Lionel has already revealed he voted for team-mates Xavi, Iniesta and Sergio Arguero while Ronaldo would probably vote for himself 3 times. Barcelona and Real Madrid dominate the list, with no fewer than eleven players. Surprisingly no Scots made the final list, the mind boggles. Ballon D’Or Shortlist Sergio Agüero (Argentina & Manchester City) Mario Balotelli (Italy […]
Phillip Mexes out-strips Ibrahimovich with a fine overhead/bicycle kick in Anderlecht 1-3 AC Milan champions league match
Brazilian Adriano has has attracted the ire the football world with his blatant disregard for “fair play” in last week’s Nordsjaelland vs Shaktar Donetsk Champions league match. Despite the ball be played back to the opposition goalkeeper (after a dubious free-kick and awful play acting by a Nordsjaelland player) Adriano latched on to the pass […]
Despite slipping up against Manta on Wednesday, Barcelona still have the Championship in the grasp and need only win against Olmedo tomorrow. However with city rivals Emelec only 5 points behind and a game in hand Barcelona can ill afford another slip-up. At the bottom of the table El Nacional are lying precariously near […]
I’d like to know which muppets pick these players Terry??? Ferdinand?? Evra?? Nominees: Jordi Alba (Spain and Barcelona), Gareth Bale (Wales and Tottenham Hotspur), Giorgio Chiellini (Italy and Juventus), Ashley Cole(England and Chelsea), Dani Alves (Brazil and Barcelona), David Luiz(Brazil and Chelsea), Patrice Evra (France and Manchester United), Rio Ferdinand (England and Manchester United), Mats Hummels(Germany and Borussia Dortmund), Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia and Chelsea), Vincent Kompany (Belgium and Manchester City), Philipp Lahm (Germany and Bayern […]
On Sunday it was back to the Atahaulpa Stadium to watch the current champions : Deportivo Quito against the champions elect: Barcelona. Although i arrived with my friend at the stadium 15 mins before the game it took at least half an hour to get into the Atahaulpa. Long lines were snaked around the ground […]
Barcelona all but sealed the Segunda Etape title (and overall championship) with a lucky win against Deportivo Quito yesterday. They took the lead through a Narcisso Mina header in the 13th minute then seemed happy to sit back and let Deportivo control the game. However it quickly became clear that Deportivo were not going to […]
With 2 teams to be relegated from Serie A, El Nacional’s home victory against Macara will do much to allay their supporters fears. After last week’s Derby defeat they were hovering around the relegation spots and although these 3 points moves them 3 points away with a game in hand they are not out of the woods […]
True to form Sixto Vizuete was given the heave-ho today after barely 6 months in charge of El Nacional. To be fair he can have little complaint as his team have been consistently awful under his charge and are in serious threat of being one of the two teams relegated from the Serie A. El Nacional is the […]
A belter of a free-kick by Rafael Tóloi in this week’s Copa Sudamericana tie of Sao Paulo vs Universidad de Chile. If the keeper had touched it would have probably taken his hand off.
