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Dennis Bergkamp is the definition of a TENLEGEND. He was born on 10 May 1969 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. His career began with him playing the role of midfielder, and then migrated into a striker.
Dennis played with his mind, scoring unforgettable goals, and was loyal to the end. His technique and class were one of a kind.
Continue reading “Dennis Bergkamp played with his mind, scoring great goals, and loyal to the end. His technique and class were one of a kind. “No surprise to see Jude Bellingham in the England squad for the World Cup in Qatar. The Borussia Dortmund midfielder is a certainty for Gareth Southgate as his form and progress is fatanstic.
Joining Borussia Dortmund from Birmingham City in 2020, for a fee of £25million, made him the most expensive 17 year old in the World, and he is at 19 a well established player in the England set up, with a total of 17 caps at this date.
Continue reading “Jude Bellingham in England squad as his future at Borussia Dortmund is under consideration from the player himself”The day Giancarlo Antognoni collided with Genoa’s goalkeeper Silvano Martina, broke his skull and suffered a cardiac arrest, was 22 November 1981 and I was supporting Juventus. The 1981-82 season as I remember was my best as a 14-year-old football player in one of the championships of the Florentine youth league.
I regularly wore the number 10 jersey, just like the Fiorentina legend and captain Antognoni, to whom I was frequently compared, which was not only praise, due to my elegance, skilfulness and passing ability but also a harsh criticism, as I had a perceived lack of stamina and mercurial behaviour. Despite both myself and Antognoni giving our best performances to our teams, we both eventually missed out on winning a title, with la Viola finishing behind the “hated” bianconeri by just one point.
Continue reading “Giancarlo Antognoni the classic number 10 that nearly died on a football pitch”
