For a match billed the match of the tournament, it has been a pretty boring 1st half with Barcelona having the lion’s share of possession but doing absolutely nothing with it. It could have been so much different though because United were awarded a penalty after 90 seconds when Gabriel Milito was ruled to have handled from a corner kick. It seemed harsh but it is looking for trouble when you raise your hands in the penalty box. Cristiano Ronaldo though who is cool under pressure except in big matches where he chokes, did so yet again as he sent the ball wide of the post.

The short list for FIFA 2007 Player of the year award has been announced. Who would win this year? Unsure of who is short listed and of their chances? Let’s us review them right now.

This was a very interesting game that got better as the match went on with lots of tactical and skillful play from both sides. As expected Arsenal were the slightly more attacking of the 2 sides but Milan had their moments as well but both sides defended resolutely. Cesc Fabregas had 1 of his better games in a while and was very influential in the midfield as both teams packed the midfield with a lot of…

Barcelona have not been great away and Valencia have been awful everywhere and have not scored a goal in almost 8 hours, their worst run in 40 years. Find out what happened in this big league match in Spain.

The clear leaders of Group B are Argentina, twice the winners of the World Cup in 1978 and 1986. The best challenge could come from Nigeria.

After the match against South Korea, Maradona was cock-a-hoop. And with good reason. Not only had his team won 4-1, but barring a short spell in the second third, had stomped all over the Koreans.

George Best was arguably the greatest footballer ever to lace up a pair of boots. He inspired an entire generation to be special, and we have lost him all too early in life. He will be missed by his legions of fans all over the world, but the memories of his genius will live on forever. George Best RIP.

An overview of Holland soccer stars that includes players such as Dennis Bergkamp, Johan Cruyff, Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard or Marco Van Basten, players that have changed the way the game is played and marked their name in the international hall of fame.

The World cup in South Africa is progressing in full swing, but the comments are that it is not as exciting, nor as skillful, as previous soccer tournaments, which made me reflect and think back to one outstanding occasion, and for good and bad reasons. Maradona’s second goal has been voted by one group as being the greatest in World Cup history. Apparently, he picked up the ball in his own half of the pitch and it only took him eleven touches to weave his way past five England players before stroking the ball around Peter Shilton the England goalkeeper into the net.

Pele the Brazilian soccer legend was pointed out to me by my father when he was only sixteen and seventeen. That is now over fifty years ago. Many thought Pele was the footballer player of the twentieth Century but according to internet vote Diego Maradona of Argentina apparently had the edge on Pele amongst those voting in that non scientific poll.

For most of the game, Scholes was quite dominant, along with Rooney and Berbatov missing a few opportunities which could have easily been converted to goals. Newcastle struggled for possession which didn’t last for more than a few minutes, whenever they did get hold of the ball.

Spain’s search for a goal came after 117 minutes of regulation when Andres Iniesta latched on to a Torres pass in front of goal mouth, and shot home to help Spain win football’s biggest prize of all. In the process, Holland tasted defeat for a third time in a final.

This was more absorbing than entertaining with both sides doing more passing of the ball than actual attacking play. Arsenal, yet again showed they are not capable of holding on to a lead as they just concede cheap goals for a so called big team. They went ahead when Liverpool conceded yet again from a cross, this time a corner kick as their zonal marking failed them with Emmanuel Adebayor left completely alone to put his side ahead.

The English Premier League is regarded as the best league in the world as it contains top quality players and very good football. The English Premier League boasts of top quality players like Steven Gerard, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Fabregas, Torres and much more but the Spanish giants Real Madrid have been drawing away top quality players like Ronaldo away from this exciting league.

La Masa is the heart of Barcelona youth system, which located next to the Camp Nou Stadium. It was established in 1979 and now used to develop the young players that have had to leave their families in order to train at Barcelona both in a sporting and intellectual sense. Apparently they have a total of approximately 260 youth players learning their trade here – Ninety percent of them are Spanish and more than 50 percent Catalans.

These South American teams will clash for a place in the World Cup quarter-final, at the Soccer City Stadium in Jo’burg on Sunday. A match that promises to be hard-fought, open and exciting…

With the shadows cast over the Argentina soccer team, will they be able to perform and recover their reputation at the South Africa World Cup 2010? We look at the Argentine soccer team profile and reflect on their Soccer World Cup results to date as an insight to their probable World Football Cup 2010 outcome.

Both Greece and Argentina had inspiring wins in their previous group matches, over Nigeria and South Korea, respectively. The two teams will now meet in a group B match scheduled for Tuesday at Polokwane. Greece would be hoping for Nigeria to win their match against South Korea, because, then, a draw against or Greece to qualify for the round of 16.

Looking forward to the World Cup? Can’t wait to see Rooney, Messi Torres and Ronaldo in action? Will your country win? Find out what you’ll be watching, thinking and talking about during the countdown to the 2010 World Cup.

European Cup was first introduced in the 1955/56 season and this was the beginning of the Real Madrid era of European domination that went on for 5 years. On June 13, 1956, 38,000 spectators gathered at the Parc des Princes to see who would be crowned the first ever-European champions.

It was deep into the USA vs. Algeria game and the hopes that the U.S. would advance out of the group stage were getting less likely as the seconds went by. Fans were starting to lose hope, even though the U.S. was creating chances late into the game.

FIFA world cup results can be considered to be the most awaited news in the world. Every media channel and press eagerly waits to publish and broadcast the outcomes of this most popular sport event. In Western countries, soccer is considered as a religion and people religiously worship this particular game.

Both these teams are coming off convincing wins, and that makes this group game at Jo’burg on Thursday worth waiting for. Gabriel Heinze saw Argentina through, with his header against Nigeria. On the day, Messi did everything but beat goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama.

The philosophy of attack at any cost has an expensive prize tag – a ragged midfield. Argentinian fans must pray (preferably, in the Church of Maradona) that Plan A succeeds. Because there’s no Plan B.

Maradona is relatively unpopular with the team, and this is a cross they will have to bear, as they go about their campaign. And given the struggle against weaker teams, in the qualifiers, there is a question mark over Maradona’s coaching skills, notwithstanding his legendary status as a player.

Every four years a World Cup will come along and occupy a football fans thoughts and time for weeks. But of all the superstars that have graced this tournament, who is the greatest?

The Argentine Football Association deals in “lies and betrayal”, Diego Maradona, has said, after the AFA decided not to continue with the former star player as the national coach. Maradona saw a conspiracy against him and said that Carlos Bilardo, the manager of the national team was the conspirator-in-chief, after Argentina failed to get past the World Cup quarter-final, on Mara dona’s watch. According to Diego, AFA president Julio Grondona was a liar, who had misled Maradona about the former coach’s future in the scheme of things.

Barca’s president, Joan Laporta, was thrilled to make the deal official, “Leo should be the highest paid player in the squad. He deserves it. He’s the best player in the world and one of the best in football history. He’s content and that’s why he’s playing the way he is”. Leo joined Barca as a youth team player back in 2001 during which he won a host of trophies.

In a match played in Valencia, FC Barcelona won the Spanish Cup. Catalan outfit defeated Athletic Bilbao, 4-1, with goals from Toure, Messi, Bojan and Xavi.

Arsenal are seemingly out of the race for the premiership with this defeat while Chelsea still have slim hopes of winning the league after this magnificent comeback inspired by Didier Drogba. Arsenal went in front through another unlikely source when Bacary Sagna put them in front from a near post header. They had chances before then with Kolo Toure and Robin Van Persie.