Salah starts the season with a record
The EPL returned with a bang over the weekend – with packed stadiums and people generally behaving as they...
Category: Soccer Hall of Fame
Golden boy nominees
The Golden Boy award is given to the best young footballer under the age of 21 playing in Europe...
Ronaldinho shines in battle of the legends
Real Madrid and Barcelona legends took to the field again in a game titled the El Clásico of Peace....
Zlatan movie will be out on the 10th of September
Zlatan has released the trailer of the “I am Zlatan movie” and everyone has to sychronise watches and intiate...
Messi overhauls Ronaldo’s free kick tally
While Ronaldo’s freekick skills seem to have gone on the blink,Messi keeps churning them out. His latest one against...
Ronaldo records new record
Michel Platini has more reasons to be depressed. Ronaldo broke his record of highest number of goals in the...
Patrik Schick scores super goal on Superman anniversary
On this day in 1938 Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster intoduced Superman to the world. Patrik Schick celebrated the...
Ronaldo hits a new high
Ronaldo took yet another giant leap for the record books – becoming the only player to be top scorer...
Becker scores 95th minute winner for Liverpool
A winning goal in the 95th minute – scored by a goalkeeper- is not the commonest of occurences.Quite extraordinary....
More Messi magic
A bit of magic that unfortunately did not end in a goal. The game between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid...
Phil Foden masterclass dribble
. Shades of Lionel Messi here.. Maybe Pep was right when he said Foden’s the best youngster he’s ever...
Neymar moves from hero to zero in one flowing move
Neymar’s Mr Hyde always gets the better of his Dr Jeckyl. After bamboozling a formidable player like Kevin De...
Salah creates scoring record
Mohamed Salah has made more Liverpool history,by becoming the first player to score 20 goals in three different Premier...
Barcelona fans choose Messi’s greatest goal
This goal scored on the 18th of April 2007 when Messi was 19 years old had been fanselected as...
Messi magic at the Copa del Rey
The last bit where he leaves two defenders going the wrong way – that’s Messi magic. A stunning goal...
Zlatan brings Kung Fu back to Swedish football
Zlatan produced three assists in the two games he has played for his beloved Swedish National Team. He did...
Zlatan called the most tedious man in football
Zlatan,upon being called up for national duty for Sweden once more,in his usual humble self depreciating way,called it the...
Tevez – then and now
Tevez had some uncomplimentary/unsanitary things to say about Argentine football recently – which has led to some hilarious investigations...
Can’t catch Mbappe
Gerald Pique left grasping at straws in trying to stop Kylian Mbappe. A champion’s league hat trick against Barcelona...
Bevis Mugabi outjumps Ronaldo
Ronaldo floated till his head was an awe inspiring height of 2.56 metres above the ground and then scored...
Yet another chip off the old block
This one got left out of the chips off the old block post a few days ago Cameroon top...
Chips off the old blocks
This is Isaac Drogba,whose only claim to fame currently is that his dad is named Didier. The same Didier...
Zlatan reaches 500
The ageing ageless warhorse reached 500 goals which are distributed thusly. He started in the Swedish club Malmo in...
Who is the greatest goalscorer of them all?
Josef Bican ? Or .. The mystery is debated here.. Ronaldo meanwhile has taken his tally to 763 and...
Recreating the most famous free kick of all time
The one Roberto Carlos scored in 1997 of course. The kick. The scientific explanation An important fact that has...
Rooney retires
Wayne Rooney has hung up his well worn football boots at last and moved full time into managing. He...
Pele on Netflix
Coming soon to an internet enabled device near you….
Ronaldo breaks Pele’s record
Ronaldo’s first goal in the new year took him level with Pele’s record of 757 goals and then he...
644 beers
Budweiser gave a specially labelled bottle of beer to each of the goalkeepers that were on the receiving end...
Messi goes past Pele
Messi…. “When I started playing football, I never thought I would break any records, especially the one I broke...
Messi = Pele
Messi is part of the pantheon of all time greats. He equalled Pele’s record of 643 goals for a...
RIP Rossi
2020 claims another footballing legend. Argentina mourns the loss of Maradona and Italy mourns the loss of Paulo Rossi...
Salah breaks Gerrard’s record in VAR scarred game
Salah scored his 22nd Champion’s League goals therby breaking the record of 21 CL goals held by Steven Gerrard...
Don’t cry for me Argentina
Argentina mourn the passing of their most favourite son. And some of the lyrics from this song from the...
Deigo is in the hand of God
Soccerblog mourns the passing of one of the greatest of all time. Deigo ( which means may God protect)...
Zlatan is not letting Covid 19 slow him down
Zlatan at the ripe old age of 36,is playing better than ever. He scored two goals against Napoli to...
Pele scores 1000 goals
On November 19,1969 Pelé scored his 1,000th professional goal in a game, against Vasco da Gama in Rio de...
Messi Magic
Many players are able to demonstrate awesome skills with a football but Messi’s in a class all by himself.Here’s...
Maradona at 60
Maradona turned 60 on the 30th of October 2020.’ 7 ages of a living larger than life legend spread...
Pele turned 80 and we forgot to wish him happy birthday
Belated Happy 80th birthday Pele. He turned 80 on the 23rd of October. Birthday wishes from FIFA to the...
Zlatan scores two in Milan Derby
Zlatan,that ageing warhorse(seen airborne here),is continuing to dazzle all and sundry with his age defying performances. He scored both...
Zidane scores a century
Zidane had a score of 99 wins in 146 LaLiga matches in charge of Real Madrid. Real Madrid’s 3-2...
UEFA Player of the year 2019 – 2020
Messi and Ronaldo did not make it to the top three. In fact they were left out of the...
UEFA post Cristiano Ronaldo Tribute Video
UEFA posted this tribute video to Ronaldo on their official twitter handle for his 101 goals for Portugal record....
Ronaldo takes his tally to 101
Ronaldo is well on his way to becoming the highest international goalscorer of all time.Ali Daei of Iran holds...
Zlatan doing scissor kicks in the sea
View this post on Instagram God Save the Queen A post shared by Zlatan Ibrahimović (@iamzlatanibrahimovic) on Aug 11,...
Will Messi leave Barcelona?
Lionel Messi announced last tuesday to a world weary of the pandemic,wildfires and Grade 4 hurricanes that there was...
Casillas hangs up his gloves
Once the saint, later pilloried by many for being more of a sinner,legend in his time. Real Madrid president...
Zlatan becomes the oldest ageing warhorse
Ibrahimovic, at the ripe old age of 38 years and 302 days,became the oldest player to score 10-plus goals...
Messi picks up his 7th Pichichi
. Messi now has the most number of golden boot awards in La Liga history. And while he was...
Messi and Ronaldo are time travellers
That the two of them belong to the league of extraordinary gentlemen goes without saying. However now another extraordinary...
Messi 700,Ronaldo 728
When people last counted 6 players had reached the 700 goals mark in senior competitive football. Czech-Austrian forward Josef...
Messi scores goal number 699
Messi scored his 699th goal for club and country in front of 99000 empty seats. Barcelona beat Leganes 2-0...
Zlatan takes his Ferrari for a spin
While most of the world is hunkered down in bunkers bemasked and soaked in hand sanitizer the mighty Z...