How? La Liga is all set to return back to action this week following a 3-month break due to coronavirus pandemic. Sevilla v Real Betis on Thursday will be the first fixture to take place as league leaders Barcelona resume their campaign with a clash against Mallorca on Saturday. The Catalans have their task cut …
Time and time again, Lionel Messi overwhelms the world of football with his genius. Nicknamed La Pulga, Spanish for “the Flea,” Messi’s brilliance is unmatched in the modern game. However, at 32 years of age, some have started to question whether the phenomenon of Leo Messi will start being overshadowed by injuries. Nonetheless, Barcelona continue …
The Premier League, Serie A, and La Liga will soon follow the German Bundesliga to revive their respective seasons after the suspension. UEFA Champions League is soon to follow suit, with the remaining round of 16 fixtures reported to take place sometime in August. Till then, the lockdown had given us all the time to …
Barcelona keeper suffers a tough time as Lionel Messi runs riot in training Fans can finally heave a sigh of relief as footballing action looks set to resume across the European leagues. After the successful relaunch of the Bundesliga, other leagues look to follow in its footsteps. Spain’s La Liga, notably, seems to be returning …
USMNT star Sergino Dest is fast emerging as one of the hot prospects in the world of football currently. Dest broke into the scene in the 18/19 season, displaying a string of impressive performances throughout the Eerste Divisie season with Ajax. Consequently, Ajax promoted him into the first team, and since then, he has featured …
Over ninety thousand seats in Barcelona’s famous Camp Nou stadium will sing chants of pure silence as La Liga prepares to resume its services in June, behind closed doors. After about two months of absence amid the pandemic, the Spanish government has given the green light for footballing action to resume in the country as …
Iker Casillas has been one of the best goalkeepers to have played the game of football. A youth product from Real Madrid’s academy, he has been instrumental in so many of their successes in his time with the club. The Spaniard suffered a heart attack while at Porto and eventually retired this year as he …
It’s the umpteenth day of the lockdown with no trace of footballing action as of yet. On the brighter side, there’s plenty of time available for us fans to reminisce about the spiciest football match-ups of the past. The game on the list today is the one that has managed to leave a heavy mark …
It’s the month of May as we await the most mouthwatering of Champions League semi-final clashes. That’s what we would’ve said if 2020 was like any other year before. However, instead of feeling miserable sitting on our couch, let’s head back in time. Today marks the 5th anniversary of the UCL clash between the European …
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have been tremendous over the past decade and a half. They epitomize the two kinds of successful people: those who are talented and those who work hard. The debate over who’s better among them could probably be termed the most famous ever. Almost everyone on the planet has an opinion …
Ivan Rakitic has had a mixed bag at Barcelona. He is a Champions League winner and a World Cup finalist with Croatia. You would expect him to be a regular starter in the team. Yet, this season he has warmed the benches more often than not. The amount of talented midfielders at Barca’s disposal has …
From nearby shops to large-scale industries, the world has come to a standstill amid the coronavirus outbreak. With businesses coming to a halt, various sectors are facing huge monetary drops with respect to their financial returns. And football has been no exception to the case. Various clubs across Europe will remain out of action at …
Mistakes in media are rare. They are usually meticulous when it comes to the preparation of any news and they are constantly alert, to check whether they are committing any mistakes. Mistakes can lead to a loss of face for any media organization. The threshold for error is minimum as the public is ruthless when …
Martin Braithwaite’s entire perspective of the football world is sure to have shaken up significantly over the past fortnight or so. Not a year ago he was branded with harsh, hateful words like flop and an absolute failure after not being able to win over fans at Championship club Middlesbrough for two seasons. The lad …
It’s been about about ten months since that special night at Anfield when Liverpool crushed Barcelona 4-0 to qualify for the Champions League final in Madrid last season. The task for Jurgen Klopp’s men seemed to be a huge mountain to climb after a 3 goal deficit from the first leg, however, the spirit, passion, …
The Bilbao International Football Summit (BIFS) is an annual gathering of footballing talents and executives from the Basque region. It acts as a showcase for Athletic Bilbao’s ever present philosophy (the club is known to only have Basque players on its teams). The event has only grown in stature throughout the years, and yesterday, at …
Football is most commonly known by its moniker joga bonito – the beautiful game – for a host of reasons. Chief among them is the sport’s storied history of fantastic playmakers. These players had it all – an exquisite touch, superb vision, a predatory eye for goal and so forth. Their mastery over the leather …