Buzzin Football Blog

Spain’s midfielder Xavi Hernandez has been named the Castrol player of Euro 2008 by a nine man panel of UEFA experts.
The 28 year old Barcelona player appeared to be involved in every move  during last nights final, covering every blade of grass on the pitch, as he has done in every game he has played in [...]

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The first Euro 2008 semi-final took place last night and turned out to be a right old ding dong.
Possession was 50-50, but if anything Turkey appeared to have the slight edge. Considering injuries and suspensions, I really didn’t expect them to put up such a fight.
Turkey looked to attack from the kick-off which again [...]

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With the news breaking that Jose Mourinho has now ruled himself out of the running, for the England managers vacancy, my preference from the “usual suspects” would be Jurgen Klinsmann.
Not an obvious choice , perhaps, and probably not a popular one. But compare the England team to that of other countries playing styles and the [...]

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Germany are football world champions again! The German team won 2:0 against Brazil in the Women’s World Cup final in Shanghai on Sunday; and in doing so have concreted their position as #1 women’s football team in the world, a mantle not so long ago that was held by the USA.
The German team returned home [...]

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