Buzzin Football Blog

Designed to add substance to arguments across the UK over who is the best footballer in Europe, the Castrol Rankings use objective analysis and 100% accurate data to measure every pass, every tackle and every single move of over 2000 players and games every year, which means that the Castrol Ranking are based on actual [...]

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The return of Florentino Perez to Real Madrid and his promise to build a second team of Galactico’s is now to be taken as seriously as Manchester City’s intentions.
But why is it that when Man City offered £100 million for Kaka, the majority of English football pundits, commentators and overpaid ex-footballers shook their heads and [...]

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Florentino Perez returned to the Santiago Bernabeu on Monday for his second spell as President of Real Madrid. He brings with him a promise of stability in the club that has seen no less than eight coaches employed since 2003 when Perez himself sacked Vincente del Bosque, despite leading the club to two Champions League [...]

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Yesterday evening in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Barcelona convincingly beat Manchester United to win the Champions League trophy for the third time in their history.  That fact was a surprise to me, as was the way they completely outplayed Man Utd and dominated the match.
In the first 10 minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United [...]

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There were only two similarities between this week’s UEFA Champions League semi-final 2nd leg matches between Arsenal v Manchester United and Chelsea v Barcelona.  The goal in both games was scored as early as the 8th minute and both games were marred by poor referee decisions.
The pre-match hope and scarf waving at the Emirates Stadium [...]

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