Monthly Archives: December 2010
Ljungberg is now a Celtic
Freddie Ljungberg, playing his best years at Arsenal before unraveling at West Ham and taking a more calamitous turn...
Fabregas transfer: Barca can’t get no Real satisfaction
Barca are preparing a summer bid for the Arsenal midfielder which is a no brainer but the shocker is...
Champions for Africa charity game
Some highlights from the ‘Champions for Africa’ charity match organised by UNICEF. Two teams, a Primera Division select led...
Chelsea get back to winning: 1-0 against Bolton
Chelsea finally got a win through a controversial goal scored by Florent Malouda. It was Michael Essien releasing Didier...
Liverpool’s miserable season got more miserable
Rafa Benitez’s replacement at Liverpool, Roy Hodgson is also not having an easy go either. Now that the Inter...
Leonardo: ” Inter is my biggest challenge”
Rafa Benitez gets the boot and Leonardo, the former manager of AC Milan takes over. Inter have been a...
Arsenal come down to earth against Wigan
It is an axiom that Arsenal will find a way to shoot themselves in the foot. And it was...
Bale and Lennon sweep Newcastle
Once again Spurs found themselves a man short as Younes Kaboul was sent off for argy bargy after being...
Bowyer’s controversial late equalizer leaves Man Utd grumbling
Lee Bowyer scored an 89th minute goal after the ball came loose to him following a goalmouth scramble. The...
Balotelli scores a hat trick as City blanks Villa, 4-0
The enfant terrible of the Serie and now the Premiership scored from two penalties and after Brad Friedel could...
Man Utd drop points against Birmingham
Birmingham equalised under controversial circumstances when Roger Johnson hoisted a high ball into the box. Nikola Zigic played piggyback...
Arsenal’s moment of truth against Chelsea
Arsene has been on all fours against Chelsea. Will it end today? In a few hours Arsene Wenger’s cachet...
A Tevez take over as City get past Newcastle
A Boxing Day error by Tim Krul gifted Carlos Tevez the ball and it led to a goal for...
Van Der Vaart: The signing of the season
Rafael Van Der Vaart yet another Real Madrid castoff is proving to be the signing of the season. For...
Berbatov brace sunders Sunderland
The Premiership got back on track and if Arsenal were hoping that the Black Cats would prove spoilers, then...
Xavi: 2010 player of the Year.
Xavi Hernandez beat Messi and Wesley Sneijder to the title of 2010 World Player of the Year (World Soccer...
This goalie lives a charmed life…
5 shots on target.5 misses.
Soccerblog wishes…
…everyone a very Merry Christmas. May the Christmas Spirit come and get you………….!
Real Madrid demolish Levante
Benzema and C Ron scored individual hat tricks.Pedro Leon and Mesut Ozil scored one each to make it an...
Messi stays on his feet
Messi refuses to dive.Stays on his feet even in the face of some pretty serious provocation.There’s hope for the...
Eto’o claims a record 4th title
Samuel Eto’o scaled new heights by being named African footballer of the Year for a record fourth time. Eto’o...
Manchester City lose the plot
…and the lead by losing 2 -1 to Everton.
Edinson Cavani: Goal of the week
For Napoli against Lecce.The brilliant solo goal took Napoli to second place in the Serie A .
Racism at the Heart of Russian Soccer?
Links between neo-Nazis and fans are growing as the country gears up for the 2018 World Cup.. uh-oh! Is...
Andres Iniesta gets standing ovation
Andres Iniesta’s last league game of 2010 took place at Estadi Cornella-El Prat. And he was treated to the...
Barcelona give Espanyol the 5 star treatment
A brace each from Pedro Rodriguez and David Villa and one from Xavi.Barcelona roll on..
Defender beats goalkeeper
Egypt defender Waeel Juma’a’s beats his own keeper Alsayed very neatly in a recent friendly against Qatar.
Zidane skill…
….at the Match Against Poverty betweem Olympiakos All Stars and Zidane & Friends . The game ended in a...
Iniesta,a bear and Ronaldo
Since it’s in Spanish and there are no subtitles all that I can say for sure is that the...
Messi catches up with C Ron
Messi scored 2 goals in Barcelona’s 5 – 0 win over Real Sociedad 0 . Cristiano Ronaldo scored 1...
David Bowie’s Space Oddity and Wenger
Space Oddity reminds me of Arsene Wenger. Especially these lines. “Ground control to Major Tom, your circuits dead, there’s...
Another day, another mercenary
Kia Joorabchian: Carlito is his cash cow Surprise. Surprise. It is Carlos Tevez, threatening to leave Man City after...
The Sari behind Sam Allardyce’s sacking
Anuradha Desai, the CEO of Venky’s, the new owners of Blackburn decides to show Sam Allardyce who wears the...
Wenger blames pitch for Arsenal’s defeat
“The pitch was so poor in my opinion and the game suffered a lot from it,” he said. “I...
Chelsea winless
Drogba was both hero and villain as he scored Chelsea’s only goal and then went and missed a penalty...
Liverpool back to misery…
Alan Pardew got a 3-1 win in his first game in charge of the Magpies.Goals from Kevin Nolan,Joey Barton...
Barcelona break a tradition..
Barcelona have broken the tradition of a life time and accepted a shirt sponsor for the first time in...
David Seaman sets a Guinness World Record
He caught a purple ball thrown at him from a height of 105 metres.Gavin Henson and David Seaman entered...
João Fernando Nelo takes out an assistant referee
Baiano made short work of an assistant referee who got in his way in a friendly game between Rio...
Benzema Hat Trick
Karim Benzema’s hat-trick against Auxerre.C Ron was the other scorer.Mourinho could not join in the celebrations because he was...
Alan Pardew “absolutely rapes him” is new Magpies manager
Alan Pardew became a TV celebrity when he characterized Michael Essien’s tackle on Ched Evans during a Chelsea vs...
Chelsea fall to Marseille
Didier Drogba’s return to the club he considers “home” was not exactly a scintillating one. His club continued its...
Blatter and blather: More lies and lip service
Sepp Blatter is peeved that the English are not too happy with the results. Nor are the Australians, Spaniards,...
Arsenal take care of Partizan, 3-1
Great clip showing Abou Diaby’s reaction to Eboue’s warm up on the bench. The match was a mixed bag....
Arsenal meet Partizan in crucial CL encounter
Arsenal might have conceded the top spot to Shakhtar with that shocking loss to Braga but there is the...
Boschker’s botch up marks his CL debut
Spurs finish on top of Group A as they tie FC Twente, 3-3 in a cracking game. But this...
Inter’s ordeal continues against Werder Bremen
A weakened Inter team is spanked by Werder Bremen and finishes second to Spurs in Group A. Goals from...