Located in the southeast of the city, away from the glamour and attention of the big teams of the capital, we find one of the most peculiar clubs not only in Madrid, but in the whole of Spain, Rayo Vallecano. The Vallecas stadium (previously known as the Teresa Rivero stadium, in honour of the former […]
“When Ronaldo attacks, I have the feeling that a pack is attacking. It feels like there are many of them, not just one”. These words pronounced by Jorge Valdano define to perfection the sensation of insecurity in rival defences when Ronaldo faced up to the ball, a wonder of nature that left behind as many […]
In the section on players, I don’t want to miss the opportunity to talk about another of the best strikers I saw in the 2000s, the Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko. Shevchenko’s story is linked to the terrible event of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. His town was only 50 km away from the area exposed to […]
Guti alé!… Guti alé!… Forza Guti, Guti alé!!! Even today, almost 9 years after his retirement, I can still clearly hear the song that spread through the Santiago Bernabéu every time Guti made a deep pass that no one else had seen, a stadium surrendered at his feet… although it wasn’t always like that. He […]
“Celtic Football Club is more than a football club, for many people it is a way of life”. These words from Sir Robert Kelly, who was president of Celtic from 1947 to 1972, perfectly reflect the idiosyncrasies of the club. Celtic was founded by Brother Walfrid, an Irish Marist who immigrated from Ireland fleeing the […]
Luis Figo, the last great player who traded F. C. Barcelona for Real Madrid, the man who “helped” Florentino Pérez win the elections for the presidency of the white club in 2000, the man of 10,000 million pesetas (60 million euros)… Luis Filipe Madeira Caeiro was born and raised in Lisbon, playing football from childhood […]
New entry to meet, this time, one of the strikers who has impressed me the most, Filippo Inzaghi, the elusive Italian striker who drove a thousand and one defenders crazy. For me, he embodies all the values that I like in a player: claw, courage, pundonor, picaresque… he was not particularly skilled with the ball […]
Lovers of British football are in luck because one of London’s classic teams, Fulham, has returned to the Premier League one year after being relegated in the 2018-2019 season. If something characterizes this club is its stadium, Craven Cottage, an architectural jewel from another age, specifically from 1896, when it was inaugurated in a match […]
One more time here to talk about a classic of the Spanish league, I am not short if I say that the Argentinean is one of the best midfielders that football has ever known, Fernando Carlos Redondo. Redondo began his professional career at Argentinos Juniors, where he stayed for 5 seasons before crossing the pond […]
In London you can breathe football in all its neighborhoods, but if we talk about London teams, I think the first team that comes to mind is Arsenal, the most successful team in that city, the Gunners. It was founded in 1886 by a group of workers from the Arsenal arms factory in Wooolwich and […]
