Articles tagged with "penalty"
Houston, We Have a Problem (Actually, several)
By alessio | September 13th, 2009With the end of the regular season coming up, this is the time for Darren Tilley to focus on our issues and fix them before ...
Should They Stay Or Should They Go?
By Rob | August 30th, 2009So after all the hoo-ha about Eduardo's stumble and fall, this weekend bought up a few more similar incidents (inevitably) that made me question the ...
Should the right of appeal be introduced to the CL?
By Rob | May 5th, 2009So Manchester United are through to the final of the Champions League after beating Arsenal, convincingly tonight. One United player who won't be lining up ...
Fair Play Award: Costin Lazar Refuses A Penalty.
By chris | March 30th, 2009A rare and splendid moment of fair play has been brought to attention by debutant Rapid Bucharest Offside. Costin Lazar, a Romanian midfielder, was awarded ...
********IL DANIELISTA 16********
By Michele | March 23rd, 2009For the 16th edition of Il Danielista a special look back over the highs and lows of everyone's favourite defensive midfielder. It's easy to think that ...
Chivas Goes On A Killing Spree
By Andrea | February 26th, 2009Chivas have seemed quite tame this season haven't they? They've lacked goals and it seems like no one can finish. That was then. This is ...
The Very Definition of "Taking One for the Team"
By chris | February 16th, 2009Fellas, turn away. This has got to be the most painful penalty ever won - and if not the most painful, at least in the ...
Dario Silva Scores A Goal
By chris | January 13th, 2009Yes, that Dario Silva. The former Uruguay star who tragically had his right leg amputated following a car crash just two and a half years ...
Midfielder Jan Rosenthal Saves A Penalty
By chris | December 8th, 2008It's not often a field player is forced to throw on the keeper gloves. Even rarer that he has to be baptized by penalty. Once ...
Playing Playstation Pays Off for Marco Amelia
By Daryl | December 3rd, 2008Remember Jens Lehmann's famous penalty kick notes from World Cup 2006? It was basically a bit of paper in his sock with reminders about where ...
Columbian Player Gives "Dive" New Meaning.
By chris | December 2nd, 2008This may be the dive that finally puts the Alberto Gilardino ode to Greg Louganis to shame. This clown, Emerson Acuna, of Atletico National in ...
Poll: Did Cristiano Ronaldo Dive or Did He Fall?
By Daryl | September 29th, 2008Cristiano Ronaldo got all the headlines after Man Utd's 2-0 win over Bolton, mostly for the way he won Utd's penalty (which he also converted.) You ...
Nakamura Wins PK, Checks Video To See If He Was Fouled.
By chris | September 23rd, 2008It was a good win for Celtic over the weekend against Kilmarnock, but it didn't come without some controversy. They were comfortably leading 2-0 in ...
The Ankle and the Miss-hape
By Kamran | August 29th, 2008Let me state the obvious: Terry's miss in Moscow was infinitely more tormenting for him than Jesus' one for him. This was Supercoppa. And while ...
Iain Vigurs is the hero as we squeak by Arbroath
By Ian Rose | August 27th, 2008Well, that was entirely too close. 2-2 at the end of regulation. 2-2 at the end of extra time. This is not ...
Great Example of That Trick Penalty Thingy With No Name
By Daryl | May 29th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5bVaTuxN-g[/youtube] This is a nice little penalty manoeuvre from Brazil, scored by two América players against Ideal. From the spot, Euller flicks the ball forward to Douglas, ...
Materazzi Tests the Unwritten Rule, and Fails
By Daryl | May 12th, 2008There's a sort of unwritten rule in football... that the guy who wins the penalty should never, ever take it. I personally think it's bullshit. ...
Galatasaray 2:2 Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor- What a match!!!
By Musab | December 3rd, 2007Just for your information, Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor means "Istanbul greater city municipality Sport Club". Thats gotta be a record. STAT:Ali Sami Yen HAKEMLER:Hüseyin Göçek, Alpaslan Dedeş, ...
River Plate "Penalty" over Nueva Chicago
By Christian | June 13th, 2007If you haven't yet seen it, here's the controversial penalty from last Saturday that gave River the point it needed to qualify for next year's ...
It's that damn referee: Two videos that show that the man with the whistle is not always right (believe it or not)
By Sam | April 4th, 2007In the light of Kaka's ho-hum penalty and general banter about diving this and argument that, I'm providing videos from two of the most talked-about ...
Arsene Wenger Content Kissing His Sister
By Trent | March 16th, 2007The English Football League is considering going to penalty shootouts at the end of drawn matches. The preliminary thought would be that if a ...
Matchday 27 - PSG bombs (figuratively), Saint-Étienne bombs (literally)
By Sam | March 5th, 2007Fans in France aren't big on violence. Besides PSG supporters, anyway. No, they prefer to bombard the pitch with flares and explosives in order to ...
Stop Talking, Totti: Or, When You've Been an Idiot, Just Shut Up About It Already!
By Martha | February 26th, 2007I'm not one of those people who hates Francesco Totti because he's beautiful (you know who you are), or can't stand his diving calculated winning ...
Conceding seventy penalties per game will usually get you run out of town
By Sam | November 16th, 2006Mario "Jesus" Yepes, Paris SG's colossal full-back could be going the way of the Dhorasoo. Since the start of the season, Yepes has picked up ...
Collector's Item
By Andy | November 6th, 2006Claude Makelele's wonder strike for Chelsea against Tottenham. The highlight of Chelsea's 2-1 defeat. This goal was the second goal that Claude has scored in ...
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