Spain are the champions of Europe after defeating Germany 1-0 in the final of the European Championships in Vienna. The Spanish, so long the perennial underachievers, thoroughly deserved their victory after dominating the final from start to finish.
Simply put, Spain were far too good for the Germans and no one would begrudge them their victory. […]
Tags: General · Spain · fernando torres
An alarming trend is developing after one round of games at Euro 2008 — eight matches have been played so far, and only one of them has featured goals from both teams. Once a team takes the lead, they’re basically a sure bet to hold on and win, and that doesn’t make for compelling […]
Tags: Greece · Spain · Sweden · euro 2008 · european championship · fernando torres · russia · uefa
OK, I’m back.
Quarterfinal #3 (June 21, 2:45 PM; St. Jakob-Park, Basel):
Italy (Group C winner) vs. Russia (Group D runner-up):
This would be a sneakier game for Italy then many people would think, especially if they just looked at the two names and knew that Italy is the current world champion.
The loss of captain Fabio […]
Tags: France · Spain · euro 2008 · european championship · fernando torres · italy · russia · uefa
In 1863, the laws of the game of football were created in England. As the sport expanded overseas, mostly as a result of Englishmen introducing the game to countries around the world such as Brazil, Argentina, Spain, etc, England ever-so slowly lost their grasp on the game as the dominant footballing power.
Jump to 2008 and […]
Tags: Champions League · FIFA · Manchester United · Premier League · fernando torres · uefa
Earlier today, I wrote about how Liverpool had a mountain to climb to win against Inter Milan on aggregate. Sure, they had the aggregate lead going into the game, but they faced an all-star team of some of the best players in the world as well as playing inside the cauldron of the Giuseppe Meazza.
Liverpool […]
Tags: Liverpool · fernando torres
Liverpool today will have an opportunity to regain the faith of many disbelievers and to exonerate Rafa Benitez from the incredible amount of pressure and blame that has fallen on his shoulders this season, deservedly so for the Merseyside club’s poor performances in the FA Cup and Premier League.
In the competition where Rafa Benitez continues […]