Barcelona finished last season as Spanish champions and they will most certainly continue to dominate La Liga with a great new signing in Antoine Griezmann. The main focus must be to get back in the “big walk” of the Champions League. A few changes were needed to just “freshening up” the situation at Camp Nou….
Month: July 2019
No 8, Jan Jongbloed, World Cup finals 1974 and 1978, long wait and modern style of goalkeeping
Few goalkeepers can say they have played in two World Cup finals, and few have done it in a more fashionable way than Jan Jongbloed. Despite being on the losers side on both occasions his appearances were special as most of his Dutch caps came in the World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978. Jongbloed…
Antonio Valencia, Man Utd exit, Copa America and L.D.U debut
Antonio Valencia left Man Utd this summer after spending a number of years at Old Trafford and silently been one of the best players at the club in the “late years” of Sir Alex Ferguson. Sir Alex paid Wigan Athletic £16million for Valencia’s services back in 2009. He had then spent two seasons with The…
Brazil, the mouth watering names and performances, Pelè, Hulk and Bismarck, not to forget Zico, Socrates and Vagner Love
The history of Brazilian footballers are one unique and they are so many over the years that made mouth watering performances especially in the World Cup. Brazil winners of five World Cup’s, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. They are always up there with the best fighting for that title, but in some way without…
Crystal Palace, not only Zaha and Hodgson, the inside look from outside
Crystal Palace has since Roy Hodgson took over been a bit about him and his extraordinary work being able to find a good mix with a typical underdog. The Eagles have an average attendance of 25.000 plus on their home games and they are working on plans to grow their fanbase and build a new…
New kid to take on The Kop, Dutch wonderboy in Klopp’s Liverpool enigma
Few or no one has noticed much about Liverpool’s special summer signing. The young defender Sepp van den Berg has joined from PEC Zwolle. The Dutch U.19 international is a player to watch and he could be the best signing ever done by the German “Superman”. For a fee of only £1.3million, Klopp might have…
Spectacular, Bizarre And Unusual Stadia Of World Sport
There are many remarkable sporting stadia around the world making the best use of limited space while doing their best to blend in with the surrounding environment. Some accommodate just a few hundred spectators while others will seat many tens of thousands. Here are five such constructions that stand out from the crowd for many different reasons…
A desert fox with a season of magic moments, the unique four title winner
We have never seen it happen before a club winning a domestic treble in England, but this season we all experienced the great achievement by Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City. Last summer Pep decided to pay Leicester City £65million for the services of Riyad Mahrez, a player that hit the headlines back in 2015/16…
Diego Armando Maradona, a film and a story, brilliance and magic
Diego Armando Maradona became an “icon” in the World of football, and the recent film about his life is worth a view. Most of us has seen this guy on the field and we should remember him for that, this is the focus in our story. He was talked about in front of the 1978…
Norwich City, back in the Premier League, new looks and not forgotten
Norwich City are back in Premier League, after being absent since their relegation four seasons ago. A number of management changes and a bit turbulent at times, but again under new coach Daniel Farke, appointed in the summer of 2017, things have slitely been changed to the better. A difficult first season for Farke, ending…
