Challenging history
21 April 2010
Barcelona and Inter completed the first round at the Giuseppe Meazza. The Italians are ahead but the blue and reds haven’t had the last say yet. They’ve demonstrated time and time again that a champion never gives up. Now is the time to push themselves.
90 minutes separate one of them from the grand finals. Can Inter hold on to the lead with the help of Sneijder, Maicon and Stankovic? Or will Barcelona triumph again with Zlatan, Pedro and Alves’s bullet train speed?
Barca’s players are already sharpening their claws. If there is one thing the team has shown on innumer ...
Just one move to write the future
11 April 2010
A footballer can change his team’s fate with just one manoeuvre.
One-tenth of a second can decide whether a team is the champion or just the best of the losers.
This Saturday, 22 players will compete for victory in Madrid. A war made up of dozens of battles per minute, in which each ball ...
Brazil Bring It
01 March 2010
After the unveiling of the new national team kits last week, Brazilian players across the globe put in some scintillating performances over the weekend.
Alexandre Pato’s double guided the Rossoneri to victory to keep the pressure on the league leaders, while on the blue side of Milan, ...
History is theirs
21 December 2009
There are simply no more trophies left to win.
After 120 minutes of football in Abu Dhabi, Barcelona became the first side ever, to hold every single club trophy at once.
Pep Guardiola has led his team into history. No side has ever achieved this. And no team can ever beat it.
This victor ...
Barcelona ready to take their place
16 December 2009
No team has ever held every single club trophy at once. None has even come close. Until now.
Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona stand on the edge of history. If the Catalan Kings win the tournament in Adu Dhabi this month, they’ll be crowned world champions.
They will then have won eve ...
Back from the brink
19 November 2009
They’ve done it. They made it tough for themselves in qualifying, but last night Portugal showed every ounce of their fighting spirit to book a place in next summer’s tournament.
The confidence, desire and determination of the 2006 semi-finalists proved decisive as they scored ...
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