football
Kick around about all things soccer; explore football's storied history, current events in the soccer sphere, the intricacies of the game and more.
Boehly Rebuild Needed!
Following a crazy 21/22 Premier league season for the Blues both on and off the pitch, new owner Todd Boehly is looking to make a number of statement summer signings. The last season under the Roman era had seen the flop in record 97.5 million pound signing Romelu Lukaku as a mix of poor form and questionable interviews had hindered any possibilities of a dream return to the Bridge. The combination of injuries, Covid cases and conflict across Europe had affected the way that the club was run on and off the field. Sanctions imposed on Chelsea's ex-owner Roman Abramovich had restricted the club in a number of economic ways including the delaying of contract renewals and the selling of the club.
By James Logan4 years ago in Cleats
Is Foreign Ownership Affecting Youth Development in the EPL?
The English Premier League is widely considered to be the best and most commercially viable entity of its type in the world, with a global audience of more than 1.35 billion spread across 188 countries.
By Lewis Humphries4 years ago in Cleats
Football
Football is the world’s most popular ball game in numbers of participants and spectators. Simple in its principal rules and essential equipment, the sport can be played almost anywhere, from official football playing fields (pitches) to gymnasiums, streets, school playgrounds, parks, or beaches. Football’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), estimated that at the turn of the 21st century there were approximately 250 million football players and over 1.3 billion people “interested” in football; in 2010 a combined television audience of more than 26 billion watched football’s premier tournament, the quadrennial month-long World Cup finals.
By Mirel Alexandru4 years ago in Cleats
Trouble Erupts At UEFA Champions League Final
An investigation is under way to find the root cause of the problems which occurred outside the Stade de France on the day of the UEFA Champions League Final between Liverpool and Real Madrid. Kick off for the match was delayed for over half an hour due to crowd trouble outside the stadium. Many of the fans were supposedly using fake tickets which slowed down the rate at which supporters could get in to the stadium and take their correct seats.
By Ashish Prabhu4 years ago in Cleats
Love him or hate him, José Mourinho still delivers
We can all hear and read that José Mourinho is supposedly done. That his methods, his football style, and his charisma are a matter of the past. That the new era of managers came with all their new methods and pushed José aside. Well, I think they are wrong. Really, really wrong. And I think his results support my judgment. José Mourinho still delivers and delivered everywhere he had been.
By Matic Cretnik4 years ago in Cleats
Retro Football Report
Liverpool will face Real Madrid in the Champions League Final in Paris. Back in 1981 the sides met at the Parc Des Princes in the European Cup Final (the predecessor to the Champions League). In this retro match report look back at how that game went.
By Martin Townley4 years ago in Cleats
The History Football Brazil
Football is the most important sport in Brazil. They are a successful football nation that has won numerous awards, including 5 FIFA World Cups. The most beloved sport in Brazil is football. The National Team is very popular, not only in Brazil but also in many parts of the world where football is appreciated and there is also a famous National League, which boasts a national competition as well as several regional competitions. The Brazilian national team has won the FIFA World Cup five times (record) in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002 and is the only team that has never been absent from the World Cup. Pele, one of the most appreciated players in the world, led Brazil in three of these championships and is the greatest goal scorer of all time in this sport. After the third victory, Brazil kept the World Cup trophy permanently. Brazil competed in the 2006 World Cup as one of the favorites, however it came out only in 5th place. Some of the contemporary talents in the national team, prominent in the world of football, include Romario, Rivaldo and Ronaldo. Some of these players can be considered superstars, gaining international celebrity status and signing sports contracts, as well as advertisements and support contracts (endorsements) worth millions of dollars. The current holder of the title of "best footballer in the world", according to FIFA, is Ronaldinho, who won the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2004 and 2005.
By Stefan Rares Baluta4 years ago in Cleats
