Felix Magath's side pulled off an impressive 3-0 win at home against Olympique Lyon in mid-week to secure their place in the Champions League round of sixteen. Finally, things were beginning to look up for the Konigsblauen. A weekend fixture away to Kaiserslautern was never going to be easy based on the home side's form, […]

One of the more strange departments of the Premier League, the Dubious Goals Committee is a group surrounded in secrecy. But how does it work? And more importantly what does it actually do? In a report that has the potential to be as earth shattering as the BBC Panorama documentary exposing FIFA bungs, let’s see […]

Under trainer Mauricio Pochettino, Espanyol has gone through one of these hot streaks in every season he has managed the club. After the club fired José Manuel Esnal "Mané" in the middle of the 2008-09 season, they hired Mauricio Pochettino to get out of the relegation zone. As late as Jornada 30 in that season, […]

Our second installment of 'Premier League Links Of The Day' is here! Today's video features Dimitar Berbatov and his thoughts on his recent five goal performance. Here's the links: EPL's 10 dirties players [Bleacher Report] Adrian Durham's team of the week [Talk Sport] Carroll has the X-factor [Mirror Football] Clint Dempsey backs Mark Hughes [F […]

Let me step back from my normal neutral MLS observer/blogger and enter fan mode for a few minutes. I think this is the best way to analyze the Ben Olsen hiring. As a DC United supporter, I am ecstatic that Ben Olsen is the new head coach of the club. His resume as a DC […]

Daniel van Buyten and Martin Demichelis were never the most sturdy center-half pairing in the Bundesliga. More of than not, there have comical mix-ups that lead to a goals for the opposition, and things have only gotten worse with age. This weekend, van Buyten allowed Frankfurt's Theofanis Gekas – who is at least four inches […]

Gameweek 15 of the Barclays Premier League was a brilliant example of just how exciting and intriguing the league can be. There were plenty of goals scored, a few standout performances and some entertaining matches both at the top and bottom of the table. Heading into the weekend, I had high hopes for Bolton v […]

An intriguing meeting of current and past Top 4 football clubs in England took place Sunday, as Tottenham Hotspur edged Liverpool in the waning minutes to continue their push towards the top. Tottenham and Liverpool both assembled 4-4-2 formations. Peter Crouch and Rafael van der Vaart were Tottenham’s strikers from the open, but in the […]

Queens Park Rangers extended their lead at the top of the Championship with an important come from behind victory over second placed Cardiff City. The game did not start the way the London side would have hoped as Craig Bellamy gave the Welsh side the lead after thirteen minutes, as Jay Bothroyd capitalised on a slip by Kaspars Gorkss slip to provide an assist to the on loan Manchester City striker.

If you were the Qatar World Cup Bid Committee, how would you generate some last minute favorable publicity before the votes were cast for the 2022 World Cup? One way would be to send journalists of influential newspapers on an all-expenses paid visit to Qatar. And then hope that the articles they write would put […]

Overall the draw is a tough one for the Championship with more than 10 sides facing Premiership opposition, whilst increasing the chances of a relative upset it also means that a strong Championship presence in the fourth round and beyond is limited.

Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo has been playing some of his best football since joining Real Madrid last season. Ronaldo has already scored 14 goals in just 12 matches in La Liga. Overall, the former Manchester United star has found the back of the net 18 times in just 19 games in all competitions. Ronaldo had […]

This weekend in the Serie A, among the results there were plenty of 1-1 draws, a goalless draw, a couple of 3-1 wins, and then a 5-2! Yes, a 5-2 win took place in the Serie A this weekend, and it was Inter Milan which defeated Parma in the seven goal thriller. This weekend there […]

For the first time this season, Chelsea ended a match day below first place. That's quite an accomplishment – sitting atop the table for the first 14 match days – but it won't get as many column inches as Dimitar Berbatov's trick, becoming the fourth Premier League player to score five goals in one match. […]

How Lukas Podolski only got a yellow card for this tackle on Dzeko is a mystery to me. I hope I'm wrong, but I think that means that because he was booked no retrospective action can be taken. He should have gone for me, it's an awful challenge.