Two years go Manchester United played Barcelona in the Stadio Olympico in Rome for the Champions League title. Barcelona won 2-0. This year the same two teams, fittingly the Premier League and La Liga champions,…
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Here is the Barcelona thingie
Barcelona in the book and Vettel has made it four wins out of five this season, a dominance reminiscent of Schumacher at is best. Today he did not have it all his own way and…
A big night under the lights…
Last year when Arsenal came to the Camp Nou in the Champions League quarter finals they got hammered, they were taken apart by a great Barcelona performance. This time was different, the stats show that…
The big teams live up to the hype
Look down the fixture list of any football club (actually any sports team) and there are big games. The games against Portland and Vancouver stand out for the Sounders this year. I think the Houston…
City makes it three in a row
When Rooney said he was unhappy at United there were only three other clubs mentioned as possible homes. These were the only clubs considered to have the resources to give Rooney what he was looking…
Barcelona show how to play the game
The passing, the impeccable timing, the ball control, the use of space and movement off the ball were so much fun to watch.