Buzzin Football

As the 2010 South Africa World Cup continues, even though I enjoy watching the best teams and the best players in the world, there’s a part of me that has lost interest since Germany thrashed England on Sunday.
This morning in stark contrast to the 1990 World Cup squad, the England team arrived at Heathrow and [...]

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Chelsea have at long last signed the Russian international left back Yuri Zhirkov from CSKA Moscow, for a fee believed to be around £18million. The 25 year old who has played 28 times for his country has signed a four year deal. The transfer saga had been dragging on since Russia coach Guus Hiddink first [...]

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On Saturday, Chelsea won their first trophy since parting company with Jose Mourinho. The winning goal was scored by Frank Lampard, his 100th goal for Chelsea in the past three seasons, whereby he has been Chelsea’s most consistent player.Now Chelsea need some consistency off the field, too.
It is apparent that four managers in two seasons [...]

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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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I’m really looking forward to the 2nd legs of the UEFA Champions League this week with both games poised on a knife-edge.
Tonight Manchester United take a 1-0 advantage to the Emirates Stadium to face an inform Arsenal.  The good news for Arsenal is they can be confident of beating Man Utd, especially with the return [...]

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