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Messi, Maracanã and Memories
As someone who has been following football right from the childhood, there are indeed a handful of matches whose memories bring back a smile on my face. The unforgettable scenes of Aguero smashing it in virtually at the last moment of the!-->…
La Liga: Simeone’s transfer brilliance to give Atletico Madrid edge in title race?
Eden Hazard's dream move to Real Madrid was the biggest talking point of the ongoing transfer saga while football world was captivated by how Cristiano Ronaldo lured the rock solid youngster De Ligt to the mighty Juventus, how good would…
Manchester United: A Fairytale of Yore
Commentator's voice: “Can you believe the genius of this man. He smashed it into the back of the net and it gets even better. It’s Cristiano Ronaldo who makes it two. It’s a shot of superlatives and not many have scored past David James…
Liverpool’s ‘misfit midfielders’ rule the roost
Liverpool have the once in a blue moon opportunity to “conquer the Europe” when they face their domestic rivals Tottenham Hotspur out of London, under the bright lights of Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid tonight.
Jürgen Klopp’s side have…
Ritual of resistance: The Defensive lessons of football
Football brings in a common visual language, breaking the barriers of existing language and its structures. Exemplary movements made by the players around the ball, in the rectangular ground filled with green grass, transforms into this…
In praise of Sergio Busquets; the Unsung Hero of Blaugrana
There are heroes in every team, players who do miracles with the ball, and for many, they are the people who make the game--football--worth watching. This is true.
They do magic with a single touch, with a beautiful dribble, but there's…
In the Making of a Football Paradise; The Story of Real Kashmir F.C
From the valley, Real Kashmir F C has climbed the craggy mountain; with many amateur or semi-professional footballers, who turn daily wage labors outside the stadiums; Through the curfews where the players have to get through number of…
Football through Bhasi Malapparamba
Walking out of Alakapuri Hotel on the drenched road after a heavy downpour, past Palayam bus-stand, to cross the junction to reach Calicut Railway Station, our minds wandered around the golden-framed spectacled man, who took out his…
The chronicles of Archibald Leitch: Remembering Britain’s legendary football architect
I remember when I first started following the Premier League. It was around a decade ago and the championship was brimming with local and international talent; the likes of Henry, Beckham and Van Nistelrooy all made watching the Premier…
ANDRES INIESTA – WELCOME TO JAPAN
There is no country on Earth with as nuanced an understanding of space and time as Japan. Ma, for instance, is a Japanese word which conveys such complexity - "space between two structural parts", "consciousness of space", "simultaneous…