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And again he conquered the stage and again he becomes the best. After having his sixth Ballon d’Or, Lionel Messi said he’s far from finished. As he said that he hopes to continue for a long time. It was a magical night at Paris for him and all his followers…

It’s Real Madrid Vs Real Sociedad. The Los Blancos face La Liga’s biggest surprise package this season in the shape of Real Sociedad. The visitors are just three places and two points behind Madrid in the table after their impressive start to the campaign. Zinadine Zidane men currently only trail…

In news that truly shocked the footballing world, Mauricio Pochettino was handed his P45 by Tottenham Hotspur little over 24 hours ago. His replacement, Jose Mourinho, was announced within hours of his sacking to provide a seismic change to the Spurs players.   Seeing as how Tottenham was able to move…

The most coveted individual prize in football is up for grabs with Virgil van Dijk, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo among the favourites to win the Ballon d’Or 2019. Luka Modric was the winner last year to become the first person in a decade other than Messi and Ronaldo to…

Valencia Club de Football, also known by Valencia CF or simply Valencia is a Spanish Football Club. They play in La Liga, the top tier of Spain. Valencia were founded in 1919 and have played their home games at the 50,000 seater Mestalla since 1923. A move to the much…

“Good Ebenin“, a phrase that Unai Emery has been most associated with, is used both affectionately and mockingly against him. What then makes Emery’s ‘ebenin‘ good? Let’s look at his preferred formation across the teams he has managed, Pretty standard isn’t it? A prerogative of decent flowing football these days,…

LA Galaxy striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent rumour mills into overdrive yesterday. The Swedish superstar posted a video on his Instagram story saying: “Hola España, guess what? I’m coming back.” However, Spanish outlet AS claim that this cryptic message may have been part of a publicity stunt and nothing to do…

The Welsh speedster, Gareth Bale became the Los Blancos record signing back in 2013, which broke the transfer record back then. Bale is from the prestigious Southampton academy that has provided numerous top class talents over the years with the likes of Alan Shearer, Matt Le Tissier to name a…

FIFA states in its by-laws that governments should not interfere in the functioning of the countries’ football association. In my opinion, this is just FIFA burying its head inside the sand like an ostrich. Since the time football was professionalised, governments and regimes have found ways to exploit football to…

It has been 15 years since Lionel Messi made his debut for Barcelona and a new era was born. The game of football has never been the same since. Messi had taken to the field for Barcelona in a friendly against Jose Mourinho’s Porto side, aged 16 years, four months,…