Cagliari-Sampdoria

After a week at home resting following three games, all wins, the previous week, Cagliari gets ready to welcome Sampdoria, one of Serie A's top ...

No Love Lost.

To Russia Without Love.

Not a big fan of criticizing other writings - love, love, love ESPN's curious typos, however, along with the odd nugget of subtle (ahem) inuendo ...

Foot 2009.

The master of chicanery, Remi Gaillard. Not a clue how we missed posting this, but alas - better late than never.

VfB Stuttgart 0 FC Bayern Munich 0

Not the most exciting match in the world but at least Stuttgart were able to come out with a point from it. After a ...

Match Preview: OM vs. Zurich (Game 4, Champion's League)

A little inspiration-- the celebration after Heinze's winning goal in game 3. I can't believe we are already at game 4 in Europe-- it seems like ...

Who Needs Power When You Have Finesse & Skill.

[101gg] Anybody can crack one just right from 25. This, ladies and gents, is all skill. (Alex of Spartak Moscow.)

Ciao, amici Doriani

Hi there, I'm theoffside's latest signing, drafted in mid-season through a combination of feeling the need to shout loudly about Samp's good start to the season ...

Ben Arfa as Niang-- The Proof!

Watch the video below the jump!

Allegri Figures It Out and Saves His Job..For Now.

If you dont think as recent as a week ago Coach Allegri was spending extra time looking over his shoulder for Cellino thinking he could ...

Stephen

Status Update: Diaby and Ben Arfa now friends!

We've all seen the video...you know the one I'm talking about (and if you don't its below the jump...and it is not a video displaying ...

Is Ben Arfa the new Niang?

Apparently he is the only one who thinks so!  For those who watched the game this afternoon between OM and Toulouse, you may have noticed ...

Cagliari-Atalanta

Alright, I give up. I cant seem to figure out which Cagliari team will show up on any given gameday. Therefore I am officially turning ...

VfB Stuttgart. FC Bayern Munich. Saturday.

Saturday's clash home against Bayern Munich is roughly the 1/3 mark of the season. With 6 losses already on the campaign it doesn't take ...

The Best & Worst Tackle In History.

[DT] Belongs framed in a museum alongside other masterpieces of a similar ilk - most likely impressionist.

Team Building 101.

The synthesis of a fantasy match between the likes of adidas and Nike. The draftboard war room, if you will. Clearly we should be running ...

Poland Has Sweet Toilets.

Caption: This state-of-the art public toilet is seen in Warsaw Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Poland's public toilets have come a long way since communist times, ...

Lazio-Cagliari

If there are two teams that are more similar then these two, I would like to see them. The teams meet on Wednesday in Rome ...

Mandanda to Bayern?

Sarah and I have certainly had a lot to write about with this whole swine flu debacle and it seems the news keeps on coming ...

Fan Mayhem caught on camera

UPDATED: Thanks to Rich and chrislain13000 for sending in additional videos here and here. As we reported earlier, the fans of both PSG and OM went ...

Inconsistently Impressive

Another shock weekend with a surprising result, this time in our favor as Cagliari used the homefield and a bit of help to edge Genoa ...

Play Name That City. Europa League Style.

I can safely say 'I' like this new Europa League intro. I can possibly say 'we' like this Europa League intro. What I can say ...

Meltdown

I have no words. A 5-0 loss to the worst team in the league in Toronto FC's most important game of the season. ...

Swine Flu Almost Disrupted the Classico

The Classico was almost postponed after two PSG players were diagnosed with the swine flu.  These are the second and third cases of swine flu ...

It's time for a confrontation between Hatem and Stephane...

One of my favorite things about the build up to the classico is definitely the Nike commercials.  Last year, they released the V is for ...

It's an Auditory Thing. Say It Out Loud. (And Don't Think We Don't Notice When You Do This Kind of Thing)

[10/8/2009 6:38:29 PM] Laurie: Best commenter name ever: http://france.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/no-gourcuff-no-ribery-no-problem.html#comment-148752 [10/8/2009 6:39:57 PM] chris: epic (You think we don't notice, but we do. Oh, yes, we ...

laurie

You know. Laurie.

The WAG Photo Search. Because Somebody Has to Do It

[10:46:13 AM] chris: Speaking of an odd life. I just popped 'Ilary Blasi' into Google Images and turned off SafeSearch. For a post. [10:47:01 AM] Laurie: ...

Even if we had to win like that...

At least it was still a win!  After losing to both Madrid and Milan, I expected Marseille to come out and play like they had ...