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Cristiano Ronaldo a Modern Slave?

July 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

 
Soccer -FIFA’s president accused Manchester United’s treatment of Cristiano Ronaldo as “modern slavery” and Cristiano Ronaldo recently in an interview on Portuguese TV said, “I completely agree with the statements oAf the president, he is right”.
Real Madrid has been in pursuit of Cristiano Ronaldo for sometime now, and they are willing to pay whatever they […]

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Don’t Count on Arsenal Says Wenger…Well Kind Of!

July 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Soccer - Arsene Wenger, Arsenal’s managers has admitted that cost of leaving to the bigger Emirate Stadium has put the club under a certain financial difficulty that Arsenal will need to sell top key players for the next decade. “The strategy of the club is to sell every year and to buy less expensive […]

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Spain the new Well Deserved European Champions

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Soccer - As I predicted months before the tournament started, Spain won it all and I must say it was well deserved. Spain were the most solid team in the entire Euro 2008 tournament and they winning the title did not surprise me at all.I still remember that when on online soccer forums I said […]

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Technique vs. Tactics

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Soccer - Spain and Germany will face off this Sunday to determine the best European soccer team of 2008.
Yesterday Germany beat Turkey 3-2, today Spin beat the tournament surprised Russia 3-0 both booking a place in Final.
This final in my opinion is going to be a beautiful final to watch. The Spanish team is very […]

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Ugly Game, Good Results

June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Soccer - I watched the Euro 2008 semi finals today between Italy and Spain. Both teams play similar type of soccer,. They like to take their time and slow down the game, hold the ball more,  drive the ball using their individual players techniques. Very seldom one can see fast one touch pass soccer from […]

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Russia Suprises!

June 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Soccer - Not me really. Russia surprised me when they beat Romania 2-0.  They controlled the game in that one and they messed a few good opportunities or else I think Romania should have lost 6-0. After watching that game Russia has become a favorite team for me as they are great in team work, […]

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Euro Cup 2008

June 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Soccer - This is my first post about European Cup on this blog. I really like this cup and in my opinion it is the second best soccer tournament in the world. First one of course is world cup, and then this one. In fact if Brazil and Argentina could play in the European cup, […]

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