Articles tagged with "portugal"
Nico saves the day; New Guy in town
By jon | November 14th, 2009Off a defender, off a post, in the net. Mr. Anelka took care of business away for France, making their trip to South Africa ...
10 reasons why Peter Whittingham is currently making life more difficult for City's opponents than trying to pull a condom over Darth Maul's head
By Martyn | October 27th, 200912 goals in 17 games, 9 in the last 6, milestone hat-tricks, countless assists: yep, life is sweet for the left-midfielder at present. So pointing ...
Video: Simao's Brace, Forlan's Stupid Penalty Winner
By Al | October 11th, 2009I was originally going to do a lengthy post on our players that were called up to their national teams, but only three of them ...
Offside Rewind: So Good You Want To Cry
By chris | September 11th, 2009Seven stories from the last seven days on The Offside and WorldCupBlog... The World Cup might be missing Cristiano Ronaldo... ...but not according to our predictions. We want ...
The Total Football Soccer Show - Episode 6: “The Artist Formerly Known As Beckham Is Heading to the World Cup”
By Taylor Rockwell | September 10th, 2009And with this posting, I believe we're up to date with all the backlogged Podcasts. Daryl and I stayed up late to get the final ...
2009-10 European Football Season Start Dates
By chris | August 7th, 2009Reminder Perhaps it was the explosive start off the blocks to the transfer season before settling into a silent slumber, but it seems big time club ...
Possebon Loaned; Fergie Apparently Hates Central Midfielders
By Taylor Rockwell | July 21st, 2009So, this is a bit belated, but it appears that Rodrigo Possebon has been loaned to Sporting Braga. The Portuguese side finished fifth in the ...
Toulon Kicks Off In Style - From Distance.
By chris | June 4th, 2009Egypt's senior sides are reigning African champs and UAE's senior side just allowed goal-allergic German striker Mario Gomez to put four past them in a ...
Europe’s 10 Biggest Transfer Window Bargains - Revisited.
By chris | June 3rd, 2009Chances are you've forgotten and we could've gotten away without assuming any responsibility whatsoever, but there's no integrity in that and we're nothing if not...nevermind. Back ...
UEFA's Elite Football Stadia - Part 2.
By chris | April 17th, 2009Click here for Part 1. Intro: After a severe bout of curiosity resulting in far too much time perusing the internets, we finally came upon a ...
Agony in the Rain
By Lotte Cox | February 1st, 2009Anyone who's spent any time watching Nuno Gomes play knows that he makes faces of the "OH MY GOD WHY ME!?!?" variety many, many times ...
City confirmed in the hunt for Miguel Veloso
By j | January 27th, 2009As per PA Sport, City have been confirmed in pursuit of Sporting's midfielder Miguel Veloso. The twenty-two year old Portuguese international is hotly pursued by ...
Azuis e brancos lose Pelé to Portsmouth
By j | January 26th, 2009While not surprising, the Dragões announced today that they have loaned Pelé to Portsmouth of the English Premier League with a purchase option for €6.5m. ...
Farias transfer rumors continue to flicker for Olympiacos
By Peter Katsiris | January 23rd, 2009Though the need is rather demanding, there hasn't been much speculation as to who Olympiacos will import in place of retired striker Darko Kovacevic. The ...
Fan Voted UEFA Team of the Year Announced
By chris | January 22nd, 2009Surely millions of fanboys and fangirls couldn't have shown half a noggin? Surely not. Surely there was lots of bickering between who has the better ...
Confession Box: What was your biggest moment of football treachery?
By Rob | January 15th, 2009I was going through my meagre living space earlier on, and I found a T-Shirt - wouldn't have meant much to most people on first ...
Nike Poses A Question: Love Him or Hate Him?
By chris | January 13th, 2009Every time Cristiano Ronaldo hits the news there's a mix of fangirl gushing and spiteful groaning which would have George W. Bush feeling loved by ...
Watch The FIFA World Player of the Year Gala Live
By chris | January 12th, 2009The five final candidates - Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Xavi & Fernando Torres - are in Zurich for the FIFA World Player of the ...
Happy New Year 2009
By Carlos | January 1st, 2009Well the new year is here and so a new year to start new. To all Benfica fans out there and all soccer fans, the ...
No Winter Signings, Maniche Speaks, and Atlético Begin Hardcore Training
By al | December 30th, 2008'Cause we don't need them, according to club president Enrique Cerezo. "I said in October that we wouldn't bring anyone this winter. We have a roster ...
Who will be next for Panathinaikos?
By Peter Katsiris | December 11th, 2008About twenty-four hours after Panathinaikos sealed its spot in the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League, the ‘Trifylli' are now awaiting their next ...
Transfer news: The Voyeur really likes Kalou, eh?
By Jack | December 8th, 2008I had heard over the summer that Arsene made a cheeky inquiry into the availability of Chelsea's first bi-polar footballer, Salomon Kalou. I laughed it ...
Paim in the arse
By Jack | December 4th, 2008If you're like me, you've been wondering why on-loan winger Fabio Paim hasn't at least gotten a small look in the first team. I don't think ...
Now That's What I Call an Overhead Kick
By Daryl | December 2nd, 2008Feast your eyeballs on this incredible goal from Vitória Setúbal's Anderson vs Benfica on Monday night. Not only was it from outside the area but ...
Ronaldo coasts to Ballon d'Or
By Rob | December 2nd, 2008Cristiano Ronaldo has been confirmed as winner of France Football's coveted Ballon d'Or for 2008. The Manchester United winger, who finished second last year behind ...
Porto defeats Associação Académica de Coimbra 2-1
By j | December 1st, 2008Porto defeated Associação Académica de Coimbra 2-1 in a hard-fought match today at Estádio do Dragão. Uruguayan international Cristian Rodríguez gave Dragões the 1-0 lead ...
Olympiacos’ offense bombards Benfica for Five
By Peter Katsiris | November 27th, 2008Olympiacos reignited its UEFA campaign with a stunning five-goal performance against SL Benfica on Thursday night, as the Greek side scored steamed past Benfica with ...
Olympiacos, Benfica ready to rekindle rivalry in Piraeus
By Peter Katsiris | November 27th, 2008Olympiacos and Benfica will meet for the first time in twenty-five years on Thursday, as both clubs lock horns at the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium for ...
time to run over those little Volkswagens
By 21 | November 21st, 2008With the exception of a few clubs in the Bundesliga, I can honestly say I appreciate virtually every sides tactical approach and overall play, regardless ...
Brazil Closes Beautifully An Ugly Year
By Bruno Romani | November 19th, 2008Brazil 6 - 2 Portugal Can I even argue against this score? It was one of those matches perfect for being used in TV commercials. If ...
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