Messi

Inter coach Jose Mour­inho is renowned for mak­ing con­tro­ver­sial remarks,  for using the media to ham­mer his point  and for manip­u­lat­ing the press to engage in psy­cho­log­i­cal games against his tough­est oppo­nents. The focus here will be on Mourinho’s lat­est state­ment which is actu­ally inac­cu­rate if one is to con­sider the many fac­tors asso­ci­ated with […]

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What is on paper a strong team could end up being a weak one when tested by a tricky oppo­nent. How the play­ers gel and work together, how effec­tive the coach is in bring­ing the best out of play­ers, the strength of the defen­sive line and often the rise of  a rel­a­tive unknown to help […]

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The World’s Best Midfielders

by Rami Soufi on November 17, 2009 · 13 comments

The fol­low­ing list of elite mid­field play­ers in the world will exclude the likes of Lionel Messi, Cris­tiano Ronaldo and Kaka since they some­times play as for­wards or as sup­port strik­ers depend­ing on the strat­egy deployed by their team. Kaka has pre­vi­ously played as a sec­ond striker dur­ing his spell with Milan while both Messi […]

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Best Starting 11 Today

by Rami Soufi on November 16, 2009 · 10 comments

A num­ber of play­ers can stake a claim for being part of the best team in the world at this early period of the Euro­pean domes­tic leagues. How­ever, very few play­ers stand­out the way those listed below have in terms of their con­tri­bu­tion to their team, their role as lead­ers, and cer­tainly their cru­cial involvement […]

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