Articles tagged with "leo-messi"
Adidas XI vs Nike XI: Which Brand Has the Best Football Team?
By Daryl | October 26th, 2009Battle of the Brands In the world of soccer sponsorhip, there are two big boys: Adidas and Nike. Adidas sponsors footballers like Leo Messi and Ricky ...
Soundoff: Which Current (or Recently Retired) Footballers are Future Legends?
By Daryl | September 30th, 2009This is a tough question, and it requires a few generalizations. But here we go: There is a top tier of soccer players. No one's 100% ...
How Much is Leo Messi Earning at Barcelona?
By Daryl | September 18th, 2009Big news on the official Barcelona website today is that Leo Messi has signed a new, improved contract with the Blaugrana. They even have a ...
Daily Dose: August 7th, 2009
By Daryl | August 7th, 2009Links to click while you watch Leo Messi and his terrible haircut dismantle Seattle... Bundesliga kicked off today, so read Jan's season preview (Bundesliga Offside) And read ...
Football Fatheads: Has Soccer Finally Arrived in the US?
By Daryl | June 19th, 2009If you live in the US of A, then you've probably seen Fatheads advertised on your television. You may even have one on your wall. ...
Daily Dose: May 28th, 2009
By Daryl | May 28th, 2009Something to read while you enjoy this pyrotechnic protest in Poland... Chivas USA vs Chicago LiveBlog, 7:30pm US PDT (MLS Offside) Champions League Final viewing figures (TV ...
Your 2009 UEFA Champions League Winners Are... Barcelona
By Daryl | May 27th, 2009(CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images) I know we've done our fair share of lauding Barcelona on The Offside recently, and I know that has annoyed a couple ...
Offside Rewind: Don't Get Trapped
By Daryl | May 22nd, 2009Here are seven Offside calls you may have missed this week... Another one for the Arshavin files Tie-breakers: Different strokes for different folks Suspend the suspensions already You can't ...
Daily Dose: April 9th, 2009
By Daryl | April 9th, 2009Something to read while you watch individual highlights of Messi vs Bayern... Adriano may have retired (Italy Offside) Mark van Bommel knows how Bayern can beat Barca ...
Sticking Up For C-Ron and His Retaliation
By Daryl | December 26th, 2008Seems like every time Man Utd play, we get a new story about either Rooney or Ronaldo kicking out at opposition defenders. For example: this, ...
Daily Dose 12.09.08
By Laurie | December 9th, 2008Some news to read as you enjoy the skills of Cristiano Ronaldo's kit manager: (Via 18 yards) Wayne and Rob pick their team of the ...
Should This Man Have Won the Ballon d'Or Instead of Cristiano Ronaldo?
By Daryl | December 2nd, 2008Nope, it's not Leo Messi or Fernando Torres. It's Mohamed Aboutrika, the Al-Ahly and Egypt playmaker. In an excellent article on the Guardian's sports blog ...
Is the Ballon d'Or Getting Predictable?
By Daryl | December 2nd, 2008News today is that Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 2008 Ballon d'Or, awarded after 96 football journalists voted from a shortlist of 30 players. Except ...
Ballon d'Or winner revealed?
By Rob | December 1st, 2008Those teases at France Football - who chose the annual Ballon D'or winner have put up a teasing photo of this years winner holding the ...
This is Why They Call Him The Messiah...
By Daryl | October 1st, 2008Barcelona were trailing Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 in the Champions League today, but that was with Leo Messi on the bench. The little man came on ...
Trouble in Barcelona, But Who's to Blame?
By Daryl | September 29th, 2008Barcelona came from behind and won the Catalan derby 2-1 with two late goals, but the big news was the crowd violence. With home team ...
Weekend Dose 08.17.08
By Daryl | August 17th, 2008Something to read while you send a friend request to the oldest person on Facebook... New Bundesliga stars for a new Bundesliga season (Bild) Fabio Capello. In ...
Daily Dose 07.12.08
By Daryl | July 12th, 2008Something to read while you hope no one responds to this ad... MLS originals, there from the start (Booked for Dissent) Refs "evening out" number of fouls? ...
2007/8 Champions League Goal of the Season
By Rob | May 26th, 2008So, Its the end of another Champions League season, and we've seen some beautiful goals. Below are some Youtube video's of some of the best, ...
An Open Letter to Ronaldinho
By Rob | May 7th, 2008After reading Daryl's musing on Ronaldinho's fall from grace, I thought about how much I've covered the story for myself, I thought about how much ...
How To Stop Messi, Eto'o, Rooney and Ronaldo.
By Rob | April 29th, 2008Four Fantastic players on thier day and players whom the opposition will worry about. In fact I imagine if you are a defender for either ...
Champions League Semi Final Preview: Man Utd vs Barça Pt. II
By Daryl | April 29th, 2008It's no secret that second legs are almost always better. Why? Because that's when we find out who wins. And so the fireworks we were ...
Manchester United Vs Barcelona Preview. There Will Be Goals.
By Rob | April 28th, 2008The first leg threatened to be more entertaining that it ever was, but as I said in the preview to the last game, the second ...
The Champions League Semi-Final Drinking Games
By Rob | April 27th, 2008So we are just a couple of days away from the mammoth second legs in the Champions League semi-finals. To make them even more fun, ...
What He Said: This weeks Champions League in quotes.
By Rob | April 24th, 2008As is traditionally fun, a irreverent look at exactly what managers, coaches, and commentators said before, during and after the Champions League football this week. "Winning ...
Barcelona vs Man Utd Champions League Semi Final LiveBlog (1st Leg)
By Daryl | April 23rd, 2008Barcelona 0-0 Man Utd 2nd leg LiveBlog here Today's Champions League semifinal at Camp Nou pits Barcelona against Man Utd, and Leo Messi against Cristiano Ronaldo. Arguably ...
This is it - Barcelona Vs Manchester United, First Leg Preview.
By Rob | April 22nd, 2008So here we are. This is the match we've been waiting for. Some of the world's best players get to show off here, in possibly ...
Avram Grant: Ever the optimist
By Rob | April 17th, 2008Despite the fact that rumours are flying around that Chelsea manager Avram Grant is not going to be in his job much longer, yesterday he ...
The Ultimate QF Second Leg Preview
By Rob | April 7th, 2008So its nearly upon us. The excitement as 4 more teams dreams of reaching Moscow are cut short and they go home to ponder Rome ...
Kaka Is Going to Need a New Mantelpiece
By Daryl | December 13th, 2007Ricky Kaka can't open his front door for all the awards piling up on his doorstep. He already has the Ballon d'Or and is expected ...
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