Rarely in my travels have I seen such an obsession for one football player in Ecuador’s infatuation for Antonio Valencia. The Manchester United right back/winger is lauded as “the best player in the world” up here in the Andes and receives the type of attention usually only reserved for Lionel Messi or […]
The draw for the champions league draw has just been made with Group D looking like the “Group of Death”. After an underwhelming maiden tournament last year Roberto Mancini will be hoping to qualify for the next stage. However with Real Madrid, Ajax and Borussia Dortmund (all champions of their respective countries) in their group it will […]
After their 5-1 humbling against the USA post-season the last thing the Scotland players needed was another confidence sapping, friendly defeat. Fortunately, Craig Levien’s men rallied to the cause and beat an Australian team placed far higher in the FIFA rankings. Despite going behind to a fine Bresciano strike and losing Alan McGregor to a […]
