Barcelona have really struggled with injuries to its first-choice defenders this season and the result is that they have conceded an unusually high number of goals this season; 14 goals in 11 league games. Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova accepts how easy his side is conceding goals saying after the Mallorca match. “Teams are not creating […]
Premier League
Some good financial results released by Manchester United today. The headline is that for the first time since the Glazer’s saddled the club with the debt from their takeover , the club’ debt is down to £359.7m, down 17% on from a year earlier. The reason for the decrease is that the Glazers used some […]
One of the advantages of international friendlies, is that players are often more open and honest with reporters from their own country than they are with reporters that cover them day in and day out. The third best player on the planet is Atletico Madrid’s Radamel Falcao and he had some interesting things to say […]
The London Metropolitan Police stopped their race abuse investigation into referee Mark Clattenburg after receiving no complaint from Chelsea. The have confirmed they are no longer investigating a complaint, made by the Society of Black Lawyers, regarding Clattenburg’s conduct. Clattenburg is accused by Chelsea of having called John Obi Mikel a ‘monkey’ during the match […]
The richest football league in the world is about to get a whole lot richer as revenue from domestic and global TV rights deals on course to top £5bn by the time the final overseas contracts are tied up next month. If the total revenue breaks through the £5bn barrier as expected, the amount that […]
As the Chelsea fans were letting everyone know on Sunday that they were European Champions, the Liverpool fans responded by singing ” We’ve Won It Five Times”. So what do those Liverpool fans think when they hear that their manager say after the Chelsea match that finishing higher than eighth in the Premier League this […]
All those positive prayers from football fans around the world apparently worked as Chelsea have announced that John Terry will be sidelined for “weeks rather than months” following an MRI scan on the injury that forced him off during Sunday’s game at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea posted on their official Twitter feed: “MRI Scans reveal no […]
Another game and another remarkable milestone for Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. His two goals at the weekend, gave him 76 goals this calendar year, moving him ahead of Pele and within reach of Gerd Müller’s record of 85 goals from 1972. Of his 76 goals this year, Messi has scored 64 for Barça and 12 for […]
Two goals from Lionel Messi helped Barcelona make it ten wins from 11 Liga games this season, as they beat Mallorca 4-2, while second-placed Atlético Madrid also won. Xavi Hernández put Barca ahead after 28 minutes and Messi doubled their lead close to half-time, scoring his 75th goal for club and country in 2012. That […]