Flamengo is one of the iconic football clubs of Brazil and the city of Rio de Janeiro. The club is today dominating the game and might have the best team in their history, and they have just won the Libertadores, a grand tournament of South America that Flamengo last won and were finalists as far…
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Arsenal, the Bertie Mee years, players, pocals and fans
A football manager does not have to be the best player in the World, but he needs a bit of luck and some skills that makes it possible to do that special. But a manager without his special assistants around could easily fall into a trap believing he is “the special one”. Being born on…
A special chapter in football, two former Champions League winners takes charge of local rival clubs in the fourth tier of Norwegian football
Norwegian football might not be that glamour, but the names John Arne Riise and Ronny Johnsen is well known and they both experienced to win the Champions League with two of the most iconic football clubs in the World, Liverpool and Manchester United. To see the two now in charge of rival clubs Flint and…
British Home Championship, the football tournament that sadly was abolished after 100 years
The tournament started as far back as in 1884, at the time of it’s running the oldest competition in international football. To find the first match between England and Scotland you have to go as far back as 1872, and after that a schedule of internationals between the home nations gradually developed. The games in…
Francesco Totti, The International
A legend at AS Roma, but never talked about as much as a legend in the Italian national team, despite being a World Cup winner, playing the final v. France and doing his duty for Italy from 1998 to 2006. Totti played a total of 58 games for his country and that is not a…
The key question at Man Utd, how to find the correct replacements for those vital exits
Paul Scholes left Manchester United after the same season as Sir Alex Ferguson had his exit. He was as vital for this team as N’Golo Kantè has been for Leicester City and Chelsea. To see Marouane Fellaini as the only signing that summer made it look a berserk idea. The fact that you also had…
The evil stats on Maguire, Man Utd in heavy decline, Solskjaer losing grip
Harry Maguire was signed to be the leader in the Manchester United defense and he has not yet convinced the fans of the club that he is worth £80million. What a fee to pay for a player that has experienced three relegations with Hull City and Wigan Athletic, been playing under seven managers in the…
The forgotten Kidd on the block, vital in both camps, Manchester United and Manchester City
Sir Alex Ferguson, Pep Guaridola, Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini all are seen as great managers, but to be great you need some assistance, and few have been better in that role than Brian Kidd. Eric Harrison got most of the credit for the class of 92, and full credit to him. Sir Alex has…
Did they ever prepare for life without Sir Alex Ferguson, looking back on his last season in charge
Sir Alex managed in a strange way to get the results needed to be the manager that no one could touch, and in his last season at the helm Man Utd stayed top of the league from November until the final day of the season. Despite losing on three occasions at Old Trafford and two…
The Red Bull teams, a World wide football affair!
Red Bull as we all know as a popular energy drink is also a big corporation owning a number of sports teams being involved in a variety of activities and in that fold you find four football teams on three different continents. The Red Bull company’s first football club capture was Austria SV Salzburg. Red…
