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Jude Bellingham is currently the top scorer in La Liga with four goals in three games, and the €100m-plus fee that Real Madrid paid…
The A-League has three games to go and barely anything is sorted. Even Melbourne City are not 100 percent guaranteed to become premiers, albeit…
In 2019 Football Victoria made a decision that would create three years of intrigue and uncertainty. It was decided that the NPL 2, which…
Watching the meek performance Newcastle mustered against Adelaide in the Australia Cup, it was clear that the club has taken a step backwards. Last…
On Sunday afternoon, accompanied by the informative tones of Simon Hill, we caught a glimpse of a second A-League side on Channel Ten in…
On Tuesday evening, despite some initial technical issues, we got a first glimpse of how domestic Australian football will look in its new home…
Unless you’ve been living on a different planet, you will have heard the news that arguably the greatest player to grace the game is…
There used to be a joke told in England whereby you would ask someone playing at left-back what position they played in, and already…
As a fan of the Bundesliga, you’d be forgiven to questioning why Marco Rose got the keys to the Borussia Dortmund dressing room after…
Mikel Arteta has just done the non-negotiable, that is to win the North London Derby on his third attempt. No Arsenal manager since Billy…
With both Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo enjoying high-profile competitive streaks, it's hard to believe anything but a fierce and fascinating rivalry is due…
The final Saturday of September 2020 saw the first of the State NPL grand finals being played, with ACT being the first federation to…
The recent news announcing the creation of the Championship - a national second tier in Australia - is long overdue. The two participants from…
Much of the discussion over the last weeks and months has been centred around Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. However, you would be excused for…
If you are the kind of person who groaned at the end of last season when Munich and Juventus won their seventh and eighth…
Almost two months have passed since the K League became the first major football competition to kick off post-COVID, and while the Bundesliga came…
When Jurgen Klopp left Dortmund on April 15, 2015, it was a seismic shift in terms of what he had built at the club.…
On Tuesday night (Wednesday morning in Australia) the two biggest clubs in Germany go head to head in a game that has been given…
The Pohang Steelers side in tonight's K League clash against FC Seoul features an Australian A-League champion and Socceroo. The man in question is…
Last Friday night saw the K League put in front of a global audience for the first time. This meant that it was a…
I’m waiting until domestic football appears, after googling paramount+ myself there is literally nothing enticing me in terms of content on the platform.
Stan have brought in Max Rushdon, while the content that Sports Flick are offering mean that these currently seem more appealing if I was going to add something else to my Optus & BeIN plans!
Network Ten/Paramount+ had better get this right as football in Australia depends on it
One of the most eagerly anticipated ties. If it ever happens!
Good to see Floreat return to winning ways yesterday
FFA Cup Round of 32 preview: Floreat Athena are WA’s best chance for an upset
Nice summary.
Having the FFA cup final before the A-league season starts and after the NPL season finishes gives it much more prestige and focus as well as making it a cleaner format
I found it very weird having it one month into the regular season.
FA's 2021-22 calendar is the best thing Australian football has seen in decades
I wouldn’t call Pavard & Hernandez dominant in 2018 (despite Pavards wonder goal) & Cedric/Guerreiro for Portugal in 16 were good, but I also wouldn’t describe them as dominant.
But I agree Lahm, Thuram, Maldini, Cafu, Brehme and of course Facchetti to name a few have been crucial over the years.
I’m not saying left backs have always been bad, I’m pointing out more that it’s not just the winning side that has them and they’re becoming increasingly more important tactically and appreciated.
Plus this year, aside from Dumfries for the Netherlands, it’s very left-dominated.
'Who's laughing now?': The surprise shift changing football
I’m well read on Facchetti from the Azzurri & Inter, but he was an extremely unique player that the team was built around. There were attacking Brazilian full backs around at that time, and he did come up against the Yugoslav Fazlagic in the 68 final. But these were exceptions rather than the norm.
The English full backs were not up to much at the time
'Who's laughing now?': The surprise shift changing football
Love the article, and timely
I’ve been having arguments myself on this matter all day, the over-reaction to Immobile is unbelievable.
