Group C Only France and Germany have won the Henri Delaunay Trophy more than once. The French won as hosts in 1984 and again in 2000. There were a number of occasions when the 2000 w... Read More

Goalies Coupet, Landreau, Frey, Madanda It is hard to argue here. You need a hierarchy and Domenech established it, the first three seemed prime to go to Austria, bu... Read More

The Grand Old Lady of Italian Football hands out a footballing lesson to the Sicilian outfit in Torino. Start to finish, attack and defence the Bianconeri give the Rosanero an ‘in your face’ lesson on ... Read More

In midweek Marseille became the first French side to win in European competition at Anfield. Going into the game there was nothing to indicate that a team, fourth from the bottom of the French... Read More

Juve handle the sacrificial lamb with ease; late goals when Livorno flagged put a shine on a purely satisfactory performance; 5-1 in Torino.  Shame about the gratuitous use of the Dive!   The Stadio Delli Alpi is getting a... Read More

ARSENAL Arsenal should have no problem beating Aston Villa in their Premierleague opener - 4:0 to the Gunners!! The midfield has never looked better, with Hleb patrolling the right, Aliadiere adding his own share of creativity and pace, Reyes and Rosicky lurking dangerously on the left (perhaps the versatile Czech can even play a la Bergkamp?!), and with Fabregas and Gilberto dictating play from center-mid...what is much more worrisome is the huge hole stemmizng from the departures of Sol Campbell and Ash... Read More

Luca Toni to Inter? Or are these just rumors… Lets think for a second here: Mancini has been backed by Moratti, Inter’s owner, repeatedly. They have now been granted last season’s Scudetto (taken away from Juventus since the Moggi-gate sc... Read More

The verdict is due very soon but Gazzetta dello Sport reported this morning that the sanctions will be: Relegated to Serie B and docked points for 06/07 - Juventus, (docked 20 points) Fiorentina (docked 7 points) and Lazio (docked 10 points) AC Milan to remain in Serie A but excluded from the Champions League and docked 10 to 15 points for 06/07 season. I will not be surprised if these are the sanctions or something very close. With a 20 point ded... Read More

This is a much improved performance from France. With Ribery dropped to the bench and Malouda operating mostly on the right it has opened up more sp... Read More