Games don’t come much bigger. That’s why they call it ‘Europe’s derby’. If you can make the difference on this stage, you know you’ve got greatness flowing through your veins. Over to you Pato. As the Rossoneri went toe-to-toe with their old rivals in Spain last night, the red-hot Brazilia ...

In what was to be a routine match against Malawi, the Elephants left their biggest names on the bench and found themselves down 1-0 in the 63rd minute. Enter Didier Drogba. Two minutes on the pitch and the Ivorian superstar equalized, sending his homeland into the finals for the second suc ...

Often football is most beautiful in its simplicity. Sweden are 3 points behind Denmark. Win, and they could earn automatic qualification to South Africa. Anything else sees them toughing it out in the play-offs. And that’s forgetting what happens in the other games. Simple. Direct. Un ...

When the difference between automatic qualification for 2010 and scrapping it out in the play-offs is just one single point, a moment of genius is needed. Two nations. Two born entertainers. Two moments of game-changing brilliance waiting to happen. One spot to play for. It’s on.

Strikers are judged on goals. But on Sunday, Drogba demonstrated the importance of every area of a centre forward’s game. His electric pace and storming power laid on the two goals that gave his team all three points and left them standing at the top of the league.