Why a cycling commentator feels the need for this reference is lazy
But it’s driven by this strange underlying ‘us vs them’ / ‘soccer vs non-Soccer’ attitude in Australia
It didn’t take long for some anti-football talk to creep in at SBS
Yeah, by “breeze past their ro16 opponents from the weakest group in the tournament” I am talking about group C, who the winner of group A will play so we’re saying the same thing
Turkey playing in Baku is close to home advantage so will be hard for Wales to get a result there with the quality that Turkey have
Euro 2020 preview: Are the Azzurri the dark horses?
They are my bet for the finals, they’re in a tough group but I expect them to breeze past their ro16 opponents from the weakest group in the tournament
Euro 2020 preview: Are the Azzurri the dark horses?
So using your logic China has the scope to have 11x the professional clubs that Japan has
I don’t think the equation is as simple as population being a factor
The rise, fall and rise again of Japanese football that we should have learnt from
Very nice read
It gives Australia some hope
The rise, fall and rise again of Japanese football that we should have learnt from
Great article
Surely APIA are on the list?
Also not including Marconi is interesting, I went there recently and while it’s really difficult to get to , there is still an aura about the place.
Nothing from Canberra?
Preston and Sydney Croatia over Melbourne Knights is also interesting
The 12 teams that should form the A-League's second division
Nice article
There is hope that the ESL will basically be a glorified version of those nonsense pre-season tournament
An ode to the game we love
Forget about all the glaringly obvious bad stuff here.
Who really wants to watch Real Madrid vs Chelsea ten times a year. Even the El Classico has lost its appeal in La Liga without Messi v Ronaldo…imagine watching that match for the 10th time in a season.
A European Super League is elitist, arrogant and criminal
I enjoyed this write up, good to hear what’s happening not just on the pitch but how the whole matchday experience goes down in the NSW NPL
The NPL NSW season kicks off in Sydney
Great summary
The Mariners continuing your narrative last night
Ureña is a great ‘under the radar’ buy.
The man who put Cavani and co to the sword in 2014
No more excuses - it’s time to talk about the A-League ladder
Without a doubt a side on the up!
But if Bayern (or Liverpool) had their strongest line up, I’m not sure they would come close just yet.
They did lose 3-0 at home to Lille after all!
But this young team could be a force in Europe for the next few years
AC Milan are the best team in Europe and it’s not even close
It would be great if Willock can become the focal point of this side
Three and easy as Arsenal qualify for knockout stages
It has to be success this year.
He declined the chance to build for the future by letting Tonali go to Milan, and instead signed players like Vidal and Kolarov, who would fetch higher wages than younger prospects.
Therefore he’s putting all his eggs in success this season, anything but a Serie A title will be a failure.
Will a silverware-less season spell the end for Antonio Conte at Inter?
Something tells me that this won’t be the unexplained departure between now and that start of the season
Wanderers mysteriously move on Jean-Paul de Marigny as pre-season looms
It’s very disappointing about Saliba.
Even if he’s still raw, I’d rather watch him than Kolasinac.
When playing for St Etienne he looked like the new Rio Ferdinand! But the talk is he’s homesick.
Hopefully his personal issues sort themselves out and he can feature in the Europa League
A strong start for Arteta's Arsenal
Sydney will of course remain strong, simply because they’re the best ran club from top to bottom.
However – there is no reason why a City, Adelaide, Wellington, Western United, Jets, and dare I say it – Melbourne Victory – cannot put a run together.
The Wellington border issue may be interesting though
Australian football edges towards the 'new normal' while the EPL goes bonkers!
This is true, the cross pollination is often what causes players to decide to come.
Indian Super League: An improving competition and A-League threat
Good summary
Arsenal are in the right direction, but the basic errors like Bellerins two foul throws and Pepes pathetic corners just highlighted the small details that Arteta needs to focus on. Liverpool simply wouldn’t make these kind of errors.
Felt for Lacazette as he ran his socks off, but ultimately should have scored two goals
Signs still strong for Arsenal despite Liverpool drubbing
Great article, love the connection drawn between the two coaches.
Now that 42% of A league teams are based within a two hour radius of the Sydney urban area, a few random Derby’s will emerge…why not this one!
The A-League’s newest derby: Bulls and Mariners
Agree
Network Ten/Paramount+ had better get this right as football in Australia depends on it