Euro 2012 Contenders: Germany

With the Euro 2012 fast approaching us, we look to previewing one of the strongest teams and one of the favourites for the tournament- Germany. Introduction Germany would arrive in Ukraine and Poland with the tag of being heavy favorites in a tournament in which they have historically been the most successful and dominant team. … Continue reading »

Football Matters Part II: Beyond the pale, the money game and the mercenaries

Author’s Note: This is the second installment of the ‘Football Matters’ series, you can read the first part ‘Two colors inside and the divisions outside’ here. Football and mercenaries, two terms that sound unrelated and should actually be unrelated, but aren’t. The ever increasing money revolution across various parts of Europe that has seen more … Continue reading »

Football Matters Part I: Two colors inside and the divisions outside

Football matters, indeed it does, to you, to me and to millions of other fans around the world and to the players who play it day in day out. And what’s also certain is that there are football matters that continue to haunt the very basis of modern football, none more so than the one … Continue reading »

Football’s ‘Death Match’: Of pride and honour, of life and death

This August marked the 69th anniversary of probably the most despicable and dastardly moment in football history, a day that has haunted people, young and old, from Kiev for generations. Yet, this is a tale not widely known outside of the Soviet states apart from the movies made on the tragic events of Kiev. Its … Continue reading »

January calling, so what do you need Juventus?

Not many Juventus fans even in their wildest of dreams foreseen the kind of impact Antonio Conte would have at Juventus, at the start of the season.  Cut over to the festive period and Juventus are in a dog fight not for Champions League places but in a race for the Scudetto, at joint top … Continue reading »

Simon(e) says, get me some super Pepe!

The name? Simone Pepe. His game? One that is based on team work, using his bundles of energy, staggering  work rate and the never-say-die attitude than on flair, fancy footwork  that you’d associate with a run-of-the-mill winger in Europe’s current  footballing climate. It is these attributes that he possesses that has often made him the … Continue reading »

David de Gea: Oh he’s gotten United with life in Manchester lately

Last season’s end brought to an end the career of one of the best goalkeepers in United’s history, van der Sar went away to cool his heels in the calm realms of the Netherlands, away from the scrutiny of the Premier League. In his place, anointed was a young Spanish prodigy with limited match experience … Continue reading »

Fergie at 25: A journey of belief, character and the hairdryer!

A quarter of a century, a mighty long time period by any scale or measure that humans would ever design. Back then it was a sorry story for the club from Manchester that Sir Alex was going to correct. Back in those days Liverpool FC were the undisputed top dogs of English football and the … Continue reading »

Campeones Ole Ole Ole: Solskjaer in a new footballing Molde

The baby faced assassin they call him, a poacher was what they saw in him as a player, loyalty and selflessness is what characterized him and a Man United legend is what he shall always be.  Solskjaer had a long and successful spell at United winning a plethora of trophies and giving the fans a … Continue reading »