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For the majority of his career, he has been a wanted man. When PSV Eindhoven paid 6.3 million euros for his services, it was a Dutch-league record for a transfer fee. Then came his move to Manchester United in 2001, where he broke several records and was named the 2002 PFA Players’ Player of the Year. In 2006, [...] On the Wednesday edition of the Set Piece Analysts podcast, Johnathan Starling and I talk about the untimely passing of Hannvoer 96 goaltender Robert Enke, the news from the world of the United Soccer Leagues and Team Owners Association, and the unceremonious exit from the Copa del Rey by Galacticos 2.0 at Real Madrid. You can [...] In case you could not discern them from my preview articles (which you can find at World Soccer Reader [A/B, C/D] or San Diego Examiner [A, B, C, D]), here are some knee-jerk predictions for today’s UEFA Champions League matches. These are not like the knee-jerk fantasy analyses from my colleague Jordan Wise, who [...] Episode #28 of World Soccer Reader’s Inside the Six will be distributed on that site later today. On it, you will hear my detail analysis of the Sevilla-Real Madrid match-up as well as the Chelsea-Liverpool match. Along with updates on all our favorite leagues in Europe, South and North America, I talk [...] Portuguese central defender Pepe returned from suspension today against Tenerife The reason why Real Madrid had not been able to make up any ground on Chelsea in WSR’s World Club Top Ten (until Chelsea gave Roberto Martínez a gift today) was their defense. No matter how many goals we think them capable of scoring, [...] Nice to have you back, Karim. The Madrid striker had a brace today against Tenerife. Watching Karim Benzema’s brace (with an assist) against Tenerife gave me a huge sense of relief. Why am I – a dude from San Diego who’s never met Benzema – relieved that he’s scoring goals? I go into that [...] After a summer of transfer action where Real Madrid was never another signed check away from top billing in the papers, Galacticos 2.0 took off today at the Bernabeu. The result confirmed what had become the consensus after weeks of speculative analysis: Madrid will be fun, but Barcelona is the team to [...] Wesley Sneijder has completed his move from Real Madrid to Internazionale. Various Italian outlets started reporting the story early morning Pacific time. Here’s one example, and here is an English-language account. The impact for Real Madrid is minimal. Although this would have changed as the season wore on, they were committed to not [...] |
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