Liverpool and Arsenal had an Oscar and Felix feel. Both clubs are each other’s bogey teams. Arsenal’s Frenchified fancy dans cannot break down disciplined defenses and remain prone to adept counterattack. Lump and pray Liverpool struggle when forced to play chess on the ground rather than checkers in the air. The clash can create soccer […]
Tags: Arsenal · Avram Grant · Chelsea · Dirk Kuyt · Fenerbahce · Francesco Totti · Liverpool · Manchester United · Wayne Rooney · roma
Roma 0 - 2 Man Utd
Tuesday 1st April 2008: Stadio Olimpico
The Next Generation of Forward – Cristiano Ronaldo
When Ronaldo cannoned that header past a leisurely Roma defence he looked nothing like the flamboyant flair player, Ronaldo had no veneer of the tentative school child, he illustrated no semblance of the theatre that dramatised his way […]
Tags: Champions League · Cristiano Ronaldo · Manchester United · roma
A message posted in the Liverpool FC forum on the Liverpool Echo’s website has sparked speculation about a fixing of Friday’s Champions League draw in Nyon.
The post, received at 10:28 AM (90 min prior to the draw) read as follows.
“RUMOUR going around the draw has been leaked . . . this is no doubt rubbish […]
Tags: Arsenal · Champions League · Chelsea · Fenerbahce · Liverpool · Liverpool Echo · Manchester United · Quarterfinals · barcelona · roma · schalke
The football-related violence that happened on Sunday is a perfect example of how epidemic the hooliganism problem is in Italy. Incidents occurred throughout Italy in Serie A and lower leagues after Lazio supporter Gabriele Sandri was accidentally killed by police earlier in the day.
The incident sparked violent protests throughout Italy:
Rioters set vehicles alight near Rome’s […]
Tags: AC Milan · Atalanta · Cagliari · Italy · Lazio · Milan · Rome · The Taylor Report · hooliganism · roma · serie A
