Articles tagged with "romania"
Dorinel Munteanu to lead Steaua Bucureşti to glory!
By sasha | November 5th, 2008With Dorinel Munteanu in-charge of Steaua Bucureşti todays quest for glory against Lyon in Champions League will have a passionate aspect to it. Taking over ...
Copping a Feel in Romania
By Lotte Cox | October 29th, 2008The groper is Gabriel Torje, a mere boy of 18. He seems to have thought that, since Dinamo won, everyone on the other team was ...
summary of week 12 in Romania Liga 1
By sasha | October 28th, 2008Week 12 of the Romanian Liga 1 concluded with few surprises but with Timişoara continuing to climb up the table. Dinamo Bucureşti 1 Oţelul Galaţi 0 'Câinii Roşii ...
Yegor Titov leads Khimki to victory
By j | October 25th, 2008Since joining Khimki from his legendary role at Spartak Moscow, Yegor Titov has simply had a stunning impact. While the fight to avoid relegation in ...
The Friday Junk Pile
By chris | October 24th, 2008Every weekend we tend to find ourselves with random junk on our computers which isn't quite worth throwing away, but isn't quite worth posting about. ...
Steaua Bucureşti fall to Lyon and Lăcătuş resigns
By sasha | October 22nd, 2008The Roş-Albaştrii knew they were going to have to score goals going into their Champions League match against Lyon. After Arthuro's goal at the eight ...
Liga 1 week 11 summary
By sasha | October 20th, 2008Liga 1 returned after the break with a series of great match, none more important that CFR Cluj 1-0 defeat of Dinamo Bucureşti. Right from ...
Transfer talk heats up in Piraeus
By Peter Katsiris | October 15th, 2008The transfer window is still a few months away, but when it comes to Greek clubs the transfer talk starts months ahead of the actually ...
Chelsea Players "Too Rich and Too Soft"
By Daryl | October 3rd, 2008Chelsea visited Transylvania to play CFR Cluj in the Champions League this week, and didn't make a particularly good impression on their Romanian hosts. Apparently ...
Daily Dose: 09.09.08
By chris | September 9th, 2008Stuff to read while you eat 23,000 Big Macs...... Player breaks leg during goal celebration. Goal disallowed. Insult, meet injury. (The Beautiful Game) Fergie's hardest ever decision. ...
Who still plays with a 3-5-2? Auxerre, that's who.
By Nick | August 26th, 2008In Ligue 1 nowadays, unless a team is severely rocked by injuries, it is quite the trend to play with a defending line of 4. ...
Saturn Moscow Oblast v Terek Grozny match preview
By j | August 3rd, 2008In one of the two final matches of the day, Saturn Moscow Oblast visits Terek Grozny, with both squads in need of points. Inconsistency is ...
UEFA Cup draw
By j | August 1st, 2008After making EB/Streymur look like they are ready to burst onto the world Football scene and sending agents scrambling (a "minor" overstatement), Man City received ...
The Offside Euro 2008 Champion: Charles Snyder
By Dave Martinez | July 11th, 2008Over three weeks of tournament action and only one country stood tall: Sweden. Ibrahimovich proved to be unstoppable in the virtual world, earning ...
The Offside EA UEFA 2008 - The Elite Eight
By Dave Martinez | June 26th, 2008Welcome to the round of eight! I would like to congratulate all of you one your fine play. If someone were to have told you that FRANCE, ...
Euro 2008: Italy 1-1 Romania - Capitan Del Piero Trumped by Capitan Buffon...
By Marco P. | June 15th, 2008. Cue another disappointing performance by Italy. Cue more doubts being cast on the Azzurri's Euro 2008 chances. Cue waiting one more day to finally see ...
Rosso, Nero & Azzurro
By Gianfranco | June 13th, 2008What do I say, if I followed suit from some parts of the Offside and I would lambast certain midfield players for their lack of ...
Italy vs. Romania Preview: Capitan Del Piero!!!
By Marco P. | June 13th, 2008. ZURICH (Switzerland), 12 June 2008 - Alessandro Del Piero will go to sleep tonight relaxed and pumped up. Tomorrow he'll be on the pitch as ...
Top One-Man Offenses in Europe
By Ian Rose | May 25th, 2008We all know that Cristiano Ronaldo (love him or hate him) took home this year's European Golden Boot for his 31 Premier League goals. ...
Clubs on the Verge of Domestic Titles
By Inara | April 26th, 2008Though there's still several weeks left in most European football leagues, some domestic title races are already over. In Portugal, Porto were declared champions (though ...
Vennegor and Niculae represent SPL with goals
By Ian Rose | March 26th, 2008In today's crazy international action, most Scottish eyes were on the 1-1 draw with Croatia. But SPL club fans could look to a few ...
Bucharest Derby Abandoned in (Possibly) Suspicious Circumstances
By Daryl | March 21st, 2008Just another week in the crazy world of Romanian football. The Bucharest derby between Rapid and Steaua was abandoned in the 73rd minute yesterday, after ...
Looking for Euro 2008 Bloggers
By Daryl | March 20th, 2008We're looking for bloggers to join our team for Euro 2008 on WCB. If you want to blog about any of the following teams: Austria, Croatia, ...
Steaua Bucharest Owner Puts a Bounty on His Rivals
By Daryl | March 3rd, 2008We already know that Romanian football is a bit mental. It's the league where goalkeepers are traded for gas pipelines, squad rotation means an entire ...
Another Day, Another Corruption Probe
By chris | January 18th, 2008It's been a rough week for the smaller(ish) leagues in Europe. Yesterday it was Poland, bringing down the hammer on the clubs guilty of greasing ...
Romanian Club Taking Squad Rotation Very Literally
By Daryl | December 28th, 2007We all know the January transfer window is a time for strengthening European squads, but one Romanian team is going to the extreme and planning ...
The Best of Bob: Champion Of The Little Guys
By chris | November 21st, 2007Here at The Offside we try not to play favorites with the bigger clubs, but let's face it: media outlets aren't exactly teeming over with ...
Missed opportunity for Romanian football
By Ian Rose | November 9th, 2007As Bob so fittingly put it this week: Every year there is at least one team in the Champions League that makes you wonder how in ...
International round-up: Bentley snubbed again
By Dan Clough | October 15th, 2007Despite getting man of the match in our last game against Birmingham, and scoring a superb goal, Steve McLaren thought better of giving him another ...
You Snooze, You Lose Your Place in the Team
By Daryl | October 14th, 2007Liverpool's Ryan Babel was dropped from the Dutch first eleven yesterday for oversleeping. Apparently he twice overslept and missed team meetings before the game against ...
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