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Morales Strikes a Low Blow
Tweet So the President of Bolivia, has been called many things, but all we can say for a fact is he loves his football. Recently, he was playing in a match for his political party against the opposition party and suffered a bad tackle. Morales, 50, is a former Aymara […] -
De Jong’s Steamroller versus Karl Henry’s Karate Kick
Tweet So it’s been another week of horrendous tackles in the Premiership and the two most brazen culprits are no strangers to infamy. Nigel De Jong is know for many things, being Dutch, his hatred of giving interviews, his ability to win the ball; but mostly for the horrific tackles […] -
FIFA is Doing Something Right? It’s True.
Tweet In the shocker of all shockers, FIFA has decided to finally institute something that makes sense: a new online monitoring system for international soccer transfers. “This is a historic moment for football,” FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Wednesday. Blatter is spot on. The system will presumably rid the transfer […] -
Enzo Zidane: The Next Big Flop for France or Spain
t must suck having Zinedine Zidane as a father. For Enzo, Zinedine's son, an enormous hype is growing around his talents. Spain and France's international federations are not ignore the 16-year old's services and are fighting hard to make sure he plays for their respective country. At first glance, I wouldn't blame them. This video highlights some of the terrific movement and ball control the kid has already has a budding star. -
Firebombs and Footballs: Time for an All-Ireland Football Team
The game of football is often lauded by FIFA, international charities, and myself as a culture that binds the world together across normally rigid boundaries. Unfortunately, in the North of Ireland, the opposite is true. Early yesterday morning, the home of the mother of Northern Ireland and Fulham footballer Chris Baird was attacked -
Studs Up, Sportsmanship Down: A Week of Terrible Tackles
One subject that has dominated football news, the blogosphere, and the weekly rags has been the shower of horrendous tackles falling on some the world’s best players. Some of these challenges were fair ones gone wrong, like Broadfoot’s one on Valencia. There was no malice in it, just bad luck, and we here at soccerprose hope he makes a quick recovery. However, the tackle by Tomas Ujfalusi on Messi was an absolute howler. He came in late, almost off the ball it was so late, and targeted his ankle. -
Why We Need Diego Maradona
Former Argentina National coach Diego Maradona has recently expressed interest in the vacant Portugal national team coach position. The world should be jumping up and down for more than a few reasons: