Controversial Footballers
OPINION: The Øvrebø Connundrum
By: Sam |
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One day cooler heads will view the dire events of the Champions League Semifinal 2nd Leg — the questions about the decisions — and see it as a Chelsea implosion. That is, the self-destruction of a team that’s just not good enough. A team which is simply unable — in Mourinho’s words — to “be [...]
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Tags: Barcelona, Champions League, Chelsea, Controversial Footballers, Race for the Champions LeagueControversial Footballers #3 Samuel Eto’o
By: Rob | 1 Comment
As part of our occasional series on divisive footballers (See previous entries Here and Here) we turn to Barcelona (for the time being) striker Samuel Eto’o.
The main inspiration for his inclusion is that while many footballers, who on the face of it would seem unavaliable are being stalked for months (Kaka’, Ronaldo, Lampard, Even [...]
The Ever Controversial Ones #2 Pippo Inzaghi
By: Rob | 10 Comments
After everyone spent days arguing about my last submission Frank Lampard, today seemed an appopriate day to add another controversial football to my list. Today, because in what the Juve offside are calling The Real Derby D’Italia, Super Pippo’s (as he is affectionatly known by fans) current and former club come up against each other. [...]
The Ever-Controversial Ones #1, Frank Lampard
By: Rob | 22 Comments
Some players, like let us say, Maldini, never get any critisism, quite rightly. Its become such a cliché about his legendary status that its hardly worth going over again. Not all of the top-level players are treated in the same way though, as this hopefully ongoing theme will explore. Every now and then, I’ll take [...]
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