Joey Barton has launched a stunning attack on the state of the England football team in an interview with French football magazine So Foot, highlighting Gareth Barry’s presence in the England line-up as indicator of the lack of midfield talent in England. Here is what he had to say about Barry: “Did you see the […]
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Real Madrid are set to reach their first Champions League semi-final for eight years after thrashing ten-man Tottenham Hotspur 4-0. Spurred on by a spectacular pre-match introduction, Madrid started strongly with Ronaldo firing wide before Di María forced a corner off Vedran Ćorluka. From Mesut Özil’s subsequent centre, Adebayor connected with a downward header that […]
Barcelona now boast an eight-point lead over Real Madrid after winning 1-0 at Villarreal in response to their rivals’ 1-0 loss to Sporting Gijón, Madrid coach José Mourinho’s first defeat in a home league fixture in 151 matches. Titleholders Barcelona had to wait to make the breakthrough at Villarreal but got the goal they wanted […]
Pato scored twice as AC Milan increased their lead at the top of Serie A to five points with a 3-0 win against rivals Inter Milan, who played most of the second half with ten men following the 54th-minute dismissal of Cristian Chivu. Victory would have taken Inter top, but they quickly fell behind when […]
Tough loss for the U.S. national team last night against Paraguay. The U.S. played much better than the had against Argentina, dictating play, but once again failing to convert possession into goals. Bob Bradley went with Juan Agudelo and Jozy Altidore up-front and they caused the Paraguay defense problems all night, especially Agudelo. Their physical […]
Holders Spain and Holland both maintained their perfect starts to Euro 2012 qualifying while Italy, France, Belgium and Serbia also won as qualification resumed for the new year. Spain won all three of their Group I games in the fall but with 21 minutes left trailed the Czech Republic in Granada. David Villa levelled the […]
The U.S.’s Stuart Holden is expected to be out for months after being on the receiving end of a reckless red-card challenge by Manchester United defender Jonny Evans Saturday while playing for Bolton. The two met up in a fierce 50-50 collision late in United’s 1-0 home win, but the Red Devil left the ground […]
The tension levels were ratcheted up in Italy this weekend as a defeat for leaders AC Milan added fresh uncertainty to the title race, in contrast to the situations in England and France, where leaders Manchester United and Lille both managed big wins. Italy It was the perfect end to the perfect week for Inter […]
Bob Bradley has named a 24-man squad for the upcoming friendlies against Argentina and Paraguay. Bradley has named a strong squad with all the U.S. stars who are playing overseas, coming back for the game. The biggest impact of the “imports” will be felt in midfield where eight of the nine players in the U.S. […]