Serie A

Why is Defense So Reviled in Football?

by Andy Pineda on October 8, 2009 · 3 comments

The the­ory is that because of the low amount of scor­ing in foot­ball, using par­tic­u­larly pro­tec­tive and cyn­i­cal tac­tics ruins the sport whose nature inhibits a high amount of goals per match.  Football’s com­mon nick­name is “The Beau­ti­ful Game,” but from where did that phrase ini­tially orig­i­nate?  Credit is usu­ally given to 50’s and 60’s […]

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Did Barca or Inter Milan Get The Better Player?

by Rami Soufi on September 25, 2009 · 6 comments

The summer’s Block­buster trade involved Zla­tan Ibrahi­movic and Samuel. Eto’o swap­ping clubs and Inter also received a boat load of cash. The first Cham­pi­ons League clash between the two clubs failed to give a deci­sive edge as to which team gained the most from this trans­ac­tion. While Inter made a hand­some profit, Barca was able to offload an unhappy […]

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This Week On Mad About Fútbol

by Juan Arango on March 22, 2009 · 0 comments

Goal.com and SI.com’s South Amer­i­can guy Greg Sica will chat with the guys about the upcom­ing CONMEBOL qual­i­fiers as we as the most recent devel­op­ments in Copa Lib­er­ta­dores play. Juan also inter­viewed for­mer ESPN Inter­na­tional play-by-play man Ran­dall Álvarez to talk about the upcom­ing CONCACAF qual­lies as well as his lat­est project back in his native […]

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