Pirlo Leads Juventus Back To The Serie A Summit

Theres something familiar about the Serie A table just before the Christmas break - Juventus are unbeaten (with this weeks match at Udinese to go) and leading the way. Before the traumas of the Calciopoli betting scandal this was the norm in Serie A. Like it or not (and many wont) Juve are back at t...

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It's the Italian job for Arsenal and Chelsea but who will win the Champions League?

The draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League draw has just been made and both Arsenal and Chelsea must overcome Italian opposition if they are to lift the coveted trophy. Arsenal reacquaint themselves with AC Milan while Chelsea must see off Napoli, who helped knock Manchester City out of...

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Reduce the size of the Premier League? You gotta be kidding me

Sometimes you have to wonder whether football is football anymore. Money has become part of our game for a long time now but the fear of how possessive riches will become, and how their grip will most probably tighten even further to strangle out every last penny from our game, is always in th...

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Stoke City And Greece: Why Should 'Pretty' Success Matter?

The European Championships 2004. Ah, what a tournament. The Greeks told every single one of us that fairy tales can come true. They defeated France and Portugal along the route to triumph and won a major international tournament for the very first time as rank outsiders. Unfortunately, what came...

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Manchester United got off lightly: Here's five of the worst results ever

Manchester City rocked the champions at Old Trafford, hitting Fergies men for six, but Hugh Larkin recalls five of the worst beatings of all time. As Chris Pettit reminded us elsewhere on this site - Manchester Citys spectacular 6-1 victory at Old Trafford was the second jaw-dropping scoreline of t...

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Can any player, including Messi, be considered 'the greatest'?

Ah, the Champions League. Bringer of drama, stopper of dreamers, platform for Ray Wilkins to say ‘my word’ 50 hundred thousand times. And there are other things that are nearly always discussed, certainly when seeing the two dominant Spanish sides play. The great debate has moved from trying to ...

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Tevez, Mourinho and Zidane: Why football loves those shocking moments

When sitting down, reclining and watching the football on the TV, there are a few annoying things that one can expect. The first is that we will be subjected to some truly awful punditry and the second is we’ll probably be listening to the brilliant atmosphere – thousands upon thousands of footb...

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Who will win the Champions League 2011/12?

Spanish giants Barcelona are attempting to make history this season. In May they destroyed Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United to win the Champions League, but no team has managed to keep hold of the famous trophy since it was renamed 20 years ago. However, the bookies firmly believe Pep Guardiola...

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Top 10 bizarre injuries to footballers

Swansea City’s vice-captain Alan Tate is set to miss most of the Swans’ debut season in Premier League after breaking his leg in a freak golfing accident. The versatile defender was a passenger in a golf buggy that lost control and Tate will have to watch the majority of the club’s rollercoaster adv...

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Will the new season throw up any shocks across Europe's top leagues?

Here we go again ... Its that time of year again. Your club has had some embarrassing/great results in pre-season friendlies and the anticipation builds up as the new season approaches, but what can we expect from the big leagues around Europe? Some countries, of course, have already kicked off, su...

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Squarefootball's Fantasy football invitation

There is less than two weeks to go until the start of the 2011/12 Premier League season and time is running out for you to enter the Squarefootball fantasy football competition. Last season more than 100 teams competed for the Squarefootball title, which was won by P Oxenby and his team FC Poxo. He...

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Who is your club’s greatest signing?

It is time to dust out the sheepskin coat and training gear with matching initials. Yes we will soon be picking our fantasy football teams. The right signings will determine your chances of becoming the next Ferguson, Mourinho or Hiddnk. The chequebook has certainly assisted those who play for real....

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Manchester City: Tevez, Telephones and Tedium

Im not sure whats been worse over the last week or so, the phone hacking scandal or the Tevez transfer saga?Maybe if the News Of The World was still in existence it could report, with its tele-pathic powers, where Tevez will be moving to? If I were a Manchester City fan I would just like to see th...

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Tevez, Modric, Nasri and co - Quit your moaning!

One of the lessons that I had drilled into me as a youngster is the old adage “asking never gets”. Maybe you too can recall a time when you asked your mum for a Penguin or something and she trotted out some half-cocked lecture about it being polite to wait to be offered blah, blah, blah. Well clearl...

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Football in 3D - A new risk to average attendances?

The world has evolved and developed a lot since the 1950s with the invention, evolution and development of everything from bladeless fans to electric cars and high definition broadcasts and beyond, but what have the boffins responsible for 3D been doing for 60 years since its inception? 3D today i...

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Would you like to write for Squarefootball?

Do you live, breathe and sleep football? Do you have a passion for writing and want your views to be read by a potential audience of millions? Then we at Squarefootball Towers would love to hear from you. Whether you follow Aberdeen or Accrington Stanley, West Ham United or Wolfsburg, we can offer ...

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Tottenham reach end of ‘that’ ten year cycle…

Bournemouth F.C. escaped dropping out of the football league in 1993, the man responsible for this was Harry Redknapp. This same squad also shocked Manchester Utd in the FA cup that season by converting the holders into also-rans. Tottenham were considered more a cup team before Redknapp took charg...

