Spain looked much more of an attacking threat when Fernando Torres came on again Italy and Vicente del Bosque has a real decision to make with his lineup against Ireland. Does he stick with the six midfielders or does he play Torres or Fernando Llorente as a lone striker? While Torres was not that impressive when […]
Premier League
England battled to a 1-1 draw with group favorites France today while Andrei Shevchenko rolled back the years as his second-half double inspired the Euro 2012 co-hosts to a come from behind 2-1 win over Sweden. England, playing their first competitive match under new manager Roy Hodgson, set up in their expected defensive formation, looking to […]
The Republic of Ireland’s hope of progressing to the knockout stages of the Euros are hanging by a thread after a 3-1 defeat to Croatia. In the days earlier game, footballing powers Spain and Italy drew 1-1. Holders Spain, playing with six midfielders and no strikers, struggled to get into gear against a vibrant and well-organized Italy […]
Tottenham Hotspur boss Harry Redknapp has only one year left his current contract, and has been negotiating through the press, saying recently that he does not want to go into next season on the final year of his contract. Redknapp, despite public denials, has an uneasy relationship with his club chairman Daniel Levy. That has […]
Denmark stunned tournament favorites Holland on Saturday, winning 1-0 and throwing the “Group of Death” wide. In the group’s other match, an unimpressive Germany side beat Portugal 1-0 as Portugal failed to take advantage of their scoring opportunities late. Michael Krohn-Dehli scored against the run of play when he picked up a loose ball close […]
Euro 2012 got off to an incident-packed start on Friday with Group A favorites Russia thrashing the Czech Republic 4-1 while Greece spoiled the party for co-hosts Poland in a drawn opening match as both teams finished with 10 men. Russia captain Andrei Arshavin turned in the kind of inspired performance that Arsenal fans forgot […]
Norwich City and West Brom have filled their vacant manager spots, leaving European Champions Chelsea as the only Premier League side without a manager. In his Norwich press conference, Chris Hughton said that he is determined to keep top scorer Grant Holt at Carrow Road. Hughton stressed that Holt, who has handed in a transfer […]
That is not something that you see very often. Roman Abramovich has been outbid on something he wants. What he wanted was the was to build a new stadium at Battersea Power Station. But those plans appear to have ended today as administrators announced that Abramovich had been outbid by a joint bid by two […]
There were some interesting things that came out of Ivan Gazidis’s meeting with the Arsenal Supporters Trust earlier this week. Two good write-ups on the meeting are here and here. While Gazidis has a knack of talking a lot and saying nothing, the fact that he was willing to meet with Arsenal supporters last night and stayed around […]