Friday, September 20, 2024

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Time to get over the Beckham bashing

Beckham profile for AC MilanOut of the many facets of modern football there has almost always been a particular constant over the last ten years, and that is the regularity and on occasion ferocity of contempt aimed at a certain David Beckham.

 

Criticism and all round 'stick' has forever been linked with team sports, this is a part of what supporters bring to a live game. We can be very fickle at times, though, and as much as is taken in criticism by players and managers, it will usually be counter-balanced by encouragement and adulation.

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You cannot be Serie A-s!

Some people said the draw for the second round of the Champions League was an exciting one. The thing is, some people are idiots. The fact that many of the best teams were paired against each other only means that the latter stages will be bereft of the highest quality. Nowhere is this more apparent than the Manchester United-Inter Milan tie. 

 

Both Man U and Inter look set to be deservedly crowned champions of their respective domestic competitions. Either way we will be denied one of the most exciting teams in the tournament in the quater-finals, with the loss of an array of attacking talent.  

 

 

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Liga Sagres - Invisible legs, awful hair and some other stuff

There was only one game in Portugal this weekend as Porto took on Benfica in front of a massive 50,110.

 

The Dragons and the Eagles began the match as the top two in the league and finished it as the top two, although Benfica will feel they were robbed of first place by one of the worst refereeing decisions of the season. 

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Pompey put Adams out to p-ass-ture & Chelsea have a big vacancy to Phil

A brutal day in Premiership history as two more managers are slain, ruthlessly deposed from their thrones after only brief reigns. Firstly, the Pompey hierarchy opted to predictably drop the dead (weight) donkey, then somewhat more sensationally, ‘Big’ Phil Scolari was (Brazilian) w-axed.  

 

The first casualty was by far the least surprising. That is of course, unless you are as gormless as the pink slip recipient Tony Adams, who stated “I am a little bit surprised but results haven't been good”.

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Robbie Keane, are you watching?

In this week's Liga review... - 

 

Back to Betis for Ricardo Oliveira with his debut (No.2!) derby matchwinner. Back to basics for Real with another 1-0 victory and back to their best for Atletico's Agüero & Forlan under new boss Resino . 

 

Madrid, first to play this week, faced difficult opposition from an in-form Racing Santander side who had tested Barcelona to the maximum last week. 

 

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