Strikers – by far strikers are the most sort after players in the world and are valued the most expensively, as all clubs search for a guarantee for goals. Why do some strikers succeed at some clubs and then suddenly fail at others? Have they lost their ability to score? I doubt it, however, the system the team plays will [...]
Name: Cristian Lagos Navarro Nationality: Costa Rica Age; 27 (17/08/1984) Height; 187.0 m Weight 92.0 kg Position; Forward Club: Santos Costa Rica Cristian Lagos is a centre forward for the modern game. As another of the players Sportzone work with in Latin America, Cristian Lagos is creating big interest in Europe due to the great season he is having in Costa Rica. [...]
You may well have seen (and enjoyed) like me, Leonardo di Caprio’s brilliant interpretation of Frank Abagnale Jr., in Steven Spielberg’s box office hit, “Catch me if you can”. Football has its very own version! Damian Comelli has managed to bag top jobs at numerous big clubs, without actually ever having ever proved he knows anything about football at all! He [...]
“I will never say we can’t win the league if there is still a chance. That is not my life, never” – Roberto Mancini, Tuesday 10 April before Manchester City face West Brom and Manchester United face Wigan “The title race is finished … five points is too much” – Roberto Mancini, Wednesday 11 April after Manchester City beat West [...]
Midweek fixtures – decisive in the title battle for La Liga. As usual, ‘down to the wire’ title battles in Spain narrow down to Barcelona and Real Madrid. With midweek fixtures this week and the ‘Clasico’ between Real and Barsa less than 2 weeks away, there is still everything to play for. Barcelona won their match last night at home [...]
No.9. Centre-forwards – all change? Any follower of the English game may automatically associate Alan Shearer as a typical no.9. A strong physical player, over 6ft tall, who incidentally scored 49 of his 283 league goals with his head, and was obviously a prolific header of the ball. Shearer’s maximum tally for a season stands at 37 goals, and he [...]
Barcelona – Unbeatable or not? After a 0-0 draw with Milan in the first leg of Champions’ League quarter finals, both Barcelona and Milan have everything to play for in the return leg. Tactical systems, as you all know, are something I am very skeptical about. I am a believer that formations change, depending on the moment and, undoubtedly, the [...]
I have been saying for a long time that Spanish football needs a major overhaul. If you read my previous article about TV rights in Spain, you will know that the “big” two, Real Madrid and Barcelona, take most of the TV revenue (300 million between the two of them) – leaving the rest of the clubs in La Liga [...]
Name: Pedro Franco Nationality: Colombian Age; 20 (Bogota, 23 April, 1991) Height; 1’87m Weight 78kg Position; Centre-back Club: Millonarios FC Pedro has been playing first division football from the age of 18 at Millonarios. As a centre-back, his most notable virtue is his maturity. Pedro is an incredible mature player on the pitch and also off the pitch. Technically good [...]