp (FIFA)1992Marco Van Basten (AC Milan)StoitchkovBergkamp
Hässler (FIFA)1991Jean Pierre Papin (Olympique Marsella)
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As if Lionel Messi needed any more evidence to prove that he is greatest player in the world.

Messi captured the Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive year, beating out Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi to add yet another item to his trophy case. The 24-year-old Barcelona maestro received 47.

By Chris Wright

A gaggle of footballing legends turned out for the UN's ninth annual 'Match against Poverty' last night, which saw a squad of 30-odd luminaries such as Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo (who are both UN Goodwill Ambassadors), Didier Drogba, Fernando Couto, Luis Figo, Edgar Davids, Pavel Nedved and Fabio Cannavaro take on a Hamburg SV All-Stars side in front of a 24,000-strong crowd in Germany.

French great Zinedine Zidane and Brazilian icon Ronaldo put on their annual Match Against Poverty event Tuesday, taking on a team of Hamburg SV All-Stars in Germany, and the legend-laden squad did not disappoint.

Ronaldo scored as part of his team's 5-4 victory, with proceeds from the event going toward combating poverty in the Horn of Africa.

Los conteos y recopilaciones la mayoria de las veces son injustos y odiosos, en esta ocasion sin afan de generar polemica traigo hasta ustedes el top 10 de los mejores goles entre estos equipos que levantan pasiones, 101 grandes goles lo hizo, pero aqui los primeros diez ordenados cronologicamente.

Los conteos y recopilaciones la mayoria de las veces son injustos y odiosos, en esta ocasion sin afan de generar polemica traigo hasta ustedes el top 10 de los mejores goles entre estos equipos que levantan pasiones, 101 grandes goles lo hizo, pero aqui los primeros diez ordenados cronologicamente.

Top Christmas Football Deals - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The best part about holiday shopping is the amount of discounts you can find. It is very important to go around the market before buying something because you never know, you might find it for cheaper elsewhere.

Keeping that in mind, I looked around for quality presents with good discounts and picked, what I thought, were really good bargains.

By Chris Wright

Presenting, the ten best goals (that I could find corresponding videos for) scored during the El Clasico fixture since the dawn of time. To be perfectly honest, they're just ten fine goals the order is more or less superfluous.

10. Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid, 2001/2.

Am 13. Dezember um 19:05 Uhr steigt in Hamburg ein wahres Schmankerl, wie man in Südbayern dazu sagen würde. Etliche Fussballer, die in den letzten 10 bis 20 Jahre die großen Stars im weltweiten Fussball waren, treffen sich in der Hamburger Imtech Arena und spielen gegen einen Auswahl des Hamburger SV.

1. It could definitely have been worse for England. Far, far worse. Yet the caution about our prospects against the likes of the Ukraine and Sweden is reassuring. 2. England v France at the European Championships just won't be the same without a vomiting Zinedine Zidane. 3. Spain, Italy and the Republic of Ireland make [.

The wait is over and the four groups have been unveiled for this coming summer's Euro 2012 event in Poland and Ukraine.

Friday's draw, hosted by the latter nation, saw Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal placed together with joint-favorites Germany and Netherlands in Group B, which has emerged as the clear 'group of death'.

The draw for the 2012 UEFA European Championship, to be held in Poland and Ukraine from 8th June – 1st July next year, has been made in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv this evening. Sixteen nations will contest this competition for the last time before the next tournament, to be held in France in 2016, will see an increase in the number of finals entrants to 24.

VIDEO: Adidas launch Tango 12 Euro 2012 ball see how they created it

David Villa, Zinedine Zidane and a special lab helped craft the new tournament ball

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Paris St. Germain defender Sylvain Armand has become the first player to publicly voice concerns about the potential arrival of David Beckham in the French capital after claiming that the Los Angeles Galaxy star adds little value on the field.

Armand, 31, has spent seven seasons with PSG and only recently has he been able to enjoy training with a strong squad, which is currently built around Argentine sensation Javier Pastore.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has expressed hope that the underachieving England squad performs well in next summer's Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, despite knowing that the level of competition will be extremely high.

Wenger understandably considers Germany and Netherlands as the greatest threats to defending champions Spain but after watching the Three Lions defeat the Spaniards 1-0 at Wembley on Saturday, the Frenchman refuses to rule out the prospect of an English triumph.

12.11.2011 - Hace hoy 50 años, el 12 de noviembre de 1961, nacía en Montevideo Enzo Francescoli Uriarte y el hincha de River no lo olvida (el TT #felizcumpleinmENZO en twitter así lo demuestra).
Fino, elegante, habilidoso y efectivo, el ídolo de Zinedine Zidane (que bautizó Enzo a su hijo) brilló en tiempos brillantes de River y es (aun) el extranjero más goleador en la historia del club.

Union

The Union has become well-known for its innovative use of social networking tools. The latest bit of cleverness is this: when their Facebook page gets 92,012 likes, they will unveil the new designs for the first and second kit. You can 'like' the Union by clicking here. As of this writing, there are only 6,500 'likes' to go.

Typically I restrict myself to talking about wet, hot America soccer but if there is a player with no North American angle that I can make an exception for it is Zidane. Have you seen the Zizou shirts from 3NIL? So necessary. I'm going to cop one in hopes that it will make me look worldly.

