When you cast your mind back to the beginning of this century in football you can’t help but think of some of the greats of that era. You had a …
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When you walk around Real Madrid’s world-class sporting facility, Ciudad Deportiva del Real Madrid, you’ll see pictures of Zinedine Zidane scoring his famous Champions League final goal at Hampden Park. …
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Sevilla Shackle Messi To Blow Title Race Wide Open Lionel Messi had scored 36 goals in his 37 previous meetings with Sevilla. On his last visit to the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuan …
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Considering all he went on to achieve in his career, it seems hard to believe that Diego Forlán was something of a joke when he first arrived in European football. …
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Barcelona Stay Top Lionel Messi’s second half penalty sealed a comfortable win for Barcelona against relegation-threatened Leganes at Camp Nou. A frustrating few months for the south Madrid club continued …
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This story begins in the 1970s and with Heraldo Bezerra. Bezerra played for Atletico Madrid and won four major titles yet what makes this player unique, is that he was …
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Sevilla Set Down A Marker La Liga resumed after the three month break with El Gran Derbí, usually a fixture characterised by the colour and passion in the stands. But …
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Mateu Lahoz blew his final whistle. Atlético Madrid had done it. Their 1-1 draw with Barcelona at Camp Nou was enough. They were La Liga champions. For Atlético, it was …
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Daniel Alves da Silva. It’s interesting that the name of an eccentric Brazilian full-back has come to define a position. Alves has, in his years as a professional footballer, gone …
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If we started speaking about, diminutive, magical Argentines in the 2000s, everyone will think quite rightly of Lionel Messi. But way before La Pulga moved to Barcelona, he was idolising …
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After a three-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, La Liga is resuming its 2019-20 season on Thursday with the eagerly anticipated Seville derby between Sevilla and Real Betis. In …
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Football is a game of margins and one wonders how differently many things would have turned out if certain critical moments went the opposite way. It’s remarkable to think that …