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Our opinions on how the Inter vs Bayern Munich CL Final will go

The Champions' League final is bereft of either an English or a Spanish team for only the third time in a decade; in the last ten seasons there have been six Spanish finalists (Valencia x 2, Real Madrid x 2, Barcelona x 2) and six English finalists (Manchester United x 2, Liverpool x 2, Chelsea, Ars...

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Champions' League turns back into the European Cup

Given the dominance of English teams in recent years, and in their turn the Spanish teams and Italian teams before them, the Champions' League has been a curious competition for a few years. It has become less about which is the strongest team, it has been more about which team from the strongest l...

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Will the summer swapsies of Eto'o for Ibrahimovic bite Barcelona tonight?

There is always a group of death. Pick a series of at least 4 mini-leagues using the fairest system you can dream up (that simultaneously helps all the richest clubs from the richest footballing leagues) and one will always look nasty. But enough of Group A, where Bayern Munich look likely to be e...

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Squarefootball's fantasy football challenge

Do you see yourself as the next Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger? Do you think you can pick a better team than Harry Redknapp or Rafa Benitez? Brilliant, then why don’t you join us in competing for the coveted Squarefootball fantasy league crown? For the past few years we at Squarefootball towers...

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Arsenal: Would you sell Van Persie now?

Arsenal fans will have woken up to the back pages of the newspapers this morning to find one of their star players, Robin Van Persie, being lined up with a move to rivals Manchester United. This sort of Press speculation surrounding Arsenal players isn’t anything new, after all every summer Arsenal’...

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Champions League Preview: Inter Milan vs Manchester United

The last time that Jose Mourinho took a team to Old Trafford in the Champions' League his Porto side eventually prevailed with a late free-kick at Old Trafford that cancelled out United's away goal in Portugal and nullified United's lead on the night. That Paul Scholes had a goal incorrectly ruled ...

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Man United’s Quintuplet assault – Better squad than 1999?

Ten years ago in 1999 Sir Alex Ferguson masterminded a Manchester United treble winning team. Barring replays, United are potentially 23 games away from a outstanding quintuplet of trophies in 2009.As time goes by this season, with the possibility of Utd achieving this mammoth feat, comparisons will...

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Game of the week: Sampdoria versus Inter Milan

The Serie A season gets under way next weekend and despite the poor performance of the world champions at Euro 2008, optimism is slowly returning to the Italian game after the summer arrival of two big name personalities. On the pitch, Ronaldinho's signing by AC Milan has seen a surge in season tic...

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Lampard, Ronaldo, Arshavin and Adebayor Moves Could All Hit The Buffers

Maybe it was the intervention of Euro 2008- or possibly the unprecedented all-English Champions League Final- but summer 2008 began with a cascade of speculation about multi-million pound stellar moves. While we all enjoyed the Euro spectacle, the close of that competition has ended the 'phoney war...

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So Who Does Jose Mourinho Want From Chelsea?

Now that Jose Mourinho has been confirmed as Inter Milan coach, the guessing game about his intentions can shift up a notch. The Sun moved in this morning by suggesting that Michael Essien would be target Number One. The name of Essien might have come as a surprise to Stamford Bridge fans; up to no...

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Forget Ibrahimovic, Julio Cesar is Inter’s Real Hero

The headlines were, inevitably, all about Zlatan Ibrahimovic. His two goals, scored after coming on as a substitute having spent the past two months recovering from an injury, were the ones that gave Inter the league title. They also made him the obvious centre of attention of a side that had limped...

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Inter Milan Feel The Pressure in Serie A Title Race

There was a time in this campaign when Inter Milan were progressing serenely to a third scudetto in a row and a possible tilt at the Champions League crown in Moscow. It all looks a bit different now. Liverpool put paid to any European ambitions and since their exit at the hands of the Reds, Inter ...

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4796: Champions League preview: Grou

by : Antony Melvin On the face of things Inter Milan have struck rather lucky in Group G and will be expected to qualify easily. PSV remain a good footballing side but as their best players are taken away each season they act as more of a showcase than a genuine threat; Moscow is always a tough ci...

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4629: Serie A: Torn Between Two Club

by : Paul Grech It was the perfect crime, done in the middle of the night by those least suspected. For weeks, David Suazo looked set to join Inter. He had already agreed personal terms and a fee had been agreed in principle between the two clubs. All that remained was for some loose ends needed...

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3611: Serie A Preview: Inter face pr

by : Danny Pugsley The Serie A season gets underway this weekend, and will do so both against the backdrop the National side bringing home the World Cup, but also the hangover of the Calciopoli trial which saw several high ranking figures and referees suspended, high profile teams hit with a points...

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2123: Serie A: Meaningless Success S

by : Paul Grech As cup competitions go, the Coppa Italia generates the same kind of interest that Arsene Wenger has in the League Cup. Only that the dislike is on a much larger scale. With participation being open only to clubs in the top two flights of Italian football, the possibility of surp...

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1079: SERIE A: Adriano - Inter Milan

by : Marc Harvey With six of his team’s nine goals this season, Roberto Mancini’s first choice striker has a strong claim as the current World’s best goalscorer – not that it’s going to Adriano’s head. Not much. After each of his left-footed Champions League goals for Inter Milan in the San Siro l...

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