

Articles tagged with "uefa"
Bojan Krkic: Goal Poacher
By Isaiah | May 14th, 2007In these harsh days for FC Barcelona, there is a rising star and his name is Bojan Krkic. He is now somewhat of a Spanish ...
The Daily Diatribe: Adios Pongolle, Kids coming to America, A Dunne Deal?, & Athens ticket issues
By Brian | May 5th, 2007* Though it's not a done deal as of this minute, it looks as if Florent Sinama-Pongolle will complete the move to Recreativo Huelva. ...
Ukraine and Poland to Host Euro 2012
By Bob | April 18th, 2007Wroclaw, Dnipropetrovs, Kharkiv….the names just roll of the tongue. Those are just a few of the host cities for the 2010 European Championship. ...
Euro 2012: Well, We Didn't Really Want it Anyway
By Martha | April 18th, 2007Well, hell. All of us who were fantasizing about a football-filled trip to Italy in summer 2012 can just forget those dreams, because UEFA this ...
Champions League: Great, More Violence
By Martha | April 5th, 2007According to The Guardian, 10 Man U supporters were stabbed (none "seriously" though, really, simply being stabbed seems plenty serious to me) in pre-match fighting ...
Another Possible Change to the Champions League
By Bob | March 29th, 2007In their continued efforts to make the Champions League the center of the football universe, UEFA officials are toying with the idea of including domestic ...
Some Brawlers Have Sentences Reduced on Appeal, Others Not So Lucky
By Martha | March 28th, 2007After hearings today, Inter's Maicon and Ivan Cordoba had their suspensions for that whole Valenica throwdown reduced -- clearly UEFA's disciplinary committee is a bunch ...
Valencia Tidbits
By Cesar | March 28th, 2007Lots going on with our Che as they wind down the road to their blockbuster Champions League encounter with Chelsea next week ... -- First ...
And Today in Suspensions ...
By Martha | March 23rd, 2007A couple of disciplinary hearings were held yesterday, both of which affected Italian football. First, Palermo's Francesco Guidolin had his three-game suspension (for that pitch-side ...
Mmm ... Rumors (Transfer and Otherwise)
By Martha | March 19th, 2007Look at all the rumors swirling in the air today! Isn't it great? Why, if there wasn't snow outside, I'd swear it was summer. •First of ...
Murky Charge Could Bar Kahn, Lucio from Milan Match
By Martha | March 17th, 2007According to the UEFA website, Bayern keeper Oliver Kahn and defender Lucio have been charged with improper conduct and will have a disciplinary committee hearing ...
Inter Prepare Indignant Appeal; UEFA Prepare to Ignore It
By Martha | March 15th, 2007Once he stopped sputtering with rage at the injustice done his (of course) entirely innocent club yesterday, Inter boss Massimo Moratti describe UEFA's fine and ...
Platini Proposes changes for Champions League Qualifying
By Bob | March 14th, 2007UEFA president Michel Platini hasn't been on the job very long and he is already ruffling some feathers (odd expression, isn't it?). Platini ran ...
David Navarro will have plenty of time to learn how to fight
By Bob | March 14th, 2007When last we saw Valencia's David Navarro he was running for his life as the Keystone Kops from Inter Milan tried to catch him and ...
BREAKING: UEFA Lays Down the Post-Brawl Law
By Martha | March 14th, 2007UEFA's disciplinary committee just finished their meeting on the Inter-Valencia brawl, and the following punishments were handed down: •David Navarro: Seven months •Nicolas Burdisso: Six matches •Maicon: Six ...
UEFA Considers Bigass Bans for Brawlers
By Martha | March 13th, 2007According to reports in unnamed Italian papers, the central participants in the Inter-Valencia post-game brawl could be facing some serious bans. UEFA's disciplinary committee meets ...
Thursday Feb 22 - Quick Notes (Crybabies, Politics, Cocaine, Lindsay Lohan?)
By Gianfranco | February 22nd, 2007Finally the Zdenek Grygera debacle/negotiations/transfer/rumor/just sign already is officialy set to become a Juventus player this summer. The Czech defender will sign a 5 ...
Match Day Review
By Cham | February 21st, 2007Paradise Lost? A lot has been said to Celtic's credit these last 24 hours, the youthful defensive presence - like that of Darren O'Dea getting his ...
Of Bhoys and Men - Gonna need a montage!
By Cham | February 19th, 2007On the Road to Athens Over-the-top montage on the triumph and pain Celtic has experienced this year's UEFA Champions League run. Over the top, indeed. We are ...
UEFA Preview - Milan's Tuesday Side
By Cham | February 18th, 2007As stated on Milan's team website, the starting side for Il Diavolo : GOALKEEPERS: Storari, Kalac, Fiori; DEFENDERS: Cafu, Kaladze, Maldini (captain), Costacurta, Simic, Jankulovski, Bonera, ...
In the Press - Milan update and $traight ca$h
By Cham | February 16th, 2007AC Milan is still busting it to get San Siro ready for Celtic, and Parkhead turns a nice, shiny profit, as reported via Sky Sports ...
Of Bhoys and Men - Shaking in his Milano Boots
By Cham | February 16th, 2007After actually acknowledging his side's upcoming match with that team from Glasgow, Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti admitted he was wary of the physicality and fast ...
In the Press - Return for Injured Bhoys?
By Cham | February 15th, 2007In the Press: In the Glasgow Evening Times, Defender John Kennedy is looking to make his return to form, perhaps in time for Tuesday UEFA Champions ...
Platini: The More Referees the Merrier
By Bob | February 14th, 2007Good news for all of the students who skip their homework to spend all day reading The Offside. We are here to tell you ...
Hair of the Dog - Bhoys, meet Fat Ronaldo
By Cham | February 14th, 2007Ronaldo makes his Milan debut this last weekend and has a few tries on goal. Sorry for the lack of sound. We are Celtic. This is ...
Of Bhoys and Men - Hoops in San Siro
By Cham | February 12th, 2007You'll never walk alone, even in San Siro. We are Celtic. This is the Celtic Offside Report. We never walk alone.
In the press: Green Light for Celtic
By Cham | February 12th, 2007This just in - The Herald is now reporting that Parkhead and its Celtic faithful should receive confirmation that 10000 fans will be able to ...
Wenger: Platini Won't Deliver
By Trent | January 29th, 2007And welcome to the job, Michel! Brand-spankin'-new UEFA president Michel Platini has promised to rejigger the Champions League playoff system which would have the ...
Changes might be coming to the Champions League
By Bob | January 26th, 2007Some of you might be wondering why The Offside did not come out with a public endorsement for a candidate in the race for UEFA ...
Henry Gets an Award? WTF?
By Trent | January 19th, 2007Thierry Henry has made the UEFA team of the year for the fifth time in six years. Props also to C-Fab, who was the ...





