All About The Beautiful Game
Another MLS star is off to Europe: New York City FC striker Taty Castellanos is signing for Serie A club Lazio for a reported €15 million. The Argentina is now the most expensive sale in the club’s history, with the previous record sale being Jack Harrison’s €4 million move to Manchester City. Castellanos spent last … Read more
One month ago, I made my predictions for the Champions League Round of 16 first leg. Some of these predictions were close, others were not. Liverpool came tantalizingly close to the 1-0 victory I had predicted, winning 2-0 over Leipzig. Dortmund’s talent up front showed as well as inconsistency in the back, where they won … Read more
This season’s Champions League group stages had several surprises in store for us. In Group B, Real Madrid lost two games to Shakhtar Donetsk but still advanced at the cost of Inter Milan. In Group C, defending Portuguese champions FC Porto finished second in the group, surprising Marseille and Olympiacos. In-form Manchester United were unable … Read more
In a previous post, I asked you all to vote for who should have won the Ballon d’Or since it will not be awarded this year. In the end it was a race between two people, which is probably what would have happened in the real awards. Here are the rankings: T-3: Ciro Immobile, 33 … Read more
The Ballon D’Or is perhaps the most prestigious individual award in the game of soccer. It’s the award for best player in the world in all competitions, and has been won six times by Lionel Messi, five times by Cristiano Ronaldo and other famous players have also won the award, which is given out yearly. … Read more
Eight. That’s how many consecutive Serie A titles that Italian giants Juventus have won in a row. Juventus have had some good and (many) bad moments since the turn of the century – like Calciopoli. Calciopoli was a match fixing scandal that saw Juventus stripped of two Serie A titles, relegated to Serie B, and … Read more