zondag 17 februari 2008

Frank Lampard scores Goal 100 for Chelsea

After having scored for the 99th time for Chelsea, Frank Lampard got injured, but now Goal number 100 is down the pipe. His first goal was in the UEFA Cup, and thisone -probaby not the last one- in the Champions League shows a proud Lampard.

zaterdag 16 februari 2008

Website on Xavi Hernandez

On this website by capsula you can find more info on different spanish sport stars. One of them is Xavi hernandez, look trough to site for pictures and comments on him. If you wanna know more about famous spanish sportstars in general, this website is a good start.

Ronaldo on steroids

Ronaldo on anabole steroids. According to Bernardino Santi, who is working for the anti doping comission, Ronaldo got some steroids injected in 1994 to improve the quality of his legs. The recent incident with his knee, and earlier faillures of his legs would be a consequence of the injection at his young age.
For Ronaldo it was the 6th time to go under the knive. Santi says ronaldo's legs are getting weak because of the steroid injections at early age. PSV, the team Ronaldo was playing for at that time denies Santi's story

vrijdag 15 februari 2008

Broken rib and revalidation for Welsey Sneijder

When Welsey Sneijder breaks a rib against Rome in the 16th final of the Champions League, it seems the luck is not on Madrid's side. With Robinho, Saviola, Heinze and Pepe recovering, the timing could be better.
He will be out for the coming month.

Marco Tardelli now assitant manager Ireland

FAI, the Football Association of Ireland has found some new force in Marco Tardellia who will be assistenting ex-benfica boss Giovanni Trapattoni who is now managing Ireland.
Tardelli and Trapattoni know each other from the time Marco played at Juventus, coached by Giovanni.

donderdag 14 februari 2008

Messi remains one of Barca's 11

For the ones who like Lionel Messi, one of barca's top players, below a video with some of his good moments. People say he reminds of Diego Maradonna, this rumor started in april 2007 when he passed 5 opponents and the keeper to finish with a perfect goal against Getafe CF.


Some stats on Messi at FC Barcelona (from wikipedia)


Real Madrid still the Richest Football Club

Football is more than sports, its a business.
For the last decennia now, football has become a money generating machine. Players are bought and sold and tremendous amounts of money and clubs are pimping their stadions and image all with the money of their loyal supporters. Offcourse this loyalty is bought trough advertising, another powerful instrument.
Real Madrid made about 450 million dollars last year, that is without expenses, which makes them still the leading richest football club in the world.
Also Manchester United is aiming for this position, so it could get exciting there. With their lasts year revenue of 410 million dollars you never know...

source cnn

Vidigal sends Ronaldo home

While Pirlo scored a goal against Milan, Ronaldo got carried off the field after a nice hit with Vidigal from Livorno.
Ronaldo's knee is screwed and will need some serious revalidation. He will be out for at least the rest of the season, and some even fear his carreer is over. This incident equaled the score for Livorno to 1-1
details on the match here

Pele, the first real football star

At the age of 15 Pele started playing for Santos. By the time he was 17 he played for the Brazil's World Cup. He showed some football the world had never seen before. He got injured several times due to unfair competition from some rivals who didn't appriciate this new football wonder, but he made several comebacks and kept on amazing the world. These days he is making his money in advertising, but he will never be forgotten as the first real football star.

Robinho in line with Kaka and Messi

Robinho is getting more and more important for Madrid and is compared with players like Kaka and Messi. There is still some work to do to become one of the worlds number one players, but with 15 productive seasons and a load of fans behind him, he is at least going in the right direction...
More on the Robinho Matter here

Football pictures and Wallpapers

On this website you can find different wallpapers of historic football moments and great goals of the finest players in the world.
The football wallpapers as in the picture below are free to download from this website

Ronaldinho, a football star of gold