In the build up to the 2010 World Cup there will no doubt be a number of profiles of one of football's more interesting characters, Marcelo Bielsa. A boycotter of corporate shindigs, whose press conferences end only when the questions run out; this studious, obsessive and eccentric man is one of football's good guys. You may remember him as the man who led the Argentina of Crespo, Batistuta, Veron,...
Roma-Inter from May of 1999 is another highly entertaining game from one of the most entertaining Serie A seasons of all time. The 1998-99 season had 3 leaders of the table (for the first part of the season it was Fiorentina, who were winter champions but were then hurt by the injury of Batistuta, then [...]
"Larsson is one of the best strikers in Europe, maybe the world. If you watch Batistuta, he is sometimes not seen for 90 minutes but he scores two goals. Larsson has even more, because, besides being a good player and goalscorer, he has a tremendous workrate."- Dick Advocaat A hero to people of many generations, notching up 242 goals for Celtic and continued longevity and winning the Champions...
From England's doomed heroism in St Etienne to Man City's stunning comeback against Spurs, here are half a dozen of the best displays with 10 men NB: As always with Joy of Six, this is not meant to be a definitive list. We have also gone for great performances with ten men rather than great results, hence the exclusion of, say, Manchester United's win over Arsenal in the 1999 FA Cup semi-final. 1)...
The retired football players Batistuta, Zamorano, Valderrama, Cubillas, Aguinaga and Dudamel move into a retirement home, because they are "old" now and can't play in the World Cup. The elderly men don't appreciate the competition and point out that the football stars can experience The World cup from all angles on DirecTV.
By Joe, www.Bettingexpert.com The second day of the Champions League group E will see Fiorentina face off against the five winners, Liverpool at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. The Italian side have never lost or concede a goal to an English opposition and their last defeat was back in 2000 against Valencia CF. Fiorentina have not been in such high places ever since Gabriel Batistuta left the club and...
The First Official Snow Polo Event in the Southern Hemisphere will be held on August 15 and 16 at Cerro Chapelco , the famous ski center in the province of Neuquen. The tournament will showcase four teams up to 16 goals. The Julius Baer Argentina Snow Cup will be the most important event of snow polo in the country, and unlike other exhibitions played on this surface, Julius Baer Argentina Snow Cup...
BUENOS AIRES, July 9 - Argentina's all time recordmarksman Gabriel Batistuta could soon be scoring goals for BocaJuniors on horseback.Former Boca, Fiorentina and AS Roma striker Batistuta, whoscored 56 goals in 78 matches for Argentina, has taken u ...
Every week I get a mail from Lijit with stats. Nobody, as yet, has bothered to use the Lijit search box at the bottom of this blog but I've found a way to cope with this and move on with my life. Interestingly it includes search terms people have used to find this blog and today I thought I'd share the top 20 terms. Some of you might have some explaining to do! 1. nogbad (6 times) 2. hobbies blogspot...