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Sergio Ramos: A Remarkable Story of Light and Dark
We look into the fascinating story of Sergio Ramos, one that is filled with success,…
Basque to Beyond – Could Xabi Alonso Be Football’s New Renaissance Man?
A paen to the one, the only Xabi Alonso and what lies ahead for the…
Becoming Michelangelo: How Zinedine Zidane Is Moulding Madrid In His Own Image
Zinedine Zidane the artist has downed his brushes, Zinedine Zidane the sculptor and has picked…
All The Kings Men
How do you gauge success in a sport? Is it the number of titles and…
Zidane’s The Way
Imagine the chaos of running a business. Now, imagine this business also happens to be…
Move On, Real Madrid!
Saturday, 21st November – Real Madrid kick off with a single aim. Reduce a three…
The Bale Conundrum
Gareth Bale is one of the oddest players in Real Madrid’s team. He is incredibly…
Gracias San Iker – A tribute to Iker Casillas
Tears, a 9 minute statement and Iker Casillas called time on his career at Real…
Top Of The Klopp Heap
It is quite hard to imagine the birth of a tactical genius. He appears the…
Of Sports, Psychology and the Future
The year 2014 has not been a good year for the sports enthusiast in me.…
The quest for La Decima via Equilibrio
“Equilibrio” That one word was ever present in Carlo Ancelotti’s press conferences since he signed…
In defence of Tiki Taka
Chelsea and Bayern Munich lost their respective Champions League semi-finals. They did not just lose,…
The best of Portugal v. The Scourge of FIFA
Marvelous, quick, insanely accurate, two-footed, expert marksman, fox in the box, towering header of the…
The importance of being ‘not that good’
“Roberto Carlos floats the ball in, and Zidaaaaane! What a goal!” Hampden Park, May 2002.…
From FIFA in amateur mode to FM with custom tactics: The evolution of football styles.
Style. What does it even mean? Wearing the perfect clothes? Behaving a certain way? Buying…
La Liga: The disaster within all the brilliance
Falcao to AS Monaco. Negredo to Manchester City. Llorente to Juventus. Soldado to Tottenham Hotspurs.…
Transfer fiction
A dive in the ocean ‘I’m the king of the world!!!’ It was no Titanic,…
For once, Madrid’s developing some Galacticos.
Having spent 71.7 million euros on 4 players, it appears to be business as usual…
To leave, or not to leave, is the question.
‘He will. He won’t. He will. He won’t. He will, won’t he?’ This is the…