En cinismo ilustrado Sallesino nos regala geniales posters del deporte mas bello del planeta el futbol; en esta ocasión la imagen va dedicada para los villamelones, y no hablo del programa de tvs deportes(que bien les hace falta una ayudadita).
Sin mas que decir aqui los dejo con este genial cartel.

Making Emile of it This video has been around for a couple of days now, but it is only right that we bring it to your attention. The video starts with Zinedine Zidane stating that he wants Heskey in his team. However, the video then takes a turn for the worse when Heskey is then [...]

Liverpool FC midfield legend Graeme Souness believes that F.C. Barcelona's Lionel Messi is the greatest footballer in the history of the beautiful game.
In a quite staggering claim, Souness argued that Messi was an even better player than Diego Maradona:
"They [Barcelona] have got some great players but for me, Messi is the best player who's ever played football – and I've played against Maradonna many times.

David Beckham's legacy is already tainted. Tainted because he will forever be remembered as the man who dated a Spice Girl as much as he would for his starring role in the final minutes of the 1999 Champions League final. Tainted because he will forever be recognised as an Armani poster-boy as much as he would for his last-gasp free-kick against Greece which helped propel England to the World Cup Finals in 2001.

David Beckham's legacy is already tainted. Tainted because he will forever be remembered as the man who dated a Spice Girl as much as he would for his starring role in the final minutes of the 1999 Champions League final. Tainted because he will forever be recognised as an Armani poster-boy as much as he would for his last-gasp free-kick against Greece which helped propel England to the World Cup Finals in 2001.

So Inter-lull is a fun time isn't it? No Arsenal matches to moan about, no news from Arsenal from two weeks for fans world-wide to digest and and create stories of illusion around, and the long-awaited injury list to pile up even more. It's a great time to shut off from Arsenal and spend time with family, as we all love to do right?

11.10.2011 - Estrenado en 2006, el documental Zidane, un Portrait du 21e Siècle, dirigido por el escocés Douglas Gordon y el argelino Philippe Parreno, trae una visión (diferente) puramente futbolística de uno de los mejores jugadores que el fútbol ha dado en los últimos tiempos.

They are two of the games great executioners. Their preferred methods of delivering the coup de grace could hardly be more different, but they share the same efficient outcome. Back in 1998 it was Fabio Capello's Milan who were on the receiving end of a cold-blooded calcio killing. If you want a masterclass in the respective abilities of Alessandro Del Piero and Filippo Inzaghi you need.

Former French international and one of the games greats Zinedine Zidane is considering the option of returning to the French national team as a coach. Zidane who retired from the side after he infamously head butted Marco Materazzi during the 2006 world cup finals, made the statement when questioned by Le Parisien.

Arsene Wenger faces a battle with Real Madrid next summer over the capture of teenage Lille forward Eden Hazard.

That's the claim in the Mirror this morning which says Madrid director of football Zinedine Zidane has also put Hazard at the top of his hit-list

As for tonight's CL game against Olympiakos at the Ems, we will now be missing Laurent Koscielny, Theo Walcott and Gervinho so Alex Song will partner Per Mertesacker in central defence.

Big Football Clubs are constantly looking for & at new talent, so this story coming out of France should not really surprise. This would be correct if it was any another Club than SPANISH FOOTBALL giant REAL MADRID. Football magazine France Football claims that Real Madrid is following very closely 22 year defensive midfielder MAXIM GONALONS & 20 year old attacking midfielder CLEMENT GREINER both

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Oportunismo: Actitud que consiste en aprovechar al máximo las circunstancias para obtener el mayor beneficio posible, sin tener en cuenta principios ni convicciones.
En un país donde el fútbol no es el deporte número uno, sorprende el encendido debate que suele levantarse cuando se plantea qué equipo fue mejor, si la Francia campeona del mundo en el 98 o la campeona de Europa dos años más tarde.

Liverpool FC has lost out on many great players over the years, but the most regrettable missed opportunity is arguably Danish maestro Michael Laudrup. The club had two chances to sign this footballing magician (1983 and 1989) but failed on both occasions. Why did the club miss out and what impact would Laudrup (theoretically) have had?

The Danish Superliga, wonderfully noncompetitive though it may be, is not quite the Champions League final. That said, Soren Berg's goal itself is no less spectacular than Zizou's swinging peg against Leverkusen some years back.

Though it doesn't have quite the same grace. That Zizou was something else.

Todo el mundo del fútbol, sin excepción, sigue hablando del ascenso del hijo de Zinedine Zidane al primer equipo del Real Madrid. José Mourinho llamó a Enzo para completar el entrenamiento de este pasado martes, ante la ausencia de prácticamente todos sus jugadores internacionales.

The new Jordi Cruyff? Zinedine Zidane's 16-year-old son Enzo trained with the Real Madrid first-team for the first time yesterday. The youngster's impressive attempts at following his dad into a career in professional football have been sporadically documented over the years in a series of YouTube snippets.

John Terry v Kenny Dalglish, Iker Casillas, Zinedine Zidane and more 100 cap wonders in international football

Football's international superstars

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Die Transfersummen für Fußballspieler sind vor allem in den englischen, spanischen und italienischen Ligen in teils irrsinnige Höhen geschossen, vor allem Seit Real Madrid ab Ende der 1990er Jahre das erste „königliche Ensemble" mit Luis Figo und Zinedine Zidane aufgestellt hat. Doch in der Bundesliga greifen die Vereine auch gerne mal etwas tiefer ins Portmonee, [.