Following on the lines of my earlier post about Spain‘s football federation chief denying that racism is a problem in Spanish football the Serbian FA have responded to the English complaints about racism in their U21 match in Krusevac last night. Taking a page from the Spanish FA’s manual, the Serbia FA today denied that […]
If you ever wondered why Serie A clubs are such big fans of Uefa’s Financial Fair Play Rules, consider that over the last 17 years the patrons of Italy‘s biggest clubs have ‘invested” €2.5 billion in Italian football, according to Gazzetta dello Sport. Serie A’s owners have to view FFP as a way to stop themselves from the […]
Unbelievable comments last week from Spain‘s football federation chief who denied that racism is a problem in Spanish soccer despite several racist incidents among its fans at Euro 2012 and La Liga matches. Angel Villa Llona, president of the Spanish FA and a member of both FIFA and UEFA’s executive committee was asked how racism in Spanish football […]
A day after a water-logged pitch postponed there World Cup qualifier, Poland and England finally played their match 20 hours. And after sitting trough a rather tedious 90 minutes, most fans will wonder why they bothered! The home side started the brighter and created a couple of half-chances inside the first 15 minutes, with Kamil […]
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard is out of contract at the end of the season and is frustrated that team policy means that Chelsea are only offering him a one year deal. One group that is willing to offer Lampard a multi-year contract is Major League Soccer according to MLS commissioner Don Garber. ‘Frank Lampard’s a […]
There was no shortage of surprises across Europe on Tuesday and World Cup qualifying continued. Spain were held to a 1-1 draw at home by France, while Germany threw away a four goal lead and had to settle for a 4-4 draw with Sweden. There was frustration for Portugal also, as they has to score late to […]
In a game that they could not afford to lose, the U.S.’s World Cup dreams were hanging by a thread less than five minutes into the game against Guatemala when Carlos Ruiz outpaced Carlos Bocanegra to make it 1-0 Guatemala and stun the sold-out crowd of 16,947 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. The U.S. needed a […]
Real Madrid and Barcelona have agreed to share the cost of chartering a private plane to bring back their players from Santiago de Chile as soon as the World Cup qualifier between Chile and Argentina finishes. The game is being played at 02:05am Spanish time. As soon as it finishes, Real Madrid’s Higuaín and Di […]
Juventus left-back Paolo De Ceglie believes his side have what it takes to beat Napoli when both sides lock horns at the Juventus Stadium this weekend. It a massive game this weekend as Juventus are currently top of the Serie A after picking up 19 points from their opening seven games, but they are only […]