Take a look at the quarter finalists and semi finalists of the Euro 2008 football finals in Switzerland and Austria, and one thing is clear, the quality of football in Eastern Europe is going up and up. Turkey, Croatia, Russia all in the quarter finals, Turkey and Russia in the semi finals.
Calls now for Russia’s [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2008’
Football balance of power heading East?
England not missed at Euro 2008 finals
Well Platini may have said that the absence of England at the football Euro 2008 championships meant nothing to him, but I bet for many England fans these finals have been far less stressful and more enjoyable to watch. Instead of agonising about how poor England are, we can actually have a lot of fun at other [...]
Michel Platini the anti-semitic UEFA president?
In the latest outburst by UEFA, president Platini singled out Man Utd and Chelsea for using debt to finance success ‘at all costs’. Why no mention of clubs like Real Madrid who have used debt for years to buy players, remember how they managed to pay for David Beckham by incorporating large debt?
The worrying aspect [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo - take the money
After Alex Ferguson and Man Utd picked up Ronaldo a couple of years ago, when no-one was paying much attention to the Portuguese winger, now both Real Madrid and Barcelona are vying like mad to pay a stupendous sum for Cristiano, a player whose antics could get him crocked on the pitch at any time.
History [...]
