http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'messi' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/no-awards-for-you-italians.html Julian 2009-10-18 18:23:56 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? ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/cl-inter-barca-and-az-olympiakos.html Jan 2009-09-16 16:05:28 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/top-10-players-who-never-made-a-world-cup.html Rob 2009-09-13 06:14:55 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, ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/weekend-action-5.html Jan 2009-08-23 19:25:47 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/fernandez-from-barca-via-donetsk-to-feyenoord.html Jan 2009-07-31 05:23:25 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/in-franks-and-henks-smoking-room.html Jan 2009-06-29 06:43:11 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/frank-rijkaard-reluctant-superstar.html Jan 2009-06-20 12:11:51 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/barca-is-the-best.html Jan 2009-05-27 16:33:04 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/edwin-van-der-sar-no-nightmares.html Jan 2009-05-27 05:04:00 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/this-is-the-best-barca-ever.html Jan 2009-05-26 22:40:11 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/frank-rijkaard-i-still-want-to-coach.html Jan 2009-05-24 08:03:28 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/arjen-robben-fed-up-with-criticasters.html Jan 2009-05-12 18:16:55 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/barca-escapes-hiddinks-gridlock.html Jan 2009-05-06 16:20:14 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/weekend-action-paella-and-hutspot.html Jan 2009-05-01 11:38:35 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/the-specialist-the-individual-passing-action.html Jan 2009-04-30 08:20:31 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/rijkaard-forgotten-in-barcelona.html Jan 2009-04-22 22:14:16 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/cl-day-2-leg-2-a-preview.html Jan 2009-04-15 04:41:33 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/cl-preview.html Jan 2009-04-13 22:45:06 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/barcelona-the-one-and-only-dutch-team.html Jan 2009-04-08 22:17:01 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/cl-quarter-finals-day-2.html Jan 2009-04-08 18:45:05 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/real-madrid-has-its-own-messi.html Jan 2009-01-30 10:32:18 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 ... http://brazil.worldcupblog.org/road-to-africa-2010/where-does-brazil-stand-at-this-moment-dunga%e2%80%99s-last-dance-the-olympic-disgrace-and-our-current-situation.html jalil 2008-09-10 19:35:38 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/background-stories/wondergoal-johan-cruyff.html Jan 2008-08-21 04:08:19 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/foppe-we-didnt-have-a-messi.html Jan 2008-08-17 01:47:23 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, ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/olympic-and-young-oranje/olympics-and-other-news.html Jan 2008-08-10 20:44:49 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/background-stories/olympic-oranjes-program.html Jan 2008-07-02 20:54:51 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 ... http://brazil.worldcupblog.org/group-f/brazil-0-argentina-0-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-knife-sharpening-time.html jalil 2008-06-25 03:00:34 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/more-news-3.html Jan 2008-05-13 19:01:16 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 ... http://egypt.worldcupblog.org/uncategorized/egypt-argentina-preview.html Tamim 2008-03-24 17:14:52 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 ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/champions-league-action.html Jan 2008-03-06 07:07:51 It took me some time to write this. Couldn't see all the games live so I decided to stay away in case one of you ...