Messi makes it 8 Ballon d’Ors
Soccerblog has been following the trail of Messi’s Ballon d’Or wins with a tremendously high degree of accuracy.Here are...
Monthly Archives: October 2023
Bellingham ruins Barcelona’s clasico
Bellingham scored both goals ,the second which was the last gasp winner and the first of which came in...
Andre Onana makes up a bit
His goalkeeping for Man Utd hasn’t been famous. Safe hands and clean sheets have eluded him.Blunders galore – evidence...
Infantino’s African Football League gets underway.
In November Gianni Infantino visited the Democratic Republic of Congo to commemorate 80 years of the African Club Tout...
Salah brace for Liverpool
Klopp’s team has been described as “flawed,but free flowing” Everton were at the receiving end of dubious refereeing decisions.
Chelsea almost beat Arsenal
….then ran out of luck. The luck swung Arsenal’s way in the 77th minute. Before that it was the...
Messi a mountain too high to climb for Peru
Peru went down 2-0 to Argentina in their World Cup 2026 qualifying game- both goals were scored by Messi.
Uruguay beat Brazil after 22 years
Great merriment and rejoicing in Montevideo as Uruguay defeated Brazil 2-0 in a fourth qualifier for World Cup 2026...
Ronaldinho in India
Ronaldinho has been spotted in Kolkata, where he apparently stopped to take a selfie with a passing tiger and...
Neymar gets hit with popcorn
All is not entirely well as far as football in Brazil is concerned. They drew their last qualifier against...
AFCON draw
Chelsea legends Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou and John Obi Mike met up together in Ivory Coast for the draw...
Emiliano sets an Argentina goalkeeping record
Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has kept 7 clean sheets in a row for Argentina and that puts him into...
The Number 7 Manchester United Shirt
Mason Mount ,Memphis Depay,Angel Di Maria,Michael Owen,Alexis Sanchez,Edinson Cavani,Antonio Valencia,Keith Gillespie,Bryan Robson,David Beckham,George Best,Eric Cantona,( Ella Toone) and Cristiano...
Messi documentary on Apple Tv
Beckham is on Netflix and Messi is on Apple TV. Directions to get there here…
Turns out that goalkeepers are not crazy after all
Goalkeepers are not,as commonly believed,crazy. The pundits had it wrong all along. It turns out that their brains are...
Welcome to Wrexham
Welcome to Wrexham is a web series that premiered on August 24, 2022, on FX It tells the life and times...
Infantino explains how the centenary of the World Cup will be celebrated
100 years of the World Cup (1930 to 2030) will be played across 3 continents.The centenary event hopes to...
Manchester City RB Leipzig Highlights
The winning goal came late – in the 83rd minute. Doku then scored the icing on the cake in...
Newcastle hammer PSG 4-1
Talk about making a home advantage count. PSG were hammered .If Nemyar and Messi had been on the team,they...
Audio footage of Liverpool VAR disaster released
Its not bad – it’s terrible.
Zlatan gives his take on Ten Hag’s troubles
Z gives his candid opinion on the challenges facing Erik ten Hag.
Opta’s list of the top 30 soccer leagues
The analysts at Opta have come up with this ranking. England and Europe lead the list. The MLS have...
The Mexican Football Dog
In the 90th minute of a second division game in Mexico between Alebrijes Oaxaca and Dorados…..this happened. Oaxaca was...
VAR incompetence in the Liverpool Tottenham game
A Luis Dias goal was declared offside when it was clearly onside. The reason – it turns out- was...