Articles tagged with "romania"
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 ...
From the overbearing boss dept. continued...
By Bob | October 2nd, 2007We usher in another week of Champions League football which means that mid-week work productivity will be next to nil and another Steaua Bucharest coach ...
From the overbearing boss dept…
By Bob | September 18th, 2007Damn it feels good to have Champions League games to help us all get through the middle of the week. The slate of action ...
Weekly Dose 16.09.07
By Jan | September 16th, 2007I had no time to do any blogging the past couple of days, so I decided to cover some of the football that I missed ...
Valentin Nastase Quits while he's behind
By Bob | August 29th, 2007I still vividly remember making a mistake as a defender that cost my team a game when I was 12 years old. It isn't ...
Romania Player Ionel Ganea attacks Assistant Referee
By Bob | August 27th, 2007You have to give Ionel Ganea some credit. He wasn't going to get sent off the pitch without at least earning his red card. ...
It isn't a good idea to try to escape your football contract in Romania
By Bob | August 13th, 2007It has been a while since we last checked in with the crazy world of Romanian football, which means that we have probably missed out ...
Would You Watch Mutu TV?
By Martha | August 7th, 2007Though those of us outside of Romanian would probably have to be satisfied with just reading about it (and praying for YouTube clips), the press ...
Video: Baku v. Dacia Chişinău
By Ian Rose | July 3rd, 2007Someday there will be clashes between mighty giants of football to decide the UEFA Cup, but for now, it's July, and that means that it ...
Yet even more rumors...
By Steven | June 11th, 2007The president of Steaua Bucharest has apparently told local TV outlets that Dorin Nicolae Goian, a 26-year old defender, will leave the club to sign ...
Steau Bucharest will only play Happy Music and Happy Players
By Bob | June 6th, 2007In the eternal battle between religious hymns and butt rock, score another victory for the music of the big guy (or gal) above. Gigi ...
Spanning the Globe: The Weekend Rundown
By Bob | April 16th, 2007The game is played just about everywhere in the world. This is perhaps the busiest time of the year with just about every league ...
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