Players

The best left-back in the history of Real Madrid (with the permission of Roberto Carlos) has said goodbye to the club of his life after sixteen seasons and a collection of titles only at the level of the greatest. In the 2006 winter transfer window, Real Madrid’s football management, led by the hero of the […]

We are used to the headlines of Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi, but we often forget that one of the best strikers of recent years and Golden Shoe in 2020, Ciro Immobile, plays in Italy. We are talking about a late-blooming player and, although nobody doubts his quality now, it wasn’t always like that. Despite making […]

Among the stars of the European champions Chelsea, it is worth mentioning one of the products of their youth academy. He is just 22 years old, but he is already a leader at club level and now also in the national team. We are talking about Mason Mount. The Chelsea youth player joined Cobham at […]

In this past transfer market plagued by the drop in revenue due to the COVID 19 pandemic, we came across one of the signings of the year… at zero cost. We are talking about the Austrian David Alaba. The new signing for Real Madrid is an all-rounder who can adapt to many positions, as well […]

The prodigal son returns home. Reigning European champions Chelsea and Romelu Lukaku are joining forces again seven years later. The player, of Congolese origin, began his career at Anderlecht, where he became top scorer in the Belgian championship at just 16 years of age. Such was his precociousness that the big teams quickly turned their […]

“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 […]

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 […]

Hidetoshi Nakata… the samurai… the “Japanese Beckham”… fashion icon and football star in the 2000’s not only for his quality but also for being one of the few Japanese players who managed to make a name for himself in the European high level football scene. His professional career began in 1995 when he signed up […]