France deserve to be seeded above Argentina, but no one would have thanked Fifa for sticking Maradona's men among the dark horses Well there's a relief. On paper, at least, if not actually out on the big green grassy thing, England are better than France. Not only that, but the seedings for Friday's World Cup draw in South Africa suggest England have a right to be confident against Portugal, Greece,...
The club's first ever Premier League game was a home match against Champions Chelsea, a game they lost only to a 94th minute winner by Hernán Crespo. A successful run followed, and by November Wigan were second in the league. Good league form was coupled with an equally strong performance in the Football League Cup, with the Latics reaching their first ever major cup final after defeating Arsenal
The Argentine striker says the Portuguese coach made life difficult for him at the San Siro and he promised to celebrate wildly if he scores against his former club next week…
It is eight years since Manchester United last lost a Champions League group game at home. And counting It is the repetitiveness that Sir Alex Ferguson must never find tedious. Eight years have passed since Manchester United lost a Champions League group game on their own ground. Wayne Rooney was 15 at the time. The team that night against Deportivo La Coruna included Andy Cole, David Beckham and...
Former Argentina striker Hernan Crespo is waiting to be called back to the national team by coach Diego Maradona. "I'm waiting for the phone to ring," Crespo told TyC Sports in an interview. On the verge of missing its first World Cup since 1970, Argentina needs a boost and Crespo believes he can supply it. "I am a different kind of player than what they have," said Crespo, who...
Juventus needed an 86th-minute equalizer from David Trezeguet to salvage a 2-2 draw against Genoa at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris. Vincenzo Iaquinta put Juventus ahead inside six minutes but Giandomenico Mesto replied just after the half hour. Genoa substitute Hernán Crespo then nodded in at the near post to put the hosts ahead in the 75th minute, after Iaquinta had a goal wrongly ruled out for...
Inter Milan Supremo, Jose Mourinho has blasted Nigeria forward, Victor Obinna Nsofor over his refusal to join Serie A side, AS Napoli. The lanky striker struggled for first team action at the Guisseppe Meaza last term, playing a paltry nine games in all competitions as he could not displace established strikers like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Julio Ricardo Cruz, Leite Adriano and Hernan Crespo in the Nerazzuri...
Cristiano Ronaldo has completed his world record £80million move from Manchester to Real Madrid this week. The astonishing deal was arranged a few weeks ago, but couldnt be completed till the transfer window opened on Wednesday. He will be joined at the Bernabeu by French starlet Karim Benzema who agreed to join the Spanish giants from Lyon for a potential fee of £35million. Real have...
Today's gossip is lukewarm The big news affecting football fans this morning is brought to you by the Star, who report that "grieving families have been barred from dressing loved ones in their favourite football shirts for cremation because of EU pollution laws". The Mill is encouraged by this victory for common sense over weirdos who can't find any proper clothes in which to dress their...
Ronaldo to Real Madrid: Manchester United accepted a $131 million bid for Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid. Ronaldo merely needs to agree to a contract. The fee more than doubles the record for a club not Real Madrid, Lazio buying Hernan Crespo for $58 million in 2000. The $225 million combined for the two players [...]
Genoa are interested in former Lyon midfielder Juninho and will shortly wrap up a deal for Inter Milan striker Hernan Crespo, the Serie A side said on their website on Wednesday.
The club's first ever Premier League game was a home match against Champions Chelsea, a game they lost only to a 94th minute winner by Hernán Crespo. A successful run followed, and by November Wigan were second in the league. Good league form was coupled with an equally strong performance in the Football League Cup, with the Latics reaching their first ever major cup final after defeating Arsenal on...
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