Articles tagged with "michael ballack"
Michael Ballack on Jose, Making it into the Chelsea team, and always coming second
By Rob | May 15th, 2008Midfielder Michael Ballack has been the centrepiece to the Chelsea revival. At the begining of the season, Chelsea looked lethargic, and had two players considered by many to be the best in the world, sat on the bench on the whim of the manager. That ...
Matt Damon stars in The Ballack Identity
By Jan | May 8th, 2008I realised that I still had to reveal the identity of the kid on this picture. And it was indeed Matt Damon. I might be the last to notice it, but until I scanned YouTube for a video I could use to wrap a post around it, I wasn't aware of this striki ...
Highest Paid Footballers (and Guess Which MLS Star is #1?)
By Laurie | May 2nd, 2008The numbers are out. Guess who the #1 highest-paid footballer is? You'll never guess. I'll give you a hint. Plays in MLS. Has a "pop-star" wife. Made an estimated $49 million last year, of which only $12 million came from actually playing t ...
Granting a Wish
By Sam | May 1st, 2008Avram Grant's new respect comes from his and Chelsea's advancement past Jose Mourinho's highest achievement (with Chelsea) in the Champion's League. It is well-earned because he could have done very well indeed and still failed to get here -- and no ...
Chelsea, to Moscow
By Sam | April 30th, 2008The Carragher | Drogba contest was going to tell a lot. DD will be singled out for his brace and another motivated performance, but Lampard & Ballack were positively balletic. Essien, a force of nature. Credit to Liverpool for making it a matc ...
10 Things We Learned in the Premier League
By Daryl | April 28th, 20081. Premiership goalkeepers hate Radhi Jaïdi Birmingham's Tunisian defender has been up to no good lately. For Birmingham free kicks he stands in front of the opposition keeper and stares at him. He's in an offside position, but because he makes no ...
Even Chelsea's Groundstaff Were in a Fighting Mood Yesterday
By Daryl | April 27th, 2008No doubt that Chelsea's players showed a lot of fight yesterday. Just ask Nemanja Vidic, who got a knee to the chin after eight minutes, courtesy of Didier Drogba. And even after Riacrdo Carvalho's absolute gift of a backpass/throughball for Wayn ...
Weekly Dose 20.3.08
By Jan | March 20th, 2008Create your own fan choreo; via probek.net. (madin.jp) Michael Ballack promotes a good cause. (International Herald Tribune) Rafael van der Vaart will leave a trail of dirt soaked water behind, when he leaves Hamburg with a title. (Goal.com) Stan
National Team: Off the Pitch Acting Skills Shootout sorted by Position
By Jan | October 13th, 2007It's fair to expect any player who deems himself good enough to play football for a living, to come with a minimum set of acting skills, ranging from faked injuries to pulling off a dive that is hard to read for the referee. Yet, once the players lea ...
Weekly Dose 08.09.07
By Jan | September 8th, 2007Some pieces for the puzzle that is Michael Ballack's non-nomination for the Champions League group stage. (Guardian sportblog) Michael Ballack speaks English and gets dubbed over and subtitled in Chinese for a good cause. (Fritten, Fussball & Bie
Weekly Dose 01.09.07
By Jan | September 1st, 2007How to do a Bicycle Kick - via Trainer Baade (ehow.com) Rudi Völler Look-a-like (Who Ate All The Pies) Franck Ribery Look-a-likes (11 Freunde Block 11) Meet Arminia Bielefeld's Coach of the Century (ESPN Soccernet) Meet Torsten Frings in his vi
Transfers: Ballack to Real Madrid?
By Jan | July 28th, 2007Real Madrid's 8th coach in four years Bernd Schuster has publicly expressed his admiration for the German midfield ace Bernd Schneider Michael Ballack. "With his class, he fits perfectly to Real Madrid," said Schuster in an interview with German TV sta
One Year and two Days ago: Goose Bumps
By Jan | June 16th, 2007Apparently I don't manage to publish those posts in time for their first anniversary. Probably I should just make it a habit to have them trail behind by two days every time. One year and two days ago Germany played Poland in their second group match ...
Euro 2008 Qualifiers: Group Therapy for Miro Klose
By Jan | June 1st, 2007Your season did not really develop as you had anticipated? Your team faces relegation, hangs around in Bundesliga nowhere-land or just plays shit like Bayern Munich? Or your name is Lukas Podolski and you haven't had the chance to play at all except ...
Even God needs a rest from time to time
By Nelson | December 17th, 2006It was called the Middle Ages, you know? John Terry had a slight back problem today, and decided that his team could do it without him as they faced the Toffees in a showdown. Although his replacement, Khalid Boulahrouz, was a bit shaky, he manage
Chelsea 2-1 Portsmouth
By Andy | October 22nd, 2006Chelsea moved back to the top of the Premiership after another magnificent performance at Stamford Bridge yesterday. Their lead at the top maybe temporary if Man Utd beat Liverpool at Old Trafford this afternoon. I am not going to worry about such
Michael Ballack's $89,000 Handbag
By Bob | August 31st, 2006It is a good thing that Michael Ballack signed a huge contract with Chelsea this past summer. The price of handbags is going through the roof these days. The midfielder has been ordered to pay an $89,000 fine Wednesday for failing to declare to German
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