All posts tagged "Barcelona"
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5.5KSpecialsIn your eternal debt, Leo
Lionel Messi was 22 when I first saw him wearing the Blaugrana colours and weaving mazes around defenders all over Europe and...
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8.4KTimelessSir Bobby Robson and the almost perfect season at Barcelona
In May 1996, Robson was enjoying the fruits of his work at Porto when he took a phone call from the president...
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3.5KPOVThe best Champions League second leg comebacks of the last decade
With the four remaining round of 16 ties completed last week, the final stages of this unique Champions League campaign is underway...
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33.8KTimelessTwo Stripes: How sponsorship conflict made Johan Cruyff play the 1974 World Cup with a two striped Adidas kit
Hendrik Johannes Cruijff is one name that reverberates around the annals of football history. Nothing short of a footballing powerhouse, Cruyff has...
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2.9KPOVRoad to Nowhere: Why success at U17 World Cup means so little
There was surprise among the management team at Liverpool FC when Manchester United agreed to pay £12.24 million for Cristiano Ronaldo in...
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5.3KTimelessJohan Cruyff – The real founder of beautiful football (Part-2)
Described as “Pythagoras in boots” and winner of three consecutive Ballon d’Or titles, Johan Cruyff was Europe’s first football superstar. A pupil...
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4.8KPOVEuropean Super League: All clubs are equal, but some clubs are more equal than others
The idea of a ‘European Super League’ has been talked about for decades, ever since the formation of the Premier League and...
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4.9KSpecialsThe Mozart of Barcelona: A farewell to Andres Iniesta
“A remarkably small man, very thin and pale with a profusion of fine, fair hair of which he was rather vain. There...
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8.7KTimelessJohan Cruyff: The real founder of beautiful football (Part-1)
Once in a decade there comes a generation of players or coaches that change the fortunes of a club, win multiple trophies...
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4.2KSpecialsGracias Mascherano: Farewell to ‘El Jefecito’
8 years, 334 games, 17 trophies later, Javier Mascherano prepares to bid farewell to his beloved Camp Nou. A homage to Barcelona’s...
