Argentina sizzle against World Champion Spain
Argentina showcased a footballing exhibition against Spain, crushing the 2010 World Cup champions 4-1 in an international friendly in Buenos Aires. Under new manager Sergio Batista, Argentina stars Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez each found themselves on the scoresheet, and shone in unison for the first time in many moons - something that sadly did not occur in South Africa earlier this year. Following on from their 4-0 shellacking against Germany in...
New Sex Scandal hits the English National Team
After the "John Terry" saga, the English national team is hit with another sex scandal. This time it was Wayne Rooneys turn to be in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Romour is that he has had regular "meetings" with a 21 year old prostitute, Jennifer Thompson. Jennifer has confessed to "The Mirror" that she has met the Machester United striker in more then 7 ocassions and all at the time when the strikers wife, Colin McLaflin was pregnant with their son Kai. Jennifer has received a sum...
Cahill looking forward to life under Osieck 
Sourced @ The Age TIM Cahill says the Socceroos are embracing Holger Osieck's more enterprising game plan with the spearhead clearly relishing his German boss's decision to employ two strikers. Former national coach Pim Verbeek came in for heavy criticism during this year's World Cup for playing a lone striker, with Cahill regularly cast in that role. Osieck showed his hand in his opening game in charge by playing Cahill and Scott McDonald up forward in Australia's 0-0 draw in the friendly...
Diagonal Runs: A-League Week 5 Wrap-Up
A pretty disappointing week’s worth of action to be honest. There wasn’t too much going on, which probably becomes evident when the subtitle for the wrap comes from Ross Aloisi of all people. Anyone who watched either the Sydney-Adelaide or Perth-Wellington match would understand. That’s assuming their TV wasn’t on mute, which is perfectly acceptable.Central Coast 2 defeated Melbourne Victory 0What a weird game this one was. I don’t think anyone could argue that the Victory had the...
Newcastle Jets may fold if FFA does not rescue
By Liam Fitzgibbon @ Fox SportsNewcastle Jets chief executive John Tsatsimas has painted a bleak picture for the troubled club, saying they could fold unless financial assistance is forthcoming.Speaking after the Jets' scoreless draw with Brisbane Roar at EnergyAustralia Stadium, Tsatsimas said the club's financial concerns would come to a head this week and a meeting with FFA was planned for Monday.He admitted the club simply did not have the money to pay their staff and players, who have been...
Central Coast defeat slugglish Melbourne 2-0
This weekend's loss taught me two things:1. Predicting the outcome of a game can come back to bite you hard, and2. Possession means nothing if you can’t capitalise on itIt was a dirty night for the Melbourne Victory, who tonight lost 2-0 away to Central Coast in front of 6,829 fans. Dejected Melbourne captain Kevin Muscat summed up the loss perfectly when labelling his sides effort as being “un-Melbourne Victory like” and...
Berlusconis' Weapons of Mass Destruction- AC Milan's Top 10 of the past 25 years!
With the signing of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robinho in the summer transfer window, AC Milan again has a team we all should show some respect. The "Rosso Nerri" fans are very optimistic in winning this year Seria A title.The Italian trophy has not been in San Siro since 2004 and that is why the current italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, is a very hungry man.However, the two "superstar" arrivals in Milan this year not only made me watch Italian football again, but it also made me dig...
David Carney signs for Blackpool
Sourced at Heraldsun: SOCCEROOS midfielder David Carney has bolstered Australia's dwindling stocks in the English Premier League with a move to battlers Blackpool.Carney made a last-minute move from Dutch champions FC Twente only minutes before the transfer window closed in England 3am on Wednesday Melbhourne time.The 26-year-old moved to the Tangerines strip on a one-year deal for an undisclosed fee.Australian numbers in the English top-flight have thinned in recent years with Everton's Tim...
Victory to win 2-0 tonight! Do you agree with Daniel?
Round 5 of the Hyundai A-League gets underway tonight with the Central Coast Mariners hosting the Melbourne Victory at Bluetongue Stadium. Both sides will go into the match level on points after the Mariners drew with Sydney at the SFS and Melbourne beat Gold Coast United 1-0 at Skilled Park in Round 4.The Mariners will be without Argentine recruit Patricio Perez, who was handed a two-match suspension, the first of its kind, by the FFA for simulation in the game against Sydney. It leaves...
Diving Divers: Week 5 A-League Preview
The title sums up the main talking point of the week with both Perez and Baird suspended for two weeks. In lieu of writing an article, a couple of brief points – I understand the decisions, but I have two problems with it. Firstly, there’s no appeal panel, which makes absolutely no sense to me. Surely there has to be a right to an appeal – can you see that happening in any other code? Secondly, the players are getting banned when they wouldn’t be if the referees were doing their job. If...
