We reported a couple of weeks ago that Fred, of Melbourne Victory… well formerly of Melb. Victory has now signed on with DC United of the MLS, just in time to face CD Guadalajara in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions’ Cup. Details of the move have been kept private and pretty low key as [...]
It took England 54 minutes to score a goal against minnows Andorra in their Group E qualifying match yesterday.The team was jeered off the park at half time after an uninspiring 45min and then Gerrard gave the crowd something to cheer about. He volleyed the ball into the net from a pass by Rooney on [...]
Steve McClaren has come out of the game against Israel saying that changes will be made to the team because it’s not performing. England has now gone five games without a win in which they’ve only scored one goal.Just a hunch, but could it be their style of play, or lack there of!?They’re up against [...]
After a blistering start, in which Kyrgiakos scored on the 5 min mark, Greece were subdued by a hard working Turkish outfit who came to Athens for three points. And that’s exactly what they did! Both teams came into this match without having dropped a point in their first 3 matches, so the stage was [...]
I thought this was fascinating! Need i say more:
I heard a rumour earlier today, that the flamboyant Brazillian attacking mid-fielder for Melbourne Victory, was bought by DC United (USA). I don’t know much more about this as i researched it on various sites and found nothing. Does anyone know anything more about this!? I’d be very interested in knowing the finer details, seeing [...]
Lionel Messi is doing for Barca what Cristiano Ronaldo is doing for Man Utd, can you imagine the prospect of the duo playing together for Barca if Ronaldo rejects Utd’s contract offer and heads over to Spain? Anyway, it was every bit ‘el-classico’ as Barcelona came back three times to secure a point against Real [...]
Adelaide Utd 0 – 1 Shandong LunengShanghai Shenhua 1 – Sydney FC 2 As expected, Adelaide Utd failed to get a result at home against the Chinese champions. Need I say more! Sydney FC on the other hand got their campaign off to a great start with a quick goal by Stephen Corica and an [...]
Benito Carbone, the 35-year-old Italian, who enjoyed spells in England with Sheffield Wednesday, Bradford City, Aston Villa, Derby and Middlesbrough, joined Sydney on a four-game contract last year, is considering a move to A-League club Adelaide United. He claims that he enjoyed his limited time in Adelaide last year and he would like to negotiate [...]
Lyon 0 – 2 AS RomaLiverpool 0 – 1 BarcelonaChelsea 2 – 1 FC PortoValencia 0 – 0 Inter Milan AC MIlan 1 – 0 CelticArsenal 1 – 1 PSVManchester United 1 – 0 LilleBayern Munich 2 – 1 Real Madrid So there were a few upsets in the second leg of this first elimination [...]
So the Champions and the Minor Premiers of last years A-League face a challenging time ahead as they represent Australia in the Asian Champions League, tonight.Sydney FC is away to Shanghai Shenhua (of China) and Adelaide Utd are at home against Shandong Luneng (also of China). Both Australian teams have recently had restructures in their [...]
Lyon 2 – 1 AS RomaLiverpool 2 – 2 BarcelonaChelsea 1 – 0 FC PortoValencia 2 – 1 Inter Milan AC MIlan 3 – 1 CelticArsenal 2 – 0 PSVManchester United 2 – 0 LilleBayern Munich 1 – 1 Real Madrid
Tim CahillAfter eight weeks of recovering from a knee injury, Timmy has unfortunately broken the fifth metatarsal in his foot.Not only will he miss the rest of the Premier League season, but he is now in doubt for the up coming Asian Cup, in which Australia look like they’re going to have another depleted roster. [...]
After little over a week of no comments, updates or posts, I’ve been inundated with emails asking what’s going on. Well, fan violence in Italy caused the suspension of this blog, in Australia, damn hooligans! Balloons were popped, confetti was thrown and little kids were crying…for God’s sake, somebody think of the children! In the [...]