December 18, 2012 in Awards
We are on day two of the Roll of Honour 2012, and this brings a brand new category – Moment of the Year. Football is all about moments, those scenes that will last long in the memory – be it moments of joy, sorrow or complete mayhem. Let’s see what the panel picked.
July 2, 2012 in Euro 2012, International
Yesterday, Spain become the first team in history to win three major international tournaments in a row, and they did it by winning 4-0, the biggest ever win in a European Championship final. There is no doubt that they deserved to win the tournament, but their domination of international football over the past four years has now reached the stage where everyone is a bit bored of them.
In 2008, everybody was marveling at Spain’s expansive passing style and their wonderful technical ability. They hadn’t won anything before, they were the under dogs. That is why everyone wanted them to win. It was the same story in South Africa in 2010. They played superb football and deserved to win the tournament. But fast forward to the present day, and we are all, well, a bit fed up with them, to be honest. They have become the Manchester United and Barcelona of football. Nobody wants them to win, because they always do. Read the rest of this entry →
July 2, 2012 in Euro 2012, International
Spain rewrote the history books to claim their second successive European Championship with a sublime performance that further strengthened their claim to be the best international side ever. Two goals in each half were sufficient for Spain, who simply stroked the ball around a hard working Italian side who, at times, appeared to be chasing shadows. On this occasion, the Azzurri were a pale imitation of the outfit that played so well in the group game between the two sides and didn’t even look like gaining any kind of foothold in the match. Quite simply, Spain were ruthless and passed the Italians off the park. On this evidence, those commentators who, ahead of the final, scornfully derided the Spanish as boring should now be hanging theirs heads in shame. That also includes you, Arsene Wenger!
June 11, 2012 in Euro 2012, International
Spain versus Italy on paper looked an intriguing match. The Spanish, the holders, with all their attacking flair, against an Italy team caught up in a match fixing scandal again. The Italians were rumoured to be playing a 3-4-3 formation similar to the one Chile used in the 2010 World Cup. Interesting. It was the Spaniards who made the odd tactical surprise, though, playing with no striker. This is something that Scotland manager Craig Levein dabbled in against the Czech Republic – if anything, he founded the formation. How everyone wishes he didn’t.
May 22, 2012 in Europe, Premier League
So apparently Fernando Torres is unhappy with life at Chelsea. Not surprising, but you can see this from two viewpoints, Chelsea’s, or Torres’.
Torres has been getting a lack of first team opportunities at Chelsea, mainly due to his absence of goalscoring form, or even goalscoring threat. Back at Liverpool, every time Torres touched the ball, there was immediate danger; a lethal striker who could score from anywhere, long range, tap ins, headers, left foot, right foot, it didn’t matter one bit, he would put the ball in the back of the net. But with 12 goals in 64 games for Chelsea, who can blame them for leaving him on the bench? Especially when they have players like Didier Drogba at their disposal (although the Champions League Final looks set to be his last game in a Chelsea shirt)? The manager has obviously got to pick the player who is more likely to give them the points, rather than have an open goal and blast it wide. (Remember Manchester United, anyone?)
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