Articles tagged with "simao"
Atlético 3 - Numancia 0
By Al | April 19th, 2009The downside of supporting a smaller club - well, more like a "not as big as Barca or Madrid" - is the fact that it's ...
4th Place, Who Wants It?
By Al | April 13th, 2009Screw the title race. Barcelona is 6 points clear and Real Madrid is hot on their tail. Yawn. The only fun there is seeing which ...
From The Stands: Atlético vs. Villarreal
By Al | March 17th, 2009A huge thank you to Alessio from Juventus Offside who was lucky to attend the match at the Calderon and take pictures from the stands. Here's ...
Sevilla 1-0 Patético Madrid; "Oh My Jesús!!"
By Anthony | February 22nd, 2009Sure we left it to the 87th minute but who better to score it than our most consistent performer all season and my secret man-crush? ...
Sevilla v Atlético Preview - Saturday 4pm GolTV; "The Winning Loser"
By Anthony | February 20th, 2009So it's needless to say that this will be a match of two pretty highly prestigious Spanish sides. This time around though unlike the ...
Petro-goal extends Panathinaikos stay until 2013
By Peter Katsiris | February 12th, 2009Having signed starlet Sotiris Ninis to a contract extension earlier this year, Panathinaikos made sure they held on to another Greek prospect by signing Antonis ...
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 ...
A Lesson Not Learned
By al | January 7th, 2009We're out of the Copa del Rey. On paper we really aren't, but we're done. Simple as that. Two times in a row we lose to ...
Transfer Rumours: Benfica
By Carlos | December 26th, 2008With the transfer market opening up in a couple of days, teams are looking to fill in those empty spots on their rosters to create ...
Player Profile: Simão Sabrosa
By Greg | December 5th, 2008Hi everyone, my name is Greg, and I will be helping Al write the Atletico Madrid Offside while he is on leave near the end ...
We're Through!
By al | November 27th, 2008After defeating PSV yesterday, not only are we still topping the group, but we're safely into the round of 16. The victory was a bit ...
The Lingering Annoyance of the Last-Minute Penalty
By al | November 24th, 2008Something that isn't new to us *cough* derby *cough* *cough* Liverpool *cough*. The match against Numancia was one that we had in the bag, until ...
90th Minute Drama In Madrid
By chris | October 19th, 2008If you're a Real fan...what more could you ask for, really? A start off the blocks in lightning fashion, mid-game drama worthy of the ...
Sinama: Butt-saving Frenchman on Duty
By Al | September 25th, 2008Getafe 1 - Atlético Madrid 2 29' Sinama-Pongolle 75' Albin 82' Sinama-Pongolle We won, but we ended up paying the price losing Maniche in the 13th minute because of ...
My New Favorite Portuguese Liga Player Is...
By Greg | September 6th, 2007...Benfica's own Ángel Di María. However, in spite of this fantastic award Mr. Di Maria is receiving today, I reserve the right to switch ...
Meet and Greet - Atleti Edition
By Andrey | August 8th, 2007The team's busiest summer ever has brought on whatlooks like a tremendous offensive squad, enough to compete in all 3 competitions, let's hope they can ...
Get João Moutinho and Quaresma Outta Here, For Big Phil's Sake!
By Greg | July 20th, 2007I was sitting here at my desk, avoiding work as usual and thinking to myself "Is there any possible benefit to having all of these ...
The Portuguese Liga is a Slutty Ho
By Greg | July 3rd, 2007No, really: the Liga is taking it for the right price from just about anyone at this point. I'm not saying it's one of ...
U-21s Tied, Simao is STILL On Liverpool's List, and The Sopranos Ending Was Awesome
By Greg | June 11th, 2007Actually the ending sucked really large footballs. How pretentious can you be? The tension was good, with the door constantly opening and Tony ...
In addition to Simao, Lyon also want Klose
By Inara | June 7th, 2007The footy tabloids make up crazier stories by the day. Not only do Lyon want to recruit Simao to take Malouda's place, but apparently, they ...
Benfica Resurrected
By Greg | April 24th, 2007Jornada 26 is in the books and the immovable force that is the "Big 3" all won their respective games. Benfica finally got a ...
Benfica Don't Want to Pull a Magellan
By Greg | April 12th, 2007While Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan is widely recognized as the first to circumnavigate the Earth, it was his crew who, in fact, completed the voyage ...
Stopping to Inhale
By Greg | April 6th, 2007What a sensational thriller of a UEFA Cup game between Benfica and Espanyol yesterday. The game went EXACTLY the opposite of how I predicted/thought ...
He Should be Called No-No Gomes
By Greg | March 29th, 2007With all due respect to Serbia, given their recent form, Portugal really had no business whatsoever finishing with a 1-1 tie (Tiago goal) yesterday. ...
Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha is a Wanted Man
By Greg | March 23rd, 2007So THAT'S why so many Portuguese and Brazilian footballers are called by a single name... Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha aka "Nani" has allegedly ...
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