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.
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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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.
Football as a sport isn’t synonymous with a wide and varied diction. Unlike cricket with its articulate commentators and university educated players, football doesn’t lend itself quite so readily to eloquence.
The consequence of such a stunted vocabulary is that the few words in common parlance have a greater depth of meaning. Here are a few terms used to describe players and their deeper connotations.
Playmaker [noun]: Doesn’t defend but doesn’t score many either.
Typically English [adjective] (1. He’s a typically English centre-forward): Lacking in technical and tactical know-how.
Readers of 90Minutes you have spoken. Nearly 70% of you – a whopping 23 people - said that video technology should be introduced.
The debate always arises a couple of times a year. Earlier in the season there was the phantom goal in the Watford-Reading game, and more recently Frank Lampard’s phantom foul(excuse the MC Hammer instrumental) on Xavi Alonso.