Chelsea: Di Matteo calls for belief Roberto di Matteo has challenged Chelsea to “make their own destiny” when they face Bayern Munich in the Champions League final tonight.The Blues’ recent history in the tournament is not a happy one. Whether it is Luis Garcia’s ghost-goal in 2005, John Terry’s penalty-shootout slip three years later or [...]
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Good Week/Bad Week: Winning By A Nose
Good Week/Bad Week: Winning By A Nose And we thought interviewing excitable boys was tough… Images: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/GettyImages, Milos Bicanski/Getty Images. There’s a big game tomorrow night, obvs. Don’t think for a moment we haven’t been distracted from our work by it. GOOD WEEK Pink Power: Their boys failed to qualify for Champion League action next [...]
Vegas Vacay: Wayne, Coleen & Kai Rooney
Vegas Vacay: Wayne, Coleen & Kai Rooney It’s day two of the Rooney family’s Sin City hols at the Wynn Hotel, and they’re engrossed in all the activities one would expect to see from rich people on vacay: Coleen – lazily lounging in the sun, putting that taxing schedule of hers on hold for another [...]
Heath Pearce: Transfer Totty & Sex Symbol Status?
Heath Pearce: Transfer Totty & Sex Symbol Status? Image: FCDallas.com. The internet was rife with news of Heath Pearce to NYRB, Juan Agudelo to Chivas transfer talk, yet there was no mention of this hottie’s horse riding tendencies. Why not? There should’ve been, because this vintage poster circa his FC Dallas days definitely provides us with [...]
Pyjama Party: Gervinho & Per Mertesacker
Pyjama Party: Gervinho & Per Mertesacker The @SoccerBible guys were right – these are the best photos we’ve seen all day. Image: Arsenal FC. Go to Source
Aston Villa: Solskjaer opens informal Villa talks
Aston Villa: Solskjaer opens informal Villa talks Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed he has held talks with Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner about becoming the club’s next manager.Solskjaer and wife Silje flew into Birmingham on Lerner’s private jet from the former Manchester United striker’s home town of Kristiansund. After a four-hour meeting that also included [...]
Rangers: Green gives specifics on consortium
Rangers: Green gives specifics on consortium Charles Green has named two members of the Sevco consortium who are set to take over Rangers.The former Sheffield United chief executive has so far been unwilling to divulge the identities of those planning to invest in the club, but he has revealed that Indonesian businessman Jude Allen and [...]
UEFA Champions League Final: Big, Bulgy & Bright Red Or Blue Balls & Llama Layering?
UEFA Champions League Final: Big, Bulgy & Bright Red Or Blue Balls & Llama Layering? Images: Launch Group UK. We believe Bayern Munich is on the brink of something big and bulgy, Kickettes. In terms of history and our predictions go, the face/body talent ratio has never steered us wrong, so we probably shouldn’t lose [...]
Olivier Giroud: Burn, Baby, Burn
Olivier Giroud: Burn, Baby, Burn Image: golem13.fr. H/T to readers Oumayma E & Frédéric B! Picking up the shirtless, nearly nekkid torch from our other favourite Frenchman, Yoann Gourcuff, Montpellier’s Olivier Giroud decided that the best way bring an end to a fine season of footy was by allowing his abdominals to bask in Tetu Magazine’s spring [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo: His Ferrari Is Finer Than Messi’s Petite Porsche
Cristiano Ronaldo: His Ferrari Is Finer Than Messi’s Petite Porsche Something he also forgot about: his Ferrari car crash of ’09. Cristiano Ronaldo, the hot piece of walking mahogany from Portugal, isn’t shy when it comes to bragging about himself. Remember last year, when he advised that the reason everyone hates him is that he’s [...]
