Articles tagged with "messi"
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 25th, 2009
"Some people say football is a matter of life and death... These people are wrong. Football is much more important..."
Today, the sad news of the ...
Posted on: Italy World Cup Blog by Julian | Oct 18th, 2009
The news is in. The top 30 nominees for the Ballon D'or have been announced. Check it out here.
What is this weird balloon thingy though? ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 16th, 2009
Inter Milan - Barcelona. Reads like a poster for the CL finals. Mourinho vs Guardiola. Sneijder vs Xavi. Eto'o vs Zlatan. A good night sleep ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Rob | Sep 13th, 2009
So a lot of the talk this week has been all about how we might be witnessing a World Cup in 2010 without Cristiano Ronaldo, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 23rd, 2009
Just a limited post on some football this weekend. Haven't seen much, so please comment or add to my comments...
In Holland, Feyenoord took the lead ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 31st, 2009
Dani Fernandez can't even imagine winning in De Kuip against Feyenoord with NEC anymore.
Coming Sunday, Feyenoord opens the competition at home against Mario Been and ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 29th, 2009
Column in VI
Eleven years ago, Louis van Gaal showed me around in the Camp Nou. The new Barca coached had revamped the old-fashioned chambers in ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 20th, 2009
Frank Rijkaard is back in the top of European club football. After taking a rest for a year, the 46 year old Amsterdam born chose ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 27th, 2009
Before this CL finals, we could have filled many pages with comments on this game. The two strongest teams in Europe facing off. Two footballing ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 27th, 2009
Barcelona scored more than 100 goals this season. But Edwin van der Sar does not fear the star-strikers of the Bluegrana's. The ManUnited goalie has ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 26th, 2009
If Pep Guardiola would be the dj in Rome this Wednesday, he'd play Coldplay's Viva La Vida in the stadium. "I tend to rule the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 24th, 2009
Thanks to FIFA.com
It's been nearly a year since Frank Rijkaard departed the limelight and the Dutch legend has had ample time since to reflect on ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 12th, 2009
Arjen Robben has been fit since December 2008. Five months without an injury is almost unique for the Madrid winger. He gave Real extra impulses ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 6th, 2009
Barca didn't have any trouble scoring against Olympique Lyon, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid but Guus Hiddink's tactics kept the Barcelona football machine at bay ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 1st, 2009
The champion might be known in Holland, but there's still excitement galore in the Nether Lands.
FC Utrecht faces Feyenoord in the city of the Dom ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 30th, 2009
The fans come to the stadiums to see the artists play. The players who control the ball like no other. The ones that take on ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 22nd, 2009
When the dad entered Camp Nou for the home game against Bayern Munich, he said to his son: "One this is crucial. What ever happens...don't ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 15th, 2009
Let's call it here and now lads. I say: Man United is out! Porto will take them to the drycleaners!
And not only that, the blow ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 13th, 2009
Hi all... with Easter behind us and a massive agenda for yours truly I'll only do some short current news stuff. I've got some pre-cooked ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 8th, 2009
i always say that barca play dutch football - in real madrid it can be 11 dutch players they even wouldn’t play as dutch football ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 8th, 2009
You know it's CL football when it's Liverpool - Chelsea :-).
What is it, the 6th time on the trot, this fixture? But whatever it ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jan 30th, 2009
My friends, the lesson I learned is: never go on holiday in January because Robben could suddenly play the best football ever... I have read ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by jalil | Sep 10th, 2008
I think it’s time to maybe look back and evaluate everything relating to the Brazil national team this summer. I apologize for my loose blogging ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 21st, 2008
JC made a lot of great great goals... If Van Basten's volley is the quintessential Oranje goal ever, this goal is Barcelona's most beautiful. Despite ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 17th, 2008
Team manager Foppe de Haan admitted it. During the quarter finals yesterday between Holland and Argentina at times he really enjoyed Lionel Messi's game. "Yeah, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 10th, 2008
Back from the Big Smoke. Sydney was busy, smoggy, cold-ish and like any city :-).
Been there, done that.
Back to the pitch :-).
Lots of wonderful news ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 2nd, 2008
Give them bread and games, wasn't that what some Roman emperor said? The people will be docile and stay quiet as long as we feed ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by jalil | Jun 25th, 2008
Slowly Dunga’s reign of terror looks to be ending. The samba steady free flowing essence of Brazilian football has been lost, replaced by the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 13th, 2008
Rodney Sneijder
Martin Jol has signed a two year deal with HS Hamburg. The former Spurs manager will earn a lousy 2 Mio Euros per season ...
Posted on: Egypt World Cup Team Blog by Tamim | Mar 24th, 2008
the champions of Africa are back in action, and when the champions of Africa play all the world watches (not really:D). because we are champions ...
