Portugal Seeks Its Moment
13 October 2009
Football history can be divided into seasons, championships or games, but history is in fact written in short instants. Centimeters that determine whether a pass is good or bad, tenths of a second that give you the advantage or disadvantage. Key moments that separate victory from defeat.
Portugal have 90 minutes before them to seek these instants against Hungary and to get on the road to qualify for South Africa.
How many instants fit in a match?
Ronaldo’s Rebirth
31 August 2009
All hands on deck and all eyes on one man. Every football fan in the world had a thought to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Spanish debut, and it would be understandable for even the consensus world player of the year to be a bit nervous. But if you tuned in for failure, you don’t know this coolest of c ...
My Expectations are Greater than Yours
07 July 2009
With Manchester conquered, it’s on to Madrid.
Now the world’s most expensive player has been unveiled before an 80,000-strong crowd, it’s on to business.
For every single screaming fan in the Bernabeu, that means just one thing - snatching the title from Barcelona.
Th ...
CR7 in a league of his own
07 May 2009
How good?
A 40 yard free kick – again. Clinical finishing under pressure – again. Elite opposition taken down – again.
That’s how good.
Old rivals, new battle
29 April 2009
When Man Utd meet Arsenal for the first time in Europe’s elite club competition, it’s down to one player to step up and take centre stage.
Who’s going to make a name for themselves?
The History of Speed – Mercurial Supe ...
06 April 2009
The pursuit of speed never rests. And just a year after the Mercurial SL blazed through the game, the latest Mercurial boot is tearing into defences.
Mercurial Superfly is inspired by a revolutionary construction method first developed for the world’s leading sprinters. Nike Flywire ...